From botched beheadings to mob executions and controversy over the first Queen of England - the Tower of London's history encompasses it all. Tudor historian Suzannah Lipscomb and journalist Joe Crowley team up to investigate three gruesome stories which challenge our ingrained beliefs about the infamous Tower. Was the Tower really a slick one-stop-shop for beheadings, and if so why did it take five blows to decapitate King Charles II's illegitimate son? Just how did the mob manage to get into the Tower to seize one of King Richard II's key advisors during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381? And, how important is the Tower for a wannabe King or Queen in securing the throne of England? Think you know the Tower of London? Time to think again...
