{"podcast":{"title":"Red Room","slug":"red-room-4535224","podcast_index_feed_id":4535224,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65ce3745707bcb0017b8427d","website_url":"https://www.redroompod.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65ce3745707bcb0017b8427d/1728654432247-86a656ec-ac25-40e9-9541-47c4553710ef.jpeg","author":"Jenny Claffey","episode_count":111,"summary":"Let's go down a rabbit hole; to places that are weird, wonderful, creepy, or mysterious. True Crime, Conspiracy & Unsolved Mysteries hosted & produced by Jenny Claffey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T12:21:16.622883+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/red-room-4535224"},"episode":{"title":"Michael Barrett:  The Last Man Hanged in Britain","slug":"michael-barrett-the-last-man-hanged-in-britain","published_at":"2026-04-07T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/red-room-4535224/michael-barrett-the-last-man-hanged-in-britain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/red-room-4535224","url":"https://shows.acast.com/redroom/episodes/michael-barrett-the-last-man-hanged-in-britain","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65ce3745707bcb0017b8427d/e/69d3f3ff07bc2cbfc7c22f3c/media.mp3","summary":"An Irish Fenian bombing in Victorian London led to mass panic, a controversial trial, and the execution of Michael Barrett., who would become the last man hanged in Britain. Join Patreon for ad-free episodes & Wednesday Deep Dives Further Reading / Sources \"The Irish invasion\": how the Irish Famine changed Scotland Irish immigration to Scotland t18680406-412 | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey https://www.theirishstory.com/category/history/irish-history/ https://www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/features/michael-barrett/ Executed men remembered in London | An Phoblacht Michael Barrett (1841-1868) - The forgotten Fenian from Fermanagh: By Fr Joe McVeigh | An Phoblacht Irish Republicanism in Scotland, 1858–1916: Fenians in exile – History Ireland Michael Barrett: a Fenian remembered Barrett, Michael | Dictionary of Irish Biography On This Day: The Clerkenwell Outrage, 13th December, 1867 – Turbulent Isles 150 years ago today, a Fenian became the last person to be publicly executed in England Burke, Ricard O'Sullivan | Dictionary of Irish Biography The Times Report of the Last Public Hanging in England To access bonus weekly episodes of Red Room join Patreon HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"An Irish Fenian bombing in Victorian London led to mass panic, a controversial trial, and the execution of Michael Barrett., who would become the last man…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1800,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/red-room-4535224/episodes/michael-barrett-the-last-man-hanged-in-britain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/red-room-4535224/michael-barrett-the-last-man-hanged-in-britain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}