Show notes
“Downton Abbey” is a popular period drama set in Edwardian England that details the life of the Crawley family, their motley crew of servants and of course Dame Maggie Smith playing the ever witty and sharp tongued granny. Love her. But Downton, with its iconic Gothic facade is a real place. It’s actually called Highclere Castle and, did you know the real story of its inhabitants is truly stranger than fiction? Let’s fix that.
Sources:
- Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast “The Cursed Tomb of King Tut”
- Unexplained Mysteries podcast “Curse of the Pharaohs - King Tut’s Tomb”
- https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-downton-20140105-story.html
- https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/highclere-castle-downton-abbey/
- https://www.veranda.com/luxury-lifestyle/a36175010/highclere-castle-history/
- https://blog.newspapers.com/highclere-castle-the-real-life-downton-abbey/
- https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a28984430/downton-abbey-crawley-family-true-story/
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1888680
- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/15/lady-almina-downton-carnarvon-review
- https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/the-real-downton-abbey-sordid-affairs-153592
- https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/George_Herbert,_5th_Earl_of_Carnarvon
- http://www.unmuseum.org/mummy.htm
Support the show!
- Buy Me a Coffee
- Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine
