Episode 023: Richard Whittingham: The Young Footpad of London's Streets

Send us your Feedback Richard Whittingham is barely past boyhood when he abandons his apprenticeship and steps into London's criminal underworld. As Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals recounts, his downfall begins not with malice but with weakness: an easy temper exploited by the wrong company and the relentless demands of women who trade affection for coin.

His story is the kind of true crime narrative that reveals how quickly a young life can unravel in Georgian London. Whittingham is...