Buster Edwards ~ The Criminal Britain Loved

About this episode

The episode explores the life of Buster Edwards and his involvement in a notorious crime in post-war Britain.

Send us Fan Mail Episode 262 South London. The years after the war. Streets filled with market traders, factory workers, and young men searching for opportunity in a changing Britain. Among them is Buster Edwards—charming, ambitious, and restless. At first, there is little to suggest his life will become anything out of the ordinary. But in the years ahead, a series of choices will pull him toward one of the most notorious crimes in British history, placing him at the centre of a case that w...

People in this episode

Host: Darren

Topics covered

• crime
• British history
• post-war Britain
• society
• culture

Keywords

• Buster Edwards
• British crime
• post-war society
• South London
• notorious crimes

Mentioned in this episode

Places: South London

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