The Rabbit Wars Of St Andrews

About this episode

The episode explores the intriguing tale of the Rabbit Wars of St Andrews in 1797, featuring a lighter narrative style.

Come down a rabbit hole with us and listen to the intriguing tale of the Rabbit Wars of St Andrews as told by Cheryl! This story takes us all the way back to 1797 and includes no less than 900 rabbits and the selling of the famous St Andrews Golf Course. Trigger warning - Rabbits will get hurt in this episode You might have guessed, but this is a slightly lighter episode than our recent episodes. In the words of Cheryl "It's Downton Abbey with significantly mo...

People in this episode

Hosts: Cheryl, Marti

Topics covered

• rabbit wars
• St Andrews
• true crime
• comedy
• historical events

Keywords

• rabbit wars
• St Andrews
• 1797
• true crime
• comedy
• Downton Abbey
• golf course

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Downton Abbey

Places: St Andrews

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