Bloody Tales of the Tower: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The terrible cries of tortured traitors have given the Tower of London a particularly grisly place in the history of the capital of England. Brave a trip to the Tower with investigator Joe Crowley and Tudor historian Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb, in the Bloody Tales of the Tower, as this gruesome series explores its infamous blood-spattered past.

For more than 900 years, the Tower of London has dominated the city's skyline - symbolizing gruesome executions, notorious prisoners and absolute royal supremacy to the masses. But how much of that extraordinary history is based on legend and how horrific would it have been to await your grisly fate inside the walls of this powerful fortress? Bloody Tales of the Tower will challenge the public assumptions and myths surrounding the iconic Tower of London and will use original historical sources to shed new light on fascinating individual cases.

Series details

• Title: Bloody Tales of the Tower
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2012-04-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-04-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 13295
• IMDb ID: tt2361851
• TVDB ID: 258617

Cast and credited roles

• Joe Crowley — Joe Crowley
• Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb — Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-04-16; final listed air date 2012-04-30; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bloody Tales of the Tower on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.