Inside London's Worst Ever Prison

A historical journey inside London's worst ever prison: Newgate.

Sources:
John Stow, A Survey of London, (1603)
Arthur Griffiths, The Chronicles of Newgate, (1884)
Calendar of Close Rolls: 1341-43
Luke Hutton, The Discovery of a London Monster
Called the Black Dog of Newgate, (1612)
Peter Ackroyd, London: The Biography, (2000)
Captain Alexander Smith, Compleat History of
the Most Notorious Highwaymen, (1719)
Stephen Halliday, Newgate: London's Prototype
Of Hell, (2007)
John Pringle, An Account of Several Persons
Seized with the Gaol-Fever, (1753)
William Blackstone, Commentaries, (1769)
RH Horne, Children’s Employment Commission, (1842)
Charles Dickens, A Visit to Newgate, (1836)

Music:
Bending Dreams - Charles Holme
Unfinished Stories - Lennon Hutton
DOX - Lennon Hutton
Question Mark - Dream Cave

All music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

[Neverlose]

This feels like I walked into the wrong classroom but decided to stick around anyways.

[bwint]

Massive props for showing your references. All YouTubers should follow your lead. Subscriber earned

[NOAHDELANEY-cypg]

This channel is so good, great storytelling and the editing compliments your script really well. The choice of subjects are great too. Keep going!!!

[benlee]

"Probably the most notorious building in London" I'd go with the tower of London, but Newgate was probably the most notorious *prison* in London.

[coyotemojo]

you need to make more. you have the perfect voice and cadence for bedtime playlists. I can see you easily topping 1M subscribers.

[zerq]

Great narration! I thought that I was watching a channel with 1 million subscribers, but when I saw that you had only 45k I was shocked! Keep it up!

[aiddzanzan]

Beautiful graphics and well written and spoke narration. Please keep it up!

[Stroopwaffe]

I've been in incarcerated in Wormwood Scrubs and Feltham in London, Woodhill in Milton Keynes and Saughton, Edinburgh. The worst was Saughton, The old A hall, B hall, C hall and D hall and F hall were Victorian some didnt even have a light switch.

[zakonelli]

Bro whats with all these small channels releasing goated documentary animations, I'm loving it - new sub!

[leon]

A room in the Newgate Prison is approximately 5 orders of magnitude more desirable than the average London flat in 2024.

[williamcollidgeyt]

A few minutes into the video I decided to subscribe but was shocked when I saw only 40k! You definitely deserve more and I’m sure will soon have more!

[FY]

A really good illustration on Shepherd's escape

That was some Top10Memes level stuff right there

[TrueGamingVault]

amazing narration!

please make more

[TheReaper_HTX]

I stumbled upon this video and im so glad i stayed! loved the narration and the video illustration! actually loved seeing the example photos of the literature

[charissachubb]

One of my A Level Eng Lit texts was Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe. This is how I know about Newgate Prison. Probably the most famous work of fiction that is set in it. So I'm surprised Moll Flanders didn't get a mention. A very interesting potted history nonetheless. Thanks for giving me an idea of what the place looked like, truly the stuff of nightmares. Ditto Tyburn, the hanging tree. You have a great voice for this sort of thing. Smooth and calm.

[matthewtaylor]

Very good video, informative, good animation and commentary. Also the listing of sources in the credits is nice.

[Twofrogsonecup]

For only a few videos posted the quality is good, keep it up bro, you'll def be able to grow this channel

[jerichostevens]

subscribed. nicely done. kept me interested the entire video. you have a good voice for it, and the editing was well done.

[tattyshoesshigure]

I worked over many years for a TV news broadcaster & did countless ‘live 2x ways’ outside the Old Bailey during that time. The weirdest thing is it always felt cold there, even working on a warm summers day after a little while I’d start feeling chilly & reach for my coat. The legend goes that it’s the spirits of all the people who died horrible deaths in Newgate Prison, which was where the Old Bailey now stands.

[karlstriepe]

That said, if the building survived to today, you know it would be converted into expensive, trendy apartments (flats, to you people).