Matt Lewis

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1,437 appearances 30 recordings 3 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 3d ago

Matt Lewis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · The Bloodiest Anglo Saxon Royal Murders · 24 Sep 2026 podcast

But you're doing it forcefully, so you're making them bleed. matched

Yeah, absolutely. matched

So these are all ways to remove them. matched

And Godwin has spun the roulette wheel of which one we're going to do to Alfred and we're going to go for blinding. matched

Probably red hot pokers to the eyeballs. matched

No. matched

And it doesn't seem to go incredibly well either. matched

Not that there's a great way for it to go, I guess. matched

happen. matched

And this is Godwin playing a bit of kingmaker. matched

He clearly doesn't want Alfred around as any kind of claimant or threat to the throne. matched

So he orders this blinding of Alfred matched

But whether it gets infected or whether it's just too much, whether it's done wrongly isn't very clear, but he dies a few days after this at Ely Abbey. matched

And this, when Edward the Confessor becomes king, this is often cited as part of the reason why he has a really fractious relationship with Godwin and the Godwin sons. matched

They are immensely powerful, but ultimately he's blaming Godwin for murdering his matched

She's just really keen to point out that she's nothing to do with it. matched

Definitely wasn't me. matched

Interesting. matched

Maybe this is why we should have taken the earlier story with a slight pinch of salt. matched

There is often an effort to blame queens and women working in the background. matched

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