Matt Lewis

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1,437 appearances 30 recordings 3 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 2d 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

Anthony. matched

I have no fight left. matched

But if something like that were to happen, the sheriff would come and say, who did it? matched

And the community would be tasked with inquiring. matched

They would lead the investigation and they would present the sheriff with matched

who had committed that murder. matched

But it does also mean that you could choose as a community to protect the person that committed that murder. matched

Because if you don't find who it was and give them over to the sheriff, the whole community pays a fine. matched

And then the matter is done. matched

If there's a wrong and around, and I'm not saying Anthony's a wrong and around. matched

If there's a wrong and around and the community wanted rid of them. matched

But to the medieval mind, justice was often about your social status. matched

So lots of medieval punishments aren't physically cruel. matched

They tend to be about embarrassing you. matched

So put you in the stocks or the pillory or something like that or make you do penance in the street is about embarrassing you in front of all your neighbours. matched

that was deemed worse than getting whipped a little bit or something like that. matched

The lowering of your social status, the lowering of everyone's opinion of you was far more serious than that. matched

I think... matched

Everyone carries a knife during the medieval period because that's what you eat with. matched

So everyone has a knife on their belt at all times. matched

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