Episode 528: Britain’s Wakefield Prison, aka Monster Mansion
Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire is one of Britain’s most notorious high-security prisons, known by the tabloid nickname “Monster Mansion” because of the number of infamous killers, sexual offenders and other high-risk prisoners who have been held there. Its history stretches back more than 400 years, from an Elizabethan house of correction to a modern long-term prison housing men serving some of the country’s harshest sentences. Over the decades, inmates have included Harold Shipman, Robert Maudsley, Levi Bellfield, Ian Huntley, Roy Whiting, Robert Black and atomic spy Klaus Fuchs. Beyond…
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