Dick Turpin is without a doubt, Britain's most famous highwayman.
But, exactly who was Dick Turpin, and why is he so famous?

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Dick Turpin (Highwayman) timeline:
1705 Born, Hempstead, Essex
1725 Married & set up butcher's shop in Buckhurst Hill, Essex
1734 Member of the Essex Gang / Gregory Gang poaching in Epping Forest.
1735 First report of Dick Turpin as a highwayman
1737 Operating with Matthew (Tom) King
4th May 1737 Kills Thomas Morris, flees to Lincolnshire
Oct 1738 Arrested for shooting a game cock
Identity uncovered.
22nd March 1739 Trial
7th April 1739 Dick Turpin hanged at York
1834 Features in William Ainsworth's novel "Rookwood"
186668 Features in a Penny Dreadful series, which establishes his legend.


Chapters
0:00 Dick Turpin
2:09 John Hind
2:50 Claude Duval
4:11 John Nevison
5:35 Gentleman Robbers
6:28 The Wicked Lady
7:07 Gregory Gang
8:53 Not So Dashing
10:41 Gregory Gang Smashed
11:16 Highwayman
12:22 Killer
14:19 Black Bess
15:34 John Palmer
16:21 Arrest
17:38 Horse Thief
18:37 Twist of Fate
19:40 Dick Turpin hanged at York
22:02 Birth of a legend
23:59 Stand & Deliver


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