Mysteries at the Castle Deadliest Chess Game; Gustav III Assassination; Shot in the Heart (Season 3, Episode 9)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 42 min | History

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Mysteries at the Castle

Deadliest Chess Game; Gustav III Assassination; Shot in the Heart (Season 3, Episode 9)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | History

"The Wolf of Badenoch", the nickname given to medieval Scottish nobleman, Alexander Stewart, whose terrible reign of pillage and slaughter leads to a legend that he played chess with the Devil for his soul in Ruthven Barracks - presented ...See more"The Wolf of Badenoch", the nickname given to medieval Scottish nobleman, Alexander Stewart, whose terrible reign of pillage and slaughter leads to a legend that he played chess with the Devil for his soul in Ruthven Barracks - presented by Dr Leo Ruickbie. Angered by the Swedish king's progressive liberalism, Jacob Johan Anckarström assassinates Gustav III at a masquerade ball: Gustav III's Pavilion in Solna becomes his final resting place. Mount Helena in Rolling Fork, Mississippi was once home to a young woman named Helen who lost her fiancé Henry in a duel a week before their wedding and buried him on the same day. Bamburgh Castle in Bamburgh, England, was once home to Jacobite Thomas Forster and his sister Dorothy, who risked her life to help break her brother out of prison during the 1715 uprising. wealthy playboy George Whittell Jr. built an escape known as Thunderbird Lodge in Incline Village, Nevada, after a scandalous relationship with a risqué dancer. Mugdock Castle in Mugdock, Scotland, is linked to the legend of Rob Roy MacGregor, "the Robin Hood of the Highlands": when the stronghold's overlord, the ruthless Duke of Montrose seized his lands, MacGregor turns outlaw to avenge the wrong. See less

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Name	Known for
Nathan Shapiro Arrogant Duelist Arrogant Duelist See fewer	The Girl on the Train (2016)
Dario Caudana Assassin Assassin See fewer	Receding (2018)
Matteo De Cola Judge Judge See fewer	Black Water (2018)
Adriana Jones Helen Johnstone Helen Johnstone See fewer	Parting Gifts (I) (2015)
Ian McQuillan-Grace Poor Scot Peasant Poor Scot Peasant See fewer	The Silent Twins (2022)
Leo Ruickbie Self Self See fewer	Castles, Secrets, Mysteries & Legends (2021)