Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Sounds,19 Dec 2024,40 mins

Inside the Foundling: London's First Orphanage

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

Available for over a year

(2/2) We find out what life inside the Foundling Hospital was like as we complete the heartbreaking and heartwarming history of London's first orphanage. We discover a building that contained so many stories, so much of London's life in all its rich complexity. Maddy tells Anthony the story this week. Mixed and produced by Freddy Chick. Senior producer is Charlotte Long. All music from Epidemic Sounds/All3 Media After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast.

Programme Website
More episodes