The fictionalized exploits of the very real English outlaw, Jack Sheppard. Published in 1839, this Newgate novel outsold its rival, Dickens' "Oliver Twist". (Summary by Mark Leder)
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EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD. Chapter One: The Widow and Her Child
Episode 1 · 30:28
Chapter Two: The Old Mint
Episode 2 · 34:58
Chapter Three: The Master of the Mint
Episode 3 · 12:33
Chapter Four: The Roof and the Window
Episode 4 · 19:30
Chapter Five: The Denunciation
Episode 5 · 19:31
Chapter Six: The Storm
Episode 6 · 26:26
Chapter Seven: Old London Bridge
Episode 7 · 19:37
EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL. Chapter One: The Idle Apprentice
Episode 8 · 30:26
Chapter Two: Thames Darrell
Episode 9 · 17:26
Chapter Three: The Jacobite
Episode 10 · 8:09
Chapter Four: Mr. Kneebone and His Friends
Episode 11 · 9:15
Chapter Five: Hawk and Buzzard
Episode 12 · 36:06
Chapter Six: The First Step Towards the Ladder
Episode 13 · 25:19
Chapter Seven: Brother and Sister
Episode 14 · 11:01
Chapter Eight: Miching Mallecho
Episode 15 · 28:04
Chapter Nine: Consequences of the Theft
Episode 16 · 15:00
Chapter Ten: Mother and Son
Episode 17 · 14:06
Chapter Eleven: The Mohocs
Episode 18 · 17:13
Chapter Twelve: Saint Giles's Round-house
Episode 19 · 21:23
Chapter Thirteen: The Magdalene
Episode 20 · 32:40
Chapter Fourteen: The Flash Ken
Episode 21 · 17:00
Chapter Fifteen: The Robbery in Willesden Church
Episode 22 · 7:29
Chapter Sixteen: Jonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey
Episode 23 · 23:19
Chapter Seventeen: The Night-cellar
Episode 24 · 17:26
Chapter Eighteen: How Jack Sheppard Broke Out of the Cage at Willesden
Episode 25 · 14:40
Chapter Nineteen: Good and Evil
Episode 26 · 7:45
EPOCH THE THIRD: 1724, THE PRISON-BREAKER. Chapter One: The Return
Episode 27 · 43:15
Chapter Two: The Burglary at Dollis Hill
Episode 28 · 11:53
Chapter Three: Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild
Episode 29 · 8:13
Chapter Four: Jack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison
Episode 30 · 7:40
Chapter Five: The Disguise
Episode 31 · 40:27
Chapter Six: Winifred Receives Two Proposals
Episode 32 · 14:26
Chapter Seven: Jack Sheppard Warns Thames Darrell
Episode 33 · 17:33
Chapter Eight: Old Bedlam
Episode 34 · 25:16
Chapter Nine: Old Newgate
Episode 35 · 19:01
Chapter Ten: How Jack Sheppard Got Out of the Condemned Hold
Episode 36 · 34:11
Chapter Eleven: Dollis Hill Revisited
Episode 37 · 28:36
Chapter Twelve: The Well-hole
Episode 38 · 22:07
Chapter Thirteen: The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's
Episode 39 · 48:01
Chapter Fourteen: How Jack Sheppard Was Again Captured
Episode 40 · 23:38
Chapter Fifteen: How Bluepaint Underwent the Peine Forte et Dure
Episode 41 · 18:46
Chapter Sixteen: How Jack Sheppard's Portrait Was Painted
Episode 42 · 28:28
Chapter Seventeen: The Iron Bar
Episode 43 · 6:44
Chapter Eighteen: The Bed Room
Episode 44 · 4:02
Chapter Nineteen: The Chapel
Episode 45 · 7:58
Chapter Twenty: The Leads
Episode 46 · 9:05
Chapter Twenty-one: What Befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House
Episode 47 · 14:36
Chapter Twenty-two: Fast and Loose
Episode 48 · 8:59
Chapter Twenty-three: The Last Meeting Between Jack Sheppard and His Mother
Episode 49 · 14:30
Chapter Twenty-four: The Pursuit
Episode 50 · 8:00
Chapter Twenty-five: How Jack Sheppard Got Rid of His Irons
Episode 51 · 13:23
Chapter Twenty-six: How Jack Sheppard Attended His Mother's Funeral
Episode 52 · 14:48
Chapter Twenty-seven: How Jack Sheppard Was Brought Back to Newgate
Episode 53 · 17:08
Chapter Twenty-eight: What Happened at Dollis Hill
Episode 54 · 13:33
Chapter Twenty-nine: How Jack Sheppard Was Taken to Westminster Hall
Episode 55 · 8:29
Chapter Thirty: How Jonathan Wild's House Was Burnt Down