29 The Darnley Affair: A Historical Whodunit | Part 2: The Suspects
29 The Darnley Affair: A Historical Whodunit | Part 2: The Suspects  
Podcast: Mossbunker Review
Published On: Tue Feb 10 2026
Description: In the second episode of The Darnley Affair: A Historical Whodunnit, Liam J. Atchison and Athanasios Arkoudos turn from the crime itself to the figures who stood to benefit from it. Examining Mary, Queen of Scots, the Earl of Bothwell, the Earl of Moray, and the wider political forces at work, this episode explores motive, opportunity, and power without collapsing complexity into accusation. The result is a careful weighing of evidence that reveals how blame was assigned, contested, and ultimately weaponized in sixteenth-century Scotland.