Dick Turpin Dick Turpin Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher early in his life but, by the early 1730s, he had joined a gang of deer thieves and, later, became a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He is also known for a fictional overnight ride from London to York on his horse Black Bess, a story that was made famous by the Victorian novelist William Harrison Ainsworth almost 100 years after
Bahni Turpin Bahni Turpin Bahni Turpin is an American stage and screen actress known for her roles in "Malcolm X" and "Coldcase Files" and an award-winning audiobook narrator. Her audiobooks are regularly on Amazon’s monthly top ten audiobooks list. Her audiobook career includes some of the most popular and critically acclaimed books in recent years including The Help, "The Hate U Give" and "Children of Blood and Bone". She has narrated over 70 titles. Turpin was born in 1962 in Pontiac, Michigan. "House of Rougeaux" by "Jenny Jaeckel, read by Bahni Turpin." Actor Turpin’s skill with a vast array of accents brings