Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:49:02 +0200https://english.radio.cz/vaclav-babinsky-life-and-legend-a-bohemian-highwayman-8547408© 2026 Radio Prague International The name of Václav Babinský is familiar to almost every Czech. The Babinsky legend lives thanks to a folk song, passed on from generation to generation and, curiously, most popular with very young children. It tells the story of a notorious criminal named Babinský who is awaiting execution in a flea infested prison. In today’s Czech History we find out whether the song remains true to history and we look at the life and legend of the 19th-century Bohemian highwayman Václav Babinský. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/vaclav-babinsky-life-and-legend-a-bohemian-highwayman-8547408 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9