Dark Histories
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Dark Histories
Fortnightly narratives on the unsolved and the unexplained, mysteries, historical true crime, touches of the paranormal and cultural peculiarities.
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Yesterday Today - 05/10
This week we continue to look into the press around the time of Jack the Ripper and dig up a extremely peculiar story that's never really explained at...
A Time Slip in Versailles: The Moberly-Jourdain Incident
On a warm, overcast summer’s day of 1901, two English school mistresses strolled through the gardens of Versailles, unaware they were about to step in...
Ringcroft of Stocking & The Mackie Poltergeist
In 1695, a small rural, farming community of southwest Scotland was shaken by strange events at the farmhouse of Ringcroft of Stocking. What began wit...
Yesterday Today - 07/09
This week we look into some of the press reports from the second Jack the Ripper Murder, as well as some highlights of Hitchcock's Psycho release, fro...
A Boy’s Best Friend is his Mother: The Horrors of Ed Gein
Behind the doors of an isolated farmhouse on the outskirts of Plainfield, Wisconsin, a trove of macabre secrets were stashed out of sight of the local...
Introducing: CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CULTS, AND CRIMES
From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is full of deception, manipulation, and destruction. Listen to C...
The Literary Miracles of Patience Worth
In 1913, a St. Louis housewife named Pearl Curran sat down at a Ouija board and claimed to make contact with a spirit called Patience Worth—a seventee...
Yesterday Today - 10/08
This week we're taking a quick look at the end of the second World War in teh Pacific, as well as rummaging through a host of summer ghost stories fro...
The Murderous Mannings & The Bermondsey Horror
In the summer of 1849, Patrick O’Connor, a prosperous London customs officer, vanished without warning. His trail ended in a quiet Bermondsey house, h...
Summer Holiday & Introducing: Macabrium Lore & Legends
It's that time of year where the sun is out for more than 10 minutes a day over here in England, so that must mean it's summer holiday! I'll be off fo...
Yesterday Today - 06/07
Welcome back to Dark Histories and Yesterday Today, where this week we're going all the way back to 1776 to have a quick look at the declaration of in...
Murder, Madness and The Unusual Life of William Minor
When you pick up a dictionary and look up a word, have you ever stopped to consider who it was that compiled such meticulous work? Was it a scholar, o...
Yesterday Today - 22/06
Back with another off-shoot episode of Dark Histories, this time digging up some old ghost stories, the Queen's coronation, and some rather solid advi...
The Judica-Cordiglia Brothers & The Lost Cosmonauts of the Cold War
In the murky-corners of Cold War history, beneath layers of radio static, the chilling tale of the Judica-Cordiglia brothers emerges. Armed with make...
Yesterday Today - 08/06
This week, I'm back with another episode of Yesterday Today. We have storiesmarking the original publication or Orwells 1984, the strange resurrection...
The Strange Incident of the Coogee Aquarium Shark
In the 1920’s and 30s, shark attacks off the coast of New South Wales, Australia were not an especially uncommon event. In 1935, however, Sydney’s pea...
Yesterday Today - 18/05
Hi everyone, I'm back with another mini-episode of Yesterday Today, where this week we dig into the first ever non-stop Transatlantic Flight, the firs...
The Woman in Black & The Cheltenham Ghost Scare of 1886
In the quiet elegance of 1880s Cheltenham, a spectral presence stirred unease in a grand old family mansion in the centre of town. The ghost—described...
Yesterday Today - 04/05
Back with another episode of Yesterday Today, the shoot off podcast for Dark Histories.
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The Strange Discovery of the Hexham Heads
In 1971, in the quiet town of Hexham, England, two small stone heads were unearthed — and with them, a series of strange and unsettling events began t...
Yesterday Today - 20/04
Back with another episode of Yesterday Today, the shoot off podcast for Dark Histories. This week we're looking at one of the more epic boxing matches...
The Poisoned Prince: The Germ Murders of the British Raj
In 1933, within the quiet corridors of the palace of the Pakur Raj, a death of the young Raja stirred more than grief—it raised suspicions. What seeme...
Yesterday Today - 06/04
The return of Yesterday Today! For those that remember, this is a little side episode for a bit of fun, focusing on old news reports through history....
Project X-Ray & The Bat Bombs of World War II
Amid the chaos of World War II, a secret project emerged from the depths of military innovation—Project X-Ray. It was an idea so strange, so deceptive...
The Strange Death of Ocey Snead: The East Orange Bathtub Mystery
In 1909, the discovery of a young woman, pale and emaciated, lying lifeless in a bathtub marked the start of an investigation into what seemed like a...
Edward Leonski The Brownout Strangler
By the time Japanese launched their air attack force on the US Naval base of Pearl Harbour, in Hawaii, raining down a hail of metal from the Pacific s...
Midway Atoll & The Wreck of the Wandering Minstrel
In the heart of the Pacific in the late 19th century, an expedition planned by Frederick and Elizabeth Walker, turned into a nightmare. In the dead of...
The Islandmagee Witch Trials of 1711
In the windswept town of Islandmagee, County Antrim, in the year 1711, fear took root, and hysteria fanned the flames of injustice. Eight women—healer...
Occult Rituals & Space Rockets: The Strange Life of Jack Parsons
Beneath the blazing Californian sun, in a world teetering on the edge of war and wonder, one man dared to ignite the stars. Jack Parsons, a visionary...
Introducing: Southern Gothic
Whilst I'm finishing up my Winter holiday, i wanted to share with you all one of my favourite shows, from a good friend of mine, Southern Gothic! This...
Christmas Campfire 2024 (Part 2)
Here is Part 2 of this years Christmas Campfire, more of a New Years Campfire, really. I hope you enjoy!
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Christmas Campfire 2024 (Part 1)
Hey everyone! Merry Christmas (Eve)! Here is this years Christmas Campfire, or at least the first half of it. Thanks for everyone for taking part, I h...
The Life and Hauntings of Violet Tweedale
The life of Violet Tweedale was one of some fantasy and interest. A Victorian woman, powerful and wealthy in a time when women were not often such, sh...
The Murderous Life of Dr Thomas Neill Cream (Part 2)
Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, a physician with a respectable facade, became one of the most notorious figures in Victorian London’s dark history. Under the...
The Murderous Life of Dr Thomas Neill Cream (Part 1)
Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, a physician with a respectable facade, became one of the most notorious figures in Victorian London’s dark history. Under the...
The Porthole Mystery: James Camb & The Death of Gay Gibson
On a misty night in October 1947, the luxury liner Durban Castle sailed smoothly across the dark waves of the Atlantic. Aboard was Gay Gibson, a young...
Farrant, Manchester & The Highgate Vampire
In the 1970s, the shadowy depths of Highgate Cemetery, London became the centre of what would go on to become an enduring urban legend. As two men, bo...
The Case of Elizabeth Fenning & The Poison Dumplings
In the streets of Regency London,the young servant, Elizabeth Fenning, faced a sinister charge - attempted murder by poison. Accused of lacing her emp...
The Ghost Hunts of George Albert Smith: Mesmerist & Film Maker
The life and times of George Albert Smith are not particularly well known. Despite working for several years as a stage hypnotist and psychic, the own...
Sorcery, Witchcraft & Murder: The Affair of the Poisons
In France during the 17th Century, a string of unexpected deaths lead to a murder inquiry that uncovered the dark practices of a serial poisoner, who...