After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal28 Maalis 2024

The Murdering Midwife of Covent Garden

‘If only walls could talk’ is a phrase which feels particularly relevant to mysterious murder cases throughout history. And in today’s episode, walls do have a story to tell. To celebrate Maddy’s book about Eighteenth-Century graffiti coming out this week, she’s sharing two intriguing murder cases where graffiti played an integral role. First case is a murderous midwife in London, followed by the mystery of the body discovered floating in a Bristol estuary.

To find out more about Maddy’s new book, Writing on the Wall: Graffiti, Rebellion and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Britain, click here.

Please be aware there is discussion of murder and suicide in this episode

Written by Maddy Pelling. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Producer is Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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The Pendle Witches | Cautionary Tales

What’s better than a witch story on Halloween? Today, we’ve got a special episode from Cautionary Tales’ Tim Harford to share. Back in 1612 Lancashire, a chance roadside argument between a peddler and...

31 Loka 40min

London's Most Iconic Ghost Story

We're celebrating Maddy's new documentary all about London's most famous ghost - the ghost of Cock Lane! It's out today on History Hit - https://www.historyhit.com/This is a rerun of our episode from ...

29 Loka 1h 2min

American Vampire Panic

This is a shocking story that saw families digging up their dead relatives, believing them to be vampires.What makes it all the more shocking, is that it was as recent as 1892.Join Anthony and Maddy t...

26 Loka 42min

Most Haunted House in England

Built in 1862, Borley Rectory became known as England's most haunted house. From ghostly nuns and unexplained disturbances to paranormal investigator Harry Price's controversial investigations, discov...

22 Loka 53min

Myth of the Golem of Prague

In the sixteenth-century, down the winding cobbled streets of Prague, there once lived a towering supernatural being: the Golem. Legend has it that it was conjured to life through mystic rituals, and ...

19 Loka 44min

The 'Changeling Murder' of Bridget Cleary

The story goes that in 1895 Bridget Cleary was burned to death by her husband who believed she was a 'changeling' fairy.In today's episode, Anthony and Maddy interrogate the stories we've been told ab...

15 Loka 1h 17min

Medieval Origins of Dracula

With Halloween just around the corner, it's the perfect time to really get to know the familiar figure of Dracula.What vampires came before him? What fears were the Victorians projecting onto him? And...

12 Loka 49min

The Real Werewolf Trials of Europe

You've heard of the witch trials, but have you heard of the werewolf trials?!This fascinating history takes us to back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when panic spread through villages in mainland Eu...

8 Loka 1h