The Witch of New York: 1840's Murder Trials of Polly Bodine
On Christmas night 1843 a mother and child were found murdered inside their burned out home. Suspicion fell on one Polly Bodine. Over the next three years, Polly became the most infamous person in Ame...
6 Kesä 202441min
The Real Mutiny on the Bounty: Revenge in Paradise (Part 2)
Mutineers, manhunts, uninhabited tropical islands and...SHIPWRECKS! The second part of the story of the Mutiny of the Bounty is even wilder than the first. This time we follow HMS Pandora as it hunts ...
3 Kesä 202444min
Real History of the Knights Templar
Why are the Knights Templar surrounded by myths and legends? Is there any truth to the tales of the Holy Grail or that the Knights survived? Why does this medieval order, which disappeared in the 14th...
30 Touko 202438min
Victorian Thames Torso Murders
At exactly the same time as Jack the Ripper, another serial killer terrorised London. Just like Jack the Ripper, all their victims were women - their dismembered bodies left floating in the Thames. Th...
27 Touko 202436min
Hidden History of Garden Gnomes
Garden gnomes have a secret life all of their own. If you don't believe us, then go ask Paris Hilton.Today we discover the hidden history of garden gnomes and meet the eccentric aristocrat - Sir Charl...
23 Touko 202432min
Great Irish Famine: Coffin Ships & the Dark Truth (Part 2)
1847 was the darkest year in the spiralling horror of the Great Irish Famine. It is known in Ireland as 'Black '47'. The British Government withdrew its support, leaving famine and disease to stalk th...
20 Touko 202441min
Oliver Cromwell's Decapitated Head & Charles II's Revenge
***Warning: today's episode contains graphic description of violence***In 1661 Oliver Cromwell was hung and beheaded...the only problem was he'd been dead two years already. Charles II had returned an...
15 Touko 202438min
The Great Famine: Ireland’s Darkest Chapter (Part 1)
One million people died. Two million emigrated. The Great Irish Famine was the world turned upside down. The darkest chapter in Ireland's past.It is not solely Ireland's history to bear. This is a pie...
13 Touko 202436min
