The Murder of the Romanovs
In this episode, we look at the murders of the last Tsars (royal family) of Russia in 1918, including the decline of Tsar Nicholas as ruler and the increasing instability of Russia throughout WWI. We ...
24 Touko 202340min
Forbidden History Series 2 - Coming Soon
Forbidden History is back. In our second season, we continue to explore the past’s darkest corners, delve into the history archives and reveal new perspectives on familiar stories. Series two starts M...
17 Touko 20232min
The Woman in the Wych Elm
In April 1943, during the dark days of World War II, four teenage boys in Birmingham, England were hunting for birds’ eggs in a remote woodland called, Hagley Wood. The slightest of the boys stopped a...
7 Joulu 202237min
The Triumph and Tragedy of Nikola Tesla
It’s 1943, and a tall moustached man is crossing the road to his hotel in New York City, pausing only to feed the birds. He rides the elevator up to the 33rd floor, and heads to his room, 3327. He is ...
30 Marras 202242min
The Madness of King Ludwig II
On the 13th of June 1886, the body of Ludwig II, the so-called Mad King of Bavaria, was found floating in two feet of water on Lake Starnberg, Germany. The official verdict given by the authorities wa...
23 Marras 202239min
The Murder Bureau
It is August 1978; Georgi Markov is in his London flat when the phone rings. He’s greeted by the sound of a cold and distorted voice. “Georgi Markov you’re going to die”. Markov is used to these dea...
16 Marras 202236min
Finding Mary Magdalene
According to all four gospels, Jesus chose one person as the first witness of his resurrection. One person, who was entrusted with spreading this momentous news; a follower whose life is still shroude...
9 Marras 202239min
The Hitler Diaries
It is the early 1980s, and in a house in West Germany a man called Gerd Heidemann is flicking through a book with mounting excitement. Sentences leap from the page: ‘The burning of the books was not...
2 Marras 202240min
