Exhibit XV: The Roman Enigma
Before you step through those doors once more, allow me to offer a word of caution. Not every exhibit in this museum tells us what it was. Some simply refuse. Waiting beneath the glass tonight is an o...
5 Aug 15min
S5 E15 The World Before History – Did Humanity Rise and Fall Before Recorded Time?
For as long as we've studied history, we've believed civilization began around 5,000 years ago with the rise of Mesopotamia, Egypt and the first written records. But what if history didn't begin there...
29 Jul 43min
Exhibit XIV: The Mirror That Never Aged
The museum doors open once more, traveller, and tonight I invite you into a room where time itself refuses to behave. Behind a pane of darkened glass rests an elegant Venetian mirror. Its silver has n...
22 Jul 14min
S5 E14: The Dresden Firebombing – The Night the City Burned
In February 1945, as the Second World War neared its bloody conclusion, one of Europe's most beautiful cities became the centre of one of the most controversial bombing raids in history. Known as the ...
15 Jul 23min
Exhibit XIII: The Great Thunderstorm of Widecombe
The museum doors open once more, traveller, and tonight I invite you into a room where the sky itself became the killer. On an ordinary Sunday afternoon in 1638, the people of Widecombe-in-the-Moor ga...
8 Jul 11min
S5 E13 The Paraguayan War — The Nation That Bled to Death
The Paraguayan War | When an Entire Nation Was Destroyed The Paraguayan War (1864–1870) remains one of the deadliest and most devastating conflicts in modern history, yet few people have ever heard of...
1 Jul 44min
Exhibit XII: The Skin That Walked Away
The museum doors open once more, traveller, and tonight I invite you into a room filled with old warnings and older fears. Long before newspapers, police reports, and history books, stories were passe...
24 Jun 8min
S5 E12 Albert Fish — The Boogeyman
Albert Fish — The Boogeyman How does a human being become a monster? In this disturbing episode of The Dark History Podcast, Rob explores the life and crimes of Albert Fish, one of the most infamous s...
17 Jun 32min
