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...
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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 ...
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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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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...
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