English Village Sacrificed to Plague (Part 2)
(Part 2/2) They could've run, but they stayed. In 1665 plague arrived in the idyllic English village of Eyam. What followed was a story of suffering and self-sacrifice.Maddy tells Anthony the story. T...
24 Nov 202442min
Ghosts of the Deep South
The Deep South is a haunted landscape where dark tourism thrives, supplying spine-tingling thrills to eager visitors. But is there a darker truth behind these tales? Maddy and Anthony's guest today is...
21 Nov 202452min
English Village Sacrificed to Plague (Part 1)
(Part 1/2) They could've run, but they stayed. In 1665 plague arrived in the idyllic English village of Eyam. What followed was a story of suffering and self-sacrifice.Maddy tells Anthony the story. T...
18 Nov 202446min
Queen Victoria's Funeral & the Cult of Death
Queen Victoria was synonymous with grief and the Victorian cult of death. Yet her own funeral wasn't that at all. Today Dan O'Brien explains to Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling how to bury a Queen li...
14 Nov 202437min
Final Days of Captain Cook
The violent death of Captain James Cook, British explorer, on a Hawaiian beach in 1779 has become the stuff of legend. Should we believe the story that's been handed down? How should we remember a man...
11 Nov 202437min
Ghosts of Hampton Court Palace
The ghost of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, screaming down a corridor. A nursemaid's spinning wheel clicking in the walls. Robed Tudor figures slamming open fire exits. A noisy group of g...
7 Nov 202442min
Titanic: The Final Hours (Part 2)
Part 2/2. Iceberg, panic and lives changed forever. Loss, survival, and myth-making. Today is part two of the most famous maritime disaster in history.Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Delaney through the t...
4 Nov 202448min
The King's Witch Trial: North Berwick Witches
Maddy and Anthony have a new TV documentary out all about King James VI of Scotland's witch hunts, available on History Hit TV.When James VI of Scotland's new wife, Anne of Denmark, is almost lost in ...
31 Okt 202433min
