Who was Jack the Ripper? The Prince (Suspect 1)
Part 1/4. By investigating the men accused of being Jack the Ripper, we uncover dark truths about Victorian society - and our own. Why were these men, most of them almost certainly innocent, singled o...
16 Sep 202437min
Lost Colony of Roanoke: Mystery of England's First American Settlers
The colonists of Roanoke Island in the 1580's were the very first English people to try to establish a permanent settlement in America. They completely disappeared. The only clue was the word 'CROATOA...
12 Sep 202440min
Myth of the Minotaur: Half Man Half Bull
The myth of the Minotaur has endured thousands of years for good reason... it's hard to forget! Today, Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney the story of King Minos of Crete, the monster in his maze, an...
9 Sep 202435min
The Black Death: The Deadliest Plague
It was beyond Biblical in its horror. Around half of all Europeans are estimated to have died in the Black Death. Death ravaged towns and villages, castles and hovels. What did it feel like to live th...
5 Sep 202448min
Macabre Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was a poster boy for the macabre whose work thrilled readers throughout America and beyond. How did he end up in a gutter in Baltimore, delirious, and wearing clothes that were not his...
2 Sep 202435min
Corpse Medicine: Eating Egyptian Mummies
A skull a day! People ate people in the name of medicine across Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Charles II kept powdered skull in a bag on his belt and mummified corpses were the greatest cure ...
29 Aug 202435min
Giggling Granny Serial Killer
Picture a serial killer in your mind’s eye. What do you see... Is it your gran?Today is the story of one of America’s most notorious female serial killers: Nannie Doss, aka the Giggling Granny. She ki...
26 Aug 202434min
Salem Witch Trials: Interrogation & Torture
The second part of our story on the Salem Witch Trials. Anthony Delaney takes Maddy Pelling inside the courtroom as unbelievable stories of witchcraft are told and a terrifying power dynamic reveals i...
22 Aug 202453min
