Myths of King Arthur: Origins, Creepy Sex & Magic Swords
King Arthur. Merlin. The Knights of the Round Table and the Sword in the Stone. We think we know these stories but they've changed a lot since they were first told... In this episode, Maddy and Anthon...
11 Jan 202431min
Ireland's Bloodiest Murders: Maamtrasna Murders
One summer night in 1882 the Maamtrasna Valley in the West of Ireland became forever notorious when three generations of the Seoige (Joyce) family were brutally murdered.What followed was a trial so f...
8 Jan 202440min
Medieval Werewolves, Ghosts & Zombies
How did Medieval people fight against the Undead? What motivated their Ghosts? And why do stories of Werewolves persist until today?Anthony and Maddy are joined today by Matt Lewis, host of History Hi...
4 Jan 202451min
Exploding Kings & Red Hot Pokers: Gruesome Deaths of Monarchs
Edward II died by red-hot poker. William the Conqueror exploded on his way into the coffin. Mary II went down covered in so many pustules she was unrecognisable.Kings and Queens are more much more lik...
1 Jan 202438min
Blood Countess of Hungary: Sixteenth Century Serial Killer
The inspiration behind countless gothic novels, Countess Elizabeth Báthory is said to be one of the most prolific serial killers of all time, accused of the murder of 600 girls during the late 16th ce...
28 Dec 202337min
Christmas Day Strangler: the murder of Gwen Ellen Jones
On Christmas Day 1909, Gwen Ellen Jones was murdered by William Murphy in the Welsh town of Holyhead. Anthony and Maddy tell the story with an appearance from Dr Hazel Pierce at the end. The episode w...
25 Dec 202327min
Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghosts
Like Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve, we are visited by three Dickensian ghosts today. One rattling chains, one made out of dark memories, and one tapping out messages on a train. Did Dickens himsel...
20 Dec 202331min
Palmer the Poisoner: Victorian England's Doctor of Death
In a century of poisoners, William Palmer stands out as the prince of them all. Charles Dickens called him "the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey".Maddy tells Anthony the story this w...
18 Dec 202337min
