Death at the Savoy Mansions: Post-War London's Drug Underworld

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why do people kill in the season of goodwill? Why are we fascinated when they do? And what does it say about us?Professor David Wilson, leading criminologist and bestselling author, joins Maddy and An...

13 Dec 202339min