Histories And Mysteries

Oh, happy Habsburgs: one of the most successful royal dynasties in European history, best known for inbreeding itself into extinction. One fine scion of this noble family, the last of the Spanish Habs...

23 Nov 20171h 7min

Christine and Lea Papin were ordinary, underpaid French maids, right up until the day they brained their employers with a pewter jug and plucked out their eyes with their bare hands. The sisters have ...

19 Nov 20171h 24min

Juan Pujol Garcia, the most important double agent of WWII, riffs his way into becoming a British Agent, puts his library card to good use, and maybe even saves the day -- D-Day that is. Tune in for f...

8 Nov 201748min

It's World War II, the British have cracked the Germans' infamous enigma code and are on the verge of launching an assault on the beaches of Normandy. Their success hinges on a intricate web of decept...

2 Nov 20171h 12min

From 1993 until 2009, a mysterious female serial killer roamed Europe, involving herself in everything from triple homicides to bar brawls. Who was the so-called Phantom of Heilbronn, and why haven't ...

26 Okt 20171h 27min

Edinburgh Scotland, 1828, an acute shortage of medical cadavers leads to a lucrative underground trade in bodies stolen by grave-robbers and other crimes yet more sinister. Tune in for dubious medical...

18 Okt 20171h 18min

What do rural Indian villagers, middle-class Japanese baby boomers and 19th century Inuit women have in common? They all suffered from culture-bound psychological disorders not found anywhere else in ...

12 Okt 20171h 19min

William Lyon Mackenzie King is back, and this time, we're talking about his seances with dead dogs, his strange feelings for Hitler, and his true, patriot love of lying to Quebec. Also listen as Jessi...

5 Okt 201755min