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Dark Histories

Fortnightly narratives on the unsolved and the unexplained, mysteries, historical true crime, touches of the paranormal and cultural peculiarities.

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The Dyatlov Pass Incident

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

Using legitimate research materials from both English and Russian sources, we tell the full story of one of the more str... Read more

13 Aug 2017

45mins

Ranked #2

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The Mysterious Deaths of the Jamison Family

The Mysterious Deaths of the Jamison Family

This episode we take a look at the disappearance and eventual reappearance of the Jamison family. A mother, father and d... Read more

24 Feb 2018

1hr

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Waverly Hills: The History & The Hauntings

Waverly Hills: The History & The Hauntings

A much requested episode on the history of Waverly Hills, a Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Kentucky. These days, it features... Read more

31 Mar 2019

59mins

Ranked #4

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Adam: The Body in the Thames

Adam: The Body in the Thames

This week we take a look at Adam, the name given to a body fished out the River Thames in 2001 and winds down a dark pat... Read more

14 Jan 2018

34mins

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Room 1046

Room 1046

The tale of room 1046 of the President Hotel in Kansas City is a strange one. A murder mystery with almost no clues and ... Read more

18 Nov 2018

53mins

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Bella Wright & The Green Bicycle Mystery

Bella Wright & The Green Bicycle Mystery

It was the summer of 1919, in a leafy rural region of Leicestershire that we turn our focus towards today and a woman na... Read more

13 Jan 2019

1hr 37mins

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The Circleville Letters Mystery

The Circleville Letters Mystery

This week is a tireless effort to unravel the most tightly wound bundle of gossip, hearsay and bizarre facts that make u... Read more

28 Jan 2018

31mins

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The Death of George Bodle & The Birth of Forensic Toxicology

The Death of George Bodle & The Birth of Forensic Toxicology

In 1833, a small village in Kent, England became the focus of attention when the patriarchal head of a wealthy farming f... Read more

12 Jan 2020

1hr 14mins

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Emilie Sagée: The woman who wasn't there

Emilie Sagée: The woman who wasn't there

In 1845, Emilie Sagée took a job at the Neuwelcke boarding school. It was her 18th teaching position in 16 years. The gi... Read more

3 Jun 2018

55mins

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Russian Dolls: Anatoly Moskvin

Russian Dolls: Anatoly Moskvin

In 2011, Russia bore witness to one of the most bizarre cases in the countries criminal history. A story of Black magic,... Read more

23 Sep 2018

53mins

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The Murder of Julia Wallace

The Murder of Julia Wallace

We're crashing back to earth this week with the lesser known story of William Herbert Wallace and his wife Julia. This i... Read more

12 Aug 2018

1hr 15mins

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The Disappearance of Lord Lucan

The Disappearance of Lord Lucan

Lord Lucan, a name of considerable infamy, not as a member of the aristocracy, but for the murder of his children's nann... Read more

3 Mar 2019

1hr 19mins

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Harry price & The Séance of Rosalie

Harry price & The Séance of Rosalie

On a cold December night of 1937, renowned Psychical Investigator Harry Price strode up the steps outside a large, Victo... Read more

15 Sep 2019

1hr 46mins

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Transmissions from nowhere: Numbers Stations

Transmissions from nowhere: Numbers Stations

Starting off in 1890, we take a look back at the history of secret radio transmissions, leading up until today and unrav... Read more

29 Jul 2018

1hr 12mins

Ranked #15

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The Hinterkaifeck Murders

The Hinterkaifeck Murders

Working from contemporary German primary sources, this week we go in deep and take a look at the mysterious case of the ... Read more

30 Oct 2017

38mins

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The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund

The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund

This weeks episode goes a bit more out there as we take a look at a historic exorcism that, despite being a well-documen... Read more

11 Feb 2018

34mins

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The Sarah Duckett Ghost Mystery & Other Stories

The Sarah Duckett Ghost Mystery & Other Stories

With Halloween on the horizon, I took time to cover some of the smaller stories that I've dug up over the previous year ... Read more

27 Oct 2019

47mins

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Charles Walton: The Pitchfork Murder

Charles Walton: The Pitchfork Murder

On the night of February 14th, 1945. The body of Charles Walton was found on a farm in Lower Quinton, Warwickshire in En... Read more

10 Sep 2017

26mins

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Burke & Hare: The West Port Murders

Burke & Hare: The West Port Murders

The story of William Burke and William Hare, two Irish men living in Edinburgh in 1827, who spied an opportunity to make... Read more

6 Aug 2017

22mins

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The Euston Square Mystery

The Euston Square Mystery

The Lodging houses of Victorian London held no shortage of scandal and intrigue for the more imaginative Londoners in th... Read more

2 Dec 2018

1hr 26mins

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