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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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Mary Ellen MacDonald & The Haunting of Caledonia Mills

Mary Ellen MacDonald & The Haunting of Caledonia Mills

In the winter of 1922, a bizarre series of events fell across an isolated Nova Scotian farmhouse, leaving the locals gra... Read more

8 Aug 2023

1hr 4mins

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Mina Crandon, Scientific American & The $5000 Psychical Challenge

Mina Crandon, Scientific American & The $5000 Psychical Challenge

In the 1920s as the world reeled from the first world war and the great flu pandemic, people in their collective grief t... Read more

26 Jul 2023

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Sarah Hart: Murder on the Telegraph Cables

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