Dark Histories
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Dark Histories

by Ben Cutmore

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

100 episodes
EN language
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1
The Witches of Warboys
1:04:09 Mar 17, 2026
2
The 19th Century West Ham Vanishings
1:06:06 Mar 3, 2026
3
George Psalmanazar, The Man From Formosa
49:29 Feb 17, 2026
4
George Joseph Smith: The Case of the Brides in the Bath
1:21:32 Feb 3, 2026
5
The Curious Case of Edgar Vandy
52:01 Jan 20, 2026
6
Christmas Campfire 2025 (Part 2)
43:48 Dec 31, 2025
7
Christmas Campfire 2025 (Part 1)
54:32 Dec 24, 2025
8
The Spirit of Old Jeffery: John Wesley & The Epworth Poltergeist
54:39 Dec 16, 2025
9
The Whaleship Essex & The Real Life Story of Moby Dick
1:18:52 Dec 2, 2025
10
Flying Carrots & Little Divers: The French UFO Wave of 1954
1:06:36 Nov 18, 2025
11
Yesterday Today - 09/11
31:29 Nov 9, 2025
12
The Martins Croft Poltergeist: The Devil of Ylöjärvi
1:01:27 Nov 3, 2025
13
The Paris Bluebeard: The Life & Lies of Marcel Petiot
1:30:16 Oct 21, 2025
14
Yesterday Today - 05/10
31:53 Oct 5, 2025
15
A Time Slip in Versailles: The Moberly-Jourdain Incident
49:28 Sep 29, 2025
16
Ringcroft of Stocking & The Mackie Poltergeist
47:17 Sep 16, 2025
17
Yesterday Today - 07/09
25:36 Sep 7, 2025
18
A Boy’s Best Friend is his Mother: The Horrors of Ed Gein
1:06:51 Sep 2, 2025
19
Introducing: CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CULTS, AND CRIMES
9:49 Aug 20, 2025
20
The Literary Miracles of Patience Worth
1:18:23 Aug 20, 2025
21
Yesterday Today - 10/08
28:45 Aug 10, 2025
22
The Murderous Mannings & The Bermondsey Horror
1:20:51 Aug 3, 2025
23
Summer Holiday & Introducing: Macabrium Lore & Legends
41:28 Jul 14, 2025
24
Yesterday Today - 06/07
29:31 Jul 6, 2025
25
Murder, Madness and The Unusual Life of William Minor
56:55 Jun 30, 2025
26
Yesterday Today - 22/06
21:55 Jun 22, 2025
27
The Judica-Cordiglia Brothers & The Lost Cosmonauts of the Cold War
50:20 Jun 16, 2025
28
Yesterday Today - 08/06
27:54 Jun 8, 2025
29
The Strange Incident of the Coogee Aquarium Shark
1:15:52 Jun 2, 2025
30
Yesterday Today - 18/05
28:18 May 18, 2025
31
The Woman in Black & The Cheltenham Ghost Scare of 1886
1:03:57 May 13, 2025
32
Yesterday Today - 04/05
31:35 May 4, 2025
33
The Strange Discovery of the Hexham Heads
1:08:19 Apr 28, 2025
34
Yesterday Today - 20/04
31:00 Apr 20, 2025
35
The Poisoned Prince: The Germ Murders of the British Raj
1:18:49 Apr 14, 2025
36
Yesterday Today - 06/04
39:41 Apr 6, 2025
37
Project X-Ray & The Bat Bombs of World War II
59:38 Mar 31, 2025
38
The Strange Death of Ocey Snead: The East Orange Bathtub Mystery
1:19:14 Mar 17, 2025
39
Edward Leonski The Brownout Strangler
1:20:50 Mar 6, 2025
40
Midway Atoll & The Wreck of the Wandering Minstrel
59:58 Feb 17, 2025
41
The Islandmagee Witch Trials of 1711
1:02:31 Feb 3, 2025
42
Occult Rituals & Space Rockets: The Strange Life of Jack Parsons
1:14:29 Jan 20, 2025
43
Introducing: Southern Gothic
52:24 Jan 5, 2025
44
Christmas Campfire 2024 (Part 2)
1:01:17 Dec 31, 2024
45
Christmas Campfire 2024 (Part 1)
59:28 Dec 24, 2024
46
The Life and Hauntings of Violet Tweedale
1:14:18 Dec 17, 2024
47
The Murderous Life of Dr Thomas Neill Cream (Part 2)
1:21:47 Dec 2, 2024
48
The Murderous Life of Dr Thomas Neill Cream (Part 1)
1:05:10 Nov 20, 2024
49
The Porthole Mystery: James Camb & The Death of Gay Gibson
1:34:31 Nov 4, 2024
50
Farrant, Manchester & The Highgate Vampire
1:01:46 Oct 20, 2024
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