After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

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The Only Prime Minister Ever Assassinated

The Only Prime Minister Ever Assassinated

Dec 01, 2025

Was this moment the closest Britain came to revolution? When Prime Minister Spencer Perceval lay dying on the floor of the Parliament, many feared it was the start of bloody revolt. We discover the as...

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Who Was Medieval Europe's Most Evil Monarch?

Who Was Medieval Europe's Most Evil Monarch?

Nov 27, 2025

Who was the very worst of all the Medieval monarchs? No spoilers but we've got monarchs driven psychopathic by love, terrible sadists, and egos that straddled a continent. They were the worst of the w...

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Who was the Last Witch of Scotland?

Who was the Last Witch of Scotland?

Nov 24, 2025

With the nights closing in, what better time to re-visit a favourite episode of ours. In 1727, Janet Horne of the Highland community of Dornoch became the last person in Britain to be tried and execut...

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Could you Survive the Medieval Apocalypse?

Could you Survive the Medieval Apocalypse?

Nov 20, 2025

For Medieval Europe, the Apocalypse wasn’t just a metaphor - it was very real and very imminent. We are talking about the four horsemen, locusts the size of horses, the beast of the abyss, the Whore o...

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Why Did Henry VIII Kill Catherine Howard?

Why Did Henry VIII Kill Catherine Howard?

Nov 17, 2025

In 1540 Henry VIII was getting old, and his eyes turned to teenager Catherine Howard. He fell hard and fast for Catherine - his "rose without a thorn" - but when he found out about her past, all hell ...

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Who Was Nostradamus?

Who Was Nostradamus?

Nov 13, 2025

Did Nostradamus really predict everything from the Great Fire of London to the rise of Hitler? We predict that you'll find out in this episode... Join Anthony and Maddy as they explore the life of 16t...

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Day in the Life of a Tudor Executioner

Day in the Life of a Tudor Executioner

Nov 10, 2025

Did they wear black hoods? Whose axe did they use? How did you get the job in the first place? Today Anthony Delaney takes Maddy Pelling inside the world of the Tudor Executioner. Research by Phoebe J...

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Henry VIII's Murderous Reign

Henry VIII's Murderous Reign

Nov 06, 2025

Henry VIII was a monarch everyone was excited for, and turned into someone who weaponised his powers for murder. What happened in his life that caused the death toll to suddenly rise? In this episode,...

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The Perfume Poisoner Who Killed 500 Men

The Perfume Poisoner Who Killed 500 Men

Nov 03, 2025

Deep in Renaissance Rome, it is said that a woman called Giulia Tofana supplied poison to kill some 500 abusive men. Is this the stuff of myth and folklore? What historical truth is there to be found?...

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Introducing a chilling new podcast: TWISTED TALES WITH HEIDI WONG

Introducing a chilling new podcast: TWISTED TALES WITH HEIDI WONG

Nov 01, 2025

Reality is the real horror. Every Monday, poet and paranormal obsessive Heidi Wong unearths the chilling true stories behind the world’s most terrifying legends. From haunted dolls to cursed houses, e...

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