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The Only Prime Minister Ever Assassinated
Dec 01, 2025Was 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...
Who Was Medieval Europe's Most Evil Monarch?
Nov 27, 2025Who 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...
Who was the Last Witch of Scotland?
Nov 24, 2025With 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...
Could you Survive the Medieval Apocalypse?
Nov 20, 2025For 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...
Why Did Henry VIII Kill Catherine Howard?
Nov 17, 2025In 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 ...
Who Was Nostradamus?
Nov 13, 2025Did 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...
Day in the Life of a Tudor Executioner
Nov 10, 2025Did 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...
Henry VIII's Murderous Reign
Nov 06, 2025Henry 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,...
The Perfume Poisoner Who Killed 500 Men
Nov 03, 2025Deep 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?...
Introducing a chilling new podcast: TWISTED TALES WITH HEIDI WONG
Nov 01, 2025Reality 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...