Podcast Episodes

The Perfume Poisoner Who Killed 500 Men

Episode 221

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?…

Published on 8 hours ago

Introducing a chilling new podcast: TWISTED TALES WITH HEIDI WONG

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…

Published on 2 days, 8 hours ago

Truth About Irish Funeral Beliefs

Episode 220

What are the origins of keening for the dead? What is the history of Irish wakes? And why must you never put a coffin down on the way to the funeral?

Anthony tells Maddy and special guest Dan Snow abo…

Published on 4 days, 8 hours ago

'She Devil' Serial Poisoner of Victorian England

Episode 219

Sarah Dazley was one of the most infamous women in the world for a moment in 1843 when she was accused of poisoning not one but two former husbands. Our guest today is Nat Doig - creator of the podca…

Published on 1 week ago

Witches of Cornwall

Episode 218

From the spookiest corner of the British isles, comes two stories of witches. Stories of fairies and magical powers, of skeletons and haunted history. Our guest is the manager of Bodmin Jail in Cornw…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Britain's Coldest Murder Case

Episode 217

Eugene Aram was an 18th century schoolmaster who got away with murder for fourteen years. Then a skeleton was unearthed and a case that had been forgotten burst into life & created a legend.

Maddy Pel…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Day in the life of a Black Death Rat

Episode 216

What did Medieval people think about rats? Did they have any idea that they were the cause of the Black Death? How did they use charms and poisons to try to get rid of them? Today we explore the worl…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

The Dark Truth About Madam Tussauds

Episode 215

Behind the current display of celebrity waxworks lies the dark and bloody history of Madam Tussauds.

Join Anthony and Maddy as they go back to the 18th century, when Marie Tussaud escapes the guilloti…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Who Was The Ultimate Tudor Traitor?

Episode 214

The Tudor court was dangerous and high stakes at the best of times, where survival could often mean betraying others.

Enter: Jane Boleyn, thrust into the Tudor limelight when her sister-in-law, Anne B…

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

The Railway Murder That Shook Victorian Britain

Episode 213

It's 1864 and the height of industrialisation. The thrill of railway travel is shattered with the first murder that takes place on it.

Join Anthony and Maddy as they pick apart the murder of wealthy b…

Published on 4 weeks ago