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Back to SearchChristiana Edmunds: The Chocolate Cream Killer
Season 4 Episode 10
In 1871, the seaside town of Brighton, England saw one of the more bizarre cases of the Victorian age play out when a lady of the town, Miss Christia…
6 years ago
Benandanti: Anti-Witches & The Inquisition
Season 4 Episode 9
The witch trials throughout medieval europe have become renowned for their relentless, brutal torture and widespread execution. Whether floated as a …
6 years ago
The Cardiff Giant & The Great American Humbug
Season 4 Episode 8
The world of the strange has always held a certain draw. The pull of a mystery, the intrigue of a natural obscurity or the exciting twists of the un…
6 years, 1 month ago
Conan Doyle & The Case of Oscar Slater
Season 4 Episode 7
In December of 1909, a few days before Christmas, the murder of a wealthy old woman in Glasgow sparked a cascade of events that would go on to write…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Horror of M.R. James
Season 4 Episode 6
Something a little different this week, as you may have guessed from the title. All is explained at the start of the episode, but the long and the s…
6 years, 2 months ago
Chimeras: Ilya Ivanov & The Humanzee
Season 4 Episode 5
Stories of human-animal hybrids have existed for centuries, from the ancient Greeks, to modern Hollywood cinema, as humans, we have always held a fea…
6 years, 2 months ago
Joseph Vacher: The French Ripper
Season 4 Episode 4
In 1888, Whitechapel, was gripped by fear of a brutal series of murders perpetrated by a sadistic killer that named himself Jack the Ripper. He woul…
6 years, 3 months ago
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Season 4 Episode 3
In 1944, residents in the town of Mattoon in Illinois came under a prolonged series of attacks by a man the papers named as “The Mad Gasser” and “The…
6 years, 3 months ago
Scratching Fanny & The Cock Lane Haunting
Season 4 Episode 2
William Kent was what some might have called a rather unlucky man. Twice widowed shortly after marriage to his relatively wealthy wives, his relation…
6 years, 4 months ago
The Death of George Bodle & The Birth of Forensic Toxicology
Season 4 Episode 1
In 1833, a small village in Kent, England became the focus of attention when the patriarchal head of a wealthy farming family wound up dead, presumed…
6 years, 4 months ago