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After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

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Date	Combined Rank	Apple Podcasts	Spotify	Pocket Casts	Castbox
Oct 21	#26	#19	#36	#20	#20
Oct 20	#25	#18	#35	#18	#17
Oct 19	#25	#21	#35	#20	#21
Oct 18	#26	#22	#36	#19	#19
Oct 17	#25	#19	#36	#18	#20
Oct 16	#23	#19	#36	#17	#19

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This is After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal. The podcast that takes you to the shadiest corners of the past, unpicking history’s spookiest, strangest, and most sinister stories. Join historians Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, every Monday and Thursday to take a look at the darker side of history. From haunted pubs and Houdini, to witch trials and weird UFO sightings. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal - a podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts Dan Snow's History Hit, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets. History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™ Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.