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Dark Histories
by Ben Cutmore
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| Date | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 2 | #100 |
About the show
Fortnightly narratives on the unsolved and the unexplained, mysteries, historical true crime, touches of the paranormal and cultural peculiarities.
Latest episodes
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Philip: The Ghost That Never Was
September 21, 2026 · 56 minIn the early 1970’s a small group of Canadians making up the Toronto Society for Psychical Research set out to prove the existence of ghosts and poltergeists. Such an investigation was sure to need a highly controlled experiment if it were…
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The Willie Starchfield Murder Mystery
September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minOn a cold, grey January afternoon in 1914, a railway carriage travelling through north London shuttled along its route, carrying a grim secret. Beneath a third-class carriage seat lay the body of five-year-old Willie Starchfield, strangled…
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Early America & The Savage Crimes of the Harpe Brothers
August 25, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minIn the years following the American Revolution, when the country was still uncertain of itself and the frontier was still a place of violence, two brothers carved out a story of fear across the wilderness. When their story was first…
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The Grafton, The Invercauld and the The Multiple Wrecks of the Auckland Islands
August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 8 minIn the winter of 1864, two ships met their fate on one of the most remote and unforgiving stretches of the Southern Ocean. The Grafton and the Invercauld were wrecked thousands of miles from civilization, leaving their survivors stranded…
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Summer Break - Charlotte Riddell: The Open Door
August 3, 2026 · 1 hr 17 minHey Everyone! here is a little episode to tide us over til next week when I'll be back to the usual posting schedule. I took a short, mid-season break to sort some bits and pieces out and enjoy a bit of the summer weather, but I do love a…
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William Heirens & The Lipstick Killer
July 14, 2026 · 1 hr 11 minIn the early twentieth century, Chicago was a city already familiar with violence and corruption, but in 1946, a new case hit the headlines that introduced a whole new level of shock and scandal to the hardened city residents. Savage…
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The Miracle Cures of Doctor John Brinkley
June 30, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minIn an era when medicine was still finding its footing, John Romulous Brinkley built an empire on impossible cures, relentless ambition, and astonishing lack of a moral compass. In a shocking display of charm and manipulation, he managed to…
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Folk Exorcism & The Cornish Ghost Layers
June 15, 2026 · 51 minThe early modern period was a rocky time for religion across Europe, fundamental pinnings of everyday life were being questioned and changing, as the reformation shifted authority away from the church. Thoughts on death and the afterlife…