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The Darkives: Serious history. Told not so seriously

by Leo Eaton and Jamie Tavenner
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  • The Hammersmith Ghost: The Haunting That Ended in Murder

    October 16, 2026 · 33 min

    support the show https://patreon.com In 1803, reports of a ghost haunting the streets of Hammersmith, London, sparked fear throughout the community. When Francis Smith went looking for the Hammersmith Ghost, he shot and killed Thomas…

  • Vampires! The Stories of Alnwick Castle, Jure Grando & Mercy Brown

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  • Cheesman Park & The Stanley Hotel: Colorado’s Haunted History

    October 2, 2026 · 45 min

    support the show https://patreon.com This week on The Darkives, the history of Cheesman Park, from the Indigenous land to the old cemetery that became one of the city's most famous parks. When the graves were ordered removed in the 1890s…

  • Bog Bodies: Murder, Sacrifice, and Ancient Mysteries

    September 25, 2026 · 31 min

    support the show https://patreon.com This week, we travel back thousands of years ago where people across Iron Age Europe were laid to rest in peat bogs. The unusual conditions preserved bodies for centuries. From Tollund Man and Grauballe…

  • Lizzie Borden: The True Story of the 1892 Axe Murders

    September 18, 2026 · 34 min

    support the show https://patreon.com This week, We cover the Lizzie Borden murder case of 1892, one of the most famous unsolved crimes in American history. Lizzie was accused of killing her father and stepmother with a hatchet in their…

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  • The Real Mowgli and Other Feral Children From History

    September 11, 2026 · 34 min

    support the show https://patreon.com This week Jamie and Leo tell three true stories of history's feral children. Cases that inspired literature and raised questions about what it actually means to be human. In 1725, Peter the Wild Boy was…

  • Twelve days of Terror: The Real Life Jaws Story

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    support the show https://patreon.com This week it's shark week, we dip our toes in the waters of the Jersey Shore, summer of 1916. Twelve days changed how we felt about sharks permanently. Five people were attacked, four of them…

  • Viktor Frankl: Surviving the Holocaust to Redefine Psychology

    August 28, 2026 · 35 min

    support the show https://patreon.com This week Jamie and Leo dig into the life of Viktor Frankl, his career before the war, the four camps he survived, and the book he wrote in nine days when it was all over. Man's Search for Meaning was…

  • Georgia Tann: The Tennessee Baby Farmer

    August 21, 2026 · 37 min

    support the show https://patreon.com In this episode of The Darkives, we look at the history of adoption in the United States and the story of Georgia Tann. Georgia Tann ran the Tennessee Children’s Home Society in Memphis. What looked…

  • The History of Execution: Death by 1000 Cuts, Cannon Fire, and Everything Between

    August 14, 2026 · 29 min

    support the show https://patreon.com This week Jamie and Leo take a tour through history's most disturbing execution methods across civilizations and centuries. From the Code of Hammurabi (one of the earliest written legal codes), to…

  • Jolly Jane Toppan: America’s First Woman Serial Killer?

    August 7, 2026 · 35 min

    support the show https://patreon.com This week Jamie and Leo dig into the story of Jane Toppan. Born Honora Kelley, and later she was known as Jolly Jane. Raised as an indentured servant, dismissed from two of Massachusetts' most…

  • Mount Tambora 1815: The Biggest Volcanic Eruption in Recorded History

    July 31, 2026 · 23 min

    support the show https://patreon.com This week Jamie and Leo dig into the full story of Mount Tambora. On April 10th, 1815, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia erupted. It was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history…

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About the show

The Darkives is a history podcast where Jamie and Leo dive headfirst into the strangest, creepiest, and most disturbing stories the past tried to bury (and somehow manage to laugh along the way). Each week, we unravel forgotten voyages, infamous historical figures, bizarre disasters, and centuries-old true crime, breaking it all down the way you would with friends - curious, slightly horrified, and occasionally cracking jokes when things get too dark. Nothing is treated like a lecture, and nothing is off the table. If you like weird history, eerie true stories, and conversations that balance “that’s awful” with “how is this real?”, you’ll feel right at home here. Serious history. Told not so seriously.