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  1. Britain's Worst Airship Disaster

    <p>"It's like the Titanic, except you've never heard of it. And in a way, it's even weirder."</p><br><p>So says today's guest, <a href="https://timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cautionary T

  2. Would You Rather Be On The Titanic Or In Pompeii?

    <p>Sound the trumpets! The day has finally arrived: Maddy Pelling is back on After Dark!</p><br><p>To welcome her back into the coven, we're playing a game of historical 'Would You Rather?'. Listen on to hear Anthony and Maddy decide betwee

  3. The Story of England's First Drag Queen

    <p>Born John Cooper, "Princess Seraphina" was one of the first English Drag Queens. Princess Seraphina was an 18th-century gentleman’s servant who openly embraced her feminine drag persona. But in May 1732, a man named Thomas Gordon robbed

  4. The Woman Who Had Sex With Ghosts

    <p>Ida Craddock is a name that should be much, much better known. She was a maverick sex educator who fought violent censorship in turn of the century America. She also loudly announced to the world that she was married to a ghost and that

  5. The Tragic Execution of a Victorian Murderess

    <p>In 1856, Martha Brown was led to the scaffold and hanged for the murder of her abusive husband. Her execution was clearly an injustice, even at the time. While Martha was condemned, multiple other female killers were spared the noose. In

  6. The Witch Men of Iceland

    <p>When we think of the great witch trials of history, we usually picture innocent women accused of impossible crimes... but that wasn't always the case.</p><br><p>In the frozen, windswept landscapes of 17th-century Iceland, a wave of witch

  7. The Secret Lesbian Affair under Mary Queen of Scots

    <p>16th century Scotland was a hard time to be a woman, far harder if you happened to be a woman who loved women. Yet from this dark time a dazzling lightness has survived - the secret lesbian love poetry of Marie Maitland. Marie's story is

  8. The Murder Network That Terrified Versailles

    <p>In 17th century France, Louis XIV's court sparkled with luxury. It also teemed with poison, occult rituals and aristocrats trying to murder their way up the social ladder.</p><br><p>What started with one poisoned Easter pie uncovered a c

  9. History's Greatest Ghosts with Uncanny's Danny Robins

    <p>In this special episode of After Dark. Anthony and Uncanny’s Danny Robins delve into historical ghost stories and explore why our obsession with death and the paranormal remains an integral part of the human experience.</p><br><p>Danny w

  10. Most Famous Murder In Ancient Egypt

    <p>Millenia ago, a plot was hatched within the highest echelons of Egyptian society which ended with royal blood being spilt. This assassination, known as the Harem Conspiracy, and the following trial would fascinate historians for the next

  11. The Dark History of the Quakers

    <p>17th century England was a world turned upside down.</p><br><p>A civil war resulted in King Charles I being executed, and from this moment a religious movement called the Quakers grew rapidly.</p><br><p>Far from the pacifists we think of

  12. The Sicilian Catacombs of the Living Dead

    <p>*Warning: this episode contains discussions of child death*</p><br><p>Deep beneath the sunny streets of Palermo Sicily, the Capuchin Catacombs are home to over a thousand people, most of them still standing in their Sunday best.</p><br><

  13. How Boudica Took On The Roman Empire

    <p>Ancient Britain was occupied by the Romans, and tension was building with local tribes.</p><br><p>Their brutal occupation reached a breaking point.</p><br><p>So what happened when Queen Boudica stood up to the might of the Roman Empire?

  14. The Gruesome History of Sexual Disease

    <p>*Warning: this episode contains discussions of puss*</p><br><p>Gonorrhea and syphilis are no laughing matter, especially in a time before antibiotics.</p><br><p>How were symptoms first recorded and what were the disturbing treatments peo

  15. Who tried to kill Queen Victoria?

    <p>Queen Victorian was an icon of Britain at the zenith of its power... but that didn't mean she was invulnerable to attack. In today’s episode, we’ll be exploring some of the many assassination attempts on Victoria's life. We’ll be discuss

  16. Burke & Hare's Serial Killing Dissection Business

    <p>What did Ancient Egyptians discover while dissecting bodies? What did the first medieval dissecting manual say? Who were the serial killers who supplied 19th century surgeons with bodies in Edinburgh?</p><br><p>Joining Anthony today as a

  17. Ancient Rome's Bloodiest Murders

    <p>Today we're delving back to an early episode of After Dark, where Anthony and Maddy explore the goriest murders of Ancient Rome.</p><br><p>From flesh-eating fish and humiliating deaths inside sacks, to a deadly re-enactment of the Icarus

  18. The Doctor Who Shocked Victorian Britain

    <p>What lurks behind the door of Dr. Kahn's <em>Grand Anatomical Museum</em> in Victorian London?</p><br><p>Step inside and find out what shocked the public (and medical establishment) of the 19th century Britain so much, that it was eventu

  19. Inside the Egyptian Underworld

    <p>For the Ancient Egyptians, death marked the beginning of a new chapter: a journey through a shadowy realm of trials, monsters, and divine judgment, ruled by the God Osiris. What does the Ancient Egyptian Underworld, the Duat, tell us abo

  20. 400 Year Old Artist's Dark Revenge

    <p>Artemisia Gentileschi's paintings personify female rage against men. She paints women beheading men, hammering nails into their skulls, brandishing their dead faces. In her personal life, Artemisia was the victim of sexual abuse, torture

  21. BONUS: Hear a chapter of Maddy's new book, Hoax

    <p>Hear a chapter of Maddy's new book, "Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment". It's out now! It's the story of three women and their hoaxes in the age of Enlightenment. One saw ghosts, the other claimed magic powers, the third w

  22. Human Sacrifice In The Aztec Empire

    <p>When you think of the Aztec Empire, what do you picture? Human sacrifice?</p><br><p>In today's episode, Anthony is joined by Aztec expert Dr. Caroline Dodds Pennock, to unpack why we fetishise the Aztecs in this way, why ritualised viole

  23. The Dark Mystery of Princess Caraboo

    <p>Today we are celebrating the upcoming publication of Maddy's new book 'Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment' by sharing one of the stories from it. This is the story of a fake Princess from far-off lands who hoaxed Georgian B

  24. The Haunting of Cock Lane

    <p>Today we are celebrating the upcoming publication of Maddy's new book 'Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment' by sharing one of the stories from it. The haunting of Cock Lane is the most iconic ghost story in London's long his

  25. Speaking with the Dead: Ancient Necromancy

    <p>In Ancient Mesopotamia, the boundary between the living and the dead was not always fixed... some even believed it could be crossed. But why would the living seek counsel from the dead? How common were these practices? And what answers d

  26. Dark Side of Prehistoric Britain

    <p>Across prehistoric Britain people raised vast stone circles, buried their dead in monumental tombs, and left offerings in rivers and bogs. Archaeologists have uncovered skeletons bearing signs of violence, carefully arranged human bones,

  27. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    <p>On a summer day in Sarajevo in 1914, a young man fired two rounds of his pistol in the middle of the street, killing a Royal couple... He didn't know it then, but his actions would cause a chain reaction, resulting in the First World War

  28. Titanic's Biggest Myths Debunked

    <p>Is it true that third-class passengers were locked below decks? Or that more lifeboats would have saved more lives? Did the band really play as the Titanic went down? Anthony is joined once again by the marvellous Gareth Russell to debun

  29. The Murder that Shook Mary Queen of Scots

    <p>On the night of Saturday the 9th of March, 1566, a pregnant Mary Queen of Scots was having a dinner party.</p><br><p>It was a night that ended in the brutal murder of one of her closest friends, David Rizzio, led by her husband, Lord Dar

  30. The Victorian Sex Scandal of Fanny & Stella

    <p>The Victorians are seen as the ultimate guardians of rigid gender boundaries.</p><br><p>When Fanny Park and Stella Boulton transgressed those imagined lines, they triggered a scandal that reached the length and breadth of Britain.</p><br

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