The murders at Rillington Place: postwar Lond...

Why should you be careful about who's first through your door on New Year's Day? What led people to believe that newts and earwigs were responsible for their ailments? And why do sticks play such a key part in children's imaginations? Ceri Houlbrook and Owen Davies, co-authors of ...  Show more

‘Evil genius’ is a phrase that could have been invented to describe Augustus, the first emperor of Rome. Augustus butchered his way to power in the chaos that followed Julius Caesar's assassination, and then showed the political cunning to remain there for four decades. In conver ...  Show more

In this gripping episode of the Truth Be Told Paranormal Podcast, host Tony Sweet sits down with acclaimed true crime writer Sarah Bax Horton to unravel one of history's most enduring mysteries: the true identity of Jack the Ripper. Sarah brings her extensive research and unique ...  Show more

**There is no ad-free version of this episode since it's not part of Heart Starts Pounding ** Today I’m sharing a special bonus episode from Clues, where Morgan Absher and I dig into the chilling mystery of Jack the Ripper. In 1888, a brutal killer stalked London’s Whitechapel di ...  Show more

As the body count continued to mount in Whitechapel, London in the year 1888, so did the infamy of the killer who came to be known as Jack the Ripper. In Part 2 of our gripping two-part series, we not only delve deeper into the heartbreaking stories of the women who fell prey to ...  Show more

In early March 1879, fifty-five-year-old widow Julia Martha Thomas disappeared from her home in southwest London. Julia often travelled by herself on moment’s notice, so neighbors thought nothing of her absence; however, when several female body parts were discovered in the Th ...