What Did The Vikings Do With Their Dead?

When a whaling ship sank in 1820, her crew were cast adrift thousands of miles from land, and faced starvation, madness, and death. Their ordeal would become one of the most extraordinary survival stories in maritime history… and would become immortalised by Herman Melville's nov ...  Show more

The captain of the HMS Hermione was a sadist even by the not-very-high standards of the British Royal Navy in the 1700's. He was a prolific flogger, subjecting his crew to the cat-of-nine-tails. It was hardly a surprise when his crew rose up and mutinied. Even if the British Navy ...  Show more

**This podcast contains graphic descriptions of murders and the punishments of those convicted**

Gruesome murders carried out by women captivated the public imagination in Early Modern Britain. Pamphlets, ballads, and woodcuts spread the stories of t ...

Two centuries ago, one family played host to an unwanted visitor. And while the community wanted to learn more and see it for themselves, the challenges to that quest are also what made it so frightening.

Written and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with research by Cassandra ...

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re talking about conspiracy theories, and not the kind your annoying uncle brings up on Thanksgiving, but the spooky fun ones. From the popular Mexican folktale of la llorona, to the government telling us aliens are real, to sleep dem ...  Show more

Bailey Sarian, a professional makeup artist & true crime connoisseur, is taking her expertise from her popular YouTube series, Murder, Mystery & Makeup, and expanding into the podcast world with Dark History! Each week, she will explore the chilling stories of the dark past from ...  Show more