This is After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal. The podcast that takes you to the shadiest c
The grimy streets of Victorian London were stalked by a shadowy menace: Spring-Heeled Jack! He had g
A spectral Black Dog with hellish eyes; a homicidal water spirit who drowns children; a mermaid who
How did George III die? Was it raving in a straightjacket? Who stayed with him at the end of his lon
Wales is set apart from a lot of countries, with one of its folk tales - the Red Dragon - featuring
*TW: This episode contains discussions and themes of infertility.*Fairies have long been part of Iri
Alice Arden wanted her husband Thomas dead. So did the rest of the village of Faversham. What follow
From misty mountains to deep-sea caves, we explore the dark side of Scottish folklore. Tales of Selk
(Part 2/2) On Easter Monday in 1916, Irish rebels read a proclamation of independence that sparked a
***This episode contains a description of mass murder***As the Black Death moved across Europe, some
(Part 1/2) With Britain engaged in the First World War in Europe, Irish rebels sensed an opportunity
It was a plague like no other. It provoked strange cures like no other. Anthony Delaney takes Maddy
(Part 2/2) Joan of Arc, mystic leader of a French army, was captured and sold to the English who tri
Around 50% of everyone in Europe died during the Black Death. It's very hard to make sense of that.
(Part 1/2) So many things make Joan of Arc iconic. The fearless, crossdressing warrior saint who die
The myth goes thus: the Black Death reached Christendom at the Siege of Caffa when Mongols catapulte
During the victory celebrations of World War One, a rising star is found dead in her bed after a sus
Why did two servants living in Plymouth, England, poison their whole household in 1675? How did they
Untimely deaths followed the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter. Coincidence or ancient
