During the victory celebrations of World War One, a rising star is found dead in her bed after a suspected... more

Why did two servants living in Plymouth, England, poison their whole household in 1675? How did they sneak arsenic into... more

Untimely deaths followed the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter. Coincidence or ancient curse? When the tomb of King... more

From ruthless schemer to pragmatic hero - who is the real Thomas Cromwell? And how did he meet his end?... more

(Part 2/2) On the 13 February 1692, Scottish government troops slaughtered between 30-40 members of Clan MacDonald in their home... more

(2/2) A boy King, a rebel army, and the first ever execution at Tower Hill. Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney... more

On the 13 February 1692, Scottish government troops slaughtered between 30-40 members of Clan MacDonald in their home in Glencoe,... more

1381, England, the world turned upside down as the commoners rise up and dismantle the mechanisms of power. They're angry... more

(2/2) We join the captive Romanovs as they are moved from The Alexander Palace to Siberia and then to Ekaterinburg,... more

It's a medical-history-mystery: the Sweating Sickness. Things get clammy as Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling ask what was this deadly... more