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

(1/2) As Russia collapses, the Romanovs find themselves trapped by delusions and failed ideals; by revolution and Russian geography. Helen... more

Mary Mallon aka "Typhoid Mary" is a macabre figure who spread disease and death everywhere she went. But there's a... more

(2/2) What does the resurrection of a hanged woman have to do with the Devil? Did the Enlightenment kill Old... more

You could smell Henry VIII's rotting legs from three rooms by the end. He was in constant pain, barely able... more

(1/2) How has the devil been depicted through history? What are his origins? And why should he be portrayed as... more

(2/2) As the Great Fire of London worsens mob rule begins to appear and a hunt for a scapegoat takes... more

The moment Mary Queen of Scots set foot in England, she became Elizabeth I's prisoner. Mary was fleeing from war... more

(1/2) London's Burning! London's Burning! Disaster strikes in 1666 as the dense, mostly wooden, city of London begins to burn.... more

Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic, survived multiple assassination attempts on the same night. He was poisoned, he was shot, he was... more

What lurks beneath the dark waters of Loch Ness? The legendary monster? A piece of Celtic folklore? A warning of... more

In 1872 the ghost ship Mary Celeste is found sailing across the Atlantic without a single crew member left on... more

The life of Joseph Merrick, the man they dared to call "The Elephant Man", will fill you with pain and... more

(2/2) We find out what life inside the Foundling Hospital was like as we complete the heartbreaking and heartwarming history... more

Today Anthony and Maddy look into the heartbreaking history of the Foundling Hospital, now London’s saddest museum. Starting in the 18th... more

Can we see beyond the veil, glimpse the future before it arrives? John Barker, a psychiatrist with a fascination for... more

(Part 2/2) Anthony returns to his hometown of Kilkenny to conclude the tale of the first person to be executed... more

Ghost hunting couple Ed and Lorraine Warren transformed twentieth century America into an enchanted land dotted with haunted houses, cursed... more

(Part 1/2) 700 years ago, in 1324, the first person to be executed for witchcraft in Ireland died in Kilkenny.... more

112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville (Long Island) is arguably the most haunted house in America. Inside its walls demonic forces... more

(Part 2/2) They could've run, but they stayed. In 1665 plague arrived in the idyllic English village of Eyam. What... more

The Deep South is a haunted landscape where dark tourism thrives, supplying spine-tingling thrills to eager visitors. But is there... more

(Part 1/2) They could've run, but they stayed. In 1665 plague arrived in the idyllic English village of Eyam. What... more

Queen Victoria was synonymous with grief and the Victorian cult of death. Yet her own funeral wasn't that at all.... more

The violent death of Captain James Cook, British explorer, on a Hawaiian beach in 1779 has become the stuff of... more

The ghost of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, screaming down a corridor. A nursemaid's spinning wheel clicking in... more

Part 2/2. Iceberg, panic and lives changed forever. Loss, survival, and myth-making. Today is part two of the most famous... more

Maddy and Anthony have a new TV documentary out all about King James VI of Scotland's witch hunts, available on... more

Part 1/2. Come on board the White Star Line's latest marvel, the splendour of the sea, the Titanic. Today we... more

Pumpkins, trick or treating and ghost stories are what we associate with Halloween, but what about turnips, fairies and a... more

This Tudor's story is intense and tragic. She's known as Lady Jane Grey but we ought to change that to... more

Today we’re exploring the grim and heroic final days of the Anne Boleyn, the thousand day queen.We are joined by... more

Edith Thompson was the model 1920's flapper girl. Her husband Percy was more suburban. When young Freddy Bywater entered the... more

John Reginald Christie was the most notorious murderer of his era. On the outside he was every inch the Old... more

Part 4/4. By looking at the men accused of being Jack the Ripper, we uncover dark truths about Victorian society... more

Part 3/4. By looking at the men accused of being Jack the Ripper, we uncover dark truths about Victorian society... more

The wounds that Christ received on the cross - the stigmata - have had a strange afterlife, reappearing on the... more

Part 2/4. By looking at the men accused of being Jack the Ripper, we uncover dark truths about Victorian society... more

Ned Kelly is a murdering, bank-robbing, Australian folk hero. What is the true history of this mythic figure? And how... more

Part 1/4. By investigating the men accused of being Jack the Ripper, we uncover dark truths about Victorian society -... more

The colonists of Roanoke Island in the 1580's were the very first English people to try to establish a permanent... more

The myth of the Minotaur has endured thousands of years for good reason... it's hard to forget! Today, Maddy Pelling... more