(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

Discover the true story of Burke and Hare’s murderous rampage through the streets of Edinburgh, all to serve the needs... 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

It was beyond Biblical in its horror. Around half of all Europeans are estimated to have died in the Black... more

Edgar Allan Poe was a poster boy for the macabre whose work thrilled readers throughout America and beyond. How did... more

A skull a day! People ate people in the name of medicine across Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.... more