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

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

Picture a serial killer in your mind’s eye. What do you see... Is it your gran?Today is the story of... more

The second part of our story on the Salem Witch Trials. Anthony Delaney takes Maddy Pelling inside the courtroom as... more

First of two episodes on the Salem Witch Trials. We begin the story as accusations are made throughout the town... more

Harry Houdini was the greatest magician that ever lived. He was also the greatest ghostbuster ever, exposing countless spiritual mediums... more

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

When a series of mysterious disappearances and gruesome murders happened on the American Frontier in the 19th century, fingers started... more

It's one of the most infamous trials in American history, Lizzie Borden's story is breathtaking even today. In 1893 she... more

The unclaimed dead of New York City's streets and rivers were once brought to the notorious New York Morgue. It's... more

How did Marie Antoinette, last Queen of France, spend her final days before the guillotine took her head? Did she... more

"The internet is full of dark and wicked things" said a police chief after a shocking crime by two children... more

In 1860 Britain was rocked by the brutal murder of 3-year-old Francis Kent inside his family home. Scotland Yard sent... more