After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

By: History Hit
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  • This is After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal. The podcast that takes you to the shadiest corners of the past, unpicking history’s spookiest, strangest, and most sinister stories.


    Join historians Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, every Monday and Thursday to take a look at the darker side of history. From haunted pubs and Houdini, to witch trials and weird UFO sightings.


    After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal - a podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts Dan Snow's History Hit, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets.


    Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.

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  • Mystery of the Ghost Ship: Mary Celeste

    Mystery of the Ghost Ship: Mary Celeste
    Dec 26 2024

    In 1872 the ghost ship Mary Celeste is found sailing across the Atlantic without a single crew member left on board. Theories over what happened on the Mary Celeste range from insurance fraud to a violent mutiny... this week, Maddy and Anthony discuss what they think happened to the ship's crew.


    Edited by Tom Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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    38 mins
  • Who was the "Elephant Man"? Joseph Merrick's True Story

    Who was the "Elephant Man"? Joseph Merrick's True Story
    Dec 23 2024

    The life of Joseph Merrick, the man they dared to call "The Elephant Man", will fill you with pain and anger. He was treated so cruelly by society that he found becoming a freak show exhibit preferably to the life available to him elsewhere. Yet alongside darkness there is light and love in his story, and a sense of his own indomitable spirit throughout it all.


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    Written by Anthony Delaney. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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    47 mins
  • Inside the Foundling: London's First Orphanage (Part 2)

    Inside the Foundling: London's First Orphanage (Part 2)
    Dec 19 2024

    (2/2) We find out what life inside the Foundling Hospital was like as we complete the heartbreaking and heartwarming history of London's first orphanage. We discover a building that contained so many stories, so much of London's life in all its rich complexity.


    Maddy tells Anthony the story this week.


    Mixed and produced by Freddy Chick. Senior producer is Charlotte Long.


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    All music from Epidemic Sounds/All3 Media


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so interesting

I can't stop listening to this podcast, informative, funny and inclusive. The casters know how to weave a story. Im a walking talking titbit of trivia now .

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