After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

Jack the Ripper as we think of him, is an invention of the Victorian media. They took the complete absence of hard facts about the killer, and populated it with the period's anxieties, fantasies and fears. We're joined again by Dr Bob Nicholson, presenter of ‘Killing Victoria’ podcast on BBC Sounds. Edited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long. Please vote for us for Listeners' Choice at the British Podcast Awards! Follow this link [https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting], and don’t forget to confirm the email. Thank you! You can now watch After Dark on Youtube! www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit [http://www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit] 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 [https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe].   You can take part in our listener survey here [https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

This episode contains descriptions of execution and torture. To be Hanged, Drawn & Quartered. Put on the Rack. Impaled on a spike. This list paints a very dark picture. What was the reality of execution and torture in the Medieval world? Was it as bad as we think? Worse? Guiding us through this very grim history is Matt Lewis host of the History Hit podcast 'Gone Medieval'. Produced by Annie Coloe. Edited by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long. Please vote for us for Listeners' Choice at the British Podcast Awards! Follow this link [https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting], and don’t forget to confirm the email. Thank you! You can now watch After Dark on Youtube! www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit [http://www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit] 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 [https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe].   You can take part in our listener survey here [https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK]. All music from Epidemic Sounds. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Today we step into the shadowy world of W.T. Stead—a Victorian journalist whose life was as controversial as it was groundbreaking.  Hear how he uncovered a sex scandal which shocked the nation, dabbled in the supernatural, and also… predicted the Titanic disaster (and ultimately, his own death). Please vote for us for Listeners' Choice at the British Podcast Awards! Follow this link [https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting], and don’t forget to confirm the email. Thank you! You can now watch After Dark on Youtube! www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit [http://www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit] 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 [https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe].   You can take part in our listener survey here [https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK]. All music from Epidemic Sounds. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

This 1897 New York murder case that has it all - a villain, an incredibly useless police force, and a duck who saves the day. The incredible Dr Cat Byers (@heymorguegirl) joins Maddy and Anthony to tell this story. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long. Please vote for us for Listeners' Choice at the British Podcast Awards! Follow this link [https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting], and don’t forget to confirm the email. Thank you! You can now watch After Dark on Youtube! www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit [http://www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit] 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 [https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe].   You can take part in our listener survey here [https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK]. All music from Epidemic Sounds. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Through the industrial fog of Victorian London, in one of the city's most notorious slums, a murder took place that shocked a nation. The Bermondsey Horror, as it was called at the time, centred around a young woman and her older partner, and a wealthy man who was lured to their home one night. How did the gruesome events unfold? What did Charles Dickens have to say about the public execution? And what was the social impact of this story? Edited by Tom Delargy. Research by Phoebe Joyce. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long. Please vote for us for Listeners' Choice at the British Podcast Awards! Follow this link [https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting], and don’t forget to confirm the email. Thank you! You can now watch After Dark on Youtube! www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit [http://www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit] 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 [https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe].   You can take part in our listener survey here [https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK]. All music from Epidemic Sounds. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.