History Episodes

Listener beware: beheadings and heart-rippings abound in this week's tour through the history of human sacrifice! Ritual murder t…

Can you imagine a hunger so deep it can never be filled, no matter how you try or what you eat? Cravings wracking your whole exis…

Could America's most famous house also be its most haunted? That's what many think of the White House, the United States' office,…

What would your last words be, if you knew you were about to die? Would you go out with a joke, a last "I love you"...or an expre…

We're all familiar with the trappings of Halloween that we know and love today: trick or treating, jack o' lantern carving, costu…

We're checking out some witch trials this Halloween season, just like we did last year - only this time, we're investigating the …

It's the thrilling conclusion to our monthlong Jack The Ripper series! Last week, Carrie presented some of the likeliest and best…

In this third episode of our Jack the Ripper series, we move past the events of the case and review selected main suspects to see…

In the second episode of our Jack the Ripper series, we continue and finish the story of the initial 1888 killing spree with the …

IT'S THE BIG 100! That's right, we've hit 100 episodes and 2 years of the show...so, in celebration, we're heading back to 1888 L…

Father of the Pod Paul Ferrante returns to the show this week to talk blood - the bloody history of the Tower of London, of cours…

Since the days of antiquity, the human race has been searching for cures for what ails us. From disease to mental illness to sexu…

Even among all the creative execution methods mankind has dreamed up over the years, the Guillotine stands out, raising nightmare…

Inspired by the new hit show "Our Flag Means Death", we're covering the most famous pirate in history: Blackbeard! At the dawn of…

Union Cemetery sits at a crossroads, almost 400 years old, with headstones scattered across its area spanning centuries of New En…