History Episodes

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…

We're singin' more sea shanties on the finale to our 2-part series on ghost ships! This week Sean rounds things out with two twen…

In this first of two nautical episodes, Sean introduces us to three of history’s eeriest ghost ships. First, the Flying Dutchm…

"A long, long time ago, I can still remember..." February 3rd, 1959. Three of the brightest stars in the rock 'n roll galaxy - Bu…

In October 1849, now-legendary horror and suspense writer Edgar Allan Poe was found in a tavern in Baltimore, delirious, with clo…

We're back from the sick bay and rounding out the holiday season with some Yule-tide cheer this week! Sean takes us through the f…

The weather outside is frightful...but not as frightful as the weather on Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world and hi…

In 1892, 19-year-old Mercy Brown's corpse was exhumed and her vital organs were ritually burned by Exeter, Rhode Island townsfolk…

Here we are at the long-awaited final episode in our Salem Witch Trials series. What is there to say aside from that on this epis…

In this 2nd part of what's become a 3-part series, we dive deeper into the tragic events of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials and how t…

We've finally come to our long promised two-parter on one of Carrie's pet interests, the Salem Witch Trials! In 1692 Salem, Mass…

Jamestown, Virginia was the first successful English settlement in North America (for the first UNsuccessful one, go check out ou…

King Henry VIII. Beheader of wives. Noted fat guy. Lover of turkey legs.  Henry the 8th has become a punch line, known for his b…