Dark Histories

In this episode, we explore the true stories of Zombies of Haitian Voodoo culture, from French colonial rule to an exhaustive search for the source of a compound which could scientifically prove the creation of zombies by Ethnobotanist, Wade Davis. Most of this story summarizes details from Davis' two books on the subject; "The Serpent and the Rainbow" and "Passage of Darkness" which I really highly recommend if you found this interesting. The first is a lighter read, whilst the second a little more academic, but both well worth your time. For more extensive show notes, including maps, links and scripts, visit http://darkhistories.com

For more extensive sIn this episode, we detail the mystery, researched from primary sources, of the Somerton Man, or as the case is widely and simply known, Tamam Shud. In 1948, the body of a man was found on Somerton beach, Adelaide, Australia. All identification marks had been removed from his clothing and to this day the man's identification and cause of death are unknown. The mystery goes even deeper, however, when a small scrap of paper is found in a pocket of the man's clothing, with the printed line: Tamam Shud. For more extensive show notes, including maps, links and scripts, visit http://darkhistories.com

In part 1 we told the story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, now in part 2, we take a look at some of the main theories put forward to explain what happened on the night of the hikers' deaths on the Dyatlov Pass. Using legitimate research materials from both English and Russian sources, this is the full story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. For more extensive show notes, including maps, links and scripts, visit http://darkhistories.com

Using legitimate research materials from both English and Russian sources, we tell the full story of one of the more strange cases in Russian and possibly the entire world. Still unexplained, though theories abound, this is the full story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident.

The story of William Burke and William Hare, two Irish men living in Edinburgh in 1827, who spied an opportunity to make money through murder. Now known as simply the Burke and Hare murders or The West Port Murders, this is dark history that took advantage of a very unique and grisly opportunity. For more extensive show notes, including maps, links and scripts, visit http://darkhistories.com

The true story of the Enfield Poltergeist. A historical haunting of a British family during the 1970s, the Enfield Poltergeist is still today Britains most famous haunting. This story would become the inspiration for several TV shows and also the film The Conjuring 2. In part two, the investigation ramps up and the strange occurrences escalate in kind, with levitation and eventually channelled voices, giving us a possible identity to who was creating the disturbances. Eventually, as suddenly as it began, it ends, leaving the Hodgson family in peace and a case which would be discussed for decades to come. For more extensive show notes, including maps, links and scripts, visit http://darkhistories.com

The true story of the Enfield Poltergeist. A historical haunting of a British family during the 1970s, the Enfield Poltergeist is still today Britains most famous haunting. This story would become the inspiration for several TV shows and also the film The Conjuring 2.

Part five of a series on the history of Jack the Ripper, a renowned serial killer investigated during the Whitechapel murders of East London in 1888. Part 5 - Jack the Ripper has vanished into the dark streets of Whitechapel and we take a look at four of the suspects, two hot suspects of the day and two more contemporary suspects: Jacob Levy, Aaron Kosminski, Montague John Druitt and Hyam Hyams. For more extensive show notes, including maps, links and scripts, visit http://darkhistories.com

Part four of a series on the history of Jack the Ripper, a renowned serial killer investigated during the Whitechapel murders of East London in 1888. Part 4 - The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee receive a letter from the Ripper entitled "From Hell", the package includes half a kidney preserved in wine. Jack then concludes his killing spree with one last act of extreme brutality against a young woman of Whitechapel, Mary Kelly. For more extensive show notes, including maps, links and scripts, visit http://darkhistories.com

Part three of a series on the history of Jack the Ripper, a renowned serial killer investigated during the Whitechapel murders of East London in 1888. Part 3 - The night of the double murders of Catherine Eddowes and Elizabeth Stride. Evidence and eyewitness testimony really heats up as the investigation stalls but the murders become more and more grisly. Jack is likely to have been seen by an eyewitness and later, sends a letter to the police, writing Dear Boss... & famously signing his name for the first time. For more extensive show notes, including maps, links and scripts, visit http://darkhistories.com

Part two of a series on the history of Jack the Ripper, a renowned serial killer investigated during the Whitechapel murders of East London in 1888. Part 2 - Jack strikes for the first time (officially), in this episode, we detail the murders of Mary Anne Nichols and Annie Chapman, the first two of the rippers five killings. For more extensive show notes, including maps, links and scripts, visit http://darkhistories.com

For our first ever episode, we go big with the complete story of Jack the Ripper, one of England most notorious ever killers and infamous all over the world. With only five canonical murders, he wasn't the most prolific serial killer in history, but his reign terrorised East London in 1888 and his identity has been a mystery ever since.