Dark History

Weird, disturbing, wacky, horrific, nightmarish – these are all some of the many words to describe the dark history of the UK and Ireland…

13 Creepy Facts about Sawney Bean, the Scottish Cannibal
Bram Stoker And The Legend Of The Bisley Boy
Professor Pepper’s Ghost: Behind the Smoke and Mirrors
6 Gory Moments From Britain’s Bloody History
When Animals Attacked in Victorian Times
Grissel Jaffray, Dundee’s Last Witch Burning
The Silent Pool’s Legacy of Medieval Surrey Murder
John George Haigh’s vampire circus of blood and acid
Edward Pritchard, the Poisoning Philanderer
All Fall Down: What was the Hollinwell Mystery?
‘Naming Jack the Ripper’ doesn’t prove Jack
Has DNA proved Aaron Kosminski was Jack the Ripper?
Dublin’s Hellfire Club: A Disturbing History
Last Sunday in August is Eyam’s Plague Sunday
Who Were The Golden Dawn, Britain’s Most Famous Occultists?
A Madman Feeds And Dances With A Corpse: Is This The Foulest Story Ever?
Who was Susan Willis Fletcher, Convicted Spiritualist Fraud?
How Medieval Welsh Historians Taught Us About The Occult
Isobel Gowdie, Witch of Auldearn
The Maggie Wall Witchcraft Monument, Dunning
Greyfriars Kirkyard, the Ultimate City of the Dead
What Happened On Friday the 13th July, 1894?
Dr Crippen’s Ghost and Other Murderer Spirits
5 Strange Victorian Deaths That’ll Make You Laugh and Cry