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…

Mystery of Roanoke: How 117 English Settlers Vanished Into Thin Air
Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Executed in England
The Billinge Vampire Grave

The Billinge Vampire Grave

5 November 2024

Blackbeard: The Ghostly Legend of Bristol’s Most Infamous Pirate
Jemmy Whitehat: Witch Doctor of Heywood
The Warning of the ‘Chewing Gum’ Grave
Woodvale Cemetery: Victorian Beauty and Crowley’s Final Farewell
Jack Ketch: The Executioner Who Horrified London
Campden Wonder: A Mystery of False Confessions and Injustice
Epping Forest’s Haunting Suicide Pool
Witch Hunt Horror: Jane Wenham’s Shocking Tale
Thames River Monsters Lurk In the Heart of London
Rochdale’s Curious Deaths and Superstitions
New Book Unearths UK Dark Tourism Spots
Inside the Gruesome Trade of Resurrection Men and London Burkers
Aberdeen Witch Trials Frenzy Sparks Terror
Haunted Echoes of Richard III at Greyfriars, Leicester
The London Monster: A Tale of Terror and Hysteria
London’s Plague Pits: A Grim Guide
Strange Case Of The Scottish Surgeon And The Irish Giant
Black Swine: Did Feral Pigs Live In London’s Sewers?
Nell Racker: Wisewoman or Witch?
London’s Forgotten Inferno: Great Fire of Southwark in 1212