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…

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
Keeper of the Heads: London Bridge’s Grim Custodian
Haunted Templemichael: Knights Templar, an Ancient Curse and Ley Lines
Curses and Violence Engulf Pittenweem Witch Hunt
Why Was Walter Sickert Mistaken For Jack The Ripper?
The Exorcism of Michael Taylor
Morfa Colliery: Mining Superstitions and Ghostly Forewarnings
Jeremy Bentham: The Man Who Mummified Himself
Callanish Stones: Mysteries Older Than Stonehenge
Ireland Halloween: 5 Spookiest Places To Visit
Why Witches Were Safer In Wales
Edinburgh’s Dark October: Newington Cemetery Ghost
Mary Pannell, The Witch Haunting Of Ledston Hall
Kingsclere’s Ghosts: Echoes of Wartime Tragedy
Ghostly Whispers from Haydock Lodge Asylum
Dirleton Castle: Dark Remains of Brutal Scottish Witch Trials
10 Dick Turpin Facts You Didn’t Know
Westminster Bridge: Triffids, Daleks and Zombies
The Heinous Crimes Of Bible John: The Murders That Shook Glasgow
London Waterloo: Necropolis Railway and Other Horrors
John Christie: The 10 Rillington Place Murders