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 Belfast Creepy Facts That May Shock You!
How WW2 Turned Tyneham Into A Ghost Village
County Limerick: 13 Creepy Facts You Didn’t Know
Abergavenny Massacre Leaves Welsh Market Town Red With Blood
J.N. Maskelyne, The Victorian Magician Who Took On The Fake Spiritualists
Discover the gender-swapping skeleton of St Osyth, Essex
Was A Mummied Cat Buried In Secret Pendle Hill Witches’ Cottage?
Jennet Device: Whatever Happened To The Pendle Witch Child?
Shocking Child Demonic Possession Cases in Medieval England
Horrific Torture Methods in Ireland Through The Ages
5 Grisliest Hebridean and Highland Murders Of The 19th Century
Mummy’s Curse, Howard Carter and one scared Norfolk copper
Pendle Witches Guide: Where In The Hill To Find Them
Cromwell makes Devil pact to win Battle of Worcester
Mad Jack Mytton: A Riches to Rags Story
5 Strangest Ireland Executions
20 Spooky Things About Ireland’s Ancient East
20 Spooky Dublin Facts You Never Knew!
Does Cursed Painting At Nags Head Pub Shrewsbury Cause Insanity?
Serial Killer Ghost Stalks Shrewsbury Castle
Zombies! British and Irish Undead through History
Discover Meg Shelton, the Witch of Woodplumpton’s spooky grave
Return to the “Witches” of Islandmagee, County Antrim
Curse of the Brampton Witch’s Tea Set