After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

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  • This is After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal. The podcast that takes you to the shadiest corners of the past, unpicking history’s spookiest, strangest, and most sinister stories.


    Join historians Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, every Monday and Thursday to take a look at the darker side of history. From haunted pubs and Houdini, to witch trials and weird UFO sightings.


    After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal - a podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts Dan Snow's History Hit, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets.
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  • Ghosts of Hampton Court Palace

    Ghosts of Hampton Court Palace
    Nov 7 2024

    The ghost of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, screaming down a corridor. A nursemaid's spinning wheel clicking in the walls. Robed Tudor figures slamming open fire exits. A noisy group of ghosts haunt Hampton Court Palace.


    Tracy Borman, Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, joins Maddy Pelling and Anthony Delaney to guide them through the spectres of Hampton Court.


    Edited by Tomos Delargy, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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    43 mins
  • Titanic: The Final Hours (Part 2)

    Titanic: The Final Hours (Part 2)
    Nov 4 2024

    Part 2/2. Iceberg, panic and lives changed forever. Loss, survival, and myth-making. Today is part two of the most famous maritime disaster in history.


    Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Delaney through the tragic sinking of Titanic, from the fateful moment the iceberg is spotted through to what the wreck means today for people around the world.


    Special thanks to our guest Marnie Wood a cultural historian and a producer on Titanic: In Colour.


    Voice acting by Lucy Davidson and Stephen Ventura.


    Written by Maddy Pelling. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick and Charlotte Long.


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    48 mins
  • The King's Witch Trial: North Berwick Witches

    The King's Witch Trial: North Berwick Witches
    Oct 31 2024

    Maddy and Anthony have a new TV documentary out all about King James VI of Scotland's witch hunts, available on History Hit TV.


    When James VI of Scotland's new wife, Anne of Denmark, is almost lost in a storm at sea he thinks he knows who is to blame. Witches. The King personally leads the investigation that follows, coming face-to-face with at least one of the accused, Agnes Sampson. What on earth is going on here?


    Anthony and Maddy are joined by Dr Louise Yeoman, historian of witchcraft and radio producer for BBC Scotland who latest series is House of the Lion.


    Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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    34 mins

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love it

love love absolutely love this podcast the two presenters are fantastic first episode and already hooked can't wait for more

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Best podcast

Absolute favorite podcast channel. I anxiously await each new episode and I am never disappointed

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The best

Love this podcast if you are into dark history this is for you! The hosts are amazing and entertaining the story telling is perfect!!

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Interesting, macabre,

I like to listen to this podcast before bed while eating cheese. I especially enjoy the ghost themed episodes.

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interesting conversation. enlightened.

beautiful narration, vivid and informative discussion of terrible historical character. Who know countess Bathory herself died from torture and neglect? it's new news to me

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So entertaining and enlightening

I love the presenters! They are a joy to listen to, and their passion for the subjects can be felt. Already on to my second listen on the episodes and always excitedly waiting for new ones to drop.

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