Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore 315 - The Willie Starchfield Murder Mystery

Fortnightly narratives on the unsolved and the unexplained, mysteries, historical true crime, touches of the paranormal and cultural peculiarities.

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The Willie Starchfield Murder Mystery

Early America & The Savage Crimes of the Harpe Brothers

The Grafton, The Invercauld and the The Multiple Wrecks of the Auckland Islands

Summer Break - Charlotte Riddell: The Open Door

William Heirens & The Lipstick Killer

The Miracle Cures of Doctor John Brinkley

Folk Exorcism & The Cornish Ghost Layers

The Unsavoury Tale of the Maryland Snallygaster

Mary Pearcey & The Hampstead Tragedy

Amazing Stories & The Shaver Mystery

BONUS: 10 Year Q+A

The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDui

The Ghost Ship Carroll A. Deering

The Witches of Warboys

The 19th Century West Ham Vanishings

George Psalmanazar, The Man From Formosa

George Joseph Smith: The Case of the Brides in the Bath

The Curious Case of Edgar Vandy

Christmas Campfire 2025 (Part 2)

Christmas Campfire 2025 (Part 1)

The Spirit of Old Jeffery: John Wesley & The Epworth Poltergeist

The Whaleship Essex & The Real Life Story of Moby Dick

Flying Carrots & Little Divers: The French UFO Wave of 1954

Yesterday Today - 09/11

The Martins Croft Poltergeist: The Devil of Ylöjärvi

The Paris Bluebeard: The Life & Lies of Marcel Petiot

Yesterday Today - 05/10

A Time Slip in Versailles: The Moberly-Jourdain Incident

Ringcroft of Stocking & The Mackie Poltergeist

Yesterday Today - 07/09

A Boy’s Best Friend is his Mother: The Horrors of Ed Gein

Introducing: CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CULTS, AND CRIMES

The Literary Miracles of Patience Worth

Yesterday Today - 10/08

The Murderous Mannings & The Bermondsey Horror

Summer Holiday & Introducing: Macabrium Lore & Legends

Yesterday Today - 06/07

Murder, Madness and The Unusual Life of William Minor

Yesterday Today - 22/06

The Judica-Cordiglia Brothers & The Lost Cosmonauts of the Cold War

Yesterday Today - 08/06

The Strange Incident of the Coogee Aquarium Shark

Yesterday Today - 18/05

The Woman in Black & The Cheltenham Ghost Scare of 1886

Yesterday Today - 04/05

The Strange Discovery of the Hexham Heads

Yesterday Today - 20/04

The Poisoned Prince: The Germ Murders of the British Raj

Yesterday Today - 06/04

Project X-Ray & The Bat Bombs of World War II