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Sara or Saartjie Baartman spent her whole life under the rule of people who exploited her at every turn. Trafficked from South Africa her captors originally wanted her to be put on display as a livin…

The British Serial Killer You’ve Never Heard Of | William Palmer The Rugeley Poisoner

Quiet town in Staffordshire is not the immediate place that springs to mind when you think of horrific murderers b…

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Kids really had it bad in the Victorian times! Two tales of terror from old newspapers.

Old newspapers carry a wealth of strange stories and help us to learn about how things really were back in the d…

The last place you'd expect Aliens to want to visit is the Isle of Wight but I can see why it might be an enticing destination for them. It's quiet, secluded and the perfect place to touch down witho…

When you hear "Whitechapel", one name springs to mind, Jack the Ripper, but todays old true crime case is one I can guarantee you won't have heard about. This case has everything, adultery, a chase t…

Ever wondered if a robot could replace you? I experimented with A.I to see if a robot could write a better episode of my History podcast - macabre London - than I could.

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The town of Centralia in Pennsylvania has been on fire for the past 60 years! An underground network of mines was accidentally set fire to after firefighters decided to solve the towns trash problem …

The bravery of the first female soldier in World War One knew no bounds.

At the age of just 17, Dorothy Lawrence went to war. She was there to be the first female war correspondent, except nobody knew…

Stories of haunted houses regularly graced the pages of Victorian newspapers. The paranormal phenomena was investigated and given more of a critical eye than you may expect but why did ghost stories …

England in the 14th century was in crisis. 

Famine had torn through the country in the first half of the century & extreme weather had battered the residents' properties, ports and farms causing wides…

England in the 14th century was in crisis.

Famine had torn through the country in the first half of the century & extreme weather had battered the residents' properties, ports and farms causing widesp…

Botox Camels disqualified from Beauty Pageant & Hut Found on Moon | Weird News December 2021

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Australia Bans Cats & Pigs Take Over Golf Course | Weird News 2021 November

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Australians decided they've had enough of cats! Don't be too worried though, this isn't …

Demon Pact Killer Danyal Hussein Jailed & Mysterious Space Signals | Weird News 2021 October

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Danyal Hussein faced trial for the murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman after they were hav…

Shakira Mugged by Wild Boar & Missing man finds himself during search | Weird News 2021 September

You thought the episodes of weird 2021 were already, super weird...well today we step into two stories…

Ever wonder what Stonehenge is made from? The clue is in the title...but someone else has decided to make it from Spam.

Today we're combining both July and August in this episode as Spamhenge was appa…

Welcome back to another episode of Weird news 2021. Today we're looking at two stories which made the weird news in June 2021.

First off we have A weird story involving Prince Charles and Camilla Duc…

Welcome back to another episode of our year in review of all things weird that happened in 2021!

This time we discover the Brood X infestation of periodical cicadas that fly around spreading fungus wh…

The news in 2021 got pretty weird! There were time travellers on TikTok and Yeti's in Yorkshire. Join me today to find out more about these weird stories.

First up we learn about a tiktoker who is app…