

Dark Histories
Ben Cutmore
Fortnightly narratives on the unsolved and the unexplained, mysteries, historical true crime, touches of the paranormal and cultural peculiarities.
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Aug 13, 2017 • 47min
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Using legitimate research materials from both English and Russian sources, we tell the full story of one of the more strange cases in Russian and possibly the entire world. Still unexplained, though theories abound, this is the full story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident.
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Aug 6, 2017 • 24min
Burke & Hare: The West Port Murders
The story of William Burke and William Hare, two Irish men living in Edinburgh in 1827, who spied an opportunity to make money through murder. Now known as simply the Burke and Hare murders or The West Port Murders, this is dark history that took advantage of a very unique and grisly opportunity.For extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistoriesConnect with me at Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcastOr find me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistoriesOr you can contact me direct via email at contact@darkhistories.comMusic was recorded by me © 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 23, 2017 • 38min
The Enfield Poltergeist Story
The true story of the Enfield Poltergeist. A historical haunting of a British family during the 1970s, the Enfield Poltergeist is still today Britains most famous haunting. This story would become the inspiration for several TV shows and also the film The Conjuring 2.
For extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com
Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories
Connect with me at Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast
Or find me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories
Or you can contact me direct via email at contact@darkhistories.com
Music was recorded by me © 2017
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Jul 16, 2017 • 54min
Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murders
For our first ever episode, we go big with the complete story of Jack the Ripper, one of England most notorious ever killers and infamous all over the world. With only five canonical murders, he wasn't the most prolific serial killer in history, but his reign terrorised East London in 1888 and his identity has been a mystery ever since.For extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistoriesConnect with me at Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcastOr find me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistoriesOr you can contact me direct via email at contact@darkhistories.comMusic was recorded by me © 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices