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…

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Ruth Ellis and David Blakely

Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Executed in England

Spooky Isles Team - 19 November 2024

The Billinge Vampire Grave

The Billinge Vampire Grave

Rachael Elizabeth - 5 November 2024

Edward Teach Blackbeard

Blackbeard: The Ghostly Legend of Bristol’s Most Infamous Pirate

Spooky Isles Team - 1 November 2024

Thomas Vaughan: Great Yarmouth’s Greatest Grave Robber

2 May 2015

England’s 10 Most Notable Graves

27 April 2015

Jennet Device, The Child Witch Who Killed The Pendle Witches

18 April 2015

Princes in the Tower

What Happened to the Princes in The Tower?

16 April 2015

The Children of the Wailing Woods: A Visit to Watton

14 April 2015

Britain’s 5 Most Sinister Abandoned Mental Asylums

3 April 2015

How the Samlesbury Witches escaped the hangman’s noose

28 March 2015

Don’t Disturb Our Ancient Dead at Fornham Henge

26 March 2015

Mary Pearcey, the Hampstead Murderess

14 March 2015

Catherine Wilson, The Killer Nurse

13 March 2015

Madeleine Smith

The Strange Case Of Glasgow’s Madeleine Smith

11 March 2015

Elizabeth Sawyer, The Witch of Edmonton

11 March 2015

Two queens: Grace O'Malley meets Elizabeth the First

Grace O’Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland

10 March 2015

Elizabeth Stile Witch of Windsor, feeds her familiars

Elizabeth Stile, The Witch Of Windsor Who Loved Being Bad!

9 March 2015

Jill the Ripper? 5 Women Accused Of Being Jack

9 March 2015

Mortsafe protect against bodysnatchers

Britain’s Forgotten Bodysnatchers

5 March 2015

Burke And Hare’s Life and Crimes: What you need to know!

28 February 2015

Islandmagee, Witchtrials, Devil Worship and Ghost Hunting

26 February 2015

Site of the Chapel of William of Norwich

The Boy Martyr Of The Woods

26 February 2015

Who Were The Pendle Witches?

23 February 2015

Jack the Ripper Show

13 Jack the Ripper Facts You Didn’t Know

21 February 2015

St Valentine Relic

Saint Valentine, Heartbreak and Haunting in Ireland

14 February 2015

13 Creepy Facts about Sawney Bean, the Scottish Cannibal

10 February 2015

Bram Stoker And The Legend Of The Bisley Boy

20 January 2015

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