Dark Histories
Episodes
The Strange Disappearance of Rudolf Diesel
This episode explores the mysterious 1913 disappearance of engineer Rudolf Diesel, who vanished from the SS Dresden while traveling to England.
Philip: The Ghost That Never Was
Host Ben details the "Philip the Ghost That Never Was" experiment, where the Toronto Society for Psychical Research attempted to manifest a fictional…
The Willie Starchfield Murder Mystery
This episode details the 1914 murder of five-year-old Willie Starchfield, whose body was discovered strangled beneath a London train seat.
Early America & The Savage Crimes of the Harpe Brothers
This episode details the savage crimes of Wiley and Micajah Hart, two brothers who terrorized the American frontier in the late 1790s.
The Grafton, The Invercauld and the The Multiple Wrecks of the Auckland Islands
This episode details the 1864 shipwrecks of the Grafton and Invercargill on New Zealand’s Auckland Islands.
Summer Break - Charlotte Riddell: The Open Door
Host Ben takes a summer break after his motorbike is stolen, presenting Charlotte Riddle’s 1882 ghost story, "The Open Door.