Welcome to Horrifying History where you are about to hear about the unexplained, paranormal, and supernatural happenings that has stained the pages of history.
Do you love the strange, the unexplained, and the downright terrifying?
Horrifying History takes you on a chilling journey into the dark corners of the past, where history and horror collide.
From haunted places and ghostly legends... to mysteries and terrifying true stories... you'll uncover the twisted facts that history books leave out.
Who were the real monsters behind the infamous legends?
What dark secrets lie buried in the pages of history?
Every episode, we reveal the eerie truths that will send shivers down your spine.
Are you brave enough to face the darkness?
Horrifying History available now, wherever you listen to podcasts.
Don’t wait too long... the past might just come looking for you.
Listen, if you dare…
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Welcome to Horrifying History where you are about to hear about the unexplained, paranormal, and supernatural happenings that has stained the pages of history.
Do you love the strange, the unexplained, and the downright terrifying?
Horrifying History takes you on a chilling journey into the dark corners of the past, where history and horror collide.
From haunted places and ghostly legends... to mysteries and terrifying true stories... you'll uncover the twisted facts that history books leave out.
Who were the real monsters behind the infamous legends?
What dark secrets lie buried in the pages of history?
Every episode, we reveal the eerie truths that will send shivers down your spine.
Are you brave enough to face the darkness?
Horrifying History available now, wherever you listen to podcasts.
Don’t wait too long... the past might just come looking for you.
Listen, if you dare…
New Year’s Eve is a time for a fresh start and new beginnings. It offers a chance for reflection and provides an opportunity to celebrate with loved ones. But for some, New Year’s Eve was not fun. It was a nightmare.
On Christmas Day in 1929, respected tobacco farmer Charlie Lawson did not celebrate the day with his family. Instead, he brutally murdered his wife and six of his seven children before he ended his own life.
It began as a routine red-eye flight that should have taken less than seven hours. But somewhere in the dark skies over the South China Sea, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people, vanished. No distress call, no mayday, and no trace.
Just off the coast of Cork sits one of Ireland’s most haunted landmarks. Spike Island boasts a history dating back to the 7th century, and it has witnessed centuries of transformation. From starting as a peaceful monastery to becoming a fortress of British forces, this place has been a location of strategic significance, incarceration, and death.
In Victorian Britain, behind the lace curtains and polite manners, something monstrous was happening. In crowded rented rooms and shadowed alleyways, infants were disappearing. They were not being placed in the loving arms of new parents, but into filthy cribs and shallow graves.
Every culture has its seekers of truth…those who look into the shadows and demand to know what waits beyond. For many in the 20th century, the name Hans Holzer became synonymous with the paranormal. He wasn’t simply a ghost hunter. He was a researcher, writer, and pioneer who shaped the way the world talks about hauntings and spirits today.
Today, we are digging into the vault of The Compendium podcast, where they are exploring the life, crimes, and chilling legacy of Aileen Wuornos, one of the most notorious female serial killers in American history.
Deep in the rolling countryside of Angus, Scotland, stands a castle unlike any other. It seems to breathe with the weight of history. It is a place where kings once walked, where queens wept, and where whispers echo through its shadowed corridors. It is also the place where the dead are said to remain.
Imagine for a moment that you just came back from a funeral of a loved one. You decide to sit down and gather your thoughts while checking your email. How would you feel if you got an email that was sent from your loved one’s account after they died?
When someone dies, it is common for people to wish that they rest in peace. But while some tell people that, they do not mean it. Throughout history, people have found many reasons not to let the dead rest, especially if they are famous.
A young logger vanishes in the Arizona woods, in front of six witnesses, only to reappear five days later - confused, dehydrated, and claiming he was aboard an alien spacecraft. What really happened to Travis Walton? Did he have an extraterrestrial encounter, or did he create an elaborate hoax?
There is a hotel that is well known to fans of both horror movies and novels. It was the inspiration for the novel “The Shining” by author Stephen King, and is world-famous due to the movie based on this book starring Jack Nicholson. But the thing is, my spooky friends, this place isn’t just a cool movie location. It is said to be filled with spirits of the dead.
Some healthcare workers intentionally harm or kill the people in their care. In the case of Jane Toppan, she took this to a whole new level after admitting her goal in life was to kill more helpless people than any other man or woman that ever lived.
Imagine moving your family into a house that you find out is haunted. Now, imagine if that house were filled with more than two hundred demons. What would you do?
Imagine for a moment that you are relaxing outside on a bright and sunny day. All of a sudden, it starts raining, but it's not water that is falling from the sky. It's meat.
Imagine for a moment that you are a police officer and have been working on a case of a missing young woman. You arrest a man, and in questioning, he confesses to murdering the woman and many more. You bring this man back to his cell, only for him to take his own life. When you walk into the dead man’s cell, you discover something that makes you realize he was one of the most prolific serial killers in history.
It is believed that F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous book was inspired by a double murder and subsequent scandal. This scandal captivated a nation, but no one was ever brought to justice.
For some customers in fast food places, they sometimes catch something out of the corner of their eye. A shadow, a whisper, a presence that doesn’t belong.
In the quiet heart of the Hungarian countryside lies a small village that, on first glance, appears sleepy and peaceful. But behind this charm is a grim legacy. It is soaked in arsenic and whispered secrets.
Welcome to Horrifying History where you are about to hear about the unexplained, paranormal, and supernatural happenings that has stained the pages of history.
Do you love the strange, the unexplained, and the downright terrifying?
Horrifying History takes you on a chilling journey into the dark corners of the past, where history and horror collide.
From haunted places and ghostly legends... to mysteries and terrifying true stories... you'll uncover the twisted facts that history books leave out.
Who were the real monsters behind the infamous legends?
What dark secrets lie buried in the pages of history?
Every episode, we reveal the eerie truths that will send shivers down your spine.
Are you brave enough to face the darkness?
Horrifying History available now, wherever you listen to podcasts.
Don’t wait too long... the past might just come looking for you.
Listen, if you dare…
