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Banshees: Herald of Death
29 December 2025Today we're delving back into the After Dark vaults to revisit our episode on Banshees...
Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls) joins Anthony...
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The First Europeans In Japan
29 December 2025When Portuguese merchants ran aground on the Japanese isle of Tanegashima in 1543, two worlds collided - Europeans encountered Japan for the first...
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The Secrets Hidden In Tudor Art
29 December 2025Why are diamonds black, and how does a triangle show power in Tudor portraits? From Henry VII’s shrewd statecraft to the glittering reign of...
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The Ice Age
28 December 2025Think of the Ice Age and tales of ferocious sabre-toothed tigers and giant megafauna likely spring to mind - but what do we know about prehistoric...
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Assassins and Templars
26 December 2025The heart of the Assassin’s Creed franchise is the deadly rivalry between the brotherhoods of Assassins and Templars. These were real groups in...
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How Hot Was Lord Byron?
26 December 2025How 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' was Lord Byron really?
We know the Romantic poet had a bit of a reputation, but how true was it? And...
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How Did Fossils Change America?
25 December 2025When fossils were discovered in the US during the 19th Century, it altered American understandings of science, religion, race and more. So what...
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Ghosts of Henry VIII's Palace
25 December 2025We’re re-running this episode because it’s one of our favourites — and it’s worth another listen!
The ghost of Catherine Howard,...
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How Did the British Empire Build the Modern World?
25 December 2025Tobacco, sugar, rum, cotton, rubber, tea, coffee, spices, industry, borders, slavery, war - all things spread across the globe thanks to the...
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Princes in the Tower
25 December 2025The unsolved mystery of what happened to the Princes in the Tower - Edward V and Richard, Duke of York - is possibly English history’s greatest...
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The Minoan Labyrinth
25 December 2025Assassin’s Creed Odyssey immerses players in the mythology of Ancient Greece. In particular, they can walk in the footsteps of Theseus through...
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Medieval Winter Ghosts
23 December 2025Come closer, warm yourself by the fire, and don't look too closely at the shadows playing at the edges of the room. Dr. Eleanor Janega explores...
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