In 1810 a valet called Joseph Sellis was found dead in St James's Palace. All eyes turned to his master... more

Untimely deaths followed the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter. Coincidence or ancient curse? When the tomb of King... more

It's America's greatest ghost story: the 1817-1821 haunting of a rural family by a mysterious entity—sometimes violent, sometimes mischievous, even... more

"You've got to pick a pocket or two" says Fagan to Oliver Twist about the foggy streets of Victorian London... more

Would you have gone? Would you have drunk with the condemned? Paid your way into their prison the night before?... more

Do you dare try? The Ouija board was invented in 1890. It was an idea lifted from Spiritualist devices for... more

What if a leisurely visit to the Palace of Versailles transported you back to the court of Marie Antoinette —... more

This is the dark history of the last people to be executed for witchcraft in England. In 1682, Temperance Lloyd,... more

The so-called 'Genius' Killer was a murderer who seemed to be both philosopher and psychopath, whose brain was one of... more

Convicts, illegal dissections, disease, all taking place on ships described as "Wicked Noah's Arks" where conditions were even worse than... more