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Are you ready to take a wild ride through history as we uncover the dark secrets of the past? You‘ll hear tales of murderous historical figures, unbelievable events, mysterious deaths, scandals that rocked nations, ghostly sightings at famous landmarks, and stories of hauntings that have spanned centuries. Each episode of Haunted History takes you on a journey through the ages through a captivating storytelling experience that will leave you wanting more. You can find Haunted History w ...
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24: Ghost Ship: The Curse of the Mary Celeste
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On December 4th, 1872, the Mary Celeste, a merchant ship, was found adrift and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. The last entry in the ship’s log had been penned ten days prior. The ship’s cargo was untouched, its provisions, aplenty. The crew’s personal belongings lay intact. In fact, nothing seemed largely amiss aboard the ship, which was dishevel…
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23: Edgar Allan Poe: The Mysterious Death of the Master of Macabre
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Edgar Allen Poe is a name that resonates with many. Even if you haven't read his writing directly, chances are you've encountered something influenced by the master of macabre. But how he met his end is shrouded in mystery. What led to the death of the 'father of the detective story'? Was it an accident? Was it self-inflicted? Or perhaps… it was so…
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22: Forty Whacks: The True Tale of Lizzie Borden
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"Lizzie Borden took an axe/She gave her mother forty whacks/When she saw what she had done/She gave her father forty-one" You may have heard this playground rhyme before, but did you know that it was inspired by the true tale of the infamous murderess, Lizzie Borden? Lizzie, in a fit of fury, is said to have ruthlessly and mercilessly killed her pa…
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21: The Mad Prince of Korea And The Murders That Haunted The Royal Court
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On the morning of July 12th 1762, the body of Crown Prince Sado was removed from the rice chest that he was forced to enter the week prior by his father, King Yeongjo. Over the course of the week, Prince Sado would beg and plead to be released, his cried ignored until eventually he succumbed to the fierce heat, dehydration and starvation. But why w…
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20: The Countess Who Fooled the Queen: Jeanne de la Motte's Diamond Necklace Scam
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Tales of grand heists and elaborate scams have long captivated our imaginations and among these daring exploits, one story stands out as particularly audacious - the tale of a self-proclaimed countess who dared to deceive none other than the Queen of France herself. Jeanne de la Motte, a noblewoman fallen on hard times (or so she would say), orches…
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The wait is over! Season 2 of Haunted History Premiers next Tuesday. Join us for a captivating storytelling experience like no other. A time-traveling ride through history's most scandalous secrets, shocking events, and of course, haunted places. Haunted History is produced by SoundBite Studios with host Megan Alda and writer/researcher Chloë Kibbe…
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Our stories here at Haunted History often revolve around the misdeeds of cruel people, societal ills, and unexplained phenomena. But what about the natural world? Nature, in all its splendor and power, knows not right from wrong. Today, I am telling you the story of the Schoolhouse Blizzard, one of the worst winter storms in history. It was the day…
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18: Murder Castle: The Tale of America’s First Urban Serial Killer
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It's May 5th, 1893, and you are setting foot in Chicago’s Jackson Park to see for yourself what this whole “Chicago World’s Fair” thing is all about. At the time, you don’t know it, but this event will be called “the fair that changed America”. This is because, underneath the veneer of celebration, imagination, and bustle, a dark underbelly writhed…
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17: Nightmare Death: The True Story That Inspired ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
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Picture this. It’s a Saturday night in 1984, you are dressed head to toe in denim and you and a group of friends are headed out to the movies to catch the newest supernatural slasher film, A Nightmare on Elm Street. The movie was a hit. It struck all the right nerves and left a lasting impression among horror aficionados and all moviegoers alike. N…
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16: Fearmongering on the High Seas: The Life of Blackbeard
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Blackbeard has inspired generations of storytelling in his own right. From the 1718 novel On Stranger Tides to the 2015 Hollywood movie Pan - a stylized prequel to a better-known novel, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. In the movie, the character of Blackbeard takes center stage, serving as the main antagonist. One story, however, that seems to linger abov…
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15: Ghosts of a Tragedy: The Hauntings of Fukushima
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For the people of Fukushima Prefecture, in Japan, time stopped at 2:46pm on March 11th , 2011. This is the moment that the coastal region was rocked by the Tōhoku earthquake, the largest in Japan’s history. The quake lasted all of 6 minutes, and caused extensive damage to infrastructure, raising buildings and roads in the blink of an eye. Many huma…
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14: The Beast of Extermination: Gilles de Rais
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Demon summoner. Sadist. Child murderer. History is peppered with dark and disturbed characters. People who left unchecked, exercised untold horrors onto the unsuspecting, the marginalized, and the vulnerable. Often, these folks operated from positions of privilege and power, as we saw last week with our tale about the Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bath…
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13: Blood Countess: The True Story of Elizabeth Bathory
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Imagine, a countess living alone in a dark castle, bathing herself in the blood of young virgins in order to retain a youthful glow. This is the aura that enveloped Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, a woman who has been labeled as one of history’s most prolific serial killers – with vampiric tendencies on top of it all! But, when it comes to the so-cal…
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12: Cinematic Neurosis: The ‘True’ Story Behind ‘The Exorcist’
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The idea that demons can possess a person isn’t new. Many ancient cultures held the belief that evil spirits could enter the human body and make us do things that are either beyond our capabilities, or just downright evil. And, just as many cultures believed that an entity could occupy a person, they also believed that this spirit could be forced o…
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11: A Community Bewitched: The Salem Witch Trials
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An entire community under a spell, an invisible threat. This forces one the masses to turn on each other, to cast aspersions, to point fingers. Neighbour’s become enemies; enemies take each other down. You can trust no one, as even members of your own family begin whispering under their breaths: “witch”. This is what happened to the folks of Salem,…
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10: The Real-Life Arkham Asylum: Danvers State Hospital
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What if I told you that the asylum responsible for churning out the villains in Batman comics was real? Or, at least, that there exists a “real-life” analog to it? Today, I’m taking you all on a tour of another one of America’s most haunted asylums, a place known as the “birthplace of the lobotomy”. Come with me as I tell you the origin story of th…
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Vampires are arguably one of the more well-known mythical creatures worldwide that seem to exist in some form in many cultures. But where did this legendary creature come from? And how has it changed over the years to form what we know now as a modern-day vampire? Well tonight, we will find out, because this bonus episode is on the origins of the v…
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Imagine, you’re paddling along a canal near Mexico City, and you are taken to a small island nestled in a lagoon. Verdant lawns, whimsical bridges made of twisted branches, Spanish moss falling in loose curls from crooked trees, from which hang the mangled bodies of endlessly eerie dolls. You heard right! This place, called “The Island of the Dolls…
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Today's story is one that many of you may not be familiar with. It's the shocking story of America's real-life 'ghost girls', who - along with the public - were poisoned for profit at the hands of big corporations. But how did something marketed as being able to increase vitality ultimately lead scores of young women to their deaths? And, was justi…
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Unexplainable oddities on set, a plethora of injuries and malfunctions and the deaths of four members of the cast, today we explore the curse surrounding a movie franchise that marked a generation of horror-enthusiasts, the cult-classic, Poltergeist. Haunted History is produced by SoundBite Studios with host Megan Alda and writer/researcher Chloë K…
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This week we are exploring an old haunted Inn that sits on top of a 5,000-year-old pagan burial ground and is infamous for devil worship and even human sacrifice! Where is this Inn you ask, and is it really haunted? Listen to this week's episode, to find out! Haunted History is produced by SoundBite Studios with host Megan Alda and writer/researche…
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The fall season of Haunted History is upon us! This week we are heading to Bran Castle in Romania, one of the top destinations for ghost-hunting tourists. But what makes Bran Castle so haunted? And what’s the connection between Count Dracula and Vlad the Impaler? You'll have to listen to this week's episode to find out! Haunted History is produced …
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This week we are visiting the Hoia Baciu Forest in Transylvania, Romania. A lot of the time this haunted forest gets overlooked when tourists visit Romania, as most people flock to all of the Dracula tourism, however, very strange and unexplainable events have happened to people visiting the forest that even scientists haven’t been able to explain,…
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Like many asylums before the twentieth century, Beechworth has a dark history. So little was known about mental health then, that most of the treatments administered to patients would be considered torture by today's standards. Shackles, chains, electrocution, lobotomies, being submerged in cold water being purged and bled were just a few of the ma…
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This week I am taking you to the Iroquois Theatre where a horrific fire broke out during a packed show just after Christmas. Six hundred souls, mostly women, and children, were tragically killed in the deadliest single-building fire in US history. The theatre has been rebuilt and rebranded a few times over the years, but one thing has always remain…
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