Here’s a preview of Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper. Over a single week in February 1942, a depraved serial killer stalked London’s dark and WWII bomb-ravaged streets, hunting for victims in the city’s bars and clubs. But the victims of the so-called Blackout Ripper are now all but forgotten. Using new research from police files, court transcripts and exhaustive genealogical studies, season 2 of Hallie Rubenhold’s Bad Women reconstructs the lives of the women The Blackout Ripper brutally attacked...
Oct 11, 2022•16 min
Henry the 8th was a notorious serial killer. Not in the way we know serial killers today but he still sent over 72'000 to their deaths during his reign. Today we uncover 4 gruesome stories of people that died on his command including his one time wife Anne Boleyn and three people who stole his gold and conspired against him inside the Tower of London, Alice Tankerville, John Bawd and John Woolf. Hosted show on Youtube: https://youtu.be/3jTM5ecQgVo Thanks so much for listening / watching! If you ...
Sep 23, 2022•30 min
So excited to finally be able to reveal my secret! Please check it out! www.podfollow.com/queens 2 episodes available now! https://www.instagram.com/killerscultsqueens/ Video version (with BTS footage) here: https://youtu.be/tyg6YJ-i2kQ ------------------------------------------------------------- Podcast: https://podfollow.com/macabrelondon Thanks so much for watching! If you are new here, you may not know that Macabre London is a fortnightly podcast and YouTube show that delves into Londons ha...
Sep 08, 2022•15 min
Sara or Saartjie Baartman spent her whole life under the rule of people who exploited her at every turn. Trafficked from South Africa her captors originally wanted her to be put on display as a living exhibit at the British Museum but when they refused, she was forced to dance on stage, night after night. As her popularity dwindled, she was forced by her "keepers" into the world of selling her body and from there, things became much worse. Today on Macabre London, we’ll be uncovering the story o...
Aug 31, 2022•28 min
The British Serial Killer You’ve Never Heard Of | William Palmer The Rugeley Poisoner Quiet town in Staffordshire is not the immediate place that springs to mind when you think of horrific murderers but one man managed to hide his heinous plans in plain sight, getting away with the most hideous of crimes for years! Today on Macabre London, we’ll be uncovering the story of William Palmer, the unknown British Serial Killer. Podcast: www.acast.com/macabrelondon Thanks so much for watching! If you a...
Aug 12, 2022•33 min
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Jul 15, 2022•30 min
Kids really had it bad in the Victorian times! Two tales of terror from old newspapers. Old newspapers carry a wealth of strange stories and help us to learn about how things really were back in the day.Today I'll be revealing what I've found whilst doing my research for other episodes. This time on Macabre London, we uncover two tales of terror from Victorian newspapers. Video version: https://youtu.be/vDEbsmYW9As Podcast: www.acast.com/macabrelondon Thanks so much for watching! If you are new ...
Jul 01, 2022•23 min
The last place you'd expect Aliens to want to visit is the Isle of Wight but I can see why it might be an enticing destination for them. It's quiet, secluded and the perfect place to touch down without being noticed. However, two children did just that, spotting perhaps the strangest sighting of an alien being ever recorded. Part clown, part wooden human...all terrifying. but was this an actual visitation from an E.T or maybe there had been consumption of some wild mushrooms which lead to a join...
Jun 17, 2022•19 min
When you hear "Whitechapel", one name springs to mind, Jack the Ripper, but todays old true crime case is one I can guarantee you won't have heard about. This case has everything, adultery, a chase through London and a horrendous reveal which left London reeling. This time on Macabre London, we uncover the Whitechapel Tragedy. Podcast: www.acast.com/macabrelondon Thanks so much for watching! MAGIC MIND Thanks to todays sponsor - Magic Mind. Please use the link below to get 40% off a subscription...
Jun 03, 2022•26 min
Ever wondered if a robot could replace you? I experimented with A.I to see if a robot could write a better episode of my History podcast - macabre London - than I could. I think I'm safe for the time being but I reckon A.I is definitely getting there and maybe in a few years time, all I'll have to do is type the topic in and press write! I don't think it would be the same though. Podcast: www.acast.com/macabrelondon Thanks so much for watching! If you are new here, you may not know that Macabre ...
May 20, 2022•11 min
The town of Centralia in Pennsylvania has been on fire for the past 60 years! An underground network of mines was accidentally set fire to after firefighters decided to solve the towns trash problem by setting it alight. Two weeks later, the ground was still smouldering and it wasn't long before the earth beneath the gentile community led town, was set ablaze seemingly forever putting its residents at severe risk. Fast forward a few decades and the town became the inspiration for the Silent Hill...
May 06, 2022•17 min
The bravery of the first female soldier in World War One knew no bounds. At the age of just 17, Dorothy Lawrence went to war. She was there to be the first female war correspondent, except nobody knew what she was up to. She disguised herself as a mine layer and fought on the front line before it all went wrong, leaving her a shell of a woman. Today, we uncover the story of Dorothy Lawrence, the first female soldier. Podcast: www.acast.com/macabrelondon Thanks so much for watching! If you are ne...
Apr 22, 2022•25 min
Stories of haunted houses regularly graced the pages of Victorian newspapers. The paranormal phenomena was investigated and given more of a critical eye than you may expect but why did ghost stories suddenly become all the rage, with thousands of copies of books selling at the time about the spooky tales. The history is stranger than you think and it may have well been to do with the industrial revolution. Today on Macabre Mini Mysteries, we uncover the Victorian obsession with Haunted Houses. P...
Apr 04, 2022•16 min
England in the 14th century was in crisis. Famine had torn through the country in the first half of the century & extreme weather had battered the residents' properties, ports and farms causing widespread damage, taking years to recover from. The black death had swept over the world killing an estimated 25 million people globally and half of England's population overall. A poll tax was the final straw for the working people and contempt for the monarchy and the law makers began bubbl...
Mar 18, 2022•37 min
England in the 14th century was in crisis. Famine had torn through the country in the first half of the century & extreme weather had battered the residents' properties, ports and farms causing widespread damage, taking yeas to recover from. The black death had swept over the world killing an estimated 25 million people globally and half of England's population overall. The feudal system was exploiting those surviving workers and capping wages and to top it all off repeated wars with France caus...
Feb 25, 2022•21 min
Botox Camels disqualified from Beauty Pageant & Hut Found on Moon | Weird News December 2021 If you would like to watch this episode then please click here: https://youtu.be/4Zg3bDNjOIk Story 1: Botox Camels disqualified from Beauty Pageant. Over 40 camels were disqualified from a beauty pageant for having had botox, fillers and other cosmetological enhancements. Story 2: Hut Found on Moon. The YUTU 2 rover discovered a hut on the dark side of the moon but who lives inside? Story 3: Predictions ...
Feb 11, 2022•14 min
Australia Bans Cats & Pigs Take Over Golf Course | Weird News 2021 November https://youtu.be/naskv6V5REA Story 1: Australians decided they've had enough of cats! Don't be too worried though, this isn't a complete ban but more in order to protect the national wildlife that's suffering as a result of feral cats. We explore how the authorities are coping (and in some cases, not coping) with the feral cat population and what that means for the domestic moggy. Story 2: Two domestic pigs decided to ta...
Jan 31, 2022•10 min
Demon Pact Killer Danyal Hussein Jailed & Mysterious Space Signals | Weird News 2021 October Story one: Danyal Hussein faced trial for the murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman after they were having a picnic in Fryent country Park in June 2020 and failed to return home. I give a recap of the case and the reasons that led to Danyal's arrest. Story 2: Mysterious signals were detected in space but it's not certain what they are or where they're coming from but astronomers have some theories t...
Jan 28, 2022•15 min
Shakira Mugged by Wild Boar & Missing man finds himself during search | Weird News 2021 September You thought the episodes of weird 2021 were already, super weird...well today we step into two stories which could definitely be sitcom plot lines. First off, we have a man who joined a search party for himself! Then, Shakira is mugged by two wild boar in a barcelona park. I promise you the stories are real...they're just very weird! Thanks so much for watching! If you are new here, you may not know...
Jan 24, 2022•12 min
Ever wonder what Stonehenge is made from? The clue is in the title...but someone else has decided to make it from Spam. Today we're combining both July and August in this episode as Spamhenge was apparently the only weird thing that happened in July. To make up for it though, we have two tales in August which are both very odd. First up we have the case of the Coleman family which is a very sad tale (skip to 07:31 if you want to miss it) and then we head to something not so dark to discover the ...
Jan 21, 2022•14 min
Welcome back to another episode of Weird news 2021. Today we're looking at two stories which made the weird news in June 2021. First off we have A weird story involving Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall. Simon Durante-Day a British born man now living in Australia, believes he is the son of the royal pair and was adopted out when he was just 8 months old. Sorry two, we circle back to our January episode to reveal the details of the now released government UFO report to find out if a...
Jan 14, 2022•13 min
Welcome back to another episode of our year in review of all things weird that happened in 2021! This time we discover the Brood X infestation of periodical cicadas that fly around spreading fungus which changes their brains. We then discover a strange deep sea creature which washed up in California which may make lots of people happy for hundreds of years to come. Thanks so much for watching! If you are new here, you may not know that Macabre London is a fortnightly podcast and YouTube show tha...
Jan 10, 2022•11 min
The news in 2021 got pretty weird! There were time travellers on TikTok and Yeti's in Yorkshire. Join me today to find out more about these weird stories. First up we learn about a tiktoker who is apparently from the future. Tiktok user Timetraveller2582 popped up claiming they were from the future and prophesying the weirdest events that may happen in the next few years. Then, a YouTube channel popped up with vintage videos which they'd discovered of a lost set of documentaries on @British Cryp...
Jan 07, 2022•17 min
Aliens land in Tesco Car park and cause all sorts of problems with car keys. A village in Bangladesh experiences 500 fires in one year due to birds, children and a ton of other reasons. 2021 was quite the year of weird news so I figured what would be fun is if we went back of the year, month by month before the year is through to regale some of the stranger stories from the year. As there are quite a few strange stories, I'll be spreading this out over a few episodes before the end of 2021 like ...
Dec 22, 2021•11 min
2021 was quite the year of weird news so I figured what would be fun is if we went back of the year, month by month before the year is through to regale some of the stranger stories from the year. As there are quite a few strange stories, I'll be spreading this out over a few episodes before the end of 2021 like a cathartic cleansing ritual, so if you’re new here, make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss out when the next one is released. Today's stories feature weird news from February. The fi...
Dec 21, 2021•14 min
2021 was quite the year of weird news so I figured what would be fun is if we went back of the year, month by month before the year is through to regale some of the stranger stories from the year. Now even though 2021 has felt fairly uneventful to the majority of us who spent a large time of it in our sweatpants at home, plenty of strange things happened throughout the year and so I thought it might be nice to spend a little time together taking a look at those strange, horrendous and odd occurr...
Dec 20, 2021•13 min
You can watch this episode here: https://youtu.be/8TkL_p03UqI On a dull and overcast morning on Tuesday the 28th of june 1887, a curious situation occured at a lodging house in the east end of London. The body of a young woman was found on her bed in her lodging house. Her skin was quickly eroding from her face and arms. What had happened to this woman and why was her skin disintegrating. Furthermore, was the person responsible still nearby, perhaps peering out from under the bed watching the ch...
Dec 03, 2021•32 min
For most people it’s generally believed that your soul leaves your body when you die and that if you believe in reincarnation, that’s the point when a new life may begin. But what if one night you went to sleep and woke up the next day in the same body but with an entirely new soul, a new personality and even a new name, leaving the old you behind and picked up where you’d left off in your old life, but with a new person inhabiting your meat suit! Sounds absurd doesn’t it but this strange phenom...
Nov 19, 2021•21 min
https://youtu.be/AqfEzXini9o Louis Wain was one of the most popular artists of the Edwardian era. If you headed back in time and found yourself in an Edwardian drawing room, you’d more than likely be drawn to a print upon the wall. These prints which adorned many abodes were regarded for their whimsical portrayal of cats but behind the frivolous playful kittens hid a dark secret. Today on Macabre London, we uncover the story of Louis Wain, the mad cat man. ------------- PATREON If you like the p...
Nov 05, 2021•31 min
If anyone was going to plan the worlds most mysterious disappearance, it was definitely Agatha Christie! On the 4th of December 1926, a 36 year old woman tucked her daughter into bed, grabbed an attache case containing her personal documents, some clothing and some cash and got into her car driving off into the night. The next day the Morris Cowley car belonging to the woman, was seen perilously hanging over the edge of a cliff but it’s driver was nowhere to be found. Furthermore, the documents ...
Oct 22, 2021•24 min
