Bonus Episode: The Sandby Borg Massacre

The Dark Ages Podcast

Dec 23, 2025•14 min•Ep. 62

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Episode description

480 CE

A pre-Christmas ghost story. Excavation of a fortification on a Swedish island reveals a spasm of violence that wiped out an entire settlement. The finds shed light on life in the fifth century, while the circumstances of its ending is a mystery.

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