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Dark Histories — 254 episodes
The Miracle Cures of Doctor John Brinkley
Folk Exorcism & The Cornish Ghost Layers
The Unsavoury Tale of the Maryland Snallygaster
Mary Pearcey & The Hampstead Tragedy
Amazing Stories & The Shaver Mystery
BONUS: 10 Year Q+A
The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDui
The Ghost Ship Carroll A. Deering
The Witches of Warboys
The 19th Century West Ham Vanishings
George Psalmanazar, The Man From Formosa
George Joseph Smith: The Case of the Brides in the Bath
The Curious Case of Edgar Vandy
Christmas Campfire 2025 (Part 2)
Christmas Campfire 2025 (Part 1)
The Spirit of Old Jeffery: John Wesley & The Epworth Poltergeist
The Whaleship Essex & The Real Life Story of Moby Dick
Flying Carrots & Little Divers: The French UFO Wave of 1954
Yesterday Today - 09/11
The Martins Croft Poltergeist: The Devil of Ylöjärvi
The Paris Bluebeard: The Life & Lies of Marcel Petiot
Yesterday Today - 05/10
A Time Slip in Versailles: The Moberly-Jourdain Incident
Ringcroft of Stocking & The Mackie Poltergeist
Yesterday Today - 07/09
A Boy’s Best Friend is his Mother: The Horrors of Ed Gein
Introducing: CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CULTS, AND CRIMES
The Literary Miracles of Patience Worth
Yesterday Today - 10/08
The Murderous Mannings & The Bermondsey Horror
Summer Holiday & Introducing: Macabrium Lore & Legends
Yesterday Today - 06/07
Murder, Madness and The Unusual Life of William Minor
Yesterday Today - 22/06
The Judica-Cordiglia Brothers & The Lost Cosmonauts of the Cold War
Yesterday Today - 08/06
The Strange Incident of the Coogee Aquarium Shark
Yesterday Today - 18/05
The Woman in Black & The Cheltenham Ghost Scare of 1886
Yesterday Today - 04/05
The Strange Discovery of the Hexham Heads
Yesterday Today - 20/04
The Poisoned Prince: The Germ Murders of the British Raj
Yesterday Today - 06/04
Project X-Ray & The Bat Bombs of World War II
The Strange Death of Ocey Snead: The East Orange Bathtub Mystery
Edward Leonski The Brownout Strangler
Midway Atoll & The Wreck of the Wandering Minstrel
The Islandmagee Witch Trials of 1711
Occult Rituals & Space Rockets: The Strange Life of Jack Parsons
Introducing: Southern Gothic
Christmas Campfire 2024 (Part 2)
Christmas Campfire 2024 (Part 1)
The Life and Hauntings of Violet Tweedale
The Murderous Life of Dr Thomas Neill Cream (Part 2)
The Murderous Life of Dr Thomas Neill Cream (Part 1)
The Porthole Mystery: James Camb & The Death of Gay Gibson
Farrant, Manchester & The Highgate Vampire
The Case of Elizabeth Fenning & The Poison Dumplings
The Ghost Hunts of George Albert Smith: Mesmerist & Film Maker
Sorcery, Witchcraft & Murder: The Affair of the Poisons
Summer Holiday 2024 - Algernon Blackwood
The Spectacular Life of Donald Omand, Exorcist Extraordinaire
Smuggling, Riots & The Sampford Peverell Ghost
The Cleaver, The Fiend & The Axeman's Jazz of New Orleans
Murder Aboard the Herbert Fuller
The Wreck of the Wager
A Shot in the Dark: The Hammersmith Ghost of 1804
William Corder & The Red Barn Murder
Fritz Haarmann: The Vampire of Hanover
Story Time: Dark Rituals & Pagan Rites
Counterfeiting, Undercover Agents & The Abduction of Abraham Lincoln
The Mysterious Murder of Mary Jane Bennett
Prophecy, Second Sight & John Barker’s Premonitions Bureau
The Druce-Portland Affair: The Duke That Never Was
Zsuzsanna Fazekas & The Angel Makers of Nagyrév
The Saltwood & Hythe Mothman
May Blackburn & The Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven
Christmas Campfire 2023 (Part 2)
Christmas Campfire 2023 (Part 1)
Stories for the Winter Solstice
The Dalby Spook: Gef the Talking Mongoose (Part 2)
The Dalby Spook: Gef the Talking Mongoose (Part 1)
Thames Torso Mysteries: London in the Shadow of the Ripper
Listen Now: MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
The Ratcliffe Highway Murders of 1811
The Lancashire Seven: Possessions, Exorcisms & Executions
The Haunting of Hinton Ampner
Hypnotism & Murder: The Bloody Trunk of Eyraud & Bompard
The Assassination of Orléans: The Rise & Fall of a Medieval Detective
Mary Ellen MacDonald & The Haunting of Caledonia Mills
Mina Crandon, Scientific American & The $5000 Psychical Challenge
The Bussey’s Woods Ghost Mystery & The Murders of Franklin B. Evans
The Horror of M.R. James: Lost Hearts & A School Story
Cocos Island & The Lost Treasure of Lima
Sarah Hart: Murder on the Telegraph Cables
Russel Colvin’s Return from the Dead
Rhynwick Williams & The London Monster
Escape From Yozgat: The Spooks of Jones & Hill
Object No. 22542: The Unlucky Mummy
The Mount Stewart Farm Murder Mystery
Introducing - Cover Up: Ministry of Secrets
Hugh & Mary Parsons & The Springfield Witch Trials
Dr Buck Ruxton & The Jigsaw Murders
Electricity, Galvanism & The Resurrection of Thomas Weems
Early Cinematography & The Disappearance of Louis Le Prince
The Black Dog of Bungay & Other Spectral Beasts
Christmas Campfire 2022 (Part 2)
Introducing: The Last Resort
Christmas Campfire 2022 (Part 1)
Introducing The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods
Virginia Campbell & The Sauchie Poltergeist
Eliza Grimwood & The Lambeth Ripper
Amazon Music Presents MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Stories
Amazon Music Presents: I Hear Fear
Demonic Possession & Exorcism Through The Ages
The Debosnys Ciphers
Madeleine Smith & The Dangerous Game of Dating in the 19th Century
The Bizarre History of the Hollow Earth
The Thin Place: Netta Fornario & The Occult
The Haunting of Willington Mill
The Tichborne Claimant: A Tale of Two Butchers
The Murder of George Little & The Broadstone Mystery
Esther Cox & The Great Amherst Mystery
Catherine Elise Muller & Her Mission to Mars
The Mary Cecilia Rogers Mystery
Garbo & The Ghost Spies of WWII
The Medieval Ghosts of Byland Abbey
Iron Mike Malloy: The Man Who Would Not Die
Jürgenson, Raudive & A Brief History of EVP
The Floreana Affair: Murder in Paradise
The Unsolved Murder of Sir Harry Oakes
Tom Slick & The Search for the Yeti
Christmas Campfire 2021 (Part 2)
Christmas Campfire 2021 (Part 1)
The Gloucester Sea Serpent of 1817
The New York Press & The Headless Torso Mystery
The Supernatural in War
The Borley Rectory Affair
Biped Beavers & The Man Bats from the Moon
The Many Confessions of Alfred Packer
Somerton Man With Professor Derek Abbott
The Barnes Mystery: Kate Webster’s Best Dripping
The Disturbing Kingdom of Batavia's Graveyard
Percy Fawcett & The Lost City of Z
The Midnight Assassin
Clarita Villanueva & The Thing
Concerning the recent technical difficulties
Joanna Southcott, The Panacea Society & The Mystery Box
The Laetitia Toureaux Affair
Gordon Cummins: The Blackout Ripper
Phantom Airships of the 19th Century
Haunted Bones: Screaming Skulls
The Homunculus: From Science Fact to Gothic Fiction
William Dove & The Wizard
Christmas Campfire 2020 (Part 2)
Christmas Campfire 2020 (Part 1)
Loup-Garou: Witches, Cannibalism & The Werewolves of France
A Small Amendment
Nandor Fodor & The Alma Fielding Poltergeist
James Eugene Harrison: The Murder That Never Was
The Lindley Street Poltergeist
The Mysterious Death of Joseph Elwell
The Pirate Life of Henry Every
The Murder of Jane Clouson: The Eltham Mystery
The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor: Birth of an Urban Legend
Albert Hicks: The Pirate King of New York
The Strange Tale of The Campden Wonder
Photography, Spiritualism & The World of William Mumler
Alexander Pearce: A Disturbing Journey Through The New World
Christiana Edmunds: The Chocolate Cream Killer
Benandanti: Anti-Witches & The Inquisition
The Cardiff Giant & The Great American Humbug
Conan Doyle & The Case of Oscar Slater
The Horror of M.R. James
Chimeras: Ilya Ivanov & The Humanzee
Joseph Vacher: The French Ripper
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Scratching Fanny & The Cock Lane Haunting
The Death of George Bodle & The Birth of Forensic Toxicology
Christmas Campfire Episode 2019
Season 3 Finale Bonus
The Yatton Demoniac: George Lukins
The Sarah Duckett Ghost Mystery & Other Stories
Sadamichi Hirasawa & The Teigin Incident
Graham Young: The Tea Boy
Harry price & The Séance of Rosalie
Death Raft: The Wreck of The Medusa
James Dunham & The McGlincy Murders
William Cragh: The Not So Hanged Man
Lost & Found: The Mysterious case of Pauline Picard
Belle Gunness: Lady Bluebeard & The Murder Farm
The Dodleston Messages: Ghost in the Machine
The Curious Case of Not Townsend
Detective Whicher & The Road Hill House Mystery
Terror in Gévaudan: The Beast
The Balham Mystery: The Death of Charles Bravo
Waverly Hills: The History & The Hauntings
Lurancy Vennum & The Watseka Wonder
The Disappearance of Lord Lucan
Bridget Cleary: Away with the Fairies
Everyday Sensationalism in Victorian Britain: The Illustrated Police News
Bonus Episode? January Patreon AMA
Bella Wright & The Green Bicycle Mystery
BONUS: Christmas Campfire 2018
The Rise & Fall of Spring Heeled Jack
The Euston Square Mystery
Room 1046
Demons & Witches: Ann Glover & The Goodwin Children
Halloween Bonus: Five Folk Horrors
The Spider Man of Denver: Theodore Edward Coneys
Phantom: The Texarkana Moonlight Murders (Part 2)
Phantom: The Texarkana Moonlight Murders (Part 1)
Russian Dolls: Anatoly Moskvin
Americas First Documented Ghost: The Nelly Butler Haunting
A Topper & A Beaver: Thomas Briggs & Franz Muller
The Murder of Julia Wallace
Transmissions from nowhere: Numbers Stations
Zigmund Adamski & Alan Godfrey: A Tale of Two Halves
Roch Theriault & The Ant Hill Kids
The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run: Clevelands Torso Murders
Emilie Sagée: The woman who wasn't there
The Crabb Affair
Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General
Tutankhamun: Pharaoh Curses & Fake News
The Disappearance of Gary Mathias
Introducing Moya - Trailer
We are one
The Arthurs Seat Coffins
The Mysterious Deaths of the Jamison Family
The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund
The Circleville Letters Mystery
Adam: The Body in the Thames
BONUS: Christmas Campfire Stories
Krampus & Co.
Joshua Maddux: The Boy in the Chimney
The Second Life of Omm Sety
The Pimlico Poisoning
Peter Stumpp: The Werewolf of Bedburg
Terri Hoffman & The Black Lords
The Hinterkaifeck Murders
The Clapham Wood Mystery: Satanism & The Occult
The Fire from Within: Spontaneous Human Combustion
Vampires: From Myth to Murder
The Devils Footprints of 1855
Eilean Mor: The missing lighthouse keepers
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Charles Walton: The Pitchfork Murder
Zombies: A true story of Haitian Voodoo
Tamam Shud: the Somerton Man Mystery
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Burke & Hare: The West Port Murders
The Enfield Poltergeist Story
Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murders