Yesterday Today - 18/05

Yesterday Today - 18/05

Author: Ben Cutmore May 18, 2025 Duration: 28:18
Hi everyone, I'm back with another mini-episode of Yesterday Today, where this week we dig into the first ever non-stop Transatlantic Flight, the first ever sightings of the Loch Ness Monster and a delightfully weird romance story from teh pages of yesterdays papers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every two weeks, Ben Cutmore invites you into the shadowy corners of our past, where facts blur with folklore and case files remain stubbornly open. Dark Histories is less a lecture and more an exploration, weaving meticulous research into compelling narratives that linger long after the episode ends. You’ll hear detailed accounts of events that defy easy explanation, from long-forgotten crimes and bizarre hoaxes to oddities that shaped societies. The focus is always on the human stories within these enigmatic tales, told with a careful balance of skepticism and an appreciation for the strange. This isn't just about ghosts or monsters, but the very real, often unsettling peculiarities documented throughout history. Each installment of this podcast feels like piecing together a puzzle where some pieces are forever missing, offering no easy answers but plenty to ponder. It’s for anyone who finds themselves drawn to the edges of the map, where the documented record meets the unexplained. Settle in for a journey through the archives of the bizarre and the unresolved, where every story is a reminder that the past is rarely as simple as it seems.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Duration: 1:27:15
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Duration: 1:19:06
In the eerie stillness of a moonlit Atlantic night in 1896, aboard the doomed Herbert Fuller, a savage cry pierced the darkness. What followed was a chilling discovery: The Captain, his wife, and the second mate lay brut…
The Wreck of the Wager [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:19
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A Shot in the Dark: The Hammersmith Ghost of 1804 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:15
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William Corder & The Red Barn Murder [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:12
In the first half of the 19th century, there was a single murder that, having ensnared the English countryside in a web of scandal, permeated throughout society and popular culture for decades after its conclusion. Havin…
Fritz Haarmann: The Vampire of Hanover [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:11
Following the first world war, Germany, having never found its feet economically throughout the conflict, now found itself crumbling under the further weight of heavy reparations. Many of those that had survived the figh…
Story Time: Dark Rituals & Pagan Rites [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:06
Hi everyone, something a little different this week, but I'll be back as usual with next episode. Thanks as always! ------- For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com Support the show by usin…
Counterfeiting, Undercover Agents & The Abduction of Abraham Lincoln [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:06
The ingenuity of the criminal class has rarely been criticised for lacking in imagination. One of the finer examples of this concept was put on full display in America, on the eve of the presidential election in 1876, Wh…
The Mysterious Murder of Mary Jane Bennett [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:57
In Victorian England, the press were never shy of calling a crime the “sensation of the century” or a murder, “the most astonishing the world had ever seen.” When the body of a young woman showed up on the beach of a pop…