Horrifying History
Welcome to Horrifying History where you are about to hear about the unexplained, paranormal, and supernatural happenings that has stained the pages of history. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/horrifying-history--4180070/support.
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April 17, 2024 • 24 mins
Do you know what my favourite supernatural creature is? It’s a werewolf! In European folklore; werewolves are humans who are able to turn a wolf at night and return to human form by day. Some change shape at will while some do not, and usually it is under the light of a full moon.
What I have always found the most fascinating is how this creature by day looks just like the rest of us, but after the sun sets - they turn into a monste...
What I have always found the most fascinating is how this creature by day looks just like the rest of us, but after the sun sets - they turn into a monste...
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April 10, 2024 • 33 mins
Fremantle Prison opened in 1855 as a convict barracks, and remained in continuous use for 136 years . It is known as the best preserved correctional facility in Australia, as a World Heritage Site, and as one of the most haunted locations in the country.
So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear the tales behind the ghost stories of Fremantle Prison. But before we get started, I want to give you all a heads up. In ...
So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear the tales behind the ghost stories of Fremantle Prison. But before we get started, I want to give you all a heads up. In ...
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April 3, 2024 • 24 mins
Imagine for a moment you meet the partner of your dreams, and they ask for your hand in marriage. The two of you slip away for a secret wedding, and then only a few days later - you are found dead facedown in a shallow pool of water.
Get settled in my spooky friends…you are about to hear about a newlywed bride from Toronto, who was said to drown in just nine inches of water while her honeymoon cottage went up in flames. But before ...
Get settled in my spooky friends…you are about to hear about a newlywed bride from Toronto, who was said to drown in just nine inches of water while her honeymoon cottage went up in flames. But before ...
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March 27, 2024 • 28 mins
A shipwreck will always make for a good story. These tales usually come to the same ending though…that the power of the sea is unstoppable. Shipwrecks have a level of mystery and wonder that is unmatched in other disaster based tales, and in the end…they sit as ghosts of the past at the bottom of a body of water. They take on a new existence as graves, monuments, and mausoleums to the individuals who lost their lives on board.
But s...
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March 20, 2024 • 24 mins
The future was bright for child star Lora Lee Michel. By the age of seven she was a Hollywood sensation that was being billed as the next Shirley Temple. By the age of nine, she was staring in movies along side A-list actors. But soon things started to unravel, and then she vanished.
So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear the tale of Lora Lee Michel, and how sometimes the Hollywood dream is not what it is cracke...
So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear the tale of Lora Lee Michel, and how sometimes the Hollywood dream is not what it is cracke...
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March 13, 2024 • 28 mins
Many people are afraid of ghosts, in fact; being afraid of spirits is one of the most common fears around. Many cultures have beliefs about the dead, and many claim to see or hear them which increases that fear. But if you add in disasters, isolated locations, with a bunch of pain and suffering - you now have all the ingredients for a great ghost story.
So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear tales of some very ha...
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March 6, 2024 • 32 mins
The city of Kingston in Ontario, Canada has no shortage of scary tales. In fact, Kingston is a ghost’s dream city! There are tonnes of historic stone buildings to lurk in, and countless dark alleyways and narrow old streets to jump out and scare someone from. Then…there is that massive 18th century fortress just outside of downtown that they could really stretch out their ghostly legs in.
The whole area whispers in your ear, “I see...
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February 28, 2024 • 27 mins
Just outside Indianapolis; Indiana in the United States is Fox Hollow Farm, that is said to be haunted by its brutal past. This location was once the home of Herb Baumeister and his young family during the early 1990s. By day, Herb was a successful businessman who operated a chain of thrift stores. By night, Herb would cruise the nightclubs of Indianapolis looking for his latest victims.
When word of human remains being found on Her...
When word of human remains being found on Her...
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February 21, 2024 • 26 mins
When people hear the word vampire; they usually start thinking about Transylvania and Dracula. But vampires existed in folklore well before Bram Stoker wrote his tale. In fact, vampires have existed in the lore of many different cultures around the world throughout the ages.
Today, most people think that vampires are just a character in movie or book, but that isn’t true. Even in current times, tales are still told about vampires th...
Today, most people think that vampires are just a character in movie or book, but that isn’t true. Even in current times, tales are still told about vampires th...
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February 14, 2024 • 26 mins
Kingston is a beautiful city in Ontario, Canada that is located on the north east end of Lake Ontario. This location has the name of the Limestone City, because of its countless heritage buildings that were constructed using local limestone. Kingston was the first capital of the United Province of Canada, and while it held this distinction for only a short time - it has remained a very important military installation. Today, it is ...
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February 7, 2024 • 29 mins
In 1952, a young man watched a hypnotist at a dinner party. He immediately became obsessed with the subject, and started seeking out every book on the subject he could. He soon took what he read, and started using hypnosis as a way to treat a variety of things, like smoking and insomnia. But then a person walked into his life that changed it forever.
So snuggle in my spooky friends…you are about to hear the tale of a Chicago housew...
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January 31, 2024 • 35 mins
There is a type of female killer that has become so infamous that they have their own nickname - the black widow. This name comes from the Black Widow spider that are found all over the world. They are considered to be the most venomous type of spiders found in the United States, so people are naturally not big fans of them even though people rarely die from their bites.
But it wasn’t due to their venom that these spiders are compar...
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January 24, 2024 • 24 mins
There are many types of of sweetener that a person can choose from. Some come in granular form like sugar, while others come in a syrup form like corn syrup. Another is molasses which is considered to be a liquid sugar that contains sucrose, and small amounts of fructose and glucose. It isn’t sweet like refined sugar, and is usually thicker and stickier than other liquid based sweeteners.
Molasses is the ingredient that makes brown ...
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January 17, 2024 • 33 mins
In 2009; a psychological horror film was released that changed this horror subgenera forever. The movie called “The Orphan” tells the tale of a couple who’s marriage became strained after the stillbirth of their third child. This loss was very hard on the family, and as a way to move forward the couple decided to adopt a nine year old Russian girl named Esther from a local orphanage. The couple’s oldest son Daniel resents the famil...
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January 10, 2024 • 28 mins
The invention of social media has brought countless people together. It has become a staple in most people’s lives. That is its good side, but social media also has a bad one. I think that most people have had a time or two that social media has brought them drama, or maybe that they have experienced bullying. But today’s case goes beyond that. In our tale today, a Facebook friendship became so nasty that it resulted in death.
So s...
So s...
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January 3, 2024 • 32 mins
The original movie “Scream” from the Scream horror movie series is considered to be a classic. It is a slasher film directed by Wes Craven that stars some big names like Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, and more. It is set in a small American town named Woodsboro, and the movie starts with our heroine, Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell. It is the anniversary of her mother’s murder, ...
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December 27, 2023 • 32 mins
Everyone has heard of the Tower of London. This fortress was built in the 1070’s by William the Conqueror, and he likely couldn’t have imagined what would happen at this building or what it would come to represent.
Today; the Tower holds the world’s most famous jewel collection, The Crown Jewels, which have been guarded by the Yeoman Wardens since the Tudor times. It is also a place of rich and complex history that is said to still...
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December 24, 2023 • 11 mins
The holiday season is almost here, and everyone seems to be filled with with yuletide joy. But fear not my spooky friends…Christmas has its creepy side too! What better way to release your pent up seasonal frustrations than listening to some dark and ghoulish stories of some Christmas ghosts.
So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear some ghostly legends of the Christmas season.
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So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear some ghostly legends of the Christmas season.
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December 20, 2023 • 29 mins
Jean Laffite was a privateer and smuggler who is best known for taking a little break from pillaging, to fight for the United States in defence of New Orleans in the War of 1812. But Jean was a pirate at heart. Right after this he went back to his pirating ways, and he made quite a bit of money. Local lore tells that Jean did not put his treasure in a bank, or spend it all before he died. It is believed that Jean buried a large tre...
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December 13, 2023 • 26 mins
Universities strive to be known for their strong academics, impressive athletic programs, and outstanding educators. With that said; it is hard to find a school that doesn’t have stories about hauntings, but the University of Toronto is in a league of its own. The strange sounds that students hear when walking down this school’s halls often is a literal ghost from its past.
So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear...
So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear...
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