Episodes

  • And a Bottle of Rum

    And a Bottle of Rum
    Sep 11 2023
    Ever wondered how the fearsome Blackbeard met his grisly end? Come aboard from some grog and I'll tell ye a tale that beggars belief about the last stand of a man with three pistols and a beard alight with the fires of hell...

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    9 mins
  • ...Let Fall the Guillotine's Blade

    ...Let Fall the Guillotine's Blade
    Sep 6 2023
    In part two of the deathly delve into excruciating executions it's time to look at some of the worst that history has to offer and the pour souls who suffered from those terrible fates.

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    24 mins
  • Dead Man's Hand

    Dead Man's Hand
    Aug 28 2023
    From Ash's comically murderous hand in the Evil Dead Franchise to A24's dread-filled terrifier Talk To Me, severed hands are still clutching at our collective consciousness. But where does this fascination that our divorced limbs have a life of their own come from? And why on Earth would people actively seek out the cold touch of a freshly hanged criminal?

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    10 mins
  • String High the Gallows...

    String High the Gallows...
    Aug 24 2023
    Today we're rolling out the ropey history in part 1 of looking at the history of public execution in all its morbid and gory details.

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    19 mins
  • Morbid Morsels: A Drunken Drowning

    Morbid Morsels: A Drunken Drowning
    Aug 14 2023
    Welcome to the Daft Demise of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, middle child and possibly the only man in history to have requested that he be drowned in a barrel of wine.

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    10 mins
  • What Watery Graves are These?

    What Watery Graves are These?
    Aug 10 2023
    Terrible accidents, war, natural disasters, progress...Floridian's? What could all these things possible have in common? Why they're all reasons behind the worlds most morbid sub-aquatic feature - the underwater graveyard! Whether purposefully sunk or having slid into the sea these are some of the final resting places of the deep that you should know about.

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    24 mins
  • Morbid Morsels: The Good, The Bad and the Sometimes Sad of Highgate

    Morbid Morsels: The Good, The Bad and the Sometimes Sad of Highgate
    Aug 7 2023
    In last weeks episode of Deathinitions we talked about the mystery of the Highgate Vampire. Whether you believe in blood sucking fiends or not is up to you but we can agree on is that Highgate contains a staggeringly high number of rotten remains - not all of them were good people. And some were just very unlucky. So today we're going to meet some of the cemetery's own mad, bad, (often just sad) and dangerous to know.

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    10 mins
  • What is...The Highgate Vampire?

    What is...The Highgate Vampire?
    Aug 2 2023
    This week we're takinga trip to Highgate Cemetery in London where shadows stalk and vampires and satanists may be just around the corner...

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    22 mins