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History Hit: Ancient Crimes

History Hit: Ancient Crimes

By: Nathan Pali
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History Hit: Ancient Crimes is a true crime and history podcast uncovering the murders, conspiracies, and criminal plots that shook the ancient world.

Long before detectives, courts, and forensic science, there were poisoners in palaces, assassins in shadows, traitors in councils, and crimes so dangerous they reshaped empires.

Each episode dives into a real case from ancient history, telling the full story behind historical murders, political assassinations, poison plots, court conspiracies, and betrayals from Greece, Rome, Egypt, Persia, China, and beyond. These are documented crimes preserved in ancient trials, chronicles, inscriptions, and eyewitness accounts—reconstructed with the depth and suspense of modern true crime.

Through narrative storytelling and historical sources, the show explores ancient true crime, early justice systems, power and violence, and the motives behind history’s most infamous criminals: ambition, fear, jealousy, revenge, and the hunger for control.

This isn’t myth or legend. It’s a deep, story-driven exploration of true crime in ancient history, revealing how violence, secrecy, and betrayal quietly shaped the foundations of civilization.

If you’re fascinated by true crime, ancient history, murders in history, assassinations, poisoners, court intrigue, political crime, and the dark side of empire—this podcast is for you.

History Hit: Ancient Crimes Before law. Before justice. There was still crime.

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Episodes
  • Death in the Cup: The True Story of Rome’s Poison Master
    Jan 22 2026

    A single sip ended empires. Locusta engineered poisons that mimicked disease, fooled doctors, and erased enemies. This ancient true crime episode explores how murder hid behind medicine—and how Rome paid the price.

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    16 mins
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