Curious Tales: A Dark History Podcast

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A Dark History Podcast where 2 girls talk about everything from serial killers to aliens, from literature to the darker side of history. Come join us as we explore these 'Curious Tales'.


    • Mar 18, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 56m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    Ep 10: Oscar Slater and Marion Gilchrist Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 45:55


    In 1925 a released convict smuggles a waterproof letter out of the prison underneath his tongue, with specific instructions to deliver it to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The letter is a plea for help from a man who was falsely accused of killing an 83 year old spinster in her home in Glasgow Scotland. This is Part 2 of 3.

    Ep 9: Oscar Slater and Marion Gilchrist Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 51:23


    In 1925 a released convict smuggles a waterproof letter out of the prison underneath his tongue, with specific instructions to deliver it to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The letter is a plea for help from a man who was falsely accused of killing an 83 year old spinster in her home in Glasgow Scotland. This is Part 1 of 3.

    Ep 8: The Mysterious Murder In Room 1046

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 73:27


    A mysterious man checks into The Hotel President under the name Roland T Owens and is given the interior room 1046. The hotel staff could not have expected what would happen next.

    Ep 7: The Great Alcatraz Escape

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 53:47


    In 1962, four men made a daring escape from Alcatraz, resulting in possibly three deaths or no deaths at all. You decide.

    Ep 6: Lonely Hearts Killers Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 43:22


    In the 1940's Raymond Fernandez would answer the call of the Lonely Hearts Column for a Martha Beck. Their meeting would change the course of their lives forever. Is it love...or is it something more sinister?

    Ep 5: Lonely Hearts Killers Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 41:14


    In the 1940's Raymond Fernandez would answer the call of the Lonely Hearts Column for a Martha Beck. Their meeting would change the course of their lives forever. Is it love...or is it something more sinister?

    Ep 4: Sabella Nitti

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 73:02


    In the 1920's Chicago, Sabella Nitti is arrested and charged with the murder of her husband. But how she gets away with murder is a very remarkable story. Did she do it? You decide.

    Ep 3: Madalyn Murray O'Hair

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 54:29


    Called the Most Hated Women In America, Madalyn Murray O'Hair along with her son and granddaughter disappeared in August 1995. Join us we we discuss the case and the twist and turns of the last days of Madalyn Murray O'Hair

    Ep 2: Typhoid Mary Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 54:13


    Our story continues in 1907 when Mary Mallon is kidnapped, held for 8 months in an infection hospital, then shipped off to North Brother Island. Hear how Mary desperately tries to free herself from New York's Quarantine Island and what happens when she finally is let go.

    Ep 1: Typhoid Mary Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 72:58


    In 1906 a wealthy family would come down with typhoid fever while on vacation without any explanation as to how they contracted the disease. The doctors would soon discover the first "healthy carrier" in America, a cook by the name of Mary Mallon. This is her story.

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