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The Stories History Tried To Forget With Sarah Blake

June 24, 2026

Some stories dominate the history books. Others vanish into the margins, buried beneath time, tragedy, controversy, or simple neglect. In this episode of Haunted History Chronicles, I’m joined by historian, researcher and storyteller Sarah Blake to explore her fascinating new book, Hushed Up History: Volume 1. Together, we uncover the strange, shocking and often unbelievable stories that history has quietly left behind.From the catastrophic final voyage of the SS Morro Castle and the enduring...

America’s Most Gothic: When History Becomes the Haunting

January 26, 2026

In this episode of Haunted History Chronicles, I’m joined by authors Andrea Janes and Leanna Renee Hieber, the minds behind America’s Most Gothic, to explore the chilling truth behind Gothic tropes — and the real people whose lives were even darker than fiction.Fog-drenched mansions, oppressive family dynasties, forbidden rooms, madness, obsession and death… we tend to associate these with novels and cinema. But Andrea and Leanna reveal how many of the Gothic’s most enduring themes are rooted...

Deborah Hyde and the Green Children of Woolpit: Lost Children, Fairy Folk, or Fear?

January 19, 2026

In this episode of Haunted History Chronicles, I’m joined by writer, folklorist and broadcaster Deborah Hyde to explore one of medieval Britain’s most haunting and enduring mysteries: the Green Children of Woolpit. Emerging from a pit on the edge of a Suffolk village in the 12th century, these strange children — with green-tinged skin and a language no one recognised — left behind a story that has lingered for centuries.Drawing on medieval chronicles, folklore traditions and historical contex...