161: Saving Millions or Making us SICK?? The Shocking Truth Behind Vaping
Wed, 26 Feb 2025
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Even though it’s super controversial, it seems like everyone is vapi...
160: ICON, Sex Kitten, and BLACKLISTED?! WTF happened to Eartha Kitt
Wed, 19 Feb 2025
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Most celebrities are lucky to be known for one big thing. But some are...
159: Sadism, Sex Potions, & Deer Musk?? History’s Most Disturbing Aphrodisiacs
Wed, 12 Feb 2025
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Since ancient times, people have sought out aphrodisiacs—those myste...
158: The Disturbing Truth About Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight: The Mystery That Haunts History
Wed, 29 Jan 2025
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! We all know who Amelia Earhart was. You know, she was a really famous ...
157: The Painkiller Problem: How Fentanyl Took Over America
Wed, 22 Jan 2025
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Last year I had a surgery so that I could breathe again, and it’s be...
156: Pranks, Blackmail, and Perverts: America’s Weirdest Presidents
Wed, 15 Jan 2025
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! History books put presidents on a pedestal. We think of them as thes...
155: Urine Beer, Insulin Comas, and Ozempic: the DH of Diabetes
Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Diabetes is a disease that’s been around for thousands and thousands...
154: The Mass Murderer Who Inspired Hitler: How Mussolini Manipulated a Nation
Wed, 18 Dec 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I’m very interested in dictators. I read so much about Stalin last y...
153: Creators Ruined By Their Creations: Great Ideas, Deadly Consequences
Wed, 11 Dec 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Lawrence Sperry, the inventor of autopilot had ONE vice, and it's that...
152: The Secret Sex Lives of Eunuchs | Dark History
Wed, 04 Dec 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Over many cultures and many years, being a Eunuch--or someone who has ...
151: Sex, Booze & Conspiracy Theories: The Dark History of Air Travel
Wed, 20 Nov 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I personally hate traveling. I’m always doing something wrong and ...
150: Life Before Worker’s Rights: This Toxic Workplace Turned Girls Radioactive!?
Wed, 13 Nov 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesdsay! Back in the 1800s, matches were a huge deal. In the days before elect...
149: The Deadliest Cook in America? The Dark History of Typhoid Mary
Wed, 06 Nov 2024
Friends... tickets are available until November 12th to watch a replay of MURDER MYSTERY & MAKEU...
148: Top 3 Ancient Torture Techniques: Forgotten Punishments of the Past
Wed, 23 Oct 2024
Friends... tickets are available until November 12th to watch a replay of MURDER MYSTERY & MAKEU...
147: Mail Order Brides, Lesbian Romance Novels, and Ancient Zombies? The Dark History of Vampires
Wed, 16 Oct 2024
Friends... tickets are available until November 12th to watch a replay of MURDER MYSTERY & MAKEU...
146: Death by Oujia Board? Murder by Monopoly? The Dark History of Board Games
Wed, 09 Oct 2024
For tickets to MURDER MYSTERY & MAKEUP - A Live Digital Premiere... head to moment.co/mmm. I wa...
145: Ruby Ridge, Waco, & the bombing that TERRIFIED America | Dark History
Wed, 18 Sep 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Most of us here at Dark History know about the Waco massacre. But nobo...
144: Death to Disco, Dancing, and Jazz!? The Men Who Ruined Music | Dark History
Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Whether it was some priests back in the 1500s, a narc who worked for t...
143: The Joanie Awards! The only award show where everyone is dead | Dark History
Wed, 04 Sep 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! How the *HELL* are we at *ANOTHER* Joanie’s episode already?! I fe...
142: The Dark History of The Guinness Family: Your Favorite Beer is CURSED!
Wed, 21 Aug 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! In the US, we have The Kennedys, but here are so many other families i...
141: The Dark History of Designer Babies: Creating the "Perfect" Child & playing god
Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Over the last hundred years, some WILD stuff has gone down in the world of genetics. Did you know th...
140: The Funeral Industry is a SCAM! The Dark History of Death
Wed, 07 Aug 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! If you know me, you know I’m obsessed with death. Between Dark Histo...
139: Dark History: Half Man… Half Pig?! The Bloody Truth Behind Organ Transplants
Wed, 24 Jul 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I stumbled upon this wild story around 3am the other day. It's about C...
138: Dark History: Debutante Balls, Prom, & Daughters for sale?
Wed, 17 Jul 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Some of us loved Prom. Some of us thought it was stupid. Some of us di...
137: The Dark History of Gossip: Cancel Culture Started WAY Earlier Than You Think
Wed, 10 Jul 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Gossip has played a *VERY* important role throughout history. It bri...
136: Dark History: Killer Lemonade and the Unknown Truth of Energy Drinks
Wed, 19 Jun 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Look… I grew up in the early 2000s. I essentially had a Blue Ultra M...
135: Dark History: Trafficked & Beheaded!? The REAL Story behind your Disney Favs
Wed, 12 Jun 2024
Hi friends, happy Tuesday! Once upon a time, bedtime stories were straight-up R-rated. Kids were be...
134: Dark History: Meet the Gritty Gals who Shot up America’s Wild West
Wed, 05 Jun 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Everything you think you know about women in America’s Wild West is ...
133: Dark History: The Unknown Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
Wed, 22 May 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Do you know the other woman who was a huge force behind the Undergroun...
132: Dark History: Doctor or Dealer? How celeb doctors destroyed American icons
Wed, 15 May 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! People put their lives in the hands of doctors every day, but what if ...
131: The Dark History of "The Lavender Scare": An Unknown War on Queer American Citizens
Wed, 08 May 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I recently came across this story about something called “The Lavend...
130: Dark History: The Hidden Truth Behind the Challenger Explosion
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The Challenger disaster is considered one of the worst tragedies in Am...
129: Dark History: How a Shakespeare Play Caused New York's Deadliest Riot
Wed, 10 Apr 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Did you know one of America’s deadliest riots actually started insid...
128: The Dark History of The Kennedys: America's Cursed Royal Family
Wed, 03 Apr 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The story of the Kennedy’s has been so romanticized by the media ove...
127: The Dark History of Pigeons: Rats With Wings or Unknown Heroes?
Wed, 27 Mar 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Never in history has there been a more unappreciated animal than the p...
126: Dark History: Wait... WHO'S paying for the Olympics?
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Now, before the Olympics were a thing, it was really just a bunch of G...
125: Dark History: Thousands of Women Died in These Secret Asylums
Wed, 13 Mar 2024
Hi friends, happy almost St. Patty’s Day! I’ll be honest with you… it’s hard to shock me an...
124: Dark History: Was this demonic 90s toy SPYING on us!?
Wed, 06 Mar 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Remember Beanie Baby Mania? It was INSANE. Everyone thought these thin...
123: The Dark History of Hedy Lamarr: You can Thank this Hollywood Bombshell for Wifi
Wed, 28 Feb 2024
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Did you know the person who paved the way for the invention of Wifii wa...
122: The Dark History of Childbirth: We’ve been giving birth ALL WRONG
Wed, 21 Feb 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Despite what some people may say, birth is not a problem that needs so...
121: The Dark History of Valentine's Day: Hate Mail, Orgies, and Animal Sacrifice??
Wed, 14 Feb 2024
Hi friends, happy Valentine's Day! Maybe it’s all the social pressure, but personally, Valentine’...
120: PROOF that the FBI targeted, tracked, and unalived Americans! | The Dark History of COINTELPRO
Wed, 07 Feb 2024
Hi friends, happy Thursday Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s no secret that the FBI has h...
119: The Petty Creep who led the FBI | The Dark History of J. Edgar Hoover
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. There’s always all this talk ab...
118: Nude, rude, and screwed: The Dark History of Nail Salons
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Did you ever consider that the bad...
117: The Dark History of Beauty Standards: Beauty is Pain
Wed, 10 Jan 2024
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We all know that “beauty” ofte...
116: Dark History’s Naughty Gift Guide
Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today, we’ve got a special Dark ...
115: How This Icon Dazzled & Duped The Nazis | Josephine Baker pt. 2
Wed, 13 Dec 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today, we have part 2 of our Josephine Baker story, and we’re...
114: The Dark History of Josephine Baker pt. 1: the first influencer was also a spy
Wed, 06 Dec 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today's story is one that's so juicy it feels like a movie plot...
113: A billion dollar curse: The Dark History of The Lottery
Wed, 29 Nov 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Did you know that the largest Powerball jackpot ever won was a ...
112: Real Life Willy Wonka: Freak Candy Disaster that Killed Dozens
Wed, 15 Nov 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Remember Augustus Gloop, the kid from Willy Wonka who drowned i...
111: A DOG SAVED THE WAR? Hero Animals You’ve never heard of
Wed, 08 Nov 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today I’m sharing stories of some of the greatest soldiers of...
110: Conjugal Visits Could Save America? So Why are they taking them away?
Wed, 01 Nov 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today I’m talking all about conjugal visits, which is basical...
109: Werewolf Trials, Real Life Dracula, & Where Zombies Actually Come From
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. I’ve been wanting to do an episode on this topic for a while ...
108: The Truth About Rasputin: Demonic Wizard or Healing Saint?
Wed, 18 Oct 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. This guy was one of my favorite cartoon characters ever, but it...
107: Sleep Demons, Ghosts, & Alien Probes: Can Nightmares Really Kill You?
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re talking about conspiracy theories, and not the ki...
106: The Dark History Of Sugar: Slavery, Diabetes, And Addiction
Wed, 04 Oct 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s October, which means, it’s the start of spooky season....
105: Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta & The Struggle Of America's Farm Workers: The Dark History of the Chicano Movement
Wed, 27 Sep 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re talking about the Chicano Movement. Before this m...
104: The Secrets of Starbucks - Pumpkin Spiced Lies | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s FALL, baby, and pumpkin spice season is upon us. What be...
103: The Dark History of U.S. Infrastructure: Train Derailments, Freeway Collapses, and Biblical Floods
Wed, 13 Sep 2023
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. So, literally a hundred years ago...
102: A Free Concert From Hell: Deadly Drugs, Murder and Music | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 06 Sep 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We all know about Woodstock, right? Peace and love, 60s hippie ...
101: Dark History of Fast Food: Toxic, Tasty, and Targeting You
Wed, 30 Aug 2023
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today I’m talking about fast food...
100: Tyson’s Destructive Ways: A Simple Farm Turned Evil Empire | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 23 Aug 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. The only thing juicier than a rotisserie chicken is the secrets...
99: Monsanto Chemical Company: The Silent Killer - Agent Orange, Birth Defects and Toxic Cereal | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 16 Aug 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. In today’s episode, exposing the secrets behind the food we a...
98: Branches of Government: Prison Over Pizza Leftovers? Who’s Really Making Our Laws? | Dark History With Bailey Sarian
Wed, 09 Aug 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. This all began because someone stole my pizza from the work fri...
97: The Secret Lives of America’s Founding Fathers: Who Really Started This Country? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 02 Aug 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. And welcome to Season 3! We’re kicking off season 3 with all ...
96: Murderous Popcorn Rituals? The Disturbing History You Never Knew | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 26 Jul 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Popcorn, your favorite movie time snack, was once connected to ...
95: Sizzling Secrets of Sex Toys | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 19 Jul 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast! Sex! It's been around since the beginning of our existence. But...
94: The Joanie Awards! Best, Worst, & Absolute Worst | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 12 Jul 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. And welcome to the most highly-anticipated event of the year: T...
93: Death by Lipstick: Secrecy, Sorcery & Satanic Rituals Behind Makeup | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 28 Jun 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. If you watch my videos, you probably know that I LOVE makeup. I...
92: Filthy Rich: Dirty Secrets of the World’s First Billionaire | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 21 Jun 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re discussing the world’s first ever billionaire- ...
91: Magic Tramp Stamps and Taboo Tattoos | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 14 Jun 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re diving into a topic that has always been controve...
90: LOST & FOUND: New York’s secret mass grave site | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 07 Jun 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re talking about a place that NYC has tried to erase...
89: Shocking Secrets of the Wine Industry: What Are They Hiding? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 31 May 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Throw everything you know about wine out the window right now. ...
88: Poison in your mouth? Your teeth are toxic! | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 24 May 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Did you know that grills, yes, for your teeth, have been around...
87: A Killer Deadlier than Hitler? Joseph Stalin Part 2 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 17 May 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. And welcome to part two of our deep dive into the life of one o...
86: The Mass Murderer Nobody Talks About: Joseph Stalin Part 1 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 10 May 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We all know of Hitler, and you might know of Joseph Stalin… b...
85: This Bloody Crime Saved Our Lives: The Dark History of 911 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 03 May 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we are diving in to a topic personal to me - my mom was a...
84: Abusive Prisons or Animal Oasis: Are Zoos Evil? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. When you think of the zoo, what comes to mind? Saying hi to cut...
83: Dirty Water, Wikileaks, and Anthrax?! Would You Die For Your Country? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast, the show where we talk about that hot history goss. And today w...
82: Legalized Murder: When The Purge Happened In America—Red Summer of 1919 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 12 Apr 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Remember that movie, The Purge? The one where for one day only ...
81: Wanna Make 10 Million Dollars? Find This Painting: Craziest Art Heists in History | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 05 Apr 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Would you like to make an easy $10 Million? Well get in close, ...
80: A Nepo Baby’s Hollywood Castle: America’s Billionaire King William Hearst | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We’ve talked about William Hearst on here before. He is one o...
79: Cannibalism, Child-Trafficking, and Strip-tease: the Truth that Disney Buried | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Princesses. They’re gorgeous, they’re happy, they’re all ...
78: When Beauty Kills: Secrets of the Plastic Surgery | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 15 Mar 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. How old do you think plastic surgery is? I thought it started l...
77: Why You'll Probably Fail the SATs | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 08 Mar 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Okay, so we can’t talk about SATs and college admission witho...
76: The Power of Hate- Death to Disco | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 01 Mar 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Would you believe me if I told you that one grumpy radio DJ fro...
75: That $7 Shirt Is Making You Sick: Fast Fashion vs. the World
Wed, 22 Feb 2023
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. I feel like there is a new trend...
74: From Hoovers to Hentai: The Dark History of Porn
Wed, 15 Feb 2023
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. PORN. Bom Chicka Wah Wah. We all k...
73: Tie me up Daddy - Top 5 Torture Techniques from Medieval Time
Wed, 08 Feb 2023
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Look torture is awful, but if ther...
72: Dying for Minimum Wage or Surviving on the Bare Minimum
Wed, 01 Feb 2023
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. I feel like every day there is som...
71: FYC: For your Corruption
Wed, 25 Jan 2023
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s Award Show Season Babbbyyy. ...
70: Luxury Fashion Haul!!-- Sleeping with the Enemy
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. What do you think of when you think of “Luxury Fashion”? Gl...
69: The Princess of the Press vs. The Media, Mobs, and the Man
Wed, 11 Jan 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Have you ever been made to seem like the bad guy? Have you ever...
68: Horror, Heartbreak & Homicide- Happy New Year!!
Wed, 04 Jan 2023
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. New Years. Honestly, not my favorite of the holidays. It’s ...
67: A Very Krampus Christmas: The Dark Spirits of Christmas Past
Wed, 21 Dec 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Is there anything as cozy as a Christmas tree? When you look at...
66: Death By Christmas Candle: What’s Really in Your Favorite Products?
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Tis the season. And by season I mean scented candle season. Not...
65: How did we go from selling soap to selling our souls?
Wed, 07 Dec 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Have you always felt like someone is watching you? Well hate to...
64: F*ck, C*nt, B*tch, Sh*t, Where Does Cursing Come From?
Wed, 30 Nov 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. There’s nothing I love more than dropping a good ole F-bomb. ...
63: You've been Catfished. Who the hell is Betty Crocker?
Wed, 16 Nov 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. I love a good cake. And with cake mixes right from the store, y...
62: Cancer for Sale: When is it enough?
Wed, 09 Nov 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. If a product is dangerous, but it still sells well, is it reall...
61: Who Were the Bozos Before Bezos? When Money Ruins Everything
Wed, 02 Nov 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Freakin rich people, amiright? I’m not talking about that kid...
60: Dungeons, Dragons, and Satan Worship
Wed, 26 Oct 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. What scares parents more than anything else? It’s the Devil, ...
59: Cannibalism as Medicine?? The Wild trend of Mummy Powder
Wed, 19 Oct 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Mummies, we know em, we’ve love em. And they are quite exclus...
58: Clowns that Kill: the Dark History of Clowns
Wed, 12 Oct 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Clowns, you either like them or you hate them. There really isn...
57: The Witches are Coming - Hide Your Broom, Hide Your Goats
Wed, 05 Oct 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s spooky season babbyyy. Ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and witc...
56: Ghost Ships, Sunken Cities, And a Triangle of Doom - Disappearances from the Deep Blue Sea
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. The Bermuda Triangle, the most mysterious shape on the entire p...
55: Soft Drinks and Hard Drugs: Coca-Cola's Story is Soda-pressing
Wed, 21 Sep 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Did you know that fewer people know the recipe to Coca-Cola ...
54: Shave Your Head and Get In the Closet: Dark History of Marriage
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We’re going to the chapel and we’re going to get married! B...
53: From Mailing Babies to Mailing Bombs: The Postal Service Did What???
Wed, 07 Sep 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. What’s the craziest thing you’ve mailed? I feel like I reme...
52: Stop beating your meat with this tasty treat! THE DARK HISTORY OF GRAHAM CRACKERS
Wed, 31 Aug 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Some things are just meant to be together. Peanut butter and ...
51: She’s in OUR DNA?! Who is Henrietta Lacks?
Wed, 24 Aug 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. One of my favorite things about this podcast is learning abou...
50: Gossip, Glitter & Whimsical Disgrace - WTF is up with Lisa Frank?
Wed, 17 Aug 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. I’ve mentioned her many times before. I’ve tempted you ov...
49: Sex Toys: Sinful or Medicinal?!?!
Wed, 10 Aug 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Sex has been a part of humanity since the dawn of time. Do yo...
48: Blood, Butter, and BEHEADINGS?!?!?: Popcorn's Dark Past
Wed, 03 Aug 2022
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. People used to be sacrificed for popcorn. Yep. The buttery go...
47: The Best of Dark History: The Joanie Awards
Wed, 08 Jun 2022
Dark History. It seemed like such a simple concept. Let’s talk about the things from history peopl...
46: Silence=Death: The Dark History of the AIDs Epidemic
Wed, 01 Jun 2022
The AIDs epidemic. We’ve all heard of it. But it seems to be discussed in hushed tones or people a...
45: Making the Band: Dark History of Boybands
Wed, 25 May 2022
Boy Bands. Don’t act like you don’t love them. Every generation has their boy band. But when did...
44: Signs, Seances, and the Stars: Dark History of Psychics and Astrology
Wed, 18 May 2022
What’s your sign, babe? How many times have you been asked that? How many times has someone blamed...
43: Cleopatra, Catherine, Jackie, And Yoko: Their True Stories
Wed, 11 May 2022
Women. We really get the short end of the stick don’t we. And it’s nothing new. In fact there ar...
42: Heroin & Cigarettes & Tapeworms: The Dark History of Diet Culture
Wed, 04 May 2022
Did you know that researchers have found that 98% of all diets are complete failures? Did you also k...
41: Diving Into The Dark Web: Dark History of Silk Road
Wed, 27 Apr 2022
The internet isn’t really that old. But that doesn’t mean that it hasn’t already started to ga...
40: Puff, Puff, Pass: Dark History of Cannabis
Wed, 13 Apr 2022
Weed is a gateway drug. How many of us were warned about this in middle school health class? Well di...
39: Is College Even Worth it?: The Dark History of Student Loans
Wed, 06 Apr 2022
Like pretty much everything we talk about, Student Loans started out as a great idea. A way to ens...
38: The Darkest Show on Earth: The Circus
Wed, 30 Mar 2022
Come one come all, gather around for the spectacle of the darkest show on earth. The circus is def...
37: The Government Poisoning Alcohol?!: Prohibition
Wed, 23 Mar 2022
Most people have heard of Prohibition, the time when America decided drinking was bad. But how much ...
36: The Shocking & Shady Past of Bananas
Wed, 16 Mar 2022
Bananas. That yummy yellow fruit. We love it. But let me tell you, this simple fruit has a COMPLICAT...
35: Pre-Tampon vs Post Tampon World: The Dark History of Menstruation
Wed, 09 Mar 2022
PERIODS. MENSTRUATION. VAGINA. All no-no words according to society. But also all words we’re gonn...
34: Private Prisons: Where Prisoners Become Profit
Wed, 02 Mar 2022
At this very moment, there are a bunch of business owners and investors in the United States who pro...
33: The TRUTH behind Central Park, Lake Lanier and Dodger Stadium
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
America, she’s always been stealing land. Grabbing what she wants. And stealing land has never sto...
32: Equal rights and Access FOR ALL: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Thu, 17 Feb 2022
Just how accessible are accessible parking spots, bathrooms, tables etc. And what had to happen in o...
31: How the US STOLE Hawaii
Wed, 09 Feb 2022
Would you believe me if I told you Hawaii was stolen? Well yeah of course, hi this is Dark History. ...
30: The Woman who REALLY Started Rock & Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Wed, 02 Feb 2022
Do you know who Sister Rosetta Tharpe is? Would you believe me if I told you she’s responsible for...
29: The Birth of Click Bait & Fake News: Yellow Journalism
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Journalists are supposed to follow the principles of truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity and public ...
28: The Many Crimes of The Nestle Company
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
How did Nestle go from feeding babies to poisoning puppies? Well let me tell you it is a bumpy ride....
27: The Dark Side to the Golden Age of Hollywood
Wed, 12 Jan 2022
Hollywood, the place where dreams come true. But in reality, Hollywood, and especially during the “...
26: Women Were Poisoned by Their Job for Years: The Radium Girls
Wed, 05 Jan 2022
When Radium popped on to the scene in the early 1900s, it was called “liquid sunshine” and a “...
Bonus Episode: Death By Delicious Chocolate - Cordelia Botkin was WILD
Thu, 30 Dec 2021
Hi Friends! There's no Dark History episode this week, but here's a bonus episode of a story I did f...
25: Twisted Holiday Tales You’ve Never Heard: Dark History Holiday Edition
Wed, 22 Dec 2021
Pour some hot coco, slide on those comfy socks and gather ‘round the fire because it’s chilly wi...
24: How Jazz Almost Wasn’t a Thing: The Dark History of Jazz
Wed, 15 Dec 2021
In the late 1800s, something really cool was happening down in New Orleans. A melting pot of culture...
23: Before COVID, there was Bubonic Plague in San Fran
Wed, 08 Dec 2021
121 years before COVID showed up, the U.S. nearly descended into chaos when the Bubonic Plague arriv...
22: Why 20,000 People Wanted Italian Immigrants Dead: Sicilian Lynchings
Wed, 01 Dec 2021
In 1891, 11 Italian people were murdered in the streets of New Orleans, becoming one of the largest ...
21: A Church vs. The Feds: Who Shot First?? The WACO Siege
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
In 1993, the quiet Texas town of Waco was turned into a bloody battlefield when an extremist religio...
20: Secrets buried in unmarked graves: Residential Schools
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
In June of 2021, a bombshell investigation uncovered the bodies of 215 Indigenous children in unmark...
19: Concentration Camps... IN AMERICA?!: Japanese Incarceration
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, America became paranoid as hell, thinking every J...
18: Secret Medical Testing on People & the Government Knew?! The Tuskegee Experiment
Wed, 03 Nov 2021
In 1972, an article went viral before the internet existed. The headline read: “Syphilis Victims...
17: People Danced Until They LITERALLY Died?! - The Dancing Plague of 1518
Wed, 27 Oct 2021
In 1518, the peasants of Strasbourg, France began dancing and couldn’t stop. Because of it, 15 p...
16: From Riots and Raids to Gay Pride Parades: How Pride came to be
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
In 1969, the Stonewall Inn was just your typical, Mafia-backed queer bar in Greenwich Village, New Y...
15: Who gave the Philly Police a friggin’ BOMB?!: The 1985 MOVE Bombing
Wed, 13 Oct 2021
In 1985, after a chaotic shootout and an hours-long standoff, the Philadelphia Police dropped a bomb...
14: Gay Conversion Therapy: Pseudo Science is Destroying Innocent Lives
Wed, 06 Oct 2021
700,000 people have experienced some form of Gay Conversion Therapy over the years. Yet, survivors o...
13: The story of the first female President of the United States: Edith Wilson
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
A rowdy mountain girl inherits a million dollar jewelry business, drag races through the streets of ...
12: MKUltra: Mind Control, Drugs and Robocats
Wed, 22 Sep 2021
What if we told you the Government thought LSD could be used for mind control? What if we told you t...
11: Thomas Edison maybe killed a guy and other enlightening Edison tales
Wed, 15 Sep 2021
When people think of American innovation, one name always comes up: Thomas Edison. But, just like ev...
10: Who stole grandma’s body?!: The Doctor’s Riots of 1788
Wed, 01 Sep 2021
Modern medicine had to start somewhere, right? And where it started ain’t too pretty. In order to ...
9: When the American Dream Goes Up in Flames: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Wed, 25 Aug 2021
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today, we are going to talk about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire,...
8: The Trail of Tears: Not one, but many
Wed, 18 Aug 2021
Too many Americans think the Trail of Tears was just some difficult nature walk. Like, one path that...
7: Crack vs. Cocaine: Welcome to Incarceration Nation
Wed, 11 Aug 2021
America is an Incarceration Nation, locking more people up than any other country. That includes cou...
6: Mind Games - The Dark History of Lobotomy
Wed, 04 Aug 2021
What do the Kennedy’s (yes, those Kennedy’s), ice picks and depression all have in common? The l...
5: Let's Talk About The Dark History Of Birth Control. Buckle In.
Wed, 28 Jul 2021
Birth Control is in medicine cabinets all over the world, used by millions of women. But few know it...
4: Andrew Jackson
Wed, 21 Jul 2021
Today, Bailey dives deep into the story about Andrew Jackson, the master duelist, the man on the $20...
3: Rosewood Massacre
Wed, 14 Jul 2021
Murder, Destruction and Racism are all discussed as Bailey digs into the unsettling story of The Ro...
Dark History Relaunch Trailer
Wed, 23 Jun 2021
In this trailer, Bailey Sarian shares exciting updates on the relaunch of her #1 podcast "Dark Histo...
2: Zoot Suit Riots
Wed, 09 Jun 2021
On this week’s episode, Bailey explores the story behind the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 in Los Ange...
1: DuPont Chemical Scandal
Wed, 02 Jun 2021
On our premiere episode of Dark History, Bailey dives deep into a topic that still is affecting us...
Dark History Trailer
Thu, 20 May 2021
Bailey Sarian, a professional makeup artist & true crime connoisseur, is taking her expertise fr...