Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
188: The Mass Murders That Set The Stage for Hitler
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends. Happy Wednesday. Today’s episode is personal. It’s painful. And it’s important....
187: Possessed Nuns, Mass Hysteria, and an Influencer Priest: DH of Exorcisms
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends. Happy Wednesday. More importantly... 🎃 Happy Halloween!! 👻 Grab your holiest wat...
186: Tales from the Dark History Crypt - A Spooky Season Special
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! No tricks. Just treats here this spooky season. Over the years, many...
185: The Alaska Triangle: Disappearances, Dead Ends, and the Dark Truth Beneath It All
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! So listen. I learned about a place in Alaska where more than 20,000 pe...
184: The Devil's Secretaries or Scapegoats? The Witches History Erased
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! So the other night I was deep into my usual bedtime routine of doomscr...
183: The MESSY Life of Ronald Reagan: Snitching, Scandals & DEADLY Decision
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! So the other day, I was googling jelly beans. Don’t ask why, I was i...
182: The Cult of Kellogg: Cornflakes, Celibacy, and Colonics??
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The other day I was craving a big fat bowl of Honey Smacks cereal wi...
181: The Real Conjuring: Ghost Hunters or Grifters? Who Were Ed & Lorraine Warren
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Listen… I know it’s not *officially* Fall yet, okay? But we all kn...
180: Harmless or Toxic? The Hidden Killers in Your Beauty Routine
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Did you guys ever see those ads for the Rejuvenique face mask? It was ...
179: The Oil Scandal They Tried to Erase from History
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I always wanted to date Robbie Sinclair from Dinosaurs. Anyone else? [...
178: The Most F*ed Up Baby Products in History
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I don’t know if this is happening to any of you out there, but sudde...
177: They Used Nun Urine For What?! The Dark History of Getting Pregnant
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! One of my friends is having a baby, so we’ve been talking about ba...
176: Who Invented Breakfast? The Breakfast Industry’s Dirty Little Secrets
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The other day I woke up starving — like, hangry. So I wandered into ...
175: How Bodybuilding Went from Freak Show to Fitness Empire
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! You know, lately I’ve noticed something strange. It feels like ever...
174: Murder, Incest, and Castration: How Nero DESTROYED Rome
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! So you guys know I love dictators. And you ended up *LOVING* the Cae...
173: Stripper Wars: Chippendales’ Glamour, Greed & MURDER?!
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! For some reason, female nudity feels *way* more common than male nud...
172: Earthquakes: From Human Sacrifice to Nuclear Disaster… Is the Big One Coming??
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Do you guys remember earthquake drills? I grew up in California… S...
171: Walmart: From American dream to American NIGHTMARE
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Do you guys remember that movie “Where the Heart Is?” It’s all...
170: The Shocking Truth About Dairy: Why are we *really* drinking milk?
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! As a country, America has always had a complicated relationship with d...
169: The Headlines called it “Justice,” In Reality it was a MASSACRE
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! You know, after living in Los Angeles for a few years, I’ve learned ...
168: Britain's FIRST Female Serial Killer & A Gangster Mastermind??: DH of MOMSTERS
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The other day I was watching Monster In Law - remember that movie? It ...
167: Wendy & Britney: Hollywood Hostages? The DH of Conservatorships
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I love Wendy Williams. She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and “she i...
166: The Shocking Sex Scandals Behind This Infamous Dictator
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Julius Caesar...military genius, fashion icon, drama queen, and oh yea...
165: The Psychotic Actor & Assassin Who Killed America’s Favorite President
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! There are some things from history class that just stick in my brain. ...
164: When Jokes Turn DEADLY - The Most SHOCKING Pranks Gone WRONG
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! You know what I love more than anything? A good prank. A perfectly tim...
163: Mobsters, Britney Spears, and the Raiders?! The TWISTED Identity of Las Vegas
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The other day I was invited to a bachelorette party. And it wasn’t o...
162: Secrets of the Bloodthirsty Women Who Ruled the Sea
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! All great rulers at some point had to deal with the people who had the...
161: Saving Millions or Making us SICK?? The Shocking Truth Behind Vaping
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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!?
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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!
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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?
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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?
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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?
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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!?
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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??
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We all know that “beauty” ofte...
116: Dark History’s Naughty Gift Guide
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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?
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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?
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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?
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Throw everything you know about wine out the window right now. ...