After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
Hosted by Anthony and Maddy · History Hit
4.8from 5,060 ratings
- 327
- Episodes
- 290
- Transcribed
- 5,060
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 211K
- YouTube views
About After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
This is After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal. The podcast that takes you to the shadiest corners of the past, unpicking history’s spookiest, strangest, and most sinister stories. Join historians Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, every Monday and Thursday to take a look at the darker side of history. From haunted pubs and Houdini, to witch trials and weird UFO sightings. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal - a podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts Dan Snow's History Hit, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets. History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™ Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe (https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- History Hit
- Category
- history · society & culture · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Oct 2023
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
290 of 327 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Gunpowder Plot As It Happened
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Scotland's Worst Poltergeist
31 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Pendle Witches | Cautionary Tales
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The Gunpowder Plot As It Happened
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They also took some of the gunpowder. And this is another thing where they say, oh, actually, we did analysis on this and it would never have worked anyway because it was degraded. Now, it had degraded, but the idea that it wouldn't have exploded is not possible. How many? 35, 38 barrels or something? […]
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- Martha McGill
- Eleanor Janega
- Dr Kaja Franck
- Matt Lewis
- Maddy Pelling
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 210,858
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 1,342 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 3,718 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal?
Anthony and Maddy host the show. Published by History Hit.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal take guests?
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