After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
Hosted by Anthony and Maddy and Anthony Delaney · History Hit
4.8from 4,767 ratings
- 313
- Episodes
- 275
- Transcribed
- 4,767
- Ratings
- Daily
- 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
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
275 of 313 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
America's 'Innocent Axe-Murderer' Lizzie Borden
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America's 'Innocent Axe-Murderer' Lizzie Borden
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He is born in 1822. He's of English and Welsh descent. And interestingly, and this speaks very much to the times, he grew up in poverty. But by the time we meet him as a grown man, as father to the notorious Lizzie Borden, he is a property developer. He's also a the director of several textile mills in the city, and he is, importantly, president of the Union Savings Bank. His estimated worth in 1892 is $300,000, which is about $10 million in 2024. So this is very much a self-made man. This is the American dream in action here. Next, we have Lizzie's stepmother. This is a woman called Abby Borden. […]
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- Maddy Pelling
- Jackie Riding
- Misha Ewen
- Matt Lewis
- Cat Byers
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- YouTube views
- 210,858
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 1,275 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 3,492 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal?
Anthony and Maddy and Anthony Delaney host the show. Published by History Hit.
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