Some stories were never meant to be told.
Expunged is a history documentary podcast exploring the crimes, conspiracies, and hidden truths that shaped the world we live in. From papal corruption to imperial betrayal — the events they tried to erase.
In 1888, a witness identified Jack the Ripper face to face. Then refused to testify. Scotland Yard named a suspect, wrote it down, and buried the file for seventy years. This is the story of Aaron Kosminski, the documents hidden inside Scotland Yard's own archives, and the cover-up that turned a solved case into the world's most famous mystery.
29 Apr 2026
Vlad the Impaler: He Signed His Letters "Dracula"
In 1462, a prince from Eastern Europe sent a letter to the King of Hungary reporting a number: 23,884 heads. Not estimated. Counted. The letter still exists. It is signed: Dracula.This is the real story of Vlad the Third — the man behind the myth, the administrator behind the monster, and the document that changes everything.📌 EXPUNGED — The crimes that shaped historyNew episode every week
21 Apr 2026
Unit 731: They Were Never Punished
In 1932, the Japanese military built a secret research facility in occupied Manchuria. What happened inside was worse than anything the Nazis built. The scientists who ran it experimented on living human beings. Thousands died. The records were destroyed.
And when the war ended, not a single one of them spent a day in prison. Because the United States government gave them full immunity. In exchange for the data.
This is Unit 731 — the program the world was never supposed to know about. And the deal that buried it for decades.
Expunged. The crimes that shaped history.
14 Apr 2026
NASA's Darkest Secret: Operation Paperclip
In 1969, Wernher von Braun watched his Saturn V rocket carry Americans to the Moon. What almost no one knew: he had built his rockets for Hitler using concentration camp prisoners. More than 20,000 people died building the V-2. NASA's own records confirm he knew. His SS files were classified by the US Army for years after his death.
This is Operation Paperclip — the secret program that brought over 1,600 Nazi scientists to America after World War II, sanitized their records, and turned war criminals into national heroes. The State Department objected. The Justice Department objected. The Army overruled them both.
With Artemis preparing to take humanity back to the Moon, this is the history they decided you didn't need to know.
Expunged. The crimes that shaped history.
8 Apr 2026
They Kill Him Three Times: The Rasputin Murder
On the night of December 29th, 1916, a group of Russian noblemen invited Rasputin to dinner. They poisoned him. He kept eating. They shot him. He got up. They beat him, bound him, and threw him into a frozen river.According to the autopsy — none of that killed him.This episode investigates what the forensic evidence actually shows, who was really in that palace, and why the most famous murder in Russian history may have been a cover-up orchestrated by British intelligence.00:00 Opening00:36 The Man Who Terrified an Empire02:23 The Night of the Murder04:30 The Third Bullet06:24 The Real Question06:47 Why They Built the Legend08:54 What the Myth Required09:57 Final ReflectionEXPUNGEDNew episodes every Tuesday.The crimes that shaped history.
1 Apr 2026
The Borgias: History's Greatest Lie?
In 1503, Pope Alexander VI died after a Vatican banquet. His body turned black within hours. His son Cesare survived.
For five centuries, the Borgias have been synonymous with poison, incest, and murder at the highest levels of the Catholic Church. But how much of it was actually true — and how much was written by the people who destroyed them?
This episode separates the documented crimes from the legend, and asks a question historians have debated for centuries: were the Borgias history's greatest villains, or history's greatest smear campaign?
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Renaissance Rome and the Borgia Ascent
03:23 The Poison and the Power
06:35 What the Historians Actually Found
08:31 The Real Question
09:01 How a Reputation Is Built
11:07 The End of the Borgias
12:55 Final Reflection
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