Hidden Chronicles: The Psychology of History is a narrative podcast exploring where human psychology and history collide. Covering true crime, dark history, and human behaviour, each episode looks beyond what happened to understand why it happened — and what kind of world made it possible. This is not about spectacle, but context. A calm, reflective approach to stories often told at their loudest. I’m Jenni Brown. This is Hidden Chronicles.
Hidden Chronicles: True Crime and Psychology.
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Hidden Chronicles: The Psychology of History is a narrative podcast exploring where human psychology and history collide. Covering true crime, dark history, and human behaviour, each episode looks beyond what happened to understand why it happened — and what kind of world made it possible. This is not about spectacle, but context. A calm, reflective approach to stories often told at their loudest. I’m Jenni Brown. This is Hidden Chronicles.
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July 27, 2026
Season 3: Epside 16: The Trial Begins
<p>The Yorkshire Ripper investigation enters a new chapter as Peter Sutcliffe stands trial.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, we step inside the courtroom to explore how one of Britain's most significant murder trials began. From the roles of the judge, jury and barristers to the opening of the prosecution's case, we examine how years of investigation were finally presented before the law.</p><p><br /></p><p>As the trial unfolds, a new and deeply complex question begins to emerge—one that will ultimately come to define the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>The question is no longer simply what happened...</p><p><br /></p><p>But why.</p><p><br /></p><p>⚠️ This episode contains discussion of murder, violence and serious mental illness that some listeners may find distressing.</p>
July 16, 2026
Season 3: Episode 15: Judgment
<p>Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of murder, violence, grief and the impact of serious crime. Listener discretion is advised.</p><p>Peter Sutcliffe has been arrested.</p><p>After years of uncertainty, one of Britain's largest murder investigations is finally moving towards the courts. Yet finding the man responsible is only the beginning.</p><p>What does justice actually look like after years of violence? Can a verdict ever provide closure? And where is the line between understanding an offender and holding them accountable?</p><p>In this episode, we move beyond the investigation and into the difficult questions that follow. As detectives prepare their case, families continue living with loss, communities search for meaning and society begins wrestling with the difference between explanation and excuse.</p><p>Because whilst courts can establish responsibility, they cannot restore what has been taken.</p><p>This is an episode about justice.</p><p>About grief.</p><p>About accountability.</p><p>And about the lives that continue long after the verdict has been delivered.</p><p>🎙️ Hidden Chronicles explores the moments where history, crime and human psychology collide.</p><p>🎧 Available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and other major podcast platforms.</p><p>⭐ If you're enjoying Hidden Chronicles, please consider following the podcast and leaving a rating or review. Your support helps others discover the series.</p>
July 9, 2026
Season 3: Episode 14: The unravelling
<p>For years, investigators believed they knew the voice of the Yorkshire Ripper.</p><p>The tape and letters became some of the most influential pieces of evidence in one of Britain's largest murder investigations. Detectives listened to them. The public heard them. Gradually, they became woven into the wider story of the case itself.</p><p>Then Peter Sutcliffe was arrested.</p><p>And something didn't fit.</p><p>In this episode, we explore the questions that emerged in the aftermath of his arrest. How had the investigation come to trust the tape? Why had certain assumptions become so influential? And what happens when an explanation that once felt convincing begins to unravel?</p><p>As detectives looked back across years of enquiries, interviews and missed opportunities, the Yorkshire Ripper investigation found itself confronting uncomfortable questions about certainty, understanding and the difference between seeing the truth and recognising it.</p><p>Because sometimes solving a mystery is only the beginning.</p><p>🎙️ Hidden Chronicles explores the moments where history, crime and human psychology collide.</p><p>🎧 Available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and other major podcast platforms.</p><p>⭐ If you're enjoying Hidden Chronicles, please consider following the podcast and leaving a rating or review.</p>
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