Disturbing History
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Disturbing History is a dark history podcast uncovering the strange, sinister, and little-known stories the past tried to bury. Each week, we explore unsolved mysteries, secret societies, forgotten crimes, eerie folklore, lost civilizations, historical conspiracies, and disturbing events that never made it into your high school textbook
.Hosted by author, investigator, and storyteller Brian King-Sharp, Disturbing History dives deep into:
• Unsolved historical mysteries
• Secret societies and hidden power structures
• Dark folklore and urban legends
• Lost colonies and vanished civilizations
• True crime cases buried by time
• Historical conspiracies and cover-ups
• Paranormal events rooted in real history
Through immersive storytelling and investigative research, we uncover the shadowy corners of the past — the uncomfortable truths, forgotten tragedies, and disturbing secrets that shaped our world.If you’re fascinated by dark history, obsessed with unexplained events, or drawn to stories that blur the line between fact and legend, this podcast is for you.
Because the past isn’t always dead.
Sometimes it’s just been buried.
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- Mass Extinctions: The Five Times Earth Nearly Died · 1 ώ. 4 λεπ.Five mass extinctions. Billions of years of evolution. Entire species wiped from existence. And one disturbing question: Are we living through the next one? In 1796, a young…
- The Golden State Killer · 1 ώ. 3 λεπ.For more than four decades, one of America's most terrifying serial killers hid in plain sight. He was a burglar, a serial rapist, a murderer—and for six years, a sworn police…
- The False Confession · 1 ώ. 4 λεπ.You'd never confess to a crime you didn't commit, right? Out of the first 375 people in the United States cleared by DNA evidence after a conviction, 102 of them had. In this…
- The Hills Have Eyes · 49 λεπ.The Hills Have Eyes: The Terrifying Legend Behind the Horror MovieIn episode three of our Spooky Season series exploring the true stories behind Hollywood’s most terrifying…
- The 27 Club · 1 ώ. 1 λεπ.What do Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse have in common? They all died at 27, becoming part of one of music history's most…
- The 2010's · 1 ώ. 4 λεπ.In 2013, Time branded millennials “The Me Me Me Generation.” The accusations were familiar: lazy, entitled, and obsessed with themselves. Yet teenage drinking, smoking…
- The Seven Hidden Dimensions · 1 ώ. 14 λεπ.What if our universe contains entire dimensions of space that we cannot see, touch, or detect? What if those hidden dimensions exist all around us, occupying the very rooms we…
- The 2000's · 1 ώ. 3 λεπ.The 2000s began with America preparing for a disaster that never happened: Y2K. But while the country worried about computer failures, a far more dangerous threat was already…
- Nightmare On Elm Street · 1 ώ. 3 λεπ.What if the terrifying premise behind A Nightmare on Elm Street wasn't entirely fiction? What if people really were going to sleep, experiencing horrifying nightmares, and dying…
- The Killer Lakes · 1 ώ. 1 λεπ.On the night of August 21, 1986, a small crater lake in the highlands of northwest Cameroon released something close to a quarter of a cubic mile of carbon dioxide in a matter of…
- The Exorcist · 1 ώ. 2 λεπ.On August 20, 1949, the Washington Post put a story on its front page under the headline "Priest Frees Mt. Rainier Boy Reported Held in Devil's Grip." It said a 14-year-old from…
- The Telepathy Tapes: Is Telepathy Real? · 1 ώ. 9 λεπ.In September 2024 a documentary filmmaker named Ky Dickens released the first episode of a podcast called The Telepathy Tapes. By the first week of January 2025 it had passed Joe…
- Is Big Pharma Hiding the Cure for Cancer? · 1 ώ. 4 λεπ.This episode asks a simple question: if someone really discovered a cure for cancer, would the medical industry suppress it? Brian begins with a clear disclaimer that he is not a…
- The 1990's · 1 ώ. 12 λεπ.On July 16, 1990, Time magazine put a group of young adults on its cover beneath the word “twentysomething” and asked whether they were laid back, late blooming, or simply lost…
- The Siege At Ruby Ridge · 1 ώ. 18 λεπ.Listener discretion is advised. This episode contains descriptions of real-life violence and death, including the shooting deaths of a fourteen-year-old boy, his mother, and a…
- The 1980's · 1 ώ. 9 λεπ.The 1980s began with 52 Americans still being held hostage in Tehran and ended with crowds tearing open the Berlin Wall. Between those two moments came one of the most turbulent…
- Halley's Comet · 1 ώ. 1 λεπ.On the night of May 18, 1910, people across the world waited for Halley’s Comet to kill them.Hotels in New York opened their rooftops. Miners in Pennsylvania refused to go…
- The Freeway Killer · 1 ώ. 19 λεπ.This episode discusses sexual violence against children and teenagers, torture, and murder and is not suitable for younger audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised. On…
- The 1970's · 1 ώ. 2 λεπ.The 1970s opened in conflict.On April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon announced the expansion of U.S. military operations into Cambodia. Days later, four students were killed…
- The Bystander Effect · 1 ώ. 0 λεπ.On March 27, 1964, The New York Times published a story that would become one of the most famous examples of human indifference ever told. According to the report, 38 people in…
