177: They Used Nun Urine For What?! The Dark History of Getting Pregnant
23 Jul 2025
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! One of my friends is having a baby, so we’ve been talking about ba...
176: Who Invented Breakfast? The Breakfast Industry’s Dirty Little Secrets
16 Jul 2025
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The other day I woke up starving — like, hangry. So I wandered into ...
175: How Bodybuilding Went from Freak Show to Fitness Empire
Wed, 09 Jul
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! You know, lately I’ve noticed something strange. It feels like ever...
174: Murder, Incest, and Castration: How Nero DESTROYED Rome
Wed, 25 Jun
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! So you guys know I love dictators. And you ended up *LOVING* the Cae...
173: Stripper Wars: Chippendales’ Glamour, Greed & MURDER?!
Wed, 18 Jun
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! For some reason, female nudity feels *way* more common than male nud...
172: Earthquakes: From Human Sacrifice to Nuclear Disaster… Is the Big One Coming??
Wed, 11 Jun
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Do you guys remember earthquake drills? I grew up in California… S...
171: Walmart: From American dream to American NIGHTMARE
Wed, 28 May
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Do you guys remember that movie “Where the Heart Is?” It’s all...
170: The Shocking Truth About Dairy: Why are we *really* drinking milk?
Wed, 21 May
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! As a country, America has always had a complicated relationship with d...
169: The Headlines called it “Justice,” In Reality it was a MASSACRE
Wed, 14 May
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! You know, after living in Los Angeles for a few years, I’ve learned ...
168: Britain's FIRST Female Serial Killer & A Gangster Mastermind??: DH of MOMSTERS
Wed, 07 May
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The other day I was watching Monster In Law - remember that movie? It ...
167: Wendy & Britney: Hollywood Hostages? The DH of Conservatorships
Wed, 23 Apr
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I love Wendy Williams. She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and “she i...
166: The Shocking Sex Scandals Behind This Infamous Dictator
Wed, 16 Apr
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Julius Caesar...military genius, fashion icon, drama queen, and oh yea...
165: The Psychotic Actor & Assassin Who Killed America’s Favorite President
Wed, 09 Apr
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! There are some things from history class that just stick in my brain. ...
164: When Jokes Turn DEADLY - The Most SHOCKING Pranks Gone WRONG
Wed, 26 Mar
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! You know what I love more than anything? A good prank. A perfectly tim...
163: Mobsters, Britney Spears, and the Raiders?! The TWISTED Identity of Las Vegas
Wed, 19 Mar
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The other day I was invited to a bachelorette party. And it wasn’t o...
162: Secrets of the Bloodthirsty Women Who Ruled the Sea
Wed, 12 Mar
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! All great rulers at some point had to deal with the people who had the...
161: Saving Millions or Making us SICK?? The Shocking Truth Behind Vaping
Wed, 26 Feb
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Even though it’s super controversial, it seems like everyone is vapi...
160: ICON, Sex Kitten, and BLACKLISTED?! WTF happened to Eartha Kitt
Wed, 19 Feb
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Most celebrities are lucky to be known for one big thing. But some are...
159: Sadism, Sex Potions, & Deer Musk?? History’s Most Disturbing Aphrodisiacs
Wed, 12 Feb
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Since ancient times, people have sought out aphrodisiacs—those myste...
158: The Disturbing Truth About Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight: The Mystery That Haunts History
Wed, 29 Jan
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! We all know who Amelia Earhart was. You know, she was a really famous ...
157: The Painkiller Problem: How Fentanyl Took Over America
Wed, 22 Jan
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Last year I had a surgery so that I could breathe again, and it’s be...
156: Pranks, Blackmail, and Perverts: America’s Weirdest Presidents
Wed, 15 Jan
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! History books put presidents on a pedestal. We think of them as thes...
155: Urine Beer, Insulin Comas, and Ozempic: the DH of Diabetes
Wed, 08 Jan
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Diabetes is a disease that’s been around for thousands and thousands...
154: The Mass Murderer Who Inspired Hitler: How Mussolini Manipulated a Nation
Wed, 18 Dec
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I’m very interested in dictators. I read so much about Stalin last y...
153: Creators Ruined By Their Creations: Great Ideas, Deadly Consequences
Wed, 11 Dec
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Lawrence Sperry, the inventor of autopilot had ONE vice, and it's that...
152: The Secret Sex Lives of Eunuchs | Dark History
Wed, 04 Dec
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Over many cultures and many years, being a Eunuch--or someone who has ...
151: Sex, Booze & Conspiracy Theories: The Dark History of Air Travel
Wed, 20 Nov
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I personally hate traveling. I’m always doing something wrong and ...
150: Life Before Worker’s Rights: This Toxic Workplace Turned Girls Radioactive!?
Wed, 13 Nov
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Hi friends, happy Wednesdsay! Back in the 1800s, matches were a huge deal. In the days before elect...
149: The Deadliest Cook in America? The Dark History of Typhoid Mary
Wed, 06 Nov
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Friends... tickets are available until November 12th to watch a replay of MURDER MYSTERY & MAKEU...
148: Top 3 Ancient Torture Techniques: Forgotten Punishments of the Past
Wed, 23 Oct
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Friends... tickets are available until November 12th to watch a replay of MURDER MYSTERY & MAKEU...
147: Mail Order Brides, Lesbian Romance Novels, and Ancient Zombies? The Dark History of Vampires
Wed, 16 Oct
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Friends... tickets are available until November 12th to watch a replay of MURDER MYSTERY & MAKEU...
146: Death by Oujia Board? Murder by Monopoly? The Dark History of Board Games
Wed, 09 Oct
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For tickets to MURDER MYSTERY & MAKEUP - A Live Digital Premiere... head to moment.co/mmm. I wa...
145: Ruby Ridge, Waco, & the bombing that TERRIFIED America | Dark History
Wed, 18 Sep
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Most of us here at Dark History know about the Waco massacre. But nobo...
144: Death to Disco, Dancing, and Jazz!? The Men Who Ruined Music | Dark History
Wed, 11 Sep
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Whether it was some priests back in the 1500s, a narc who worked for t...
143: The Joanie Awards! The only award show where everyone is dead | Dark History
Wed, 04 Sep
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! How the *HELL* are we at *ANOTHER* Joanie’s episode already?! I fe...
142: The Dark History of The Guinness Family: Your Favorite Beer is CURSED!
Wed, 21 Aug
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! In the US, we have The Kennedys, but here are so many other families i...
141: The Dark History of Designer Babies: Creating the "Perfect" Child & playing god
Wed, 14 Aug
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Over the last hundred years, some WILD stuff has gone down in the world of genetics. Did you know th...
140: The Funeral Industry is a SCAM! The Dark History of Death
Wed, 07 Aug
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! If you know me, you know I’m obsessed with death. Between Dark Histo...
139: Dark History: Half Man… Half Pig?! The Bloody Truth Behind Organ Transplants
Wed, 24 Jul
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I stumbled upon this wild story around 3am the other day. It's about C...
138: Dark History: Debutante Balls, Prom, & Daughters for sale?
Wed, 17 Jul
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Some of us loved Prom. Some of us thought it was stupid. Some of us di...
137: The Dark History of Gossip: Cancel Culture Started WAY Earlier Than You Think
Wed, 10 Jul
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Gossip has played a *VERY* important role throughout history. It bri...
136: Dark History: Killer Lemonade and the Unknown Truth of Energy Drinks
Wed, 19 Jun
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Look… I grew up in the early 2000s. I essentially had a Blue Ultra M...
135: Dark History: Trafficked & Beheaded!? The REAL Story behind your Disney Favs
Wed, 12 Jun
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Hi friends, happy Tuesday! Once upon a time, bedtime stories were straight-up R-rated. Kids were be...
134: Dark History: Meet the Gritty Gals who Shot up America’s Wild West
Wed, 05 Jun
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Everything you think you know about women in America’s Wild West is ...
133: Dark History: The Unknown Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
Wed, 22 May
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Do you know the other woman who was a huge force behind the Undergroun...
132: Dark History: Doctor or Dealer? How celeb doctors destroyed American icons
Wed, 15 May
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! People put their lives in the hands of doctors every day, but what if ...
131: The Dark History of "The Lavender Scare": An Unknown War on Queer American Citizens
Wed, 08 May
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I recently came across this story about something called “The Lavend...
130: Dark History: The Hidden Truth Behind the Challenger Explosion
Wed, 17 Apr
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The Challenger disaster is considered one of the worst tragedies in Am...
129: Dark History: How a Shakespeare Play Caused New York's Deadliest Riot
Wed, 10 Apr
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Did you know one of America’s deadliest riots actually started insid...
128: The Dark History of The Kennedys: America's Cursed Royal Family
Wed, 03 Apr
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The story of the Kennedy’s has been so romanticized by the media ove...
127: The Dark History of Pigeons: Rats With Wings or Unknown Heroes?
Wed, 27 Mar
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Never in history has there been a more unappreciated animal than the p...
126: Dark History: Wait... WHO'S paying for the Olympics?
Wed, 20 Mar
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Now, before the Olympics were a thing, it was really just a bunch of G...
125: Dark History: Thousands of Women Died in These Secret Asylums
Wed, 13 Mar
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Hi friends, happy almost St. Patty’s Day! I’ll be honest with you… it’s hard to shock me an...
124: Dark History: Was this demonic 90s toy SPYING on us!?
Wed, 06 Mar
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Remember Beanie Baby Mania? It was INSANE. Everyone thought these thin...
123: The Dark History of Hedy Lamarr: You can Thank this Hollywood Bombshell for Wifi
Wed, 28 Feb
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Hi friends, happy Thursday! Did you know the person who paved the way for the invention of Wifii wa...
122: The Dark History of Childbirth: We’ve been giving birth ALL WRONG
Wed, 21 Feb
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Despite what some people may say, birth is not a problem that needs so...
121: The Dark History of Valentine's Day: Hate Mail, Orgies, and Animal Sacrifice??
Wed, 14 Feb
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Hi friends, happy Valentine's Day! Maybe it’s all the social pressure, but personally, Valentine’...
120: PROOF that the FBI targeted, tracked, and unalived Americans! | The Dark History of COINTELPRO
Wed, 07 Feb
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Hi friends, happy Thursday Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s no secret that the FBI has h...
119: The Petty Creep who led the FBI | The Dark History of J. Edgar Hoover
Wed, 31 Jan
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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. There’s always all this talk ab...
118: Nude, rude, and screwed: The Dark History of Nail Salons
Wed, 17 Jan
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Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Did you ever consider that the bad...
117: The Dark History of Beauty Standards: Beauty is Pain
Wed, 10 Jan
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Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We all know that “beauty” ofte...
116: Dark History’s Naughty Gift Guide
Wed, 20 Dec
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Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today, we’ve got a special Dark ...
115: How This Icon Dazzled & Duped The Nazis | Josephine Baker pt. 2
Wed, 13 Dec
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today, we have part 2 of our Josephine Baker story, and we’re...
114: The Dark History of Josephine Baker pt. 1: the first influencer was also a spy
Wed, 06 Dec
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today's story is one that's so juicy it feels like a movie plot...
113: A billion dollar curse: The Dark History of The Lottery
Wed, 29 Nov
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Did you know that the largest Powerball jackpot ever won was a ...
112: Real Life Willy Wonka: Freak Candy Disaster that Killed Dozens
Wed, 15 Nov
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Remember Augustus Gloop, the kid from Willy Wonka who drowned i...
111: A DOG SAVED THE WAR? Hero Animals You’ve never heard of
Wed, 08 Nov
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today I’m sharing stories of some of the greatest soldiers of...
110: Conjugal Visits Could Save America? So Why are they taking them away?
Wed, 01 Nov
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today I’m talking all about conjugal visits, which is basical...
109: Werewolf Trials, Real Life Dracula, & Where Zombies Actually Come From
Wed, 25 Oct
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. I’ve been wanting to do an episode on this topic for a while ...
108: The Truth About Rasputin: Demonic Wizard or Healing Saint?
Wed, 18 Oct
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. This guy was one of my favorite cartoon characters ever, but it...
107: Sleep Demons, Ghosts, & Alien Probes: Can Nightmares Really Kill You?
Wed, 11 Oct
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re talking about conspiracy theories, and not the ki...
106: The Dark History Of Sugar: Slavery, Diabetes, And Addiction
Wed, 04 Oct
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s October, which means, it’s the start of spooky season....
105: Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta & The Struggle Of America's Farm Workers: The Dark History of the Chicano Movement
Wed, 27 Sep
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re talking about the Chicano Movement. Before this m...
104: The Secrets of Starbucks - Pumpkin Spiced Lies | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 20 Sep
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s FALL, baby, and pumpkin spice season is upon us. What be...
103: The Dark History of U.S. Infrastructure: Train Derailments, Freeway Collapses, and Biblical Floods
Wed, 13 Sep
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Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. So, literally a hundred years ago...
102: A Free Concert From Hell: Deadly Drugs, Murder and Music | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 06 Sep
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We all know about Woodstock, right? Peace and love, 60s hippie ...
101: Dark History of Fast Food: Toxic, Tasty, and Targeting You
Wed, 30 Aug
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Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today I’m talking about fast food...
100: Tyson’s Destructive Ways: A Simple Farm Turned Evil Empire | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 23 Aug
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. The only thing juicier than a rotisserie chicken is the secrets...
99: Monsanto Chemical Company: The Silent Killer - Agent Orange, Birth Defects and Toxic Cereal | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 16 Aug
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. In today’s episode, exposing the secrets behind the food we a...
98: Branches of Government: Prison Over Pizza Leftovers? Who’s Really Making Our Laws? | Dark History With Bailey Sarian
Wed, 09 Aug
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. This all began because someone stole my pizza from the work fri...
97: The Secret Lives of America’s Founding Fathers: Who Really Started This Country? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 02 Aug
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. And welcome to Season 3! We’re kicking off season 3 with all ...
96: Murderous Popcorn Rituals? The Disturbing History You Never Knew | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 26 Jul
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Popcorn, your favorite movie time snack, was once connected to ...
95: Sizzling Secrets of Sex Toys | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 19 Jul
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast! Sex! It's been around since the beginning of our existence. But...
94: The Joanie Awards! Best, Worst, & Absolute Worst | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 12 Jul
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. And welcome to the most highly-anticipated event of the year: T...
93: Death by Lipstick: Secrecy, Sorcery & Satanic Rituals Behind Makeup | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 28 Jun
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. If you watch my videos, you probably know that I LOVE makeup. I...
92: Filthy Rich: Dirty Secrets of the World’s First Billionaire | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 21 Jun
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re discussing the world’s first ever billionaire- ...
91: Magic Tramp Stamps and Taboo Tattoos | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 14 Jun
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re diving into a topic that has always been controve...
90: LOST & FOUND: New York’s secret mass grave site | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 07 Jun
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re talking about a place that NYC has tried to erase...
89: Shocking Secrets of the Wine Industry: What Are They Hiding? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 31 May
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Throw everything you know about wine out the window right now. ...
88: Poison in your mouth? Your teeth are toxic! | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 24 May
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Did you know that grills, yes, for your teeth, have been around...
87: A Killer Deadlier than Hitler? Joseph Stalin Part 2 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 17 May
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. And welcome to part two of our deep dive into the life of one o...
86: The Mass Murderer Nobody Talks About: Joseph Stalin Part 1 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 10 May
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We all know of Hitler, and you might know of Joseph Stalin… b...
85: This Bloody Crime Saved Our Lives: The Dark History of 911 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 03 May
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we are diving in to a topic personal to me - my mom was a...
84: Abusive Prisons or Animal Oasis: Are Zoos Evil? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 26 Apr
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. When you think of the zoo, what comes to mind? Saying hi to cut...
83: Dirty Water, Wikileaks, and Anthrax?! Would You Die For Your Country? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 19 Apr
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast, the show where we talk about that hot history goss. And today w...
82: Legalized Murder: When The Purge Happened In America—Red Summer of 1919 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 12 Apr
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Remember that movie, The Purge? The one where for one day only ...
81: Wanna Make 10 Million Dollars? Find This Painting: Craziest Art Heists in History | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 05 Apr
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Would you like to make an easy $10 Million? Well get in close, ...
80: A Nepo Baby’s Hollywood Castle: America’s Billionaire King William Hearst | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 29 Mar
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We’ve talked about William Hearst on here before. He is one o...
79: Cannibalism, Child-Trafficking, and Strip-tease: the Truth that Disney Buried | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 22 Mar
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Princesses. They’re gorgeous, they’re happy, they’re all ...
78: When Beauty Kills: Secrets of the Plastic Surgery | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Wed, 15 Mar
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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. How old do you think plastic surgery is? I thought it started l...