Dark History

93: Death by Lipstick: Secrecy, Sorcery & Satanic Rituals Behind Makeup | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. If you watch my videos, you probably know that I LOVE makeup. I buy it, I wear it, I bathe in it, I AM IT. So of ...

92: Filthy Rich: Dirty Secrets of the World’s First Billionaire | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re discussing the world’s first ever billionaire- John D. Rockefeller. This guy was money obsessed, ...

91: Magic Tramp Stamps and Taboo Tattoos | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re diving into a topic that has always been controversial: tattoos. Did you know that in Japan, tattoo...

90: LOST & FOUND: New York’s secret mass grave site | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we’re talking about a place that NYC has tried to erase from its maps: Hart Island. Since the day it was ...

89: Shocking Secrets of the Wine Industry: What Are They Hiding? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Throw everything you know about wine out the window right now. In this episode, we’re talking about wine orgies...

88: Poison in your mouth? Your teeth are toxic! | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Did you know that grills, yes, for your teeth, have been around for thousands of years? Or that most fillings hav...

87: A Killer Deadlier than Hitler? Joseph Stalin Part 2 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. And welcome to part two of our deep dive into the life of one of the most influential and destructive dictators o...

86: The Mass Murderer Nobody Talks About: Joseph Stalin Part 1 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We all know of Hitler, and you might know of Joseph Stalin… but did you know that Stalin was DEADLIER than Hitl...

85: This Bloody Crime Saved Our Lives: The Dark History of 911 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today we are diving in to a topic personal to me - my mom was a 911 dispatcher when I was growing up. And this ex...

84: Abusive Prisons or Animal Oasis: Are Zoos Evil? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. When you think of the zoo, what comes to mind? Saying hi to cute animals? That’s what I thought too, until I st...

83: Dirty Water, Wikileaks, and Anthrax?! Would You Die For Your Country? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast, the show where we talk about that hot history goss. And today we’re talking about a new kind of gossip: the kin...

82: Legalized Murder: When The Purge Happened In America—Red Summer of 1919 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Remember that movie, The Purge? The one where for one day only you could commit whatever crime you wanted. Yeah, ...

81: Wanna Make 10 Million Dollars? Find This Painting: Craziest Art Heists in History | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Would you like to make an easy $10 Million? Well get in close, let me in on a secret. You just have to solve the ...

80: A Nepo Baby’s Hollywood Castle: America’s Billionaire King William Hearst | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We’ve talked about William Hearst on here before. He is one of the OG Nepo Babies. On top of being born into we...

79: Cannibalism, Child-Trafficking, and Strip-tease: the Truth that Disney Buried | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Princesses. They’re gorgeous, they’re happy, they’re all sparkles and rainbows and everything good. But wha...

78: When Beauty Kills: Secrets of the Plastic Surgery | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. How old do you think plastic surgery is? I thought it started like 50/60 years ago. But then someone told me it s...

77: Why You'll Probably Fail the SATs | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Okay, so we can’t talk about SATs and college admission without mentioning Aunt Becky. That scandal kind of ble...

76: The Power of Hate- Death to Disco | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Would you believe me if I told you that one grumpy radio DJ from Chicago changed the face of the music industry a...

75: That $7 Shirt Is Making You Sick: Fast Fashion vs. the World

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast.  I feel like there is a new trend every two days. And I do not know how to keep up....

74: From Hoovers to Hentai: The Dark History of Porn

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. PORN. Bom Chicka Wah Wah. We all know what it is, don’t lie Barbara, we know you k...

73: Tie me up Daddy - Top 5 Torture Techniques from Medieval Time

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Look torture is awful, but if there is one age that really turned torture into an ar...

72: Dying for Minimum Wage or Surviving on the Bare Minimum

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. I feel like every day there is some new group of people going on strike. And I'm alw...

71: FYC: For your Corruption

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hi friends, happy Thursday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s Award Show Season Babbbyyy. The Glitz! The Glamour! The Scandal?!?! Oh yes, Aw...

70: Luxury Fashion Haul!!-- Sleeping with the Enemy

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. What do you think of when you think of “Luxury Fashion”? Glitz, glamor, status?…Nazis, perhaps?? Plot twist...

69: The Princess of the Press vs. The Media, Mobs, and the Man

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Have you ever been made to seem like the bad guy? Have you ever had everyone turn against you when you were just ...

68: Horror, Heartbreak & Homicide- Happy New Year!!

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast.  New Years. Honestly, not my favorite of the holidays. It’s cold. Sequin Dresses are super uncomfortable. Ever...

67: A Very Krampus Christmas: The Dark Spirits of Christmas Past

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Is there anything as cozy as a Christmas tree? When you look at it, what do you think of? Family, holidays, prese...

66: Death By Christmas Candle: What’s Really in Your Favorite Products?

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Tis the season. And by season I mean scented candle season. Nothing makes you feel more warm and cuddly than an a...

65: How did we go from selling soap to selling our souls?

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Have you always felt like someone is watching you? Well hate to break it to you sweetie, but they are. And when I...

64: F*ck, C*nt, B*tch, Sh*t, Where Does Cursing Come From?

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. There’s nothing I love more than dropping a good ole F-bomb. But who was the original person to drop it? Was th...

63: You've been Catfished. Who the hell is Betty Crocker?

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. I love a good cake. And with cake mixes right from the store, you don’t need a baking degree or whatever. Now i...

62: Cancer for Sale: When is it enough?

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. If a product is dangerous, but it still sells well, is it really that dangerous? Um, yes, yes it is. In today's e...

61: Who Were the Bozos Before Bezos? When Money Ruins Everything

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Freakin rich people, amiright? I’m not talking about that kid you went to school with that had the parties at h...

60: Dungeons, Dragons, and Satan Worship

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. What scares parents more than anything else? It’s the Devil, of course. And it wasn’t too long ago where this...

59: Cannibalism as Medicine?? The Wild trend of Mummy Powder

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Mummies, we know em, we’ve love em. And they are quite exclusive. Really rare. I mean everybody loses their min...

58: Clowns that Kill: the Dark History of Clowns

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Clowns, you either like them or you hate them. There really isn’t much of an in between. But how could somethin...

57: The Witches are Coming - Hide Your Broom, Hide Your Goats

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s spooky season babbyyy. Ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and witches. Oooo witches. It’s hard to have a spooky se...

56: Ghost Ships, Sunken Cities, And a Triangle of Doom - Disappearances from the Deep Blue Sea

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. The Bermuda Triangle, the most mysterious shape on the entire planet. Seriously, why has no one been able to figu...

55: Soft Drinks and Hard Drugs: Coca-Cola's Story is Soda-pressing

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast.   Did you know that fewer people know the recipe to Coca-Cola than know the nuclear code? Or that the few people...

54: Shave Your Head and Get In the Closet: Dark History of Marriage

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We’re going to the chapel and we’re going to get married! But it’s not all pretty dresses and delicious cak...

53: From Mailing Babies to Mailing Bombs: The Postal Service Did What???

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. What’s the craziest thing you’ve mailed? I feel like I remember a time in grade school where everyone was mai...

52: Stop beating your meat with this tasty treat! THE DARK HISTORY OF GRAHAM CRACKERS

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast.  Some things are just meant to be together. Peanut butter and jelly. Milk and cookies.  Graham crackers and mas...

51: She’s in OUR DNA?! Who is Henrietta Lacks?

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast.  One of my favorite things about this podcast is learning about all kinds of people I had no idea even existed. ...

50: Gossip, Glitter & Whimsical Disgrace - WTF is up with Lisa Frank?

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast.  I’ve mentioned her many times before. I’ve tempted you over and over with her juicy story. I promised to yo...

49: Sex Toys: Sinful or Medicinal?!?!

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast.  Sex has been a part of humanity since the dawn of time. Do you know what else has been around for a while? Sex ...

48: Blood, Butter, and BEHEADINGS?!?!?: Popcorn's Dark Past

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast.  People used to be sacrificed for popcorn. Yep. The buttery goodness that you finish eating before the trailers ...

47: The Best of Dark History: The Joanie Awards

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dark History. It seemed like such a simple concept. Let’s talk about the things from history people didn’t talk about. And boy did we do that. We ...

46: Silence=Death: The Dark History of the AIDs Epidemic

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The AIDs epidemic. We’ve all heard of it. But it seems to be discussed in hushed tones or people are too afraid to really get into it. So although w...

45: Making the Band: Dark History of Boybands

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Boy Bands. Don’t act like you don’t love them. Every generation has their boy band. But when did it all start? How did it all start? Who came up w...

44: Signs, Seances, and the Stars: Dark History of Psychics and Astrology

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What’s your sign, babe? How many times have you been asked that? How many times has someone blamed their behavior on the planetary alignment or the ...

43: Cleopatra, Catherine, Jackie, And Yoko: Their True Stories

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Women. We really get the short end of the stick don’t we. And it’s nothing new. In fact there are women all throughout history who could tell all ...

42: Heroin & Cigarettes & Tapeworms: The Dark History of Diet Culture

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that researchers have found that 98% of all diets are complete failures? Did you also know that the diet industry is a multi-billion doll...

41: Diving Into The Dark Web: Dark History of Silk Road

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The internet isn’t really that old. But that doesn’t mean that it hasn’t already started to gather its own dark history. I mean we’re talking ...

40: Puff, Puff, Pass: Dark History of Cannabis

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Weed is a gateway drug. How many of us were warned about this in middle school health class? Well did you know it’s not true?  And has been disprov...

39: Is College Even Worth it?: The Dark History of Student Loans

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Like pretty much everything we talk about, Student Loans started out as a great idea.  A way to ensure education for all. A way to advance America in...

38: The Darkest Show on Earth: The Circus

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Come one come all, gather around for the spectacle of the darkest show on earth.  The circus is definitely not the happy wholesome family adventure i...

37: The Government Poisoning Alcohol?!: Prohibition

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Most people have heard of Prohibition, the time when America decided drinking was bad. But how much do we really know? Because it wasn’t just the sp...

36: The Shocking & Shady Past of Bananas

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bananas. That yummy yellow fruit. We love it. But let me tell you, this simple fruit has a COMPLICATED past. We’re talking labor strikes, insurrecti...

35: Pre-Tampon vs Post Tampon World: The Dark History of Menstruation

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

PERIODS. MENSTRUATION. VAGINA. All no-no words according to society. But also all words we’re gonna be using today, A LOT.  That’s because today ...

34: Private Prisons: Where Prisoners Become Profit

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

At this very moment, there are a bunch of business owners and investors in the United States who profit off people being arrested and imprisoned. It d...

33: The TRUTH behind Central Park, Lake Lanier and Dodger Stadium

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

America, she’s always been stealing land. Grabbing what she wants. And stealing land has never stopped in America, except now it’s done “legally...

32: Equal rights and Access FOR ALL: The Americans with Disabilities Act

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Just how accessible are accessible parking spots, bathrooms, tables etc. And what had to happen in order to even get to this point? Would you believe ...

31: How the US STOLE Hawaii

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Would you believe me if I told you Hawaii was stolen? Well yeah of course, hi this is Dark History. But would you also believe me if I told you, the U...

30: The Woman who REALLY Started Rock & Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do you know who Sister Rosetta Tharpe is? Would you believe me if I told you she’s responsible for Elvis Presley, Chuck Barry, Little Richard, The B...

29: The Birth of Click Bait & Fake News: Yellow Journalism

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Journalists are supposed to follow the principles of truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity and public accountability. But that wasn’t always the case ...

28: The Many Crimes of The Nestle Company

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How did Nestle go from feeding babies to poisoning puppies? Well let me tell you it is a bumpy ride.  As Nestle continued to grow, their scandals got...

27: The Dark Side to the Golden Age of Hollywood

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hollywood, the place where dreams come true. But in reality, Hollywood, and especially during the “Golden Age” was a place of nightmares.  Horrib...

26: Women Were Poisoned by Their Job for Years: The Radium Girls

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Radium popped on to the scene in the early 1900s, it was called “liquid sunshine” and a “mythological superbeing.” Why? Because it was in...

Bonus Episode: Death By Delicious Chocolate - Cordelia Botkin was WILD

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hi Friends! There's no Dark History episode this week, but here's a bonus episode of a story I did for Murder, Mystery & Makeup (which is now a po...

25: Twisted Holiday Tales You’ve Never Heard: Dark History Holiday Edition

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Pour some hot coco, slide on those comfy socks and gather ‘round the fire because it’s chilly willy out there. Week after week, we talk about the ...

24: How Jazz Almost Wasn’t a Thing: The Dark History of Jazz

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the late 1800s, something really cool was happening down in New Orleans. A melting pot of cultures was blending to form a new style of music. These...

23: Before COVID, there was Bubonic Plague in San Fran

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

121 years before COVID showed up, the U.S. nearly descended into chaos when the Bubonic Plague arrived in San Fran. The Black Death. When it began spr...

22: Why 20,000 People Wanted Italian Immigrants Dead: Sicilian Lynchings

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1891, 11 Italian people were murdered in the streets of New Orleans, becoming one of the largest mass lynchings in American history. Because of thi...

21: A Church vs. The Feds: Who Shot First?? The WACO Siege

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1993, the quiet Texas town of Waco was turned into a bloody battlefield when an extremist religious group and their leader went to war with the Ame...

20: Secrets buried in unmarked graves: Residential Schools

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In June of 2021, a bombshell investigation uncovered the bodies of 215 Indigenous children in unmarked graves on a Canadian school’s property. Wait....

19: Concentration Camps... IN AMERICA?!: Japanese Incarceration

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, America became paranoid as hell, thinking every Japanese person in the U.S. was a spy. News flash: ...

18: Secret Medical Testing on People & the Government Knew?! The Tuskegee Experiment

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

 In 1972, an article went viral before the internet existed. The headline read: “Syphilis Victims in U.S. Study Went Untreated for 40 Years.” Thi...

17: People Danced Until They LITERALLY Died?! - The Dancing Plague of 1518

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

 In 1518, the peasants of Strasbourg, France began dancing and couldn’t stop. Because of it, 15 people were dying per day. Historians don’t know ...

16: From Riots and Raids to Gay Pride Parades: How Pride came to be

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1969, the Stonewall Inn was just your typical, Mafia-backed queer bar in Greenwich Village, New York. But after yet another police raid, the LGBTQ+...

15: Who gave the Philly Police a friggin’ BOMB?!: The 1985 MOVE Bombing

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1985, after a chaotic shootout and an hours-long standoff, the Philadelphia Police dropped a bomb on the home of the MOVE organization, a black lib...

14: Gay Conversion Therapy: Pseudo Science is Destroying Innocent Lives

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

700,000 people have experienced some form of Gay Conversion Therapy over the years. Yet, survivors of this horrible practice call it torture, evil and...

13: The story of the first female President of the United States: Edith Wilson

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A rowdy mountain girl inherits a million dollar jewelry business, drag races through the streets of Washington D.C., goes on a blind date with the Pre...

12: MKUltra: Mind Control, Drugs and Robocats

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What if we told you the Government thought LSD could be used for mind control? What if we told you they tested this on thousands of people without the...

11: Thomas Edison maybe killed a guy and other enlightening Edison tales

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When people think of American innovation, one name always comes up: Thomas Edison. But, just like everything else in our series, there’s a dark side...

10: Who stole grandma’s body?!: The Doctor’s Riots of 1788

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Modern medicine had to start somewhere, right? And where it started ain’t too pretty. In order to study the inside of the body, bodies had to be dis...

9: When the American Dream Goes Up in Flames: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today, we are going to talk about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, where 146 garment workers lost their lives. This ...

8: The Trail of Tears: Not one, but many

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Too many Americans think the Trail of Tears was just some difficult nature walk. Like, one path that a bunch of Native Tribes hiked to get from point ...

7: Crack vs. Cocaine: Welcome to Incarceration Nation

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

America is an Incarceration Nation, locking more people up than any other country. That includes countries with dictators. Think about that. In today’...

6: Mind Games - The Dark History of Lobotomy

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What do the Kennedy’s (yes, those Kennedy’s), ice picks and depression all have in common? The lobotomy. Decades ago, this terrifying procedure wa...

5: Let's Talk About The Dark History Of Birth Control. Buckle In.

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Birth Control is in medicine cabinets all over the world, used by millions of women. But few know its scandalous history involves mass sterilizations ...

4: Andrew Jackson

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Bailey dives deep into the story about Andrew Jackson, the master duelist, the man on the $20 bill, and the man responsible for the death of th...

3: Rosewood Massacre

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Murder, Destruction and Racism are all discussed as Bailey digs into the unsettling story of The Rosewood Massacre, which was an attack on the predom...

Dark History Relaunch Trailer

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this trailer, Bailey Sarian shares exciting updates on the relaunch of her #1 podcast "Dark History" and news on upcoming episodes! ________ FOLL...

2: Zoot Suit Riots

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s episode, Bailey explores the story behind the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 in Los Angeles alongside an Historical Expert, Professor Paga...

1: DuPont Chemical Scandal

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On our premiere episode of Dark History,  Bailey dives deep into a topic that still is affecting us today! It is about an experiment and an injustice...

Dark History Trailer

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bailey Sarian, a professional makeup artist & true crime connoisseur, is taking her expertise from her popular YouTube series, Murder, Mystery &am...