In this haunting episode, we uncover the horrifying true story of The Radium Girls — the young women who were poisoned by the very substance they were told was safe. Hired to paint luminous watch dials during World War I, these workers were instructed to lick their brushes... unknowingly ingesting deadly radioactive radium every single day.Their bones glowed. Their jaws crumbled. And when they tried to speak out, they were silenced — even blamed. But their fight for justice would change the world.Join us as we explore one of the most shocking corporate betrayals in American history — a story of glowing ghosts, bone-deep decay, and the deadly cost of silence.

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In this chilling episode of Grim Chapters of History, we journey to 19th-century Austria to uncover the horrifying legend of the Austrian Leather Man — a figure cloaked in mystery, stitched horror, and human skin. Was he a forgotten criminal, a misunderstood wanderer, or something far more sinister? Fraser peels back the gruesome layers of fact and folklore in one of Europe’s most disturbing forgotten tales.

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In the shadow of the Ottoman Empire, Christian families across the Balkans lived in dread of a knock at the door. The Devshirme — or "blood tax" — was a state-enforced system of child abduction. Boys were taken by force, converted, and reshaped into elite soldiers known as Janissaries. But behind the empire's glory was a trail of broken families, vanished children, and centuries of psychological terror.

In this episode of Grim Chapters of History, we explore one of history’s most chilling forms of human theft — and the legacy of those stolen boys who became the sword of the empire.

In 1949, the peaceful English village of Sawbridgeworth hid a grotesque secret behind the ivy-covered walls of one lonely man’s cottage. When police entered the home of Reginald Cross, they uncovered a nightmarish scene: bones arranged like furniture, jars of preserved flesh, and the mummified body of Cross himself — wearing a face that wasn’t his own.

He called it spiritual healing. The police called it a house of horrors.

This episode of Grim Chapters of History dives into the twisted life and terrifying legacy of one of Britain’s most disturbing and forgotten killers — a man who believed he could free souls by cutting them from the living.

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In this dark chapter of Grim Chapters of History, we uncover one of the Spanish Inquisition’s most horrifying and least-known torture methods: rat torture.

Used to break prisoners both physically and psychologically, this gruesome method involved live rats, fire-heated bowls, and the slow, gnawing terror of death from the inside out. Designed not just to punish, but to utterly destroy the will, this method exemplified the brutal efficiency of the Inquisition’s cruelty.

Fraser guides you through the shadowy corridors of 15th-century dungeons, revealing how fear, faith, and control collided in one of history’s most terrifying institutions.

This episode contains disturbing descriptions. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

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In 1531, a humble cook named Richard Roose poisoned a pot of porridge in the home of one of King Henry VIII’s most powerful bishops. The crime? Deadly. The punishment? Unthinkable.
This episode uncovers the horrific true story of England’s only legally sanctioned execution by boiling alive — a punishment so brutal, it shocked even the bloodthirsty Tudor public.

Step into the fire as we retell one of the most terrifying and least-known executions in British history. This is not your average history lesson — this is a Grim Chapter.

🎧 Listener discretion is advised. This episode contains graphic descriptions of historical torture and execution.

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In 1518, a woman in Strasbourg stepped into the street and started dancing—and didn’t stop. Soon, dozens more joined her, moving to music that wasn’t there, unable to rest, collapsing from exhaustion. Was it mass hysteria, a curse, poisoned bread, or something even stranger? In this episode of Grim Chapters of History, we unravel the bizarre and terrifying tale of the Dancing Plague, one of the most disturbing outbreaks of uncontrollable movement in human history.

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Step inside the twisted history of Bethlem Royal Hospital — better known as Bedlam — the world’s most notorious insane asylum. In this episode, Fraser uncovers the horrifying truth behind centuries of inhumane treatment, brutal “cures,” and the public spectacle of madness. From bloodletting and ice baths to the haunting cries of forgotten souls, this is the dark and disturbing story of how mental illness was turned into entertainment.

A place of pain. A symbol of chaos. A warning from the past.

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