Society & Culture

Dark History

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Bailey Sarian, a professional makeup artist & true crime connoisseur, is taking her expertise from her popular YouTube series, Murder, Mystery & Makeup, and expanding into the podcast world...

Episodes

20 of 196 episodes

193: Dark Conspiracies and Unsettling Truths - a DH Compilation

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Over the years, many of you have commented that you like to put Dark History on and just let it play in the bac...

203:16Jan 14, 2026

192: The 2025 Gift Guide - A Very Dark History Holiday Special

Hi, friends! Happy Wednesday! Listen... I know shopping for the holidays can be a total drag. You never know what to get that testy aunt who...

45:37Dec 10, 2025

191: Chaos, Bloopers, and the most unhinged things Bailey said all year!

Hi, friends! Happy Wednesday! Welcome to the fourth... and maybe final... Joanie Awards. Tear. But don't be sad that it might be over... be...

38:27Dec 3, 2025

190: The Mysterious Cult Leader Who Inspired Jonestown - Father Divine

Hi, friends! Happy Wednesday! What if I told you that one of the most influential... and mysterious cult leaders in American history is some...

61:42Nov 26, 2025

189: The Wicked Truth Behind Hollywood’s Favorite Movie - The Wizard of Oz

Hi, friends! Happy Wednesday! You’ve seen The Wizard of Oz... the ruby slippers, the Yellow Brick Road, the flying monkeys… But you've also...

61:04Nov 12, 2025

188: The Mass Murders That Set The Stage for Hitler

Hi friends. Happy Wednesday. Today’s episode is personal. It’s painful. And it’s important. We’re talking about the Armenian Genocide... a c...

70:52Nov 5, 2025

187: Possessed Nuns, Mass Hysteria, and an Influencer Priest: DH of Exorcisms

Hi friends. Happy Wednesday. More importantly... 🎃 Happy Halloween!! 👻 Grab your holiest water and close the curtains, because I've got th...

57:29Oct 29, 2025

186: Tales from the Dark History Crypt - A Spooky Season Special

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! No tricks. Just treats here this spooky season. Over the years, many of you have commented that you like to put...

245:14Oct 15, 2025

185: The Alaska Triangle: Disappearances, Dead Ends, and the Dark Truth Beneath It All

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I learned about a place in Alaska where more than 20,000 people have vanished — planes, hikers, politicians — a...

48:21Oct 8, 2025

184: The Devil's Secretaries or Scapegoats? The Witches History Erased

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! So the other night I was deep into my usual bedtime routine of doomscrolling, and I stumbled across this headli...

52:53Oct 1, 2025

183: The MESSY Life of Ronald Reagan: Snitching, Scandals & DEADLY Decision

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! So the other day, I was googling jelly beans. Don’t ask why, I was in a mood. But I ended up falling down a rab...

61:37Sep 17, 2025

182: The Cult of Kellogg: Cornflakes, Celibacy, and Colonics??

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The other day I was craving a big fat bowl of Honey Smacks cereal with whole milk. When I was a kid, that was l...

49:40Sep 10, 2025

181: The Real Conjuring: Ghost Hunters or Grifters? Who Were Ed & Lorraine Warren

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Listen… I know it’s not *officially* Fall yet, okay? But we all know Fall means Halloween, and Halloween is my...

49:38Sep 3, 2025

180: Harmless or Toxic? The Hidden Killers in Your Beauty Routine

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Did you guys ever see those ads for the Rejuvenique face mask? It was this electric face mask that looked like...

47:07Aug 20, 2025

179: The Oil Scandal They Tried to Erase from History

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I always wanted to date Robbie Sinclair from Dinosaurs. Anyone else? [CRICKETS] So whenever I drive by a Sincla...

51:21Aug 13, 2025

178: The Most F*ed Up Baby Products in History

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I don’t know if this is happening to any of you out there, but suddenly, everyone I know is having a baby. Whic...

51:53Aug 6, 2025

177: They Used Nun Urine For What?! The Dark History of Getting Pregnant

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! One of my friends is having a baby, so we’ve been talking about baby stuff a lot. And of course… my stupid phon...

38:31Jul 23, 2025

176: Who Invented Breakfast? The Breakfast Industry’s Dirty Little Secrets

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! The other day I woke up starving — like, hangry . So I wandered into the kitchen and stood there, just… staring...

36:13Jul 16, 2025

175: How Bodybuilding Went from Freak Show to Fitness Empire

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! You know, lately I’ve noticed something strange. It feels like every celebrity these days is... jacked. Like, n...

37:01Jul 9, 2025

174: Murder, Incest, and Castration: How Nero DESTROYED Rome

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! So you guys know I love dictators. And you ended up *LOVING* the Caesar episode… So it made me wonder what othe...

54:36Jun 25, 2025