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First World War
“Their name liveth for evermore”: the difficult task of locating, identifying and honouring the dead of WW1
Victorian
Floating hell: the brutal history of prison hulks
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Ancient Egypt
Should mummies be on display?
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Tudor
The slow death of Henry VIII
Elizabethan
Q&A
Where is William Shakespeare buried – and is there a curse on his grave?
General Early Modern
Witchfinding: what drove the hunters’ cruel crusade and what methods did they use?
Elizabethan
Shakespearean deaths: swordfights, snakebites & poison
20th Century
The supernatural interests of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Medieval
The medieval dancing plague: what caused people to dance themselves to death?
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Medieval
‘Godly butchery’: the horrifying history of hanging, drawing and quartering
First World War
Searching for WW1’s fallen soldiers
Anglo-Saxon
The St Brice’s Day Massacre: what really happened?
General ancient history
Ghosts, necromancy & the underworld in ancient Mesopotamia
Tudor
The final days of Anne Boleyn: why did she die?
General ancient history
Bog bodies: what can they teach us?
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