Death

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Gravestones displaying the names of pets

Pet cemeteries: where have beloved animals been laid to rest through the centuries? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An 18th-century artwork depicting the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius from across the Bay of Naples (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Pompeii A timeline of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

A Victorian family gathers around a graveside

Q&A What were Victorian burial societies and why were they formed?

The 16th-century painting, Triumph of Death, by Jan Brueghel the Elder depicts an army of skeletons ravaging the Earth (Photo by akg-images)

General History

6 moments when diseases drastically altered human history

A painting by Vincenzo Camuccini depicting the death of Julius Caesar in the Roman Senate. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

The death of Caesar: do we know the whole story?

Grave of a fallen soldier in World War I

First World War

“Their name liveth for evermore”: the difficult task of locating, identifying and honouring the dead of WW1

An engraving of a prison hulk at Deptford, from a c1826 painting. (Photo by: Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Floating hell: the brutal history of prison hulks

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Pod Angela Stienne WL

Should mummies be on display? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Closeup of Henry VIII's face

The slow death of Henry VIII

Photo of Holy Trinity Church

Q&A Where is William Shakespeare buried – and is there a curse on his grave?

Suspected witch Mary Sutton is “swum” in a Bedfordshire millpond in 1612

General Early Modern

Witchfinding: what drove the hunters’ cruel crusade and what methods did they use?

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Pod Kathryn Harkup WL

Shakespearean deaths: swordfights, snakebites & poison . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A lobbycard for the 1923 film Is Conan Doyle Right? (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

The supernatural interests of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Outbreak of dance mania

The medieval dancing plague: what caused people to dance themselves to death?

Froissart illustration of Hugh Despenser the Younger's execution by being hanged, drawn and quartered. Despenser is on a ladder, as a man beside him disembowels him and tosses his entrails into a fire

‘Godly butchery’: the horrifying history of hanging, drawing and quartering