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Morbid

Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

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It’s a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. Join us for a heavy dose of research with a dash of comedy thrown in for flavor. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Morbid ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
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1959: Newly-graduated secret agent Eglantine Whitechapel is valedictorian of her year. But when her beloved mentor Ira Nudeman mysteriously vanishes along with his cursed, occult book the Necronomicon, Whitechapel’s world is turned upside down. Time to get that book, stop the Commies and save the world!
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Pay No Attention

David Whitechapel

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The Pay No Attention podcast is a podcast for SFF readers and writers in which host David Whitechapel takes a step behind the curtain to talk about the practice and process of writing fiction and telling stories, and all other things science fiction and fantasy.
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Take a deep dive into History’s biggest moments with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook. Explore the stories of History’s most brutal rulers, deadly battles, and world-changing events. From the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the Nazi conquest of Europe, and Hitler’s evil master plan for world domination, to the French Revolution, the sinking of the Titanic, or the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, Tom and Dominic bring the past to life with gripping storytelling and expert analysis, as th ...
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The Skyward Spiral

Brent Huras & David Whitechapel

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The Skyward Spiral, the upward trajectory that changes the way we engage with work, creativity, and self-mastery. Join fantasy author David Whitechapel, and productivity coach Brent Huras as they search for the best ways to pursue personal growth and get the important stuff done. Conversations explore the latest and deepest insights on productivity, fulfillment, and spiritual realisation.
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The infamous Whitechapel murders, retold. Everyone knows the story of Jack the Ripper, the chilling serial killer that haunted the streets of 19th century London. Now, 135 years later, there’s a new killer in town. In this darkly comic reimagining, men are the victims of sexually aggressive murders committed by a woman: the mysterious Jackie. The only obstacle standing in her way? The slightly clueless, extremely over-caffeinated Detective Abberline and his not-so-crack team at the City of L ...
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Listen in as Jonathan Menges, joined by a roundtable of co-hosts and special guests discuss topics related to the Whitechapel Murders, Jack the Ripper, Victorian British history, and whatever else suits their fancy. This free and loose discussion is sure to interest everyone involved in the 120 year long hunt for 'Jack the Ripper'
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Step into the shadows with The Eclectic, a podcast where folklore, true crime, the paranormal, and bloody history converge. From ghostly legends and UFO encounters to the darkest deeds of history’s most infamous figures, each episode pulls back the curtain on the mysteries that haunt us. With a tone that’s chilling yet captivating, The Eclectic is for those who crave stories that linger long after the episode ends.
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Travel to London beyond time and place with London expert, writer and historian Philipp Röttgers. Weekly new episodes in English and German! "Talks beyond time and place": Every episode features another Londoner as a guest, and Philipp and his guest chat about how London influences their lives. "Tales beyond time and place": Dark, strange and mysterious London-tales "Deutsche Episoden": Wir bringen euch London auf die Ohren - und lassen euch eine Reise unternehmen ins London jenseits von Ort ...
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False Walls

False Walls

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No matter where you are, anywhere in the world, there are amazing stories buried all around you. They are waiting for you, they are waiting to be told, and all you have to do is open your eyes, dig deep, and find them. Histories that have been forgotten. Narratives that have been overlooked. Places that are hidden, or abandoned. The famous, the infamous, the unique and beautiful. We will uncover secrets in distant locations, as well the amazing things hiding in plain sight all around us. I'v ...
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Broside Broadcast

Broside Broadcast

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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/broside-broadcast/subscribe Hosted by Derek and Blake, Broside Broadcast is weekly podcast that talks about music, pop culture, alternative culture, and more!
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On this Christmas Eve edition of Tech and Science Daily from The Standard, we’re keeping it festive but still very London: Thames Water tackles a fresh Whitechapel fatberg blockage, while Crystal Palace Park’s iconic Victorian dinosaur sculptures get a long-overdue restoration glow-up. After the break, we dip into seasonal gaming with Fortnite Wint…
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Send us a text Elizabeth Stride: The Interrupted Killing Elizabeth Stride’s murder on 30 September 1888 stands apart from the other canonical victims of Jack the Ripper. Unlike the killings that came before and after, Stride’s body bore none of the extensive mutilations that had come to define the terror stalking Whitechapel. In this episode of The…
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Who was Jack the Ripper’s second victim, and why was their murder considered the true starting point of his terrifying killing spree? How did the police investigation unfold? And, when and how did the Ripper strike again…? Join Dominic and Tom as they travel further into the dark streets of Victorian London and follow Jack the Ripper’s depraved tra…
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Dr. Rachel Lichtenstein, one of the foremost chroniclers of Jewish East London, visited with The Shmooze to talk about A. N. Stencl, a native Yiddish speaker from Poland, who settled in London’s East End in 1936 and became an activist and campaigner for the continuation of Yiddish. His extraordinary life spanned the height and demise of contemporar…
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In today’s Tech and Science Daily from The Standard, NHS England sets out priority conditions for its upcoming NHS Online hospital, and CES 2026 kicks off with Intel’s new Panther Lake-era laptop chips and fresh Acer ultrabooks. Plus, Arc Raiders confirms “aggression-based matchmaking” that groups PvP-heavy players together. Hosted on Acast. See ac…
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On the afternoon of August 23, 2003, Erie, Pennsylvania pizza delivery driver Brian Wells walked into the local branch of the PNC Bank and handed the teller a note warning that he had a bomb and they had fifteen minutes to hand over $250,000 or it would detonate. Unable to access the vault, the teller gave Wells all the cash on hand and he left as …
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Tech and Science Daily from The Standard covers a London council cyber security clampdown after a neighbouring incident, and TfL’s plans to modernise Oyster and contactless so phones and wearables play nicer with fare caps. After the break, we’re joined by Nesta to talk Future Signals 2026 — the emerging trends that could shape the year ahead — bef…
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What are the origins of the legendary Joan of Arc, the famous French maid who saved France from the English during the Hundred Years’ War, dressed all the while in men’s clothes? Why is hers one of the most remarkable stories of all time? And, was she really under divine influence when, as only a teenager, she demanded to be taken from her humble F…
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When firefighters discovered the body of forty-year-old Terry King inside the charred remains of his Cantonment, Florida home in November 2001, they assumed the man had been asleep when the fire broke out and died as a result. Upon further inspection, investigators found that King hadn’t died as a result of the fire, but from severe blunt force tra…
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Was Richard Wagner a revolutionary artist who reshaped music forever, or an egotists mired in scandal, whose dangerous ideas were inseparable from the operas he created? How did the legendary worlds encapsulated in his bombastic music - featuring gods, heroes, and monsters - become entangled with politics and power? And, did Wagner inspire Hitler a…
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Alan Leer runs through the biggest science threads of 2025 — from world-first gene editing on the NHS and UK temperature records to Nobel-level physics and a rare interstellar visitor For the latest news, visit Standard.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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When firefighters discovered the body of forty-year-old Terry King inside the charred remains of his Cantonment, Florida home in November 2001, they assumed the man had been asleep when the fire broke out and died as a result. Upon further inspection, investigators found that King hadn’t died as a result of the fire, but from severe blunt force tra…
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In this Tech 2025 round-up, Alan Leer breaks down the year’s biggest tech themes: AI shifting from chatbots to agentic tools, the UK’s Online Safety Act enforcement, new digital ID plans, tougher competition rules for Big Tech, the privacy and ad-tracking shake-up, and why London’s data-centre boom is colliding with electricity grid limits. Hosted …
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What are the complex origins of Russia’s most renowned composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky? What inner conflicts and private contradictions lay behind his romantic music, and how did these struggles shape it? And, what dark secrets lie hidden beneath Tchaikovsky’s sweeping, lyrical melodies…? Join Tom and Dominic at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring …
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Happy Holidays Weirdos! For Alaina's Second Episode Revisit, she wanted to choose an episode that introduced us to a true hero! OG Notes: Guys, this Alaina "Mini" Morbid is a doozy. How did we never know about this harrowing tale of 26 children and their heroic bus driver who survived over 24 hours of terror while being buried alive? Seriously, thi…
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Did the Christmas Truce - which saw a number of unofficial ceasefires between the combatants of the First World War, during the Christmas of 1914 - really occur, or was it a myth? What is the real story behind this legendary event? And, did German and British soldiers really play football across no-man's land? Join Dominic and Tom as they delve int…
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Send us a text Krampus: The Devil Who Walks At Christmas Long before Christmas became a season of warmth, lights, and goodwill, something darker stalked the winter nights. In this episode of The Eclectic, we delve into the chilling folklore of Krampus — the horned figure said to punish the wicked while Saint Nicholas rewarded the good. Rooted in Al…
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On today’s Tech and Science Daily from The Standard, we look at plans for robotaxi trials in London in 2026, plus the surprising UK science story being dubbed the “year of the octopus” after a boom in sightings and catches off England’s south coast. Then Alan Leer drops into an interview with Johannes Maunz, Senior Vice President of AI at Hexagon, …
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For Alaina’s first EPISODE REVISIT this week, we are hopping into the way back in time machine and transporting ourselves to 2018! In the first MiniMORBID, Ash & Alaina talk about some of the spooky figures of the holiday season! OG Notes: "It's the holidays, weirdos! Time to get freaky, brutal and murderous. Tonight on our first mini-Morbid episod…
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On Tech and Science Daily from The Standard, we lead with an extended interview package on claims from former Vodafone franchisees — with 62 ex-partners taking legal action and Vodafone denying wrongdoing. Plus, a London commute upgrade: South Western Railway trials Starlink-powered “super Wi-Fi” on routes in and out of London Waterloo, and we wrap…
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Who are the prime suspects for the identity of Jack the Ripper? Why did he suddenly halt his hellish killing spree, and never strike again? And, once and for all, who really was Jack the Ripper…? Join Dominic and Tom as they reveal, with shocking melodrama, the true identity of one of the world’s most mysterious serial killers: Jack the Ripper… ___…
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On our sister podcast Brave New World, Host Evgeny Lebedev is joined by Professor Tim Spector and Dr Federica Amati — two of the leading scientific voices behind personalised nutrition company ZOE — to rethink everything we’ve been told about food. From the myths around “good” and “bad” fats to calorie-counting obsessions, they explain why so much …
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The Government opens a call for evidence on reforming planning rules to speed up digital infrastructure rollouts in England, Ofcom issues a £20,000 fine under the Online Safety Act for failing to respond to information requests, and the Steam Winter Sale kicks off for the annual backlog-pile-on. We also finish on a genuinely wholesome tech-for-good…
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Weirdos! Get ready to welcome the holidays with Krampus and tales brought to you By you FOR you and ALL ABOUT YOU! This month we're talking holiday related tales, and Nicholas was so engaged, that it was impossible to edit him out! We're talking near death experiences, phantom hikers and two instances of neighbors being the absolute worst! LISTEN o…
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Today on Tech and Science Daily from The Standard: the latest on the Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea cyber incident, a quantum year-end update from Imperial and the London Quantum Cluster, and UKRI’s shift toward growth funding — including video games. Plus, Revolut’s new UK mobile service, Alexa+ arriving on the web, and a couple of practical…
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Why was Jack the Ripper’s final murder the most appalling of all? Who was the mysterious Mary-Jane Kelly, his unfortunate victim? And, what enduring impact would his crimes have upon the cultural climate of England, and the treatment of women? Join Tom and Dominic as they reach the nightmarish crescendo of Victorian London’s darkest days, as Jack t…
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Ofcom investigates BT’s EE and Three after major call outages affected emergency services, plus King’s College London research aiming to give robots a sense of touch. We also hear from Pinterest’s Sidney Stanback on the Pinterest Predicts 2026 report and how trend forecasting is speeding up, then cover the UK’s quantum push with Google’s Willow pro…
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In today’s episode of Tech and Science Daily from The Standard, we start in London with AI visuals imagining what a six-metre sea level rise could mean for landmarks like Westminster and the Tower of London. Then we break down the Lancet Countdown 2025 findings on climate change and public health, from heat impacts to air pollution, and why it matt…
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Film director, film producer, and screenwriter Mark Jay spoke with "The Shmooze" about his 1993 documentary film "East Endings". "East Endings" documents a night at Bloom’s in May 1993—then one of the last remaining kosher restaurants in Whitechapel. Harry Blacker, renowned cartoonist and satirist of British Jewry, arrives to celebrate his 83rd bir…
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During the second decade of the twentieth century, an unidentified serial killer was believed to have operated in Atlanta, Georgia, brutally killing at least twenty Black woman. Due to the similarities between the Whitechapel victims and the victims in Atlanta, the Georgia press dubbed their killer “the Atlanta Ripper,” an anonymous monster whose p…
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