Hosted by Leo Eaton and Jamie Tavenner · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 45 episodes
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The Darkives is a history podcast where Jamie and Leo dive headfirst into the strangest, creepiest, and most disturbing stories the past tried to bury (and somehow manage to laugh along the way). Each week, we unravel forgotten voyages, infamous historical figures, bizarre disasters, and centuries-old true crime, breaking it all down the way you would with friends - curious, slightly horrified, and occasionally cracking jokes when things get too dark. Nothing is treated like a lecture, and nothing is off the table. If you like weird history, eerie true stories, and conversations that balance “that’s awful” with “how is this real?”, you’ll feel right at home here. Serious history. Told not so seriously.
Leo Eaton and Jamie Tavenner hosts The Darkives: Serious history. Told not so seriously, a history show with 45 episodes published.
In this episode Jamie tells Leo a story involving a...umm...well, lets just say a 'messy' situation. King Henry VI, King of Germanic Europe during the Holy Roman Empire, did a slick job covering up a debacle involving a
This week, Jamie and Leo dig into the construction of the Titanic, the staggering gap between how her passengers lived on board, and the night everything went wrong. In 1912, the most luxurious ship ever built sank on it
This week Jamie and Leo dig into the life, the expedition, and the event that made sure James Jameson would be remembered for something much more sinister than being a naturalist. He was the grandson of the Jameson whisk
A stolen fortune. A global manhunt. And a pirate who may have gotten away with it all. This week, Jamie and Leo sail into the chaotic world of Henry Every, the man often called the pirate who pulled off the greatest sea
Rats. Fleas. And one bacterium that just would not take the hint. This week, Jamie and Leo trace the long and deadly history of the plague, from the ancient world to outbreaks in the modern United States. We start with t
Words carved into a tree. A colony gone. And a mystery that still hasn’t been solved. This week, Jamie and Leo head back to early colonial America to unpack the disappearance of the Roanoke colony, one of the most enduri
Poison. Alcohol. Exposure. And somehow… he just kept going. This week, Jamie and Leo head to Prohibition era New York to tell the unbelievable story of Michael Malloy, better known as “Iron Mike.” In the early 1930s, a g
This week, Jamie and Leo head to London to explore the long and unsettling history of Bethlem Royal Hospital, better known as “Bedlam.” Originally founded as a place of care, Bethlem one of the most infamous institutions
This week on The Darkives, we have a whale of a tale. Let's sail out to sea in 1819 aboard the whaling ship Essex, a voyage that would turn into one of the most unbelievable survival stories in history. When a massive sp
This week on The Darkives, we’re digging into one of the strangest rivalries in scientific history… and yeah, it gets way more chaotic than you’d expect. In the late 1800s, two paleontologists, Edward Drinker Cope and Ot
A city of gold. A ritual in a sacred lake. And a legend that refused to die. This week, Jamie and Leo head deep into South America to unravel the story of El Dorado. The myth of “the gilded one" and the enduring mystery
Hollywood has always had secrets. This week on The Darkives, we step into the golden age of film, where the studios didn’t just make stars… they controlled the narrative. At the center of it all was Edgar “Eddie” Mannix,
This episode is hot! flaming!... sticky? This week, Jamie and Leo dive into three bizarre disasters where history proved that sometimes the most dangerous floods don’t involve water at all. First, we head to 1814 London
This week on The Darkives, we’re heading to one of the most infamous prison colonies in the British Empire, Port Arthur Historic Site in Tasmania. Established in the 1830s, Port Arthur became a destination for some of Br
Before there were Cajuns cooking in Louisiana, there were Acadians trying to survive in a colony caught between two empires. This week, Jamie and Leo head to early North America to unpack how a quiet French settlement ca
Inês de Castro’s love story didn’t just end in tragedy... it ended in execution… and then a coronation. In this episode, Jamie and Leo dive into one of the most dramatic and bizarre royal scandals in European history. Wh
She reduced a city to ashes… and history eventually called her a saint. This week, Jamie and Leo travel back to Viking Age Eastern Europe to unpack the unbelievable rise of Olga the ruler, widow, strategist, and one of t
They wanted a shortcut to California. Instead, they found themselves trapped in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846 — snowed in, starving, and running out of time. This week, Jamie and Leo unpack one of the most
They shot him. Embalmed him. Then forgot to bury him. This week, Jamie and Leo dive into one of the strangest true crime stories in American history the bizarre afterlife of outlaw Elmer McCurdy. After a failed robbery i
Treasure fleets. Naval battles. Billions in gold and silver sitting at the bottom of the ocean. This week, Jamie and Leo set sail into one of the most legendary maritime mysteries in history, the story of the Spanish gal
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