Torture: A Dark History

Kevin Young & Dan Hourigan: Your Dark History Historians presents

Torture: A Dark History

Torture: A Dark History explores the darkest corners of human history with a good dose of humor. From torture devices, methods, and executions to true crime, historical atrocities, and the people that committed them. Hosts Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan dig into the real stories …

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Vlad the Impaler Episode 2: Forest of Humans

What's the best way to tell the most powerful empire in the neighborhood to go screw itself? If you're Vlad the Impaler, apparently you burn down everything, attack them in the middle of the …

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Vlad the Impaler Episode 1: Order of the Dragon

What happens when your childhood involves being handed over to a foreign empire as a hostage, your father gets murdered, and your brother is buried alive? You probably don’t grow up with a particularly …

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Impalement: Translation Problems

What's the worst thing you can do with a stick?In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan explore the brutal history of impalement, a method of execution designed not …

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Elephants: It's Always The People

What happens when one of the largest and most intelligent animals on Earth is trained to become an executioner?In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan travel through more …

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