Beastly History

Terra Nova Expedition: Sex, Death and Survival in Antarctica (Part 2)

It’s 1912, and on the Terra Nova British Antarctic Expedition, scientist and explorer George Murray Levick and five other men are marooned on what they’ll come to call ‘I

Terra Nova Expedition: Sex, Death and Survival in Antarctica (Part 1)

You may have heard of Captain Scott's doomed race to the South Pole. But do you know about the other gripping survival stories on history's most infamous Antarctic Expedi

The Lion Queen: The Dangerous World of Big Cat Taming

Nellie Chapman has an extraordinary way of drawing a crowd. Born into the strange and spectacular world of 19th Century travelling menageries, she rises to fame as one of

'Iceberg Right Ahead!' A Titanic Lookout's Story

(Content warning: please be aware this episode includes discussion of suicide). It's 1140pm in the North Atlantic Ocean, April 14 1912, when Titanic lookout Fred Fleet fi

Ireland’s Wolf Hunters

Rory Carragh has a deadly reputation. He hunts wolves, and he’s very good at it. Now he faces his toughest challenge yet. Two large wolves keep taking sheep in a remote

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Dartmoor’s Demon Dogs

It’s 1901. Writer Arthur Conan Doyle is on holiday when he first hears whispers of a chilling local legend - spectral hounds said to tear across the wilds of Dartmoor und

Introducing Beastly History

Welcome to Beastly History – the podcast where you’ll hear the most thrilling tales of people and the wild. Perilous polar expeditions. Unbelievable survival stories. Th