Seasons & Episodes
They Made a Tonic
Before we knew how disease spread, medicine was as much superstition as it was science. And in the small New England tow
Echoes
Dr. Walter Freeman is the father of the icepick lobotomy. He believes the ten-minute procedure will all but end the need
Black Stockings
In 19th century Ireland, folklore has a strong hold. Michael Cleary is convinced his wife, Bridget, has been replaced by
Passing Notes
In 19th century America, at the height of the Spiritualist Movement, a haunted house is not just the stuff of ghost stor
The Beast Within
Werewolves are now movie monsters. But they were once thought to be all too real. In 1589, villagers in Bedburg, Germany
Unboxed
Robert Gene Otto is a child without friends. That is, until he receives a doll as a gift. He names the doll after himsel
Burke and Hare: In the Name of Science
Two shunned Irish immigrants in Scotland start off as grave robbers to sell the dead to doctors, but decide that creatin
Elizabeth Bathory: Mirror, Mirror
The aging Countess of Blood, running out of virginal peasants to drain of their youthful essence, brings in a bright-eye
Hinterkaifeck: Ghosts in the Attic
In the German hinterlands, between World Wars, a family goes to bed, not knowing that their killer has been living in th
Prague Clock: The Curse of the Orloj
As two clockmakers race against the curse of the Orloj, a curse that has already driven the city of Prague to madness an
Mary Webster: The Witch of Hadley
A young woman, raised in a town controlled by a religious zealot, must rectify a fatal mistake before a ravenous mob han
Jack Parsons: The Devil and the Divine
In 1922, only one person, Jack Parsons, believed that we could send a rocket into space and conjure a demon. By 1952, he