Cult

Rome’s deadly crackdown on the Bacchanalia reveals how fear of scandal, sex, and secret rites helped the Senate crush a cult that threatened Roman pow...

The extraordinary journey of Cleopatra’s Needles from ancient Egypt to London and New York, with shipwrecks, time capsules, Masonic rituals and eerie...

Folklore across Europe and beyond says seeds, holes, knots and salt could trap vampires, witches and spirits by forcing them to count until dawn.

Mackenzie Crook’s Small Prophets revives the eerie legend of homunculi: tiny artificial humans born from alchemy, folklore, and occult history, from P...

Cornwall’s Owlman has haunted Mawnan Smith since whispers in 1926, but the legend truly took flight after Tony “Doc” Shiels’ infamous 1976 investigati...

A devilish tour of England’s most fascinating Devil stones and ancient legends, from fascinating megaliths to tales of midnight rituals, curses, and l...