Ah… this one carries weight.

This is Exhibit III: The Resurrectionist’s Rope — a length of coarse hemp once used by William Calcraft, London’s most notorious executioner. It appears simple. Functional. The sort of object history rarely pauses to look at closely.

But this rope stood at the meeting point of two dark trades: those who stole the dead, and the man paid to create them.

This exhibit explores public execution in nineteenth-century London, the blurred line between justice and spectacle, and the machinery that turned death into routine. It is not a story about guilt or innocence. It is about process. About repetition. About what happens when killing becomes administrative.

Some objects remember hands. This one remembers necks.

Step closer — but not too close.

While the world was fixated on Vietnam and the Cold War, another catastrophe was unfolding almost unnoticed. Between 1967 and 1970, Nigeria descended into one of the most devastating conflicts of the 20th century — the Biafran War — where starvation was deliberately used as a weapon, and children became the frontline.

In this harrowing episode of The Dark History Podcast, we uncover the full story of the Nigerian Civil War and the breakaway state of Biafra. From colonial borders drawn by the British, to ethnic violence, oil politics, and mass civilian death, this is the history behind one of the first modern, televised humanitarian disasters.

You’ll hear how over 1–3 million people died, most of them civilians. How a total land, air, and sea blockade starved an entire population into submission. And how the world was forced to confront a new horror — kwashiorkor, the starvation disease that left children skeletal, bloated, and silent in front of international cameras.

This episode explores:

• The real causes of the Biafran War and Nigerian Civil War

• The Igbo massacres and the birth of the Republic of Biafra

• How starvation became an intentional military strategy

• The role of Britain, the Soviet Union, and Cold War geopolitics

• The origins of modern humanitarian aid and Doctors Without Borders

• Why Biafra still matters today

This is not a simplified war story. It’s a deep, immersive, and disturbing account of genocide, famine, colonial legacy, and moral failure — and a warning about how easily silence can kill.

If you’re searching for dark history podcasts, forgotten wars, true history, or disturbing historical events, this episode is essential listening.

Come closer to the fire — and prepare for one of the heaviest episodes we’ve ever made.

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Ah… yes. This one makes people uneasy.

They expect something violent. Something obvious. They rarely expect a picture.

This is Exhibit II — The Crying Boy.

He once hung in ordinary homes. Passed without comment. Bought cheaply. Placed wherever there was space on the wall. Nothing about him seemed remarkable — until people began taking him down. Quietly, at first. Then urgently.

This particular print was recovered after everything else in the room was gone.

I won’t tell you why. I won’t tell you what was found — or what wasn’t.

Only this: some objects don’t need to act. They only need to remain. To watch. To survive things they shouldn’t.

Look at him if you must. Just don’t ask why his eyes are still wet.

We’ll open the cabinet now.

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