Dark History Explorer Pillows

The murderer's confession

"How was I supposed to know that the apple was a controlled substance?"

Goodnight Moon for the Misbegotten

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

'The stage hypnotist was great, he regressed Jeff to a previous life, and discovered that he was a layabout then, too.'

'Mom, Dad... we found out that in a previous life, Sheila was a dog and I was a tree. That's why we decided to marry to continue this promising relationship!'

Do you ever wish you lived in a different era, Randy? It's safer to keep me where I am. Injecting my advanced virility into more primitive eras could have disastrous effects on the timeline. Well

Early attempts at standardising currency.

Peace in shackles.

Robot Attack in Bath

"Archaeologists discovered several enormous ancient cities buried under the jungles of Cambodia. That means the Khmer civilization was the largest empire on Earth from the 9th to the 12th centuries. That changes everything about our conception of the Middle Ages. What was your conception of the Middle Ages? Well... it was... well, knights, maidens, dragons... mostly dragons. And elves."

Title page from 'The Scouring of the White Horse'.

Grimm's Fairytales - The Golden Bird

Archimedes statue tipped up by a lever.

'What do you mean you're afraid of the dark? You're a nightcrawler.'

"That was a fascinating regression. Apparently, you were a pirate in a previous life!"

How the Old Testament Got Its Name.

Cinematic Heroes of the Terror Wars

'All this 'history' stuff you teach about - is it based on actual events?'

A citizen of Gondwanaland.

Don Giovanni

'Here, you have it. I don't think I'll be using it again.'

'Apparently he discovered accountancy.'

Britain in 410AD

'It all started in my previous life, doctor.'

Cycles of evolution and destruction

North Korea tests a hydrogen bomb.

A vampire with a darkness flashlight

"You must stop digging up the past."

"Occupiers have often forced people who are polar opposites to live in one artificial 'country'."

Human History

"I'm doing my part to conserve electricity."

"Then we're in agreement. There's nothing rotten in Denmark. Something is rotten everywhere else."

'Today our special guest is Pamela, who will be telling us what it's like to have an extreme fear of being in the dark. To protect her identity we've placed her in a darkened studio.'

The shadow