Episode 2: Edinburgh Body Snatchers

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Edinburgh in the 1820s is the centre of the Scottish Enlightenment, home to pioneering medical research. But when a missing woman is found dead in the cellar of a leading anatomist, the police uncover a murky world where murder is being committed for money.

Londoners evoke World War II as a time when the country came together against a common enemy. But there were some who exploited this turbulent moment in history for their own evil ends. When a body…

Edinburgh in the 1820s is the centre of the Scottish Enlightenment, home to pioneering medical research. But when a missing woman is found dead in the cellar of a leading anatomist, the police…

In 1893 Chicago hosts the World’s Fair and bursts onto the world’s stage. But behind the bright lights women are disappearing. Could a mysterious man named HH Holmes be behind their disappearance?…

In the 1940’s Germany is in the midst of a War with Europe. Hitler’s dream is to turn the country into the centre of new, glorious, Aryan Empire. At the heart of the fatherland he hopes to transform…

July 24th, 1977, Rio, Brazil. A toothache keeps construction worker Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira awake at night. Through a crack in the wall of his shack, he glimpses a VW Brasilia parked almost in front…

Britain, in 1896, is on the cusp of a new era – in an increasingly globalised and connected world, it leads the way in trade, technology and innovation. But at the same time, in cities like…