Buried Evidence
Buried Evidence is a true crime podcast that looks at historical cases through the ages. Hosted by historian Rebecca Rideal and archaeologist Raksha Dave, it explores the darker chapters of criminal history, from victims and investigators to perpetrators and punishments. The show uses archaeology and modern forensic science to reopen some of the world's oldest cold cases, such as the Iceman Otzi and the Salem Witch Trials, separating folklore from fact.
Episodes
Ötzi: Murder on the Mountain
It's September 1991, two hikers in the Alps believe they’ve stumbled across the body of a climber who’d lost his way. He lies face-down in the ice. His arm caught awkwardly beneath him. A shoulder protruding from melting snow.Police are alerted. Recovery teams arrive. And then someone notices the axe. Not iron. But Copper. At least five thousand years old. This man didn’t die in the mountains by a
The Tragedy of the Titanic
11.39pm, 14 April 1912: A grand new Ocean liner, the RMS Titanic, cruises across the North Atlantic. It’s 4 days into a weeklong voyage from Southampton to New York. Most of the passengers have returned to their cabins after the evening’s dinner, music and socialising. Experienced merchant sailors Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee man the crows nest, 29 metres above deck level. Frederick is the fir
St. Brice's Day Massacre
This story begins not on a battlefield, but beneath one of the most prestigious colleges in the world. In 2008, excavations at St John’s College, Oxford uncovered a mass grave of thirty-five men, buried without ceremony. Nothing about the burial looked normal. These weren’t individuals laid to rest. They were dumped. Bodies overlapping, limbs twisted, no sign of burial rites. And then the inj
The Original Serial Killer
We tend to think about serial killers as being a modern phenomenon, but in France during the Hundred Years War, we find the story of a monster straight out of a horror film. A sadist, who kidnaps and murders young children to sacrifice them to the devil. In perhaps our darkest case yet, we investigate Gilles de Rais. Military hero, comrade to Joan of Arc, wealthy aristocrat and… the most depr
Coming soon... Buried Evidence
The Crime Desk presents Buried Evidence, a new weekly podcast where history meets true crime, unearthing the murders, mysteries and scandals of the past.Hosted by historian and bestselling author Rebecca Rideal, and Time Team archaeologist and broadcaster Professor Raksha Dave, each episode uncovers a different case from history's darkest chapters, from victims and investigators to perpetrators an
