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| Title | Date published | ||
| Gothic Fiction | 2022-11-01 | ||
| Seances | 2022-10-28 | ||
| Ghosts | 2022-10-25 | ||
| The Grisly Deaths of Kings & Queens | 2022-10-21 | ||
| Black Georgians | 2022-10-18 | ||
| Henrietta Maria: The Most Hated Queen Consort? | 2022-10-14 | ||
| Serial Killers & Misogyny | 2022-10-11 | ||
| Phobias & Manias | 2022-10-07 | ||
| Black Victorians | 2022-10-04 | ||
| Bad King James VI & I | 2022-09-30 | ||
| Private Members’ Clubs | 2022-09-27 | ||
| The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe | 2022-09-23 | ||
| Forbidden Books | 2022-09-20 | ||
| Women in Power | 2022-09-16 | ||
| Con Artists | 2022-09-13 | ||
| Divorce | 2022-09-06 | ||
| Mafia Women | 2022-09-02 | ||
| Charles II's Mistresses | 2022-08-30 | ||
| Sexual Violence | 2022-08-26 | ||
| Viking Sex | 2022-08-23 |