Final Days of Napoleon

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

Myths, Folklore, Mystery, History, Ghosts, Society & Culture, Murder, Ufos, True Crime, Paranormal, Supernatural, Serial Killers

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Conspiracy theories swirl about the final days of Napoleon. Was he poisoned by a friend? By the British? By his wallpaper? Did he cologne himself to death? Was his penis taken away by a vengeful priest!? Anthony and Maddy sweep aside the myths to find the truth of the final days of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Edited by Tim Arstall. Research by Phoebe Joyce. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Hello After Dark listeners. Now come here to me because we have some news. We are going on tour.
0:07.1	You can enjoy After Dark Live for the very first time this September 5th at the London Podcast Festival.
0:13.9	We'll have more details for you coming very, very soon, but you can expect myself and Anthony and some very dark history.
0:21.3	So follow the links in the show notes for more information and get your tickets before they go
0:26.0	and they are already going very fast. See you in September.
0:34.1	You never know where the journey will take you. One Tinder match. And not only have I met
0:41.1	someone new, but we've discovered a sick Italian restaurant together. And it turns out, football is now
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1:06.7	Hello and welcome to After Dark, the podcast where we explore the darker side of yesteryear.
1:12.1	I'm Maddie.
1:13.0	And I'm Anthony.
1:13.9	And here on the pod, we love an episode in our final day series and to travel back to meet some of history's biggest names as they prepare to shuffle off this mortal coil to paraphrase Shakespeare.
1:24.9	Today's is a biggie.
1:26.6	Or should that be a shorty? I know, I know, it's just
1:30.7	myth. It is, of course, Napoleon. Anthony's laughing already. Follow us now as we journey
1:38.5	towards a far-flung and forgotten spit of land in the middle of the ocean.
1:50.8	Thank you. forgotten spit of land in the middle of the ocean. The volcanic island of St Helena rises sheer from the Atlantic waves. More than a thousand miles
1:57.0	from the coast of Africa, the most remote spot on the whole of the vast British Empire.
2:02.4	Warships bob around the island's rocky shores, while tropical trees climb up the steep cliffs above them.
2:09.3	On an elevated plane, swept by clouds and fogs of the trade winds, is Longwood House,
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