Yesterday Today - 10/08

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

History

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🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This week we're taking a quick look at the end of the second World War in teh Pacific, as well as rummaging through a host of summer ghost stories from the 19th century. There's also a small story that would go on to foreshadow the "autumn of fear" in London, 1888. ------ For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at ⁠darkhistories.com ⁠ Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: ⁠http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories⁠ or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories⁠ The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: ⁠http://author.to/darkhistories⁠ Dark Histories merch is available here: ⁠https://bit.ly/3GChjk9⁠ Connect with us on Facebook: ⁠http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast⁠ Or find us on Twitter: ⁠http://twitter.com/darkhistories⁠ & Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/⁠ Or you can contact us directly via email at ⁠contact@darkhistories.com⁠ or join our Discord community: ⁠https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf⁠ The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Founded is a history podcast that dives deep into the stories you missed about the founding at the United States of America and the people who were a part of it.
0:07.8	We're diving deep into the founding father's diaries and finding all the drama.
0:11.9	The tea was hot before and after they dumped it into the harbor.
0:15.4	So come find all the stories you didn't know you wanted to know with me, Tori Phantom, on Founded.
0:20.3	Part of the Airwave Media
0:21.3	Network. Get available everywhere you find your favorite podcast with new episodes every Friday.
0:28.5	Hey, folks, get ready for a new season of blowback coming Monday, September 22nd. This time around,
0:35.4	we're covering the Cold War showdown in Africa.
0:38.9	When apartheid South Africa invades the newly independent nation of Angola,
0:43.6	revolutionary Cuba sends its own army to defend its African ally,
0:48.2	while the United States backs a warlord whose only goal is power.
0:52.6	Subscribe now at blowback.com. Show and get the entire season when it drops.
0:57.1	Add free.
0:58.4	Blowback.
0:58.9	Show.
1:05.8	Hello and welcome to yesterday today for the week beginning Sunday the 10th of August 2025.
1:17.7	If you've never listened before, this is, I guess, the kind of side episodes of dark history,
1:22.0	is the kind of byproduct of my research over there.
1:25.0	So yeah, let's just jump straight into it.
1:27.4	Obviously, there was
1:28.6	huge news in August of 1945 being that the Japanese surrendered. So you had the J-Day and the news
1:38.5	of Japan surrendering just full stop. It was a huge saga because it was sort of off again, on again for about a week.
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