Madeleine Pelling

Madeleine Pelling is a cultural historian, author and broadcaster. She holds a PhD from the University of York and has held research fellowships at the universities of Yale, Edinburgh, and Manchester. As co-host of History Hit's podcast After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal, she brings a rigorous historical lens to folklore and true crime, and she is also a regular television contributor, including for Channel 4, Sky and Warner Brothers. Her words appear in the Guardian, Independent,...See more

Madeleine Pelling is a cultural historian, author and broadcaster. She holds a PhD from the University of York and has held research fellowships at the universities of Yale, Edinburgh, and Manchester. As co-host of History Hit's podcast After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal, she brings a rigorous historical lens to folklore and true crime, and she is also a regular television contributor, including for Channel 4, Sky and Warner Brothers. Her words appear in the Guardian, Independent, BBC History Magazine and History Today. See less