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Travis Walton's Alien Abduction
5 november 2025 · 48 min
November 5th, 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the events that inspired the 1993 film, Fire in the Sky. Seven lumberjacks saw a UFO… and one was pulled inside. Some say the men invented the story to dodge a work deadline. But the lumberjacks claim their chief debunker… is a government disinformation agent. We mention Operation Mockingbird in today's episode. If you want the full story, check out Operation Mockingbird Pt. 1 and Operation Mockingbird Pt. 2! Lees meer
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Spring-Heeled Jack: Cryptid or Conspiracy?
29 oktober 2025 · 50 min
Supernaturally-high leaps. Glowing red eyes. Fire breath. This monster violently assaulted young women, and terrorized others across London. Was he a band of upper-class criminals? A ghost? Or a business plan? Historian Dr. Mike Dash joins us to uncover the truth. Lees meer
For more from Mike Dash, check out: www.mikedashhistory.com and his AskHistorians archive: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/profiles/mikedash/. His book, Spring Heeled Jack: Representation and Interpretation, A Multidisciplinary Approach releases next year.
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Is An Alien Probe Really Coming in November?
22 oktober 2025 · 39 min
In July 2025, researchers discovered an interstellar object entering our solar system. It’s only the third we’ve detected – ever – and it’s been dubbed Comet 3I/ATLAS. NASA says it does not pose a threat to us. Lees meer
But one Harvard scientist suggests 3I/ATLAS isn’t necessarily a comet – there are too many anomalies. He says, this object may not be natural…it might be alien technology.
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Shakespeare’s Encrypted Map to Freemason Treasure
15 oktober 2025 · 56 min
Shakespeare’s First Folio is an incredible historical treasure. It also might be an encrypted treasure map. According to the theories, the First Folio’s secret code reveals the “real” Shakespeare author, a royal cover-up, a Freemason conspiracy, and of course, a map to priceless buried treasure. Treasure that may still be out there. Lees meer
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Candy Jones, the Brainwashed Fashion Model
8 oktober 2025 · 48 min
Candy Jones had an impressive résumé: Miss Atlantic City, Model of the Year, highest-paid cover model of the 1940s, entrepreneur, radio personality, author…and an unwitting undercover CIA agent, brainwashed by the government. Or, so she claimed. To find out more, we’re digging into Candy’s story and speaking with author and historian John Lisle. Check out his new book, Project Mind Control: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKULTRA, available now! Lees meer
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Fake News and Forgeries: How MI6 Manipulated Americans
1 oktober 2025 · 43 min
As Germany conquered Europe in 1940, the UK desperately needed foreign reinforcements. When the American people hesitated to help, MI6 conspired to secretly change their minds. But how far did the influence go? Conspiracy theories suggest the US President may have conspired in the psy-op on his own people… and together with MI6, may have concealed tips to prevent Pearl Harbor. Lees meer
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Helena Blavatsky: The Most Interesting Woman in the World?
24 september 2025 · 43 min
Most of what we know about Helena Blavatsky’s life seems improbable. In her 59 years on Earth, she was a young Russian aristocrat. A Parisian circus performer. A concert pianist in England. A clairvoyant. A medium. A telepath. An author. A missionary. A descendant of a Rosicrucian Freemason. And some would say: a chain-smoking degenerate liar…possibly even a serial killer. What’s the truth? That’s a great question. Lees meer
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The Gerry Irwin Incident
17 september 2025 · 44 min
Driving through the remote Utah desert on the way back to his military base, 23-year-old Private Gerry Irwin witnessed what he thought was a plane crash. He pulled over and ran off into the darkness to help the survivors… and woke up in the hospital 24 hours later with no memory of what happened next. According to the sheriff, he had to be mistaken—there was no evidence of a plane crash. No one had any idea what Gerry saw or what happened to him that night. Was it a mental breakdown? A UFO abduction? A CIA mind control experiment? Over 65 years later, and there are still more questions than answers… Lees meer
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The Smurl Family Haunting
10 september 2025 · 54 min
In 1973, Jack and Janet Smurl move into a modest duplex in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, hoping for a fresh start. What follows is more than a decade of escalating disturbances: strange smells, disembodied voices, levitations, physical assaults, and eventually, a demonic entity said to stalk the family even outside their home. With no help from the Catholic Church, the Smurls turn to controversial paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who declare their house the site of one of the most terrifying hauntings they’ve ever encountered. Lees meer
But was it really a case of supernatural torment—or something else entirely? This is the true story that inspired The Conjuring: Last Rites, in theaters 2025.
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The 600 Lives of Fidel Castro
3 september 2025 · 39 min
When Fidel Castro overthrew Cuba’s dictator in 1959, the Communist leader and provocateur quickly became a threat to the U.S. government. The CIA has been proven responsible for at least eight plots against Castro’s life. Despite the creativity of their attempts—including everything from an exploding cigar to a mafia hit—they were ultimately unsuccessful. But if there were reportedly over 600 attempts on Castro’s life during his reign, just how many were the CIA actually responsible for? Lees meer
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TWA Flight 800: The Plane That Exploded Mid-Air
27 augustus 2025 · 43 min
On July 17th, 1996, about 13 minutes into a direct flight from New York to Paris, TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air, killing all 230 people on board. An extensive investigation concluded that the most likely culprit was a mechanical issue. But the official story didn’t stop rumors that a missile brought down the airliner – and that the government was covering up the truth. Lees meer
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Australia’s Area 51
20 augustus 2025 · 39 min
First, they said Pine Gap was for space research. Then, it was a weather station. It’s now called a defense base, but Australians often refer to it as their country’s Area 51. Some suspect the facility is housing alien life and giant UFOs that have crash landed on earth. Others say its satellites and surveillance technology are part of a global war machine. What’s really going on at the top-secret military base located in Australia’s desert? You could ask the hundreds of people who work there, but they probably won’t tell you. Loose-lipped employees have apparently disappeared in the past. Lees meer
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Was the “Pirate King” also the King’s Spy?
13 augustus 2025 · 43 min
In 1695, “The Pirate King” Henry Every pulled off a heist, evaded a global manhunt, and vanished with his newfound treasure. He was never found…or was he? A new theory suggests the King of England not only knew what happened to Henry – he hired the “missing” pirate as a spy. Lees meer
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Japan’s Evaporated People
6 augustus 2025 · 45 min
Imagine you wake up tomorrow and the person you depend upon most in this world is gone. No trace, no goodbyes, just vanished. Then, you find out they planned their disappearance — and have no intention of returning. In Japan, this phenomenon has a name: Johatsu, or “evaporated people.” Is it a silent escape from societal pressures or something more sinister? From clandestine "night-moving" services to whispers of a hidden underworld, we dive into the intriguing, and sometimes unsettling, world of Japan's missing. Lees meer
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What’s Under the Pyramids of Giza?
30 juli 2025 · 34 min
Earlier this year, Dr. Corrado Malanga and Dr. Filippo Biondi claimed they’d made a massive discovery at the Giza Complex in Egypt. Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, combined with their own new technology, they said they’d located massive structures hidden below the Pyramid of Khafre. The news went viral; excitement and speculation ran rampant. Experts were quick to question the results. So what’s the debate all about? Lees meer
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Time-Slipping Through Europe
23 juli 2025 · 45 min
We can’t hop in a time machine and set it to a specific year…yet. But what if we can unwittingly slip through time, briefly, to another year – with no control over when or where it happens? There have been multiple documented cases of alleged time-slips, and strangely, many of them have occurred in Europe. Lees meer
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Secret Nazi Bases in Antarctica
16 juli 2025 · 37 min
Did Germany secretly establish a base in Antarctica prior to World War II? In 1947, the U.S. Navy launched the largest expedition to the southernmost continent ever attempted. Some believe they were hunting Nazis. And the idea that the Germans built one, or more, Antarctic bases is just beginning. UFOs? Super weapons? Gateways to Hell? Subterranean alien species? The South Pole is like a one-stop shop for popular conspiracy theories. Lees meer
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The (Faked?) Death of an Argentine Tycoon
9 juli 2025 · 44 min
“Power is having impunity.” In January 1997, a photojournalist is found murdered on the side of the road in General Madariaga, Argentina. The investigation into his death becomes a cultural flashpoint, exposing a sprawling conspiracy with ties to some of the most powerful forces in the country. More than 25 years later, some still believe the man who orchestrated it all…got away. Lees meer
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Who Shot Vincent Van Gogh?
2 juli 2025 · 41 min
For over a century, common belief was that Vincent Van Gogh died by suicide. But in 2011, two Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers suggested the art world had it all wrong, and Vincent covered up his own homicide. Lees meer
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Untraceable Poison? The Bogle-Chandler Mystery
25 juni 2025 · 35 min
On New Year’s Day in Sydney, Australia, two dead bodies are discovered near a river. Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler are married – but not to each other. And both of their spouses have strong alibis.They’re found just hours after dying, and yet experts can’t determine what led to their deaths. There are no signs of violence; no trace of deadly substances. Were they killed by a jealous spouse, accidental poisoning, or an international conspiracy targeting Dr. Bogle, a renowned physicist who, some allege, was working on a top-secret project? Lees meer
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Fluoride + Communism = Mind Control?
18 juni 2025 · 39 min
Fluoride and its presence in public water has become a hot-button issue in the United States. More and more communities and government officials are rethinking whether the benefits fluoride provides our teeth outweigh its potential health risks. But history shows fluoride is no stranger to controversy or conspiracy theories. Lees meer
Over the years, the naturally-occurring mineral compound has been blamed for turning women into nymphomaniacs, populations into “moronic, atheistic slaves”, and perhaps most popularly, it’s been accused of being a weapon in a vast communist plot to overthrow democracy. What’s true and what’s not? The needle is moving.
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Listen to Science Vs. explore the science, including recent studies on whether fluoride affects IQ.
Listen to The Journal discuss how the politics of fluoride in drinking water are playing out across the country.
To check fluoride levels in your local water, visit the CDC’s My Water’s Fluoride page.
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Are Octopuses Aliens??
11 juni 2025 · 35 min
In 2018, a peer-reviewed article published in Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology suggested the theory that octopuses could have extraterrestrial origins. As in, they’re not regular Earthlings. The 33 scientists who authored the paper say, the octopus could have arrived on Earth, in some form, on board a celestial body – like an asteroid. Lees meer
Most of the scientific community disagreed. Experts said octopuses are alien-like, but there are clues to suggest they experienced a normal, Earth-bound evolution.
However…they might hold clues about what alien behavior would look like. Today, we’re joined by researcher Dominic Sivitilli, who tells us what studying octopus cognition can teach us about alien intelligence.
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New Age Conspirituality
4 juni 2025 · 40 min
American New Age culture isn’t all crystals and Tarot cards. A New World Order? The Aryan race? Alien-human hybrids? Throughout history, New Age belief systems have so often been blended with wild, and sometimes dangerous, conspiracy theories that academics have coined the term “conspirituality.” Lees meer
This week, we journey into murky waters of Love Has Won, a New Age spiritual group whose leader passed away in 2021. By the time authorities found her body that April, she had been dead for weeks. Her followers had camped with her body, slept with it in tents, and crossed state lines to fashion a shine out of her mummified corpse.
We’re joined by journalist and author Leah Sottile. Leah’s book Blazing Eye Sees All investigates American New Age culture and examines how self-proclaimed prophetesses, like Love Has Won’s Amy Carlson, have managed to create kingdoms for themselves.
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Three Men Escaped Alcatraz, Evaded the FBI, and Lived Secret Lives
28 mei 2025 · 42 min
Alcatraz was designed to be inescapable. But in 1962, three men broke out. The FBI concluded the inmates died in the San Francisco Bay. But some family members are convinced they made it out alive – and lived secret lives for decades. Lees meer
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The Kinross Incident: Did a UFO Abduct an Entire Jet?
21 mei 2025 · 36 min
In 1953, an Air Force jet took off from Michigan’s Kinross Air Force Base in pursuit of an unknown aircraft, or bogey. As the jet approached the mystery aircraft, the two dots representing them on a radarscope appeared to merge – just before the jet vanished.For years, ufologists have theorized that the bogey was of extraterrestrial origin.Today, we’re talking to two researchers from the Open Skies Project – Zach Garner and Kyle Kary – who’ve been digging into declassified files and other documents related to the Kinross Incident.See their research and follow along with their work on the Calumet Air Force Station at openskiesproject.org Lees meer
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Buried Gold: How the FBI Got Involved In a Treasure Hunt
14 mei 2025 · 37 min
A legend tells of a cache of Civil War-era gold buried somewhere in the hills of Elk County, Pennsylvania. Over the past few decades, treasure hunters have descended upon the community of Dents Run to seek their fortune – and to find out if the stories are true. Lees meer
Dennis Parada’s search began in 1974. He spent the majority of his lifetime researching the tale, put years into combing the woods, and told his son bedtime stories of Union soldiers on an ill-fated trip. Then, one day, he believed he finally found it. His research was so convincing that in 2018, the FBI agreed to excavate the site Dennis pinpointed.
According to the FBI, they found nothing: no gold, and no evidence that gold had ever been there. But not everybody is convinced that the FBI is telling the full truth.
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The Short Reign and Mysterious Death of Pope John Paul I
7 mei 2025 · 39 min
In the early 1970s, when he was still an Archbishop, Albino Luciani caught wind of a shady banking scheme involving Italian banker Roberto Calvi and the Vatican. Years later – and just 33 days into his tenure as Pope John Paul I – he was found dead. Did stepping into the Vatican’s affairs cost him his life? Lees meer
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The Assassination of Malcolm X Pt. 2
30 april 2025 · 37 min
After Malcolm X was assassinated, three men were arrested. Despite holes in the investigation and the prosecution’s case, all three went to prison. In the years that followed, people close to Malcolm insisted there was more to the story. But then, decades later, after new information emerged in a 2020 docuseries Manhattan’s then-District Attorney decided to re-examine the case. Lees meer
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The Assassination of Malcolm X Pt. 1
23 april 2025 · 41 min
Malcolm X’s radical ideas about racial justice won him many followers, and spawned just as many enemies. When Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965, three men were promptly arrested. But for decades, questions have lingered about whether the right men went to prison, and more importantly, who told them to pull the trigger. Lees meer
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UFOS, Occultists, Murder Schemes: The Deaths of Miguel and Manuel
16 april 2025 · 44 min
Brazil, 1966. Two men in suits were found dead on a hill, surrounded by odd notes, and wearing lead eye masks. With no sign of violence, police were baffled. Theorists linked the men to occult rituals, criminal conspiracy, and maybe even alien contact. Lees meer
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The Dark Truth Behind Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
9 april 2025 · 50 min
In 1973, author and activist Oscar Zeta Acosta told his son he was getting on a boat, and would see him soon. But Acosta was never seen again. Theories range from a drug deal gone wrong, to a faked death, to an FBI assassination. Lees meer
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Murder in Antarctica?
2 april 2025 · 42 min
In May 2000, 32-year-old Australian astrophysicist Rodney Marks died suddenly on an Antarctica base after falling ill just 36 hours earlier. The National Science Foundation (NSF) released a statement saying he most likely died of natural causes. But when the toxicology report came back, it revealed he had actually been poisoned by methanol. Lees meer
How did the methanol get in his system? And why did New Zealand authorities feel like the NSF wanted to stonewall their investigation? We spoke with reporter Stephen Davis, whose own investigation into the death of Rodney Marks first began more than two decades ago
Stephen is also a professor and the host of the audio series The Secret History of Antarctica. It’s available on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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"My Lady Jane" and the Real Conspiracy to Take the English Throne
26 maart 2025 · 56 min
Teenager Jane Grey was never supposed to be Queen of England. But in 1553, a complex conspiracy put her on the throne. A year later, another conspiracy led to her death. Historians call Jane a pawn, but she may have been a conspirator herself. Lees meer
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Argentina's Death Flights
19 maart 2025 · 49 min
In 1976, a military coup led to an authoritarian regime in Argentina. The military and its new leader, Lieutenant General Jorge Rafaél Videla, then launched a campaign to eradicate political dissidents. Thousands of Argentine citizens were kidnapped, illegally detained, tortured, and killed. Journalist Miriam Lewin survived. All these years later, she thinks she maybe has an explanation why. Lees meer
Miriam’s story is the subject of the documentary audio series, Avenger. Directed by Fisher Stevens, executive produced by Steve Fishman, hosted by Andres Caballero, and featuring Alexis Bledel as a voice actor, Avenger is a production of Orbit Media. It’s available on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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The Great Hunger of Ireland: Natural Disaster or Man-Made Genocide?
12 maart 2025 · 37 min
In the mid-19th century, British-occupied Ireland lost roughly one-third of its population during a years-long catastrophe known as “The Great Hunger” or, “The Irish Potato Famine.” In the years that followed, some have wondered if the tragedy wasn’t the result of a natural disaster, but the intentional efforts of the British government to annihilate Irish people and their culture. The idea that the British pulled off a secret genocide has taken root in the Irish identity– but is it true? Lees meer
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JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents
5 maart 2025 · 59 min
In early 2025, the FBI announced that they had found more than 2,000 new records related to John F. Kennedy’s assassination. What do they include? Why did it take so long to find them? How many will be made public? The world waits to find out. Lees meer
In late 2023, we sat down with journalist, author, and co-founder of the substack JFK Facts Jefferson Morley. We discussed revelations regarding the CIA’s knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald before November 22nd, the lasting legacy of JFK’s approach to foreign policy, and how clandestine intelligence agencies continue to withhold information about the 35th president’s death.
Check out JFK Facts at jfkfacts.substack.com and Jeff’s books The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton, Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA, and Scorpions’ Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate.
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The Dead Minister Who Lived
26 februari 2025 · 33 min
When youth minister, husband, and new father Wesley Barrett Cox goes missing in rural Texas in 1984, authorities and his family assume he’s the victim of foul play. But after more investigation, some law enforcement officials think Cox intended to disappear. His family doesn’t buy it. Each theory gets put to the test over sixteen years later…when Cox reappears with a new name and no memory of his family. Lees meer
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The Fall of the Georgia Guidestones
19 februari 2025 · 42 min
In the summer of 2022, an explosion destroyed the granite monument known as The Georgia Guidestones. Modeled after Stonehenge, the structure was built in 1980 and backed by a mysterious group of sponsors led by pseudonymous figure RC Christian. The purpose of the Guidestones – and the true identity of the man who built them – has been secret ever since. Were the Guidestones a pillar for Satanism, a guide to bring in the New World Order, or simply the work of an eccentric millionaire? Lees meer
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The Colossal Reach of the Tartarian Empire
12 februari 2025 · 35 min
An alternative-history conspiracy theory has been taking root on YouTube and Reddit forums. It alleges that a long-enduring, advanced society called Tartaria built much of our perennial architecture worldwide. After a catastrophic mudslide took out most Tartarian citizens, the theory goes, their remaining buildings are now being systematically dismantled to suppress the truth about their origin. How much of this theory is true? And why is it gaining traction right now? Lees meer
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I Fought the Law: The Death of Bobby Fuller
5 februari 2025 · 37 min
In 1966, Bobby Fuller was a rising rockstar. His eponymous band and their song "I Fought the Law" was climbing the charts when he suddenly died. As is the case with many rockstars, theories about his death abound. Was his death really an accident or suicide, or could it have been a hit from the LA mob…or even Charles Manson? Lees meer
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Roswell of Texas: The Aurora UFO
29 januari 2025 · 43 min
In 1897, locals of Aurora, Texas reported a UFO had crashed in their town. They supposedly discovered the body of an extraterrestrial, buried it in the cemetery, and never spoke of it again. Decades later, an Aurora resident claims the whole thing was a hoax, which prompts several UFO investigations to set out to either dig up the body...or the truth Lees meer
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The Mysterious Death of the Manson Family Lawyer
22 januari 2025 · 30 min
In 1969, the Manson Family disrupted the “Summer of Love” when they murdered multiple people across a two-night span in Los Angeles. After Charles Manson and his followers were caught later that year, one of the strangest and most highly-publicized trials in American history followed. This is the story most people know. But some believe the Manson Family may have at least one more victim…the man who was defending one of their own. Lees meer
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Curse of the Crying Boy
15 januari 2025 · 30 min
On September 4, 1985, a British tabloid published a story attributing dozens of fires to a painting of a crying boy that had been mass produced in the 50s. After each fire, nothing survived but the painting, unscathed. Was the painting cursed by the spirit of the crying boy, or was it a hoax? Lees meer
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The Death of Ned Doheny
8 januari 2025 · 51 min
Ned Doheny, the only heir to one of the world's richest oil baron was found shot to death next to his childhood friend and secretary Hugh Plunkett in 1929. Investigators at the time ruled it a murder-suicide. But to this day, the crime is a source of rumor and speculation. Was it a muder-suicide or just made to look that way? Or was it tied to a bigger scandal involving millions of dollars, government contracts and bribery of a cabinet member. Lees meer
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Death on Aconcagua
1 januari 2025 · 52 min
In 1973, eight Americans attempted to summit Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres. Only six returned. Sounds like the notoriously deadly mountain collected two more victims. Lees meer
Or maybe that’s just what the killer wants you to think.
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The Redpath Family Murders
25 december 2024 · 43 min
In 1901 Montreal, two members of the elite Redpath family were found dead from gunshot wounds in their luxurious mansion. The family’s intense secrecy around the deaths bordered on pathological. This bizarre behavior only intensified a curiosity that persists today about what has become a classic Victorian-era whodunnit. Lees meer
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Best of 2024: The Death of Harry Houdini [VIDEO]
18 december 2024 · 46 min
In Carter's second Best of 2024 pick, we're returning to explore the remarkable life of legendary magician Harry Houdini and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. Lees meer
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Best of 2024: Where Are All the Aliens?
11 december 2024 · 49 min
Continuing our holiday break, we're bringing you some of Carter's favorite episodes from this year! His first Best of 2024 pick re-examines the question that's been debated by scientists and ufologists for decades: Are we alone in the universe? And if not... where are all the aliens? Lees meer
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Carter’s Holiday Pick: Otherworld
4 december 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
This is the second week of our four-week holiday break. Today we’re featuring another one of Carter’s favorite shows: Otherworld. Lees meer
In this episode of Otherworld, host Jack Wagner interviews Annalise about an unusual camping trip she took with her boyfriend, at a spot that had been in her family for decades. The location was very isolated, off the grid, and required a six-mile hike through dense forest to reach. As they trekked through the wilderness, they couldn't shake the eerie feeling of being watched. Despite the unease, they pressed on, dismissing it as paranoia. Once at the campsite, they encountered other strange occurrences, and a mysterious sound that left them shaken to their core and grasping for answers.
Otherworld is available on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Carter’s Holiday Pick: Truthless
27 november 2024 · 41 min
This is the first week of our four-week holiday break. Today we’re featuring one of Carter’s favorite shows: Truthless. Lees meer
In this episode of Truthless, host Brian Phillips talks to The Kid Mero about the time he landed a job in the mail room at one of New York’s biggest investment banks, as a teenager. After deciding he was ready for a promotion, Mero talked his way into a new job in the IT department. The only problem? He knew nothing about computers.
Truthless is out now on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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