Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
The Pizza Bomber Pt. 1: The Mastermind
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After the fallout at the PNC Bank, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong and Bill Rothstein scrambled to cover th...
The Pizza Bomber Pt. 2: The Murder
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In order to deactivate the bomb, Brian’s co-conspirators set up an elaborate scavenger hunt around...
The Pizza Bomber Pt. 3: The Robbery
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2003, pizza delivery man Brian Wells strapped a collar bomb to his neck and chest and ente...
Napoleon Bonaparte
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Officially, the exiled French emperor died of stomach cancer in 1821. But for hundreds of years, con...
The Real Life James Bond Pt. 2
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sidney Reilly returns to his unfinished business in Russia, only to be dealt a final deadly hand. Co...
The Real Life James Bond Pt. 1
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He's a legend in the world of spycraft, the “Ace of Spies”, and the inspiration behind Ian Flemi...
The Wine Con (with Justin Sayles)
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Carter sits down with Justin to discuss his new podcast, The Wedding Scamme...
The Curse of Dudleytown
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carter examines a cursed Connecticut neighborhood, its rumored royal origins, and the town’s ghost...
The Osage Murders Pt. 2
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The true story behind Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon: Members of Osage Nation are being targe...
The Osage Murders Pt. 1
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The true story behind Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon: In the early twentieth century, Oklahom...
Exeter Incident
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After dozens of UFO sightings plagued Exeter, New Hampshire in 1965, a skeptical investigative journ...
Sun Tzu & The Art of War
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s cited in war rooms and boardrooms, but perhaps the most important lessons from Sun Tzu’s Th...
The Dominici Affair Pt. 2
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Detective Sébeille begins to uncover the secrets of the Dominici family, but has his single-minded ...
The Dominici Affair Pt. 1
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A dogged detective travels to rural France in 1952 to investigate the murders of three British touri...
Shark Vomits Arm?
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A disembodied arm, a man-eating shark, and multiple rumored mob hits. It’s one of Australia’s mo...
What’s Hiding in the Wizard of Oz?
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, a study ranked it as “the most influential film of all time.” Rotten Tomatoes certifies...
The Isdal Woman
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The only question bigger than “Who is the Isdal Woman?” is “Who’s keeping her identity secre...
The Princes Who Disappeared
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1483, the rightful king of England and his heir apparent vanished. Popular opinion says they were...
The Assassination of Pancho Villa
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To some, he was a hero of the Mexican Revolution. To others, a “bloody soul, born from evil.” In...
The Crimes of Aaron Burr
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does King Burr sound? While he’s most infamous for shooting a Founding Father in a duel, Aaron...
The UAP Hearing
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
July 26th was quite a day in Congress. The House subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and ...
Secrets of Chernobyl
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In April 1988, a top Soviet scientist, Valery Legasov, died by suicide. Before his death, he recorde...
The Disappearance of Ettore Majorana
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In March 1938, a brilliant physicist boarded a ship from Palermo to Naples, Italy. When the ship doc...
The Manhattan Project
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A top-secret military program changed the world in August 1945. Today we’re examining the Manhatta...
Bohemian Grove’s Atomic Secrets
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Three years before the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a group of men including...
Nuclear Fallout
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Before Oppenheimer hits theaters this summer, explore the real-life events that inspired the film. W...
Bone Fraud: The Piltdown Man
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A prehistoric species discovered in England was once hailed as the “missing link” between humans...
Hollywood Conspiracies: Military Propaganda
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From doctoring scripts and censoring movies, to influencing programming for game shows, just how dee...
Hollywood Conspiracies: Police Propaganda
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are crime dramas just good PR for cops? From Dragnet to Law & Order, American crime shows have been ...
Jurassic Park: The Resurrection
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Jurassic Park film franchise brought dinosaurs to life using CGI and special effects. But, with ...
Jurassic Park: The Myth
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's been thirty years since the first Jurassic Park film dazzled global audiences. Since then, the ...
Jurassic Park: The Movie
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, we're digging deeper into a film that preyed on the world's fasci...
Aliens and the Oval Office Pt. 2
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Because of the government's classified files on UFOs, it's hard to know which US presidents knew abo...
Aliens and the Oval Office Pt. 1
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When a flying saucer crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, President Harry Truman tried to downplay the in...
STENDEC
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A small commercial airplane, the Star Dust, disappeared over the Andes Mountains in 1947. Some think...
The Missing Angola Boeing 727
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Boeing 727 took off from Angola and vanished from the skies above Southern Africa in 2003. Many su...
Sinking of the MS Estonia Pt. 2
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After the shipwreck, many rumors swirled about how the MS Estonia came to sink in the Baltic Sea. So...
Sinking of the MS Estonia Pt. 1
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In September of 1994, the MS Estonia was en route from Tallinn, Estonia to Stockholm, Sweden when it...
Missing Mogul: Robert Maxwell Pt. 2
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After the body of media mogul Robert Maxwell was pulled from the water, rumors began to swirl about ...
Missing Mogul: Robert Maxwell Pt. 1
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He was a controversial media mogul in Britain accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars fr...
Death of a Whistleblower: Karen Silkwood Pt. 2
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In November 1974, Karen Silkwood died in a one-car crash while driving to meet a New York Times repo...
Death of a Whistleblower: Karen Silkwood Pt. 1
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Worker safety was paramount to Karen Silkwood. That's why she was proud to be part of the Oil, Chemi...
The Man Who Knew Too Much Pt. 2
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A week after he was unwittingly dosed with LSD by MK-Ultra’s mastermind, Sidney Gottlieb, Frank Ol...
The Man Who Knew Too Much Pt. 1
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He was a military scientist for the CIA and worked on clandestine operations including MK-Ultra. As ...
Rumors and Misinformation
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While a massive manhunt was conducted by police, citizen "digilantes" scoured through thousands of p...
Panic On Patriot’s Day
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April 2013, the reg...
Nazi Gold in Austria’s Lake Toplitz
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
During World War II, the Nazis had a base in an isolated, wooded area of the Austrian Alps called La...
Lennon's Biggest Fan
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On December 8, 1980, 25-year-old Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon outside the Dakota in New York ...
The Break Up
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More than half a century ago, the Beatles officially broke up. It upset many fans, who directed thei...
Paul Is Dead
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, the Beatles were launched into worldwide stard...
The Count of Saint Germain Pt. 2
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are numerous tall tales about the Count of Saint Germain, and it isn't easy to separate fact f...
The Count of Saint Germain Pt. 1
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Likely born around 1710, this self-styled alchemist traveled the world and rubbed elbows with societ...
Hillsborough Disaster Pt. 2
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After almost 100 spectators were killed at a football match in Sheffield, England, people were looki...
Hillsborough Disaster Pt. 1
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday, April 15th, 1989, was set to be a highly-anticipated semi-final football match between Liv...
Forced to Buy: The Dark Side of Advertising
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to modern-day marketing methods, brands have a knack for knowing exactly what products...
Made to Break: Planned Obsolescence
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the winter of 1924, the Phoebus Cartel concluded that the best way to sell more light bulbs was t...
The Disappearance of Rudolf Diesel Pt. 2
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On September 29th, 1913, German inventor and engineer Rudolf Diesel boarded the England-bound S.S. D...
The Disappearance of Rudolf Diesel Pt. 1
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fueled by a desire to change the world, Rudolf Diesel spent his early adulthood refining an idea for...
The Pitchfork Murder of Charles Walton Pt. 2
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After English farmhand Charles Walton was brutally killed on Valentine's Day, 1945, three distinct t...
The Pitchfork Murder of Charles Walton Pt. 1
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1945, residents were left wondering who was responsible for the gruesome murder of 74-year-old fa...
Deflategate: NFL Cheating Scandal Pt. 2
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In January 2015, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots became the center of another cheating scanda...
Spygate: NFL Cheating Scandal Pt. 1
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
They had won three Super Bowls in four seasons. Their hunky quarterback and their no-nonsense coach ...
Havana Syndrome Pt. 2
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over 100 instances of "Havana Syndrome" have been documented worldwide. Many people have dismissed i...
Havana Syndrome Pt. 1
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A mysterious ailment emerged in 2016 that affected American diplomats stationed in Havana, Cuba. Vic...
Who Was Joan of Arc? Pt. 2
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She was told to find the future King Charles VII, get him crowned, and liberate France from the Engl...
Who Was Joan of Arc? Pt. 1
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a teenager, she had divine visions. She was thrust into the spotlight when she became a military ...
Operation Midnight Climax
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After World War II, the U.S. government hoped to use LSD as a “truth serum” against its enemies....
The Overthrow of Hawaii | 100 Year Anniversary
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A century ago, a secret society conspired to strip the power from Hawaii’s queen, and force the in...
Vatican Spy Rings
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have popes throughout centuries signed off on secret intelligence programs designed to spy on revolu...
The Death of Pope John Paul I
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1970s, when he was still an Archbishop, Albino Luciani caught wind of a shady banking s...
The Lost Colony of Roanoke Pt. 2
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The fate of the lost colonists has been debated for hundreds of years. Did they abandon their settle...
The Lost Colony of Roanoke Pt. 1
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a mystery that’s endured for centuries: When the English first began colonizing America, th...
Best of 2022: COINTELPRO Pt. 2
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a dozen major campaigns and thousands of planted bugs and wiretaps, COINTELPRO was finally exp...
Best of 2022: COINTELPRO Pt. 1
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A secret intelligence project led by the FBI used illegal methods to spy on organizations and people...
The Johnstown Flood Pt. 2
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wrath, rivalry, or coverup? Despite over 2200 people dying in the Johnstown flood, no one has ever b...
The Johnstown Flood Pt. 1
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After years of neglect, the decaying South Fork dam gave way in May 1889 — flooding a town of stee...
FIFA World Cup Scandal Pt. 2
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An IRS agent uncovers a trail of embezzlement in an American soccer official’s transactions, the F...
FIFA World Cup Scandal Pt. 1
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Qatar won the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, it made sports history — becoming the firs...
Secrets of NASA Pt. 2
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If NASA could hide an alliance with a government espionage office, what else could it be hiding? Tod...
Secrets of NASA Pt. 1
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
High-risk missions. International competition. And the keys to the cosmos. When you think of clandes...
Future Tech: The Metaverse
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a buzzy word meant to invoke a sense of immersion within a virtual world — where boundaries...
Future Tech: Artificiality
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
They’re modern marvels, all around us — artificial products we can eat (lab-grown meat), transpl...
Future Tech: Automation
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Automation promises to make our lives radically more efficient, with the power to change everything ...
Future Tech: Transhumanism
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From brain implants and bionic limbs to gene editing and immortality — today’s technology has th...
Cattle Mutilation Pt. 2
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1960s and ‘70s, farmers across America were waking up to find that their cows had been slau...
Cattle Mutilation Pt. 1
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For decades across America’s heartland, cattle ranchers have found healthy livestock dead, with th...
The Mummy's Curse: Curse of the Pharaohs Pt. 2
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the years following the unveiling of King Tut’s burial chamber, tragedy seemed to follow those ...
The Mummy's Curse: Curse of the Pharaohs Pt. 1
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon set out for Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, they hoped to uncov...
The Death of a Rolling Stone
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From an early age, Brian Jones showed a creative edge and an interest in self-destruction. His rebel...
The Tylenol Murders Pt. 3: A Nightmare on Halloween
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
By 2011, the FBI was ready to reexamine the evidence. A theory emerged: What if the Mad Poisoner was...
The Tylenol Murders Pt. 2: A Walking Crime Wave
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If Roger Arnold wasn’t behind the murders, who was? Police turn their focus to a new suspect: a di...
The Tylenol Murders Pt. 1: Poisoning the Well
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Forty years ago, cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules led to the deaths of seven people all around the Chi...
Majestic 12 Pt. 2
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When the papers referring to MJ-12 were released to the public, the news was a bombshell. But scruti...
Majestic 12 Pt. 1
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Decades ago, a top-secret group of scientists, military officials and researchers reported on extrat...
The Disappearance of Agatha Christie
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For 11 days in December 1926, a famed writer — the “Queen of Crime” herself — vanished. Agat...
Ernest Hemingway, the Spy
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Famed novelist. Accomplished outdoorsman. Intrepid spy? Today we examine the evidence suggesting one...
Superman Defeats a Klan Plot Pt. 2
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Over 16 episodes, listeners tuned in to hear Superman and his allies battle against the Clan of the ...
Superman Defeats a Klan Plot Pt. 1
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1940s, journalist Stetson Kennedy tried to undermine the KKK’s recruiting power by ex...
Princess Diana: The Royal Special Pt. 3
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From a royal to a humanitarian to a victim, Princess Diana significantly impacted the world during h...
Princess Diana: The Royal Special Pt. 2
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the world mourns, speculation runs wild. How could this have happened? Who was to blame? British ...