Episode #324
2025-07-11 05:00:23
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On September 15, 1983, Michael Stewart was on his way home from a nightclub in New York when police arrested him. Thirteen days later, he was dead.
Episode #323
2025-07-04 05:00:19
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Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something strange at the beach. Residents had found an odd set of footprints in the sand, and a rumor began circulating that Clearwater Beach had a sea monster.
Episode #322
2025-06-27 05:00:35
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In 1997, Eric Konigsberg received a strange voicemail from someone in prison — a hit man who had confessed to at least ten murders. Eric and the man had never spoken before, but Eric had a hunch about who it was: his uncle.
Episode #321
2025-06-20 05:00:07
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In July 2010, a woman was on vacation with her boyfriend of six years — they were traveling around Italy in a van. One day, she was looking for a pair of sunglasses in the glove box, and she found a passport. It had her boyfriend’s photo — but a different name.
Episode #320
2025-06-13 05:00:07
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In the late 1960s, a yogi named Swami Rama came to the United States. His followers believed he could read their minds, visit them in their dreams, and manipulate reality. Shruti Swamy was one of them.
Episode #319
2025-06-06 05:00:40
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John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before surprising everyone with a series of increasingly bizarre crimes.
Episode #318
2025-05-23 05:00:31
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“Anyone who went to Action Park understood you could get really messed up going there. It was part of why you wanted to go.”
Episode #317
2025-05-16 05:00:19
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In the 1950s, a new television quiz show premiered called Twenty One. But the first episode was a disaster — so the producers decided to try something.
Episode #316
2025-05-09 05:00:53
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The night before she gave birth, Susan Horton had a salad for dinner. The next day, doctors told her she’d tested positive for opiates - and reported her to child welfare authorities.
Episode #315
2025-05-02 05:00:30
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When Tabatha Trammell was 50 years old, she started studying to become a doula — a support person for pregnant women. Today, most of her clients are incarcerated. She says she always tells them her own story when she meets them: “I went down that same road. But I'm here today. And I'm going to tell you how to navigate this prison system.”
Episode #314
2025-04-25 05:00:53
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Frank Thompson had to prepare his staff to perform Oregon's first lethal injection in three decades. They simulated each step of the process over and over and over.
Episode #313
2025-04-18 05:00:26
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“Was I surprised that he escaped? Not really.”
Episode #312
2025-04-11 05:00:29
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Between 1998 and 2000, more than 40 stores and chain restaurants across the country were robbed by a masked man who always entered through the roof. Police couldn’t figure out where he’d turn up next.
Episode #311
2025-04-04 05:00:25
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In the midst of the 1996 race for North Carolina governor, a new candidate emerged. Her name was Jolene Strickland, and her campaign slogan was “Too Good to be True.”
Episode #310
2025-03-28 05:00:16
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In May of 2021, the National Park Service received a call that a woman had fallen over the Grandview Overlook at New River Gorge National Park. After days of searching with rappel lines, infrared cameras, and dogs, they didn't find anyone.
Episode #309
2025-03-21 05:00:48
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A Toronto police officer was having an affair with a government worker – and then they found out about an elderly man who died with a large estate, and no will.