Podcast Episodes

Spooky Week: The Gray Man (Classic)

A South Carolina ghost story is a harbinger of hurricanes and a window into history. Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/so…

1 year, 7 months ago

Spooky Week: The Story of the Mad Gasser with Colin Dickey

In 1944, a strange spate of “gas attacks” in a small Midwestern town reveals what was really lurking in mid-century America. Read Colin Dickey’s arti…

1 year, 7 months ago

Spooky Week: Places That Give Us the Creeps

Listener stories about places that give off big creepy vibes – from an abandoned ice factory to a haunted university music building.

If you want to he…

1 year, 8 months ago

Spooky Week: No More Scary Stories at Camp

To avoid traumatizing kids, many summer camps are banning scary stories. But can a little fun with fear be a good thing? 

Check out Roxanne Hoorn’s ar…

1 year, 8 months ago

Spooky Week: Elmer McCurdy’s Nine Lives

In 1976, a television crew filming an episode of the show “The Six Million Dollar Man” descended on a rundown funhouse in Long Beach, California. Whi…

1 year, 8 months ago

The Smallest Mollusk Museum (Classic)

The Smallest Mollusk Museum in New York City is part of a fleet of tiny museums that might just have a big impact on the world.

1 year, 8 months ago

Living on Mars

Kelly and Zach Weinersmith walk Dylan through the practicalities of making a home on the red planet. 

Check out their book A City on Mars everywhere b…

1 year, 8 months ago

The South's Hidden Confessional

Outside the French Quarter lies Hidden South, an antique shop like any other. And hidden amongst the oddities is a bathroom full of secrets.

1 year, 8 months ago

Aftel Archive of Curious Scents

Producer Alexa Lim visits a collection of natural aromas in Berkeley, California. She gets a whiff of some of the world’s lesser known smells, and st…

1 year, 8 months ago

Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami

In the 1930s and 1940s, a young Black woman named Bessie Stringfield decided she’d strike out on her own and hit the road – and ended up crisscrossin…

1 year, 8 months ago