Podcast Episodes

The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft (Classic)

Reporter Eric Grundhauser recounts a memorable visit to an unusual museum in Iceland, where he explored the ancient lore of the occult, learned how t…

2 years, 6 months ago

Yemrehanna Kristos Church (Classic)

Photographer and author Paul Koudonaris brings listeners to this Ethiopian Church and explores ossuaries, jeweled skeletons, and death practices thro…

2 years, 6 months ago

Scary Stories from Real Places (Classic)

Atlas contributors bring listeners stories from spooky locations they’ve visited, and which continue to haunt them.

2 years, 6 months ago

Spooky Sites with the Places Team (Classic)

With Halloween just around the corner Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team bring you two spooky legends of The Mothman from P…

2 years, 6 months ago

Bloody Island (Classic)

This island between Missouri and Illinois was a preferred meeting place for duels to the death in the early 1900’s.

2 years, 6 months ago

Abandoned Chacaltaya Ski Resort (Classic)

Hear from the caretakers of a ghost town in Bolivia that was once the world's highest ski resort. 

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2 years, 6 months ago

The Art of the Heist with Noah Charney

We chat with one of the leading experts on art theft – professor and author Noah Charney, who unpacks the cultural fascination with this type of crim…

2 years, 6 months ago

Great Plains Dinosaur Museum

We visit a museum in Montana that’s a dream for dinosaur nerds, and home to bones that are the real deal, locally sourced and sustainably foraged.

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2 years, 6 months ago

Venturing Into the Twilight Zone with Susan Casey

Journalist Susan Casey takes us to the deep deep ocean, where she explores the relationship between humans and this mysterious underworld.

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2 years, 6 months ago

Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

A basketball fan goes to the hall of fame – and no, it’s not the big one in Massachusetts that you may be thinking about. Hear the story behind a Mid…

2 years, 6 months ago