Podcast Episodes

Winchester Mystery House (Classic)

Does this sprawling mansion in San Jose, California live up to its reputation as one of the most haunted places in the world?

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Hartsdale Pet Cemetery

The oldest operating pet cemetery in the world is just north of NYC, and it’s where dearly departed four-legged friends come to rest – and sometimes,…

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Gullah Museum

We visit a museum in Georgetown, SC that’s dedicated to preserving and prioritizing the rich and historic Gullah Geechee culture.

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Burj Al Babas

An incomplete luxury housing development in Turkey is a mashup of fairy tale and ghost town, and almost everyone has an opinion of (or wants to see) …

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Pā‘ula‘ula / Russian Fort Elizabeth

Producer Johanna Mayer and Atlas Obscura associate editor Sarah Durn tell us the story of a fort in Hawaii with two names – and how those names both …

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Sunny Jim Cave (Classic)

We follow a long set of wooden stairs deep underground to a sea cave with a mysterious and colorful past, and take in a spectacular, hidden view of t…

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Jacko Steps

We go to the Caribbean island of Dominica and hear the story of Jacko, a formerly enslaved man who became a national hero for his ingenious escape an…

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Dmanisi

An archeological site in the country of Georgia, which features the oldest human skull fossils found outside of Africa, challenges what we think we k…

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Heating things up in Hatch

Today we're headed just a couple hours south of Albuquerque to Hatch, New Mexico, a town where the heat doesn’t just come from the sun. It also comes…

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Bone Vinyl

In the Soviet Union, x-rays didn’t just give you a look inside the human body. They also gave you a glimpse of the outside world, thanks to music tha…

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