Podcast Episodes

Kasanka Bat Migration

Kasanka National Park in Zambia hosts one of the largest – and most mysterious! – animal migrations on the planet.

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Hacienda Napoles

Medellín Cartel founder Pablo Escobar built himself a sort of Jurassic Park-meets-Disney World resort with drug money. He called it Hacienda Nápoles.…

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Thompson Ice House

Thompson’s Ice House in Bristol, Maine is one of the only places in the United States where people gather every winter to take part in the age-old pr…

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Scary Stories from Real Places

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

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Witch Cakes

These cakes had a particular ingredient that some believe protected them from witchery - and sparked one of the best-known witch hunts in United Stat…

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Spooky Sites with the Places Team

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…

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Luomus Spiders

The Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki has been home to an infestation of Chilean recluse spiders for more than 50 years.

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Houdini’s Grave

Producer Johanna Mayer visits Houdini’s grave in Queens, NY and goes searching for evidence of the great beyond. To hear another take on Spiritualism…

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Cassadaga with Jamie Loftus

The Atlas Obscura Podcast is launching a week of spooky-themed stories ahead of Halloween. We begin with Jamie Loftus’ newest podcast about Cassadaga…

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Classic: Valley of the Whales

The fossils of Wadi al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales) in Egypt give us a glimpse of a remarkable evolutionary history. 

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