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What Happens When Religious Leaders Take Magic Mushrooms?
Season 1 Episode 88
A new study gave psilocybin to religious leaders, just to see whether their faith would be affirmed or rattled. In this episode we hear from one part…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
He Cut Off My Arms and Left Me to Die
Season 1 Episode 87
Mary McGriff was 15 when she hitched a ride with a man named Lawrence Singleton. The next day, she lay at the bottom of a cliff, her arms severed wit…
7 months ago
The Lovers That Burned Down 77 Houses
Season 1 Episode 86
This week, we're re-running a classic. When abandoned farm houses started catching fire in rural Virginia, police weren't sure what to think. It took…
7 months, 1 week ago
I Got Eaten By a Hippopotamus
Season 1 Episode 85
In the early 90s, Paul Templer ran a business guiding clients down the Zambezi River near Victoria Falls. One afternoon, he was attacked by a hippo a…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
I Led the Manhunt for a Killer Who Lived Like a Hermit
Season 1 Episode 84
In 2005, Malcolm Naden murdered two women and vanished into the Australian bush. For seven years he evaded police, until former detective Ricky Henne…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
How Cocaine Killed the Car in 'Back to the Future'
Season 1 Episode 83
John DeLorean was a star auto designer in the 1960s, but his own car company—the DeLorean Motor Company—never took off. When a cocaine deal offered a…
8 months ago
My School Was Kidnapped at Gunpoint
Season 1 Episode 82
In 1976, 20-year-old Rob Hunter was a month into his first teaching job at a remote Australian school when an armed gunman abducted him and his nine …
8 months, 1 week ago
I Had Sex With 100 Men in One Day
Season 1 Episode 81
Last year, 23-year-old British porn star Lily Phillips announced plans to break the world record for the most sexual partners in a day—starting with …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Everyone Said 'Dirty Dancing' Would Flop. I Made It Anyway
Season 1 Episode 80
In the mid-80s, producer Linda Gottlieb heard a friend’s story about “dirty dancing” at summer camp and urged her to write a script. Despite rejectio…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
I Got Pregnant to a Man Who Doesn't Exist
Season 1 Episode 79
In 2024, Cass Taulaki fell pregnant to the man of her dreams—a 32-year-old engineer in the Australian Defence Force. Or so she thought. In reality, h…
8 months, 4 weeks ago