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The Banana Wars
Episode 124
In 1954, the CIA orchestrated a covert coup that removed Guatemala's democratically elected president, Jacobo Árbenz, at the behest of Cold War anxie…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Casey Anthony
Episode 123
In the summer of 2008, two-year-old Caylee Anthony vanished, and her mother Casey didn't report her missing for thirty-one days. In that time, she go…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
"The Ypsilanti Ripper" John Norman Collins
Episode 122
Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined by Katie Ring, host of the Crime House Original America's Most Infamous Crimes to discuss the crimes of the "Ypsila…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
UNSOLVED: Amy Bradley
Episode 121
In March 1998, 23-year-old Amy Bradley boarded a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with her family — and vanished without a trace…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
An Online Affair, a Fake Identity, and a Murder That Shocked the Internet
Episode 120
In 2005, a married factory worker reinvented himself online, and fell hard for a girl he’d never met. When “Tommy,” “Jessi,” and a coworker named Bri…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Jelani Day: The River Never Gave Him Back
Episode 119
In August 2021, 25-year-old Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day was last seen leaving a dispensary in Bloomington-Normal, far from …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Mercy Brown & the Vampire Panic featuring Dr. Harini Bhat
Episode 118
In 1892, as tuberculosis ravaged the small town of Exeter, Rhode Island, a grieving family made a desperate decision: they exhumed the body of 19-yea…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
When Beloved Cartoons Became Something Darker
Episode 117
Three of the internet's most notorious lost media creepypastas take aim at SpongeBob SquarePants, The Simpsons, and classic Disney — spinning tales o…
4 weeks ago
Aileen Wuornos
Episode 116
Before Aileen Wuornos became one of America's most feared serial killers, she was a 13-year-old girl who was assaulted and impregnated by a stranger,…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
SERIAL KILLER: "The Blood Countess"
Episode 115
Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined by Dr. Harini Bhat from PAVE Studio's newest show "Hidden History" as they discuss the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth B…
4 weeks, 2 days ago