Podcast Episodes

Sister Margaret’s Coffin Knocking Mystery in 1874 Missouri

Episode 311

A nun in an 1874 Missouri convent begins hearing voices “through the dirt.” After she dies, the convent seals her in iron-reinforced coffins beneath the chapel floor. Two nights later, the knocking b…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

The Appalachian Farmhouse Where Missing Men Were Found

Episode 310

In 1947, a land surveyor visits a remote West Virginia farmhouse to mark county lines—and discovers the boundary dispute isn’t about land at all. What the Ketchum twins were guarding beneath the floo…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

The 1961 “Wolverine” Experiment: The Hanford Tape They Sealed Away

Episode 308

In 1961, a classified U.S. program near Hanford tried to make a man survive radiation. The logs read like a miracle—until Day 17, when the body adapted into something they couldn’t sedate… and the su…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

The Diner That Asked Men One Question

Episode 307

A lonely stretch of highway. A diner everyone trusts. And a cook who asks every man the same question before serving him. When a pipeline inspector survives a late-night encounter in the room behind …

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

The White Sands Soldier Who Could Sense You Through Walls

Episode 306

In the late 1950s at White Sands, New Mexico, military scientists ran a program with one goal: enhancing human perception on the battlefield. They studied arachnids for their ability to sense vibrati…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

The Plane That Vanished in 1978—and Landed in 1985

Episode 305

In October 1978, Flight 914 left New York on a routine route and vanished from radar near the western edge of the Bermuda Triangle less than an hour after takeoff. No distress call was received. No d…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Dexter’s Laboratory Was Real — And It Got Sealed

Episode 303

In 1986 in Hillsborough, Ohio, a child named Dexter was born under “abnormal” circumstances—and grew into something no one around him could understand.

By 6 he outperformed high school students. By 1…

Published on 3 weeks ago

The Happy Meal Tent

Episode 304

The first Happy Meal wasn’t sold—it was handed out… and kids vanished. In the late 1890s, county fairs across the Midwest were visited by a drifter in a dark red suit with a painted grin too wide to …

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Blockbuster Didn’t Shut Down Because of Netflix

Episode 302

In 2005, during “No More Late Fees” week, a Blockbuster closing manager found a blue clamshell labeled PREVIEWS ONLY with a barcode that scanned even though no title existed. When he tested the VHS, …

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

The Tape That Sounded Like a Ritual When Played Backward

Episode 301

In late-1950s Memphis, an unknown musician named Lucian Deville went nowhere—until 1958, when a song called “Midnight Promise” spread through the city overnight. Jukeboxes replayed it nonstop, and li…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago