Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Vegas Hotels Create Accidental Death Rays: The Science of Reflected Light
What happens when a Vegas hotel accidentally turns into a giant magnifying glass that can literally cook people? In this episode, Daniel Torres uncov…
6 hours ago
How Wikipedia's Finances Actually Work: The Donation Banner Mystery
Ever wonder why Wikipedia keeps begging for money when they're sitting on a $100 million war chest? Daniel Torres pulls back the curtain on one of th…
7 hours ago
How the McDonald's Monopoly Scam Actually Worked: $24 Million Fraud Explained
What if the McDonald's Monopoly game you played as a kid was completely rigged? For twelve straight years, a former cop named Jerome Jacobson turned …
8 hours ago
How the CIA Secretly Raised a Soviet Submarine from the Ocean Floor
What if the CIA spent $4 billion on the world's most elaborate fishing trip? In 1974, they did exactly that - using a fake mining operation and Howar…
9 hours ago
How Chickbank Disguised a $130M Ponzi Scheme as a Mobile Farming Game
What if your favorite mobile game was secretly stealing millions of dollars from players just like you? That's exactly what happened with Chickbank, …
10 hours ago
How McDonald's Kiosks Use Psychology to Make You Spend $2.1 Billion More
You know those McDonald's kiosks that replaced half the cashiers? They're not just about cutting labor costs. In this episode, Daniel Torres reveals …
1 day, 13 hours ago
40 People Tried to Kill Hitler. 3 Almost Changed History Forever
What if 13 minutes had changed the entire course of World War II? Daniel Torres digs into the shocking reality that over 40 people tried to kill Hitl…
1 day, 14 hours ago
Two College Kids Fooled Wikipedia for 10 Years With This Fake Medieval Knight
What if I told you that two college kids convinced the entire internet that a completely made-up medieval knight was real history? For over 10 years,…
1 day, 15 hours ago
Internet Addiction Camps: How China's Teen Treatment Centers Actually Worked
What if the cure was worse than the disease? In 2005, China declared war on internet addiction and built military-style camps to "save" their teenage…
1 day, 16 hours ago
How Europe's Biggest Corporate Fraud Suspect Vanished in Plain Sight
Wirecard had €1.9 billion sitting in Philippine banks that never existed. When the lie unraveled, the company's COO Jan Marsalek vanished into thin a…
1 day, 17 hours ago