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The Axeman of New Orleans — The Night a City Played Jazz for a Killer | The Unlit Room
Episode 10
In 1918, someone began breaking into homes in New Orleans using nothing but a chisel — then attacking people with their own axes. The killer never st…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Night the Air Turned to Poison
Episode 9
In December 1984, a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India leaked methyl isocyanate gas into the sleeping city. Over 500,000 people were exposed in a singl…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Heads on the Pillows — The Only Escape From Alcatraz
Episode 8
At 7:18 AM on June 12, 1962, a guard at Alcatraz reached into a cell to wake Frank Morris. The head on the pillow rolled off the bed and bounced on t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Logs: Inside Unit 731
Episode 7
Between 1933 and 1945, a secret Japanese military facility processed thousands of prisoners — men, women, children — calling them 'logs.' The experim…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Mountain of the Dead — The Dyatlov Pass Mystery
Episode 6
Nine experienced hikers cut their way out of their tent in the middle of the night, in −40° weather, and walked calmly into the darkness. They left t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Twenty Minutes to Zero — The Halifax Explosion
Episode 5
For twenty minutes, the people of Halifax stood at their windows and watched a burning ship drift into their harbor. The ship was carrying 2,925 tons…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Heist of the Century — How They Broke Into the World's Most Secure Vault
Episode 4
In 2003, a team of Italian thieves broke into the Antwerp Diamond Center vault — protected by a combination lock, infrared sensors, seismic detectors…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Bad Blood: The 40-Year Experiment
Episode 3
In 1932, the U.S. Public Health Service told 600 Black sharecroppers in Alabama they would receive free medical care. Instead, they became subjects i…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Ship That Vanished Twice — The Disappearance of the SS Waratah
Episode 2
Every story in here actually happened. That's the part that should scare you.
In July 1909, a man named Claude Sawyer packed his bags and walked off t…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Nine Atmospheres — The Byford Dolphin Decompression Disaster
Episode 1
Every story in here actually happened. That's the part that should scare you.
On November 5, 1983, aboard the drilling rig Byford Dolphin in the Norwe…
3 months, 3 weeks ago