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Taylor Parker: Part 1, Fake Pregnancy, Inheritance Lies and a Foetal Abduction Case
A woman is pulled over on a Texas highway with a newborn baby in her lap, covered in blood, claiming she has just given birth behind the wheel. But when Taylor Parker reaches hospital, the story…
Marilyn Monroe: Dark History of How Hollywood Built and Broke an Icon
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most recognisable women who has ever lived, but the version the world fell in love with was, in many ways, built in a studio. Today, we trace how Marilyn Monroe emerged…
Zodiac Killer: Unsolved Mysteries, Ciphers and the Dark History of the Hunt
The Zodiac Killer did not just murder people; he turned the case into a public game of fear, symbols, letters and unsolved ciphers. This episode follows the Zodiac Killer from the first lovers’ lane…
John Wayne Gacy: The Killer Clown Case and the Dark History Behind It
John Wayne Gacy was never just the killer clown; he was a trusted local man hiding sexual violence, murder, and years of missed warnings in plain sight. Today we explore the real story of John Wayne…
Room 1046: A Kansas City Hotel Murder and One of True Crime’s Unsolved Mysteries
A man checks into the President Hotel under a false name — and Room 1046 becomes a locked-door nightmare. The death of the man known as Roland T. Owen remains one of the strangest true crime stories…
Nepal Royal Massacre: A Dark History of Prophecy, Power and Palace Killings
A royal dinner becomes a bloodbath, a prince lies in a coma, and the Nepal Royal Massacre turns a dynasty into one of modern history’s most disturbing mysteries. This dark history episode follows the…
Michael Jackson Allegations Part 2: Famous Trials, Settlements and the Legacy War
Fame, money, media frenzy and courtroom drama collide in the Michael Jackson allegations — a story still argued over decades later. The Michael Jackson allegations remain among pop culture’s most…
Michael Jackson Part 1: A Dark History of Fame, Motown and the King of Pop
Michael Jackson became the King of Pop before he was ever allowed to be ordinary. This episode traces Michael Jackson from the Jackson 5 and Motown to Off the Wall, Thriller, MTV, the moonwalk and…
Peter the Dolphin: Weird History and NASA’s Experiment That Went Too Far
A flooded Caribbean lab, a NASA-funded dolphin experiment, and a researcher living side by side with a dolphin named Peter. Peter the Dolphin is one of the strangest true stories in science history:…
Julia Child: Weird History, Spy Secrets and the Making of The French Chef
Julia Child had one of the strangest second acts in American cultural history: before she became the towering voice of French cooking, she worked for wartime intelligence, handled classified files,…
H. H. Holmes: Murder Castle and the Historical True Crime Legend
America’s most infamous Murder Castle still looms over the H. H. Holmes story: a Chicago hotel of rumours, hidden rooms, insurance schemes and a serial killer legend built in the shadow of the 1893…
Biosphere 2: Weird History of a Sealed World That Ran Out of Oxygen
A sealed world in the Arizona desert was meant to prove humans could live beyond Earth — then the oxygen began to vanish. Biosphere 2 promised a future of Mars habitats, closed ecosystems and…
Morgan Metzer: What Really Happened in the Gaslit by My Husband Case
Morgan Metzer survived a terrifying New Year’s Eve attack that first looked like a violent home invasion. But the truth behind the Morgan Metzer case, and the real story behind Gaslit by My Husband,…
Nellie Bly: Her Strange True Story of Ten Days in a Mad-House and 72 Days Around the World
A young reporter walks into an asylum and changes journalism forever. Nellie Bly became one of the most daring historical figures of the Gilded Age by getting herself committed to Blackwell’s Island…
eBay Stalking Scandal: How Corporate Scandals Turn Into Cyberstalking and Revenge
A newsletter criticised eBay. Then came dead insects, sinister messages, fake accounts and masked surveillance outside a couple’s home. The eBay Stalking Scandal is one of the strangest true crime…
West Memphis Three: Paradise Lost and What Really Happened in Satanic Panic
Three children were murdered in West Memphis, and three teenagers were blamed in a case where fear seemed to outrun evidence. The West Memphis Three case became one of the most argued-over true crime…
McMillions: The McDonald’s Monopoly Frauds and Scams Story Explained in Full
The McDonald’s Monopoly game promised instant riches, but behind the golden arches was a fraud so bold it sounds invented. McMillions tells the strange true story of how one of America’s biggest…
Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping: Historical True Crime and the School Bus Buried Alive
Twenty-six children climbed onto a school bus in California. Hours later, they had vanished — and by nightfall, they were buried alive underground. The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping is one of the largest…
Suffolk Strangler: Steve Wright, British True Crime and the Ipswich Murders
Five women were murdered in Ipswich, and a city already used to being ignored suddenly found itself at the centre of a national manhunt. The Suffolk Strangler case follows Steve Wright, Operation…
Elizabeth Smart: What Really Happened in the Kidnapping and Rescue Case
A 14-year-old girl was taken from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, and the case became one of America’s most closely watched true crime stories. Elizabeth Smart follows the kidnapping by Brian David…
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