Helena Blavatsky: The Mystic Who Bridged East and West
A chain-smoking Russian aristocrat, a suspected spy, a Buddhist convert and the architect of modern alternative spirituality, all in one polarizing life. This episode sifts through the tangled record ...
18 Aug 25min
James Hogue: The Serial Imposter Who Conned the Ivy League
An unknown 16-year-old demolished the field at an elite high school cross-country race, then vanished before claiming his medal, because he was really a 25-year-old man running under a dead infant's i...
18 Aug 21min
Jim Jones: From Civil Rights Crusader to Jonestown
A neglected boy who held funerals for roadkill and studied dictators in the library grew up to orchestrate one of the most infamous acts of mass murder in modern history. This episode traces the contr...
18 Aug 21min
Donnie Brasco: Joseph Pistone's Life Inside the Mafia
The FBI erased every record that he existed, telling callers no one by his name worked there, so that he could vanish into the Mafia. This episode pieces together the biography of Joseph Pistone, the ...
18 Aug 23min
Juliane Koepcke: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky and Lived
On Christmas Eve 1971 a 17-year-old fell two miles into the Amazon rainforest still strapped to her airline seat, the sole survivor of 92 people aboard Lansa Flight 508. This episode dissects the stor...
18 Aug 19min
Meher Baba: The Silent Master Who Shaped a Spiritual Movement
Born Merwan Sheriar Irani in 1894 in Pune, India, to a Zoroastrian family of Persian descent, Meher Baba grew into a vibrant, multi-instrumentalist youth before an encounter in 1913 changed everything...
18 Aug 23min
Rosie Ruiz and the Infamous Boston Marathon Cheating Scandal
In April 1980, Rosie Ruiz crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon in a record-breaking time, appearing barely winded. Within days, the illusion shattered in what became one of the most infamous...
18 Aug 18min
