Carter’s Holiday Pick: Truthless
This is the first week of our four-week holiday break. Today we’re featuring one of Carter’s favorite shows: Truthless. In this episode of Truthless, host Brian Phillips talks to The Kid Mero about ...
27 Nov 202441min
A Dictator, a Commune, and the U.S. Embassy: The Disappearance of Boris Weisfeiler
In 1984, Boris Weisfeiler went on a backpacking trip in Chile and never returned. Chilean investigators insist he drowned, but his family and the U.S. Embassy don’t buy it. It takes decades for the tr...
20 Nov 202442min
The Lost City of Atlantis... Found?
The Yonaguni Monument is a large underwater stone complex off the coast of a tiny Japanese island. After their discovery in 1987, divers and local academics thought the rock formations were human-cons...
13 Nov 202434min
The Piri Reis Map
In the early 20th century, a Turkish historian discovered a map made in 1513 by famed cartographer Piri Reis. The map was incredibly detailed and even featured a perfectly accurate depiction of Antarc...
6 Nov 202439min
Werewolf or Royal Cover-up? The Beast of Gévaudan Pt. 2
War veterans, wolf-hunters, and the king’s own men hunted the bloodthirsty beast for three years before it was caught. Some called the beast a “werewolf”. Others, a “serial killer in disguise”. But an...
30 Okt 202434min
Werewolf or Royal Cover-up? The Beast of Gévaudan Pt. 1
In the 18th century, an unidentifiable monster preyed on French villagers. The carnage was so bad, one bishop claimed the beast was a punishment from God. Monster or punishment, something or someone k...
23 Okt 202434min
The Haitian Zombie Potion
Long before they graced our screens as mindless, brain-eating monsters, zombies were rooted in Haitian folklore. Rumors of a zombie potion made their way to 1980s Boston, where an ethnobotanist hoping...
16 Okt 202450min
Vampires Feed on Fear
Dubbed “The Last Vampire of New England,” Mercy Lena Brown allegedly feasted on her own family. But she wasn’t the first vampire, or the last. Stories like Lena’s evolved into modern day conspiracy th...
9 Okt 202446min
