Episode 40 - Ed Gein, The Butcher Of Plainfield

Bob Dylan burst onto the scene in the 1960s as the "voice of a generation," providing evocative and politically engaged anthems that reflected America’s rapidly changing times, from the Civil Rights m...

27 Mai 27min

For centuries, the story has endured: medieval knights departing for war, locking their wives into iron chastity belts and riding off with the only key. It’s one of history’s most lurid and enduring l...

13 Mai 28min

In 1722, Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovered a remote island in the Pacific on Easter Sunday, which he named "Easter Island," where he was astonished by the hundreds of towering, stern-faced moa...

29 Apr 30min

Mexican singer Chalino Sánchez rose to fame as the "King of Corrido" in the late 1980s, creating sincere ballads about drug lords, cartels, and violence that resonated deeply with fans across Mexico a...

15 Apr 32min

In December 1900, the keepers of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse off the northwest coast of Scotland mysteriously disappeared — and to this day, no one knows what happened. https://allthatsinteresti...

1 Apr 30min

In 1958, the Kingston Trio released a hugely popular folk song called "Tom Dooley," which even inspired a 1959 film, but few listeners realized the song was based on a real person — Tom Dula (pronounc...

18 Mar 33min

Though many spies have been named as the inspiration for James Bond, Dusko Popov actually knew Sir Ian Flemming and gambled with him in between his international espionage escapades. https://allth...

4 Mar 35min

When Joe Pichler mysteriously vanished at the age of 18 in 2006, police suspected suicide — but his family remains convinced that foul play was involved. https://allthatsinteresting.com/joe-pichler L...

18 Feb 36min