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
Mummy Murder Cover-Up
Before becoming the world’s most famous mummy, King Tut was a teen pharaoh. When he suddenly died at age 19, it changed Egyptian history. But it wasn’t until the 1920s that a new theory came into play...
2 Okt 202453min
D.B. Cooper Pt. 2
Over the course of their decades-long investigation, the FBI interviewed thousands of potential D.B. Cooper suspects. All leads ran cold. But in 2011, citizen sleuth Tom Colbert started his own search...
25 Sep 202438min
D.B. Cooper Pt. 1
In 1971, a man operating under the pseudonym "Dan Cooper" hijacked a plane, stole $200,000, strapped the money to his body, and then parachuted into the darkness below. Who was he? And what happened t...
18 Sep 202438min
