The Marine Sulphur Queen: A Bermuda Triangle Myth Debunked
In February 1963, a World War II-era tanker carrying 15,260 tons of molten sulfur vanished in the Straits of Florida with all 39 men aboard. Decades later the world blamed the paranormal, but the trut...
30 Jun 19min
Mary Anning: The Fossil Hunter Who Found Deep Time
According to local lore, a lightning strike in 1800 transformed a sickly infant in Lyme Regis into a curious, brilliant child. That child was Mary Anning, who grew up to pull literal sea monsters from...
30 Jun 21min
Nellie Bly: The Reporter Who Faked Insanity for the Truth
In 1887 a young woman willingly checked herself into an insane asylum on Blackwell's Island, only to discover that once labeled insane, every rational word she spoke confirmed her diagnosis. This epis...
30 Jun 17min
Go For Broke: The 442nd's Fight on Two Fronts
Imagine bleeding for a country that has locked your parents behind barbed wire because of their ancestry. This episode tells the story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the 100th Infantry Battal...
30 Jun 19min
Annie Edson Taylor: First Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel
In 1901, a refined 63-year-old widow climbed into a custom oak barrel clutching a heart-shaped pillow and plunged 167 feet over Niagara Falls, surviving the impossible only to die penniless. This epis...
30 Jun 19min
Noor Inayat Khan: The Pacifist Spy Who Defied the Gestapo
The archetypal World War II spy is a hardened, ruthless operative, yet the most wanted British agent in Nazi-occupied Paris was a shy, harp-playing children's book author and committed pacifist. This ...
30 Jun 20min
Why a Pacific Island Worships Prince Philip as a God
On the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, the Kastom people of the Yaohnanen and Yakel villages hold an unwavering belief that the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was a divine being born from their ow...
30 Jun 18min
The Long Island Serial Killer Myth: Six Killers, One Label
Search for the Long Island serial killer and you expect a single terrifying bogeyman, but you find a disambiguation page listing at least six different killers spanning decades. This episode unpacks h...
30 Jun 15min
