A Federal Judge Banned My Christmas Lights
In 2015, Jeremy Morris bought a house in Idaho to host the Christmas display of his dreams. Within weeks he was locked in a bitter feud with his neighbours over religious freedom and civil liberties. ...
24 Dec 202532min
The Journal Found Beside a Dead Man in Alaska
In February 1982, the body of a wildlife photographer named Carl McCunn was found in northern Alaska. A miscommunication had left him stranded and McCunn had documented his final cold months in a jour...
20 Dec 202540min
Saying Goodbye to My Multiple Personalities
Sometimes Vivian Conan saw herself in the mirror. Other times she saw others with their own distinct personalities and backstories. At 43, she was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, formal...
12 Dec 202550min
I Was Kidnapped By My Stalker and Locked in a Bunker
In 2022, Samantha Stites was abducted by Christopher Thomas, a man who’d been stalking her for 13 years and had secretly built a soundproof bunker to imprison her. In this episode, Samantha shares how...
5 Dec 20251h 2min
The Man Using Maths to Find Serial Killers
Thomas Hargrove was an investigative reporter when he had an idea: use open-source FBI data to spot patterns in unsolved murders. That idea became an algorithm that highlights locations where serial k...
28 Nov 202545min
The Hunt For A Killer Who Vanished
In 2001, Detective Hugh Lockerby found a woman and two children murdered inside a burning home in Scottsdale, Arizona. The missing husband, Robert William Fisher, became the prime suspect and has sat ...
20 Nov 202548min
What Happened at Skeleton Lake?
High in the Himalayas lies Roopkund Lake: a frozen pond surrounded by the remains of around 700 people. Were they victims of an ancient disaster, a lost army, or something stranger? We speak with anth...
15 Nov 202534min
I Lived as a Hermit in the Australian Bush for 10 Years
At 35, Gregory Smith walked into the rainforest of northern NSW, addicted, lost, and ready to disappear. He spent the next decade living as a hermit. When he finally walked out, he got sober, went to ...
7 Nov 202551min
