For the Curiously Weird and the Weirdly Curious.
Every week, one story that shouldn’t be true.
The best, the strangest and the scariest stories are always true. Medical disasters, vanishings, cryptids, and the things your government would rather you didn’t look up. Find a comfy chair and let us tell you one.
Pick your flavor of weird
158 episodes
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Five episodes · thirteen awards
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Doomsday Clock: 89 Seconds To Midnight
How a magazine cover doodle became the world's most famous warning system — tracing the doomsday clock from its 1947 origins to today's eighty-nine seconds to midnight.
- Signal Awards Silver — History · 2025
- Signal Awards Silver — Best Editing · 2025
- Signal Awards Listener’s Choice — Editing · 2025
Once Upon A Shroom
Two honeymooners argued over a plate of wild mushrooms in 1927. Thirty years later, their obsession put the flesh of the gods into Life magazine — and the CIA was quietly paying for the trip.
- Webby Awards Nominee · 2025
- Communicator Awards Excellence — Writing for Audio & Video · 2025
- W3 Awards Gold — Best Podcast Host · 2025
- W3 Awards Silver — Individual Episodes, History · 2025
The Living Corpse
People once rigged coffins with alarm bells so they wouldn't be buried alive. Country Bill White did it for a living, under drive-ins and strip clubs, with a phone ringing in the box.
- W3 Awards Best in Show — Individual Episodes, History · 2026
- Communicator Awards Excellence — Writing, History · 2026
The Bunker
A top secret nuclear bunker for all of Congress sat under a famous luxury resort, passed off as a convention hall. It held beds, a crematorium and a TV studio, and half the town knew it was there.
- W3 Awards Gold — Individual Episodes, History · 2026
- W3 Awards Gold — Podcast Features, Best Use of Writing · 2026
- Communicator Awards Distinction — History · 2026
Cokey & Lucky
The most powerful mob boss in America turned New York's brothels into a chain store. A heroin-addicted witness in scarlet lipstick, fortified with court-ordered brandy, put him away.
- W3 Awards Gold — Best History Podcast · 2025
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Anybody can open a history book.
We take you inside the story. One story, start to finish — not a panel, not an interview, not a lecture. You’re on the deck of the Ourang Medan when the boarding party sees the crew’s faces; you’re in the cabin when the Benders come up behind you with the hatchet.
Every episode is researched and written by Sheri Lynch. No wire copy, no listicles.