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The Shocking Details

Vincent Caldoniwww.spreaker.com
From the minds of Joe Swaney from the Thinking Sideways podcast and filmmaker Vincent Caldoni: Mysteries, history, true crime, tales of the unexplained, conspiracies and mirth!


If you are of a certain age you may remember how newspapers worked: the headline told you the news and the front pages gave you the basics of the story but if you wanted the details-the real story the messy stuff, the backstory, you had to flip to the back of the section, past the fluff pieces, past the ads, and whatever else to get to it and if you were like us that was the good stuff-the details that shock.
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Episodes

The Mystery of Flight 980

Eastern Airlines Flight 980 crashes in the Andes. No one can figure out why it crashed. Stranger still, no one can find the passengers' bodies. What happened to Flight 980? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nov 10, 20201 hr 7 min

Mama's in the Furnace

A pastor's wife goes missing. Soon, bones are discovered in the family furnace and, sure enough, it turns out to be missing wife. There are no good suspects and an elaborate suicide theory emerges. But is it the real deal? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nov 03, 202048 min

Halloween Special Episode: Beansoup

A surprise Halloween horror story by Vincent Caldoni. The stuff of nightmares. Literally. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 30, 202020 min

Halloween Special: The Khamar-Daban Incident

Russia, 2018: a reporter catches up to the lone survivor of a doomed hiking expedition. The story she tells, for the first time in 25 years, is the stuff of nightmares and horror films. What happened to the doomed hikers of Siberia? A terrifying story just in time for Halloween. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 27, 202054 min

The Ice Box Murders

The cops find a fridge full of body parts and the most likely suspect, the victims' son, is long gone. Where did Charles Rogers disappear to? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 20, 202038 min

Haunted Kempton Park Hospital

In the spirit of a spooky October leading up to Halloween, we have a story of a troubled and troubling hospital which was left abandoned in the 1990's without even moving out equipment or records. Some terrible things have happened here and to this very day reports abound of ghostly hauntings in the abandoned wards. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Oct 13, 202050 min

Therese Humbert: Con-woman.

Therese Humbert conned all of Parisian high society no less than three times, and each story was even less believable than the one before it. So why did learned folks buy her nonsense? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 06, 202039 min

Sofia McKenna Prt. 2

In this episode we explore the various theories about what happened to Sofia McKenna, who went missing after visiting a haunted lighthouse in 2018. If you haven't listened to part one, you probably should before listening to this. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 01, 202044 min

Sofia McKenna prt. 1

A young woman and her friend paddle out to investigate a haunted lighthouse in the middle of the night. Her mother misses a series a of phone calls from the young woman. The boat is found abandoned, the friends body found floating in the water, but Sofia McKenna hasn't been seen since that night. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Sep 29, 202032 min

What did Sandy Berger Steal?

In the months after 911 Bill Clinton's senior national security advisor stole the same report from the national archives five times. But why? Is that really all he stole? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 22, 202049 min

Hunting for The Crackmaster

Did Sesame Street air an insane, traumatizing cartoon in the late '70s? Some people on the internet think so. But is it hoax? A glitch in the Matrix? Or the real deal? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 15, 202048 min

The Hunt For "Dick"

1962: A Soviet spy walks into the Manhattan offices of the FBI to announce his intentions to defect to the United States and with him he has brought a major bit of intel: He knows the FBI has a mole within it's ranks, he doesn't who it is, but he does know his name: DICK. The hunt for "Unsub Dick" lasted for at least 15 years and is still argued over today. We investigate. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Sep 08, 202051 min

Juana Maria: The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island

A woman is found living an unpopulated channel island off the coast of California. She speaks a language no one can understand. They named her Juana Maria of San Nicolas Island. How did she get there? Who was she? Who were her people? All of it remains a mystery. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 01, 202044 min

The Infernal Machine: Georg Elser

A guy nearly kills Hitler. He fails. He's caught. Then things get weird. Was the assassin really an assassin? Was there a conspiracy? A true Lone Wolf? WTF actually happened? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Aug 25, 202059 min

#50 Berkeley Square: House of Nameless Horror

A house in Mayfair is known as the most haunted in house in all of London, it's home to murders, suicides, ghosts, madness, the occult, witchcraft and inexplicable paranormal phenomena. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Aug 18, 20201 hr 4 min

Corona Chronicles: Last Call

A brief update on the future of bonus content on the channel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Aug 14, 20202 min

Apollo One

The very first Apollo mission ended in three astronauts deaths. Was it murder? A conspiracy? A tragic accident? Spy sabotage? We dig right into it, and try to find the truth. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Aug 11, 202045 min

What Was The Beast of Gevudan?

We outline what our favorite theories are for what the mysterious cryptid killing people in the forests France really was. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Aug 07, 202029 min

The Beast Of Gevaudan Part 2

Part 2. We conclude the story of the beast of Gevaudan. Something is out there in the woods. It has a taste for human flesh. Come explore the story of the strangest, realest, and most frightening cryptid you've never heard of. The peasants, the military and the greatest hunter in France are all on the trail of the creature but the bodies keep piling up. Can the mystery be solved? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Aug 05, 202049 min

The Beast Of Gevaudan

Something is killing farmers, ranchers and villagers in Southern France. Citizens, professional hunters and even the army can't seem to kill it. But what is it? A wolf? A Demon? Some undiscovered cryptid? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Aug 04, 202036 min

Heist-O-Palooza: The Results

Our poll has ended. The votes are counted. Who stole it best? Find out during the thrilling conclusion of Heist-O-Palooza. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 31, 202023 min

UPDATE!

Voting for Heist-O-Palooza goes through end of day on July 30th! If you haven't already be sure to listen to our Parts 1, 2 & 3 on your podcast app. Here are the links: https://form.jotform.com/202095037729154 https://www.facebook.com/groups/shockingdetailspodcast https://twitter.com/ShockingDetails Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Jul 30, 20201 min

Heist-O-Palooza: The Loomis Truck Job

Fairfield, California. 1999. Someone steals 2.3 million dollars from a moving-yes, moving-Loomis armored truck and gets away clean. Even the FBI is stumped. How'd the robbers pull it off? Who was behind this heist? Vote now for your favorite heist here: https://form.jotform.com/202095037729154 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Jul 28, 202039 min

Corona Chronicles 17: Lucky or Planned?

In 2013 a man robs a hotel in Cannes, France and get very, very lucky. Was he the luckiest SOB in France or did he have some help from Lev Leviev? Heists! Crime! Intrigue! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 24, 202016 min

Heist-O-Palooza: The Burrowing Bandits

In 1980's L.A. burglars began burrowing into the vaults of some of the richest banks in California. They were never caught. There were no suspects. The mystery remains unsolved. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 21, 202055 min

Corona Chronicles #16: Runners-up!

Heist-O-Palooza Continues with a Bonus episode: Trace Evidence Podcast brilliantly heists The Shocking Details and Mr. Nickels gets knicked for 10 nickels. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 17, 202022 min

Heist-O-Palooza: The Perth Mint Heist

The first episode of Heist-o-Palooza: Someone creates an elaborate scheme to steal millions from a mint in Perth, Australia. The cops think they know who did it: The Mickelberg brothers. Were they right? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 14, 202046 min

Corona Chronicles #15: Announcing "Heist-O-Palooza"

Something totally new! Who doesn't love a good heist? So we're trying something new: Three weeks! Three heists! Only one will be crowned the champs. There will be two prizes handed out one from the hosts, one from the audience. We all vote on the same categories and criteria. Stealing from banks, mints, armored cars, burrowing tunnels, setting up fake deals. Nothing is off the table! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Jul 10, 20209 min

Jeanne Weber: The Ogress

A french peasant can't seem to help herself: she just keeps strangling kids. The real craziness is here, though: after being caught virtually red-handed no one seems to be able to convict her of these crimes. How can the people of France protect themselves from this child murderer? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 07, 202043 min
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