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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 Baker Street Heist Prt. 1

An amateur radio operator foils one of the most daring bank heists in UK history, but there are far more questions than answers. What was inside that vault and could it lead back to the royal family? We explore the Baker Street Heist. This week's episode brought to you by the new movie "CONTACTEE" https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08W8GZGXL/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Apr 20, 202147 min

The Kinross Incident

An inexplicable radar blip over Lake Superior causes the US Airforce to dispatch a jet-fighter to check it out. That was the last time anyone saw the pilot, radar operator or jet ever again. Was it a strange accident? A UFO event? A conspiracy? And what was the mystery blip? We try to solve the mystery of the Kinross Incident. Today's episode is brought to you by CONTACTEE, now available on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08W8GZGXL/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r Advertising Inquirie...

Apr 13, 202154 min

The Man in the Green Pajamas

A respected business man vanishes into thin air right under his wife's nose while on a trip to meet his first grandchild. Years later despite a massive search by locals, cops, the FBI, private I's and even psychics: no one has found even a trace of Bruce N. Campbell sr. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 06, 20211 hr 2 min

Swift Runner and The Wendigo

A Canadian man turns himself into police, he'd killed butchered and eaten his entire family-well it was sort of him apparently an evil spirit possessed him and drove him to the depraved act. This week we explore the Wendigo! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mar 30, 202151 min

The Drag Queen's Mummy

NYC 1993: Some friends make a shocking discovery while searching for costumes in a deceased drag performers apartment, the mummified body of a man. Police determine he'd been there since the late '60's. What could have happened? Today's episode is brought to you by: https://www.amazon.com/Contactee-Vincent-Caldoni/dp/B08WB2FYGK Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Mar 23, 202148 min

The Hunt for Nazi Gold

The Third Reich stole billions from the people of Europe and Africa, much of it has never been found and remains elusive to this very day. Now Joe and Caldoni try to locate it! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mar 16, 202159 min

Alias "Robert Cooper" prt 2

We reveal some major twists and turns in our attempt to pin down the identity of Al Kite's killer, "Robert Cooper"; Be sure to listen to part 1 if you haven’t already! This episode is sponsored by CONTACTEE a film by Vincent Caldoni available now on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08W8GZGXL/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Mar 10, 202131 min

Who was "Robert Cooper?" Prt. 1

May 2004: Al Kite is found murdered and tortured in his own basement. The killer was a man going by the name "Robert Cooper" he was never caught and despite taunting the police we don't know who he really was or why he did what he did. This episode is sponsored by CONTACTEE a film by Vincent Caldoni available now on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08W8GZGXL/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com...

Mar 09, 202143 min

The Vanishing of Keith Reinhard prt. 2

Part 2! Be sure to listen to Part 1 before this one. This is what amounts to a very long theories segment, in which we take a stab what may have occurred. ICYMI: Keith Reinhard was investigating the strange disappearance of Tom Young from the town of Silver Plume, CO when he himself vanished without a trace. Not everyone thinks it was a coincidence. This episode is sponsored by CONTACTEE a film by Vincent Caldoni available now on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08W8GZGXL/re...

Mar 03, 20211 hr 2 min

The Vanishing of Keith Reinhard prt. 1

A reporter goes missing from a small Colorado town while looking into the disappearance of a man who'd lived in exact same place as him. Years later no trace of Keith Reinhard has ever been found. This story has it all, scenic locals, missing persons, a psychic, "Unsolved Mysteries" and even a mysterious woman. This episode is sponsored by CONTACTEE a film by Vincent Caldoni available now on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08W8GZGXL/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r Advertising Inquiri...

Mar 02, 202138 min

Death on Koh Tao

2017. A Belgian tourist turns up dead on a tropical island, the police call it a suicide. Investigation reveals that it's just the first in a string of strange deaths on Koh Tao. Episode brought to you by CONTACTEE now streaming on Amazon Prime. Visit www.contacteemovie.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Feb 23, 20211 hr 5 min

Terror Aboard The Ivan Vassili

The crew of a Russian freighter is overcome by a mysterious terror, leading to fights, suicides and insanity. What cursed the ship? How can you defeat what you can not define? We explore the damned ship: The Ivan Vassili! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Feb 18, 202149 min

The Strange Life and Death of Jefferey Alan Lash Prt. 2

Part 2 of 2: The Thrilling Conclusion. 2015: the police locate two missing women, this leads them to the discovery of a dead body abandoned in an SUV, that leads them to a staggering cache of guns, ammunition and mystery! The people who knew Jeffery Alan Lash, the dead man, claimed he was a businessman, a spy, a cult leader and an alien. We sort it out. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Feb 10, 202134 min

The Strange Life & Death of Jeffery Lash

2015: the police locate two missing women, this leads them to the discovery of a dead body abandoned in an SUV, that leads them to a staggering cache of guns, ammunition and mystery! The people who knew Jeffery Alan Lash, the dead man, claimed he was a businessman, a spy, a cult leader and an alien. We sort it out. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Feb 09, 202148 min

Stealing Mona Lisa

1911, Paris, France: A beautiful, if quite elderly, Italian woman is abducted. Her name Mona Lisa? How did they do it? Why? And when the painting is returned, there's doubt if she's really Leonardo's lady. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Feb 02, 202144 min

The Asahi-dake SOS

Searchers looking for two lost hikers see a massive SOS sign made from birch logs. The two hikers say they didn't make the sign. That's when the human remains and strange tape recordings turn up. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 26, 20211 hr 3 min

The Body in the Bog

An ancient Briton rises from the grave to solve a murder! A foul murder is uncovered by workers in a Peat bog. The accused was born centuries after the murder took place. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 19, 202137 min

Adam's Bridge

2007: A geologist even surprises himself when he concludes, in a paper years in the making, studying a little understood landmass between India and Sri Lanka. His findings suggest that one of the oldest religious texts in the world may speak the truth about Rama's Bridge, and he had the science to back it up! (Controversy ensues) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Jan 12, 202150 min

Bonus ep: Loose Talk

Every week we record a lot more than is put out. Here's some audio of Joe and Caldoni swapping stories and joking around to bring some lightness to a difficult week. Let us know if you enjoy this kind of kind bonus content. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 08, 202110 min

Eugene Izzi: The Mysterious Death of a Mystery Writer

A locked room mystery! 1996: A mystery author is found hanging from his office window wearing a bulletproof vest and armed. His office is locked from the inside. Stranger still, police find a manuscript he'd written where an author is killed in the exact same manner. The police rule it a strange suicide but his mystery writer friends point the finger at a militia he'd been writing about. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Jan 05, 202145 min

End of Year Wrap-Up Prt. 3

The finale! In which we give the results of our listeners' poll and rate our own fave episodes for our first year of the podcast. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dec 31, 202021 min

End of Year Wrap-up Prt. 2

In this one we answer questions about the podcast, the stories, the hosts, and whatever else that were emailed in to us. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dec 30, 202049 min

End Of Year Wrap-Up Prt 1

In this informal episode we give three updates on two cases from 2020 and answer questions sent to us as audio! (More is to follow soon!) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dec 29, 202051 min

Announcement!

We're doing an end of the year episode so we'd love to hear from our listeners with any questions and/or comments you may have that you'd like mentioned on air. We'd especially love if people would send in some audio clips. What were your favorite episodes? What questions still linger for you about cases that are unresolved? What questions do you have about how the show comes together? let us know: theshockingdetailspodcast@gmail.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy &a...

Dec 22, 20201 min

Granger Taylor

A brilliant, if eccentric, young man in British Columbia says goodnight to his friends and disappears into a thunderstorm. His parents find a note saying he's leaving planet earth with aliens. He was never seen or heard from again. We unpack the strange life and inexplicable disappearance of Granger Taylor. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Dec 22, 202039 min

The Watcher(s)

New Jersey, 2014: a family purchases into their dream house and immediately start receiving disturbing letter from “The Watcher.” But this is hardly the first time this has happened... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dec 15, 202058 min

Mostly Harmless: The Unknown Hiker

In 2018 hikers discover the body of a man who has passed away in his tent. To their horror investigators realize that the man has died from starvation despite having food and money, he also carries no ID or phone. The internet steps in to solve this mystery and despite finding dozens fellow hikers who's lives had been touched by the man who went by the trail-name "Mostly Harmless" we still don't know who he is. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://re...

Dec 08, 202051 min

The Executioner's Ghost

Belarus, 1976: The KGB arrests a middle aged housewife with a dark secret in her past. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dec 01, 202040 min

The Black Stain of Caracas

Since 1986 a mysterious black slime has troubled a road in Venezuela, causing thousands of deaths and no one can identify it. Except us. On today's episode we're setting the out to solve the mystery of La Mancha Negra. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nov 24, 202049 min

Is Pluto Even Real?

Some people think on the internet think that Pluto isn't real and that the NASA New Horizons mission was one big fraud. We investigate! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nov 17, 202057 min
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