Vlad Alexandrov
1985: A Soviet scientist disappears off the streets of Madrid, Spain. But who could be behind it? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sep 20, 2022•50 min
The Shocking Details
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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Missing: Amber Aiaz & Melissa Fu
December 2019: a man presents himself to the cops in Irvine, California and tells them a strange story about the truly absurd abduction of his wife and stepdaughter. He becomes suspect #1 in their disappearences. An investigation reveals the unthinkable: He might be telling the truth.The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information that helps solve the crime. The tip line is (310) 477-6565. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/priva...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Michelle Von Emster (Rebroadcast!)
While Vincent recovers from Covid19 we bring you a rebroadcast of one of our less-often discussed cases from early on. Enjoy! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sep 06, 2022•58 min
The Mooninite Invasion
2007, a terror grips Boston, MA. Bomb squads race frantically to diffuse scores of bombs all around the city. But who is responsible? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Aug 30, 2022•54 min
Introducing: The Sunshine Place
Once called “the miracle on the beach,” Synanon began in the 1960s as an experimental rehab facility in Santa Monica, California with a radical claim: It could cure heroin addiction. Before long, it would make an even bolder claim: It could cure any of your problems. All you had to do was move in. What started in a house on the beach, soon spread to compounds across the country. The man who made the miracle happen, Charles E. Dederich, aka “Chuck,” would be the one to destroy it all, along with ...
Aug 25, 2022•1 min
Olga Mauger: The Vanishing Bride
Olga Mauger, wed only six days, was separated from her new husband only 20 minutes in the mountains of Wyoming when she disappeared. Despite a huge manhunt including bloodhounds and Indian trackers, not a single clue to her fate was ever found. Join Joe and Vincent as they tackle one of America’s oldest cold cases: The Case of the Vanishing Bride. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Aug 23, 2022•48 min
ALL HAVE DIED: Document 2039
Could vast treasure be buried mere blocks from our hosts houses? A new scan of an old treasure map could provide vital clues to location of civil war era gold buried in the middle of an American city. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min
The Lost Library of Ivan The Terrible
For years, scholars and archaeologists have been searching for, and debating the existence of, the legendary Lost Library of Ivan The Terrible. Was this amazing trove of ancient manuscripts real? And if so, then where the hell is it? Light your torches and join Team Shocking as we dive into the catacombs and solve the mystery. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Aug 09, 2022•48 min
The Corrupted Blood
2005: a plague is unleashed upon the world! Who is to blame? Hakkar the blood God? Incompetent programmers? Or merely cruel fate? Why do we still study this mysterious incident? Why does it become only more relevant? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 5 min
DSK: Prisoner 1225782
Dominique Strauss Kahn was sitting on top of the world until a horrendous sex scandal forced his downfall at the International Monetary Fund and likely cost him the French Presidency, but the facts in the case don't always line up, what was really going on with DSK? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 1 min
The Moon-Eyed People prt. 2
In part two we explore who and what the mysterious Moon-Eyed People of North America. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jul 21, 2022•45 min
The Moon-Eyed People Part 1
Cherokee legend tells of a cave-dwelling race of pale-skinned men with near supernatural powers. Crazy right? Well, the archaeological record shows us there could be more to this than just myth. Who were the Moon-eyed people? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jul 19, 2022•42 min
The Somosierra Boy
A family vacation ends in tragedy with a fatal road crash which claims the lives of both parents, but their son hasn’t died—he’s simply vanished from the wreck without a trace, leaving a mystery that still haunts a family, and a country, to this day. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jul 12, 2022•51 min
Missing! Sandra Hughes
Sandra Hughes disappeared in the wilderness and was feared dead… but she kept reappearing in the forest, even though she never spoke to anyone, leaving at least a few people to wonder if they’d seen a ghost. Sandra’s fate remains unknown. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jul 05, 2022•47 min
The Trunk Murderess
Winnie Ruth Judd committed one of the most heinous crimes in Arizona history, but to this day there is a debate as to whether she really murdered in cold blood—or if it was actually a case of self-defense. And was there an accomplice? Was this a miscarriage of justice? Or just desserts? Joe & Vince bring you the shocking details. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 29, 2022•46 min
The Geezer Bandit
In 2009, a gentlemanly criminal — an elderly man, according to all witnesses — began an unprecedented string of bank robberies in Southern California. Pursued by legions of local police and an FBI task force, and against all odds, the Geezer Bandit always eluded capture. Who was the Geezer Bandit? And why did he stop? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 21, 2022•51 min
The Werewolf of Dole
1572 a werewolf plagues a small town in France. It's only when he's caught and tried that the strange details of his lycanthropy. Who was Gilles Garnier? A serial killer? A witch? A werewolf? A european Wendigo? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Who Is Jetpackman?
Over the last several years a pilots over Los Angeles have reported seeing a man in a Jetpack flying at impossible altitudes. Who is the Jetpack man of LA? A daredevil? A terrorist? A superhero? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 07, 2022•50 min
The Treasure of RMS Republic
Three years before Titanic sank, the White Star luxury liner RMS Republic foundered in the waters south of Nantucket Island in the Atlantic, rumored to have a fantastic hoard of gold coins stashed in her holds. Does the fabled treasure actually exist? More importantly—is it still there? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 12 min
The Frankford Slasher Prt 2
In part 2 of 2 we wrap up the tragic story of Leonard Christopher and the Frankford Slasher and do our best to pin down who the Frankford Slasher may have been. (Be sure to check out part one first!) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 26, 2022•38 min
The Frankford Slasher prt. 1
In part one of two a the most terrifying murderer you've never heard of stalks marginalized women on the streets of Philadelphia and the Police barely seem to notice. When a task force is formed and a suspect finally in custody our case goes off the rails. This week, in a special two parter Joe and Caldoni are the trail of the Frankford Slasher. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
May 24, 2022•38 min
The Search for Paittiti (and other lost cities too)
Joe and Vincent go in search of their favorite lost city--but are shocked to find that they can't make up their minds... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 17, 2022•1 hr 1 min
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DONNA LASS
After a nurse goes missing from a casino, followed by strange phone calls and postcards to media and family investigators find links to some of the most infamous criminals in recent history.But is that really the key to solving this mystery? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 10, 2022•59 min
The Mincemeat Deception
It was one of the greatest deception operations in espionage history, Operation Mincemeat, bamboozled German intelligence and changed the course of World War II.Or did it?Join Joe & Vincent as they explore the mystery: were Hitler’s spies really fooled? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 03, 2022•56 min
The Mysteries of Skeleton Lake
After a forest ranger finds hundreds and hundreds of skeletons in a remote mountain lake a 2019 investigation turns an already creepy story on it's head. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min
The Return of George Kimmel
The mysterious disappearance of a Kansas banker turns even stranger years later when he suddenly re-appears. His friends and family don't agree on whether it was really him. The strange return of George Kimmel tied up the courts for eleven years, and even today the story has yet to be solved. (Plus: Spanish gold in Oregon & the Ballad of Turkey White!) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 19, 2022•49 min
WTF Happened to Operation High Jump?
Antarctica, 1946: The US Navy shows up, gets in a fight and loses badly. But who kicked their butts? The KGB had a theory that'll knock your socks off. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 12, 2022•59 min
The Body In the Cylinder
The Blitz, a bomb, and an unidentified body: In the waning days of World War II, a German bomb unearths a grisly mystery in the English city of Liverpool. Who was the Body in the Cylinder? The puzzle has remained unsolved… until now….? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 06, 2022•39 min
The Sai Kung Barrier Prt. 2
In part 2 we talk about what we think might be going with the mysterious disappearances and eeaths at the Sai Kung wildernes park. If you haven't listened to part 1... well ya really should. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 31, 2022•27 min
The Sai Kung Barrier
It started with the inexplicable disappearance of a cop in 2005 and since then the unexplained deaths, missing persons, and strange occurances have only mounted. WTF is going on in this tranquil nature park? In part we cross: The Sai Kung barrier. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 29, 2022•53 min
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