The Honshu Wolf
Are dire wolves alive and well in modern Japan? As silly as it sound it really might be true... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 5 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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Der Reise
“The Giant” was the codename for a massive underground complex which may have been intended as a supervillain lair for Hitler and his cronies. But all the plans and documentation were lost, so the actual purpose of Der Riese is a mystery… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 07, 2023•49 min
The Silurian Hypothesis
Did an ancient race of reptiles rule the earth millennia before the dawn of man? Or if they did how would we even know that they had? Come with as we try on this Dr. Who-inspired thought experiment! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 28, 2023•37 min
Scandal! At Rennes le Chateau
A priest and his "companion" are caught digging up a graveyard. What were they after? And how could have made them both so rich? learn the story behind the story. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 1 min
The Patanela prt. 2
The thrilling conclusion of the shocking tale of the 1988 disappearance of the schooner Patanela. Be sure to listen to part 1 first! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 17, 2023•42 min
The Patanela prt. I
After a mysterious radio transmission, a famous ship goes missing off the coast of Australia, with all aboard never heard from or seen again. What happened to the Patanela Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 14, 2023•49 min
Trevaline Evans
On a sunny Saturday, Trevaline Evans—wife, mother and highly regarded citizen— left her antique shop in Llangollen, Wales, with a note on the door saying she’d be back in two minutes. She’s still gone. This week on TSD, Joe & Vincent take on one of Britain’s most baffling mysteries. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 7 min
The Cyclist of Eure
Ripped from the (French) headlines: A crime with a confession and witnesses but no known victim. What is real and what's invented here? We chase after the Cyclist of Eure. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 31, 2023•50 min
The Case of the Vanishing Convicts
A Tasmanian Wendigo? Eight men entered a wilderness, and by the time it was done only one survived, and five of them vanished without a trace; the lone survivor, Alexander Pearce, told a wild tale that no one believed. This week on TSD, Joe and Vincent struggle to solve the mystery of the vanishing convicts. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 24, 2023•44 min
Missing! Eric Lewis Part II
Part 2! July, 2010, three men ascend a mountain but only two descend. Eric Lewis went missing mid-climb seeming to just disappear into the air without so much as tracks in the snow to indicate where he'd gone. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 18, 2023•28 min
Missing! Eric Lewis
July, 2010, three men ascend a mountain but only two descend. Eric Lewis went missing mid-climb seeming to just disappear into the air without so much as tracks in the snow to indicate where he'd gone. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 17, 2023•48 min
Vitaly Yurchenko
When KGB Colonel Vitaly Yurchenko defected to the US, it was a coup for the CIA, but when Yurchenko shook off his handlers and re-defected back to the USSR, it left a lingering question: was he ever for real—or was the entire episode an elaborate setup by the KGB? This week on TSD, Joe & Vincent solve the mystery of Vitaly Yurenko. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 10, 2023•56 min
The Boscombe Down Incident
An incident on a runway at Boscombe Down airbase in Wiltshire, England seems to be at the root of a vast cover-up. But a cover-up of what? An experimental aircraft? A UFO? Something even stranger? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 14 min
The Disappearance of Dorothy Forstein
5 years after an inexplicable attack, a housewife is abducted in front of her own children, there are no suspects in either crime and no one has heard from her since. Who took Dorothy Forstein? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 28, 2022•34 min
The Christmas Combustion of Martha Rooney
"All-in-all, it was a really wonderful Christmas eve," thought John Larson as he laid his head on the pillow, still a little typsy. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Four Foreign Serial Killers
Many Americans like to believe that we rule the world when it comes to serial killers, but in truth, our psychos are pretty weak tea compared to some other crazed killers from around the globe. This week on The Shocking Details, Joe and Vincent demolish the myth of American exceptionalism in serial murder. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Dec 13, 2022•54 min
The Cursed Final Video of Oh In-hye
Sept 2020, A famous South Korean Actress is found dead but fans suspect something criminal or even supernatural when they watch the creepy final video she left on-line. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 06, 2022•52 min
The Lost Galleon of the Salton Sea
In 1863 a traveller came upon an old shipwreck in the unlikeliest of places—in a desert, 100 miles from the nearest ocean. How did the ship get to its final resting place? And where is it today? Join Joe and Vincent as they explore the mystery of the Lost Ship of the Desert. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nov 29, 2022•54 min
The Fort Myers Eight
2007 The bodies of eight men are discovered in a vacant lot in Southwest Florida. Who were they? How did they die? And who was responsible? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nov 22, 2022•57 min
Heist! At the Flying J
July 2022: A fortune in jewells is stolen from a truck at truckstop in a brazen heist. The suspects are many but whodunnit? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nov 15, 2022•59 min
The Hammersmith Ghost
In 1803 a ghost came to the sleepy village of Hammersmith, England but the twists and turns in the story take multiple twists and turns and have affected the law up until this very day! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nov 08, 2022•56 min
Ghost Ship: Zebrina
1917: A ship is found beached on the shores of France but the crew? Not even the slightest trace. What became of the crew of the ghost ship Zebrina? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nov 01, 2022•44 min
Halloween Bonus: Scary Movies
Do you like scary movies? Cause, um... We really do. And we talk about our faves./ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 31, 2022•15 min
The Ammons Possession prt 2
Part 2 of 2! Please be sure to check out part one first. 2012, Gary, Indiana. A family's new home appears to have unleashed a demonic possession. The story is familiar but what makes this case so crazy is the breadth of documentation and credible witnesses. Just in time for the spooky season, this story may make you question what you believe about demonic possession. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Oct 26, 2022•40 min
The Possession of the Ammons family
2012, Gary, Indiana. A family's new home appears to have unleashed a demonic possession. The story is familiar but what makes this case so crazy is breadth of documentation and credible witnesses. Just in time for spooky season, this story may make you question what you believe about demonic possession. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Oct 25, 2022•43 min
Spooky Revenants
Three spooky tales of the dead rising from the grave and one confounding challenge for our listeners. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 18, 2022•48 min
Romasanta: Werewolf or Serial Killer?
After over a dozen people turn up dead a serial killer is captured, but his confession adds a super natural angle to this mystery. Could Manuel Romasanta really have been a werewolf? Join us for one of the most thoroughly documented cases of Lycanthropy. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 2 min
The Dogman of Michigan
The Dogman of Michigan and its fellow cryptid, the Werewolf of Wisconsin, have been terrorizing rural residents around Lake Michigan since the late nineteenth century, and they have been spotted far more often than the legendary Bigfoot. What is this fearsome creature? Join Joe & Vince for their third-most dangerous outing yet as they pursue this legendary and dangerous beast. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Oct 04, 2022•53 min
BONUS: A Woman Riding A Lion
Is it possible that the mysterious statue of Corvo was not a man on a horese but a woman riding a lion. Vincent drops a banger of an appendix to this week's theories section on earliest inhabitants of the Azores. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 01, 2022•6 min
The Columbarium of Terceira
An unassuming cave, on a tiny island in the Atlantic may have been the resting place of well over 100 souls. But who's? The answer could rewrite history. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 2 min
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