The Murdered Mountaineers!
Two of the Soviet Union's greatest climbers die in a mysterious "accident." But was it really just a simple gas leak?
Sep 05, 2023•57 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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Am Fear Liath Mor
Does a mysterious grey-haired cryptid haunt the peaks and the highest mountains in the UK? We're on his trail!
Aug 29, 2023•36 min
WTF are Sky Stones?
2013, an artist in Hong Kong discovers a mysterious mineral for sale in a market. The story that unfolds involves a daring Italian Geologist, a violent civil war, Aliens and Gods.
Aug 22, 2023•41 min
The Centralia Conspiracies
There are two cities named Centralia in the United States, located on opposite sides of the country, both are the sites of horrible tragedies that may have been the result of conspiracies. Today we explore both strange tales and their horrific outcomes.
Aug 15, 2023•42 min
Jean Weber: The Ogress!
This week we're revisiting an older more obscure episode about a French nanny who's charges just kept-um-well... becoming dead.
Aug 08, 2023•43 min
The Mysterious Death of Jean Tatlock part 2
This is the second part of a two-parter, you haven't already listened to part one make sure you do so!
Aug 03, 2023•44 min
The Mysterious Death of Jean Tatlock
As the development of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos reached a fever pitch a lonely communist doctor took her own life in San Fransisco. What do these two events have to do with one another? Well, it just so happened that the deceased woman was J Robert Oppenheimer's secret paramour. But did she really take her own life? Or was it the work of the agents following her?
Aug 01, 2023•23 min
Underworld(s)
This week on the Shocking Details—20th century discoveries of ancient underground complexes and cities have left mysteries in their wake—who created these amazing structures? And how did they do it? And why? Joe and Vincent don their Indiana Jones hats and plunge into the abyss to find out!
Jul 25, 2023•47 min
The Unsolved Murder of Lea Polvani
Artist Lea Polvani was abducted right in front of her apartment. Four days later she was found murdered in a cave. Almost 40 years later the crime remains one of Italy's most baffling cold cases.
Jul 18, 2023•53 min
The Vanishing Airliner
May 2003: a Boeing 727 took off on an unauthorized departure from Luanda Airport in Angola—without a pilot or crew aboard, as far as anyone knows—and hasn’t been seen since, though the CIA, FBI and other intelligence services turned over many rocks trying to find it. What happened to Plane #844AA, the Vanishing Airliner?
Jul 11, 2023•45 min
The Arkansas Ghost Trail Revisited
Due to the holiday, we are revisiting one of our original cases—a classic tale of murder with a hauntingly silly twist.
Jul 04, 2023•44 min
The Lava Lake Murders
A group of trappers in Oregon are found shot, mutilated and stuffed under the ice of a remote mountain lake. Suspects abound but no one fits perfectly. Find out how these tragic murders divided a small timber town and have remained unsolved to this day.
Jun 27, 2023•58 min
Where is the Crew of The Kaz-II
Called “The Mary Celeste of Australia”, the sailboat Kaz II was found adrift in the Pacific in April 2007, undamaged, with everything on deck and belowdecks in perfect order—but the three-man crew had vanished without a trace. This week on The Shocking Details : what happened to the men of the Kaz II? Mystery cubed!
Jun 20, 2023•51 min
Olivia Mabel and the Tulpa
1994: after a series of silent 911 calls from an abandoned property in Celina, Texas police arrive to find a truly macabre scene. But wait! What really happened to poor Olivia Mabel, what about her son who died in 1990? Strap in: here there be twists!
Jun 13, 2023•38 min
Missing! Christina Calayca
Christina Calayca vanished while jogging in a provincial park in Canada in 2007, leaving no trace—not even a hint of a scent for the search dogs. This week on TSD, Joe and Vince investigate Christina’s mysterious disappearance.
Jun 06, 2023•48 min
AKA: Victim F (part 2)
Part 2 of 2! The Shocking Conclusion. 2015: Aaron Quinn reports to police an incredible story of the abduction of his girlfriend Denise, but that's the problem. His story seems anything but credible. Then twists start coming. Buckle up as we tell the story of the abduction of Denise Huskins, AKA Victim F. Be sure to listen to episode one.
Jun 01, 2023•29 min
AKA: Victim F (part 1)
Part 1 of 2! 2015 Aaron Quinn reports to police an incredible story of the abduction of his girlfriend Denise, but that's the problem. His story seems anything but credible. Then twists start coming. Buckle up as we tell the story of the abduction of Denise Huskins, AKA Victim F.
May 30, 2023•47 min
The Bandaged Man of Cannon Beach
A horrific and bloodied figure stalks the dank forests and lovers' lanes around picturesque Cannon Beach, Oregon!
May 23, 2023•25 min
The Death of Col. Sabow
In 1991 Col. James Sabow was found dead at his home on El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in California. The death was ruled a suicide by local authorities and NCIS, but subsequent inquiries cast doubt upon the verdict, and dark allegations of covert flights and arms smuggling at the air base were raised. Was Col Sabow’s death really a suicide—or was it murder?
May 16, 2023•57 min
Ebu Gogo Part 3
Part 3 of 3! Be sure to check out parts 1 and 2 if you haven't already! 2003: a team of archaeologists have come to Liang Bua, a remote cave. Once inside they uncover something unexpected, bones of a hominoid which would have stood under a meter and a half tall. Dubbed Homo Floresiensis the discovery rocks the world of anthropology and human evolution to its core. The world is surprised by the discovery but not the people who live on Flores at the edges of the dense jungle, they’ve known the tin...
May 11, 2023•28 min
Ebu Gogo part 2
Part 2 of 3! Be sure to check out part 1 if you haven't already! 2003 a team of archaeologists have come to Liang Bua, a remote cave. Once inside t they uncover something unexpected, bones of a hominoid which would have stood under a meter and a half tall. Dubbed Homo Floresiensis the discovery rocks the world of anthropology and human evolution to its core. The world is surprised by the discovery but not the people who live on Flores at the edges of the dense jungle, they’ve known the tiny ape-...
May 10, 2023•33 min
Ebu Gogo Part 1
2003 a team of archaeologists have come to a Liang Bua, a remote cave. Once inside t they uncover something unexpected, bones of a hominoid which would have stood under a meter and a half tall. Dubbed Homo Floresiensis the discovery rocks the world of anthropology and human evolution to its core. The world is surprised by the discovery but not the people who live on Flores at the edges of the dense jungle, they’ve known the tiny ape-men since time, for them, began, they call them Ebu Gogo, and a...
May 09, 2023•33 min
Missing! Jason Jolkowski
2001: an Omaha teen leaves for work and vanishes into thin air. Even the internet can't figure out this mystery! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 02, 2023•52 min
The Mysterious Death of Keiko Inoue part 2
part two is live! If you haven't checked out part one you really should. Please stick around til the very end to hear one last creepy aspect of this story that brings up to the present day! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 26, 2023•24 min
The Mysterious Death of Keiko Inoue
August 1972, the spirits of the ancestors walk the forests of Japan, a murderer is among vacationers, Keiko Inoue checks into a spa in a remote mountain area. Do the found photographs hold the key? Did this murder create J-horror and accidentally launch a world of analogue horror and creepypasta? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 25, 2023•44 min
The 300 Million Yen Heist
Japan’s DB Cooper: one lone man single-handedly stole a fortune in cash from a Tokyo bank—without pulling a gun, breaking into a vault, or hurting a single person. And he was never caught. More than 50 years on, the legend of the 300 Million Yen Robber lives on in Japan Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 18, 2023•44 min
The Missing Teens of Toronto
2005: a teenager in Toronto goes missing. 2006: five days after his remains are found 3 of his friends go missing. To this day no one knows why. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 11, 2023•48 min
The Clara Nevada
The steamer Clara Nevada foundered in stormy waters off the coast of Alaska in 1898, with no survivors. There were rumours of a fortune in gold aboard. Was this an unfortunate accident--or one of the biggest robberies/murders in US history? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 04, 2023•52 min
The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet
2007, a woman uploads a track from an old cassette to the web hoping audiophiles can identify the band, but they can't. Years later and thousands of attempts to pin it down and still no one can identify the most mysterious song on the internet. Is it just a super obscure lost classic? A hoax? A glitch in the matrix or something stranger? Listen carefully... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 28, 2023•48 min
Missing! The Godard Family
In September 1999, a French family of three (Dad, daughter, son) vanish while sailing. Back at their home, police discover evidence that Mom may have been murdered. Then random clues start showing up all over the place, some obviously planted. What happened to the Godard family? And who planted the evidence? And why? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 21, 2023•53 min
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