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285 episodes transcribedToday’s podcast features two separate, unique stories, that are both themed around the same thing, true Mexican horror. The first story you'l...
On the morning of March 8, 1961, a 13 year old boy living near Seattle, Washington, walked up the front steps of his house, opened the front...
Located in the northwestern section of Canada lies an 11,000 square mile stretch of untouched wilderness called the "Nahanni Valley" (aka "Th...
In 1995, an 18 year old named Reggie was serving a life sentence inside one of the most violent prisons in the USA. Reggie tried to keep his...
In 2006 a couple found themselves lost in the rugged San Jacinto mountain range in California. Starving, dehydrated, and desperate, they stum...
In 2010, a young tutor stepped inside of her student's apartment. At first it was quiet, then a terrified voice called to her from the back b...
In 2008 in Canada, a highly controversial movie script found its way into the police’s hands. When they read it, they immediately told t...
In 2006, an adult son arrived at his parent’s farm to work for the day. When he got there, he expected to see his father out and about doing...
During World War 2, there was a horrific incident that occurred on a small island in the Pacific Ocean. At the time, the details of exactly w...
In 2017, an aspiring teenage artist was invited to come out to an art college in Florida for a personalized tour of their campus. They told h...
In 1999 there was a rash of disappearances inside of the famous Yosemite National Park in California. When the police couldn't figure out whe...
In 2012, a man living in Omaha, Nebraska met a woman on a dating website and after dinner, he invited her into his apartment. As they started...
In 2012, a West Virginia father knocked on his 16 year old daughter's bedroom door, expecting her to open it up and say, "hello." But after k...
In 1995, a man was in his basement running on the treadmill when he heard thumping sounds coming from upstairs. He went upstairs to investiga...
One morning in 1983, a truck driver was driving down a lonely Alaskan highway, when he saw a young girl come bounding out of the forest that...
On March 20, 1995, a crumpled up newspaper was spotted lying on the floor of a Tokyo, Japan train car. In Japan, the subways are always immac...
Carol and Reggie Sumner were high school sweethearts in the late 1960s, but after graduation they broke up and went their separate ways. 40 y...
On Christmas Eve in 1992, an 18 year old woman named Danita Gullette stepped outside of her place of work into the freezing Dayton, Ohio nigh...
In 2012, a young man drove his truck into an Anchorage Alaska parking lot and came to a stop next to a small, bright teal colored shack. This...
This is the story of what is, quite possibly, the strangest outcome of a failed romantic relationship ever. In 2013, two young people who met...
