Text the show!"31" investigates the mysterious disappearance of the "world's dirtiest joke" by diving into the history of obscenity and the state of comedy today. Featuring an interview with comic Martin M. Morrow.Find Martin Morrow on Instagra

Curse of the Crystal Palace

Mar 26th, 2024 58m 55s

Text the show!The Crystal Palace debuted at the first World's Fair in London, and many imitators followed. This episode explores a strange architecture mystery: why did every Crystal Palace meet the same fate?You can find all sources on a docum

Someone is in the Dutch Room

Jan 23rd, 2024 56m 18s

Text the show!The 1990 theft of 13 works of art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is the largest unsolved art heist in history. Theories abound - but today we look at a fascinating one that's never talked about. Was this a rescue mi

I Am Not That Man

Dec 14th, 2023 28m 33s

Text the show!A man walks into a library, steals a book he's written, and burns it. ................................................................. Sources:YIVO Archives & Library Collections | YIVO Institute for Jewish ResearchTablet - The

Pickled Potatoes

Dec 4th, 2023 14m 58s

Text the show!Strange. Vile. Completely anonymous. This is the most unusual flash-fiction to ever hit the internet. (Note: this episode contains content for listeners 18+. Listener discretion is advised.)Sources:Backlinko - Reddit StatisticsYou

Death Imitates Art

Nov 15th, 2023 13m 31s

Text the show!Two couples are murdered 35 years apart. The crimes are completely unrelated, but both share one strange similarity: art found in the home that seems to mimic the crime scene. .............................Sources:The Corpsewood Mu

Comrade Jerry

Nov 10th, 2023 29m 18s

Text the show!What do "Tom and Jerry," "The Simpsons," and "Neon Genesis Evangelion" have in common? More than you think. ....................................................................... Sources:https://geekdad.com/2015/06/the-gene-deitc

Halloween Special 2023

Nov 1st, 2023 11m 42s

Text the show!Quinn Lovecraft tells you her own spooky campfire story about an abandoned place in the middle of nowhere.Sources:Weird Ohio by Andy Henderson, James A Willis, Loren Coleman, and Andrew Hendersonhttps://www.facebook.com/ghosttownf

Clown to Soap

Oct 23rd, 2023 26m 31s

Text the show!William Bernard's strange death - and the equally strange fate of his body - tells us a lot about the chaos of goldrush-era San Francisco. ..........................................Sources:Daily Alta California 11 January 1854 — C

Traces of Purple

Oct 20th, 2023 30m 46s

Text the show!What if a group of strangers started accusing you of a terrible crime just because you weren't very interesting? ...........................................................................Sources:Funny115Survivor: Kelly Shinn reac

Have You Been to Doveland?

Oct 17th, 2023 38m 26s

Text the show!Why are people misremembering violent events en masse - events that never happened at all?............................................Sources:https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/23/world/asia/afghanistan-violence/index.htmlhttps://www.den

Sugar Blood

Oct 16th, 2023 20m 33s

Text the show!Shergar was a top-tier athlete who had just retired to have children when he was kidnapped by masked gunman, never to be seen again. This is the strange story of Shergar, the fastest racehorse in Ireland. .........................

Nearer to Thee

Oct 8th, 2023 7m 24s

Text the show!Maybe you've never thought about the last sound you'll hear. That's okay - someone has chosen it for you. ....................................................Sources:https://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-video-cnn-will-play-when-the-wo

Silent Neighbors of the Clown Motel

Oct 7th, 2023 13m 48s

Text the show!Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Tonopah, Nevada's Clown Motel, eager to run into a spirit among the eerily-smiling clown figurines. But the real horrors of Tonopah have little to do with the clowns, and they're buried next door..

Blue Roofs and Empty Schools

Oct 6th, 2023 10m 35s

Text the show!There are very few towns in North Korea that non-North Koreans can lay eyes on. Kijong-dong, just outside the demilitarized zone, is one of them. With bright blue roofs and a large school set against the hills, it looks like the e

How to Lose a (Celestial) Body

Oct 6th, 2023 7m 33s

Text the show!Massive stars don't just vanish into thin air, but that's exactly what it looks like happened to N6946-BH1... and the first theory astronomers come up with to explain its disappearance is terrifying................................

Phenomenon

Oct 4th, 2023 11m 23s

Text the show!In 1998, Ronaldo was one of the most promising soccer stars in the world. But something happened to him right before the World Cup that inspired a multitude of theories - part of a long line of conspiracy theories in professional

A Castle, The Devil, and You

Oct 3rd, 2023 14m 47s

Text the show!Houska Castle's bizarre architecture and mysterious past all point to a massive secret. What truth is there to the rumor that Houska is covering up something beyond this world?......................................................

Something About the Sudbrinks

Oct 3rd, 2023 16m 49s

Text the show!One family has had increasingly bizarre encounters with unknown entities since the 1980s. From doppelgängers to eerie phone calls, someone won't leave the Sudbrinks alone. ..........................................................

Sir, That Anteater is Dead.

Oct 2nd, 2023 7m 27s

Text the show!In 2017, a disturbing scandal rocked the world of wildlife photography.Sources:https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/apr/27/winning-anteater-photo-disqualified-judges-agree-stuffed-marcio-cabralhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/co

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