In our final episode, we celebrate all that was Big, If True, discussing our favourite (and least favourite) episodes, moments, and memories associated with the show. Thank you to everybody who sent in emails for the episode, and thanks to ever

E100: Cursed Movies

Mar 9th, 2020 1h 39m

The idea of the cursed film has been around in some shape or form since the dawn of the medium. Some of the earliest examples of cursed movies include The Wizard of Oz, The Conqueror, and Rebel Without a Cause. In the 1970's and 80's, the popul

E99: The Ant Hill Kids

Mar 2nd, 2020 1h 29m

The Ant Hill Kids are perhaps Canada's most famous cult, operating out of Quebec and Ontario throughout the late 1970's and 80's. Led by the charismatic Roch Theriault, the commune mostly kept to themselves, funding their alternative lifestyle

E98: Ian Brady and Myra Hindley (The Moors Murders)

Feb 24th, 2020 1h 17m

The Moors Murders are some of the UK's all-time most gruesome murders, taking place from July 1963 to October 1965. The perpetrators of the Moors Murders were Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, a young couple obsessed with sadism and torture, whose si

E97: Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck (The Lonely Hearts Killers)

Feb 17th, 2020 1h 10m

Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, the Lonely Hearts Killers, are one of America's most famous serial killer duos. The couple met in 1947, driving around the country to meet lonely older women. Today, the scam they committed is known as the lon

E96: Gerald and Charlene Gallego (The Sacramento Sex Slave Murders)

Feb 10th, 2020 55m

From September 1978 to November 1980, Gerald and Charlene Gallego terrorized Sacramento, California and Reno, Nevada, claiming 10 victims during their killing spree. The victims mostly consisted of young teenage girls, whom Gerald Gallego used

E95: Ray and Faye Copeland

Feb 3rd, 2020 57m 29s

Ray and Faye Copeland are known today as the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States. Their crimes took place between 1986 and 1989, when drifters who worked on the Copeland's farm began to disappear without a trace. These dr

E94: Bog Bodies + Floating Feet

Jan 27th, 2020 1h 15m

For hundreds of years, well-preserved bodies of ancient humans have been found in the bogs of northern Europe. These bodies have been inadvertently protected by the bogs that have become their final resting place, offering valuable insight into

E93: The Assassination of James A. Garfield

Jan 20th, 2020 1h 1m

James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States of America, entered office with hopes of economic growth, social service reform, and the betterment of all Americans. Unfortunately, his term would be cut short, and after 199 days in offic

E92: The Bennington Triangle

Jan 12th, 2020 1h 31m

The Bennington Triangle in Vermont has historically been home to some of the country's weirdest sightings and events. The Triangle is comprised of small communities that include Bennington, Woodford, Somerset, Glastenbury, and Shaftsbury, with

E91: 2019 in Review

Dec 30th, 2019 1h 56m

Happy New Year everybody! To mark the end of the year (and decade), Matt and Kayla took a look at all their favourite things from the past year, including their top moments, movies and music of the year. Other topics discussed include Jeffrey E

Do It for the Vinyl #9: Mitski, Be the Cowboy

Dec 23rd, 2019 1h 59m

Happy holidays to our wonderful listeners! In our very special holiday edition of Do It for the Vinyl, Matt and Kayla discuss Big, If True's 2018 Album of the Year - Mitski's "Be the Cowboy".Support Big, If True on Patreon at www.patreon.com/b

E90: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Dec 16th, 2019 1h 52m

Happy holidays everybody! This week, we take a break from the bleak world of unsolved mysteries and conspiracies to take a look at the sequel to one of our all time favourite Christmas films - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Sit down and relax

E89: The Takenouchi Manuscripts + The Tomb of Christ

Dec 9th, 2019 53m 7s

The Takenouchi Manuscripts, allegedly discovered in the 1930's, describe how Japan was once the very centre of all civilization, ruled over by the gods who created mankind to work as farmers for them. The Manuscripts detail millions of years of

E88: The Shroud of Turin

Dec 2nd, 2019 1h 8m

The Shroud of Turin is a piece of linen cloth bearing the image of a bearded man resembling the traditional Catholic image of Jesus Christ. The Shroud is thought by many to be the actual burial linen of Jesus of Nazareth, having been left behin

E87: The Ark of the Covenant

Nov 25th, 2019 1h 36m

The Ark of the Covenant is one of history's most famous lost objects. The Ark was built after God commanded Moses on Mount Sinai to build it to his exact specifications in order to hold the Ten Commandments. The Ark accompanied the Israelites o

E86: The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Nov 18th, 2019 1h 36m

In March 1584, Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to Sir Humphrey Gilbert, allowing him to explore and settle areas of the New World that had yet to be claimed by the Spanish. What followed were several disastrous attempts to form settlements,

E85: The Iran-Contra Affair

Nov 11th, 2019 1h 8m

In November 1986, the Reagan administration became embroiled in the Iran-Contra Affair, a scandal that saw the National Security Council secretly selling weapons to the newly hostile regime in Iran, using the profits of these sales to fund the

E84: The Green Children of Woolpit + The Green Man

Nov 4th, 2019 1h 21m

During the reign of Stephen, King of England, the small English village of Woolpit reported the strange arrival of two green children who spoke a foreign language and appeared alien in nature. The story of these children is documented in histor

E83: The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel

Oct 28th, 2019 1h 47m

On July 1st, 1976, 23-year old Anneliese Michel died in her home after having gone through 67 exorcism sessions over a ten month period. In the lead up to her exorcism, the young woman had experienced horrifying visual and audible hallucination

E82: The Circleville Letters

Oct 21st, 2019 1h 31m

In the mid-late 1970's, residents of Circleville, Ohio began to receive disturbing anonymous letters with deeply personal information about their everyday lives and salacious accusations about their deepest and darkest secrets. After some time,

E81: The Salem Witch Trials

Oct 14th, 2019 1h 24m

The Salem witch trials were some of the most notorious events to take place in early Colonial America. From February 1692 to May 1693, twenty people from the communities of Salem, Salem Village, Ipswich, and Andover were accused of witchcraft a

E80: A Brief History of Witchcraft

Oct 7th, 2019 1h 30m

Since the dawn of man, humans have revered and feared those who claim to be able to influence the world around them through occultism. These alleged practitioners of magic were a major part of many ancient and early modern civilizations, playin

E79: Alien Arrival

Sep 30th, 2019 1h 19m

For more than a hundred years, humans have been fascinated with the idea of making contact with extraterrestrial life. Today, experts almost unanimously agree that alien life exists somewhere in the universe. Successful contact with intelligent

E78: The Roswell Incident

Sep 23rd, 2019 1h 26m

In July 1947, something strange crashed on a ranch outside of Roswell, New Mexico. Those who came into contact with the object described it as looking like nothing they had ever seen before, with foil-like material that sprang back to its origi