From executive producer Dana Carvey and Team Coco Podcasts, "The Weird Place" is an episodic sci-fi comedy adventure that will blow your mind. From manipulative aliens to time-traveling pirates to a power-hungry mad man with a magic globe, "The

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Introducing: Let's Make A Sci-Fi

Mar 1st, 2022 35m 43s

Producer Dave Shumka introduces a new show from the team behind This Sounds Serious: Let's Make a Sci-Fi, an eight-part adventure through the creative process as three comedians try writing a successful sci-fi pilot— with help from scientific e

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A Message from Kirk Todd in Jail

Apr 29th, 2021 2m 7s

Kirk Todd is back in jail and he has an important message for you: He wants you to vote for This Sounds Serious in the 2021 Webb Awards for Best Writing in a Podcast. Click here to vote. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat

8: The Premiere

Oct 20th, 2020 31m

With Kirk’s release from prison and a movie premier in the works, the truth comes into focus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7: Vegas

Oct 13th, 2020 24m 43s

Gwen travels to Las Vegas, where crime writer Frank Reeves tells her that a casino robbery took place during the film shoot, and Kirk buried the movie to hide the evidence.Click here to get the entire season right now, ad-free. Hosted on Acast.

6: Rotten Popcorn

Oct 6th, 2020 27m 17s

After tracking down Grand Casino, Gwen watches the movie and is underwhelmed. She calls on the goofball hosts of the “Rotten Popcorn” podcast to weigh in, and investigates a theory that maybe Kirk was the one who buried the movie.Click here to

5: The Con Man’s Handbook

Sep 29th, 2020 29m 42s

Gwen finds out how Kirk finally got caught. Kirk insists Grand Casino exists and invites Gwen to use his “Con Man’s Handbook” dictaphone recordings to help uncover it.Click here to get the entire season right now, ad-free. Hosted on Acast. See

4: Visiting Hours

Sep 22nd, 2020 28m 13s

Gwen travels to Maricopa County Prison to meet Kirk Todd and get inside the mind of a con man. She learns about his marriage to art forger Helen Chatham and the events that tore them apart.Click here to get the entire season right now, ad-free.

3: How to Make a Fake Movie

Sep 15th, 2020 29m 18s

In order to pull off the Grand Casino con, Kirk had to convince the studio and the crew that he was making the movie. How did nobody catch on?Click here to get the entire season right now, ad-free. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor

2: We Were Filming a Crime Scene

Sep 8th, 2020 25m 15s

Click here to get the entire season right now, ad-free.How did Kirk Todd put himself in the position to pull off this con? Gwen answers that question and reveals the events of the Grand Casino premier from the red carpet to the chaos in the lob

1: Jeremy, Kenny, Karl, Klaus, and Kirk

Sep 1st, 2020 22m 29s

A 9-1-1 call about a heart attack at a 1991 movie screening leads investigative journalist Gwen Radford to unearth the life story of con man, Kirk Todd, from his childhood crimes through his career as a TV producer, up to Grand Casino, the movi

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This Sounds Serious: Grand Casino

Aug 25th, 2020 1m 3s

Click here to get the entire season right now, ad-free.In 1991, TV producer Kirk Todd was supposed to direct his first movie, Grand Casino, but the movie was never made. Kirk disappeared with the film’s budget and was revealed to be a con man n

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Introducing Record Club

Jun 25th, 2020 33m 9s

From Kelly&Kelly, the studio that brought you This Sounds Serious comes Record Club - a live storytelling podcast that celebrates seminal albums and explores how these albums affect our lives. Hosted by musician Louise Burns, each episode featu

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Introducing The Mysterious Mr. Epstein

Oct 1st, 2019 9m 58s

For most of his life, Jeffrey Epstein was a mystery-- who he was, how he made his money, and how he got away with horrific crimes for so many years. The Mysterious Mr. Epstein explores how Epstein was able to use his wealth to buy status and cr

Introducing Room 20

Aug 2nd, 2019 10m 19s

For more than 15 years, a man named Sixty-Six Garage would lay in a nursing home bed, unidentified and unconscious. Or so everyone believed. Join reporter and host Joanne Faryon across borders and through the twists and turns of the truth until

8: The Conclusion

Jul 16th, 2019 29m 17s

Seriously, what is in those barrels? Surprise evidence found in the quarry leads to a confession, but maybe not justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7: The Barrels

Jul 9th, 2019 21m 3s

The barrels in Rhoda Day’s backyard may hold the key to Melissa Turner’s disappearance. Gwen wants to find out what’s inside them, but it’s not going to be easy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6: Theories

Jul 2nd, 2019 23m 31s

Gwen outlines the most likely scenarios about what happened to Melissa Turner. A surprise phone call by a key player bolsters one theory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5: The Mayor

Jun 25th, 2019 24m 33s

Gwen’s focus turns to Rhoda Day, Jimmy’s mother and the longtime mayor of Tom Day. Just how many strings is Rhoda Day pulling in this town? And are they about to snap? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4: Subcultures

Jun 18th, 2019 21m 39s

Manhattan Media podcast “Here’s Some Information” teams up with TSS to learn about the online society of scent fanatics that could possibly link Jimmy and Melissa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3: All About Jimmy

Jun 11th, 2019 31m 24s

Gwen travels to Tom Day, Oregon the home of serial hostage-taker Jimmy Kline and learns about his criminal past through his mother, his neighbors, and the man himself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2: Hostages

Jun 4th, 2019 28m 47s

Gwen takes us on an audio tour of an incredibly bizarre 9-1-1 call that chronicles the 36 hours that Jimmy Kline held a bank hostage in Tom Day, Oregon, claiming the mayor killed his girlfriend, Melissa Turner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr

1: Missing Melissa

Jun 4th, 2019 27m 24s

A 9-1-1 call from a 2017 bank heist leads investigative journalist Gwen Radford to the story of the country’s most missing person, Melissa Turner. And now Melissa has disappeared again, only this time it’s different. Hosted on Acast. See acast

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This Sounds Serious: Missing Melissa

May 28th, 2019 2m 7s

After listening to a 9-1-1 call from the longest hostage situation in Oregon history, Gwen finds herself on the trail of America’s most missing person. Season 2 brings you another story so believable it can’t be true. Launching June 2019. Host

BONUS: LeVar Burton Reads is back!

May 14th, 2019 4m 32s

Here’s a podcast recommendation for you: LeVar Burton Reads. Experience the best short fiction, handpicked and narrated by the world’s most legendary storyteller. Let host LeVar Burton (Reading Rainbow, Roots, Star Trek) transport you to unknow