Podcasts by Shattered Souls

Episode 17: "Fait Accompli" from 2022-07-12T11:00

Karen wraps up this part of the Car Barn Murders series with her assessment of accomplices Walter Oliver and Robert Janney along with a breakdown of the statement of Francis Gregory. Please go t...

Episode Sixteen: "DC Unconfidential" from 2022-07-05T11:00

After handing off her findings on William Clarke to you, the public jury, Karen details every factor and Clarke's criminal intent to put the final pieces together. She also uncovers the identity...

Episode Fifteen: "We, the Jury..." from 2022-06-28T11:00

Karen makes her opening argument against her primary suspect, William Clarke, based on the information provided in the 1935 reports and from Captain Vollten's confidential informants from 1954.....

Episode Fourteen: "The Greene Nexus" from 2022-06-21T11:00

Karen's friend, Stephanie White, cracked the identity of  DC Metro Police 'ex-Sergeant Greene", named numerous times in Captain Vollten's 1954 Addendum report. Who was this man and how did ...

Episode Thirteen: "Confidential Squared" from 2022-06-14T10:00

The 1954 Addendum report written by Captain Vollten provided all of the details needed to crack the case, but there were still unidentified persons involved in the murder that Karen has to ident...

Episode Twelve: "Beauty School Dropout" from 2022-06-07T14:00

As Karen continues putting the pieces together, she finds out about an addendum report that was not included in the original files. She also discovers that there may have been evidence tampering...

Episode Eleven: "Cloak and Swagger" from 2022-05-31T11:00

Prison letters between William Clarke and Mary Branch tell a sordid story of love and hate. Clarke also wrote to several other people from his prison cell, including a U.S. Senator and one woman...

Episode Ten: "The Patapsco Incident" from 2022-05-24T11:00

The lid finally blows off of the case when Karen discovers a related crime that was not mentioned anywhere in the case file. Dead men tell no tales. Dead women, too. 

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Episode Nine: "Matinees and Madness" from 2022-05-17T11:00

Karen delves into the police interviews of William Clarke and Mary Branch and finds marked discrepancies, an unnamed DC cop, as well as a direct link to another person of interest -- the only pe...

Episode Eight: "Dear Lil" from 2022-05-10T11:00

As the political machine churned in the background, Detectives Vollten and Rodgers follow up on the information from DC Jail inmate Horace Davis and his claims about Walter Oliver's confession. ...

Episode Seven: "Pants on Fire" from 2022-05-03T11:00

DC Jail inmate Horace Davis provided the first solid lead to investigate, but was he telling the truth? Karen has more names to investigate and finds the first bombshell from an unlikely source....

Episode Six: "Burlesques and BS" from 2022-04-26T11:00

Detective Vollten kept interviewing suspects after breaking away from the investigation of Tony The Stinger Cugino, but nothing was panning out. Almost a year to the day after the Car Barn Murde...

Episode Five: "Undercover Blue" from 2022-04-19T11:00

A wormhole in Philadelphia? Gangsters are on the forefront of Detective Vollten's investigation and Karen follows their leads down a rabbit hole to find out if the Car Barn Murders were a gang h...

Episode Four: "Den of Duplicity" from 2022-04-12T11:00

The District of Columbia was dealing with rampant illegal rackets and Karen finds out just how much corruption was going on. The detectives start working with an informant, who finds out key inf...

Episode Three: "Distraction and Discombobulation" from 2022-04-05T11:00

As the detectives followed lead after lead, nothing seemed to be panning out. Karen starts following leads of her own, including an attempted robbery of another ticket office that provided a sus...

Episode Two: "Seeing Can Be Deceiving" from 2022-03-29T11:00

Karen begins reconstructing the moments of the murders of James Mitchell and her great uncle, Emory Smith, which leads to difficult questions. Was it really an inside job like everyone thought? ...

Episode One: "The Oldest Cold Case" from 2022-03-22T11:00

Retired detective Karen Smith discovers that her father kept a family secret for decades. In 2002, her father revealed that Karen's great uncle, Emory Smith, was the victim of a heinous murder a...

Introducing Shattered Souls: The Car Barn Murders from 2022-03-15T12:00

'Shattered Souls: The Car Barn Murders' premieres March 22nd! What happens when a double homicide case lands in your lap? What if it is the oldest active cold case in the history of American tru...

Shattered Souls BONUS: "Play along with me." from 2020-08-14T02:00

In this surprise lighthearted bonus episode, Karen recounts one of the more straightforward cases in which a perp discovers the hard way that she isn't as smart as Karen and her colleagues.Learn mo...

Shattered Souls BONUS with Nancy Grace: Broken Glass from 2020-07-30T19:48

Karen talks with longtime friend and former prosecutor Nancy Grace about the most emotional moments from her career. Nancy is now the host of the podcast Crime Stories with Nancy Grace and the foun...

Shattered Souls: Kim Dorsey from 2020-07-25T16:00

Who killed Kim Dorsey? As Karen and her co-workers forensically reconstructed the crime scene, the homicide detectives ran down lead after lead until they found the suspect and arrested him. Who wa...

Shattered Souls: Breakdown from 2020-07-18T16:00

Kim Dorsey was found bludgeoned, stabbed and sexually assaulted in her own bedroom. The crime scene had been assigned to two new crime scene investigators the day before Karen and her co-worker, Ki...

Shattered Souls: Jessie Bracelett from 2020-07-11T16:00

Jessie Bracelett was brutally murdered in the pre-dawn hours of December 17, 2012. As Karen and other detectives investigated the crime scene and related items they discovered bloodstain evidence t...

Shattered Souls: Pain from 2020-07-04T04:00

Twenty two-year-old Jessie Bracelett was stabbed and left for dead in a dark parking lot in 2012. His friend, Maurice Johnson, also suffered a stab wound and called 911. . . and so did several eyew...

Shattered Souls: Trina Joseph from 2020-06-27T16:00

Aubrey Joseph turned himself in after murdering his wife — but he told a much different story than the one told by evidence he left behind. It’s up to the detectives to make sense of the details, f...

Shattered Souls BONUS: The Prosecution Speaks from 2020-06-24T17:00:52

Karen speaks with prosecutor Janeen Kirch who details her experiences in the State Attorney's Office and her most heartbreaking moment while working the Alexandria Williams case.Learn more about yo...

Shattered Souls: Anger from 2020-06-20T16:00

Trina Joseph’s tragic murder revealed a history of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband Aubrey. It’s not a whodunit, but the evidence from the crime scene would show the calculated, deliberat...

Shattered Souls BONUS: Det. Eileen Simpson from 2020-06-16T17:32:09

Karen speaks with one of her mentors, Detective Eileen Simpson, about her method for dealing with the emotional aftermath, along with more background information on the Roy Andrews and Moussa Maida...

Shattered Souls: Moussa Maida from 2020-06-13T16:00

After teenager Moussa Maida was gunned down in the cashier’s booth of his family’s store, his mother’s cries haunted Karen. The case languished for two years before investigators received the break...

Shattered Souls: Scratches from 2020-06-06T16:00

Who killed 19 year-old Moussa Maida in his family’s small shop? The killer left behind ample physical evidence. The entire crime was captured on video. It should have been an open-and-shut case, bu...

Shattered Souls: Roy Andrews from 2020-05-30T16:00

Roy Andrews spent his law enforcement career helping others but after his murder he needed the help of an adrenaline-fueled team of detectives to find the killer. From a callous confession caught o...

Shattered Souls (BONUS): Interview with retired JSO detective Kim Long from 2020-05-26T16:22:02

Shattered Souls is about understanding the emotional toll that investigative work takes on those in the trenches. Karen chats with her "work wife," retired JSO detective Kim Long, about their case ...

Shattered Souls: Pressure from 2020-05-23T16:00

Motive is the name of the game after the brutal and baffling murder of a long-serving police officer. Karen relives the crime scene, sifts through the evidence, and takes listeners on a roller coas...

Shattered Souls (BONUS): On the record with Susan Addison from 2020-05-19T19:22:10

Karen speaks with Stacy Replogle’s mother to learn more about her daughter and what life has been like since her brutal murder. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Shattered Souls: Stacy Replogle from 2020-05-16T16:00

After Stacy Replogle's nearly decapitated body was found at a remote construction site in Jacksonville, Florida, Karen and her team set out to identify the killer. Exhausted and frustrated, they fo...

Shattered Souls: Nightmare from 2020-05-09T16:00

On a cold and rainy morning in February of 2005, Jacksonville, Florida forensic detective Karen Smith responded to a troubling report of a body discovered in a wooded area. The unidentified young w...

Thinking Sideways: The Shocking Details! from 2020-03-03T16:58:07

A new episode! Joe tells you how to find it.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: Joe's New Podcast from 2020-02-25T21:19:20

The Arkansas Ghost Trial: When a drifter came to a tiny town in Arkansas, murder followed. Then things got kinda weird.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: The Disappearance of Alfred Loewenstein from 2020-02-21T02:06:48

Alfred Loewenstein, one of the world’s richest men, vanished from his private plane in July 1928 somewhere over the English Channel. And no one aboard the plane even saw him go.Learn more about you...

BONUS: Introducing Audible's "CALL ME GOD: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper Investigation" from 2019-11-04T21:10:16

Joe helps you discover your next binge-worthy, must-listen, true crime original: Call Me God: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper Investigation. Told firsthand by those key to solving the case, follo...

BONUS: Introducing Factually! With Adam Conover from 2019-05-29T12:00

Here’s a new podcast for you! You might know Adam Conover from his hit show “Adam Ruins Everything”, but now he’s going deeper as the host of the new show Factually!, where Adam interviews exceptio...

BONUS: Introducing The Shrink Next Door from 2019-05-21T16:10:07

Marty Markowitz had his share of problems. His parents had recently died. He had troubles at work. A failing relationship. He needed someone to help him through this rough patch in his life. So he ...

Thinking Sideways: The "Steve Is Dead" Hoax from 2019-04-01T14:14:10

The rumor that began with a Reddit post and metastasized into a tabloid sensation is... not true. Steve, Devin and Joe saddle up one last time to bring you the truth.Learn more about your ad-choice...

BONUS: Introducing Over My Dead Body from 2019-02-12T08:01

What happens when a seemingly-perfect marriage ends in a nasty divorce and someone ends up dead. Listen to Over My Dead Body today wherever you’re listening to this or wondery.fm/omdbLearn more abo...

Thinking Sideways: Miss us yet? from 2018-12-10T22:20:39

Lots of incredible things are being developed while we're way! Stay tuned to this feed for some great new stuff. In the meantime we've got a clip to share on the Menendez case from our good friend...

Thinking Sideways: Part II of The American Beauty Murder Mystery from 2018-10-18T23:36:53

In Part II of our collaboration with Minds of Madness podcast, we identify a suspect in the strange death of Greg de Villers.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: Part I of The American Beauty Murder from 2018-10-16T19:03:21

The Sideways Gang teams up with our friends at The Minds of Madness to discuss the murder of Greg de Villers.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: So long and thanks for all the f*cking fish from 2018-08-30T13:36:37

This is the last episode of TSP and we wanted to have some fun with it. So here are the final bloopers from this years episodes. Oh, and there is a lot of swearing.Learn more about your ad-choices ...

BONUS: Down the Rabbit Hole: The Sunken City of Akakor from 2018-08-23T13:37:07

In the early 1970s Tatunca Nara, last Chieftain of the Ugha Mongulala, revealed the existence of his tribe’s greatest secret—the vast city of Akakor, hidden deep in the Amazon jungle. Several have ...

BONUS: Down the Rabbit Hole: The Stonehenge campers from 2018-08-16T13:44:30

In August 1971 a group of hippies were partying at Stonehenge when a freak lightning storm, accompanied by blue lights, took the group by surprise... and may have been the cause of their disappeara...

BONUS: Down the Rabbit Hole: Steve’s Vietnam Excursion from 2018-08-09T13:38:49

In a change of pace this episode doesn’t feature a mystery; instead it features the team talking about SE Asia. Steve recently returned from a trip there and Team Sideways took the chance to discus...

BONUS: Down the Rabbit Hole: Phantom Ruby Tuesdays in New Mexico from 2018-08-02T13:34:48

A story about some guys who got confused on a roadtrip... or did they?Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: El Chupacabra! from 2018-07-26T13:35:50

For decades reports of a mysterious cryptid that drank the blood of goats have been circling the globe. Originating in the equatorial region of the Americas stories are now coming in from all acros...

Thinking Sideways: The suspicious death of Jonathan Luna from 2018-07-19T13:50:30

Federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna left his office to go on a long solitary midnight drive, and then was discovered dead the following morning, under very suspicious circumstances, many miles from ho...

Thinking Sideways: The disappearance of little Anna Waters from 2018-07-12T13:24:13

Anna was 5 years old when she disappeared on a rainy day while playing near the creek behind her house. Though it seems she could have just fallen in and been washed away, divorced parents and stor...

Thinking Sideways: Is spontaneous human combustion real? from 2018-07-05T13:34:29

People keep finding bodies that have been burned to ash while everything around them is left untouched by the flame. Some claim these are cases of spontaneous human combustion, others say something...

Thinking Sideways: The fate of the ship Freedon from 2018-06-28T13:31:44

23-year-old Lisa Bishop left Miami for Haiti on an old rusty freighter named the Freedon. Neither Lisa nor the ship were seen again, though there's some disagreement about the ship.Learn more about...

Thinking Sideways: The Missing Postman of Stradbally from 2018-06-21T13:38:10

After attending mass and delivering gifts, Larry Griffin started his normal postal route at noon on Christmas Day, 1929. Despite having attended dinner at two homes and being a guest at many others...

Thinking Sideways: Did Frank Finkel survive the Battle of the Little Bighorn? from 2018-06-14T13:35:22

In 1920 a man living in Washington state claimed to be the only survivor of the famed Battle of the Little Big Horn. Was Frank Finkel there or was he just another one of the many attention seekers ...

Thinking Sideways: Who killed Willie MacRae? from 2018-06-07T13:34:11

A member of the Scottish National Party and an anti-nuclear activist, William MacRae was found dying in his car after an accident--and later it was discovered that he'd also been shot in the head. ...

Thinking Sideways: DTR-The Witchcraft from 2018-06-05T14:11:41

Down the Rabbit Hole, a sneak peak at the bonus content available on Stitcher Premium-Daniel Burack was on his boat, the Witchcraft, just offshore from Miami Beach, when he radioed the Coast Guard ...

Thinking Sideways: Disappearance of Ronald Tammen? from 2018-05-31T13:36:50

All American Ronald Tammen disappeared without a trace from his dorm room on an abnormally cold night on April, 1953 after finding a dead fish in his bed. Was the fish an unrelated, harmless frat p...

Thinking Sideways: Who was Colonel Tomb? from 2018-05-24T13:38:17

During the Vietnam War the US military recorded the feats of Vietnamese flying ace Colonel Tomb. However after the war it was discovered that the Vietnamese People's Air Force had no record of this...

Thinking Sideways: Live-Ade Family Murder from 2018-05-17T13:34:01

Live from CrimeCon 2018: On March 24, 1897 the Ade family was brutally murdered. Accounts conflict but between two to four heads were removed with an axe. Who committed this horrible crime? Team Si...

Thinking Sideways: The Impossible Murder of Isidor Fink from 2018-05-10T13:36:30

In March 1929, Isidor Fink was shot to death in his Manhattan apartment. But the doors had been bolted from the inside, the windows nailed shut... and no gun, nor gunman, was there. Who killed Isid...

Thinking Sideways: Bohemian Grove from 2018-05-03T10:32:44

Established in 1878, Bohemian Grove is a camp nestled in the Redwoods of California which hosts an annual retreat of over 2,500 highly influential men. With names as big as George H.W. Bush and Hen...

Thinking Sideways: The Madden Curse from 2018-04-26T13:32:40

John Madden Football (now Madden NFL) hit consoles in 1988. The "curse" began when it began featuring players on the cover. Does this game really have the power to destroy players' careers, or is i...

Thinking Sideways: The Annecy Shootings from 2018-04-19T13:35:21

A British family and a French bicyclist are murdered on a mountain road in the French Alps. Accusations of nuclear espionage and secret stashes of Saddam Hussein's millions begin to fly. But despit...

Thinking Sideways: Tunguska Event from 2018-04-12T13:31:57

On June 30th 1908, 770 square miles of forest in Eastern Siberia were flattened by a massive explosion. 100 years later, we still don't know what caused it.Learn more about your ad-choices at https...

Thinking Sideways: What is the Mapinguari? from 2018-04-05T13:37:22

The native peoples of South America have reported seeing a giant, hair, and bad smelling creature in the Amazon forest for generations. Is this cryptid real or is it just a local legend?Learn more ...

Thinking Sideways BONUS: Disappearance of Mike Williams from 2018-04-01T13:29:39

In December 2000, Jerry "Mike" Williams left his house early to go duck hunting. His boat was found floating on a nearby lake days later, but Mike was never seen again. Happy April Fools.Learn more...

Thinking Sideways: What happened to Kenny Veach? from 2018-03-29T04:56:05

In October 2014, Kenny Veach posted a video on YouTube about his search for a strange creepy cave he'd found on a hike in the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada. Not long after that he left to search a...

Thinking Sideways: Disappearance of Brian Shaffer from 2018-03-22T14:00

A guy walks into a bar... and disappears forever. 27 year old Brian Shaffer disappeared from inside the Ugly Tuna Saloona in March 2006. He has never been heard from since.Learn more about your ad-...

Thinking Sideways: The Falling Soldier from 2018-03-15T14:00

Robert Capa captured the iconic image of a soldier being shot and killed during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. But was it real or was it staged? Did it happen how he said it did or was it all a fab...

Thinking Sideways: The Murder of Catrine da Costa from 2018-03-08T15:22:21

In 1984 the dismembered, headless remains of Catrine da Costa were discovered in Stockholm, Sweden. Although the case has become one of the most notorious murders in Swedish history, no one has eve...

Thinking Sideways: The Disappearance of Amy Billig from 2018-03-01T15:00

March 5th, 1974, 17 year old Amy Billig disappeared while hitchhiking to her father's office in Coconut Grove, Florida. What has followed is a 44 year search full of false leads and biker gangs.Lea...

Thinking Sideways: Michael Meiring—Treasure Hunter or Terrorist? from 2018-02-15T14:27:32

In May 2002, in Davao, Philippines, a bomb went off in the hotel room of Michael Meiring, an American treasure hunter. Days later he fled the country--assisted by the FBI, according to the Philippi...

Thinking Sideways: The Persian Princess from 2018-02-08T14:26:59

In October 2000, a video surfaced in which a man claimed to have the mummified remains of a Persian Princess. The investigation revealed that not only might the mummy be a forgery, but there might ...

Thinking Sideways: The Zip-Gun Bomber from 2018-02-01T14:19:54

Between 1982 and 1996 five packages were mailed to seemingly unrelated New Yorker's, each containing a homemade explosive. Who was the bomber and why were these people targeted?Learn more about you...

Thinking Sideways: Campden Wonder from 2018-01-25T14:19:52

In 17th-century England, three people were hanged for the murder of William Harrison. But, to paraphrase some famous British historians, Harrison wasn't QUITE dead...Learn more about your ad-choice...

Thinking Sideways: Gareth Williams from 2018-01-18T14:19:44

When police conducting a welfare check on Gareth Williams discovered his decomposing body in a locked red North Face bag in the bathroom, they ruled it an accidental death. Though this alone is a s...

Thinking Sideways BONUS: Pimlico Poisoning Mystery from 2018-01-16T14:23:11

This bonus episode is brought to you by TNT’s new Limited Series, The Alienist. On January 1st 1886 Thomas Edwin Bartlett was found dead in bed. Doctors discovered chloroform in his stomach and det...

Thinking Sideways: Miracle of the Sun from 2018-01-11T14:21:35

On September 13, 1917 a crowd gathered in Fatima Portugal to witness a predicted miracle. They said they saw the sun changing colors, dancing in the sky, and heating the area so quickly that the ra...

Thinking Sideways: The Murder of Bob Chappell from 2018-01-04T15:45:40

Bob Chappell disappeared off his sailboat in Tasmania in 2009, and his wife went to prison for murder. But did she really do it? A lot of people have their doubts.Learn more about your ad-choices a...

Thinking Sideways: Operation Highjump from 2017-12-28T15:28:17

Operation Highjump was one of 11 official expositions the US embarked upon to Antarctica. However, due to the proximity to the end of WWII and some odd comments by the Commander in Charge, some peo...

Thinking Sideways BONUS: The Bumble from 2017-12-25T15:17:15

Continuing the holiday tradition Team Sideways talks about the villainous character from many holiday stories known across the world as the Bumble, aka the Abominable Snowman. Was he real, was he f...

Thinking Sideways: TWA Flight 800 from 2017-12-21T15:07:27

On July 17th 1996 TWA Flight 800 exploded. The official cause was an electrical issue in a fuel tank but this doesn't line up with what witnesses say they saw just before the explosion. Was TWA Fli...

Thinking Sideways: The Secret of Plum Island from 2017-12-14T14:27:39

Shrouded in secrecy, the heavily-guarded government research center on Plum Island, off the US east coast, is suspected to be the origin of Lyme Disease, genetic aberrations like the hideous Montau...

Thinking Sideways: Lyle Stevik from 2017-12-07T14:29:38

Lyle Stevik hung himself in September 2001. When police discovered that there was no such person, a massive mystery that has captivated the internet began. As of 2017, Lyle's true identity, and rea...

Thinking Sideways: Vitrified Forts from 2017-11-30T14:25:03

Primarily found in Scotland ancient forts have been located where the rock walls have been exposed to enough heat to melt it into a glass state and fuse the individual pieces together. How did our ...

Thinking Sideways: Death of Col. Philip Shue from 2017-11-23T15:06:12

In 2003, Philip Shue's car crashed in Texas, fatally injuring him. But his body showed signs of torture and mutilation, and despite an initial ruling of suicide, many believe he was murdered.Learn ...

Thinking Sideways: Disappearance of Stephanie Stewart from 2017-11-16T14:33

18 year veteran fire watcher Stephanie Stewart disappeared from her post just outside of Alberta, Canada in 2006. In 2010, a couple was murdered just miles away. Is there a connection, or is Stewar...

Thinking Sideways: Kentucky Meat Shower from 2017-11-09T14:21:55

On March 3, 1876 a strange meat-like substance rained from the sky for several minutes over a home in Olympian Springs Kentucky. No one knows what the material was or more importantly where it came...

Thinking Sideways: Disappearance of Jim Gray from 2017-11-02T13:31:03

In 2007 computer guru Jim Gray left San Francisco Bay in his sailboat for a day trip. He never returned, and despite one of the most comprehensive sea searches in history, no trace of him was ever ...

Thinking Sideways: Halloween Extravaganza from 2017-10-26T13:30:03

This week we take a look at three different scary stories for Halloween; the murder of Leroy Carter, the strange death of Christopher Case, and La Pascualita.Learn more about your ad-choices at htt...

Thinking Sideways: What the heck was hell.com? from 2017-10-19T13:20:31

From 1995 to 2009, hell.com was, well, a “private parallel web”, a members only, invite only website. Was what lay behind the member's login as described, or something more sinister?Learn more abou...

Thinking Sideways: Miyazawa Family Murders from 2017-10-12T13:26:06

On December 30th 2000 an unknown suspect entered the Miyazawa home and murdered the entire family. The suspect stayed in the home for up to 10 hours before finally leaving. Hardly anything was take...

Thinking Sideways: The London Torso Murders from 2017-10-05T13:39:55

In 1887-89, around the time that Jack the Ripper was terrorizing London, another serial killer was committing some even more horrifying murders. For some reason, Jack is the only one who's remember...

Thinking Sideways: Death of George Reeves from 2017-09-28T13:09:08

On June 16, 1959, TV's Superman George Reeves was found dead by gunshot wound to the head. While police ruled it an immediate suicide, there are many who still believe he was murdered.Learn more ab...

Thinking Sideways: Rebecca Zahau, suicide or murder? from 2017-09-21T14:04:24

Officially Rebecca Zahau committed suicide on July 13th, 2011. A strange a cryptic message was painted at the scene and her hands and feet were bound using intricate knots. Did this woman truly tak...

Thinking Sideways: The Strange Death of Zigmund Adamski from 2017-09-14T13:49:55

Zigmund Adamski left his home in Tingley, England on June 6, 1980, and never returned. His lifeless body was found 5 days later in a village 20 miles away--and that's when things started to get str...

Thinking Sideways: The Disappearance of Lauren Spierer from 2017-09-07T13:38:16

In June of 2011, 20-year-old Lauren Spierer left her apartment in Bloomington, Indiana for a night of partying. At 4:30am she left a friend's house to look for her cell phone, and to this day remai...

Thinking Sideways: Baron 52 from 2017-08-31T13:52:07

On February 5th 1973 a US EC-47 crashed into the jungles of Laos while eavesdropping on the North Vietnamese army. Only 4 of the 8 crew members were accounted for in the wreckage. Did the others di...

Thinking Sideways: Cartoon Conspiracies from 2017-08-24T13:48:45

This week Team Sideways tackles conspiracy theories based in our favorite childhood cartoons.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: Harassing of Bill and Dorothy Wacker from 2017-08-17T13:50:31

For years the Wackers, an elderly Ohio couple, were harassed by an unknown person. Who was their tormentor, and why did he pursue them?Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastn...

Thinking Sideways: Publius Enigma from 2017-08-10T13:38:01

In June of 1994, a cryptic message was posted to a Usenet board for Pink Floyd fans. What followed has been more than 23 years of investigation into this mysterious puzzle.Learn more about your ad-...

Thinking Sideways BONUS: Christine Pelisek interview from 2017-08-04T14:22:53

Following up on our episode about the Daytona Beach Serial Killer, we’re releasing the rest of our conversation with Christine Pelisek, author of The Grim Sleeper, The lost women of South Central. ...

Thinking Sideways: Daytona Beach Serial Killer from 2017-08-03T13:38:41

Between December 2005 and February 2006 the bodies of three women were found shot in the head. Two years later another body was found with matching circumstances. Who is killing these women and whe...

Thinking Sideways: Villisca Axe Murders from 2017-07-27T13:32:04

In June 1912 eight people were brutally murdered in their beds in a home in Villisca, Iowa. Despite a long list of suspects and a massive police investigation, one of the most heinous crimes in Ame...

Thinking Sideways: The Strange Death Of Dave Bocks from 2017-07-20T13:35:13

In 1984 Dave Bocks, a pipe fitter at a uranium processing factory, disappeared while working the graveyard shift, and days later his remains were found inside a uranium furnace. An accident? Suicid...

Thinking Sideways: Princess Doe from 2017-07-13T13:37:15

On July 15, 1982, a grave digger found the battered body of a teenage girl on the grounds. Despite DNA analysis and the confession of a married couple, Princess Doe has never been identified.Learn ...

Thinking Sideways: Project Lucifer from 2017-07-06T14:36:15

There is a supposed plan to transform one of the gas giants in our solar systems into a second sun. Is it possible, how would it happen, and why do it?Learn more about your ad-choices at https://ww...

Thinking Sideways: TSP Live-Clarence Roberts from 2017-06-29T13:45:56

Live from CrimeCon: Clarence Roberts tragically died in a fire on November 18th, 1970. 10 years later he tragically died in a second fire. How could he have died in both fires? If he died in the fi...

Thinking Sideways: Tina Watson from 2017-06-22T13:35:11

Tina Watson drowned while scuba diving in Australia on her honeymoon. An accident? Or... murder?Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: Mr. Cruel from 2017-06-15T13:33:08

Over the span of 3 years, Mr. Cruel is credited with 4 pedophilic attacks on young girls. Dozens more attacks are loosely connected to him, so why hasn't he been caught? His meticulous planning and...

Thinking Sideways: Texas Killing Fields from 2017-06-08T11:21:06

Young women's bodies have been showing up along interstate 45 between Houston and Galveston Texas since the early 70's. Who is killing them? Is it just one person or is this the dumping grounds for...

Thinking Sideways: Murder on the Herbert Fuller from 2017-06-01T13:39:31

In July 1896, three people were brutally murdered aboard the sailing ship Herbert Fuller, leaving the survivors far from home, in the middle of a vast ocean, and wondering: who is the killer among ...

Thinking Sideways: Karin Waldegrave from 2017-05-25T13:43:51

In April 2010, a Facebook account named Karin Catherine Waldegrave (Von Berg Habsburg) appeared and started posting mysteriously prolific posts, only to be removed a year later. What were these pos...

Thinking Sideways: Washington's Eagle from 2017-05-18T13:29:30

In 1836 John Audubon included the Washington Eagle in his book The Birds of America. Initially accepted as a new species of eagle critics began questioning the claim when they couldn't find the bir...

Thinking Sideways: Kryptos from 2017-05-11T13:29:38

Unveiled in November 1990, Kryptos has baffled cryptographers for almost three decades, with two of its five messages still unbroken, and a promise of further mysteries after the last message is de...

Thinking Sideways: Pluckley Ghosts from 2017-05-04T13:56:53

With over 18 distinct entities, Pluckley was once in the Guinness Book of World records as the most haunted village in the UK. Is it really haunted? Is there another explanation for the experiences...

Thinking Sideways: Richey Edwards from 2017-04-27T13:50:22

On February 1, 1995, Richey Edwards was supposed to leave on a promotional tour in America for his band the Manic Street Preachers. Richey didn't get on the plane, he was sighted several times loca...

Thinking Sideways: Monster of Florence from 2017-04-20T13:39:12

A series of murders of young couples terrorized the Italian city of Florence in the early 1980s. The last murder was in 1985--but the real craziness was only just beginning.Learn more about your ad...

Thinking Sideways: GhostNet from 2017-04-13T13:54:23

In June 2008, a representative of the Dalai Lama approached an investigator from InfoWar Monitor in Geneva to request an investigation- they were sure that someone was spying on their computers. Wh...

Thinking Sideways: Moorgate Tube Crash from 2017-04-06T13:55:13

On February 28, 1976 a London Underground train barreled through Moorgate station and slammed into the end of the tunnel. Why? Was it driver error or a mechanical failure or something else?Learn mo...

Thinking Sideways: Goat Blood Soup from 2017-04-01T16:29:50

Having run out of mysteries, the team takes on the task they've always discussed: a cooking show! They start with a Choopie favorite, Goat Blood Soup! (PS, happy April fools!)Learn more about your ...

Thinking Sideways: Death of Hugues de la Plaza from 2017-03-30T13:48:11

In June 2007 Hugues de la Plaza was found stabbed to death in his San Francisco apartment, doors locked from the inside, weapon missing. Police consider the cause of death to be unknown, but his fa...

Thinking Sideways: Death of Mary Anderson from 2017-03-23T13:49:19

In 1996, a woman named Mary Anderson paid cash for two nights in a hotel in Seattle. Three days later, when she didn't check out, hotel staff found her peacefully dead by apparent suicide. Problem ...

Thinking Sideways: Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp from 2017-03-16T13:47:16

In 1987 a 7 to 8 foot tall reptilian creature was sighted for the first time in Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina. Since then many people have claimed to have seen the Lizard Man and even charged i...

Thinking Sideways: Bennington Triangle from 2017-03-09T14:51:01

A man vanishes from a bus; a college student sets out on a mountain trail and is never seen again... plus some others, and all in a small geographical area. Something's going on...Learn more about ...

Thinking Sideways: The Grimes Sisters from 2017-03-02T13:34:16

It's every parents worst nightmare, a missing child. Multiply it by two, and make it a few days after Christmas in 1956, and you have the mysterious disappearance of the Grimes sisters. When their ...

Thinking Sideways: The Murders of Mary Morris from 2017-02-23T14:52:05

On October 12th, 2000 Mary Morris was killed with no apparent motive and her body burned in her car. Three days later Mary Morris was abducted, beaten, and shot in the head in her car with possible...

Thinking Sideways: Argo 16 from 2017-02-16T14:52:45

In November 1973 a secret spy plane, code-named Argo 16, crashed just after takeoff from Venice airport in Italy, killing its crew. Despite an initial conclusion of pilot error, allegations of more...

Thinking Sideways: Indiana Dunes disappearance from 2017-02-09T14:52:36

In 1966, three young women were enjoying a day at the Indiana Dunes State park, then mysteriously vanished. Did they drown or was something more sinister at play?Learn more about your ad-choices at...

Thinking Sideways: Archambeau-Bruguier disappearance from 2017-02-02T15:13:33

On December 12th, 1992 Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Bruguier were involved in a car accident. For some unknown reason they both left the scene. Police searched the area but found nothing, three month...

Thinking Sideways: Witchcraft Murder from 2017-01-26T14:50:09

In February 1945 farm worker Charlie Walton was brutally murdered in the tiny English village of Lower Quinton. And the manner of the killing suggested something more than just murder...Learn more ...

Thinking Sideways: Markovian Parallax Denigrate from 2017-01-19T14:51:48

In the 1990s, a pre-internet called Usenet developed a bit of a spam problem. Hundreds of messages titled Markovian Parallax Denigrate were posted over the course of one day, but decades later some...

Thinking Sideways: Disappearance of Harold Holt from 2017-01-12T15:10:17

On December 17, 1967 Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt waded into the ocean for a swim while the rest of his party watched from the beach. He disappeared in the waves and was never seen again. ...

Thinking Sideways: Hall-Mills Murders from 2017-01-05T15:14:33

A New Jersey pastor and his lover were brutally murdered, their bodies found posed in ritualistic fashion beneath a tree. The most shocking crime of early 20th century America culminated in a trial...

Thinking Sideways: Asha Degree Disappearance from 2016-12-29T15:26:14

February 14, 2000, Asha Degree's packed a bag and left the house, seemingly of her own free will, never to return home. Did Asha really leave on her own? Did she run away or was she compelled by so...

Thinking Sideways: The Nutcracker from 2016-12-25T07:07:24

Each year those decorative wooden soldiers are put on display during the holiday season but never seem to get used. All they do is sit there looking dusty and creepy. In this special holiday episod...

Thinking Sideways: The Lost Dutchmans Mine from 2016-12-22T15:23:35

According to legend a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz wandered out of the Superstition Mountains with a sack of high grade gold. Ever since his death in the 1890's people have been searching for...

Thinking Sideways: Harold Wilson Resignation Conspiracy from 2016-12-15T15:21:45

In 1976 British Prime Minister Harold Wilson abruptly announced that he was resigning his office... and he didn't say why. And to this day people are wondering why.Learn more about your ad-choices ...

Thinking Sideways: The Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst from 2016-12-08T15:02:59

Now you see him, now you don't. A minor British diplomat named Benjamin Bathurst vanished literally into thin air while traveling under an assumed name with an attendant in 1809. Was it thieves, al...

Thinking Sideways: Craig D. Button from 2016-12-01T14:41:44

On April 2, 1997 USAF Captain Craig Button broke formation during a training mission and flew his A-10 Thunderbolt II NE for almost 800 miles before crashing into the side of Gold Dust Peak. The fo...

Thinking Sideways: Death of Alexander Litvinenko from 2016-11-24T16:03:21

In 2006 journalist Alexander Litvenenko was murdered by poison, perpetrator unknown. His death was one of several mysterious killings--which appear to have been connected by one thing.Learn more ab...

Thinking Sideways: Tecaxic-Calixtlauaca head from 2016-11-17T14:51:06

The Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca Head is a terracotta head which was likely part of a larger statue, discovered in 1933 near Mexico City. What makes this discovery so strange is that it was found with Pre...

Thinking Sideways: Death of Samora Machel from 2016-11-10T14:51:19

On October 19th 1986 Mozambican president Samora Machel and his staff were flying to the capital city when their plane changed course and subsequently crashed in South Africa. The crash killed Mach...

Thinking Sideways: The Murder of Martha Moxley from 2016-11-03T13:50:04

On the night of October 30, 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was brutally bludgeoned to death in her yard in Greenwich, Connecticut. Despite years of police investigations, and one actual conviction...

Thinking Sideways: Oct282011.com from 2016-10-27T13:53:28

Registered on August 7th, 2011, a website that loaded a dark page with white text is at the heart of this mystery. Who ran it, what was is it for, and what was meant to happen on October 28th, 2011...

Thinking Sideways: Min Min Lights from 2016-10-20T14:18:27

Australians have been seeing strange glowing lights in the Outback for decades. Some stories say they approach, others say that they keep a consistent distance, and yet others say they change color...

Thinking Sideways: Sabrina Aisenberg disappearance from 2016-10-13T14:05:21

In November 1997, 5-month-old Sabrina Aisenberg was taken from her crib in the dead of night and has not been seen since. Her parents believe that she's still alive somewhere, the police however ar...

Thinking Sideways: GEC-Marconi deaths from 2016-10-06T13:46:51

In March 1982, a GEC-Marconi scientist who had worked on the project code-named Star Wars died in a fatal car accident. In the decade following, 25 other scientists employed by GEC-Marconi died or ...

Thinking Sideways: Long Island Serial Killer from 2016-09-29T13:38:13

In 2010 the bodies of four prostitutes were found wrapped in burlap and buried in the brush on Oak Island NY. The next year 6 more sets of remains would be found, most of them believed to also have...

Thinking Sideways: The crew of the Carroll A. Deering from 2016-09-22T13:53:34

On January 31, 1921 the schooner Carroll A Deering was sighted hard aground and under full sail on Diamond Shoals, near Cape Hatteras North Carolina. When the Coast Guard was finally able to board ...

Thinking Sideways: Paul is dead from 2016-09-15T05:41:24

The September 1969 edition of the Drake Times-Delphic contained an article titled "Is Beatle Paul McCartney Dead?" This article may have been the first documented exposure of a very large conspirac...

Thinking Sideways: Wonderland Murders from 2016-09-08T14:13:22

On July 1st, 1981, someone entered at 8763 Wonderland Ave and beat all five of the people inside with pipes, four of them to death. Since then a stories revolving around drugs and porn star John Ho...

Thinking Sideways: Brandon Swanson from 2016-09-01T14:25:53

In May 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson was driving home when he got his car stuck in a ditch. As he walked toward the lights of a nearby town, speaking with his father on his cell phone, he sudde...

Thinking Sideways: Gloomy Sunday from 2016-08-25T13:50:17

In 1933, Hungarian pianist Rezs? Seress composed a song titled Gloomy Sunday, but is now known as the Hungarian Suicide Song due to the reportedly high number of people who commit suicide while lis...

Thinking Sideways: Tsavo Man-Eaters from 2016-08-18T13:54:15

For nine months in 1898 two Tsavo lions hunted and killed men working on the railroad being built in across the Tsavo river. But what drove them to view humans as food? Lack of their normal prey, i...

Thinking Sideways: Pont Saint Esprit poisoning from 2016-08-11T13:55:39

In an incident suspiciously similar to the Ken McElroy episode--except that there was no bullying redneck, no pickup truck and no gunfire--hundreds of residents of Pont St. Esprit in France found t...

Thinking Sideways: Bermeja Island from 2016-08-04T13:50:26

In the 16th century, Spanish cartographers mapped an islet off the Yucatan peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. However, in a 1997 survey, the island had disappeared. Were the Spanish wrong? Or did the...

Thinking Sideways: Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter from 2016-07-28T14:00:27

On August 21st, 1955, unidentified creatures came to a farmhouse in Kentucky. The people in the house were so frightened that they opened fire and for 3 hours the creatures kept popping their heads...

Thinking Sideways: The death of Morgan Ingram from 2016-07-21T13:56:03

20-yr-old Morgan Ingram was stalked and tormented for 4 months until December 2011, when she was found dead of an apparent drug overdose. Police ruled it a suicide, but Morgan's parents say she was...

Thinking Sideways: The disappearance of Rebecca Coriam from 2016-07-14T13:46:04

On March 22nd, 2011, Disney Wonder crew member Rebecca Coriam went missing. Disney's handling of the case has been anything but perfect and speculation still swirls around the mysteriously upsettin...

Thinking Sideways: Lake Huron boater disappearance from 2016-07-07T13:59:31

On August 11th 2005 Lana Stempien and Chuck Rutherford disappeared from their 27' boat several hours travel time from their intended destination. The US Coast Guard found the boat deserted, two wee...

Bonus: Mark Adams Interview from 2016-07-01T13:53

Following up on our episode about Atlantis, we’re releasing the rest of our conversation with Mark Adams, author of Meet Me In Atlantis, who knows a lot more about the subject than we do. Where did...

Thinking Sideways: Atlantis from 2016-06-30T13:49:31

In the 4th century BC, the Greek philosopher Plato revealed the existence of a lost continent called Atlantis. Was Plato's tale true? Or did he just make it up? A lot of people have been trying to ...

Thinking Sideways: Joseph Newton Chandler III from 2016-06-23T13:53:07

When police responded to the suicide of Joseph Newton Chandler III, they figured it would be pretty routine. He'd shot himself in the head in his apartment, case closed. However, when probate lawye...

Thinking Sideways: Andy Kaufmans greatest joke? from 2016-06-16T13:50:51

On May 16, 1984 comedian Andy Kaufman died from cancer. Or did he? Kaufman, the king of taking a joke so far that no one knew when it would end, or if it was even a joke, apparently told his friend...

Thinking Sideways: Rudolph Hess from 2016-06-09T13:52:24

In May 1941 Rudolf Hess, the 3rd most powerful man in Nazi Germany and a close friend of Hitler, climbed into a Messerschmidt Bf 110 fighter and flew solo to Scotland, with the avowed intent of sin...

Thinking Sideways: Ray Gricar from 2016-06-02T13:54:10

When a DA goes missing, the world takes notice. Ray Gricar was sitting DA in Centre Country, Pennsylvania when one day he simply did not return home. Theories at the time ranged from suicide to wal...

Thinking Sideways: Abismo Negro from 2016-05-26T13:06

On March 22nd, 2009, the body of luchador Abismo Negro was found drown under a bridge near El Rosario Mexico. Appearing to be in an unusually agitated state he had demanded that the driver of the b...

Bonus: Seth Margolis Interview from 2016-05-20T14:00:26

Following up on our episode about Queen Elizabeth I, we’re releasing the rest of our conversation with Seth Margolis, author of The Semper Sonnet, who knows a lot more about Elizabeth and Elizabeth...

Thinking Sideways: Did Elizabeth 1 have a child? from 2016-05-19T13:46:03

When Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, the Tudor line of monarchs ended. Though a lot of people have speculated that maybe it didn't quite... Did Elizabeth I have a child?Learn more about ...

Thinking Sideways: Phobos 2 Incident from 2016-05-12T13:48:09

In January 1988, the then Soviet Union launched two probes to investigate Mars' largest satellite, Phobos. Only one of the probes made it to Mars, and just days before it was slated to land, it sen...

Thinking Sideways: The Disappearance of Ben McDaniels from 2016-05-05T13:51:29

On August 18th 2010 Ben McDaniel dove into the cave in Vortex Spring in Ponce de Leon Florida. He was never seen again and after years of searching the cave no diver has ever found his body. Is his...

Thinking Sideways: The disappearance of Amelia Earhart&Fred Noonan from 2016-04-28T13:51:54

On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan left Papua New Guinea in a twin-engine Lockheed airplane, bound for Howland Island, a tiny island 2,550 miles to the east. They were never seen again...

Short: The Casie Nicole from 2016-04-26T14:03:05

In this special short, we discuss what happened in April 1990: four men set off in the boat Casie Nicole for a seven day fishing trip. Five days later, one of them was picked up floating, alive, in...

Thinking Sideways: The Death of Kurt Cobain from 2016-04-21T13:54:04

When Kurt Cobain was found dead by a shotgun wound, police immediately classified it a suicide. However, the case is more complex than anyone could have anticipated, rife with suspicion and fear.Le...

Thinking Sideways: Sunset Limited Derailment from 2016-04-14T14:06:30

In 1995 Amtrak's Sunset Limited derailed in the middle of the Arizona desert. It quickly became apparent that the train was deliberately derailed. Who did it and why have never been discovered.Lear...

Thinking Sideways: Louis Le Prince from 2016-04-07T14:04:04

In September 1890 Louis le Prince boarded a train in Dijon to go to Paris, along with luggage and a prototype of his new invention, a motion picture camera. When the train arrived in Paris, le Prin...

Thinking Sideways: Ken McElroy from 2016-04-01T11:00

Happy April Fools! On July 10, 1981, Ken McElroy was shot dead on the main drag in Skidmore, Missouri, by two or possibly three gunmen. Despite dozens of witnesses, the murder remains unsolved. Ha...

Thinking Sideways: The Naked Murders from 2016-03-31T11:00

In 1964 the naked body of a murdered prostitute showed up on the banks of the Thames under the Hammersmith bridge. Two months later when an almost identical body showed up, police realized they mig...

Thinking Sideways: The Glasgow Effect from 2016-03-24T11:00

Starting around the late 2000's studies began to surface talking about the unexplained below average life expectancy of the residents of Scotland. Why is this happening and what's causing it?Learn ...

Thinking Sideways: The Atlanta Ripper from 2016-03-17T13:53:28

For two years in the early 20th century, the black community of Atlanta was terrorized by a serial killer whose crimes eerily resembled those of Jack the Ripper. The killer was never caught.Learn m...

Thinking Sideways: The Disappearance of Andrew Gosden from 2016-03-10T14:49:25

In September of 2007, 14 year old Andrew Gosden slept in a bit, then left for school like any other day. After his parents had left for work, he returned home, drained his savings account and bough...

Thinking Sideways: Blair Adams from 2016-03-03T14:55:26

Canadian Blair Adams' body was found on July 11th, 1996 in the parking lot of a hotel that was under construction in Knoxville Tennessee, wearing a ripped shirt and nothing else. Somewhere between ...

Thinking Sideways: Disappearance of the USS Cyclops from 2016-02-25T14:32:48

On March 4, 1918, the US Navy ship Cyclops left Barbados to sail to Baltimore--and vanished without a trace.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: Atacama Skeleton from 2016-02-18T14:54:36

In 2003, a skeleton was found in an abandoned town in the Chilean desert of the Atacama. While this finding is not odd, the fact that the skeleton was just 6 inches (15 cm) long was. After DNA test...

Thinking Sideways: Who tried to kill Bob Marley? from 2016-02-11T05:39:42

In 1976 three gunmen came onto Bob Marley's estate at 56 Hope Road in Kingston Jamaica and opened fire. No one was killed but who sent them and why?Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.i...

Thinking Sideways: Death of Annie Börjesson from 2016-02-04T15:19:56

In December 2005, the body of Annie Börjesson was found washed up on the beach at Prestwick, Scotland. Local police concluded that the death was suicide by drowning... but the evidence suggests som...

Thinking Sideways: Area 51 Broadcast Interruption from 2016-01-28T14:53:55

On September 11, 1997, on Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM show, a frantic caller claiming to be a recent employee at Area 51 made some startling revelations. A few minutes into the call, the Coast to ...

Thinking Sideways: Crash of South African Airlines flight 295 from 2016-01-21T15:34:03

In 1987 South African Airways flight 295 crashed into the ocean after reporting smoke on board. The aircraft was found a year and a half later on the ocean floor, fire was ruled to be the cause of ...

Thinking Sideways: Disappearance of Hale Boggs from 2016-01-14T14:51:53

In 1972 Congressmen Hale Boggs&Nick Begich boarded a Cessna to fly from Anchorage, AK to Juneau. The plane never made it, and no wreckage was ever found. Was it an accident... or murder?Learn more ...

Thinking Sideways: The Murder of Julia Wallace from 2016-01-07T14:53:09

In 1930, William Wallace found his wife beaten to death upon his return home from a wild goose chase. He was charged with the murder, as police found his alibi to be lacking at best. Wallace mainta...

Thinking Sideways: Danny Casolaro and The Octopus from 2015-12-31T15:43:46

In 1991 Danny Casolaro supposedly committed suicide in his hotel room. He had been researching a cabal that he had started calling the Octopus. Did they knock him off or did he take his own life af...

Thinking Sideways: Frosty from 2015-12-24T16:42:32

For generations people have been singing the tale of Frosty the Snowman- but who was he really? We investigate a few avenues that might turn this cold case into a damp spot.Learn more about your ad...

Thinking Sideways: Lost Treasures from 2015-12-17T16:01:03

The Lost Galleon of Pearls, the Poverty Island Treasure, Lasseter's Reef—three fabled tales of fantastic wealth which was, er, kind of lost track of.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www....

Thinking Sideways: The White House Farm Murders from 2015-12-10T16:13:36

Three generations of the Bamber family died in the family farmhouse in August 1985, in a case which came to be called the White House Farm Murders, one of the most notorious crimes in modern Britis...

Thinking Sideways: Lake City Quiet Pills from 2015-12-03T14:54:22

In 2009, u/2-6 posted on Reddit that u/ReligionOfPeace had passed away. It was later discovered that u/ReligionOfPeace, aka "Milo" owned the domain for a site called "That Old Guy's Image Hosting"....

Thinking Sideways: Josh Gibson's Yankee Stadium Home Run from 2015-11-26T15:30:12

Josh Gibson is remembered as one of the best and strongest hitters in the National Negro League. The stories say he hit one out of Yankee Stadium in 1930 or 1934. Is it possible to do that and if s...

Thinking Sideways: Who Finked on the Franks from 2015-11-19T14:55:01

For two years Anne Frank&her family, and four other people, lived in hiding in rooms behind a business in Amsterdam--until one day in August 1944 when German and Dutch police showed up and arrested...

Thinking Sideways: Skinwalker Ranch from 2015-11-12T14:59:25

Skinwalker Ranch in Utah is known as one of the weirdest places in the world, touting more than 100 paranormal reports in the last 20 years. Is this ranch as plagued with activity as some suggest? ...

Thinking Sideways: Lost Cosmonauts from 2015-11-05T14:53:56

According to lore the Soviet Union launched people into space who never made it back to earth alive. Not wanting to lose face in the space race the existence of these cosmonauts was covered up. Did...

Thinking Sideways: The Beaumont Children from 2015-10-29T14:05:01

On January 26th 1966 Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont left their home to go play on the beach. When the children didn't come home two hours later as expected their mother was unhappy but not overly ...

Thinking Sideways: Hinterkaifeck Murders from 2015-10-22T13:54:23

In March 1922, all 5 members of the Gruber family, and their maid, were brutally murdered with a pickax. Then the killer proceeded to hang out at the farm with 6 dead bodies for the next several da...

Thinking Sideways: The Smiley Face Murders from 2015-10-20T13:44:35

In 2008, a group of investigators went public with a story they'd been looking into since 1997, involving more than 45 deaths. If true, the theory is that one of the most prolific serial killers ev...

Thinking Sideways: The Sodder Children from 2015-10-15T13:56:44

On Christmas Eve 1945 the Sodder family home caught fire, only 4 of the 9 children made it out. After the fire was extinguished no bodies were found leading the family to believe that the children ...

Thinking Sideways: The Lake Bodom Murders from 2015-10-08T14:22:42

In September 1960, four teenagers camping on the shores of Lake Bodom in Finland were brutally attacked as they were sleeping in their tent, by a person or persons unknown. Three of them died. The ...

Thinking Sideways: The Springfield Three from 2015-10-01T14:05:04

In June of 1992, recent high school grads Suzie Streeter and Stacy McCall returned to Suzie's house at 2am after a night of post-graduation celebration. The plan was to stay the night with Suzie's ...

Thinking Sideways: Lord Lucan from 2015-09-24T13:56:57

John Bingham, known as Lord Lucan, was a charismatic noble with expensive tastes and a gambling habit who separated from his wife in 1972 and lost custody of his children in 1973. On November 7th, ...

Thinking Sideways: Who was Peter Bergmann from 2015-09-17T14:14:09

A man calling himself Peter Bergmann showed up in the Irish coastal town of Sligo in June 2009. Over the following 3 days he carefully erased all evidence of his identity, after which point his bod...

Thinking Sideways: Agatha Christie Disappearance from 2015-09-10T14:02:01

In 1926, Agatha Christie went missing for 11 days. The official report is that her disappearance was due to "out of body amnesia". Where did she go? What did she do? Those 10 days remain a mystery ...

Thinking Sideways: Frederick A. Cook from 2015-09-03T14:12:27

Frederick Cook claimed to be the first man to climb to the peak of Mt. McKinley in 1906, in 1909 he claimed to have made it to the North Pole in the spring of 1908. Arctic explorer Robert Peary lau...

Thinking Sideways: David Sneddon from 2015-08-27T13:54:41

David Sneddon's last message to his family was an email from China saying that he was heading to Tiger Leaping Gorge. After an investigation several weeks later Chinese authorities concluded that S...

Thinking Sideways: The Grinning Man from 2015-08-20T14:56:03

In 1966, stories began to emerge coinciding with a slew of UFO sightings regarding a man named Ingrid Cold. Cold was said to have communicated with a number of people about a variety of topics. Tel...

Thinking Sideways: Kubrick's The Shining from 2015-08-13T14:48:44

Stanley Kubrick produced and directed the iconic film The Shining, released in 1980. Crowds at the time were terrified and/or confused by the film, today it is a classic. But what was really going ...

Thinking Sideways: Roberto Calvi from 2015-08-06T14:13:28

Roberto Calvi, who was nicknamed "God's Banker" because of his ties to the Vatican, was found hanged beneath Blackfriar's Bridge in London in 1982. Police ruled it a suicide--but was it really?Lear...

Short: Theft of Shergar from 2015-08-04T14:08:49

In 1981 Shergar was named European Horse of the Year for his victories on the track. On February 8th, 1983, eight armed men showed up at the stables where Shergar was kept as a stud and stole him f...

Thinking Sideways: The Kensington Runestone from 2015-07-30T14:00:25

Discovered in 1898, the 200 lb Kensington Runestone is, as the name suggests, a stone covered in runes. What makes this stone so interesting is that it was found in Minnesota, USA. Though the authe...

Thinking Sideways: Fate of the IXth Roman Legion from 2015-07-23T14:16:46

Somewhere between 100 to 120 AD the 9th Roman legion disappeared from the record books. Were they disbanded, defeated in a fierce battle (if so which one), or absorbed into another legion?Learn mor...

Thinking Sideways: Places You Don't Want To Go from 2015-07-16T14:10:02

It's summer and that means that you want to go on vacation. In this episode we tell you about three different places that you don't want to go to on that vacation.Learn more about your ad-choices a...

Thinking Sideways: Yamashita's Gold from 2015-07-09T14:27:32

Prior to and continuing through WWII, Japanese forces occupied a huge swath of East Asia, from which they looted a fantastic amount of gold, silver and gems. Much of the treasure was shipped to the...

Thinking Sideways: The Disappearance of Zebb Quinn from 2015-07-02T13:55:28

After receiving a mysterious page on January 2, 2000, Zebb Quinn cancelled his plans with a friend and drove away, never to be seen again. His car was found two weeks later in a parking lot with li...

Thinking Sideways: Charles Darwin's Health from 2015-06-25T13:52:18

The theories of Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of natural selection, are known world wide. What isn't known is what caused his ill health. For much of his life Darwin suffered from varyin...

Short: The Vela Incident from 2015-06-23T14:10:13

On September 22, 1979, a Vela satellite picked up a hallmark double flash, signifying that a 2-3 kiloton Nuclear bomb had been detonated. However, the people in charge of investigating this explosi...

Thinking Sideways: Death of Huey Long from 2015-06-18T13:49:28

In Sept. 1935, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was assassinated in the Louisiana State House by Dr. Karl Weiss. Or was he?Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: What's the Frequency Kenneth? from 2015-06-11T13:59:07

On October 5, 1986 Dan Rather was attacked on the street by a man who was reportedly yelling "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" While some say this mystery is solved, there's deeper layers than appar...

Thinking Sideways: The Death of Princess Diana from 2015-06-04T13:29:36

On August 31st, 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in Paris. Theories abound as to why it happened. Was it really a random accident, was it the fault of her driver, were the paparaz...

Thinking Sideways: Disappearance of Sneha Philip from 2015-05-28T13:13:47

31 year old Sneha Philip left her apartment in Battery Park on the afternoon of September 10th, 2001 and was never seen again. Was she killed when the World Trade Center fell, was she murdered and ...

Thinking Sideways: The Mills Family from 2015-05-21T14:08:37

Al and Jeannie Mills were devoted members of the People's Temple of San Francisco until 1975, when they "defected". For this they were excoriated by Jim Jones, leader of the Temple, who reportedly ...

Thinking Sideways: Denver International Airport from 2015-05-14T14:44:41

The Denver Airport has only been around for 20 years, and yet it is at the center of many stories. This week, we explore the idea of the Denver airport, from the Blue Mustang and odd runway layout ...

Thinking Sideways: Tube Sock Killer? from 2015-05-07T14:42:40

In 1985 two couples were killed in the woods south of Tacoma, Washington. The bodies of each the female victims were found with a knotted tube sock tied around their neck. Is this the hallmark of a...

Thinking Sideways: Vatican Murders from 2015-04-30T14:35:37

In 1998 the commandant of the Vatican's Swiss Guards was murdered, along with his wife, by another Swiss Guard, in an apparent murder/suicide. Or was it?Learn more about your ad-choices at https://...

Thinking Sideways: Tupac and Biggie from 2015-04-23T13:54:33

Tupac Shakur and Christopher George Latore Wallace died just 6 months apart, both under similar mysterious circumstances. Likewise, both had albums released shortly after their deaths which contain...

Thinking Sideways: Black Knight Satellite from 2015-04-16T14:18:28

Since the late 50's there have been numerous reports of something circling the earth in a polar orbit, something that was there before we could a satellite into orbit. Theories abound as to what it...

Thinking Sideways: Time Travelers from 2015-04-09T14:11:06

In this episode we look into three popular stories of time travelers and try to see what is really there.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: Keddie Murders from 2015-04-02T14:30:11

In April 1981, three people were bludgeoned and stabbed to death in the tiny town of Keddie, California--and a fourth, a 12-year-old girl, was kidnapped. Parts of her skeleton were found three year...

Thinking Sideways: Gef the Talking Mongoose from 2015-04-01T14:44:36

A family on the Isle of Man, in 1931, found that they had a rather strange house guest who called himself Gef. You guessed it, he was a talking mongoose who got up to all kinds of hijinks. Happy Ap...

Thinking Sideways: Madeleine McCann from 2015-03-26T13:52:46

While on holiday with her parents, British 3 year old Madeline McCann disappeared from her bedroom on the night of may 3rd, 2007. The search that ensued has been noted as one of the largest ever, a...

Thinking Sideways: The Tylenol Murders from 2015-03-19T14:23:26

In 1982 someone laced bottles of Tylenol capsules with potassium cyanide and put the tampered bottles back on the shelf killing 7 people. While there have been a few suspects no one knows for sure ...

Thinking Sideways: B Traven from 2015-03-12T14:09:04

B. Traven was an author who wrote, among other things, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Thing is, nobody really knows for sure who he really was...Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.i...

Thinking Sideways: Arthur's Seat Dolls from 2015-03-05T14:55:13

In Edinburgh in 1836, a group of boys who were hunting rabbits came across a small alcove and found something very peculiar- 17 small caskets containing 17 small dolls. Immediately thought to be co...

Thinking Sideways: Mima Mounds from 2015-02-26T15:02:01

The Mima mounds, located in southwestern Washington state, have been baffling scientists for decades. These strange domes of earth rise up out of the landscape covering large areas in a loosely reg...

Thinking Sideways: Dr. Bogle and Mrs. Chandler from 2015-02-19T15:32:59

On New Years day 1963 the bodies of Dr. Bogle and Mrs. Chandler were found on the bank of the Lane Cove River in Sydney. There were no outward signs of trauma and their cause of death has been spec...

Short: Poe Toaster from 2015-02-17T15:00:32

For nearly 80 years, someone (or someones) was seen toasting Poe with a glass of cognac, leaving the bottle and three roses on Poe's original grave. The identity of this someone is still a mystery....

Thinking Sideways: The Count St. Germain from 2015-02-12T14:56:26

The mysterious Count of St Germain traveled Europe in the 18th century, hob-knobbing with royalty, conducting diplomacy, fomenting revolutions--shaping Europe to his, or someone's, liking. It's eve...

Thinking Sideways: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe from 2015-02-05T14:37:18

October 7,1849, is a date many people are well acquainted with. Five days prior, renowned poet Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious and in need of "immediate assistance". On the 7th, he died. The ev...

Thinking Sideways: Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion from 2015-01-29T15:42:01

On November 22, 1987 someone overpowered two different TV stations transmissions broadcasting a nearly unintelligible message using the guise of Max Headroom. Who it was, what it meant, and why the...

Thinking Sideways: The Mull Air Mystery from 2015-01-22T15:11:49

A plane crash. A dead body. But.... they're in different places. On Christmas Eve 1975, Peter Gibbs, a former RAF pilot, took off from Glenforsa Airfield on the Isle of Mull, and never returned. 4 ...

Thinking Sideways: Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers from 2015-01-15T15:29:50

On April 1 of 2014, Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers, young women from the Netherlands took off on an easy day hike in Panama near the town of Boquete. When they missed an appointment on the 2nd with...

Short: Things that bob in the water from 2015-01-13T15:33:56

Mysterious things are washing up on shore. Tjipetir Tiles are washing up all over Europe. Two mysterious crates found floating off the coast of Florida--one filled with balloons. This one is still ...

Thinking Sideways: Michele Miscavige from 2015-01-08T15:21:19

The wife of the head of the Church of Scientology disappeared from public in 2007. Since then lots of people have wondered where she was and what happened to her. She could be dead or locked away s...

Thinking Sideways: Donald Crowhurst from 2014-12-30T18:05:50

Donald Crowhurst, a 35-year-old British inventor and businessman, set out in October 1968 to sail around the world alone as part of a contest. In July 1969 his sailboat was discovered adrift and wi...

Thinking Sideways: Mothman from 2014-12-25T16:53:52

Possibly one of the most famous cryptids, Mothman is often dismissed as a bird, while others agree he is an alien. Do herons really get that big (and hairy)? Is it possible that Mothman is a real h...

Thinking Sideways: The Truth about Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer from 2014-12-23T15:46:06

In a holiday tradition the Thinking Sideways crew takes a look at Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in an effort to try and figure out what actually makes him glow.Learn more about your ad-choices at ...

Thinking Sideways: Rendlesham Forest Incident from 2014-12-18T14:42:45

In December 1980 at RAF airbase Woodbridge an unidentified craft was spotted, on two different nights, by the US Airmen stationed there. The official reports indicate that nothing our of the ordina...

Thinking Sideways: Jean Spangler from 2014-12-11T15:01:14

In October 1949, Jean Spangler, a 26-year-old aspiring actress, left her home and never returned. Her purse turned up 2 days later, with a cryptic note in it; 2 days after that, a very famous movie...

Thinking Sideways: Cicada 3301 from 2014-12-04T15:00:38

"Not all mysteries are solvable, but prize comes in the pursuit." Called "the most elaborate and mysterious puzzle of the internet", Cicada 3301 is the name given to an organization that posts comp...

Thinking Sideways: Skyquakes from 2014-11-27T15:50:58

For centuries strange "booming" noises have been heard in coastal regions all around the world. Some say they are part of a government conspiracy, others say it is the sound of the continental shel...

Thinking Sideways: Who was Lori Erica Ruff from 2014-11-20T14:57:16

After her death by suicide in 2010, Lori Erica Ruff (nee Kennedy) was discovered by her family to have been living under a false name, and that her real name was Becky Turner, except… Becky Turner ...

Short: Isabella Art Theft from 2014-11-18T14:56:25

On the night of March 18, 1990, a pair of thieves disguised as Boston police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and roamed the Museum’s galleries, stealing thirteen works of art. ...

Thinking Sideways: Bill Brennan from 2014-11-13T15:09:04

In 1992, Stardust casino employee Bill Brennan walks out of work with half a million dollars belonging to the casino. He hasn't been heard from since. With that much money, did he chose to disappea...

Thinking Sideways: Who settled the New World first? from 2014-11-06T14:32:33

Everyone knows that humans were in the New World long before Columbus arrived but no one knows exactly how they got there. On foot, in boats, across the Pacific or the Atlantic ocean? Is there only...

Thinking Sideways: Jack the Ripper from 2014-10-30T13:59:17

Jack the Ripper terrorized London in 1888, 5 women are attributed to having died horrifically by his hand but no one is certain if that number is correct. Who was he, why did he do it, and where di...

Thinking Sideways: The Mad Axeman of New Orleans from 2014-10-23T13:35:32

For 18 months in the years 1918-19, a serial killer terrorized the citizens of New Orleans, his favored method of murder earning him a grisly nickname: "The Axeman". The murders have never been sol...

Thinking Sideways: Cleveland Torso Murders from 2014-10-16T13:39:49

Also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, this mystery circles around a still unidentified serial killer responsible for at least 12 grisly murders in the Cleveland area in the 1930's. The mu...

Thinking Sideways: Gateway to Hell from 2014-10-09T13:33:26

According to local legend a Gateway to Hell is located in Stull, Kansas. Each year on Halloween Satan uses this gateway to visit the earth. What is he doing and why is the gateway located in a tiny...

Thinking Sideways: Jim Thompson from 2014-10-02T13:35:42

In 1967 Jim Thompson, a former spy with the OSS, more recently a very successful businessman in Bangkok, left the house where he was staying (in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia)… and never return...

Thinking Sideways: Maura Murray from 2014-09-25T14:24:45

On February 9th, 2004, 21 year old Maura Murray set out on a car trip, telling her employer and professors it was because of a death in the family--a lie that puzzles investigators to this day. Des...

Thinking Sideways: Gary McKinnon from 2014-09-18T14:02:39

Gary McKinnon hacked into NASA and several other government agencies' computers. He swears he found evidence that we have a fleet of space ships and that they are staffed by "non-terrestrial" offic...

Thinking Sideways: Neta Fornario from 2014-09-11T13:40:58

Netta Fornario, a student of the occult, left her London home in 1929 for an extended stay on the tiny but storied island of Iona; months later, she died while apparently performing some sort of ri...

Thinking Sideways: The Monster with 21 Faces from 2014-09-04T13:54:39

Following a kidnapping of the president of Glico industries, a crime organization calling themselves the Monster with 21 Faces begins systematic extortion attempts on confectionery giants Glico and...

Thinking Sideways: Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels from 2014-08-28T14:09:37

The Irish Crown Jewels were discovered to be missing on July 11, 1907. No one knows who took them or why but for a century there has been plenty of finger pointing over who the thief must have been...

Thinking Sideways: Lost Boats Found from 2014-08-21T14:20:34

This week we look at three similar nautical mysteries and try to get to something to float to the top.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: Dorothy Arnold from 2014-08-14T13:35:14

In December 1910 Dorothy Arnold, a wealthy New York socialite, left her family's Manhattan home to go shopping, and never returned. Despite a massive search and extensive investigations, no trace o...

Thinking Sideways: Lost Boy Larry from 2014-08-07T13:40:06

On August 7th, 1973, radio operators in California picked up the terrified cries of a young boy who identified himself as Larry. Larry was unable to tell authorities where he was, or even what stat...

Thinking Sideways: Mongolian Death Worm from 2014-07-31T13:47:44

The Mongolian Death Worm is a cryptid that has never officially been captured (though Westerners have been trying since 1922). The creature lives in the Gobi desert and only surfaces in the months ...

Thinking Sideways: The Eilean Mor Lighthouse Mystery from 2014-07-24T13:53:38

In December 1900 three lighthouse keepers were discovered to have vanished from the island of Eilean Mor. There were the usual inexplicable clues--a meal left uneaten, a chair knocked over--which i...

Thinking Sideways: The Montauk Project from 2014-07-17T13:53:13

Often linked to the Philadelphia project, the Montauk project is an "all but the kitchen sink" series of conspiracy theories related to alleged secret projects starting in the 1980's... or the 1940...

Thinking Sideways: Coral Castle from 2014-07-10T14:09:23

Coral castle was built by Edward Leedskalnin between 1923-1951 when he passed away. Ed quarried all of the stone himself and said that he moved the several ton stones single handedly around the pro...

Thinking Sideways: The Jefferson Davis Eight from 2014-07-03T14:34:24

Between 2005 and 2009 eight women were murdered, the police investigation has been focused on finding a serial murderer. Writer Ethan Brown reveals disturbing facts that point towards many resident...

Thinking Sideways: The Mad Trapper of Rat River from 2014-06-26T14:13:20

A man calling himself Albert Johnson led the Mounties on their biggest manhunt ever, performing almost superhuman feats of evasion and survival before he was eventually brought down. And the RCMP w...

Thinking Sideways: Georgia Guidestones from 2014-06-19T13:40:37

Often referred to as America's stone henge, the Georgia Guidestones are a set of monolithic structures that were erected in Georgia in March of 1980. There are five slabs, which are astronomically ...

Thinking Sideways: Fairies from 2014-06-12T13:47:13

A British professor has published photographs showing what he says are proof that fairies are real. Are they they though? Or did he take a blurry photo of something else? Could they be real or is t...

Thinking Sideways: Yogtze-Fall from 2014-06-05T14:10:01

A German man exclaims "Now I understand!" to his wife, scrawls an unintelligible word on a piece of paper. Hours later he's found naked and near death in his wrecked car. Turns out he was injured b...

Thinking Sideways: The Dancing Plague of 1518 from 2014-05-29T13:58:32

In 1518 in Strasbourg, Alsace, a woman began dancing in the street. She danced for 4 to 6 days and was joined by 34 others within a week. Within a month, 400 people were dancing in the streets. Man...

Thinking Sideways: Battle Los Angeles from 2014-05-22T13:46:08

At around 3am on February 25th, 1942, the US Army began firing at an unknown object, or possibly multiple objects, over Los Angeles. After half an hour of intense shelling the firing stopped and wh...

Thinking Sideways: Holes! from 2014-05-15T13:55:10

This week we look at three smaller mysteries that are similar and try to get to the bottom of things.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: Flight MH370 Update from 2014-05-14T14:22:57

New theories have been brought forward about the actual path that Flight MH370 took and the are even backed up by math. In this mini episode we talk about these new theories about the course of the...

Thinking Sideways: The Nazi Bell from 2014-05-08T13:57:12

An old Polish intelligence file reveals the confession of a Nazi war criminal that the Germans were developing something which might have changed the course of WWII. Was the Nazi Bell a super weapo...

Thinking Sideways: The Hum from 2014-05-01T15:03:23

A mysterious "humming" noise is being heard by people world wide. So far the source of this constant, and potentially maddening, noise remains undiscovered and unexplained.Learn more about your ad-...

Thinking Sideways: The Beale Cypher from 2014-04-24T13:55:58

In the early 1800's a hotel owner was entrusted with a locked box, when he eventually opened it he found that it contained 3 coded messages. The coded messages were supposedly described the locatio...

Thinking Sideways: The Voynich Manuscript from 2014-04-17T13:45:01

The Voynich Manuscript, written about 500 years ago in an unknown script, has eluded all attempts at deciphering it. What does the text mean? What do the illustrations actually represent? Where did...

Thinking Sideways: The Baltic Sea Anomaly from 2014-04-10T13:50:06

In June 2011, a team of Swedish treasure hunters discovered a 200' wide saucer-shaped artifact at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Is the Baltic Sea Anomaly a natural formation, something man-made, or...

Thinking Sideways: The "Wow!" Signal from 2014-04-03T13:51:27

On August 15th, 1977, Jerry Ehman was working on a SETI project when he detected a 72-second long blast that crescendo-ed in a noise 30 times louder than the background. Jerry circled the text reco...

Thinking Sideways: Feline Overlords from 2014-04-01T14:09:49

The time has come for the Feline Overlords to show their power. How? By proving that the cast of TSP doesn't always get it right. Happy April fools.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.i...

Thinking Sideways: Klerksdorp Spheres from 2014-03-27T13:39:17

Strange round stones are being found in a mine in South Africa, they typically have 1 to 3 ridges around their circumference and predate the material surrounding them. Some say natural phenomena, o...

Thinking Sideways: Flight MH370 from 2014-03-20T13:32:55

Team Sideways tackles the maddening mystery of how a jumbo jet loaded with hundreds of passengers could simply… vanish. Without a trace.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcast...

Thinking Sideways: Toynbee Tiles from 2014-03-13T13:51:47

Since the early 1980's, linoleum tiles have been found embedded in asphalt all around the world. They bear the inscription "TOYNBEE IDEA, IN MOViE `2001,RESURRECT DEAD, ON PLANET JUPITER". Their or...

Thinking Sideways: Ulfberht from 2014-03-06T14:28:32

The viking Ulfberht swords, made between 800-1000CE, were the most prized and advanced pieces of weaponry in the Viking arsenal. No one knows how the Vikings got them or who really made them.Learn ...

Thinking Sideways: Hagley Woods Mystery from 2014-02-27T18:04:04

In April 1943 a woman's skeleton was discovered in a hole in a hollow tree in England; months later, mysterious graffiti began to appear which gave the corpse a name. The graffiti, and the investig...

Thinking Sideways: The Salish Sea Feet from 2014-02-20T15:08

In August 2007, a severed foot in a running shoe washed up on a beach on the Salish Sea (in Canada). Since then, 12 more feet have been found. The likelihood of finding two feet in this situations ...

Thinking Sideways: The Princes in the Tower from 2014-02-13T15:00:33

In the summer of 1483 the 12 year old boy king of England, Edward V, and his 9 year old brother Richard, Duke of York, were moved into the Tower of London by their uncle the future king Richard III...

Thinking Sideways: The Mary Celeste from 2014-02-06T15:09:30

The ghost ship Mary Celeste was found in December 1872 in the Atlantic Ocean west of Portugal, with her lifeboat gone and the crew missing. They had abandoned a perfectly seaworthy ship, and had ap...

Thinking Sideways: Jane Doe 245UFVA from 2014-01-30T15:38:17

December 18th, 1996, an unidentified woman commits suicide in the children's section of a cemetery. She leaves two $50 bills to "cover the cost of cremation". She was found on a clear plastic sheet...

Thinking Sideways: Elisa Lam from 2014-01-23T15:42:02

The body of Elisa Lam was discovered in a water tank on the top of the Hotel Cecil in Los Angles on February 19th, 2013. How she got there, why she was there, and what happened to her in the days b...

Thinking Sideways: Yuri Nosenko from 2014-01-16T15:25:41

Six weeks after the JFK assassination, a KGB agent who had been working for the CIA defected to the US, claiming to have information about Lee Harvey Oswald. Yuri Nosenko's defection eventually led...

Thinking Sideways: Gobekli Tepe from 2014-01-09T15:46:19

A discovery that "changes everything", Gobekli Tepe is a prolific discovery and dates to a time when humans were literally mere decades from being cavemen. Who built these, how did they build them,...

Thinking Sideways: Polybius from 2014-01-02T15:47:55

A new arcade game arrived in Portland in 1981 but was pulled from arcades just weeks after it arrived. It's never been seen again. Was it having strange effects on the kids who play it? Was it a go...

Thinking Sideways: Surcouf from 2013-12-26T18:07:37

In February 1942, the Free French Navy submarine Surcouf departed Bermuda for Australia, via the Panama Canal. She never reached the canal, and disappeared without a trace, leading to accusations o...

Thinking Sideways: Santa Claus from 2013-12-21T01:38:52

One mystery has plagued us since childhood- how does he carry all those toys? How does he make it to everyone's house in one night? Why has no one seen him delivering toys? That's right, it's Santa...

Thinking Sideways: Baghdad Battery from 2013-12-20T00:49:49

Bagdahd, Iraq, 1939, a new curator takes over the National Museum of Iraq, bringing to light a confusing discovery- a ceramic pot with a metallic rod inside. Speculation over what this artifact is,...

Thinking Sideways: 1991 VG from 2013-12-12T14:56:03

A near-earth-object that was seemingly metallic and approximately 10 meters across went past the earth in 1991. Instead of looking like a piece of space rock it showed characteristics of a "made" o...

Thinking Sideways: Isdal Woman from 2013-12-05T15:22:19

In November 1970, the partially burned corpse of a woman was discovered near Bergen, Norway, leading to one of the most intensive investigations in Norwegian history, which is still a source of con...

Thinking Sideways: Boy in the Box from 2013-11-28T17:50:19

In Philadelphia on February 25th, 1957 a would-be peeping tom discovers a box with the body of a young boy in it. The boy has never been identified, despite diligent work from many different organi...

Thinking Sideways: Amikafer from 2013-11-21T15:31:45

In post WWII Germany the Colorado potato beetle began decimating crops. No one knows why they appeared in such great numbers that season. Did the US dropped them there as a form of biological warfa...

Thinking Sideways: Anjikuni Lake from 2013-11-15T01:45:42

In late 1930, the inhabitants of an Inuit village in Canada's Northwest Territories disappeared without a trace, leaving food, clothing, guns and more behind. What evil caused them to flee--or, per...

Thinking Sideways: The Bloop from 2013-11-07T15:58:57

In 1997, in a remote point in the south Pacific Ocean, just west of the southern tip of South America an incredibly powerful ultra-low-frequency noise is picked up by hydrophones monitored by the N...

Thinking Sideways: Texarkana Moonlight Murders from 2013-10-29T14:26:15

In the spring of 1946 an unidentified serial killer attacks 8 people in the small town of Texarkana. As every law enforcement agency available tries to track the murderer down he disappears without...

Thinking Sideways: The Ourang Medan from 2013-10-24T14:22:44

The Ourang Medan was found with the entire crew dead by rescue ships then blew up and sank to the bottom of the sea. What killed the crew and what caused the explosion? Author Roy Bainton graciousl...

Thinking Sideways: Dyatlov Pass Incident from 2013-10-17T14:33:36

In the late 1950s, a group of Russians who were very experienced ski-hikers were discovered to have died on the slopes of the Mountain of Death, some of them frozen to death and others dead from ma...

Thinking Sideways: The Lead Mask case from 2013-10-10T13:56:34

Two apparently healthy men are found dead, wearing very suspicious lead eye masks, near Rio de Janeiro. All signs pointing to their plan to return home, so what happened to them? This story is rife...

Thinking Sideways: The Valentich Disappearance from 2013-10-03T15:37:53

On October 21, 1978 20 year old Frederick Valentich piloted his Cessna across the Bass Strait. He and his plane were never seen again but the final six minutes of his life were recorded in a conver...

Thinking Sideways: The Spanish Flu from 2013-09-26T13:56:54

The 1918 flu pandemic, known as the Spanish Flu, killed 50-100 million people world wide, somewhere between 3%-5% of the worlds population at the time. What made this flu strain so deadly, how did ...

Thinking Sideways: Carnac Stones from 2013-09-19T14:19:12

The Stones of Carnac--a vast arrangement of menhirs in lines thousands of meters long, the purpose of the stones is an ancient mystery: necropolis? Calendar? Astronomical guide? Another mystery is ...

Thinking Sideways: Baigong Pipes from 2013-09-12T14:20:45

Pipes older than fire show up in a humanly inhospitable mountain top. Bonus talk of Aliens and a pyramid!Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Thinking Sideways: The Dog Suicide Bridge from 2013-09-05T14:21:12

In the last 50 years over 600 dogs have jumped from the Overtun bridge, many not surviving the fall. What is leading these animals to jump, from 50 feet up, to their doom?Learn more about your ad-c...

Thinking Sideways: Kaspar Hauser from 2013-08-29T14:52:25

Kaspar's sudden appearance from nowhere in Nuremberg, Germany, touched off controversies that lasted for decades. Was he a child of royalty, stolen from the cradle and robbed of his birthright? Or ...

Thinking Sideways: UVB76 from 2013-08-23T01:27:19

An annoying buzzer sounds on an open mic for 40 years. Out of Russia. Often, the buzzer stops, and that's where we start Thinking Sideways.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodc...

Thinking Sideways: The McCormick Cypher from 2013-08-15T14:08:55

In 1999 Ricky McCormick was killed on the side of a freeway, 12 years later the FBI finally asks the public for help in decrypting a cypher found in his pants pocket. Ricky wrote them and to this d...

Thinking Sideways: The Glomar Explorer from 2013-08-08T23:15:17

A Cold War mystery, featuring the CIA, Howard Hughes, a sunken Soviet sub and quite possibly a sunken American sub too. With cover stories inside cover stories and weak government explanations for ...

Thinking Sideways: Taman Shud from 2013-08-01T14:19:26

A man is found dead on the coast of Australia, of unknown causes with a mysterious code in a hidden pocket, causing an international, six decade long search for his identity, and for someone who ca...

Thinking Sideways: The Ghost Blimp from 2013-07-26T00:59:31

On August 16th, 1942 the US Navy airship the L-8 set off on a routine mission in the early hours of the morning. When the ship returned to the California coast nearly 5 hours later the crew had mys...

Thinking Sideways: The Ghost Blimp from 2013-07-26T00:59:31

On August 16th, 1942 the US Navy airship the L-8 set off on a routine mission in the early hours of the morning. When the ship returned to the California coast nearly 5 hours later the crew had mys...

Thinking Sideways: The Ghost Blimp from 2013-07-26T00:59:31

On August 16th, 1942 the US Navy airship the L-8 set off on a routine mission in the early hours of the morning. When the ship returned to the California coast nearly 5 hours later the crew had mys...