Mar 6

A Night to Remember

During a field exercise in the jungles of the Philippines, a unit of artillerymen responded to a nearby village reporting livestock thefts and the disappearance of a newborn child. What they encountered in the forest that evening would become one of the strangest stories ever sha ... Show More

30m 2s

Feb 20

Cursed War Machines

Across every branch of the military, crews depend on their machines for survival — aircraft, ships, and vehicles that become lifelines in combat. But sometimes, certain machines develop reputations that go far beyond normal mechanical trouble. From a Marine Corps helicopter with ... Show More

45m 29s

Feb 6

Far From Gnome

During combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, some soldiers reported encounters that didn’t fit any known threat, animal, or enemy tactic. Small humanoid figures seen at night. Unexplained movement around guard posts. Local interpreters refusing to enter certain villages wit ... Show More

38m 55s

Dec 2024

Charles Manson and the CIA (Part 1)

When journalist Tom O’Neill set out to write a simple story on the anniversary of the Manson Family murders in 1999, he was pulled into an investigation that lasted 20 years. In the first part of this two part episode, we explore O’Neill’s findings about Charles Manson's relation ... Show More

40m 38s

Jan 2025

The Mysterious Death of the Manson Family Lawyer

In 1969, the Manson Family disrupted the “Summer of Love” when they murdered multiple people across a two-night span in Los Angeles. After Charles Manson and his followers were caught later that year, one of the strangest and most highly-publicized trials in American history foll ... Show More

30m 11s

Dec 2024

Charles Manson and the CIA (Part 2)

As we dive deeper down the Charles Manson rabbit hole in Part 2, we explore the shocking link between the cult leader, mind control, and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. As Tom O’Neill concludes his two decade long investigation, we look at the author’s findings th ... Show More

41m 50s

Aug 2024

In The Boys' Club. Life As A Female CIA Operative. Uncut with Brittany Butler

Brittany Butler spent nine years as a targeting officer within the CIA's Directorate of Operations, Counterterrorism Center. Brittany has worked both at Langley and in the Middle East and has first-hand knowledge of how the CIA recruits spies and how intelligence organisations di ... Show More

54m 28s

Sep 2024

Selects: The Manson Family Murders Part 2

Listen in to this classic episode for the conclusion of the story of the Manson Family Murders.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

40m 38s

Jun 2024

Season 3, Episode 8: James & Tom Risen, The Last Honest Man: the CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedy's - and one Senator's Fight to Save Democracy

Send a textJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs in his conversation with authors James and Tom Risen on their important, new book The Last Honest Man, a gripping biography of Idaho Senator, Frank Church. The Risens describe the remarkable events of 1975, when Senator Church almost single ... Show More

52m 20s

Dec 2024

CLASSIC: Contras, Cocaine and the CIA: The True Story of Barry Seal

Join Ben, Matt and Noel for a Classic conspiracy episode, which only grows more relevant as the years wend on: Across the course of his strange and checkered career, pilot and smuggler Barry Seal was called many things: An informant, a criminal, an asset for America's alphabet so ... Show More

58m 15s

Aug 2024

Selects: The Manson Family Murders Part 1

The '60s ended with a lot of turbulence, not the least of which was the Manson Family Murders. What made Charles Manson so alluring to his family? What makes one person kill for another? And what did The Beatles have to do with it all? Learn all this and more in this first part o ... Show More

46m 37s

Aug 2024

23: The Manson family murders - history of Sharon Tate, Charles Manson + his victims

Sharon Tate was a rising star in Hollywood in the 1960s, but she was also the 26-year-old, pregnant victim of the infamous Manson Murders of 1969. She and seven others were the unlucky random targets of Charles Manson’s murderous escapades. Today on Found Objects, we will explore ... Show More

38m 50s

Aug 2025

Mossad, Terrifying CIA Technology, Blackwater & The Most Secret CIA Unit | John Kiriakou

John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer and as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan where he lead the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah. After his CIA career, he blew the whistle on the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Program.John’s Links:Substack: ... Show More

4h 18m

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