Pete Takeda’s is a unique story - combining extreme locations, extraordinary natural phenomena… and espionage. In September 2005, Pete is leading a small party deep into the Himalayas. His plan is not just to summit the peak of Nanda Kot, but to find proof of plutonium-powered surveillance devices - rumoured to have been planted in the mountains by the CIA s ... Show More
Feb 26
Jungle Fall in East Timor: Saved by Goats
A French former acrobat moves to the southeast Asian paradise of East Timor. One sunny day, Morgan Segui decides to trek to the top of a nearby sacred mountain. After reaching the summit, however, his thrill-seeking backfires. Caught in the baking late afternoon heat, with an emp ... Show More
59m 36s
May 2025
Fidel Castro Part 2: Shipwrecked in the Swamps
Castro wrestles with Marxism and begins another affair. Attempting to reignite the revolution, he swims naked across the US border. At a get-together in Mexico City, he strikes up a rapport with a scruffy Argentine known as “Che”. Together, in a battered old boat, they will set s ... Show More
58m 33s
May 2025
Fidel Castro Part 3: The Mountain Guerrillas
While Batista tries to convince the world that Castro is dead, Fidel regroups in the mountains. The world’s press descends on Cuba, hoping to meet this elusive rebel, and Fidel is only too happy to grant everyone interviews. Meanwhile, in Havana, Batista’s sick son helps to save ... Show More
55m 16s
Dec 2018
The Grady Babies Kidnappings, Part 2
Episode 2: Raymond focuses on the 1978 kidnapping of a five-day-old infant, Raymond Green, whose kidnapper gained his mother's trust when she managed to sneak onto the Grady maternity ward. His mother, Donna Green, has been searching for him ever since. Thanks to Donna Green for ... Show More
44m 54s
Oct 2025
The Adventure of Black Peter: Part One
In a lonely cabin on the edge of the woods, a retired sea captain lies dead, pinned to the wall by his own harpoon. But no one weeps for Peter Carey—a violent drunk who terrorised his family, neighbours, and colleagues. With a list of enemies that stretches from the Arctic Seas t ... Show More
33m 50s
Dec 2018
The Grady Babies Kidnappings, Part 3
This episode details the kidnapping--and eventual recovery--of Shanta Alexander, kidnapped from Atlanta hospital Grady Memorial when she was just 12 hours old. *The Reward Fund GoFundMe has been closed, since it's been 5 years. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://ww ... Show More
45m 16s
Aug 2025
74. The Hunt for Pablo Escobar: Rise of a Drug Lord (Ep 1)
Colombia in the mid-20th century was a place of beauty and bloodshed - where jungle mountains sheltered rebels, the cities were ruled by oligarchs, and outlaw legends became folk heroes. Into this world stepped Pablo Escobar. Charming, calm, and calculating, he would become one o ... Show More
58m 56s