On May 9, 1879, a body is found in the coal cellar of a boarding house at 4 Euston Square in London. The investigation into the body's identity takes detectives on a long, twisted journey into the dark underbelly of the victim’s former life.
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Mar 2024
Disappearance at the Vatican: The Orlandi Case
What happens when a teenager goes missing in the world’s smallest, and supposedly safest, country? Emanuela Orlandi’s sudden disappearance remains the only missing person’s case in Vatican City, yet more than 40 years later we still have no idea what really happened behind the pa ... Show More
1h 4m
Jan 2019
Mystery of the Somerton Man Pt. 2 - Tamam Shud
In 1949, eight months after the Unknown Man’s body was found on Somerton Beach in Australia, luck knocked on the investigators’ door. After numerous dead ends, investigators finally received their first clue about the identity of the mystery man. Sponsors! Torrid - Go to Torrid.c ... Show More
43m 3s
May 2019
Cynthia Payne Pt. 1: The Madam
In 1978, police closed in on a clandestine brothel located in a quiet, humble home in London. The ensuing trial of the brothel’s madam, Cynthia Payne, called into question everything the straitlaced British culture believed about sex work. Parcasters - Did you catch our most rece ... Show More
44m 14s
Sep 2023
The Boston Strangler: Serial Murder, Solved or Unsolved
Join us as we delve into the harrowing tale of the Boston Strangler, a shadowy figure who terrorized the city in the 1960s. Discover the investigative brilliance of journalists Jean Cole and Loretta McLaughlin, whose relentless pursuit of truth uncovered the shocking identity of ... Show More
57m 52s