Nya Sverige
What if you started a colony and nobody came?
What would happen if you started a colony in the New World and then just kind of forgot about it for a few decades?
Categories: History, People & Places, Series 10
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"Presented by #13"
Our intrepid #13 is one of the most dedicated explorers of forgotten knowledge and is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being you’ll ever know in your life. (He is also responsible for updating the website so take anything you read here with a grain of salt.)
With Both Hands
Where's Bum Farto?
Baseball, black magic, corruption, drugs, murder and poop jokes in the Florida Keys.
Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places, Series 10
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Tales from the Cryptid
on the trail of the Typhonian beast
We know all the coolest Ancient Egypgian gods have animal heads, but ask yourself: what kind of animal is Set?
Categories: Arts & Culture, Bonus Episodes, Legendary Lands & Beasts
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Peacemaker
tear your world apart once the magic starts
This week we've got all the hot Peacemaker spoilers you've been craving! Assuming you don't mean the John Cena show.
Categories: Bonus Episodes, History, Man's Amazing Inventions
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Crunchy or Wrong
a deep dive into the sticky, messy history of peanut butter
Who deserves the credit for inventing peanut butter? A Michigan physician? A Missouri snack food maker? A Canadian chemist? None of the above?
Categories: Arts & Culture, Man's Amazing Inventions, Series 9
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Lost Legacy
the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull of Doom
It is the embodiment of all evil? Can it kill with a thought? Can it unlock the secrets of the universe? Whatever it can do, it's the Skull of Doom!
Categories: Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 9, Wild Card
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Whatever Happened to Baby Eve?
when is a clone not a clone? when it's a hoax
A baffling tale about ancient astronauts, religious fanatics, fake clones, a gullible press, and sex robots from outer space.
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Most Popular, Science & Nature, Series 9, The Astonishing Human Body
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Dawson’s Creek
the curious story of Piltdown Man
In 1912 it was the greatest anthropological find of all time... until it was revealed to be an audacious hoax.
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Science & Nature, Series 9
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The War Between the States
the history of the Yankee-Pennamite Wars (1768-1813)
Did you know that Connecticut and Pennsylvania went to war multiple times over the area that's now scranton? Learn all about the Yankee-Pennamite Wars!
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Liminal Space
the mysterious fortress of Nan Madol
On Pohnpei, upon a stone altar, within the spaces... the legendary and factual story of Nan Madol.
Categories: People & Places, Series 9, The Quest for the Past
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Errata #2
in which we own up to some more mistakes
Errata for The Hot House; French Leave; The Icelander; "I'm the Naughty Boy"; What-Is-It?; Moron or Madman?; Suffer Little Children; and more.
Categories: Bonus Episodes, Errata
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Westward Huss
here a Viking, there a Viking, everywhere a Viking Viking
Would you believe there were Vikings in Washington, DC? Or West Virginia? Or Oklahoma? Or Hawaii? How about all of the above and none of the above?
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Series 8, The Quest for the Past
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