196: the girl who survived rabies
Rabies is one of the deadliest viruses on Earth, almost always fatal once symptoms appear. But in 2004, a teenage girl in Wisconsin did the impossible: she survived. This episode unravels the extraord...
24 Okt 202530min
195: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
In 1932, the U.S. Public Health Service launched what they claimed was a study on “bad blood” in rural Alabama. In reality, it was a 40-year-long lie: hundreds of Black men with syphilis were delibera...
3 Okt 202528min
194: Mr Cruel
FROM THE VAULT | In the late 1980s and early 90s, Melbourne, Australia, was gripped by fear as a masked predator known only as Mr. Cruel stalked the suburbs. He was cunning, calculated, and terrifying...
26 Sep 202538min
193: The Lead Mask Men
In 1966, two Brazilian electronics technicians were found dead on a hill outside Rio de Janeiro, wearing strange lead masks and formal suits, with a cryptic note at their side. Known as the Lead Mask ...
22 Sep 202538min
192: The case of Sherri Rasmussen
In 1986, Sherri Rasmussen, a 29-year-old newly married nurse, was found brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home. The case stunned her family and baffled detectives. For over two decades, it was beli...
8 Aug 202545min
190: The Sweating Sickness
In the late 15th and 16th centuries, a terrifying illness swept through England with brutal speed - striking healthy people in the morning and leaving them dead by nightfall. It was called the Sweatin...
4 Jul 202528min
189: The truth behind THAT McDonald's Lawsuit
You’ve heard the punchline: a woman spills McDonald’s coffee in her lap and sues for millions. But behind the jokes and late-night talk show fodder lies a story that’s far more shocking, and far more ...
27 Jun 202526min
188: The Death of Joan Robinson Hill
Joan Robinson Hill had it all: wealth, beauty, and prestige as a celebrated equestrian in Houston’s high society. But in 1969, her sudden and suspicious death at just 38 years old shocked the city and...
20 Jun 202554min
