• Introducing: United States of Kennedy
    Jul 5 2025

    Hello, Stuff They Don't Want You To Know Fans! We want to share a new show you might like, United States of Kennedy.

    About the show: United States of Kennedy is a podcast about our cultural fascination with the Kennedy dynasty. Every week, hosts Lyra Smith and George Civeris go into one aspect of the Kennedy story.

    Listen here and subscribe to United States of Kennedy on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!

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    2 mins
  • The Terrifying Tale of Aum Shinrikyo, Chapter Two: "Save The World By Ending It"
    Jul 4 2025

    As the Aum Shinrikyo movements gains national, then global, attention, the founder Shoko Asahara begins to move his followers in a darker direction. Convinced that the world can only truly be saved through mass casualty events, Asahara first predicts massive disasters -- and then orders his followers to create these events themselves. In chapter two of this strange two-part series, Ben and Matt learn how Aum committed multiple acts of terror, murder, extortion and fraud leading up to their infamous sarin attacks on the Tokyo subway... and what happened to the cult in the aftermath.

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    59 mins
  • CLASSIC: Who killed the Jennings 8?
    Jul 3 2025

    Located in Jefferson Davis Parish, the town of Jennings, Louisiana wasn't a particularly well-known place -- in fact, many people in the US would probably have lived their entire lives without ever hearing of the town until a few years ago. You see, Jennings had a secret, a dark criminal underbelly that seethed just below the surface. Over the course of several years, multiple women were murdered under mysterious circumstances, inspiring journalists and federal investigators alike to dive into the increasingly strange connections between each homicide. And today the question remains: What happened to the Jennings 8?

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    59 mins
  • The Terrifying Tale of Aum Shinrikyo, Chapter One: The Rise of a Cult Leader
    Jul 2 2025

    Modern-day Japan is often lauded as one of the safest countries on the planet -- but that doesn't make this nation immune to the danger of cults. In the first chapter of this special two-part series, Ben and Matt explore the bizarre, conspiratorial rise of the organization known as Aum Shinrikyo.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Strange News: Mosquito Drones, the Pharoah's Curse, Alligator Alcatraz, Giant Asteroids, New Blood Types and More
    Jun 30 2025

    Forget fake birds: China unveils the newest iteration of microdrones, which look almost exactly like mosquitoes. A Russian soldier turns cannibal. French scientists discover a brand-new blood type. Police practice improv. Florida is building an "Alligator Alcatraz," and a giant asteroid may crash into the moon within the next decade. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Interview: Alive Again, with Dan Bush
    Jun 27 2025

    How did you get here? What happens when you die? These questions have fascinated (and terrified) human civilization since the dawn of time, and often new discoveries only lead to more questions. In tonight's interview, the guys welcome filmmaker, writer and producer Dan Bush to explore his newest podcast, Alive Again. Tune in for a wide-ranging discussion of existence, science, spirituality and mortality -- and what it means to die, then return.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Listener Mail: Gas Station Ding Dings, Synthetic Estrogen and Fish Populations, Palantir and Train Hopping (and More)
    Jun 26 2025

    Anne Ominous shares their own experience with sketchy gas stations, and introduces the guys to a new slang phrase for gambling machines. Maximus weighs in with a true story about synthetic estrogen, waste water and fish populations. Following up on news about Palantir and train hoppers, Mr. Delay calls in to ask whether the growing surveillance society may drive some people off the grid. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.

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    44 mins