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Dark Histories
Maya and Jess dig into the most chilling true crimes and unsolved mysteries of the past. Dramatic, victim-first storytelling — real historical cases researched from Wikipedia, news archives, and police records, wrapped in an eerie original score.
Episodes
- Dark Histories
The Lead Masks: Two Men, a Hilltop, and a Signal That Never Came
Sixty years ago this August, Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel Jose Viana were found dead on a hilltop outside Niteroi, Brazil, wearing homemade lead masks…
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Rico Harris: The Man Who Vanished on the Road to Seattle
Twelve years ago today, former Harlem Globetrotter Rico Harris left a voicemail saying he was going into the mountains to rest and was never seen again. Maya…
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The Babes in the Wood: Forty Years On, and a Verdict That Took Thirty-Two Years
Forty years ago today, Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, two nine-year-old best friends, were killed in Brighton's Wild Park. Maya and Jess revisit the trial…
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The Jamison Family: Vanished on a Land Hunt in Oklahoma
Seventeen years ago today, Bobby, Sherilynn and six-year-old Madyson Jamison drove out to look at land near Red Oak, Oklahoma, and vanished. Maya and Jess…
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The Villisca Axe Murders: Eight Lives Lost in One Night
Maya and Jess revisit the 1912 Villisca axe murders in Iowa: eight people killed in one night, every mirror covered, a minister who confessed and walked free —…
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The Sodder Children: Five Kids Who Vanished From a Burning House
Maya and Jess investigate the 1945 Sodder children disappearance: five kids vanished from a Christmas Eve house fire in Fayetteville, West Virginia, with no…
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Tamam Shud: The Mystery of the Somerton Man
Maya and Jess unpack the 1948 Taman Shud case: a well-dressed man found dead on Somerton Beach with no ID, a secret pocket hiding a scrap of Persian poetry, an…
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The Hinterkaifeck Murders: Germany's Most Haunting Unsolved Crime
Maya and Jess dig into the 1922 Hinterkaifeck farm murders in Bavaria: six victims, a killer who stayed for days, and a century of unanswered questions.