Exploring the strange, the bizarre, and the uncanny.
With Michael Whitehouse & Martin Yates
In the second of a two-parter, we dig deeper into the crimes of the World’s End serial killer, Angus Sinclair. His victims, his background, his accomplices, the chilling mysteries of his 1970s crime spree, his
Listen nowEpisode 26: The World’s End Murders & The Crimes of Angus Sinclair (Part 2)
The World’s End Murders — an apt name for such an appalling crime — rattled the city of Edinburgh in October 1977. Helen Scott and Christine Eadie, two bright, fun-loving 17-year-olds, disappeared from a
Listen nowEpisode 25: The World’s End Murders & The Crimes of Angus Sinclair (Part 1)
The Writers’ Mythos podcast: https://spoti.fi/3fWB9Kv FitzBeanHappenin’ podcast interview: https://spoti.fi/3yS2cz9 Mike and Martin discuss several ghoulish urban folk tales that turned out to have a disturbing kernel of truth at the heart of the myth. Sewer Gator video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd_Wp…
Listen nowEpisode 24: True Urban Legends: Killer Barbers, Motel Corpses & Candlelight Prowlers
9th November 1979 began as an ordinary working day for Robert Taylor, a forestry worker for the Livingston Development Corporation. But a routine visit to a plantation near the M8 motorway led to a surreal,
Listen nowEpisode 23: Balls from Beyond: Robert Taylor & the Dechmont Woods UFO Incident
Talking till Dawn investigates the horrifying medical mystery of Tarrare, an 18th Century showman, thief, and spy… a man cursed with eating habits that were almost beyond human imagination… Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Support Talking
Listen nowEpisode 22: Bom Bom Tarrare! The Cannibal Glutton of the French Revolution
From the half-shark, half-octopus Lusca of the Bahamian blue holes… to the tragic tale of the Pensacola monster… to the 19th Century oddities of the Cape Ann sea serpent… and the obscure man-eating horror of
Mike and Martin dive deep to explore the facts and folklore surrounding accounts of giant sea monster attacks. In the first episode of a two-parter, we examine the supposedly true story of a sea serpent
December 29th, 1980: On a back road outside Houston, Texas, three people had a terrifying close encounter with a huge UFO and a fleet of mystery helicopters. These witnesses later suffered unexplained sunburn, vomiting, hair
Listen nowEpisode 19: The Cash-Landrum Incident: Did this UFO Encounter Cause Radiation Sickness?
Jolly old fat men stuck in chimneys. Venerable fodder for corny Santa jokes, beloved Christmas songs… and one of the most shocking urban legends of the festive period. The movie Gremlins popularized the story (and
Listen nowEpisode 18: The Disturbing Gremlins Santa Story… Fact or Fiction?
Ecuador, 1980: A flash flood on the Rio Ambato uncovers the bodies of four young girls in shallow graves, and an incident at a street market leads to the capture of Pedro Alonso López, a
Listen nowEpisode 17: The Monster of the Andes: Pedro Alonso López