Episodes

Remember that embarrassing thing you did fifteen years ago? Your brain brings it up enough already. Now imagine remembering your past so vividly that the feelings come back with it. This week, Chris and Ed flash back to when they explored hyperthymesia, a rare ability to recall personal experiences ...

In 50 States Of Fear: California Part 2, we leave the haunted landscapes of Part One behind and meet some of the people who made California terrifying.   First, there’s Peg Entwistle, the talented young actress whose tragic death at the Hollywoodland sign became one of Hollywood’s most enduring ghos...

This week, we flashback to the fear burning a hole in your pocket. Chris and Ed dig into the growing danger of lithium-ion battery fires aboard airplanes, why these everyday devices can suddenly enter a terrifying chain reaction, and what happens when one ignites thousands of feet in the air.  SHOW ...

Welcome to California - an American paradise built on a body count. In Part One of their journey through the Golden State, Chris and Ed dig beneath California’s sun-soaked reputation to uncover what’s been buried there: the prehistoric death trap of the La Brea Tar Pits, the horrifying history of vi...

Chris and Ed flashback to their coverage of one of the strangest murder cases in modern history. It seemed like an ordinary family lunch: beef Wellington, mashed potatoes, green beans, and a conversation Erin Patterson said she needed to have with her estranged husband’s relatives. By the next morni...

This week, Chris and Ed stare directly into the terrifying history of solar eclipses. From celestial dragons and fire-dogs devouring the sun, to wars stopped by sudden darkness, sacrificial substitute kings, retina burns shaped like the eclipse itself, and American doomsday prophecies that refuse to...

While the Spanish flu was tearing across the globe, another epidemic began stealing people’s bodies from them. Encephalitis lethargica aka “sleepy sickness” - could make victims sleep almost continuously. It could also cause insomnia, hallucinations, involuntary movements, dramatic personality chang...

Music festivals promise freedom, transcendence, and memories you’ll treasure forever. That's why human beings have been gathering in the dark to drink, dance, lose their minds - and occasionally die - for thousands of years. This week, Chris and Ed follow the music festival from the frenzied worship...

Chris and Ed flash back to when they uncovered three horrifying true stories about intruders found hiding inches beneath sleeping victims - including a babysitter who investigated a child’s claim that there was a “monster” under the bed, a woman who discovered her threatening ex hiding beneath hers ...