The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things

MKUltra: The Dark History of CIA Mind Control and Frank Olson

A man falls from a New York hotel window. The CIA calls it suicide. Decades later, the story starts to look much darker. MKUltra is one of the most disturbing secret pro

Lucy Letby: The Evidence, the NHS Failures, and the Question That Won’t Go Away

Lucy Letby was convicted as Britain’s most prolific child serial killer, but the case has never stopped raising questions. At the Countess of Chester Hospital, a sudden

Michael Jackson: From Gary, Indiana to the Biggest Star Alive

A boy from a two-bedroom house in Gary, Indiana becomes the most famous human being alive. But the same childhood that built Michael Jackson may also be the thing that be

Aileen Wuornos: The Female Serial Killer Who Said It Was Self Defense

Aileen Wuornos stood on the shoulder of a Florida highway with a pistol in her bag and a partner at home demanding rent money. Within a year, seven men were dead. She sai

Fyre Festival: Billy McFarland and the Greatest Party That Never Happened

A single cheese sandwich helped bring down a multimillion dollar brand. Fyre Festival was sold as the most exclusive party on earth: supermodels, private jets, villas and

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield and the Real Horror Behind the Movies

A headless body hung in a Wisconsin barn, strung up like a deer carcass. That was what police found when the Ed Gein case broke open on the first day of hunting season in

Princess Diana Part 1: The Royal Romance That Was Over Before It Began

Princess Diana thought she was marrying into a fairytale. By the honeymoon, she had to send a memo just to have lunch with her own husband. This is Princess Diana before

Genie Wiley: Dark History of the Child Hidden From the Whole World

Genie Wiley was locked away for thirteen years, but rescue was only the beginning of one of psychology’s most haunting cases. This episode follows the story of Genie Wil

Somerton Man: The Mystery Given a Name After 70 Years

A body on an Adelaide beach. A hidden scrap of paper. A mystery that seemed to end with a name, yet still refuses to feel solved. The Somerton Man case is one of Austral

Bob Lazar: The Area 51 UFO Claim That Changed Everything

Bob Lazar, Area 51, S-4 and Element 115 are concepts that all sit at the centre of one of the most famous UFO stories ever told — a claim that helped drag alien cover-up

DashCon 2014: The Failed Tumblr Convention and the Ball Pit Meme

DashCon 2014 was supposed to be Tumblr’s great real-world fandom convention. Instead, it became one of the internet’s most infamous event disasters: a chaotic weekend of

Taylor Parker: Part 2, Reagan Hancock, Braxlynn Sage, and the Lie That Collapsed

Taylor Parker had already been caught in one impossible lie: she claimed she had given birth on the side of a highway, but doctors quickly realised she had not been pregn

Taylor Parker: Part 1, Fake Pregnancy, Inheritance Lies and a Foetal Abduction Case

A woman is pulled over on a Texas highway with a newborn baby in her lap, covered in blood, claiming she has just given birth behind the wheel. But when Taylor Parker rea

Marilyn Monroe: Dark History of How Hollywood Built and Broke an Icon

Marilyn Monroe is one of the most recognisable women who has ever lived, but the version the world fell in love with was, in many ways, built in a studio. Today, we trac

Zodiac Killer: Murders, Ciphers and the Unsolved Hunt

The Zodiac Killer did not just murder people — he turned the whole case into a public game of fear, letters and ciphers. From the first lovers’ lane killings to the murd

John Wayne Gacy: The Real Story Behind the Killer Clown

John Wayne Gacy was never just a killer clown - he was a respected man hiding mass murder in plain sight. This episode unpacks the real story of John Wayne Gacy, beginni

Murder in Room 1046: The Strange Death of Roland T. Owen

Room 1046 is one of America’s strangest unsolved true crime cases: a young man checked into the President Hotel in Kansas City under the name Roland T. Owen, only to be f

Nepal Royal Massacre: The Prince, the Prophecy and the Palace Killings

Nepal Royal Massacre is one of modern history’s most shocking royal tragedies: a family gathering in Kathmandu that ended with King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya, and much of

Michael Jackson Allegations, Part 2: Trials, Settlements and Legacy

Michael Jackson allegations sit at the centre of one of pop culture’s most disputed true crime stories. This episode follows Jordan Chandler, the civil settlement, the Ga

Michael Jackson, Part 1: From Jackson 5 to King of Pop

Michael Jackson became the King of Pop before he was ever allowed to be ordinary. This episode traces his rise from the Jackson 5 and Motown to Off the Wall, Thriller, th