This Sounds Serious

Introducing: Let's Make A Sci-Fi

Producer Dave Shumka introduces a new show from the team behind This Sounds Serious: Let's Make a Sci-Fi, an eight-part adventure through the creative process as three co

A Message from Kirk Todd in Jail

Kirk Todd is back in jail and he has an important message for you: He wants you to vote for This Sounds Serious in the 2021 Webb Awards for Best Writing in a Podcast.  Cl

8: The Premiere

With Kirk’s release from prison and a movie premier in the works, the truth comes into focus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7: Vegas

Gwen travels to Las Vegas, where crime writer Frank Reeves tells her that a casino robbery took place during the film shoot, and Kirk buried the movie to hide the evidenc

6: Rotten Popcorn

After tracking down Grand Casino, Gwen watches the movie and is underwhelmed. She calls on the goofball hosts of the “Rotten Popcorn” podcast to weigh in, and investigate

5: The Con Man’s Handbook

Gwen finds out how Kirk finally got caught. Kirk insists Grand Casino exists and invites Gwen to use his “Con Man’s Handbook” dictaphone recordings to help uncover it. C

4: Visiting Hours

Gwen travels to Maricopa County Prison to meet Kirk Todd and get inside the mind of a con man. She learns about his marriage to art forger Helen Chatham and the events th

3: How to Make a Fake Movie

In order to pull off the Grand Casino con, Kirk had to convince the studio and the crew that he was making the movie. How did nobody catch on? Click here to get the enti

2: We Were Filming a Crime Scene

Click here to get the entire season right now, ad-free. How did Kirk Todd put himself in the position to pull off this con? Gwen answers that question and reveals the ev

1: Jeremy, Kenny, Karl, Klaus, and Kirk

A 9-1-1 call about a heart attack at a 1991 movie screening leads investigative journalist Gwen Radford to unearth the life story of con man, Kirk Todd, from his childhoo

This Sounds Serious: Grand Casino

Click here to get the entire season right now, ad-free. In 1991, TV producer Kirk Todd was supposed to direct his first movie, Grand Casino, but the movie was never made

Introducing Record Club

From Kelly&Kelly, the studio that brought you This Sounds Serious comes Record Club - a live storytelling podcast that celebrates seminal albums and explores how these al

8: The Conclusion

Seriously, what is in those barrels? Surprise evidence found in the quarry leads to a confession, but maybe not justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i

7: The Barrels

The barrels in Rhoda Day’s backyard may hold the key to Melissa Turner’s disappearance. Gwen wants to find out what’s inside them, but it’s not going to be easy. Hosted o

6: Theories

Gwen outlines the most likely scenarios about what happened to Melissa Turner. A surprise phone call by a key player bolsters one theory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p

5: The Mayor

Gwen’s focus turns to Rhoda Day, Jimmy’s mother and the longtime mayor of Tom Day. Just how many strings is Rhoda Day pulling in this town? And are they about to snap? Ho

4: Subcultures

Manhattan Media podcast “Here’s Some Information” teams up with TSS to learn about the online society of scent fanatics that could possibly link Jimmy and Melissa. Hosted

3: All About Jimmy

Gwen travels to Tom Day, Oregon the home of serial hostage-taker Jimmy Kline and learns about his criminal past through his mother, his neighbors, and the man himself. Ho

2: Hostages

Gwen takes us on an audio tour of an incredibly bizarre 9-1-1 call that chronicles the 36 hours that Jimmy Kline held a bank hostage in Tom Day, Oregon, claiming the mayo

1: Missing Melissa

A 9-1-1 call from a 2017 bank heist leads investigative journalist Gwen Radford to the story of the country’s most missing person, Melissa Turner. And now Melissa has dis