Two mysteries, one restless question: how far will fear carry a story? We mark Halloween by walking two grim paths, through the Pendle witch trials of 1612 and out to the storm-beaten Flannan Isles, where three lighthouse keepers vanished witho...

A city built on stone and certainty watched its streets turn into a stage. In the hot summer of 1518, a woman in Strasbourg began to dance, mechanical, relentless, and impossible to stop, and within weeks hundreds followed, their feet torn and ...

In June 1912, the small town of Villisca, Iowa, awoke to a nightmare. Eight people, including six children,  were found brutally murdered inside a quiet white house on East 2nd Street. The doors were locked, mirrors were covered, ...

A peaceful pond, a morning walk, and a horror scene no one expected: toads swelling, twitching, and then bursting along the water’s edge. We follow the 2005 Hamburg mystery from sensational headlines to a grounded, unsettling explanation that b...

A brilliant lawyer vanishes in Brasov, and suddenly an entire country is asked to decide what justice looks like without a body. We follow the case of Elodia Marilena Ghinescu from the final hours of routine calls to the first glow of luminol i...

Some mysteries don't just perplex us, they haunt us across centuries. The Mary Celeste stands as perhaps the most infamous ghost ship in maritime history, her empty decks still whispering questions that have no answers.When the Mary Cel...

The Pink Panthers emerged not from Hollywood, but from the ashes of war-torn Balkans in the 1990s. Young men who once fought in brutal conflicts found themselves in collapsed economies with few legitimate opportunities but with military trainin...

Long before viral internet sensations, one extraordinary animal captured the hearts and imaginations of an entire nation. When Muhammad Ali, the Ottoman governor of Egypt, sought to strengthen diplomatic ties with Europe in the 1820s, he chose ...

Behind the white coat of respectability lurked one of Europe's most prolific predators. The ClueTrail podcast dives deep into the harrowing case of Joël Le Scouarnec, a French surgeon whose decades of abuse remained hidden until the brave words...

Ever wondered what happens when political vengeance goes beyond the grave? The Cadaver Synod of 897  stands as perhaps the most macabre judicial proceeding in religious history; a dead pope put on trial by his living successor.Step...

This week’s release is a reworked edition of our Elizabeth Struhs episode.How far would you go for your beliefs? Would you risk your child's life? That's the heartbreaking question at the core of Elizabeth Struhs story, an 8-year-...

Have you ever felt so desperate to get home that you'd try anything? Probably not as desperate as Reg Spiers, the Australian javelin thrower who, in 1964, packed himself into a wooden crate and mailed himself from London to Australia when he ra...

The Beasts of Satan emerged from Milan's late 1990s heavy metal scene as something far more sinister than rebellious teenagers. What began with music, black clothing, and typical adolescent rebellion evolved into ritualistic murder that would h...

A tidal wave of beer that destroyed homes and claimed lives sounds like a pub joke gone wrong, but for the residents of St. Giles in 1814 London, it was a devastating reality. The London Beer Flood stands as one of history's most peculiar yet t...

The highways of post-communist Romania held a deadly secret. For years, a predator lurked along rural roads, targeting women who were simply trying to get from one place to another. They called him "The Husi Monster" - a nameless, faceless thre...

Two bright children vanish without a trace on their way to a Puerto Rican beach, leaving behind bedrooms that would remain untouched for nearly 50 years. This is the haunting mystery of John and Janina Colonna.Someone, somewhere, knows ...

Ever wondered what happens when well-meaning bureaucrats tackle an eight-ton problem with half a ton of dynamite? Welcome to the legendary tale of Florence, Oregon's exploding whale disaster.November 9, 1970 started like any other day u...

A family lunch ends in tragedy when a homemade beef wellington serves up more than just a gourmet meal. Three dead, one critically ill, and a small Australian town left reeling in shock.Dive deep into the case of Erin Patterson, whose 2...

Something walked across Devon, England on a snowy February night in 1855, leaving behind a mystery that has endured for over 165 years. The Devil's Footprints, as they came to be known, weren't ordinary animal tracks – they followed perfectly s...

You might think you've heard every strange human feat possible, but the story of Michel Lotito will make you question everything you thought you knew about the human body's limitations. This isn't just about a man with an unusual appetite – it'...

The camera flash was just a distraction. Behind the lens stood one of America's most prolific serial killers - Rodney Alcala, a man whose charm and seemingly legitimate profession as a photographer allowed him to approach women in broad dayligh...

The mist-shrouded moors of Dartmoor harbor countless secrets, but few as poignant as the lonely grave at a windswept crossroads. Here lies Kitty Jay, a young woman whose tragic story bridges centuries and continues to haunt those who encounter ...

Have you ever experienced something so bizarre that it defies all explanation? The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876 might top your list of strange phenomena after you hear this tale.On a perfectly clear March day in Olympia Springs, Kentuck...

Some prisons break bodies—Pitești Prison was designed to break souls. In communist Romania's shadowy post-war years, a horrifying experiment unfolded behind thick walls that would push human psychology beyond recognition.The Pitești exp...

A mother's desperate prayer for answers leads to one of the most extraordinary criminal cases in American history. When young Zona Heaster Shue was found dead at the bottom of her staircase in rural West Virginia in 1897, her new husband Erasmu...