Scared All The Time

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 extraordinary detail, and the case of a 17-year-old who describes f...

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 ghost stories.
 
Then we descend into Synanon, a pioneering drug-...

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. 

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 violence against California’s Indigenous people, the strange underground...

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 morning, all four of her guests were violently ill. Within days, three were...