Deep Lore

On tonight’s episode, we investigate three disturbing unsolved mysteries and cold cases where the trail ended in silence—or with a haunting voice on the line. We deep dive into the 1975 disappearance of Susan Curtis from the BYU campus in Provo, Utah, exploring the chilling connection to serial killer Ted Bundy and the search for her remains that continues fifty years later. We also examine the te...

In this episode of Deep Lore, we explore three cases where the surface of ordinary life was ripped away to reveal something far more disturbing. From a clinical execution in a Tucson fast-food restaurant to a secret grave in a Lithuanian village and a tragic death that became an internet legend, these stories challenge our understanding of the people we think we know. We examine the physical evide...

Deep Lore returns with three unsettling unsolved mysteries connected by anonymous threats, hidden identities, and unanswered questions. In 1960s Tokyo, ordinary objects became instruments of terror when a mysterious figure known as Soka Jiro was linked to homemade bombs, threatening letters, a shooting near Ueno Park, and a subway explosion on the Ginza Line. Despite fingerprints, handwriting samp...

In this episode, we delve into the captivating and controversial story of Ryen McPherson, the creator of the infamous video series "Bumfights." Join us as we explore how a fascination with filmmaking and a drive for pushing boundaries led McPherson to document the lives of two middle-aged homeless men and ultimately create a cultural phenomenon that divided audiences. Discover the origin...

The Titan submarine, a feat of engineering by OceanGate, met a tragic end when it imploded 4,000 meters below sea level, taking the lives of its five-person crew. This devastating event underscores the treacherous nature of the deep sea. The ill-fated journey of the Titan to explore the Titanic wreck site ended in disaster. The search and rescue mission confirmed the catastrophic implosion of the...

Pizzagate emerged during the 2016 United States presidential election, fueled by the hacking of John Podesta's email account and subsequent publication of his emails by WikiLeaks. Proponents of the theory falsely claimed that these emails contained coded messages linking high-ranking Democratic Party officials and U.S. restaurants to a fictional human trafficking and child sex ring. We delve i...

Welcome to another thrilling episode of DEEP LORE, the podcast that takes you on a journey through the world's most gripping unsolved mysteries. In this episode, we delve into the chilling and perplexing case of Patricia "Patti" Adkins' disappearance. In the quiet town of Marysville, Ohio, Patti vanished without a trace in June 2001, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions...

Sunny Sheu, who lived in Flushing, Queens, found out in the year 2000 that his house had been sold without his knowledge as part of a scam. He was able to fight back and get the thieves arrested, but the Mortgage Company wouldn't give him the house back. He took them to court, where, at least according to Sunny, Judge Golia didn't give him a chance to prove that he had been scammed. Sunny was tire...

Joe Metheny was an American serial murderer who allegedly murdered drug addicts living on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, dismembered their bodies, and used their meat in the burgers he sold to the general public. Despite the widespread dissemination of this urban legend, very little is known about Joe Metheny beyond the fact that he was a violent vicious guy who killed for the sheer enjoyment...

On May 20, 1967, a purported UFO sighting occurred at Falcon Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba, Canada. Several Canadian and American agencies, including the Condon Committee, looked into the incident. These included the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Departments of Health and National Defense, and the United States Air Force. CBC News called it "Cana...

The CJNG began as El Chapo's Sinaloa cartel's military wing, but it has since broken away to become Mexico's most powerful criminal organization. After the murder of three Jalisco film students, the group gained international attention. As the crew was leaving, their car broke down, and out of nowhere two CJNG hitmen in police uniforms appeared. The students were herded into another car by the ass...

Maria and Derek Broaddus, along with their three kids, were preparing to move into 657 Boulevard, Westfield, New Jersey in June of 2014. The Broadduses' ideal home was located at 657 Boulevard. The nightmare began even before they moved in, though. They started getting letters from an unknown sender signed "The Watcher." The nightmare did not end until they sold the house and relocated far away fr...

The Odozi Obodo Cult was created by Nwiboko Obodo, who hailed from Isieke, a village a few kilometers from Abakaliki. In the village, he put together a group to stop crimes from happening. But the group's actions soon became dangerous and oppressive, and people in the village started to think that the group was killing people. During this time, cult members' incomes started to rise, and they start...

Pishtacos is a term Peruvian police has used to refer to alleged Peruvian gangsters who were suspected of murdering up to 60 people for their fat, and sold it to intermediaries in Lima, who are thought to have then sold the fat to laboratories in Europe for suspected use in cosmetics. The hoax was apparently passed on to prevent further investigations on extrajudicial killings by police forces.

Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon were Dutch students who disappeared on 1 April 2014, while hiking the El Pianista trail in Panama. After an extensive search, portions of their bodies were found a few months later.

Theodore "Teddy" Temish was an American soldier accused of spying for the Soviet Union in 1990. It was discovered that everything was actually a forgery, created by Temish himself, as part of an elaborate fantasy life that he had fabricated. The charges of espionage against him were eventually dropped, but he was discharged from the Army and later committed suicide

When Richard Kay’s phone was stolen from his girlfriend’s house during a burglary. But Richard fought back because the phone was running Cerberus, a security app for Android that enables users to take control over the phone remotely. So Richard turned to the internet to share his journey in getting his phone back.

In 1968, the Arellano family was travelling from Del Rio to Sonora, Texas when they blew a tire. They were helped by a "Good Samaritan" who was the last person to see them alive, because the next morning, everyone but the eldest son was dead.

"Mr Cruel" is an Australian serial child rapist who attacked three girls in the northern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is also the prime suspect in the 1991 abduction and murder of a fourth girl, Karmein Chan. His moniker came from a newspaper headline in The Sun. Mr. Cruel has never been identified, and his three confirmed attacks and the suspec...

In 2015, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, conspired with her boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn to murder her abusive mother Dee Dee Blanchard. 

James Scales Purrington was an American farmer who killed eight members of his family and wounded a ninth in Augusta , Maine, United States on July 9, 1806, before committing suicide. There has never been any real motive provided for the senseless killing, but some might take James's belief in the doctrine of universal salvation as the key reason.

Back in 2010, an 18 year old Indonesian Teenager named Ngurah Alit was caught in the act of having relations with a cow. He was arrested, and sentenced to marrying the cow in order to perform a purification ritual to rid the island of Bali from the Bhuta Kala.

During World War 2, a young Dutch Resistance Fighter came to prominence by the name of Freddie Oversteegen. She was only 14 when she joined the Dutch resistance during World War II, and only a couple of years older when she became one of its armed assassins. Together with her sister, Truus Oversteegen —and later, a young woman named Hannie Schaft—the trio lured, ambushed and killed German Nazis an...

Its not every day the worst adult film ever made is discovered in the back of a Porno Theater in Memphis, Tennessee, but that is exactly what happened when filmmaker Mike McCarthy found a 16mm reel simply titled BAT PUSSY. Considered to be the first X-rated parody, the movie Bat Pussy is as lurid and tasteless as its title implies. Put another way: It’s mess-terpiece of your wildest dreams… And al...

In 2013, Convicted Canadian Bank Robber Michael Callan rented a Cessna 172R from the Windsor Flying Club, and flew it to the Nashville International Airport where he crashed and died. His life is a bizarre story of bank robberies, jail time racism, and obsessions with younger female celebrities.