Dark Finds Podcast

My guest today is Jimmy Sweeney who is widely regarded as one of the greatest bare-knuckle fighters of the modern era. Throughout his career, he's won multiple world titles, fought some of the toughest men in combat sports, and helped transform bare-knuckle boxing from a niche pursuit into a global phenomenon. But behind the titles and highlight reels lies a world most fans never see. The bru...

Tonight, we’re stepping into a world where science, mystery, and the unexplained begin to blur together. For decades, strange reports have surfaced from every corner of the world. Encounters with unidentified objects in the sky. Stories of portals and missing time. Sightings of creatures that shouldn’t exist. Most dismiss these accounts outright. Others dedicate their entire lives to trying to und...

Today’s episode takes a slight turn from the usual, but in a way that still taps into something I find just as fascinating: obsession, identity, and the pursuit of greatness at the highest level. Because when you strip Formula 1 down to its core, it’s not just about racing. It’s about precision, pressure, ego, innovation… and the fine margins between life and death. To get into all of this, I’m jo...

Today I’m joined by former FBI profiler Ray Carr, a man who spent decades on the front lines of criminal investigation. From dismantling organized crime networks to pursuing serial killers, Ray’s career offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how law enforcement understands and anticipates human behavior at its darkest edges. We explore the realities of criminal profiling, what it is, what i...

Today’s episode takes us into one of the most unsettling intersections of history and morality, where science, power, and ideology collide. I’m joined by author and historian Jack El-Hai, whose work explores some of the darkest chapters of the modern world. We explore the story of Dr. Douglas Kelley, his role in psychologically evaluating Nazi leadership, his eventual decline, and what it rev...

Welcome to Layer One of the Depravity Iceberg, where we begin peeling back the surface of human darkness. In this five-part series, we break down real-life criminal cases and rank them based on intent, victim vulnerability, scale of harm, cruelty, and remorse . Layer One represents the entry point. Cases that shocked the public, dominated headlines, and revealed the early signs of something far mo...

There was a time when childhood unfolded slowly. Conversations happened face to face. Curiosity built over years. And ideas about relationships, intimacy, and identity were shaped gradually, through experience, through awkward conversations, and through real life. Today, that timeline has collapsed. In a matter of seconds, a teenager with a smartphone can access a world that was never designed for...

Today’s guest is a man who has sat across from some of the most dangerous minds in modern criminal history. Jim Fitzgerald wasn’t just a former FBI profiler. He was an investigator who helped crack the Unabomber case. A linguistics expert. A behavioral analyst. A man who has spent decades studying how monsters think — and the clues they leave behind. In this episode, Jim takes us from his early da...

In this conversation, I’m joined by Heidi Langbein-Allen, author of  Save the Last Bullet  — a book that tells the story of her father… a child in Nazi Germany who was swept into the machinery of war. Not a general. Not a willing ideologue. A boy molded by propaganda, shaped by fear, and a handed a rifle before he understood what it meant to be a man. We talk about how young mi...

When we talk about serial killers, we usually talk about the crimes. We talk about the victims. The investigations. The trials. The monsters that emerge from the headlines. But we rarely talk about the people who knew them… before the world knew their names. Before Ted Bundy became one of the most infamous serial killers in modern history… he was a son, a cousin, a friend, and to some, a quiet and...

In this episode, we examine the most psychopathic and cannibal killers in modern history. Each case is broken down clearly and factually in under five minutes, focusing on who was involved, what happened, and how the case ended. Links Dark Finds: Explained YouTube Channel (SUBSCRIBE) HOW IT FALLS APART | Audio Experience 🧨 Patreon 🙌🏼 Dark Finds IG 💀 Dark Finds Book 📖  Cases covered in th...

My guest today is Daniella Mistyanek Young, and her story doesn’t begin with a bad decision, a vulnerable moment, or a charismatic stranger at the door…it begins at birth, inside one of the most infamous modern cults in history: The Children of God. In this conversation, Daniella takes us inside a world built on control, self-sacrifice, and the slow erasure of identit...

My guest today is  Reid Moon,   who left a conventional life behind to chase something far rarer than money:  literary immortality . From  The Great Gatsby  to  James Joyce , from forgotten manuscripts to books that have passed through the hands of history’s giants, Reid has built a life around tracking down objects that carry  human obsession, genius, trage...

This week I'm joined by two of my good friends Tom Cristle and Colum hanlon for a bonus, end of year episode. We get into everything from the UFC to Herbal Life scams, AI bots, DJ Carey, Ireland's chances of making it to the world cup, local pride and so much more. Buckle up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He was one of the greatest hurlers Ireland has ever produced — a sporting icon, a hero, a name that stood for excellence and pride. But behind that public image was a deception that would shock the country and devastate those who trusted him. That hurler is, of course, DJ Carey, and in this episode, I’m joined by journalist  Eimear Ní Bhraonáin  to discuss her book  The Dodger: DJ C...

Beneath Ireland’s rolling hills, beneath its rivers, stone circles, fairy forts and ancient mounds, there are stories as old as human history, stories of supernatural forces, creation and destruction, wisdom and transformation. Stories that once shaped who we were…and may still shape who we are becoming. Today, I’m joined by journalist and the creator of  Mythical Ireland ,  Anthony...

On this week's episode, I'm joined by Father David Vard, a Kildare native and one of Ireland’s youngest priests, who graduated seminary at just 25. Father David speaks openly about his journey to the priesthood, emphasizing the importance of faith and God in navigating life and expressing a willingness to embrace his beliefs, regardless of external judgment. With rare candour, Father Dav...

This week, I’m joined by one of the best talents in modern horse racing,  five-time British Champion Jockey Oisín Murphy . Oisín takes us far beyond the headlines and the finish lines. We explore his remarkable rise in the sport, the relentless pressure that comes with staying at the top, and the physical and mental toll of life as a jockey. Oisín speaks with rare honesty about his battle wit...

Today's episode has been two years in the making. East Coast Bose joins me for a raw and unfiltered conversation about a world most people only see through headlines or hear about in lyrics. From Broadway, the heart of New York City, Bose walks us through the evolution of Harlem, the impact of gentrification, and what happens when the rules of the game change but the consequences don't. We talk ab...

This week I'm joined by Jared Bradley, CEO of MVAC Systems, and host of the All Things Crime Podcast. We discuss the innovative technology behind the MVAC, its applications in forensics, and its impact on solving cold cases, it's wild what this technology can do and how it's changing the game in DNA retrieval, so stick around to hear about it and some of the high profile c...

This week I'm joined by author Marc Harzman who has been described by ABC News as "One of America's leading connoisseurs of the bizarre." Marc has written books about UFOs, ghosts, Mars, Oliver Cromwell's embalmed head, weird things on eBay, sideshow performers, unorthodox messages from God, and more.   We get into all that today, everything from the Phoenix lights incident to scrot...

This week I'm joined by Nules, host of the  Ireland Crime and Mysteries  podcast. She was actually my first guest back in early 2024, so it's great to have her back on. Nules runs one of the best true crime podcasts out there: diving deep into solved and unsolved murders, vanishings, and mysteries that have left an unsettling chill at the heart of Ireland. Today, we get a real taste of a...

This week I'm joined by Mark McCabe, who shares his journey from being a pirate radio DJ at Pulse radio to finding massive success with his hit song Maniac 2000. We delve into the evolution of dance music, the impact technology has had on music, the ailing nightclub scene, and his epic performance at Electric Picnic 2025.   My new thriller  How It Falls Apart out now 🧨 Dark Finds Podcas...

In this week's episode, I'm joined by Crime Scene Investigator and host of Crime Scene Confidential Alina Burroughs. In her crime scene career, Alina worked thousands of cases, including several high-profile violent crimes, and is trained in blood stain pattern analysis, bullet trajectory, recovery of buried bodies and documentation of skeletal remains.   In this episode Alina share...

This week's episode is a first for me, where we try to solve a murder live on the show. I'm joined by American politician, Mike Gatto, who served in the California State Assembly from 2010 to 2016.  Mike shares the harrowing story of his father's murder in 2013, exploring the complexities of the investigation and the impact on his family. Through a chronological narrative, Mike delves into th...