Mysterious Circumstances

In 1993, a mother and daughter returned home to find their husband and father, David Lewis, missing. Hours later, a deceased hit-and-run victim was found 1,600 miles away. It would take 11 years before the victim would be identified as David Lewis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Murphy is a former Homicide prosecutor and current legal analyst for ABC News. He spent more than two decades assigned to the Sexual Assault and Homicide Units of the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, where he tried some of the most compelling murder cases in America. During his long tenure in Homicide, he prosecuted cold cases, famous serial killers, no-body murders, and many more. N...

'THE CRACK CITY STRANGLER: The Homicides Of Benjamin Atkins' offers a chilling, in-depth account of the horrifying crimes committed by one of America's most notorious serial killers. In this interview, award-winning journalist B.R. Bates delves into the twisted life of Benjamin "Tony" Atkins, whose reign of terror in Detroit spanned less than a year in the early 1990s. Known for targeting vulnerab...

Larry Hancock earned his BA with honors, majoring in history, cultural anthropology and education. He's been researching Lee Harvey Oswald in depth for 35 years. We engaged in a discussion about the JFK assassination, with a particular focus on Lee Harvey Oswald. We explored Oswald's personality, intelligence, and interactions, as well as his experiences in Russia and his evolving political views....

John Willis claims to have been the only white person within Chinese organized crime - and it's backed by FBI agent Scott O'Donnell, who stated he has "never seen" a case like that of Willis. John Willis would become a crime boss for a sect of the Chinese Mafia. That group was a larger Chinese gang called Ping On. They were the ones who accepted him and became the family he needed. From the mid-80...

Rizwan Virk is a graduate of MIT and Stanford, and is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer, film producer, computer scientist and bestselling author of The Simulation Hypothesis and The Simulated Multiverse. He is the founder of Play Labs at MIT, a video game accelerator at MIT, and is also an advisor to the Galileo Project at Harvard. You can grab a copy of Rizwan's books here.....https:...

'Mafia Spies' by Thomas Maier, is a true story of espionage and mobsters, based on the never-before-released JFK Files. Revolving around the outlaw friendship of Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, two mob buddies, and their fascinating world. A spy exposé, murder mystery, and shocking true story that recounts America’s first foray into the assassination business. Who killed Johnny and Sam—and why wa...

In this episode I get to talk to Brian Stannard, author of the book 'Alcatraz Ghost Story', based on the life of Roy Gardner. Roy was an American criminal active during the 1920s. He stole a total of more than $350,000 in cash and securities and several times escaped from custody. He is said to have been the most hunted man in Pacific Coast history, having had a $5,000 reward for his head three ti...

Alexander Solonik was a Russian gangster, known for his reputation as a notorious hitman in the Russian criminal underworld. Also known as Sasha-Macedonian and Superkiller, Solonik admitted to committing 43 contract murders and was involved in Russian Mob activity for much of the 1990s until disappearing after his third escape from prison. Solonik was found dead in Athens, Greece, in 1997. Learn m...

Charles Walton was found murdered on February 14th, 1945 in Warwickshire, England. The foremost police detective of the era, Chief Inspector Robert Fabian, led the investigation into Walton's death. The chief suspect for the murder was Alfred John Potter. However, there was insufficient evidence to convict Potter and the case is currently the oldest unsolved murder in the Warwickshire Constabulary...

War Against the Mafia: How a Prosecutor and an FBI Agent Devastated the New York Mob. The true story of two law enforcement figures—one an FBI agent, the other a federal prosecutor—who led some of the most relentless and successful attacks on organized crime in American history. A unique and unexpected set of circumstances caused former federal prosecutor Dan Dorsky and former FBI agent Mike Campi...

Dr. Gary Simonds is a highly experienced neurosurgeon, former head of an academic neurosurgery program at Virginia Tech/Carilion Clinic. He is a Professor, and teaches regularly at, the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. He was a biochemistry major at Dartmouth College. He went on to medical school at Rutgers and Neurosurgery residency and medic...

On July 3, 1929, police officers walked into the house located at 3587 Saint Aubin Street in Detroit. Inside, they found a man named Benny Evangelista dead, seated behind his desk. His hands were neatly folded in his lap as though in prayer. Upstairs they found Mrs. Santina Evangelista and their four children dead as well. Benny was known as a mystical healer and many people in the community sough...

The Varginha UFO Incident involves a series of events in 1996 when residents of Varginha, Brazil claimed seeing one or more strange creatures and at least one unidentified flying object (UFO). Other associated claims include the capture of one or more extraterrestrial beings by the Brazilian authorities, animal fatalities at a zoo, and a woman impregnated by an extraterrestrial. Learn more about y...

The young Wyrick family had moved to the small town of Ellerslie, Georgia after buying their first house in 1989. Heidi's parents, Andrew and Lisa, wanted to move to the town to have a fresh start and to be in a safe place to raise a family. Shortly after moving in, Heidi had a new imaginary friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the last episode I mentioned that I had an interview with someone who recently saw the Brown Mountain Lights. Shane was nice enough to come on and tell us about his experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, there's no shortage of folklore, legends, and ghost stories. Here are some of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in June of 2022 I decided to stay the night with a group of people at the Indiana State Sanatorium. This episode is done a little different than most. In this one I narrate the different audio clips we picked up while we were there and also add some context to what's going on in each one. Saturday, June 10th, 8:30pm - Sunday, June 11th, 4am. Come join me!!!  Fairfield County Infirmary in Ohio...

The Skystone was discovered in 1990 by Angelo Pitoni, an archaeologist and geologist, in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Local legends stated that the stones were actually beings that once lived in the sky. Pitoni sent the stone for analysis to laboratories in Rome, Germany, Switzerland, and Tokyo. Researchers concluded that the stone was different from any other stone found on Earth, probably originat...

What are dreams? This is something scientists have been trying to discover and explain for hundreds of years. There is a lot of reference to dreams in recorded history, in philosophical studies and religious texts. So what DO we know about dreams?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The nun, Sister Mary Janina, came up missing in 1907 and most everyone in town was in on the search, including bloodhounds and even a clairvoyant. Father Edward was dead set to find Sister Janina's body.....and he did. Sister Janina’s body was discovered 11 years after her disappearance in a shallow grave in the basement of the church. What happened to Sister Janina and how her body ended up in th...

William Holbert, also known as Wild Bill, is a self-confessed murderer, and ex-cartel hitman from Hendersonville, North Carolina. He is currently serving a 46-year sentence for the killings of five Americans in Panama. Bill links........ LONG LIVE THE KING WILD BILL https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09P8WNZXP/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_5B9ZNEMWWJAEGD45A5FT FRIENDS OF BROTHER BILL https://facebook.com/groups/14...

William Holbert, also known as Wild Bill, is a self-confessed murderer, and ex-cartel hitman from Hendersonville, North Carolina. He is currently serving a 46-year sentence for the killings of five Americans in Panama. Bill links........ LONG LIVE THE KING WILD BILL https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09P8WNZXP/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_5B9ZNEMWWJAEGD45A5FT FRIENDS OF BROTHER BILL https://facebook.com/groups/14...

EXORCIZO, te, immundissime spiritus, omnis incursio adversarii, omne phantasma, omnis legio. (I cast thee out, thou unclean spirit, along with the least encroachment of the wicked enemy, and every phantom and diabolical legion.) — From the Roman Ritual of the Catholic Church, its Rite of Exorcism Is 'The Exorcist' based on a true story? Yes it is.  This is Real-life tale of Roland Doe's possession...

This is an episode of listener submitted ghost stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices