RABBIT HOLE

Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant to win a business argument. That single sentence sounds like a lie — but it's one of the most documented events in the history of American invention. This is the story of two geniuses, one impossible rivalry, and a war fought not with weapons but with electricity. The wrong side almost won. In this episode: How Nikola Tesla arrived in New York with four cents...

What if you woke up to a beautiful morning, had breakfast with your family, and by midnight you were frozen in time for two thousand years? On August 24th, 79 AD, the people of Pompeii had no idea their volcano was about to explode. This episode walks you through that final day — hour by hour, choice by choice — and shows you why this ancient disaster still haunts us today. In this episode: - Moun...

She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. The first person to win two. A scientific genius who discovered radium and changed medicine forever. But in 1911, Marie Curie became the most hated woman in France — not for her science, but for falling in love with the wrong man. In this episode: - How a private love letter ended up on the front page of every French newspaper - Why the Nobel Committee...

In 1888, five women were brutally murdered in London's East End. The killer was never caught, and the case has haunted detectives, historians, and amateur sleuths for over a century. But what if everyone's been looking in the wrong place? This episode dives into the Whitechapel murders and explores a fascinating theory about why Jack the Ripper disappeared without a trace. In this episode: - Why t...