The Conspirators Podcast

During the early 20th century, America was caught up in a growing spiritualist movement that swept the nation. One hotspot for seances and new religious movements during the 1920s was Detroit. There, a self-styled “Divine Prophet” named... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first lonely hearts ads were published in 1695, just five years after the first newspapers were created. Almost from the very beginning, there have been criminals who have used these ads to prey on... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history there have been many self-appointed witch hunters who dedicated themselves to wiping out the minions of Satan. Hear the strange stories of witch hunts throughout history, including Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General, the Salem... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the 1940s and early 1950s, a string of strange disappearances occurred around Glastenbury Mountain in Vermont. Theories range from alien abduction, to Bigfoot, to dimensional gateways, to a serial killer on the loose. The... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the great myths about serial killers perpetuated by books and the movies is that they’re all criminal geniuses like Hannibal Lecter. In truth, the criminal mastermind is extremely rare. Back in the late... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1958, 19 year old Charles Starkweather and 14 year old Caril Anne Fugate, set out on a murder spree that shocked a nation. Was Caril an innocent victim, or was she as violent as... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Logic tells us curses aren’t real. Yet history is full of instances that make you scratch your head and wonder. Hear some of the strange true stories, including the legend of King Tut’s curse, the serial... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in 1927, an immigrant named Lillian Alling grew fed up with life in the United States, and she decided she would return to her homeland no matter what. What happened next is one of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in 1912, on a warm June night in the little Iowa town of Villisca, an unknown madman murdered eight people with an axe. Learn the horrifying true story of the Moore family murders, and... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Although there’s no accurate count, it’s estimated there are about 100,000 islands scattered around the globe. Sometimes, remote islands have been used to hide dark secrets, and stories of absolute horror and human misery. These... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve all heard the story about how John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater. But did you ever hear the story about the men who drove a mummy around the U.S. claiming... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history, there have been a number of shadowy groups dedicated to the art of deception and murder. Today, we have a name for these people. We call them assassins. Hear the true story of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

H.H. Holmes was the alias of one of America’s first serial killers. In Chicago in the late 1800s, he built an enormous “murder castle” where he may have killed as many as 200 people.  ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In survival stories, we often play the “what if” game, and wonder what we would do differently under the same circumstances. Here are two true stories of people lost in the jungle, including the remarkable... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Christmas Eve, 1945, the home of George and Jennie Sodder was destroyed by fire. George, Jennie and four of their ten children managed to escape unharmed. But five more of the Sodder children mysteriously... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long before the Zodiac Killer terrorized southern California, there was another similar string of murders in which a bizarre killer stalked and murdered people at local lover’s lanes then sent taunting, coded messages to the... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On April 7, 1994, FedEx Flight 705 took off on a routine flight from Memphis to San Jose. What happened next was anything but routine though. A rogue FedEx employee attempted to seize control of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s bizarre enough when a single serial killer is terrorizing the community. But an entire family of serial killers is almost unheard of. In 1843, in rural Kansas a family of serial killers known as... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1943, a group of teenage boys in England’s Hagley Woods discovered a woman’s skeleton inside the trunk of a gnarled old wych elm. Was it a bizarre occult murder? Or was it another type... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

P.T. Barnum was many things in life–a showman, a con artist, a politician, and much more. This is the amazing true story of the man who managed to hoax the world.   Notes: www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-p-t-barnum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.T.Barnum... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The story of what happened to Edgar Allan Poe in his final days has endured for centuries. In his final days, the writer disappeared for days, then mysteriously reappeared delirious and lying in the gutter... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For three years during the mid 18th Century, the Gevaudan region of southern France was terrorized by a real life monster. To this day, no one knows precisely what the creature was, or where it... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For centuries there have been stories of people who were buried alive. These are the macabre true stories of people who were declared dead and buried, even though they really weren’t.   Notes: https://www.bizarrepedia.com/joseph-burrus/ Supposed... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1961, millionaire Michael Rockefeller disappeared in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Did he drown as the official stories claim? Or did he suffer a much more grisly fate at the hands of native... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They say that revenge is a dish best served cold. History has many tales of people who took the act of revenge to a whole new level. In this episode hear the stories of The... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices