• Ted Bundy Tried to Kill Me
    Feb 28 2026

    In 1967, 14-year-old Connie Geldreich met a young man at a lake who called himself Ted. What began as a strange encounter escalated into something far more disturbing. In this episode, Connie recounts her memories of a man who would later become the world's most famous serial killer.

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    42 mins
  • How I Ended Up Running a Happy Endings Parlour for Women
    Feb 20 2026

    Alice was in her late 30s when she reinvented her life. She left her marriage and started prioritising herself for the first time ever. That journey led her to open a happy ending massage parlour for women. This is the first episode of our new podcast: The Sex That Changed My Life. A show about the intimate moments that transform us.


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    58 mins
  • Sunk by Killer Whales, Adrift for 38 Days
    Feb 14 2026

    Douglas Robertson was a teenager when his family set out to sail the world on a yacht. Seventeen months into the voyage, orcas sank the boat in the Pacific. In this ep, Douglas describes 38 days adrift in a small dinghy, surviving on turtle blood and rainwater.


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    54 mins
  • I Made a Fortune Helping People Cheat Their Tax
    Feb 6 2026

    Rick Hogg was a Melbourne accountant who specialised in minimising tax by fabricating expenses. In 2018, it all imploded and Rick got five years in prison. In this episode, he explains how the scheme worked, why he crossed the line, and what the ordeal taught him about greed.


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    38 mins
  • I Made $2M a Year as a Corporate Spy
    Jan 30 2026

    Robert Kerbeck was a broke actor when he stumbled into corporate espionage. His job was to trick low-level employees into divulging company secrets, which he sold for big money. In this episode, he explains what the work taught him about lying and the shortcomings of American capitalism.


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    46 mins
  • I Bought a Haunted Witches' Prison (Classic)
    Jan 23 2026

    Vanessa Mitchell thought she was buying the home of her dreams. Sure, it was a medieval prison for English peasants accused of witchcraft, but it was cute and within her price range. But then her possessions started vanishing and she found a mysterious pool of blood on the floor and three years later she was out, fleeing with her son. This is Vanessa's story of what happened.


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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • I Was Raised in a Cult Believing I'd be Dead by 12
    Jan 17 2026

    Flor Edwards grew up in the Children of God, an authoritarian sect that taught its followers that the world would end in 1993. In this episode, she reflects on how it felt growing up expecting to die, and how the group responded when the apocalypse never came.

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    53 mins
  • I Was Held Captive in This House for 11 Years
    Jan 8 2026

    Lily Rose Lee was 21 when she accepted a ride from her friend’s father. She was 32 when she finally escaped his house, along with two other women. In this episode, Lily recounts what 11 years in captivity did to her body and mind, how she survived, and what she learned about resilience.


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    1 hr and 3 mins