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Every week Joe from Thinking Sideways and Filmmaker Vincent Caldoni take on new cases of mystery, history, true crime and tales of the paranormal.

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    • Mar 5, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 44m AVG DURATION
    • 277 EPISODES

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    The Shocking Details podcast is a must-listen for fans of mysteries, true crime, and the unexplained. Hosted by Joe and Vincent, this podcast offers a unique blend of intriguing stories, lighthearted banter, and well-researched content. Their soothing voices and friendly personalities make it feel like you're hanging out with friends while uncovering fascinating tales.

    One of the best aspects of The Shocking Details is the selection of stories they cover. From unsolved mysteries to lesser-known cold cases, they bring a refreshing variety to each episode. They have a knack for finding interesting and thought-provoking topics that aren't commonly covered in other podcasts. This keeps the show fresh and engaging for their listeners.

    Additionally, Joe and Vincent's chemistry is top-notch. They bounce off each other nicely, providing just the right amount of banter and jokes without overshadowing the main content. Their rapport creates an enjoyable atmosphere throughout each episode, making it easy to get lost in their storytelling.

    One possible downside of The Shocking Details is that some episodes may not appeal to every listener. While they cover a wide range of topics, including cryptids and paranormal events, these episodes may be considered less exciting or engaging for those who prefer more grounded mysteries or true crime cases.

    Overall, The Shocking Details is a fantastic podcast that offers something different in the realm of mystery storytelling. Joe and Vincent's expertise, combined with their entertaining style, make this show a standout among similar podcasts. If you're looking for an enjoyable dose of intrigue mixed with light-hearted fun, be sure to give The Shocking Details a listen.



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    Latest episodes from The Shocking Details

    Big Announcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 4:17


    Please listen.

    The Murder of Ailie Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 29:02


    Leap Year Bonus! Brutal murder--or comedy of errors? In 18th Century Edinburgh, a hapless teenage girl is marked for death by a cabal of people she thought were her friends—but our conspirators are so incompetent, it takes them nearly a year, and many failed attempts, before they finally achieve their heinous goal…

    The Nuremberg Celestial Event

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 54:49


    Early one morning some s***t went down in the skies over the German City of Nuremberg. Was it aliens? Was it God? Was everyone tripping?

    Amelia Earhart: Found? Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 51:59


    Part 2 of 2! If you haven't listened to part one, you really should. A tech start-up thinks they may have located Amelia Earhart's missing aeroplane and possibly the aviatrix herself. Joe has questions. In this ep. we get run back over the basics of her daring trip around the globe, which often are left out of her story. Stay tuned for episode 2! (Coming soon.)

    Amelia Earhart: Found? Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 111:09


    A tech start-up thinks they may have located Amelia Earhart's missing aeroplane and possibly the aviatrix herself. Joe has questions. In this ep. we get run back over the basics of her daring trip around the globe, which often are left out of her story. Stay tuned for episode 2! (Coming soon.)

    Re-reruns: The Arkansas Ghost Trial

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 42:57


    You're at a murder trial. The defendant is losing badly. The evidence is overwhelming. Then the victim takes the stand.....

    Dodecahedrons! Part 2!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 91:53


    We are so very back! And no matter what you try you can not-will not-no matter what you try- stop us from discussing inexplicable Roman trinkets! (Take that, more-successful-podcasts!) If you haven't listened to part 1, you really should. Because it is cool and fun and you won't understand WTF this one is even talking about unless you know a lot about dodecahedra, in which case please go listen to ep one because we need the downloads.

    Dodecahedrons!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 22:31


    Part 1 of 2! Strange 12-sided objects dating to 2nd and 3rd century Roman Empire have been discovered all across Europe, but what they were, and why they were made remains a complete mystery. And what of their South East Asian counterparts?

    The Dunbar Heist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 42:38


    The biggest heist in US history was in 1997, when thieves robbed the Dunbar Armored depot in downtown Los Angeles, making off with $18.9 million. The perps were eventually caught after a two-year hunt, but most of the money—more than $13 million—was never recovered. Where did it go?3 attachments • Scanned by Gmail

    Marco Aurelio Simon prt II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 39:59


    Part 2 of 2. Be sure to listen to part 1 first! 15-year-old boy goes missing in the forest, a massive search is called up but all they find are mysterious blue flashes and mysterious whistling deep within the forest. Was it aliens? A cult? Serial killer?

    Marco Aurelio Simon part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 40:21


    A 15-year-old boy goes missing in the forest, a massive search is called up but all they find are mysterious blue flashes and mysterious whistling deep within the forest. Was it aliens? A cult? Serial killer?

    Did Oleg Penkovsky Actually Save The World?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 40:14


    Code Name Hero: Oleg Penkovsky has been called The Man Who Saved the World, a Russian intelligence agent who spied for the West until he was caught and executed by the Soviets. But were things really as they seemed with him? Or was he a double agent?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    ReBroadcast: The Ivan Vassily

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 48:53


    Hey all! Joe has been really sick and it's still close to New Year's, so enjoy a blast from the past!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Unsolved Murder of Adam Chadwick

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 41:35


    Leeds, 2008: A young father is gunned down at his sister's house by total strangers. The case is still unsolved. But... who was Michelle?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Missing! Russell Bohling.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 53:54


    In March 2010, 18-year-old Russell Bohling left his home in England, supposedly to attend classes at a nearby college, but it appears that he instead went to explore an abandoned underground RAF bunker on the British coast—a bunker long rumored to have been a meeting place for a Satanic cult. Russell was never seen again.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Bunyip

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 49:18


    Could one of the strangest, most terrifying, and goofiest cryptids in Australian lore be real? We may have the answer!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Did the Bermuda Triangle Take Guma Aguiar?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 45:01


    A rich man's boat washes up on the shore, but it's owner is long gone. Did the Bermuda triangle swallow him up? Did he fake his own death? Was he killed?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The 28 Fires of Odon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 48:16


    In a quaint midwestern town, an old farmhouse attempts to spontaneously combust but the family that lives there, neighbors, and a diligent fire department stop each and every fire, witnessing the flames materialize out of nowhere before being extinguished. Ultimately, over a dozen people witnessed the inexplicable phenomenon... but what could have caused the 28 fires of Odon?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Re-upload of "Oumuamua"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 59:10


    Some folks are saying they couldn't hear the full version. So here it goes again in all it's gloryThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Oumuamua

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 59:10


    For one of our most requested episodes, we take a look at what may be our closest encounter with a visitor from another solar system.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Who Was Judge Holden?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 53:57


    Turns out of most terrifying figures in literature was real person. We dig into the history of this of real life monster.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    A Halloween Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 48:30


    To celebrate Halloween we serve up a batch of super spooky all-new scary stories, one from Joe, one from Vincent, and a ton from our listeners! Which one do you think is the spookiest?Warning: There is a small amount of salty language in this ep.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Sandown Clown

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 54:55


    Two kids meet up with a strange-looking "clown man" in the forest, and then it only gets creepier.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Last Bus to Fragrant Hills and Other Tales

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 30:08


    Terror has a new name! And it's written in a language you don't understand, which makes it even scarier!! This week on The Shocking Details, we're bringing you three spine-tingling, booty-clenching tales of horror from another continent.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Seattle Zombie

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 32:57


    2021: A screaming, bleeding woman with jet-black eyes and a deathly pallor is videotaped on the streets of Seattle. Some thought it was the start of a zombie apocalypse. Spooky October continues!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Pecos Triangle

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 37:02


    We investigate a mysterious area around the Pecos River where people have an odd habit of going missing in oddly similar fashion.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Sasquatch Didn't Abduct Theresa Bier Prt 2 of 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 18:57


    Did a sasquatch abduct a California teenager in 1987? Nope. Here's why and what probably really happened.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Did Sasquatch Kidnap Theresa Bier? Prt 1 of 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 25:29


    A 16-year-old girl and a 43-year-old man disappeared on a camping trip. When he is finally found he has a heck of a story for the cops. Is he a murder? Or is Theresa Bier living among the Sasquatch?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Search for Orang Pendek

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 44:38


    Does a mysterious bipedal ape stalk the jungles of Indonesia? Pack a bag: Joe and Caldoni are headed to Sumatra to find a cryptid!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Deat Tatra: The Polish Dyatlov Incident

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 38:03


    Four people ascend a mountain. One makes it back down. The other three all died of the exact same natural causes. The lone survivor is accused of murder. What really happened?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Murdered Mountaineers!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 56:42


    Two of the Soviet Union's greatest climbers die in a mysterious "accident." But was it really just a simple gas leak?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Am Fear Liath Mor

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 35:51


    Does a mysterious grey-haired cryptid haunt the peaks and the highest mountains in the UK? We're on his trail!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    WTF are Sky Stones?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2023 40:32


    2013, an artist in Hong Kong discovers a mysterious mineral for sale in a market. The story that unfolds involves a daring Italian Geologist, a violent civil war, Aliens and Gods.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Centralia Conspiracies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 42:29


    There are two cities named Centralia in the United States, located on opposite sides of the country, both are the sites of horrible tragedies that may have been the result of conspiracies. Today we explore both strange tales and their horrific outcomes.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Jean Weber: The Ogress!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 43:23


    This week we're revisiting an older more obscure episode about a French nanny who's charges just kept-um-well... becoming dead.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Mysterious Death of Jean Tatlock part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 44:07


    This is the second part of a two-parter, you haven't already listened to part one make sure you do so! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Mysterious Death of Jean Tatlock

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 22:33


    As the development of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos reached a fever pitch a lonely communist doctor took her own life in San Fransisco. What do these two events have to do with one another? Well, it just so happened that the deceased woman was J Robert Oppenheimer's secret paramour. But did she really take her own life? Or was it the work of the agents following her?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Underworld(s)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 47:20


    This week on the Shocking Details—20th century discoveries of ancient underground complexes and cities have left mysteries in their wake—who created these amazing structures? And how did they do it? And why? Joe and Vincent don their Indiana Jones hats and plunge into the abyss to find out!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Unsolved Murder of Lea Polvani

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 53:17


    Artist Lea Polvani was abducted right in front of her apartment. Four days later she was found murdered in a cave. Almost 40 years later the crime remains one of Italy's most baffling cold cases.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Vanishing Airliner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 45:20


    May 2003: a Boeing 727 took off on an unauthorized departure from Luanda Airport in Angola—without a pilot or crew aboard, as far as anyone knows—and hasn't been seen since, though the CIA, FBI and other intelligence services turned over many rocks trying to find it. What happened to Plane #844AA, the Vanishing Airliner?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Arkansas Ghost Trail Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 43:55


    Due to the holiday, we are revisiting one of our original cases—a classic tale of murder with a hauntingly silly twist.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Lava Lake Murders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 57:49


    A group of trappers in Oregon are found shot, mutilated and stuffed under the ice of a remote mountain lake. Suspects abound but no one fits perfectly. Find out how these tragic murders divided a small timber town and have remained unsolved to this day.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Where is the Crew of The Kaz-II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 51:23


    Called “The Mary Celeste of Australia”, the sailboat Kaz II was found adrift in the Pacific in April 2007, undamaged, with everything on deck and belowdecks in perfect order—but the three-man crew had vanished without a trace. This week on The Shocking Details: what happened to the men of the Kaz II?Mystery cubed!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Olivia Mabel and the Tulpa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 37:46


    1994: after a series of silent 911 calls from an abandoned property in Celina, Texas police arrive to find a truly macabre scene. But wait! What really happened to poor Olivia Mabel, what about her son who died in 1990? Strap in: here there be twists!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Missing! Christina Calayca

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 48:12


    Christina Calayca vanished while jogging in a provincial park in Canada in 2007, leaving no trace—not even a hint of a scent for the search dogs. This week on TSD, Joe and Vince investigate Christina's mysterious disappearance.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    AKA: Victim F (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 28:31


    Part 2 of 2! The Shocking Conclusion.2015: Aaron Quinn reports to police an incredible story of the abduction of his girlfriend Denise, but that's the problem. His story seems anything but credible. Then twists start coming. Buckle up as we tell the story of the abduction of Denise Huskins, AKA Victim F.Be sure to listen to episode one.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    AKA: Victim F (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 47:08


    Part 1 of 2!2015 Aaron Quinn reports to police an incredible story of the abduction of his girlfriend Denise, but that's the problem. His story seems anything but credible. Then twists start coming. Buckle up as we tell the story of the abduction of Denise Huskins, AKA Victim F.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Bandaged Man of Cannon Beach

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 25:15


    A horrific and bloodied figure stalks the dank forests and lovers' lanes around picturesque Cannon Beach, Oregon!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    The Death of Col. Sabow

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 56:51


    In 1991 Col. James Sabow was found dead at his home on El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in California. The death was ruled a suicide by local authorities and NCIS, but subsequent inquiries cast doubt upon the verdict, and dark allegations of covert flights and arms smuggling at the air base were raised. Was Col Sabow's death really a suicide—or was it murder?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Ebu Gogo Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 27:31


    Part 3 of 3! Be sure to check out parts 1 and 2 if you haven't already! 2003: a team of archaeologists have come to Liang Bua, a remote cave. Once inside they uncover something unexpected, bones of a hominoid which would have stood under a meter and a half tall. Dubbed Homo Floresiensis the discovery rocks the world of anthropology and human evolution to its core. The world is surprised by the discovery but not the people who live on Flores at the edges of the dense jungle, they've known the tiny ape-men since time, for them, began, they call them Ebu Gogo, and according to these people it may still be out there.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

    Ebu Gogo part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 32:47


    Part 2 of 3! Be sure to check out part 1 if you haven't already!2003 a team of archaeologists have come to Liang Bua, a remote cave. Once inside t they uncover something unexpected, bones of a hominoid which would have stood under a meter and a half tall. Dubbed Homo Floresiensis the discovery rocks the world of anthropology and human evolution to its core. The world is surprised by the discovery but not the people who live on Flores at the edges of the dense jungle, they've known the tiny ape-men since time, for them, began, they call them Ebu Gogo, and according to these people it may still be out there.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4644079/advertisement

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