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City Cast Portland
Why a Third of Portland's Shelter Beds Are Vanishing. Plus, Oregon's Shadiest Sheriff, and a Burlesque Tribute to Dolly Parton

City Cast Portland

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2026 30:59


We're talking about why Portland area leaders are undoing a homeless shelter system they just developed — as well as the surprising and historic unanimous vote to expel a County Sheriff. Joining host Claudia Meza are Oregonian homelessness and mental health reporter Lillian Mongeau Hughes and Willamette Week reporter and author Brianna Wheeler.  Discussed in today's episode: ⁠Portland area leaders are dismantling a third of the homeless shelter system they just built⁠ [Oregonian] ⁠A photographer, chef and artist went from ‘living the high life' to sleeping on a cardboard box⁠ [Oregonian] ⁠‘There's hope out there,' formerly homeless woman wants others like her to know⁠ [Oregonian] ⁠After a life spent largely on the streets, Portland shelter offered her stability⁠ [Oregonian] ⁠Oregon State Sheriffs' Association Votes to Expel Curry County Sheriff John Ward⁠ [Oregon Journalism Project]  Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up ⁠here⁠.⁠ ⁠ Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at ⁠portland@citycast.fm⁠, or leave us a voicemail at ⁠503-208-5448⁠. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our ⁠morning newsletter⁠ and be sure to follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠. Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at ⁠citycast.fm/advertise⁠. Learn more about the sponsors of this August 27th episode: ⁠Rose City Comic Con⁠ ⁠Northwest Children's Theater⁠ - Use code SUMMERSALE for 20% off tickets ⁠Stacked Piercing⁠ - Take 20% off your first booking with code CITYCAST20 ⁠Montavilla Jazz⁠ ⁠Grand Central Bakery⁠

Deconstructor of Fun
TWIG #398: Gaming's 2026 Reality Check, The GTA 6 Leak Nightmare and Why Jobs Are Still Vanishing

Deconstructor of Fun

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2026 62:49


Rockstar is fighting a leak it cannot plug, and the leaker has turned the whole thing into a token economy.Episode 398 covers a week where the data says growth and the job market says something else. Newzoo puts 2026 at 214 billion, Makers Fund closes another 250 million that looks nothing like venture capital, Google Play turns RAM into a store requirement, and Gamescom hands us Nodusfall, Palworld on mobile via Garena, and one more round of the HD on mobile argument that never ends.Topics Covered:• CyberLeek posts 16 GTA 6 clips and runs crypto-paid polls on what leaks next• Take-Two subpoenas Microsoft, Discord and Google to unmask whoever is behind it• Newzoo's 2026 forecast hits 214 billion with North America growing slowest• Why layoffs keep coming in a market still growing 6 percent• Makers Fund raises 250 million and shifts into project and UA financing• Google Play makes memory optimization a store requirement in February 2027• Opening Night Live and the endless pile of tactics spin-offs• HoYoverse reveals Nodusfall while its mobile portfolio drops 24 percent• Garena picks up Palworld for mobile and Roco Kingdom goes global• Localization and UI as the real barrier for Eastern games in the West• The HD on mobile fight nobody at the table is winningCHAPTERS:01:12 Today's Topics Rundown02:19 Gamescom Pics and Shoutouts03:01 Sponsor Updates05:57 GTA6 Leeks16:11 Layoffs and Market Maturity20:10 Makers Fund Raises $250M28:18 Google Play RAM PSA29:29 Gamescom Opening Night Live36:16 Western Appeal Debate37:04 Roco Kingdom Goes Global37:47 Palworld Mobile Licensing38:52 Cozy Combat Audience Shift41:35 Portfolio Decline And Cannibalization51:33 Localization And UI Barriers01:01:18 Wrapping Up And Next Week

Dracaena Wines Podcast
Napa Valley Nightmare Fuel: Buggy Bubbles, Vanishing Servers, and Funeral Home Vibes

Dracaena Wines Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2026 76:52


It's Monday, Let's raise a glass to the beginning of another week. It's time to unscrew, uncork or saber a bottle and let's begin Welcome to Napa Valley, the land of legendary Cabernet, world-class hospitality, and, apparently, runaway sprinklers and free protein in your wine glass! In this episode, we're taking a hilarious tour through the absurd world of 1-star winery reviews. From servers who pull full disappearing acts after pouring a single glass to front desk staff handing out "funeral home carpet" vibes and fruit fly flights, we dive headfirst into the magnificent customer service meltdowns hidden behind Napa's most prestigious gates. Buckle up, check your credit card statement twice, and join us as we separate top-tier terroir from pure, unadulterated tasting room chaos.  Please take a moment of your time to subscribe, rate and review Exploring the Wine Glass. It's completely free and is a great way to let other wine lovers know about the podcast. Be sure to head over to the website, Exploringthewineglass.com, to read my award winning blog and to see what else I have been up to. And most of all, please tell your friends about the podcast!   Slainte!  Find out more about my Wine Education Classes here Order Spanish Wine Bingo Game here Earn your Rioja Enthusiasts Certification here Music: WINE by Kēvens Official Video Follow me on Instagram!   Follow me on Twitter! Subscribe to my YouTube channel SIGN UP FOR EXPLORING THE WINE GLASS NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES STITCHER | iTUNES | YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | PODBEAN | AUDIBLE | BOOMPLAY Even ask your smart speaker to play Exploring the Wine Glass GIVE US A RATING AND REVIEW Thoughts or comments? Contact Lori at exploringthewineglass@gmail.com. Please support our sponsors Dracaena Wines - Our Wines + Your Moments + Great Memories Use code 'Explore' at checkout to receive 10% off your first order GET SPECIAL OFFERS FOR DRACAENA WINES

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
CURSES CARVED IN STONE: The Dark Side of Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2026 59:44


The ancients didn't just fear death — they weaponized it, leaving behind curses in hieroglyphics meant to haunt anyone brave enough to look.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/CursesCarvedInStoneREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3cfn27cpFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: They say grief lingers in the house where children were murdered… but so does something colder, crueler — and far more dangerous. (The Horror of Waupun, Wisconsin) *** In the haunted heart of Edinburgh, there's a pub where the drinks are strong and the screams are stronger. (The Spirits of Banshee Labyrinth) *** The last person to see Virginia alive passed a polygraph — but his wife said he didn't come home until hours later. (The Vanishing of Virginia Carpenter) *** Asteroids, alien civilizations, even cosmic plagues — the real terror isn't what we can see in the sky… it's what we can't. (Space Threats to Earth) *** It started with flirtation, turned into an affair, and ended with a gunshot echoing through the cold night air in a Walgreen's parking lot. (Three Shots In The Night) *** They carved their warnings into stone 4,000 years ago — and now, after centuries of silence, the hieroglyphic curses of the dead are being read aloud once again. But in doing so, are we inviting doom and destruction? (Hieroglyphic Curses)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Short Fictional Story, “Breath of Anubis”00:11:21.779 = Show Open00:13:18.068 = Hieroglyphic Curses00:25:27.966 = The Vanishing of Virginia Carpenter ***00:32:11.146 = Space Threats To Earth00:36:45.704 = Spirits of the Banshee Labyrinth00:42:07.498 = Three Shots In The Night ***00:47:55.685 = Horror of Waupun, Wisconsin00:58:32.140 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:Haunted Rockford YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedRockfordEventsBOOK: “Dark Skies” by Daniel Deudney: https://amzn.to/3XFWUF6Fictional story at the beginning of this episode, “Breath of Anubis” by ChatterGhost“Space Threats to Earth”: https://anomalien.com/threats-from-outer-space-might-be-fueling-conspiracy-theories/“Three Shots In The Night”: https://the-line-up.com/murder-of-emmett-corrigan“Hieroglyphic Curses”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40000520,https://ng.opera.news/ng/en/culture/6aaa5bcd19c53ffa60ffc337d5742fce, https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/ancient-egypt-tomb-saqqara-priest-16826821, https://www.rom.on.ca/en/learning/activities-resources/online-activities/ancient-egypt/religion/tomb-inscriptions-curses, https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/tomb-curses-ancient-egypt-magical-incantations-dead-003228, https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2020/08/06/debunking-the-curse-of-the-pharaohs/, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Execration-Texts, https://www.businessinsider.com/egypt-saqqara-tombs-mummy-curses-2020-11, https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/the-curse-of-the-curse-of-the-pharaoh,https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2017/06/23/ancient-egyptian-tomb-warnings-curses-and-ghosts/,https://listverse.com/2023/06/08/10-creepy-curses-hidden-in-hieroglyphics“The Horror of Waupun, Wisconsin: https://www.hauntedrockford.com/shadows-of-a-murder/“Spirits of the Banshee Labyrinth”: https://moonmausoleum.com/haunted-spirits-at-the-banshee-labyrinth-pub/“The Vanishing of Virginia Carpenter” by Troy Taylor (used with permission): https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdzcaez9(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: April 01, 2025Weird Darkness explores ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic curses, the 1948 disappearance of Virginia Carpenter, asteroid and alien threats from space, Edinburgh's haunted Banshee Labyrinth, the Walgreens murder of Emmett Corrigan, and the 1865 Wisconsin ax killings linked to the restless dead of Waupun.It opens with curses carved into ancient Egyptian tombs, from the 4,000-year-old Execration Texts to warnings left by Harkhuf, Ankhtifi, Khentika Ikhekhi, Hezi, Sarenput I, Ankhmahor, Senenmut, and Pharaoh Amenhotep. These hieroglyphic threats promised strangulation, mutilation, divine judgment, destroyed families, and even attacks by crocodiles and serpents against anyone who violated the dead.From there, 21-year-old Virginia Carpenter vanishes after arriving in Denton, Texas, on June 1, 1948, to attend the Texas State College for Women. Taxi driver Edgar Ray “Jack” Zachary said he left her outside Brackenridge Hall with two unidentified men beside a cream-colored convertible, but Carpenter never checked in, and later leads—including a possible Arkansas sighting and a 1998 burial-site tip—failed to solve the case.Next, the danger moves into space with asteroid 2024 YR4, theories about weaponized asteroid-deflection technology, Cixin Liu's “dark forest” view of hostile alien civilizations, and Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe's idea that viruses could arrive from space. The episode also traces fears of catastrophe from the sky back to the ancient Cosmic Hunt tradition and the Sámi story of an arrow striking the pole star.The episode then descends beneath Edinburgh's Old Town into The Banshee Labyrinth, a rock and metal pub built partly inside the South Bridge vaults. Reports include a screaming banshee in a gray dress, the ghost of a child named Molly who disappeared in 1814, the mischievous Ole Jock in the women's restroom, and unexplained cold spots, moving glasses, and shadows inside the historic underground chambers.From Edinburgh, the story shifts to Meridian, Idaho, where attorney Emmett Corrigan's affair with paralegal Kandi Hall ended in three gunshots outside a Walgreens on March 11, 2011. Kandi's husband, Rob Hall, survived a gunshot wound to the head, Corrigan died from wounds to the heart and skull, and Hall was convicted of second-degree murder in 2012 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.The episode closes with the December 3, 1865 murders of three children at Anton and Amelia Koch's farm near Burlington, Wisconsin, where hired man Peter Frahm was convicted after bloody footprints, blood on his boots, and a stolen coin pouch tied him to the ax killings. Frahm died by hanging in the Wisconsin State Penitentiary in Waupun on March 21, 1871, and reports of whispers, cold presences, apparitions of children, and a darker shadow have since attached themselves to both the old Koch property and the unmarked graves of the State Prison Cemetery.LIKE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://weirddarkness.com/OFFICIAL

Spooky AF
Solo Spooky Stories - The Vanishing of Frederick Valentich

Spooky AF

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2026 19:34


Join Rob this week as he looks into one of Australia's most mysterious UFO cases, the disappearance of Frederick Valentich! In 1978, this pilot on a routine flight came into some difficulty on his journey before reporting a craft hovering above him, when he then disappeared! Is this really a case of UFO abduction, or is it something simpler?Let us know what you think!All our links here – https://www.linktr.ee/spookyafMusic: Dank Halloween by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Murder Mile True-Crime Podcast
#361 - The Vanishing of Wendy Upton (Lichfield, Steven Salisbury)

Murder Mile True-Crime Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2026 65:40


Wednesday the 7th of October 1998, 40-year-old Wendy Upton of Lichfield went to her local Tesco's to buy the basics, and vanished without a trace. For nine months, there was no trace of her; no sightings, no calls and her bank account wasn't touched, her husband believed she had been murdered, but the Police held firm to their belief that she was missing, had fled, or had overdosed.But what was the truth, and how did her killer subvert the investigation to his own need?Seven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA · Instagram· FaceBook· Threads· TokTok· YouTubeSUBSCRIBE via PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pat Gray Unleashed
Trump Snuck Off Air Force One in a Catering Truck over Iran Threat | 8/11/26

Pat Gray Unleashed

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2026 100:49


Trump was smuggled off Air Force One in a catering truck and flown out of Turkey on a secret military flight after a credible Iranian threat. You need to see how this actually went down. After the NATO summit in Ankara, cameras caught Trump boarding the older Air Force One. Minutes later, he and several aides stepped into an elevated catering container on the opposite side of the plane, got lowered to the tarmac, and driven over to a smaller C-32A. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boarded that same secret flight separately so it looked normal. The press and some White House staff sat on the decoy plane with the window shades ordered closed, thinking the president was with them the whole time. The C-32A landed in Britain nine minutes ahead of the decoy. Trump then reappeared on the older jet before switching to the Qatari-gifted plane for the trip home. Intelligence flagged a specific Iranian plot against him. Israel had tipped the U.S. The White House did not deny the operation. Pat also covered: Iran locks the Strait of Hormuz until President Trump is out of office and drops five NEW demands Day 59: Mitch McConnell is still holding America hostage Trump signs executive order that overhauls the childhood vaccine schedule Newly released Fauci texts show he privately flagged a theoretical miscarriage risk after the COVID vaccine In a shocking event, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed endorses Ilhan Omar …  Does this change how you view the constant Iran threats against Trump? Have you ever seen a presidential security move this elaborate and still kept quiet this long? If you want unfiltered truth and commonsense analysis that cuts through the noise, hit subscribe and turn on notifications. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 00:24 President Trump's Plane Switcheroo Due to Threat 02:24 Kaitlan Collins on Trump Switching Planes 05:22 Another California Golf Course Threat 06:22 Trump with the Latest News on Iran 08:26 Trump on the Status of the Strait of Hormuz 10:52 Iran's Demands for Reopening the Strait of Hormuz 15:41 Trump Signing New Vaccine Schedule for Kids 17:37 RFK Jr. & Food Additives 19:44 Cyborg Flight Attendant 22:04 Ron Johnson on Anthony Fauci's Texts 25:33 Mitch McConnell Continues to be Missing 31:50 Fat Five 46:29 College Football Season is Soon Upon Us! 51:59 New Footage of the Ayatollah? 54:27 AI Anti-Iran Song 58:15 DiJonai Carrington Getting some Heat 1:00:06 Oil Prices are Up Again 1:01:00 Early Voting for Midterms 1:05:19 Who Exactly IS Abdul El-Sayed??? 1:07:45 Abdul El-Sayed's Social Media Posts 1:08:49 Abdul El-Sayed Endorses Ilhan Omar 1:12:17 Hasan Piker Puff Piece 1:14:14 Nick Shirley in Spain 1:16:08 Massive Earthquake in Japan 1:19:34 Vegetables are Vanishing?! 1:24:21 Kai Trump's Six-Pack 1:25:53 Golfing with the Trumps 1:27:06 F-16 Fighter Jets & Missile Defense Vehicles 1:29:46 Pat was Wrong about Earthquakes 1:30:50 Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Give Everyone AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Robert Scott Bell Show
Trump Vaccine Executive Order, Pollution Arthritis Flares, Vanishing Human Presence, Loneliness Epidemic, Maria Keffler, Desist, Detrans & Detox - The RSB Show 8-10-26

The Robert Scott Bell Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2026 149:43


TODAY ON THE ROBERT SCOTT BELL SHOW: Trump Vaccine Executive Order, Pollution Arthritis Flares, Vanishing Human Presence, Loneliness Epidemic, Linum Usitatissimum, Smart Enough to be Wrong, Maria Keffler, Desist, Detrans & Detox, Eye Pressure, Thunder Struck Burpee Inspiration, and MORE! https://robertscottbell.com/trump-vaccine-order-pollution-arthritis-flares-vanishing-human-presence-loneliness-epidemic-linum-usitatissimum-smart-enough-to-be-wrong-maria-keffler-eye-pressure-question-roberts-thunder-s/ Purpose and Character The use of copyrighted material on the website is for non-commercial, educational purposes, and is intended to provide benefit to the public through information, critique, teaching, scholarship, or research. Nature of Copyrighted Material Weensure that the copyrighted material used is for supplementary and illustrative purposes and that it contributes significantly to the user's understanding of the content in a non-detrimental way to the commercial value of the original content. Amount and Substantiality Our website uses only the necessary amount of copyrighted material to achieve the intended purpose and does not substitute for the original market of the copyrighted works. Effect on Market Value The use of copyrighted material on our website does not in any way diminish or affect the market value of the original work. We believe that our use constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you believe that any content on the website violates your copyright, please contact us providing the necessary information, and we will take appropriate action to address your concern.

The NFN Radio News Podcast
VA Claims Vanishing? Veteran Sounds Alarm

The NFN Radio News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2026 11:51


Veterans are filing claims for benefits they earned — but some of those claims may be disappearing into what veteran advocate Steve Miller describes as a VA “black hole.”Miller, a former member of the 82nd Airborne Division and president of Wellness for Veterans, says claims submitted through veterans service organizations are being transmitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs but are not always being entered into the VA system. He says the result is that veterans are left waiting, sometimes for months, without knowing what happened to their claims.Miller says he learned about the problem from a VA representative and was told the system issue had been going on for at least four months. He also says veterans affected by the problem have not been notified.That matters because these claims can determine access to disability compensation, medical care, and other benefits for veterans injured or made ill during their military service.Miller has helped more than 800 veterans pursue service-connected benefits and says his work has helped secure more than $1.5 million annually for veterans — all without charging them for his assistance.In this Lean to the Left interview, Miller explains what he believes is happening, why he says veterans are being left in limbo, and why he wants Congress and the VA to act.Watch the full conversation and tell us what you think. Have you or someone you know experienced unexplained delays or missing VA claims?Subscribe to Lean to the Left for independent interviews, political commentary, and conversations about the issues affecting Americans.#Veterans #VeteransAffairs #VAClaims #VeteransBenefits #MilitaryVeterans #VA #LeanToTheLeftCHAPTERS:00:00 VA Claims Scandal Intro00:45 Claims Lost in Limbo01:53 Who Knows and Who Was Told02:55 Why These Benefits Matter03:58 Taking It to the Media05:22 Politics and Accountability06:12 Congressional Staff Should Help07:12 Hotlines and No Resolution07:37 Wellness for Veterans Mission08:21 800 Vets Helped for Free10:35 Beyond Claims Gear and Housing11:16 Wrap Up and Next Steps

Harold's Old Time Radio
(93) Escape - Vanishing Lady - (Del Castillo)

Harold's Old Time Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2026 29:31 Transcription Available


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Darek Weber Scary Stories
A Paralyzed Man Vanished in Broad Daylight

Darek Weber Scary Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2026 24:58


In this episode, I'll tell you the story of two of the most terrifying, bizarre, and seemingly impossible disappearances in history, both leaving behind more questions than answers.If you enjoy bizarre historical events, dark true crime, and mysterious disasters told in a story format, click subscribe. Chapters:00:00 - Owen Parfitt10:50 - The Flannan Isles Lighthouse KeepersFirst, we travel to Shepton Mallet in 1763 for The Vanishing of Owen Parfitt. How does an elderly, paralyzed man vanish into thin air from his porch in broad daylight, surrounded by witnesses? And why did a discovery 50 years later only make the mystery deeper?Next, we head out to Eilean Mòr for The Vanishing of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers. In December 1900, three experienced lighthouse keepers vanished off a isolated rock in the North Atlantic without a trace. I'll separate the wild urban legends and famous poems from the terrifying real-life evidence found on the island.What do you think really happened to Owen Parfitt and the Flannan Isles keepers? Let me know your theories in the comments below.Extended Episodes on Patreon:https://patreon.com/nightfallhorrors?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkListen and "Follow" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2suxgLr2j5YK4xw7sTfcvH?si=5893b55a317b4337A quick note about the stories: They're all based on true events, but we sometimes use pseudonyms to protect the people involved, and some details are fictionalized for dramatic purposes.#UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #Disappearances #FlannanIsles #HistoryMysteries

Harold's Old Time Radio
(26) Escape - The Vanishing Lady

Harold's Old Time Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2026 29:31 Transcription Available


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Missing Persons Mysteries
The Mystery of the Vanishing Filmmaker

Missing Persons Mysteries

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2026 13:43 Transcription Available


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The Front
Ariana Grande is vanishing. Are we allowed to have an opinion?

The Front

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2026 16:42 Transcription Available


Ariana Grande is a 33-year-old superstar who is vanishing before our eyes. Are we allowed to say that? Is it OK for the rest of us to have opinions about the body of one of the world’s most photographed women? By expressing concern – or something else – about someone who looks so unwell, are we making things worse: projecting our own problems and hang-ups on the most talented among us? Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Ariana Grande withdraws from London musical, seeks to 'step back' Commentary by Bianca Farmakis: Ariana Grande is the latest symbol of an issue we still haven’t resolved This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Gallagher Podcast
August 6, 2026 | Fauci's Contempt Citation, Mamdani's Vanishing Accent and more

Mike Gallagher Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 32:01 Transcription Available


Mike and Mark examine what's next now that Anthony Fauci has been slapped with a contempt of Congress citation; then the continuing adventures of Mayor Mamdani, booed offstage at a law enforcement event and discovered on video as a young man with a possibly fake accent. Bonus: Mike updates us on electric blankets ------ M and M EXTRA: Two iconic talk radio hosts. One unfiltered daily conversation. No scripts. No spin. Just Mike Gallagher and Mark Davis breaking down the news the way it should be — with decades of experience and zero apologies. If you love smart unscripted talk show chemistry, you’re in the right place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mark Davis Show
August 6, 2026 | Fauci's Contempt Citation, Mamdani's Vanishing Accent and more

The Mark Davis Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 32:01 Transcription Available


Mike and Mark examine what's next now that Anthony Fauci has been slapped with a contempt of Congress citation; then the continuing adventures of Mayor Mamdani, booed offstage at a law enforcement event and discovered on video as a young man with a possibly fake accent. Bonus: Mike updates us on electric blankets ------ M and M EXTRA: Two iconic talk radio hosts. One unfiltered daily conversation. No scripts. No spin. Just Mike Gallagher and Mark Davis breaking down the news the way it should be — with decades of experience and zero apologies. If you love smart unscripted talk show chemistry, you’re in the right place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The M&M Experience
August 6, 2026 | Fauci's Contempt Citation, Mamdani's Vanishing Accent and more

The M&M Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 32:01 Transcription Available


Mike and Mark examine what's next now that Anthony Fauci has been slapped with a contempt of Congress citation; then the continuing adventures of Mayor Mamdani, booed offstage at a law enforcement event and discovered on video as a young man with a possibly fake accent. Bonus: Mike updates us on electric blankets ------ M and M EXTRA: Two iconic talk radio hosts. One unfiltered daily conversation. No scripts. No spin. Just Mike Gallagher and Mark Davis breaking down the news the way it should be — with decades of experience and zero apologies. If you love smart unscripted talk show chemistry, you’re in the right place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Megyn Kelly Show
The Missing Intern & The Congressman: The Vanishing — Ep. 1 | MK Confidential

The Megyn Kelly Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2026 22:13


"MK Confidential" opens on the morning the biggest missing-persons story in America is set to have its biggest day. It is September 11th, 2001. Bob and Susan Levy are flying to Chicago to tell their daughter's story on Oprah; the congressman's son is booked on The View. For four months the country has asked two questions about a 24-year-old intern named Chandra Levy: where is she, and was a sitting congressman involved? At 8:46 a.m., Flight 11 hits the north tower. The interviews never happen, and by nightfall the story that consumed America is gone. Megyn Kelly goes back four months, to a 24-year-old intern from Modesto who came to Washington wanting a badge and a career at the FBI. On May 1st, 2001, Chandra prices flights home, opens a map of Rock Creek Park's trails, and logs off at 12:24. No one ever hears from her again.  Police find her wallet, her ID, her phone, her laptop still open — only her keys and a ring missing.  Chandra's parents read her phone bills, and one number stops them cold: their own congressman, Gary Condit. Why is he calling their daughter, and where is she? This is Episode 1 of the Chandra Levy story. Home Title Lock: Go to https://hometitlelock.com/megyn and use promo code MEGYN to get a FREE title history report and a FREE TRIAL of their Triple Lock Protection Birch Gold: Text MK to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold. Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKelly Twitter: https://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: https://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: https://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow 
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The Kuhner Report
Vanishing Evidence at the Memorial

The Kuhner Report

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2026 37:36 Transcription Available


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The Ezra Klein Show
The vanishing pleasures of daily life

The Ezra Klein Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2026 47:31


Sean talks with writer and philosopher Ian Bogost about his new book The Small Stuff. They discuss what modern life has lost in its pursuit of convenience, efficiency, and optimization. From stick shifts to coffee cups, lawnmowers, and smartphones, Bogost argues that many of the small sensory experiences that once connected us to the physical world have quietly disappeared. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling) Guest: Ian Bogost We would love to hear from you. To tell us what you thought of this episode, email us at thegrayarea@vox.com or leave us a voicemail at 1-800-214-5749. Your comments and questions help us make a better show. And you can watch new episodes of The Gray Area on YouTube. New episodes drop every Monday and Friday. Listen to The Gray Area ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SalsidoParanormal Podcast
Episode 1077 Experiences; A Vanishing Business, and More

SalsidoParanormal Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2026 24:19


#paranormal #supernatural A purchase was made at a store that supposedly was never there, and more true paranormal stories from the web. Have you ever had an experience with the paranormal, supernatural, and / or unexplained, that you would like others to know about? If so, let me know. You can reach me at; salsidoparanormal@gmail.com Or, you can visit our website, click on the "Share Experience" link (at the top of the page) and fill out the form there. https://www.salsidoparanormal.com/ Please follow Jen, the co-host of Salsido Paranormal. https://linktr.ee/jenniferhawkins_arcana Follow Ricky, the host of Anything Is Possible. https://linktr.ee/aipanythingispossible Follow Mike, the host of Troubled Minds Radio. https://www.troubledminds.org/ You can now listen to 2 episodes of the show every night at 6 pm Pacific / 9 pm Eastern on the Troubled Minds Radio Network KUAP-DB! https://www.troubledminds.org/ Also, if you or anyone you know should ever feel like there is no hope, or help, please consider the information in the link below. Special thanks to Michael Strange for putting this page together. https://www.troubledminds.net/help You can find all episodes, social media, and ways to support the show via the links below. https://www.salsidoparanormal.com/ https://allmylinks.com/salsidoparanor1 https://substack.com/@salsidoparanormal? https://www.bonfire.com/store/salsido-paranormal/ Do you want to listen to the live recording streams for the show, and chat with others while you're at it? Join the Discord server. https://discord.gg/v4GEb6k3EV  

The Journal.
The Vanishing of an Anti-AI Activist

The Journal.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2026 37:16


Tickets for our live show in New York are on sale now! Get yours here.  Sam Kirchner, the founder of an anti-AI protest group, was on a mission to stop AI's development. Then he mysteriously disappeared. WSJ's Zusha Ellinson takes us inside the growing anti-AI movement. As violent threats against AI companies are on the rise, the backlash has tech executives and employees fearing for their lives. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - Inside a Debate at OpenAI Over Mass Shootings - The Killing Spree Tied to a Silicon Valley Intellectual Movement - Artificial: The Open AI Story Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weekly Spooky
Disappearances & Lost Colonies | True Crime Mystery Marathon

Weekly Spooky

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2026 190:31


As Halloween season creeps closer, Terrifying & True begins the descent into darker stories with a special compilation of disappearances, ghost ships, lost colonies, missing people, wilderness mysteries, and unexplained cases that still haunt history.This is Vanished Without a Trace — a chilling collection of scary true stories about the places where people entered the dark and never came back.Inside this special Terrifying & True compilation:The Lost Colony of Roanoke — An entire English settlement vanishes from early America, leaving behind one haunting clue and centuries of theories. The Lost Franklin Expedition — A doomed Arctic voyage disappears into ice, starvation, fear, and one of exploration history's most disturbing mysteries. The Mary Celeste — A ship is found drifting across the Atlantic with its crew gone, its cargo intact, and no explanation that fully satisfies the imagination. The Disappearance of Angela Hammond — A late-night phone call turns into a terrifying missing-person case that still chills those who hear it. The Bennington Triangle — A quiet stretch of Vermont becomes linked to a series of strange disappearances, eerie folklore, and wilderness dread. Dyatlov Pass Mystery — Nine hikers die in the Ural Mountains under circumstances that have fueled decades of fear, investigation, and speculation. The Vanishing of Brandon Swanson — A young man disappears while speaking to his father on the phone, leaving behind one of modern true crime's most haunting unanswered questions. The Alaska Triangle — A massive wilderness region becomes infamous for vanished planes, missing travelers, strange legends, and stories that feel tailor-made for the Halloween season. Together, these stories form a journey through real mystery, dark history, eerie folklore, and the unsettling truth that sometimes the scariest thing is not finding a body, a killer, or a confession. Sometimes the scariest thing is finding nothing at all.

Quite Frankly
Vanishing Worlds & Summer of Fire | Robert Phoenix 7/29/26

Quite Frankly

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2026 124:16


Robert Phoenix returns for a conversation about the convergence of fiery events unfolding around us, including shifting geopolitical tensions which really ramped up the last time we spoke about the Antarctica Eclipse being a starting gun for military operations in Iran. Artificial intelligence, disappearing history, symbolism, and the unsettling feeling that something fundamental is changing—we're asking whether these are isolated headlines or whether we've been marked for a huge shift! I REFUSE to Live without Keto Brainz Nootropic Creamer 15% OFF w/ code JULY: https://tinyurl.com/2cess6y7 Every purchase enters you into the America 250 Product Raffle! E-Mail me @ Frank@QuiteFrankly.tv for FREE SAMPLES! JOIN The Culture Club!: https://www.quitefrankly.tv/sponsor Read Books, Watch Film, Keep Frank INDEPENDENT! One-Time Tip: http://www.paypal.me/QuiteFranklyLive Quite Frankly Amazon Storefront: https://amazon.com/shop/quitefranklyofficial Frank's Exquisite Light Roast Coffee: https://www.coffeerevolution.shop/category/quite-frankly Frank's Official MERCH: https://tinyurl.com/f3kbkr4s Gold & Silver: https://quitefrankly.gold Send Holiday cards, Letters, and other small gifts, to the Quite Frankly P.O. Box! Quite Frankly 222 Purchase Street, #105 Rye, NY, 10580 Tip in Crypto: BTC: bc1q97w5aazjf7pjjl50n42kdmj9pqyn5zndwh3lng XRP: rnES2vQV6d2jLpavzf7y97XD4AfK1MjePu Quite Frankly Socials: Twitter/X: @QuiteFranklyTV Instagram: @QuiteFranklyOfficial Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/xPu7YEXXRY Telegram: https://t.me/quitefranklytv Streaming Live On: QuiteFrankly.tv (Powered by Foxhole) Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/yc2cn395 Rumble: https://tinyurl.com/yeytwwyz Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/quitefranklylive Audio On Demand (Please Leave A Nice Rating!): Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/59vma35y iTunes: http://apple.co/2dMURMq #QuiteFrankly #RobertPhoenix #SummerOfFire #VanishingWorlds #Wildfires #History #CurrentEvents #Astrology #AI #Civilization #OpenLines #Podcast #Livestream #AlternativeMedia #Discussion

Tavis Smiley
Ryan Burge joins Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2026 28:35 Transcription Available


Washington University professor and pastor Ryan Burge, creator of the Graphs About Religion Substack and author of The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us, examines the impact of President Trump on potential Gen Z churchgoers and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

Semi-Pro Cycling Podcasts
[BRIEF] Van Aert's Vanishing Act — Is the Co-Leader Era Over?

Semi-Pro Cycling Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2026 5:55


We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Darkest Mysteries Online - The Strange and Unusual Podcast 2023
The City s Water Was Vanishing in Impossible Ways

Darkest Mysteries Online - The Strange and Unusual Podcast 2023

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2026 57:59 Transcription Available


The City s Water Was Vanishing in Impossible WaysBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-mysteries-unsolved-mysteries-forgotten-secrets-unanswered-questions--5684156/support.Darkest Mysteries Online

Missing Persons Mysteries
Steve Stockton's STRANGE MYSTERIES Episode #16

Missing Persons Mysteries

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2026 75:10 Transcription Available


Steve Stockton's STRANGE MYSTERIES Episode #16 - Welcome back Friends! I'm Steve Stockton, and in this volume of Strange Mysteries , we're leaving the familiar trails behind and venturing into the unforgiving, isolated landscapes of the Dakotas. From desolate, wind-swept prairies to the shadowy depths of ancient ravines, these lands hold secrets that defy logic and explanation. Join me as we explore 10 baffling cases of high strangeness, unexplained vanishings, and chilling local folklore that will make you rethink what hides out there in the dark. * **The Badlands Banshee:** A spectral figure haunting the jagged cliffs and terrifying early travelers. * **The Ghost Town of Tagus:** A cursed, abandoned settlement reduced to glowing ruins and silent railway tracks. * **The Bizarre Case of Arnold Archambeau & Ruby Bruguier (1992):** An impossible timeline, an abandoned vehicle, and a tragic double disappearance at Lake Andes. * **The Phantom of Mount Moriah:** A ghostly courtship wandering through a historic, hillside cemetery. * **The Dark Spirits of Sica Hollow:** Ancient legends, blood-red water, and eerie phenomena in a forest you should never enter at night. * **UAPs Over the Silos (1966):** Unexplained aerial phenomena swarming heavily guarded military facilities. * **The Vanishing of Barbara Louise Cotton (1981):** The unsettling mystery of a 15-year-old girl who walked out into the Williston prairie and simply faded away. * *(Plus 3 more tales of Dakota high strangeness!)*Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-persons-mysteries--5624803/support.

Missing Persons Mysteries
Steve Stockton's STRANGE MYSTERIES Episode #17

Missing Persons Mysteries

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2026 75:26 Transcription Available


Steve Stockton's STRANGE MYSTERIES Episode #17 - Welcome back to Strange Mysteries. I'm Steve Stockton, and in Volume 17 of our ongoing investigation into the world's most baffling anomalies, we are opening the archive on ten incredible cases that blur the line between tragic true crime and inexplicable high strangeness. From a heartbreaking New England vanishing to terrifying poltergeists, cryptic broadcast hijackings, and unprecedented medical impossibilities, these true stories remain completely unsolved. Make sure to hit the LIKE button, SUBSCRIBE, and ring the notification bell so you never miss an investigation into the unknown. What are your theories on these bizarre cases? Let me know down in the comments! IN THIS EPISODE: 1. The Vanishing of Connie Smith (Connecticut, 1952) In one of New England's most tragic and baffling cold cases, 10-year-old Connie Smith walked out of Camp Sloane and vanished into thin air along U.S. Route 44. We strip away the urban legends to examine the terrifying historical facts of a vulnerable, visually impaired child who wandered alone down a busy highway. 2. The Bleeding House (Atlanta, 1987) An elderly couple called the police when human blood—Type O—began weeping from the walls and floors of their home. To this day, the source of the blood has never been identified. 3. The Silver Plume Mystery (Colorado, 1987–1988) A writer researching a historic disappearance in a remote mountain town goes missing himself under eerily similar circumstances, leaving behind only cryptic notes and a baffling trail. 4. Room 1046 (Kansas City, 1935) A highly paranoid man traveling under an alias is found brutally murdered inside a hotel room locked from the outside. The bizarre anonymous donations that paid for his funeral only deepened the mystery. 5. The Ghost Rider (California, 1992) Following a tragic, fatal car crash down a remote midnight embankment, multiple drivers reported a chilling sight: a motionless, pale woman standing in the dark by the side of the road staring at the wreckage. 6. The Southern TV Broadcast (England, 1977) A calm, synthesized voice identifying itself as "Vrillon" hijacks the audio of a live news broadcast for six minutes, delivering a cryptic ultimatum to humanity. The culprits were never caught. 7. The Devils Den Incident (Arkansas, 1975) Two campers experience a terrifying period of missing time and bizarre phenomena in the woods. Years later, a strange, manufactured anomaly is discovered embedded in one of their legs. 8. The Tallman House Intruders (Wisconsin, 1987) It started with a second-hand bunk bed, but what followed was one of the most violent poltergeist hauntings in American history, culminating in a terrifying encounter with a portal of churning fire in the basement. 9. The Haunting of Sears Island (Maine, 1970) An isolated woods carriage containing a porcelain doll becomes the center of a deeply unsettling local mystery when the doll is inexplicably replaced by a crude wooden cross. 10. The Empty Mechanism (Iowa, 2013) In one of the most unsettling medical mysteries of the modern era, 12-year-old Landon Jones woke up one morning with a complete, permanent absence of hunger and thirst—a terrifying biological disconnect that continues to baffle doctors. Want more deep dives into the unexplained? Check out the rest of the Strange Mysteries series on the channel for more historical anomalies, cryptid legends, hauntings, true crime cold cases, and reports of high strangeness.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-persons-mysteries--5624803/support.

The Narrative
The Vanishing Black Family

The Narrative

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2026 37:00


Delano Squires discusses his book 'The Vanishing Black Family' and explores the historical, cultural, and political factors contributing to the decline of the traditional black family structure. He emphasizes the importance of family revival and offers practical community and policy solutions.Keywords#Black Family, #Family Revival, #Welfare, #Feminism, #Marriage, #Policy, #Community Solutions, #Cultural ChangeKey TopicsHistorical impact of slavery on black familiesRole of welfare and feminism in family declineCultural inertia and institutional resistancePolicy solutions for family revivalCommunity-based strategies for strengthening familiesChapters00:00 Introduction and Book Overview01:50 Delano Squires' Background and Mission04:10 Reception of the Book and Its Goals05:51 The State of the Black Family Today07:52 Historical Legacy of Slavery on Family Structure09:46 Impact of Welfare and Feminism in the 1960s12:13 The Rise of Non-Marital Birth Rates13:59 Policy Barriers and Institutional Resistance16:08 The Role of Black Leadership and Cultural Inertia18:10 Practical Community and Family Strategies20:04 Policy Recommendations and Future Steps22:10 The Importance of Family in Cultural Identity24:02 Addressing Systemic and Cultural Barriers26:03 The Role of Churches and Community Organizations27:57 The Power of Family Reunions and Legacy29:59 Call to Action for Policy and Community Leaders31:57 Practical Steps for Families and Communities33:59 The Role of Education and Research in Family Revival35:57 Closing Remarks and How to Support the BookResourcesThe Vanishing Black Family by Delano Squires - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Vanishing+Black+Family+Delano+SquiresDelano Squires on X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/DelanoSquiresHeritage Foundation - https://www.heritage.orgGuest linksTwitter - https://twitter.com/DelanoSquiresWebsite - https://www.heritage.org

The Church Politics Podcast
The Vanishing Black Family w/ Delano Squires Part 2

The Church Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2026 37:57


Part 2 In this episode, Justin and Chris sit down with Delano Squires to discuss his new book, The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable. Delano challenges racial justice advocates to wrestle with a difficult but important question: How can we address disparities in income, education, and incarceration without confronting the decline of marriage and two-parent households? Together, they explore the state of the Black family, the cultural and policy shifts that have shaped marriage and family life, and why strengthening families must be part of any serious conversation about justice, opportunity, and the well-being of children. Grab your copy of The Vanishing Black Family here: https://a.co/d/0fY1QGcq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vibration 歪波音室
消失的B面 The Vanishing B-Side

Vibration 歪波音室

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2026 74:51


在这个被演算法与短影音统治的时代,你有多久没有耐着性子,从头到尾好好听完一张专辑了?我们习惯了五秒内就必须抓耳的「A面」,什么都能一键跳过、倍速播放,却也渐渐失去了等待与倾听的耐心。这集节目,我们要聊聊一个在当代音乐工业中逐渐消亡的文化符号——音乐的「B面」。「B面」不只是唱片翻过来的那一面,它曾是音乐人摆脱商业压力、尽情实验,甚至允许瑕疵存在的后花园。当整个社会的演算法都在逼迫我们展示最成功、光鲜亮丽的「A面」时,我们是不是也越来越不敢拥抱自己那不够完美、有点别扭、却最真实的「B面」?别急着滑走,给自己一点喘息的时间。让我们一起慢下来,在被商业演算法抛弃的角落里,找回倾听的纯粹乐趣,也获得拥抱自身不完美的勇气。

Thor's Hour of Thunder
1143: 29th Street (1991)

Thor's Hour of Thunder

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2026 63:41


Ba Bah Ba Bah Ba Bah. We've got more numbered street content in 831: Vanishing on 7th Street, 1135: 22 Jump Street, & 1139: 26 Summer Street. The next episode will be 13 going on 30 (2004).

Two Quants and a Financial Planner | Bridging the Worlds of Investing and Financial Planning
Strong Jobs. Vanishing Workers. Are You Watching the Wrong Number? | 4 Things We Learned This Week

Two Quants and a Financial Planner | Bridging the Worlds of Investing and Financial Planning

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2026 32:34


In this episode of the Excess Returns Weekly Wrap, Jack Forehand and Matt Zeigler break down lessons from their conversations with Market Wizards author Jack Schwager and Data 4 the People founder Eric Pachman. They explore why the unemployment rate can hide labor market weakness, how aging and care jobs are reshaping employment, why elite traders survive by following strict risk management rules and whether artificial intelligence can ever solve financial markets.Topics covered:Why the headline unemployment rate can miss a deteriorating labor marketHow falling labor force participation changes the meaning of jobs dataWhy prime-age workers leaving the labor force matters for economic growth and consumptionThe limitations of relying on long-standing BLS and Federal Reserve benchmarksHow an anonymous trader turned a small account into roughly half a billion dollarsWhy trading discipline, stop losses and risk management matter more than being rightWhat the Carvana short squeeze reveals about the danger of breaking your own rulesHow aging demographics are concentrating job growth in healthcare and social assistanceWhy home healthcare and elder care workers are essential but often poorly paidWhether AI can generate market alpha or simply raise the baseline quality of investment toolsTimestamps:00:00 Jack Forehand and Matt Zeigler become market wizards04:24 What falling labor force participation hides08:55 Simon Russo chooses trading over music13:00 How ignoring stops could wipe out a fortune17:05 Messi and the rule sets behind elite performance21:05 Aging America and the rise of low-paid care jobs25:05 Why financial markets are uniquely difficult for AI29:07 How AI raises the floor without creating super-investorsLearn more about the Excess Returns podcast network:https://excessreturns.coNo information discussed in this podcast should be construed as investment advice. Securities discussed may be held by the hosts and guests, their firms or their clients.

Missing Persons Mysteries
Episode 8 - Shocking Cases of People Vanishing

Missing Persons Mysteries

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2026 44:21 Transcription Available


Episode 8 - Shocking Cases of People VanishingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-persons-mysteries--5624803/support.

Quick Book Reviews
Jo Spain on Never to Be Found, Jōhatsu & the Japanese Art of Vanishing

Quick Book Reviews

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2026 30:43


Philippa sits down with the brilliant Jo Spain — 13 bestselling thrillers already published, translated into 17 languages, TV writer and producer — to talk about her extraordinary new novel Never to Be Found, which sparked a bidding war from some of the biggest names in television before it was even published.

The Church Politics Podcast
The Vanishing Black Family w/ Delano Squires

The Church Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2026 31:27


In this episode, Justin and Chris sit down with Delano Squires to discuss his new book, The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable. Delano challenges racial justice advocates to wrestle with a difficult but important question: How can we address disparities in income, education, and incarceration without confronting the decline of marriage and two-parent households? Together, they explore the state of the Black family, the cultural and policy shifts that have shaped marriage and family life, and why strengthening families must be part of any serious conversation about justice, opportunity, and the well-being of children. Grab your copy of The Vanishing Black Family here: https://a.co/d/0fY1QGcq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monoreel Radio
Monoreel Radio Episode #380 - The Vanishing Prairie

Monoreel Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2026 42:45


This week we review and discuss 1954's "The Vanishing Prairie". Is this the film we were expecting? Was it groundbreaking at the time of its release? Does it stand the test of time? All of that and more this week on Monoreel Radio.  Join the conversation on social media @monoreelradio on all major platforms or send us an email at monoreelradio@gmail.com. For links to anything you heard on the show, visit our website and if you want to experience the Disney magic for yourself, click here to start planning your next vacation.

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
The Dumbbell Murder: Two Lovers Committed a Murder So Stupid The Papers Named It Twice

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2026 124:54


A discontented Long Island housewife and the forgettable corset salesman she seduced hatch a clumsy plot to murder her sleeping husband — a scheme so poorly executed that one famous newsman couldn't resist giving it a name.==========HOUR ONE: Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray devised a scheme to get rid of Ruth's husband – and they planned it so well that, okay… actually no. They were so inept they were caught immediately, and even the police publicly called them incompetent. (The Dumb-Bell Murder) *** For over 2,000 years across South and Southeast Asia, trained elephants served as living instruments of execution, crushing condemned prisoners with calculated brutality under the control of their handlers. (Execution By Elephant) *** Before he became a Civil War general, Congressman Dan E. Sickles' scandalous murder trial changed our legal system forever. He said outright that he had killed his wife's lover. So how did he avoid being found guilty of the crime he admitted to committing? (How A Congressman Got Away With Murder) *** In 1150, two children were found near Woolpit in England – they wore strange clothes, spoke oddly, but the most identifiable characteristic for both children was their skin was green. The children themselves were a mystery – but what happened when they grew up? Did they marry? Did they have children? Could there be decedents of the green children of Woolpit living among us today? (Great Grandkids of Green Children) *** In the summer of 1518, a mysterious dancing plague seized the French town of Strasbourg, compelling hundreds to dance without rest for months—some until they collapsed and died—in a frenzy that baffled authorities and remains unexplained to this day. (Dancing Plague)==========HOUR TWO: When it comes to receiving the death sentence, history has given us several ways to go about the execution. Hanging, firing squad, gas chamber, being stoned to death or burned at the stake… but you have to be some whole new level of “hated” by the people if your death blow comes by way of molten gold being poured down your throat. (Death By Golden Throat) *** Typically, when you hear the phrase “high speed chase”, you think of law enforcement trying to catch the bad guys who are in a getaway vehicle. Perhaps after a bank robbery, or after blowing a stop sign and simply refusing to pull over. But have you heard about the time that the police were involved in a high-speed chase up to 100-miles-per hour, trying to catch up to a flying saucer? (The 100mph UFO Chase) *** When the Black Plague arrived at their doorsteps, the villagers were forced to choose between life or certain doom. It's the tragic tale of England's Plague Village – the village of Eyam. (The Black Death Comes to Eyam) *** In the 1800s, women finding themselves “with child” but unmarried, were treated like second-class citizens or worse. And during a time when birth control was limited or even unavailable outside of the rhythm method, what was a girl to do if she found herself in such dire circumstances? Fortunately, there was a woman there ready to help – to take the baby off their hands and give it a good home. Or so everyone thought. (Minnie, The Baby Farmer) *** On frozen lakes near Manitowish Waters, a hooded figure appears to ice fishermen, silently guiding them to the best spots for a catch before vanishing into the winter air. (The Ice Fisherman Ghost)==========SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: “Tom" and "Lena" are in a loving relationship and have a young child together. It sounds like the perfect family – except for one tiny detail about their relationship. Tom and Lena are biological brother and sister. (I Fell In Love With My Sister) *** In Norfolk, England the village of Eccles was slowly gobbled by the rising waters of the sea in the early 1600s. But even today, sometimes during a particularly heavy story, you can see St. Mary's Church mysteriously reappear… bringing with it, the dead buried in the church graveyard who cannot find rest. (The Disappearing And Reappearing Village of Eccles) *** Lory Price and his wife Ethel mysteriously disappeared from Marion, Illinois. But then, sometimes that happens when you are mixed up with the mob or may have learned something you weren't supposed to. (The Vanishing of Lory Price) *** The Catacombs of St. Callixtus in Rome, Italy, hold the remains of sixteen popes, several martyrs, and around half a million Christians, and according to on author, a not-of-this world entity. (The Callixtus Catacombs Entity)==========SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT'S SHOW:“Death By Golden Throat” by Genevieve Carlton for Weird History https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3586qeqk, Rachel Nuwer for Smithsonian Magazine https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/18pu2d9b, and Laurie L. Dove for History https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3vy6r2a9“The Black Death Comes to Eyam” by Stephanie Almazan for The Line Up: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1aptirxk“Minnie, The Baby Farmer” from The Scare Chamber: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2eqd77xa“The 100MPH UFO Chase” from The Parajournal for The Times Online: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ntcaqk3y“The Ice Fisherman Ghost” by Charlie Hinz: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8nzemt“The Dumb-Bell Murder” by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/jsut4w93 (includes photo)“I Fell In Love With My Sister” by Jennifer Tillman for Vice: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y2dmtp2e“Execution by Elephant” by Joanna Gillan for Ancient Origins: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8jj255“The Cursing of Christopher Case” by Gurnoor Kaur for Conspiracy Theories: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/145d147q“The Disappearing And Reappearing Village of Eccles” by Stacia Briggs for Eastern Daily Press:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5fopg2hq“The Vanishing of Lory Price” by Troy Taylor from his book “Bloody Illinois”: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/lsi06qet“How A Congressman Got Away With Murder” by Genevieve Carlton for All That's Interesting:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2jantfjj“Great Grandkids of Green Children” from Ancient Code: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4u4xdypk“The Callixtus Catacombs Entity” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/aqhlme0r“Dancing Plague” by Cassandra Yorgey at HubPages: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ycke4fwe==========(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for material I use whenever possible. If I have overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it immediately. Some links may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)=========="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46==========WeirdDarkness®, WeirdDarkness© 2026==========To become a Weird Darkness Radio Show affiliate, contact Radio America at affiliates@radioamerica.com, or call 800-807-4703 (press 2 or dial ext 250).The podcast version of the syndicated weekend radio show posts Sunday night/Monday morning at midnight after the show has aired nationally on radio stations Sunday evening.

The Marc Cox Morning Show
Hour 4: FBI's Andrew Bailey, Kamala Harris' WNBA Pandering, and America's Vanishing Workforce

The Marc Cox Morning Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2026 30:20


Hour 4 closes out a news-heavy Monday on the Marc Cox Morning Show. FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey opens with a wide-ranging discussion on fraud takedowns, online child exploitation, and border-related sleeper cell concerns, while honoring Lindsey Graham's national security legacy. Marc Cox and Kim St. Onge then take aim at Kamala Harris' pandering WNBA locker room speech, exposing the left's double standard compared to their outrage over FBI Director Cash Patel. Heritage Foundation economist EJ Antoni breaks down the shocking rise in workforce dropouts among American men, tying it to welfare expansion and declining family formation, with Kim delivering some no-nonsense personal responsibility commentary. The show wraps with a lighthearted tribute to actor Randolph Mantooth and some Hollywood banter to send listeners into their week. Straight talk, hard truths, and common sense — the Marc Cox Morning Show signs off until Tuesday. Hour Hashtags: #MarcCoxMorningShow #AndrewBailey #FBI #KamalaHarris #WNBA #EJAntoni #WorkforceParticipation #RandolphMantooth #ConservativeValues #FaithFamilyFreedom Hour 4 Guest List: Andrew Bailey – FBI fraud, child safety, border security update EJ Antoni – Heritage Foundation economist on workforce participation decline

Order of Man
The Rise of Vanishing Fatherhood | FRIDAY FIELD NOTES

Order of Man

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2026 23:54


In this episode of Friday Field Notes, host Ryan Michler tackles a critical societal crisis: the rise of vanishing fatherhood. With nearly half of all men between the ages of 25 and 45 currently childless, Ryan breaks down why this trend isn't just an economic narrative, but a profound crisis of belief.  He exposes the cultural lie that children are a restriction on personal freedom and contrasts it with data showing that 90% of fathers find fatherhood to be their deepest source of joy. True purpose comes from shouldering responsibility, not chasing comfort. Tune in to learn why raising righteous children is the ultimate battlefield for our culture. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 - Episode Introduction 00:45 - The Fatherhood Statistics Shock 02:24 - Belief Systems vs. Economic Stories 04:27 - The Joy of Fatherhood vs. Societal Expectations 06:37 - The True Cost of Opting Out 08:50 - The Danger of Fragile and Rudderless Men 11:02 - The Birth Rate Collapse and Cultural Decay 13:19 - Reclaiming Culture Through the Next Generation 15:28 - Forfeiting the Cultural Fight 17:28 - Raising Righteous Children as the Mission 19:13 - Shifting from Dopamine to Legacy 19:57 - Step Up and Find the Courage 22:00 - A Call to Action for Modern Fathers    Battle Planners: Pick yours up today! Order Ryan's new book, The Masculinity Manifesto. For more information on the Iron Council brotherhood. Want maximum health, wealth, relationships, and abundance in your life? Sign up for our free course, 30 Days to Battle Ready  

True Crime Obsessed
511: Vanishing Act (from "FEDS")

True Crime Obsessed

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2026 46:53


Fam, we're coming at you with a crazy story today - a kidnapping that rocks the town of Ponte Vedra, Florida, where crime is "extremely rare."  So rare, in fact, that.. is this kidnapping even real?  Or is the whole thing one elaborate hoax?  BUCKLE UP AND PULL OVER!!!Find and watch "FEDS" on HBO MaxLOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, LulaRich, and The Curious Case of Natalia Grace; classics like The Jinx, Making A Murderer, and The Staircase; and well-known cases like The Menendez Murders, Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery, and The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and so many more!Episode Sponsors: Shopify - In 2026, stop waiting and start selling! Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at www.shopify.com/obsessed Earnin - Get access to your pay as you work. Download the Earnin app in the Google Play or Apple app store Batch - Expertly crafted hemp blends to help you relax, sleep deeper, and feel balanced day to day. Go to www.hellobatch.com/OBSESSED and use code OBSESSED for 30% off sitewide! DraftKings Casino - New players, download the DraftKings Casino app and use code TCO Ollie - Get ready for both you and your pup to be obsessed. Head to www.Ollie.com/TCO, tell them all about your dog, and use code TCO to get 70% off your Welcome Kit when you subscribe today!  WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen?  Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE!Join the TCO Community! Follow True Crime Obsessed on Instagram and TikTok, and join us on Facebook at the True Crime Obsessed Podcast Discussion Group!  AND INTRODUCING THE NEW TCO DISCORD CHANNEL AS WELL!!!

Health, Wellth & Wisdom Podcast
363 // Why It's Easy to Eat More Than You Think: Understanding Vanishing Caloric Density

Health, Wellth & Wisdom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2026 14:56


In this episode of the Health, Wellth & Wisdom Podcast, host Nicole Hagen unpacks the concept of vanishing caloric density and explains why it's so easy to eat more than you realize - even when you genuinely don't feel like you're eating that much.If you've ever wondered why a bag of chips seems to disappear in minutes while a balanced meal keeps you full for hours, this episode is for you. Nicole shares how understanding vanishing caloric density can help you build meals that naturally leave you feeling fuller, more energized, and better equipped to pursue sustainable weight loss.Throughout this episode, you'll learn:What vanishing caloric density isWhy your brain doesn't count calories and instead relies on cues like volume, protein, fiber, water, and chewing to regulate fullnessWhy highly processed foods make it easier to consume calories without feeling satisfiedPractical ways to increase satiety by building meals around protein, fiber, water, and volumeHow to navigate calorie-dense foods without fear, guilt, or an all-or-nothing mindsetReaching your sustainable weight loss doesn't require eliminating potato chips or never eating processed foods. It requires understanding how different foods influence your hunger, fullness, and appetite so you can make informed decisions that support your goals. When you stop relying on willpower and start working with your biology, healthy eating gets a whole lot easier.Apply for 1:1 Nutrition Coaching:https://nutritioncoachingwithnicole.com/1-on-1-coachingCheck your HSA/FSA Eligibility:  https://app.truemed.com/qualify/tm_qual_q0c29x5n9v

Mountain & Prairie Podcast
Elif Koyutürk — Filmmaking, Resilience, and a Vanishing Way of Life

Mountain & Prairie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2026 73:03


Elif Koyutürk is a filmmaker, photographer, and all-around artist originally from Istanbul, now based in Bend, Oregon. Elif works across many mediums—photography, poetry, film, and more—but the throughline in everything she does is a drive to make people feel a story, not just read the facts of it. She brings a rare kind of power and passion to her work, and it's clear that her connection to land and place isn't just a subject for her, it's personal. Like so many fascinating people I talk to on this podcast, her path wasn't a straight line. She grew up between the massive city of Istanbul and her family's farm, raised by journalist parents and a house full of grandmothers steeped in Anatolian tradition. She taught herself photography using a camera with a moldy, secondhand 23-euro lens and won international awards with it before she ever touched professional, high-dollar gear. From there she talked her way onto a Red Bull film crew in a hotel lobby, worked in Austria, and eventually landed in Los Angeles with one suitcase and no contacts, on an "Extraordinary Ability" visa. In this conversation, we get into all of it—her childhood in Istanbul, her creative process and her synesthesia, and how she built a career from nothing through sheer resourcefulness and energy. We also spend a lot of time on her new film, Guardians of Anatolia, which premiered at Telluride Mountainfilm and follows a female-led nomadic tribe in Turkey's Taurus Mountains as they fight to hold onto a 9,000-year-old matriarchal way of life against modern water and land pressures. I hope you enjoy this one, as it hits on so many of the topics I enjoy– art, conservation, agriculture, creativity, and hard work– but with an international perspective that is now rooted here in the West. --- Elif Koyutürk Guardians of Anatolia Elif on Instagram Episode notes and links: https://mountainandprairie.com/elif-koyuturk --- THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Mountain & Prairie is listener supported via Patreon, and brought to you with support from the Freeflow Institute, The Nature Conservancy in Colorado, and the Well Done Foundation for their generous sponsorship. --- TOPICS DISCUSSED: 0:00 - Introducing Elif Koyutürk 2:49 - Early Elif 7:36 - Artistic inclinations  11:33 - To the U.S.  18:34 - Off the plane in L.A. 22:20 - Making money 24:57 - Connections to friendships 28:50 - Being raw and clumsy 30:49 - Guardians of Anatolia origin story 37:49 - A vanishing way of life 40:23 - Emerging filmmaker  43:40 - Path forward for the film 45:54 - What's next 51:39 - Old Salt takeaways 57:15 - Plot twist: jiu jitsu! 1:02:52 - Rivers in Bend, OR 1:05:35 - Book recs 1:08:16 - Wrapping up --- ABOUT MOUNTAIN & PRAIRIE: Mountain & Prairie - All Episodes Mountain & Prairie Shop Mountain & Prairie on Instagram Upcoming Events About Ed Roberson Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts

Faith Matters
Ryan Burge: The Vanishing Church

Faith Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2026 50:59


Today we're joined by Ryan Burge, one of the country's leading data analysts on religion and politics, to talk about his new book, The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us.For decades, we've measured the decline of American religion by empty pews and shrinking membership rolls. Ryan invites us to see another, deeper loss. As moderate congregations disappear, we're also losing one of the last places where people with real differences—in politics, class, age, education, and conviction—learn how to love each other as neighbors.At a time when it's easier than ever to sort ourselves into smaller and more like-minded communities, church has remained one of the few places where belonging asks something of us. It asks us to listen, to worship beside people we didn't choose. Ryan argues that this kind of community forms the habits of empathy, compromise, and civic trust that democracy itself depends on.Ryan brings data and his own lived experience to this conversation, having spent years as a pastor watching his own congregation slowly disappear. It's a challenging discussion about what church is for, what we're losing, and why he believes showing to worship with people you may disagree with politically might be one of the most countercultural, and necessary, things we can do for our country right now.You can buy Ryan's book on Bookshop.org and Amazon.com.Tickets for Restore 2026 are now available, and we have a new format we think you're going to love. Get details here!

Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch
Tom Coleman: The Vanishing Girl

Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2026 51:22


Writer and filmmaker Tom Coleman (Guestiquette - A Handbook for Horrible Houseguests) joins the show to discuss the night he spotted an eerie girl in the road -- a sighting so unsettling it prompted him to consult a paranormal expert at a top university.Plus, Rachel and Irene share the predictions that came true from their past psychic readings! You can catch bonus content now on the Woo Woo YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WooWooPodcast. Follow us on Instagram! @raedratch @irenebremis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
“The Russian Sleep Experiment” Creepypasta, plus 4 TRUE Horrors!

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2026 43:47


Five prisoners are kept awake for fifteen days in a sealed chamber — and what the researchers find when they open the door no longer wants to be set free. A blockbuster film series trails a string of real-life deaths its cast can't explain. On the back roads of Maryland, a half-goat figure waits for teenagers who wander too far. And one ordinary night in El Paso, a couple walks out of their home — dishes still in the sink, cat unfed — and is never seen again.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/russiansleepexperiment/READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3rr9mhjxFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The Russian Sleep Experiment *** The Poltergeist Film Curse *** The Goat-Man of Maryland *** The Patterson Family Disappearance *** The Legend of the LeprechaunCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:06.939 = Show Open00:01:55.409 = The Poltergeist Curse00:06:21.074 = The Goatman of Prince George's County00:14:07.417 = The Lore of the Leprechaun ***00:16:55.345 = Vanishing of the Pattersons00:27:39.437 = The Russian Sleep Experiment ***00:43:05.653 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Russian Sleep Experiment”: http://bit.ly/36mHCc9"Leprechaun: One Of The Most Famous And Powerful Creatures Of The Irish Faerie Folk" (link no longer available)“The El Paso Vanishing (What Happened To The Pattersons?)”: http://bit.ly/2JHq3cW“Maryland's Goat-Man Is Half Man, Half Goat, and Out For Blood”: http://bit.ly/2pEciVw“The Poltergeist Curse?”: http://bit.ly/36oH857(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: July 22, 2018Weird Darkness travels from a cursed Hollywood film set to a Maryland goat-monster, the cobbler-fairies of Irish legend, a vanished El Paso couple, and a blood-soaked Soviet sleep laboratory where the test subjects no longer wanted to be set free.It opens with the deaths that shadow the Poltergeist films, beginning with Heather O'Rourke, who played Carol Anne Freeling from the original 1982 release through both sequels and died at twelve in San Diego in February 1986 during surgery for a bowel obstruction later traced to a congenital intestinal flaw. Dominique Dunne, who played older sister Dana Freeling, was strangled in 1982 by John Sweeney outside her Hollywood home, and Sweeney served just three years and seven months. Julian Beck, the gaunt preacher Kane of Poltergeist II, died of stomach cancer in 1983, and Will Sampson, who played the shaman Taylor, died after a heart-lung transplant — four deaths that fed a curse legend later thickened by JoBeth Williams' claim that Steven Spielberg used real human skeletons as cheaper props and by Sampson's own ritual cleansing of the set.From there the episode crosses into Prince George's County, Maryland, where the Goatman has stalked local legend for decades. One origin story sets him at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a half-man, half-goat creature born from a USDA experiment gone wrong; another makes him a herdsman driven mad after teenagers slaughtered his flock. University of Maryland folklorist Barry Pearson traces his heyday to the 1970s and the 1971 decapitation of a puppy named Ginger in Bowie, an incident the Washington Post covered and locals pinned on the creature haunting Fletchertown and Lottsford roads, while Beltsville spokesperson Kim Kaplan dryly wonders whether a goatman that old would be collecting Social Security by now.Next the show turns to Irish folklore and the leprechaun, the solitary fairy whose name traces to a Gaelic root for a small body or a shoemaker. Standing two to three feet tall in a green or red coat and buckled shoes, he works as a fairy cobbler who stitches only a single shoe and never a pair, guards a hidden pot of gold, and trades three wishes for his freedom when a human manages to catch him. He lives in cave networks reached through rabbit holes and the hollow trunks of fairy trees, and damaging one of those trees is said to draw a lifetime of bad luck.From the green hills of Ireland the episode moves to El Paso, Texas, where William and Margaret Patterson left their home at 3000 Piedmont Drive on March 5, 1957 and were never seen again, dinner dishes still in the sink and their cat Tommy left without food. The owners of Patterson Photo Supply vanished without packing a suitcase, their associate Doyle Kirkland turned up driving William's Cadillac with a thin story about a vacation, and a telegram from Dallas signed with the wrong middle initial named Kirkland as William's replacement at the store. Decades on, caretaker Reinaldo Nangre claimed he had cleaned blood from the garage and found a piece of scalp on the boat propeller before dying in a car crash, and Sheriff Leo Samaniego floated the theory that the couple were Soviet spies photographing Fort Bliss, leaving a disappearance that was declared a death in 1964 and has never been solved.The episode closes in the late 1940s, when Soviet researchers sealed five political prisoners in a chamber and kept them awake for fifteen days with an experimental gas-based stimulant, promising freedom in exchange for thirty sleepless days. Paranoia set in after five days, screaming after nine, and when the chamber was opened on the fifteenth the soldiers found four men still alive amid their own torn-out organs, having eaten their own flesh and blocked the floor drain with it, fighting any attempt to remove them and begging for the gas rather than sleep. One subject, pinned for surgery without anesthetic, wrote only the words "keep cutting," and as the last of them was shot through the heart he claimed to be the madness that lurks in every sleeping mind, choking out that he was so nearly free.

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
The Vanishing Bride and the Government's Secret Experiment | #RetroRadio

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2026 304:43


His fiancée disappears without a trace the night they were supposed to set their wedding date, and the deeper Peter digs, the closer he gets to a secret the government would rather keep buried.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Vanishing Lady” (February 23, 1978) ***WD00:47:12.759 = Lux Radio Theater, “Strangers On a Train” (December 03, 1951)01:42:29.027 = Macabre, “Man In The Mirror” (November 27, 1961) ***WD02:11:29.529 = Philip Marlowe, “Ladies Night” (February 21, 1950)02:42:27.542 = The Black Mass, “Nightmare” (January 18, 1964) ***WD03:09:50.427 = Michael Shayne, “Date With a Wedding” (May 14, 1945) ***WD03:39:01.077 = Beyond Midnight, “Sheriff's Wife” (1969) ***WD (LQ)04:07:02.485 = Mindwebs, “When It Changed” (1976-1984) ***WD04:34:02.016 = Mystery In The Air, “Horla” (August 21, 1947) ***WD05:03:52.064 = Show Close(ADU) = Air Date Unknown(LQ) = Low Quality***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0698

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
Who Was Mr Kipper, the Man Suzy Lamplugh Met Before Vanishing? | #WDRadio June 21, 2026

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2026 114:07 Transcription Available


On a bright July afternoon in 1986, twenty-five-year-old London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh left her office to show a house to a client her diary noted only as "Mr Kipper," and she was never seen again.==========HOUR ONE: It is considered by many, Britain's most well-known disappearing person case. Even now, over three decades later, people in the UK are still fascinated and intrigued by the unexplained vanishing of Suzy Lamplugh. (The Suzy Lamplugh Mystery) *** John List planned the murders of his own family so carefully, he almost got away with it. In fact, it took 18 years to catch him. (The Family Man Who Murdered His Family) *** We'll look at what it was like to be a woman in the 17th Century… and accused of witchcraft. (Witchly Accusations) *** If you drink whiskey, or even if you don't, you're likely familiar with “Jameson Irish Whiskey.” But did you know that cannibalism played a part in its history? (Whiskey and Cannibalism) *** A strange phenomenon takes place in Arkansas, and despite the numerous sightings and investigations, there is still no explanation for it. (Unexplained In Arkansas)==========HOUR TWO: Seeing a lifelike human skeleton in a doctor's office, especially in the past couple of centuries, was – and in many cases still is - commonplace. But where did one go to get such lifelike skeletons if you were a doctor in the 1800s? Why, a skeleton factory, of course! (The Skeleton Factory) *** The story of Kate Watson is a grim one – living as a prostitute in the Old West, and when that wasn't enough she took up cattle rustling. Her husband wasn't any better. So it's probably no surprise that she was strung up until dead. But maybe you should wait to pass judgement until you hear the whole story. (The Lynching of Cattle Kate) *** In March of 2004, teenager Brianna Maitland left work in the late evening hours and was never seen again. To this day it is still one of Vermont's most infamous mysteries. (The Vanishing of Brianna Maitland) *** Plus, “The Haunted Adirondack Mountains”==========SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: Parents always feel their child is special in some way – something that makes their child better in some way than other children. Parents of indigo children are no different, with some parents thinking their children have psychic abilities. Doctors say that these children have ADD or ADHD, but one parapsychologist says indigo children have something even more special – possibly even paranormal - inside them. (Supernatural Indigo Children) *** When you think of a mad scientist you most likely think of Victor Frankenstein – but it's rumored Mary Shelley took inspiration for the character from a real mad scientist by the name of Andrew Ure. (Andrew Ure: A Real Life Mad Scientist) *** The story of Kate Watson is a grim one – living as a prostitute in the Old West, and when that wasn't enough she took up cattle rustling. Her husband wasn't any better. So it's probably no surprise that she was strung up until dead. But maybe you should wait to pass judgement until you hear the whole story. (The Lynching of Cattle Kate)==========SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT'S SHOW:"The Suzy Lamplugh Mystery” by Amelia Gentleman for The Guardian: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2v2z6tp6“The Family Man Who Murdered His Family” from The Line Up: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/392yt322“Witchly Accusations” by Jessica Nelson for the UK's National Archives: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/j7nnd3ax“Whiskey and Cannibalism” posted at The Scare Chamber: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9rx24777“Supernatural Indigo Children” by Gina Dimuro for All That's Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/apk85b29“Unexplained in Arkansas” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/27zaptdb“Haunted Adirondack Mountains” by Molly Briggs for Paranormality Magazine: http://weirddarkness.com/magazine“The Skeleton Factory” from Strange Ago: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2j8reje3“Andrew Ure: A Real Life Mad Scientist” posted at The Scare Chamber: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3n5tfpeh“The Murder of Nurse Cindy” posted the The Trouble With Justice: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2kfah7mv“The Lynching of Cattle Kate” posted at Strange Company: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/utdy2sh6“The Vanishing of Brianna Maitland” by Orrin Grey for The Line Up: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/je9s98ru==========(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for material I use whenever possible. If I have overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it immediately. Some links may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)=========="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46==========WeirdDarkness®, WeirdDarkness© 2026==========To become a Weird Darkness Radio Show affiliate, contact Radio America at affiliates@radioamerica.com, or call 800-807-4703 (press 2 or dial ext 250).

The Commercial Break
The Vapid Vanishing Valet!

The Commercial Break

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2026 68:33


EP939: Bryan gets an invite to the Zoltan comedy show and decides to make a night of it. Ha-Ose, Mayte and Astrid going Bryan as he drives  the gang to the event. When the valet parking turns out to be a total sh*t show,  Bryan get's taken for an elevator ride with a ghost hotel manager and a missing valet.  TCB is a The Commercial Break LLC production Visit: www.TCBpodcast.com Insta: @thecommercialbreakBryan Green on Insta: @BryanWGreen Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley Created by: Bryan Green Written by: Bryan Green, Krissy Hoadley Produced by: Astrid Green & Gustavo Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.