On this episode of Our American Stories, Sarah Gonzalez was six years old when her father, a former gang member and addict who became a jail chaplain, suddenly died. His death shattered the joyful childhood she had known and eventually led Sarah to reject the Christian faith in which she had been raised. By her teenage and college years, she was using drugs, drinking heavily, and practicing witchcraft.Then, during a trip to New York City in 2016, she reached a breaking point. Sarah shares her deeply

On this episode of Our American Stories, during World War II, U.S. leaders feared German bombers could strike American soil. To protect the nation’s most important treasures, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and the Magna Carta, Britain’s most important document, which was on loan at the time, were secretly moved to Fort Knox.Steve Puleo, author of American Treasures, shares the remarkable story of how the documents that shaped freedom in both

On this episode of Our American Stories, on January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs stepped onto the stage at Macworld and unveiled a device that would forever change the way we communicate. To the audience, it looked like a flawless presentation. Behind the scenes, however, Apple engineers were bracing for disaster. The iPhone prototype was so fragile that Jobs had to follow a carefully rehearsed sequence of demonstrations, secretly switching between multiple devices to keep the presentation from crashing.Our

On this episode of Our American Stories, when Apollo astronauts drove across the Moon, Craig Sumner had already spent years helping make that possible. As a young engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, he worked on the Lunar Roving Vehicle, solving the kinds of problems that come with designing a car for a place where no one had ever driven before. He later left NASA to become a military pilot, then returned for Skylab and the Space Shuttle program, eventually serving as deputy project

After leaving the Mormon church and rebuilding her life from the ground up, a woman and her family move to a rural property hoping for a fresh start, only to find themselves trapped in an escalating nightmare with a neighbor whose harassment pushes them to the limits of fear, trust, and restraint.Today’s episode featured Jessica. If you’d like to email Jessica, you can reach out to her at jessicajill2010@gmail.com. Jessica has a small business making credit card covers. Here is her etsy link:

Content Warning: This episode contains references to violence and contains an extended discussion around mental health.Journalist Ayman Oghanna has reported from the heart of some of the worlds' deadliest conflicts. He's also fought his own battles with bipolar disorder. It's a condition that can cause debilitating delusions - and one of Ayman's was that he was being surveilled by spies. But when he learned that a real spy had been living in his Athens apartment block, he knew he had to find out

The parents caught in Varsity Blues went to extraordinary lengths to get their kids into elite colleges. But the system was already tilted in their favor. Journalist Paul Tough explains how decades of rising competition, college rankings and enrollment management transformed higher education into a marketplace where wealth can open doors — and why fixing it may require changing the way America thinks about college itself.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice

You probably saw the news: the condition formerly known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is now Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovary Syndrome (PMOS). So...what does that mean exactly? Why did the name need to be changed? And why did it take 20 years to actually make it happen? Dr. Helena Teede, the Director of the Monash Centre for Health Research Implementation in Australia, has been leading this effort. She gives us the lowdown on why PCOS was a medically inaccurate name, how the name of a condition

Calum Best is the son of one of the greatest footballers of all time, George Best. He is also the son of an alcoholic.In this intimate and challenging BBC Children in Need special, Calum confronts the harsh realities of growing up with an alcoholic parent. Meeting some of the 1.3 million children who are growing up with a parent that abuses alcohol, and sharing with them intimate tales of his own upbringing, Calum begins to accept that his life continues to be affected even now by his father’s

After Brett lost his teaching license, life was never the same. The rumor mill in Gresham was in full force. They needed an escape. But can Stacie truly escape if she doesn’t know what she’s running from?Check out Jim Cole's new podcast, Unlikely Allies: https://ourrescue.org/unlikelyalliesLearn more about Josh Findley's work: https://www.onemi-global.com/Reach out to our team at terriblestorypodcast@gmail.com.For more exclusive content head to terriblestory.substack.com. Get free access to archival

Six members of a space expedition find themselves hunted by a shapeshifting monster that appears from nowhere on a desolate alien world, seeming to pick them off one by one.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/SixFrightenedMenSOURCES and RESOURCES: “Six Frightened Men” by Randall Garrett (Originally published in ‘Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy’ June 1957)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Midnight In The Macabre (MITM),

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#tiktokdrama #internetdrama #commentarychannels#SkylarShears #commentarychannels #internetdrama #tiktokcreep #tiktokdrama Skylar Shears (@carebearscollective) built a following on TikTok by claiming to have Dissociative Identity Disorder — but behind the "alters" and age regression content was something far more disturbing.In this video, we break down how Skylar used DID as a shield to introduce adult kink content to an audience full of people not of age, the disturbing

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The skyrockets at a Mars casino town's Marsy Gras keep ruining $1,000 photographs of the night sky at the Mars Observatory, so the astronomers start offering tourists free horoscopes, and every one warns the reader he'll lose consistently at Harvey's Club.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/HoroscopeRacketSOURCES and RESOURCES: “$1,000 A Plate” by Jack McKenty: https://amzn.to/3NcdSFoWeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Midnight In The

This gripping true crime story investigates the case of David West, a serial killer who claimed 15 lives. Investigators follow the evidence trail across multiple crime scenes as detectives work to connect each murder to the same suspect. The case unfolds through painstaking investigation, revealing the killer's pattern and eventual capture. A chilling story of relentless violence and the long pursuit of justice.Become a supporter of this podcast:

This chilling true crime story follows an obsessive narcissist who kills his partner and thinks he got away with it. Investigators uncover disturbing evidence as the case unfolds, exposing the suspect's calculated attempt to escape justice. Detectives work tirelessly to piece together the truth behind this homicide, closing in on the killer. A gripping story of manipulation, murder, and ultimate justice.Become a supporter of this podcast:

This disturbing true crime story follows a case that began as a disappearance and turned into a murder situation that horrified officers. Investigators uncover shocking evidence as the case unfolds, revealing a suspect's disturbing actions. Detectives work to piece together the events leading to this tragedy, exposing details that shocked seasoned officers. A chilling story of loss, investigation, and the pursuit of justice.Become a supporter of this podcast:

This chilling true crime story follows a mother who freaks out after discovering her son is the killer. Investigators uncover disturbing evidence as the case unfolds, leading detectives straight to someone no one suspected. Detectives work to piece together the events leading to the crime, exposing a shocking family secret. A gripping story of betrayal, horror, and the painful pursuit of justice.Become a supporter of this podcast: