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Aug 24, 2020

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A podcast that features strange stories and bizarre tales that you won’t believe are real… but they are, because they’re TRUE.
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Aug 24, 2020

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TRUE features the often weird but always true stories of strange events and unforgettable moments. Each episode explores unusual, obscure, sometimes funny, sometimes creepy stories. Stories that are so bizarre that you won’t believe that they’re real… but they are, because, yeah, they’re TRUE. New episodes published every Tuesday morning.

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Ep 10 The Max Headroom Incident: As people in Chicago gathered around their TVs for the nightly news, their screens suddenly went black. Seconds later, a new image appeared on the screen. It was a masked figure in a coat and tie and what followed is still considered one of the most bizarre television hacking crimes in broadcasting history. by TRUE
27 min listen
Ep 09 Filthy Dirty John Meehan: Terra exited her car and was immediately confronted by a man holding a knife. The Walking Dead fan knew that to kill a zombie you had to go for the brain. A minute later Terra called her mother and said “I’m really really sorry. I think I killed your husband.” by TRUE
32 min listen
Ep 03 Dude, Where's My Syrup?: Ahhhh maple syrup! The perfect addition to a stack of pancakes. Did you know that maple syrup is actually 10 times more valuable than crude oil? A group of Canadian black market thieves sure did. This is one of the most unusual crimes – ever! by TRUE
22 min listen
Ep 19 The Bad Tenant by TRUE
38 min listen
Ep 18 Killer Pranks: It's all fun and games until someone unwittingly assassinates a world figure. That's exactly what happened in 2017 to a couple of people who thought they were on a reality television show. Turns out they had unknowingly been recruited by a foreign government to carry out a deadly mission. by TRUE
38 min listen
Ep 06 Sleeping Killers: Criminals are always looking for ways to get away with murder. Insanity, self-defense, crimes of passion… Sleepwalking? by TRUE
26 min listen
Ep 02 The Deadly Clown Cold Case: In one of the creepiest murder cases in South Florida history, an innocent woman was gunned down by a clown delivering balloons and flowers. by TRUE
22 min listen
Ep 24 The Pigeon King by TRUE
30 min listen
Ep 04 The Barefoot Bandit - Part 1: The legend of the Barefoot Bandit is the story of an epic crime spree involving hundreds of burglaries and millions of dollars of stolen luxury cars, planes, and boats. The crimes went on for years and crossed state and international borders. The crimes earned the Barefoot Bandit the unenviable title of FBI’s Most Wanted. But what makes the story legendary is that the Barefoot Bandit - was a teenager. by TRUE
22 min listen
Ep 16 Black Jack Idema: Before Jack Idema became a tour boat captain in Mexico, the self-described super soldier moved to Afghanistan where he started a private prison. He ran it out of his rented townhouse and his team, Task Force Saber 7, used it to detain and interrogate suspected terrorists. Idema told everyone who asked that he worked for the US government. Problem was.......he didn't. by TRUE
32 min listen
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2 min listen
Ep 15 Murder on a Submarine: When Swedish journalist Kim Wall began writing a story on amateur rocket building in Denmark, there was no way for her to know that it would lead to her death....inside a submarine. The bizarre circumstances and surreal conclusion captured headlines around the world. by TRUE
25 min listen
Ep 05 The Barefoot Bandit - Part 2: The story of the Barefoot Bandit continues. More stolen planes. More stolen speedboats and luxury cars. How much longer could he possibly elude authorities? by TRUE
22 min listen
Ep 01 The Killdozer: On the afternoon of June 4th 2004, the small mountain town of Granby, Colorado would bear witness to a destructive scene that would last over two hours and leave their streets in ruins. by TRUE
22 min listen
Ep 25 Real-Life Superheroes by TRUE
35 min listen
Ep 20 Oh Santa!: Every year, Santa leaves his base of operation to bring Christmas cheer to billions of people around the world. However, the holiday season can also lead to Santa going a little crazy. Here are some stories that will make you think twice about messing with Santa Claus. by TRUE
29 min listen
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Ep 07 The Man In The Bag: 31 year-old Gareth Williams was, by all accounts, an incredibly private person who disliked office small talk and did his best to avoid social events. Williams went to work for the equally private and secretive British intelligence service. However, his intensely private life would become very public when the government agent was found dead inside a padlocked duffle bag. by TRUE
26 min listen
Ep 26 The King Air Incident by TRUE
32 min listen
Ep 13 Bizarre Bits: This episode is a little different. It's a collection of bizarre stories not quite long enough for their own episodes, but are so strange that they deserve a place in the podcast. Most importantly, these stories were submitted by listeners like you! by TRUE
23 min listen
Ep 37 The Rendlesham Forest Incident by TRUE
33 min listen
Ep 14 The Battle of North Hollywood: Using military-grade weapons and gear, two bank robbers turned the streets of North Hollywood, California into a war zone. by TRUE
42 min listen
Ep 42 The Toxic Lady by TRUE
26 min listen
Ep 21 Rainbow Man: During the 1970's and 1980's, you couldn't watch a televised sports game without seeing him. The most recognizable fixture in sports actually despised everything about it. He was there for the network cameras. He was there to deliver a message to the world, a dire warning of impending doom. But wearing a large multi-colored Afro wig and a fur loin cloth didn't help his credibility. However, the triple life sentence he received dramatically changed that image. The world would come to know him as Rainbow Man. by TRUE
40 min listen
Ep 27 Animal Warfare by TRUE
32 min listen
Ep 39 Rituals of Death by TRUE
25 min listen
Ep 08 The Chameleon: One day in October 1997, several police stations across the US received phone calls from a youth center in Spain. The caller identified himself as the director of the facility and stated that a teenage boy from America was there asking for help. The boy wouldn't give his name, so authorities in the US sent over the file of a missing teen closely matching the description. When the call ended, the man calling himself the director studied the missing boy’s file carefully. It wouldn’t be long before he would have to convince the world that he was the missing teenager. by TRUE
27 min listen
Ep 23 Balloon Boy by TRUE
38 min listen
Ep 11 Vampires' Delight: In the early morning hours, police were called to an apartment complex to investigate a reported assault. They arrived to find a man in the parking lot growling and hissing. He claimed to be a 500 year-old vampire and begged them to restrain him for their own safety. He told them he could not control his need to feed. by TRUE
28 min listen
Ep 17 The Harvester: When Dr. Michael Mastromarino lost his license to practice dentistry, he found a new calling in a dark corner of the medical world, modern-day grave robbing. He and his crew of organ and tissue harvesters set up a vast network to collect and sell as much bio material as they could find. Too bad none of the families of the deceased knew about it. by TRUE
26 min listen

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