After wrapping up our very first year of episodes, we decided to take a little break to make sure every story we share meets the standard you deserve. We’re so excited to announce that we’ll be back with brand new episodes in January 2026!

In the meantime, cozy up with bi-monthly re-releases of our International ODDities series—perfect for filling the gap until we return.

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On the evening of January 26, 1974, Guðmundur Einarsson, an 18-year-old laborer, was making his way home from the community hall in Hafnarfjörður, located in the Greater Reykjavík area, a distance of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). He was last sighted by a motorist after nearly stumbling in front of a vehicle, and has not been seen since. Ten months later, on November 19, 1974, Geirfinnur Einarsson, a 32-year-old construction worker unrelated to Guðmundur, received a phone call while at home and drove a short distance to the harbor café in Keflavík. He left the keys in the ignition but did not return to the car.

Despite extensive searches conducted around the harbor and coastline, no bodies were found. Although disappearances during snowstorms without motive, witnesses, forensic evidence, or bodies are regularly reported to the police in Iceland, a murder investigation was initiated. Ultimately, six individuals, namely Sævar Ciesielski, Kristján Viðar Viðarsson, Tryggvi Rúnar Leifsson, Albert Klahn Skaftason, Guðjón Skarphéðinsson, and Erla Bolladóttir, confessed to the murders, despite lacking clear recollections of the events. They had been subjected to solitary confinement, extensive interrogations under duress, and limited interaction with their legal representatives.

After wrapping up our very first year of episodes, we decided to take a little break to make sure every story we share meets the standard you deserve. We’re so excited to announce that we’ll be back with brand new episodes in January 2026!

In the meantime, cozy up with bi-monthly re-releases of our International ODDities series—perfect for filling the gap until we return.

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In a small and quiet community of Kumatori, 7 young people died, one after the other over the course of two months. In this episode of International Oddities we will dissect the facts and speculate on whether this was a mass suicide, or mass murder, known as the Kumatori Suicides.

After wrapping up our very first year of episodes, we decided to take a little break to make sure every story we share meets the standard you deserve. We’re so excited to announce that we’ll be back with brand new episodes in January 2026!

In the meantime, cozy up with bi-monthly re-releases of our International ODDities series—perfect for filling the gap until we return.

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In 2014, a German tourist named Lars Mittank disappeared from an airport in Bulgaria and the footage of his final moments has haunted the internet ever since. One minute he was walking calmly through the terminal. The next, he sprinted out of the building, leaving behind his luggage, passport, and any trace of what really happened to him.

This week, we’re diving into the baffling disappearance of Lars Mittank. Was he paranoid or genuinely in danger? From a bar fight and a strange visit to a local doctor, to that eerie CCTV footage and a flood of unanswered questions, this case has everything that makes you say: What the hell actually happened here?

After wrapping up our very first year of episodes, we decided to take a little break to make sure every story we share meets the standard you deserve. We’re so excited to announce that we’ll be back with brand new episodes in January 2026!

In the meantime, cozy up with bi-monthly re-releases of our International ODDities series—perfect for filling the gap until we return.

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We take a deep dive into the highly (and rightfully) controversial 1970's horror movie: Cannibal Holocaust. This movie continues to shock the world due to the Director Ruggero Deodato's extreme liberties taken to shock the viewers. We discuss what led him and some other cast and crew to face murder charges along with our final thoughts as to who the true Cannibals are...

After wrapping up our very first year of episodes, we decided to take a little break to make sure every story we share meets the standard you deserve. We’re so excited to announce that we’ll be back with brand new episodes in January 2026!

In the meantime, cozy up with bi-monthly re-releases of our International ODDities series—perfect for filling the gap until we return.

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In 1959, nine experienced hikers set out into Russia’s Ural Mountains and never came back. When their bodies were found weeks later, the scene was so strange and unsettling that it sparked decades of speculation: a tent ripped open from the inside, bodies scattered and barely clothed in the snow, some with terrifying injuries that made no sense.

What could have caused such chaos in the dead of winter? An avalanche? Military testing? Something stranger?

This week, we’re unpacking one of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century the Dyatlov Pass Incident. From the official reports to the wildest theories, we piece together what we know, what we don’t, and why this story still haunts anyone who hears it.

After wrapping up our very first year of episodes, we decided to take a little break to make sure every story we share meets the standard you deserve. We’re so excited to announce that we’ll be back with brand new episodes in January 2026!

In the meantime, cozy up with bi-monthly re-releases of our International ODDities series—perfect for filling the gap until we return.

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You’d never expect a horror story to unfold in a place like Toa Payoh, Singapore’s first satellite town, once hailed as a shining symbol of modern public housing. But in the early '80s, beneath the surface of this quiet, tight-knit neighborhood, something truly terrifying was brewing.

In this episode, we dive into the disturbing true story of Adrian Lim: a self-proclaimed medium, spiritual healer, and predator. Lim built a web of control using superstition, charisma, and fear—convincing his followers, and even his wives, to commit unthinkable crimes. Together, they would go on to murder two children in what they claimed were ritual sacrifices.

But this isn’t just a story about murder—it’s about coercion, trauma, and the devastating power one person can have when belief and manipulation collide. We peel back the layers of the case, explore the lives of his accomplices, and ask: how much agency did they really have? And what happens when justice doesn’t leave room for nuance?

This is the story of the Toa Payoh Ritual Murders. It’s harrowing. It’s heartbreaking. And it’s a reminder that monsters don’t always hide in the dark—sometimes, they walk among us wearing a healer’s smile.

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Corrective rape, also called curative rape or homophobic rape, is a hate crime in which somebody is raped because of their perceived sexual orientation. The common intended consequence of the rape, as claimed by the perpetrator, is to turn the person heterosexual.

The term was coined in South Africa. Popularization of the term has raised awareness and encouraged LGBT+ people in countries across the world to come forward with their own stories of being raped as punishment for or in an attempt to change their sexual orientation or gender identity. Although some countries have laws protecting LGBT+ people, corrective rape is often overlooked.