What It Was Like Podcast
1) I Was Raised in a Cult Believing I'd be Dead by 12
Flor Edwards grew up in the Children of God, an authoritarian sect that taught its followers that the world would end in 1993. In this episode, she reflects on how it felt growing up expecting to...Show More
2) I Was Held Captive in This House for 11 Years
Lily Rose Lee was 21 when she accepted a ride from her friend’s father. She was 32 when she finally escaped his house, along with two other women. In this episode, Lily recounts what 11 year...Show More
3) A Journey to Find Russia's Forgotten Space Ships (Classic)
Greg Abandoned is an urbex YouTuber who visits the world’s most wild and forgotten places. A few years ago, he trekked into the Kazakh desert to explore a secret Russian military facility that houses ...Show More
4) A Federal Judge Banned My Christmas Lights
In 2015, Jeremy Morris bought a house in Idaho to host the Christmas display of his dreams. Within weeks he was locked in a bitter feud with his neighbours over religious freedom and civil liberties. ...Show More
5) The Journal Found Beside a Dead Man in Alaska
In February 1982, the body of a wildlife photographer named Carl McCunn was found in northern Alaska. A miscommunication had left him stranded and McCunn had documented his final cold months in a jour...Show More
6) Saying Goodbye to My Multiple Personalities
Sometimes Vivian Conan saw herself in the mirror. Other times she saw others with their own distinct personalities and backstories. At 43, she was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, formal...Show More
7) I Was Kidnapped By My Stalker and Locked in a Bunker
In 2022, Samantha Stites was abducted by Christopher Thomas, a man who’d been stalking her for 13 years and had secretly built a soundproof bunker to imprison her. In this episode, Samantha shares how...Show More
8) The Man Using Maths to Find Serial Killers
Thomas Hargrove was an investigative reporter when he had an idea: use open-source FBI data to spot patterns in unsolved murders. That idea became an algorithm that highlights locations where serial k...Show More
9) The Hunt For A Killer Who Vanished
In 2001, Detective Hugh Lockerby found a woman and two children murdered inside a burning home in Scottsdale, Arizona. The missing husband, Robert William Fisher, became the prime suspect and has sat ...Show More
10) What Happened at Skeleton Lake?
High in the Himalayas lies Roopkund Lake: a frozen pond surrounded by the remains of around 700 people. Were they victims of an ancient disaster, a lost army, or something stranger? We speak with anth...Show More