Prying Minds
by Liss and Bee
Latest episode
Rooted in Mystery: The Woman in the Wych Elm
Rooted in Mystery: The Woman in the Wych Elm
About this podcast
Welcome to Prying Minds, nosy friends. This is the podcast for curious weirdos, history nerds, and anyone who’s ever fallen down a weird Wikipedia rabbit hole at 2 a.m. Hosts Liss and Bee dive into strange history, unsolved mysteries, and the downright unexplainable—basically anything that makes you say “hold on… what??” It’s unhinged, it’s smart(ish), and the perfect show for anyone who likes their facts a little freaky and their laughs a little unhinged.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 35 episodes
- Rooted in Mystery: The Woman in the Wych Elm · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 13It was a cold April day in 1943 when four boys stumbled upon something horrifying in the woods—a skull hidden deep inside a hollow wych elm. The police came, a body was pulled…
- Wish You Weren’t Here: The Whakaari Eruption · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 12Imagine taking a boat out to a remote island. It's the kind of place that looks straight out of a travel brochure. Turquoise water, dramatic cliffs, a little bit of mystery…
- LOBOTOMANIA!! Ice Picks & Other Bad Ideas · 1 h 20 min · Season 2 Episode 11Imagine being so sad that a doctor suggests sticking an ice pick in your brain. No, literally through your eyesocket! Welcome to the world of lobotomies, One of the most infamous…
- Beamed Up: The Travis Walton Abduction · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 9They say if you go out into the woods, you’d better be prepared for bears, bugs… maybe even Bigfoot. But Travis Walton? He came back with a story that was out of this world…
- This Episode Stinks! The Filthy History of Hygiene · 1 h 19 min · Season 2 Episode 9Imagine you're nobility in the 1500s. You're rich, you're powerful, your face is caked in lead, and you smell like a haunted cupboard because you've bathed, like... twice this…
- Size Matters: Giant Problems, Bigger Questions! · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 8Today we’re going BIG! That’s right, we’re diving into the world of… giants. We’re talking massive myths, towering truths, and elevated enigmas from every continent. From the…
- Summoning Aleister Crowley: "The Great Beast 666" · 1 h 23 min · Season 2 Episode 7He called himself The Great Beast 666. The tabloids called him the wickedest man in the world. And we just call him... a hot mess. A chaotic, magical, drug-fueled mess. We're…
- It's Gettin' Hot in Here: Cremation and Spontaneous Human Combustion · 1 h 9 min · Season 2 Episode 6Fire purifies. Fire destroys. For thousands of years, humans have turned to flames in death rituals, beliefs, and final sendoffs in smoke and ash. But what happens when the fire…
- Glitches in the Matrix: Deja Vu, Mandela Effects and Other Multiversal Mischief · 1 h 13 min · Season 2 Episode 5Okay—serious question. Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you’re there. Or you’re driving and suddenly realize you’ve been on autopilot for ten straight minutes…
- Holy Sheet! The Mystery of the Shroud of Turin · 1 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 4Welcome back nosy friends! Imagine you’re walking through a dimly lit cathedral, and there, displayed in all its wrinkled, holy glory, is the Shroud of Turin. A centuries-old…
- Pt. 2 Chasing Hitler: Hitler, Nazis, and a Side of Empanadas · 1 h 14 min · Season 2 Episode 3What do secret submarines, the Vatican, and cheek kisses have in common? Apparently... Nazis. In this episode of prying Minds, we keep following the crumbs straight to secret…
- Pt. 1 Chasing Hitler: History's Greatest Scavenger Hunt · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 2In 2014, the FBI finally let the cat out of the bag—or, in this case, the dictator out of the bunker. Stacks of documents from the 1940s and ‘50s were declassified, suggesting…
- Bullets, Booze & The Rise of Al Capone · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 1Grab your Tommy guns and a stiff drink, because this week we’re diving into the wild, whiskey-soaked rise of the one and only Al Capone—Chicago’s most infamous mob boss. From his…
- The Kings of Tupelo: A True Crime Story Too Weird to Be Fake- Pt. 2 · 32 min · Episode 1Welcome back to episode 2, where this entire case is proof that the internet should come with a chill pill prescription. What starts as one man’s attempt to expose a possible…
- The Kings of Tupelo: A True Crime Story Too Weird to Be Fake- Pt.1 · 57 min · Episode 1Alright, buckle up, because this story has everything: Elvis impersonators, internet conspiracies, black market organ trafficking, and—oh yeah—an attempted presidential…
- Pt. 2 Unraveling Time: Theories, Wormholes, and the Risk of Un-Existing · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 20Hello Nosey friends! Fire up your time machines and brace yourself for a reality-warping ride, because this week onPrying Minds, we’re diving even deeper into the strange and…
- Pt. 1 A Slip Through Time: Strange but True(?) Time Travel Tales · 1 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 19Time travel—it’s the ultimate sci-fi dream… or could it be a reality? In this episode of Prying Minds, we’re diving into some of the weirdest, most baffling time travel stories…
- MV Joyita: The Ghost Ship Where Everyone Ghosted · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 17Ahoy there nosey friends! Today, we’re boarding the MV Joyita, a ship so cursed it makes the Titanic look like a success story. This floating disasterpiece set sail on what…
- Oumuamua: A Message From the Stars or Alien Space Probe? · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 16Welcome back to Prying Minds! Today, we’re dialing up the intrigue to lightspeed because we’re talking about Oumuamua! An interstellar object that zoomed through our solar system…
- 'Who You Gonna Call?' : Exorcism Drama · 1 h 7 min · Season 1 Episode 16Today on Prying Minds, we’re digging into the twisted history of exorcisms—from Hollywood horror to the so-called ‘true story’ that inspired The Exorcist. We'll explore the…
