Jul 30, 2026 · not_requested
The Man Who Filled Oil Tanks With Water — And Fooled Wall Street
- Duration seconds
- 593
Podcast
The Unlit Room
- Author
- The Unlit Room
- Feed episode count
- 99
- Official site
- https://sites.libsyn.com/612980
Summary
Every story in here actually happened. That's the part that should scare you. The Unlit Room explores the darkest true stories in history — unsolved mysteries, disaster reconstructions, infamous heists, daring escapes, and the events too strange to be fiction. From industrial catastrophes and vanished ships to secret government experiments and impossible prison breaks. New episodes Monday through Saturday. Content may include descriptions of death, violence, and psychological distress. Listener discretion advised.
Episodes
Jul 29, 2026 · not_requested
The WOW! Signal — 72 Seconds That Changed SETI Forever
- Duration seconds
- 707
Jul 28, 2026 · not_requested
USS Scorpion — The Navy Heard It Die and Still Doesn't Know Why
- Duration seconds
- 689
Jul 27, 2026 · not_requested
The Jetliner That Ran Out of Fuel at 41,000 Feet — and Glided to Safety
- Duration seconds
- 647
Jul 25, 2026 · not_requested
The Max Headroom Hijacking — How Someone Seized Chicago TV in 1987
- Duration seconds
- 816
Jul 24, 2026 · not_requested
The Father of Film Vanished on a Train — and History Forgot Him
- Duration seconds
- 650
Jul 23, 2026 · not_requested
The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower — Twice
- Duration seconds
- 716
Jul 22, 2026 · not_requested
The Highest Ground Was 9 Feet — Galveston's 8,000-Death Hurricane
- Duration seconds
- 582
Jul 21, 2026 · not_requested
The Fireproof Hotel Where 119 People Burned to Death
- Duration seconds
- 551
Jul 20, 2026 · not_requested
One Switch Away — The Hydrogen Bombs That Nearly Vaporized North Carolina
- Duration seconds
- 608
Jul 18, 2026 · not_requested
Judge Crater Disappeared from a NYC Street — 75 Years Later, a Letter
- Duration seconds
- 719
Jul 17, 2026 · not_requested
The Ferry That Capsized in 90 Seconds — Because Someone Was Asleep
- Duration seconds
- 565
Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested
Flight 19 — How Five Navy Planes Vanished Into the Atlantic
- Duration seconds
- 571
Jul 15, 2026 · not_requested
He Stole the Crown Jewels — The King Gave Him a Pension
- Duration seconds
- 621
Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested
The Captain Who Died Hours Before His Ship Burned — Morro Castle
- Duration seconds
- 633
Jul 13, 2026 · not_requested
The Deadliest Tornado in U.S. History — The Three-Hour Storm
- Duration seconds
- 556
Jul 11, 2026 · not_requested
The Man Who Never Was — Operation Mincemeat's Forgotten Corpse
- Duration seconds
- 632
Jul 10, 2026 · not_requested
The Club That Sold a Dam's Safety Equipment for Scrap Metal
- Duration seconds
- 788
Jul 9, 2026 · not_requested
Kecksburg 1965 — The Night the Military Hauled Something Out of the Woods
- Duration seconds
- 543
Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested
They Waterproofed a Circus Tent With Gasoline — 167 People Died
- Duration seconds
- 657
Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested
The Ship That Sank Faster Than Titanic — Then WWI Made Everyone Forget
- Duration seconds
- 645
Jul 6, 2026 · not_requested
Galloping Gertie — The Bridge That Danced Itself to Death in 4 Months
- Duration seconds
- 618
Jul 4, 2026 · not_requested
The Woman With Eight Names — Who Was the Isdal Woman?
- Duration seconds
- 769
Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested
Piper Alpha — Why Following Safety Protocols Killed 167 Men
- Duration seconds
- 656
Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested
Britain's First Great Train Robbery — Undone by a Woman Scorned
- Duration seconds
- 738
Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested
London's Five-Day Killer Fog — How Coal Smoke Murdered 12,000
- Duration seconds
- 757
Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested
The Ship That Killed More Than Titanic — While Tied to the Dock
- Duration seconds
- 679
Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested
Tenerife Disaster — How 583 Died Without Leaving the Ground
- Duration seconds
- 642
Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested
Approved by Phone — The Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse
- Duration seconds
- 592
Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested
He Told Air Traffic There Was No Aircraft — Then Vanished Over Bass Strait
- Duration seconds
- 554
Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested
Sweden's Greatest Warship Sank on Its First Day — The Admiral Knew
- Duration seconds
- 880
Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested
USS Indianapolis: Lost at Sea Four Days — Then They Tried the Captain
- Duration seconds
- 795
Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested
The Port Chicago 50 — When Refusing to Die Was Called Mutiny
- Duration seconds
- 604
Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested
The Pilot Followed Every Instruction — Then Hit the Mountain
- Duration seconds
- 828
Jun 20, 2026 · not_requested
Piltdown Man — The Fossil That Fooled British Science for 40 Years
- Duration seconds
- 855
Jun 19, 2026 · not_requested
How the CIA Hid a Submarine Heist Behind Howard Hughes
- Duration seconds
- 760
Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested
476 Workers Died Building This Tunnel — the Company Paid $80 Per Life
- Duration seconds
- 801