# The Unlit Room

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Official site: https://sites.libsyn.com/612980
Author: The Unlit Room
Episodes: 99

## Resource

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.

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## Episodes
- [The Man Who Filled Oil Tanks With Water — And Fooled Wall Street](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-man-who-filled-oil-tanks-with-water-and-fooled-wall-street) — 2026-07-30T14:00:00+00:00
- [The WOW! Signal — 72 Seconds That Changed SETI Forever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-wow-signal-72-seconds-that-changed-seti-forever) — 2026-07-29T14:00:00+00:00
- [USS Scorpion — The Navy Heard It Die and Still Doesn't Know Why](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/uss-scorpion-the-navy-heard-it-die-and-still-doesn-t-know-why) — 2026-07-28T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Jetliner That Ran Out of Fuel at 41,000 Feet — and Glided to Safety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-jetliner-that-ran-out-of-fuel-at-41-000-feet-and-glided-to-safety) — 2026-07-27T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Max Headroom Hijacking — How Someone Seized Chicago TV in 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-max-headroom-hijacking-how-someone-seized-chicago-tv-in-1987) — 2026-07-25T16:00:00+00:00
- [The Father of Film Vanished on a Train — and History Forgot Him](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-father-of-film-vanished-on-a-train-and-history-forgot-him) — 2026-07-24T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower — Twice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-man-who-sold-the-eiffel-tower-twice) — 2026-07-23T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Highest Ground Was 9 Feet — Galveston's 8,000-Death Hurricane](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-highest-ground-was-9-feet-galveston-s-8-000-death-hurricane) — 2026-07-22T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Fireproof Hotel Where 119 People Burned to Death](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-fireproof-hotel-where-119-people-burned-to-death) — 2026-07-21T14:00:00+00:00
- [One Switch Away — The Hydrogen Bombs That Nearly Vaporized North Carolina](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/one-switch-away-the-hydrogen-bombs-that-nearly-vaporized-north-carolina) — 2026-07-20T14:00:00+00:00
- [Judge Crater Disappeared from a NYC Street — 75 Years Later, a Letter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/judge-crater-disappeared-from-a-nyc-street-75-years-later-a-letter) — 2026-07-18T16:00:00+00:00
- [The Ferry That Capsized in 90 Seconds — Because Someone Was Asleep](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-ferry-that-capsized-in-90-seconds-because-someone-was-asleep) — 2026-07-17T14:00:00+00:00
- [Flight 19 — How Five Navy Planes Vanished Into the Atlantic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/flight-19-how-five-navy-planes-vanished-into-the-atlantic) — 2026-07-16T14:00:00+00:00
- [He Stole the Crown Jewels — The King Gave Him a Pension](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/he-stole-the-crown-jewels-the-king-gave-him-a-pension) — 2026-07-15T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Captain Who Died Hours Before His Ship Burned — Morro Castle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-captain-who-died-hours-before-his-ship-burned-morro-castle) — 2026-07-14T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Deadliest Tornado in U.S. History — The Three-Hour Storm](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-deadliest-tornado-in-u-s-history-the-three-hour-storm) — 2026-07-13T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Man Who Never Was — Operation Mincemeat's Forgotten Corpse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-man-who-never-was-operation-mincemeat-s-forgotten-corpse) — 2026-07-11T16:00:00+00:00
- [The Club That Sold a Dam's Safety Equipment for Scrap Metal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-club-that-sold-a-dam-s-safety-equipment-for-scrap-metal) — 2026-07-10T14:00:00+00:00
- [Kecksburg 1965 — The Night the Military Hauled Something Out of the Woods](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/kecksburg-1965-the-night-the-military-hauled-something-out-of-the-woods) — 2026-07-09T14:00:00+00:00
- [They Waterproofed a Circus Tent With Gasoline — 167 People Died](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/they-waterproofed-a-circus-tent-with-gasoline-167-people-died) — 2026-07-08T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Ship That Sank Faster Than Titanic — Then WWI Made Everyone Forget](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-ship-that-sank-faster-than-titanic-then-wwi-made-everyone-forget) — 2026-07-07T14:00:00+00:00
- [Galloping Gertie — The Bridge That Danced Itself to Death in 4 Months](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/galloping-gertie-the-bridge-that-danced-itself-to-death-in-4-months) — 2026-07-06T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Woman With Eight Names — Who Was the Isdal Woman?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-woman-with-eight-names-who-was-the-isdal-woman) — 2026-07-04T16:00:00+00:00
- [Piper Alpha — Why Following Safety Protocols Killed 167 Men](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/piper-alpha-why-following-safety-protocols-killed-167-men) — 2026-07-03T14:00:00+00:00
- [Britain's First Great Train Robbery — Undone by a Woman Scorned](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/britain-s-first-great-train-robbery-undone-by-a-woman-scorned) — 2026-07-02T14:00:00+00:00
- [London's Five-Day Killer Fog — How Coal Smoke Murdered 12,000](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/london-s-five-day-killer-fog-how-coal-smoke-murdered-12-000) — 2026-07-01T14:00:00+00:00
- [The Ship That Killed More Than Titanic — While Tied to the Dock](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-ship-that-killed-more-than-titanic-while-tied-to-the-dock) — 2026-06-30T14:00:00+00:00
- [Tenerife Disaster — How 583 Died Without Leaving the Ground](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/tenerife-disaster-how-583-died-without-leaving-the-ground) — 2026-06-29T14:00:00+00:00
- [Approved by Phone — The Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/approved-by-phone-the-hyatt-regency-walkway-collapse) — 2026-06-27T16:00:00+00:00
- [He Told Air Traffic There Was No Aircraft — Then Vanished Over Bass Strait](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/he-told-air-traffic-there-was-no-aircraft-then-vanished-over-bass-strait) — 2026-06-26T19:00:00+00:00
- [Sweden's Greatest Warship Sank on Its First Day — The Admiral Knew](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/sweden-s-greatest-warship-sank-on-its-first-day-the-admiral-knew) — 2026-06-26T19:00:00+00:00
- [USS Indianapolis: Lost at Sea Four Days — Then They Tried the Captain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/uss-indianapolis-lost-at-sea-four-days-then-they-tried-the-captain) — 2026-06-26T19:00:00+00:00
- [The Port Chicago 50 — When Refusing to Die Was Called Mutiny](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-port-chicago-50-when-refusing-to-die-was-called-mutiny) — 2026-06-26T19:00:00+00:00
- [The Pilot Followed Every Instruction — Then Hit the Mountain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/the-pilot-followed-every-instruction-then-hit-the-mountain) — 2026-06-22T16:00:00+00:00
- [Piltdown Man — The Fossil That Fooled British Science for 40 Years](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/piltdown-man-the-fossil-that-fooled-british-science-for-40-years) — 2026-06-20T16:00:00+00:00
- [How the CIA Hid a Submarine Heist Behind Howard Hughes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/how-the-cia-hid-a-submarine-heist-behind-howard-hughes) — 2026-06-19T14:00:00+00:00
- [476 Workers Died Building This Tunnel — the Company Paid $80 Per Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253/476-workers-died-building-this-tunnel-the-company-paid-80-per-life) — 2026-06-18T17:00:00+00:00

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