{"podcast":{"title":"Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast","slug":"wicked-and-grim-a-true-crime-podcast-1386244","podcast_index_feed_id":1386244,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6820277/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wicked-and-grim-a-true-crime-podcast--6820277","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/15230469e85a15f0ebb94608cc71fb5d.jpg","author":"Ben Gibson","episode_count":413,"summary":"Murders, mysteries and laughter. Wicked and Grim is a podcast created and hosted by a husband and wife duo with an affinity for true crime. We tell the stories of victims and explore the world of sinister tales, all while keeping things light hearted to take away the power and fear mongering from the perpetrators.This is Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T16:21:23.175027+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-and-grim-a-true-crime-podcast-1386244"},"episode":{"title":"Disappearance of Frederick Valentich - UFO Encounter","slug":"disappearance-of-frederick-valentich-ufo-encounter","published_at":"2026-06-26T07:10:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-and-grim-a-true-crime-podcast-1386244/disappearance-of-frederick-valentich-ufo-encounter","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-and-grim-a-true-crime-podcast-1386244","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/disappearance-of-frederick-valentich-ufo-encounter--72697282","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72697282/ep_403.mp3","summary":"On October 21, 1978, twenty year old pilot Frederick Valentich departed Melbourne on what should have been a routine flight to King Island. Just minutes after passing Cape Otway, he radioed air traffic control to report a strange object flying around his aircraft before uttering the chilling words, \"It's not an aircraft,\" moments before radio contact was lost forever. Despite an extensive four-day search involving military aircraft, civilian pilots, and ships across Bass Strait, no confirmed trace of Frederick or his Cessna was ever found, leaving behind one of Australia's most debated aviation mysteries and a case that continues to divide investigators nearly fifty years later. Our other podcast: \"FEARFUL\" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=u Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=true Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlife Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrim Website: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/","meta_description":"On October 21, 1978, twenty year old pilot Frederick Valentich departed Melbourne on what should have been a routine flight to King Island. Just minutes a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2851,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wicked-and-grim-a-true-crime-podcast-1386244/episodes/disappearance-of-frederick-valentich-ufo-encounter/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-and-grim-a-true-crime-podcast-1386244/disappearance-of-frederick-valentich-ufo-encounter.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}