Havana Syndrome Pt. 1

Havana Syndrome Pt. 1

Up next

The Colorado Cannibal: Alfred Packer

A man stumbles out of the Colorado wilderness in 1873. After his traveling party ran out of food in the dead of winter, he’s the only survivor. Except he looks surprisingly well-fed. Alfred Packer’s story of what became of his companions changes not once, but twice. In the end, w ...  Show more

The Secret Twin Study: Files Sealed Until 2065

Does nature or nurture shape who we are? Does our personality come from our genes, or the environment we live in? Countless scientific studies on the subject have been published. But one such study – a collaboration between a psychoanalyst and a New York adoption agency – was ins ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

A New Year, A New Cuba
HISTORY This Week

New Year's Eve, 1958. Cuba's president, Fulgencio Batista, is throwing his annual New Year's Eve party at his home in Havana. It's usually a blowout. But this year, the vibes... aren't so great.  Government officials and Cuban elites drink champagne and pick at arroz con pollo as ...  Show more

175. The CIA vs Fidel Castro
Empire: World History

Following the fall of Batista, the Cuban revolution took a more radical turn. Castro was not a communist to begin with, but as those around him became increasingly Marxist, the CIA’s desire to regain control of the island grew. With the failure of JFK’s Bay of Pigs invasion, even ...  Show more

Fidel Castro: Cuba’s Cocaine Trafficker-in-Chief?
The Underworld Podcast

In 1959, when Fidel Castro’s revolutionaries toppled Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, they wasted no time booting out American business owners, casinos and drug kingpins — much to the delight of US law enforcers. But as time passed, and Castro’s socialist regime sought ever-tric ...  Show more

634 Ways to Kill Fidel Castro
REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana

Over decades, the U.S. government orchestrated hundreds of assassination attempts on Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, both serious and absurd, from poison cigars to exploding seashells. Learn how Castro managed to escape death time and again and cemented his place as one of history’s ...  Show more