I Called the Police on My Serial Killer Dad
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a child, April Balascio noticed that people would often vanish. One time it was a labourer workin...
I Accidentally Turned ‘The Macarena’ Into a Global Phenomenon
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1995, Carlos de Yarza spent 90 minutes remixing a catchy Spanish song without giving it much thou...
One Night, 852 People Lost in the Ocean
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1994, a luxurious ferry called the MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea, drowning most of its passen...
I Solved the 'Doomsday Mum' Murders
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, two children vanished in Idaho, sparking an investigation that became one of America’s bi...
What I’ve Learned Stopping Suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Kevin Briggs joined the San Francisco Highway Patrol, he didn’t expect a key part of his job ...
I Imported Rave Culture (and Ecstasy) to America
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1991, Shaun Attwood arrived from the UK to find American rave culture in its infancy. Spotting an...
What Happens When Religious Leaders Take Magic Mushrooms?
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new study gave psilocybin to religious leaders, just to see whether their faith would be...
He Cut Off My Arms and Left Me to Die
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary McGriff was 15 when she hitched a ride with a man named Lawrence Singleton. The next day, she l...
The Lovers That Burned Down 77 Houses
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're re-running a classic. When abandoned farm houses started catching fire in rural Vir...
I Got Eaten By a Hippopotamus
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 90s, Paul Templer ran a business guiding clients down the Zambezi River near Victoria F...
I Led the Manhunt for a Killer Who Lived Like a Hermit
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2005, Malcolm Naden murdered two women and vanished into the Australian bush. For seven years he ...
How Cocaine Killed the Car in 'Back to the Future'
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John DeLorean was a star auto designer in the 1960s, but his own car company—the DeLorean Motor Co...
My School Was Kidnapped at Gunpoint
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1976, 20-year-old Rob Hunter was a month into his first teaching job at a remote Australian schoo...
I Had Sex With 100 Men in One Day
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, 23-year-old British porn star Lily Phillips announced plans to break the world record for...
Everyone Said 'Dirty Dancing' Would Flop. I Made It Anyway
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the mid-80s, producer Linda Gottlieb heard a friend’s story about “dirty dancing” at summer...
I Got Pregnant to a Man Who Doesn't Exist
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2024, Cass Taulaki fell pregnant to the man of her dreams—a 32-year-old engineer in the Austral...
I Lived in a Haunted Apartment That Didn't Like to Be Alone
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 2000s, musician Nathan Munn moved into a tiny, ornate apartment in Montreal. At first, ...
How a Sinking Ship Refloated our Marriage
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2012, a cruise liner named the Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Italy, killing 32 people. Bu...
I Visited an Uncontacted Tribe in the Amazon
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Awá, an Indigenous group in Brazil's Amazon, had no contact with the outside world until recent...
I Slept With New York's Elite to Rob Them
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2009, Kari Ferrell was outed by the media for writing bad checks and robbing trust fund babies ac...
SCAMMERLAND: How a Fake Job Offer Landed Me in Slavery
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode of our new What It Was Like series, SCAMMERLAND. It's based on an epi...
Wellness and Lies: My Friendship With Belle Gibson
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, wellness influencer Belle Gibson was outed for pretending to have cancer. Now she's back in...
I Watched Tornado Chasing Go from Subculture to Saturation
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tornado chasing was a niche hobby when Tim Marshall started in the 1970s. But over time, he watched ...
Discovering My Grandfather's Secret Nazi Past
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Lindahl always knew there was something different about her family. Her German grandparents ha...
Getting Stuck in a Washing Machine Changed My Life
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014, Laurence Hearn was drinking too much and struggling to make ends meet. Then he accidentally...
Why Did My Schoolmate Murder His Family?
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1989, Melissa Fyfe was a high school student in Tasmania when her classmate killed his parents an...
The Great Australian Coffee Shop Joke War
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, a man named Fraser Harvey nominated himself 'Customer of the Week' at a Melbourne coff...
We Hunted Down a Mystery Killer in the Outback
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It was June 1987 and an unknown person had murdered five campers in Australia's remote northwest. In...
I'm the Lowest-Ranked Tennis Player to Ever Win a Grand Slam
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Edmondson was ranked 212th when he was invited to compete at the 1976 Australian Open. He was a...
Inside the Life of the Pizza Bomber
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2003, a pizza deliveryman robbed a Pennsylvania bank with a bomb locked to his neck—a heist tha...
I Dated a Celebrity as a Non-Famous Person
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myah Morgenstern isn't famous. But when she met actor Tony Revolori, (Spiderman, The Grand Buda...
The Woolworths Christmas Bombers (Rerun)
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the lead up to Christmas of 1980, three Woolworths stores were bombed around New South Wales. It'...
My Husband's Client Stalked Us for Years
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra Miller wasn't overly concerned when her therapist partner's client admitted to eavesdropping ...
How I Got Revenge for My Parking Fines
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Morgans, host of What it Was Like, gets parking fines all the time. In his own words "I ...
What I Learned After 27 Years Investigating Violence Against Women
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Narelle Fraser spent much of her career in Victoria's Rape and Homicide squads, placing her at the c...