# The Compendium Podcast

> We're a weekly variety podcast giving you everything you need to know to stand your ground at a social gathering. We explore stories pulled from the darker corners of true crime, historical events, and incredible people.

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The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things is a weekly documentary-style podcast about strange true stories, true crime, dark history, scandals, mysteries and remarkable people. Why listen to three podcasts when you can have it all in one? Hosted by Kyle Risi and Adam Cox, each episode takes one fascinating real-life story and gives you the full thing: the context, the characters, the chaos, the terrible decisions, and the tiny details that make you say, “Wait… how did this actually…

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## Podcasts
- [The Compendium Podcast](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/podcast/the-compendium-podcast): An Assembly of Fascinating Things

## Recent episodes
- [The Tromp Family Mystery: The Australian Family Who Fled Their Own Minds](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/episode/the-tromp-family-mystery-the-australian-family-who-fled-their-own-minds): published 2026-09-08
- [MKUltra: The Dark History of CIA Mind Control and Frank Olson](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/episode/mkultra-the-dark-history-of-cia-mind-control-and-frank-olson): published 2026-09-01
- [Lucy Letby: The Evidence, the NHS Failures, and the Question That Won’t Go Away](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/episode/lucy-letby-the-evidence-the-nhs-failures-and-the-question-that-wont-go-away): published 2026-08-25
- [Michael Jackson: From Gary, Indiana to the Biggest Star Alive](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/episode/michael-jackson-from-gary-indiana-to-the-biggest-star-alive): published 2026-08-18
- [Aileen Wuornos: The Female Serial Killer Who Said It Was Self Defense](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/episode/aileen-wuornos-the-female-serial-killer-who-said-it-was-self-defense): published 2026-08-11
- [Fyre Festival: Billy McFarland and the Greatest Party That Never Happened](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/episode/fyre-festival-billy-mcfarland-and-the-greatest-party-that-never-happened): published 2026-08-04
- [Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield and the Real Horror Behind the Movies](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/episode/ed-gein-the-butcher-of-plainfield-and-the-real-horror-behind-the-movies): published 2026-07-28
- [Princess Diana Part 1: The Royal Romance That Was Over Before It Began](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/episode/princess-diana-part-1-the-royal-romance-that-was-over-before-it-began-xkgh): published 2026-07-21

## Recent posts
- [Lucy Letby: What Really Happened?](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/lucy-letby-what-really-happened): published 2026-01-06
- [Space Cadets - Britain’s Biggest TV Hoax](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/space-cadets-how-a-british-reality-show-convinced-contestants-they-were-in-space): published 2025-11-04
- [The Honeymoon Murder of Anni Dewani: Love, Lies, and South African Corruption](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/the-honeymoon-murder-of-anni-dewani-love-lies-and-south-african-corruption): published 2025-09-16
- [The Balloon Boy Hoax : How Media Sensationalism Shaped a National Spectacle](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/the-balloon-boy-hoax-how-media-sensationalism-shaped-a-national-spectacle): published 2025-04-08
- [The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi: Vatican Secrets, Mafia Connections, and a 40-Year Mystery](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/the-disappearance-of-emanuela-orlandi-vatican-secrets-mafia-connections-and-a-40-year-mystery): published 2025-03-11
- [Helter Skelter: How a Beatles Song Fueled Charles Manson’s Dark Vision](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/charles-manson): published 2025-03-04
- [Gabby Petito The Van Life Dream That Ended in Tragedy](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/gabby-petito-the-van-life-dream-that-ended-in-tragedy): published 2025-02-18
- [Belle Gibson and How Fake Cancer Created a Wellness Empire](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/belle-gibson): published 2025-02-04
- [Patty Hearst : From Kidnapped Heiress to America’s Most Wanted Fugitive](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/patty-hearst-from-kidnapped-heiress-to-americas-most-wanted-fugitive): published 2024-10-08
- [How Baby Jessica and how her Rescue Ushered in the Age of 24-Hour News Changing the World Forever](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/how-baby-jessicas-rescue-ushered-in-the-24-hour-news-cycle-and-changed-the-world-forever): published 2024-09-17
- [Alcatraz Escape : The Legendary Breakout](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/the-alcatraz-escape-the-unbelievable-breakout-that-shocked-the-world): published 2024-08-24
- [The Lindbergh Baby America's Most Infamous Kidnapping](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/the-lindbergh-baby-unraveling-the-mystery-of-americas-most-infamous-kidnapping): published 2024-08-24
- [Julie d'Aubigny The Scandalous Bisexual Sword-Fighter](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/julie-daubigny-the-scandalous-bisexual-sword-fighter): published 2024-08-15
- [Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the Astonishing Murder of Dee Dee](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/gypsy-rose-the-astonishing-true-crime-story-behind-dee-dee-blanchards-murder): published 2024-08-12
- [The Unsolved Mystery of Jennifer Fairgate The Woman with No Past](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/the-jennifer-fairgate-mystery): published 2024-08-10
- [The Monster of Cleveland, Ariel Castro's House of Horrors](https://thecompendiumpodcast.com/blog/the-haunting-tale-of-ariel-castro-the-monster-of-cleveland): published 2023-12-25