Actually... Forgotten Stories for Curious Minds

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Actually... is a deep-dive podcast that digs up the stories history left behind - the ones that got buried, dismissed, or quietly erased. Each episode pulls apart a piece of pop culture, true crime, or hidden history to find the version nobody tells you: the hoaxes, the cover-ups, the myths that calcified into "fact."  Join us each week for the stories that are stranger, messier, and far more interesting than the official version.

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Recent episodes

  • Episode 23: Paul Skalnik, Professional Liar: The Jailhouse Snitch Who Helped Send a Man to Death RowNov 10, 2026 · 25 min
  • Episode 22: Shall We Play a Game?: WarGames, NORAD, and the False Alarms That Scared Washington DCNov 3, 2026 · 37 min
  • Episode 21: Ed and Lorraine Warren, Part 2: The Hauntings That Didn't Add UpOct 29, 2026 · 23 min
  • Episode 20: Ed and Lorraine Warren, Part 1: The Couple Who Sold the SupernaturalOct 27, 2026 · 22 min
  • Episode 19: The Amityville Horror: The Haunting, The Hoax, and the HouseOct 22, 2026 · 42 min
  • Episode 18: Good Luck: The Strange, True Story of the Ouija BoardOct 20, 2026 · 32 min
  • Episode 17: The Salem Witch Trials, Part 2: Twenty Innocent PeopleOct 15, 2026 · 48 min
  • Episode 16: The Salem Witch Trials Part 1: How a Village Invented Its WitchesOct 13, 2026 · 40 min
  • Episode 15: The Greenbriar Ghost: The Dead Woman Who Named Her KillerOct 8, 2026 · 28 min
  • Episode 14: The Room Where Death Used to Live: Coffin Doors, Parlors, and a Very Persistent MythOct 6, 2026 · 35 min

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