Episodes

Twenty to thirty minutes each. Real records, read aloud, with every source listed. New episodes weekly on YouTube.

• 28:59File 5397 · Oct 17, 2026The Devil's Bible (Codex Gigas)In 1697 a burning castle in Stockholm threw a 165-pound book out of a window. Written by one hand in a monastery that no longer exists, it holds the Bible, a list of the dead, a page of spells, a full-page portrait of the Devil, and a seventh-century encyclopedia chapter on the dog-headed men, the Cyclopes and the headless Blemmyae. Its first page is missing.
• 20:21File 1183 · Oct 10, 2026The Giants in the MoundsIn 1883 a Smithsonian field party opened a burial vault in West Virginia and measured a man seven feet six inches long, wearing twelve copper bracelets. The government printed the measurement twice. The bracelets are still in Washington, with a catalog number. This file asks what number they gave him.