PODCAST · true crime
Dead Drop.
by Paul Stiling
**Dead Drop: True Crime, Mysteries & The Unexplained**Unsolved murders. Government cover-ups. Paranormal encounters. The cases that refuse to stay buried.Each episode investigates the mysteries that haunt us: cold cases, UFO sightings, conspiracy theories, haunted locations, and dark secrets from the music industry. Deep research, compelling evidence, zero fluff.Perfect for true crime addicts and mystery obsessives who demand answers.🎧 New episodes weekly on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/4Gtoqg1MMq6gURsPa4lAyRSubscribe now and uncover the truth.
Episodes
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CONNIE CONVERSE – THE WOMAN WHO WALKED AWAY FROM MUSIC
The Vanishing Act: Connie Converse – The Woman Who Walked Away From Music In the early 1950s, Connie Converse made introspective, poetic music in her New York apartment—a decade before Bob Dylan, before anyone called it "singer-songwriter" music. Almost no one heard it. By 1961, exhausted and...
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Did Hitler Escape To Argentina
Did Hitler really die in that Berlin bunker? Or did he escape to South America? Dive into one of history's most controversial conspiracy theories as we unpack the declassified CIA files that questioned the official narrative. From FBI reports of Nazi sightings in Argentina to mysterious submarine...
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The Vanishing Act: Jim Sullivan – The Highway, The Motel, The Desert
In 1969, Jim Sullivan recorded U.F.O.—an album full of songs about highways, deserts, and disappearing. In March 1975, he drove from Los Angeles to Nashville to restart his career. He made it as far as New Mexico. After being pulled over by police and checking into a motel in Santa Rosa, Sullivan...
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Last Orders – The Slow Death of Britain's Grassroots Music Venues
The small rooms where Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, The Killers, and Florence and the Machine got their start are disappearing. Not in some dramatic collapse – just quietly closing, one by one. In this episode of Dead Drop, host Paul Stiling breaks down the slow erosion of the UK's grassroots music...
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The Vanishing Act. Pt. 1 Richey Edwards – The Architecture of Disappearance.
The Vanishing Act: Richey Edwards – The Architecture of Disappearance On February 1st, 1995, Richey Edwards—lyricist for the Manic Street Preachers—disappeared. His car was found near the Severn Bridge. His body never was. In this 96-minute documentary investigation, Paul Stiling reconstructs...
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Breaking The Machine: How Artists Are Reclaiming the Music Industry
🔥 THE RESISTANCE STARTS NOW 🔥 Think artists are powerless against the machine? Think again. In Part 2, host Paul Stiling reveals the artists who fought the system and WON. From Taylor Swift's genius master recording revenge to Prince's decades-long battle for ownership, these are the stories…
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The Price of the Dream: Exposing the Dark Side of the Music Industry
Ever wonder why your favorite artists go broke despite millions of streams? Or what really happens when that record deal gets signed? Join Paul Stiling—podcaster, researcher, and musician—for a no-BS deep dive into the music industry's darkest secrets. From predatory contracts that trap artists…
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The Peter Boland Case - New Zealand's Forgotten Child
In August 1957, nine-year-old Peter Boland vanished without a trace from a remote farm in New Zealand's Waioeka Gorge. Four men were with him when he disappeared—but their stories don't match. An extensive search involving 150 volunteers found nothing. No body. No clothing. Not even a footprint....
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Harold Shipman: Britain's Most Prolific Serial Killer
In this chilling deep dive, host Paul Stiling uncovers the horrifying true story of Dr. Harold Shipman—a trusted family physician who became one of history's most prolific serial killers. Between 1975 and 1998, Shipman murdered at least 215 patients, possibly as many as 250 or more. Operating…
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Boleskine house: Scotlands Most Haunted Manor
On the southeastern shore of Loch Ness sits Boleskine House—a manor with a history as dark and mysterious as the legendary waters below it. Built in the 1760s on allegedly cursed ground, this house has been the site of occult rituals, unexplained deaths, celebrity obsession, and devastating fires...
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The CERN Conspiracy: Reality Rifts Or Collective Delusion?
What if your memories aren't wrong? What if reality itself has changed? You remember the Berenstain Bears being spelt "Berenstein." You're certain New Zealand was northeast of Australia, not southeast. You could swear Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s. But you're wrong. Or are you?...
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PORT ARTHUR: WHERE SHADOWS NEVER REST.
Journey to Tasmania's most haunted location for an in-depth exploration of Port Arthur's layered history. From its origins as one of the British Empire's harshest penal colonies (1830-1877) to the devastating 1996 massacre that changed Australia forever, this episode examines the documented...
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The Phantom Of Sally In The Woods
Journey into one of Britain's most terrifying paranormal hotspots with this 90-minute deep dive into Sally in the Woods near Bath. Host Paul Stirling investigates nearly 200 years of unexplained accidents, ghostly sightings, and tragic history surrounding the infamous Brown's Folly tower and its...
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Unmasking Mary Jane Kelly: The Woman Who Never Was.
Was Jack the Ripper's most famous victim actually living under a false identity? In this 90-minute investigation, we explore the compelling evidence that Mary Jane Kelly - the woman found brutally murdered in Miller's Court in 1888 - may not have been who she claimed to be at all. Join host Paul...
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THE HAUNTED WOODS OF KENNALL VALE
investigation into Cornwall's most mysterious location. Deep in the wooded valley of Kennall Vale lie the ruins of a Victorian gunpowder factory where six workers died in devastating explosions between 1812-1910. But death was only the beginning of the story. This comprehensive deep dive explores...
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The Glastonbury Mysteries - Legends, Hauntings & Sacred Secrets
Join host Paul Stiling for a dive into one of England's most mysterious locations. From ghostly monks wandering the Abbey ruins to the sacred geometry of Glastonbury Tor, we explore two millennia of legends, hauntings, and unexplained phenomena. This episode investigates:🏰 Recent eyewitness...
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THE PHANTOMS OF GLASTONBURY ABBEY
Journey into the ancient ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, where the veil between the living and dead grows thin. In this comprehensive deep dive, host Paul Stiling explores the documented ghost sightings, mysterious excavations guided by spirits, and the tragic history that created these phantoms.…
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Jack the Ripper - A Cry for Social Justice?
In This Podcast we explore one of criminology's most controversial theories: Was Jack the Ripper a social revolutionary using terror to expose the horrific conditions in Victorian London's Whitechapel district? Host Paul Stiling examines the evidence that suggests the infamous 1888 murders…
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Waikumete Cemetery: City of the Dead | New Zealand's Most Haunted Location
Join host Paul Stiling for a chilling investigation into Waikumete Cemetery - New Zealand's largest burial ground and one of the most haunted locations in the Southern Hemisphere. Explore 138 years of supernatural encounters, from Victorian coffin trains to modern paranormal investigations....
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The UK's Hidden Nuclear Tests and the Servicemen They Sacrificed
Uncover the shocking truth about Britain's secret nuclear tests between 1952-1963. Over 22,000 British servicemen were exposed to radiation at test sites in Australia and the Pacific - and the government covered it up for 70 years. This 90-minute deep dive reveals: Secret documents proving...
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THE WARMINSTER UFO MYSTERY
The Warminster UFO Mystery: Britain's Most Documented UFO Flap Join host Paul Stiling for a deep dive into one of Britain's most extraordinary and well-documented UFO cases. From Christmas morning 1964 to 1977, the small English town of Warminster became the epicentre of over 1,000 UFO sightings,...
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The Wookey Hole Witch Legend
Descend into the depths of one of England's most haunting legends with the Dead Drop Podcast. Join Paul Stiling for a journey through the mysterious Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset, where a thousand-year-old tale of witchcraft, heartbreak, and stone curses still echoes through the limestone…
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The Screaming Woman of Farleigh Hungerford Castle
Journey into the darkness of Somerset's most haunted castle, where the echoes of medieval murder still resonate through time. Farleigh Hungerford Castle holds secrets of betrayal, execution, and supernatural terror that have persisted for over 500 years. Join Paul Stiling as he unravels the true...
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The Ripper's Silence: Why Did the Murders Stop?
Join host Paul Stiling for a gripping investigation into one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries: Why did Jack the Ripper suddenly stop killing? After terrorising London's East End for just three months in 1888, the world's most infamous serial killer simply vanished. In this deep dive, we...
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Annabelle: The Haunted Doll
Join host Paul Stiling for a chilling deep dive into the true story of Annabelle, the haunted Raggedy Ann doll that terrorised a nursing student in 1970 and continues to be linked to unexplained deaths and supernatural incidents today. This episode explores: The original 1970 case that started it...
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Chariots of the Gods? A Deep Dive into Ancient Alien Theory
Join Paul Stiling on Dead Drop for an epic deep dive into one of the most controversial theories of our time: Ancient Aliens. Were extraterrestrial visitors influencing human civilisation thousands of years ago? From the mysterious Nazca Lines to the precision of the Great Pyramid, from Sumerian...
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The Somerton Man: Australia's Greatest Mystery
December 1st, 1948. A well-dressed man is found dead on Adelaide's Somerton Beach with no identification, all clothing labels surgically removed, and a scrap of paper bearing the Persian words "Tamám Shud" hidden in a secret pocket. What follows is 75 years of investigations, DNA testing,...
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The Hex Hollow Murder and Pennsylvania Witch Trials
In 1928, three men murdered a 60-year-old farmer in rural Pennsylvania, convinced he was a witch who had cursed one of them. The brutal killing shocked the nation and marked the last witchcraft trial in American history. Join host Paul Stiling as he examines the superstitions, paranoia, and…
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Kurt Cobain: Was It Murder? Part 2
Dive deeper into one of music's most controversial mysteries. In this explosive second installment, we examine the eyewitness accounts that were allegedly suppressed, investigate claims of evidence tampering, and reveal the key piece of evidence that supporters say proves everything. From...
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Beneath The Surface:THE VANISHING OF AMBER-LEE CRUICKSHANK
On a perfect spring day in 1992, a community barbecue by New Zealand's stunning Lake Wakatipu turned into every parent's worst nightmare. Two-year-old Amber-Lee Cruickshank vanished without a trace in less than 20 minutes—and 32 years later, nobody knows what happened to her. Was she taken by the...
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The Vanishing of Frederick Valentich. S2:E1
"Melbourne, it's not an aircraft..." These were the last words ever heard from 20-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich before he vanished into thin air over Australia's Bass Strait on October 21, 1978. One moment he was reporting a strange metallic craft with green lights stalking his Cessna. The...
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Jack the Ripper - The Man Behind the Fog
🔍 THE MOST INFAMOUS UNSOLVED CASE IN HISTORY 🔍 Step into the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London where history's most notorious killer stalked his victims. In this gripping investigation, host Paul Stiling strips away 135 years of myth and legend to reveal the VERIFIED FACTS behind the...
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The Rendlesham Forest Incident: Britain's Roswell
In December 1980, U.S. Air Force personnel stationed at RAF Bentwaters witnessed something extraordinary in the dark woods of Rendlesham Forest. Over three nights, multiple military witnesses reported strange lights, metallic craft, and encounters that would forever change their lives. Join Dead...
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The 27 Club: A Statistical Impossibility - From Robert Johnson to Amy Winehouse
"The 27 Club: A Statistical Impossibility - From Robert Johnson to Amy Winehouse" 🎧 DEAD DROP EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION 🎧 When conventional explanations fall short, when witnesses stop talking, when evidence doesn't add up—that's where we begin. THE 27 CLUB: A STATISTICAL IMPOSSIBILITY Since…
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The Phantom Time Hypothesis - Did 297 Years of History Never Happen?
The Phantom Time Hypothesis: Did 297 Years of History Never Happen? What if I told you that the year isn't actually 2025, but 1728? What if Charlemagne, one of history's most famous emperors, never existed at all? In this mind-bending episode, host Paul Stiling dives deep into the Phantom Time...
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The piha Enigma - Six Souls, Zero Answers. S2. E2
Six people. 32 years. One cursed beach. All vanished without a trace. When 18-year-old Quentin "Q" Godwin hitchhiked to Piha Beach in 1992 and never came home, police called it suicide. When 25-year-old Iraena Asher disappeared after calling for help in 2004, they blamed misadventure. When Kim...
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Kurt Cobain: Was it murder?
Dead Drop Podcast - Episode: Was Kurt Cobain Murdered? 🎧 TURN DOWN THE LIGHTS. WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR CANNOT BE UNHEARD. On April 8th, 1994, the world lost a musical icon. But was Kurt Cobain's death really suicide, or was it something far more sinister? In this explosive hour-long...
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Was Charles Lechmere Jack the Ripper?
🔍 The most compelling Jack the Ripper theory you've never heard. For 135 years, the identity of Jack the Ripper has remained history's greatest mystery. But what if the killer wasn't hiding in the shadows? What if he was the very man who "discovered" the first victim? Host Paul Stiling...
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The Devils Footprints Devon 1885
On the frozen morning of February 9th, 1855, the residents of South Devon awoke to find something that defied all explanation scattered across their snow-covered landscape. Stretching across an impossible distance of up to 100 miles, a single line of cloven hoofprints had appeared…
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The Ancient Ram Inn- Haunted or Not? S1. E1
Evidence-based paranormal investigation meets 500 years of documented terror. Host Paul Stiling investigates England's most notorious haunted location—the Ancient Ram Inn in Gloucestershire. Built circa 1496, this Grade II listed building has been the site of extraordinary claims for over 50…
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The Disappearance of The Sodder Children. S2. E3
Five children vanished during a 1945 house fire—no remains were ever found. Accident or abduction? On Christmas Eve 1945, fire consumed the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Five children—Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jennie, and Betty—were never seen again. Authorities quickly ruled...
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**Dead Drop: True Crime, Mysteries & The Unexplained**Unsolved murders. Government cover-ups. Paranormal encounters. The cases that refuse to stay buried.Each episode investigates the mysteries that haunt us: cold cases, UFO sightings, conspiracy theories, haunted locations, and dark secrets from the music industry. Deep research, compelling evidence, zero fluff.Perfect for true crime addicts and mystery obsessives who demand answers.🎧 New episodes weekly on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/4Gtoqg1MMq6gURsPa4lAyRSubscribe now and uncover the truth.
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