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Wait, Explain That?
by Heather and Natalie
The story everyone knows is where we start. The question nobody asked is where we go.Welcome to Wait, Explain That? — the podcast for people who hear a story and immediately have 47 follow-up questions.Best friends Heather and Natalie dive into true crime, unsolved mysteries, bizarre history, cults, scams, psychology, espionage, and real-life stories so unbelievable they sound made up.We go beyond the headlines, digging through court records, police reports, original documents, and overlooked details to uncover what happened, what doesn’t add up, and what everyone else seems to have moved past.Expect deep research, skeptical questions, unexpected twists, dark humor, and the occasional rabbit hole we probably should have left alone.Because the story is never just the story.🎙️ New episodes every Tuesday.
Episodes
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Miranda Corsette: Everyone Knew Something
Sixteen-year-old Miranda Corsette was murdered in St. Petersburg, Florida, in February 2025. Steven Gress and Michelle Brandes are accused of her brutal captivity, torture, and murder. But the questions surrounding this case go far beyond the two people charged. Investigators uncovered disturbing...
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The Florida Keys Murders: Satanic Panic, Unsolved Cases & Charlie Brandt
A murdered 4-year-old. A young woman killed after leaving a party. Another woman whose murder would later be linked to a suspected serial killer. And a community gripped by Satanic Panic. What happened in the Florida Keys, and how many questions remain unanswered decades later? In Episode 4 of...
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How to Fake Your Own Death
What if you wanted to disappear completely... and collect your own life insurance money while you were still alive? In the late 1980s, Gene Hanson and John Hawkins had built a wildly successful-looking sweatpants business called Just Sweats. Then everything started falling apart. Millions of...
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The Couple With Two Names — Part 2
The fake identities are blown. The parents are in custody. And somehow, their own children still don’t know who they really are. In Part 2, Heather and Natalie follow the Dultsevs after the arrest, as an already unbelievable spy story turns into something much stranger: a family caught between…
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The Couple With Two Names — Part 1
They were already married. Then they met again as strangers. Different names. Different histories. A second wedding. Two children growing up inside a life that looked completely normal from the outside. In Part 1, Heather takes Natalie into the story of Maria and Ludwig—and the increasingly…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The story everyone knows is where we start. The question nobody asked is where we go.Welcome to Wait, Explain That? — the podcast for people who hear a story and immediately have 47 follow-up questions.Best friends Heather and Natalie dive into true crime, unsolved mysteries, bizarre history, cults, scams, psychology, espionage, and real-life stories so unbelievable they sound made up.We go beyond the headlines, digging through court records, police reports, original documents, and overlooked details to uncover what happened, what doesn’t add up, and what everyone else seems to have moved past.Expect deep research, skeptical questions, unexpected twists, dark humor, and the occasional rabbit hole we probably should have left alone.Because the story is never just the story.🎙️ New episodes every Tuesday.
HOSTED BY
Heather and Natalie
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