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SECRET PASSAGES

22 EpisodesProduced by E.S. RodenbikerWebsite

A podcast about the hidden histories and strange stories that lurk in the dark places of the world.Told with whimsy and style, this is a narrative podcast that looks for a little history and a little mystery in dark places.Follow those that move through underground tunnels and hideouts. Hear tales a… read more

22 Episodes | 2020 - 2021

S2:E6 | LALIBELA

July 9th, 2021

14:30

The collection of churches at Lalibela in Ethiopia are built deep down into volcanic rock and are connected in a series of tunnels and crypts …

S2:E5 | MAESHOWE

June 29th, 2021

15:45

Beyond Scotland’s mainland to the north is an archipelago of nearly 70 little islands. Collected together they are Orkney. The Maeshowe chamber at …

S2:E4 | DEPTHS

June 11th, 2021

15:14

Paranormal explanations for the dangers of the Bermuda Triangle begin in the 1960s but stories of unexplained occurrences and disappearances have …

S2:E3 | BOOK HEIST

May 28th, 2021

18:05

When over 1100 ancient manuscripts at the Sainte Odile Abbey in the mountains on the French and German border went missing, it was a mystery to the …

S2:E2 | HELLRAISERS

May 14th, 2021

18:45

In its time, the Hellfire Club gained a reputation as London's most notorious fraternity party with secret rituals, high stakes gambling, anonymous sex, and costumes to rival those of Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. At what …

S2:E1 | NORTHWEST PASSAGE

April 30th, 2021

19:45

There are many strange and wild things in the northern Cascades, a mountain range in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. There are still many undiscovered creeks, waterfalls, and ridges. And due to one AM radio …

S1:E15 | RICH MOUNTAIN

January 29th, 2021

14:05

Miners of Cerro Rico in Bolivia have worked for centuries on the threshold of sustainable life. The locals call it the Mountain that Eats Men due to …

S1:E14 | TSAR

January 15th, 2021

15:15

Mikhailovsky Castle, in the middle of St Petersburg, is unlike anything else found in Russia. It is a fairy tale medieval castle complete with moats and drawbridges. It was designed by the paranoid Tsar Pavel I of the …

S1:E13 | SANTA

December 18th, 2020

12:05

'Twas the episode before Christmas... a time to look at the mysteries of Santa Claus and other gift-givers from Saint Nicholas to fairy stories of …

S1:E12 | VOID

December 4th, 2020

13:45

It is hard to survive on the Greenland ice cap. Just ask the Thule people and their ancestors. They tell stories to fill the flat white void with …

S1:E11 | WOOKEY HOLE

November 20th, 2020

16:10

There are some places that draw people near naturally. In the Mendip Hills of the West Country, a cave includes chambers called Hell’s Ladder, Hyena Den, and the Lake of Gloom. The name is not so foreboding. It's a …

S1:E10 | SEANCE

November 6th, 2020

15:35

The conditions of the early 1900s - war, pandemic, greed - drove people to come together in a dark room to be guided by a medium in an otherworldly sitting. The Fox Sisters, Davenport Brothers, and Mina Crandon the …

S1:E9 | CLOSE

October 23rd, 2020

14:03

Down in the vaults off Edinburgh's Royal Mile there are numerous puzzle pieces of the past. Find the remains of craftspeople, displaced Highlanders, …

S1:E8 | EL CHAPO

September 11th, 2020

15:05

Drugrunners can be like magicians whose dark tricks are hard to spot unless you know where to look. The best of these is the drug lord known as Shorty or El Chapo. His legend grew escaping capture by Mexican Marines and …

S1:E7 | MAJESTY

August 28th, 2020

13:00

The northern castle called the Guardian of the Dales has its fair share of legends about battles, knights, kings and queens. Down below the cliffside castle walls where the river bends there is a submerged cavern large …

S1:E6 | GARBAGE POLITICS

August 14th, 2020

16:50

Conspiracy theories abound in Washington D.C. about Illuminati influence, Freemason design, and Egyptian alien technology. The mysteries through a …

S1:E5 | GOTH STONES

July 31st, 2020

17:50

The island of Gotland is a strange and wild place where myth and legend are still very much alive. Tall stone slabs with realistic pictures tell stories of gods and heroes, of other worlds than our own. No one really …

S1:E4 | SPEAKEASY

July 17th, 2020

17:55

Enter a stirring world of trap doors, underworld mob bosses, revolving bookcases, big band jazz, and mysterious cover-ups involving presidents and …

S1:E3 | PARTICLES

July 3rd, 2020

15:45

There are things we cannot see but we know are there. Interstellar ghost hunters in the underground Boulby mine off the Yorkshire coast quietly …

S1:E2 | FOLLIES

June 19th, 2020

16:45

Folk around Liverpool have always had theories about the eccentric Williamson Tunnels under Edge Hill. They contain forgotten heirlooms and a true …

S1:E1 | DUNGEON

June 5th, 2020

16:00

Tennis court parking lots, underground drainage tunnels, and a dark history of the White River Valley. An ordinary suburban landscape where things …

EP.0 | OPENINGS: AN INTRODUCTION

May 13th, 2020

3:30

A high school rumor and a love of stories that stretch the imagination introduces SECRET PASSAGES. Follow along on Instagram and Facebook

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