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Estimated from 41 chart positions in 41 markets.
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- 🇦🇺AU · Documentary#8300K to 1M
- 🇺🇸US · Documentary#17300K to 1M
- 🇨🇦CA · Documentary#19300K to 1M
- 🇬🇧GB · Documentary#39100K to 300K
- 🇸🇪SE · Documentary#2130K to 100K
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
497K to 1.6M🎙 Daily cadence·71 episodes·Last published 3d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.7M to 5.4M🇦🇺19%🇺🇸19%🇨🇦19%+38 more - Active Followers
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663K to 2.1M
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A Fatal Search for a Lost City of Gold in the Amazon
Jun 21, 2026
Unknown duration
My Terrifying (and Oddly Funny) 25 Hours Kidnapped in New York
Jun 13, 2026
Unknown duration
I Discovered Snowtown's Bodies in Barrels (Classic)
Jun 7, 2026
48m 05s
I Was an Undercover Cop With a Death Wish
May 29, 2026
48m 46s
How Do You Survive a Cyber-Stalking Cult?
May 23, 2026
54m 15s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/21/26 |  A Fatal Search for a Lost City of Gold in the Amazon | In 1981, an Israeli backpacker named Yossi Ghinsberg met a man in Bolivia who told him about a lost city of riches buried in the jungle. Four of them went into the Amazon to search for the city. Two came out. Yossi tells us how he survived and what he learned about the darkness within.Hire Yossi to speak at your next event hereRead his incredible memoir, Jungle, hereFind us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/13/26 |  My Terrifying (and Oddly Funny) 25 Hours Kidnapped in New York | On the eve of his 38th birthday in 1998, a lawyer named Stanley Alpert was plucked off the street by three armed men. For the next 25 hours he sat blindfolded in a corner of their Brooklyn apartment, listening to their strange lives play out around him, and carefully absorbing their stories so he could have them jailed, should he ever escape.For more, check out Stan’s book The Birthday Party: A Memoir of SurvivalFind us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/7/26 |  I Discovered Snowtown's Bodies in Barrels (Classic)✨ | true crimemurder investigation+3 | Gordon Drage | SuperrealSouth Australian Supreme Court | Snowtown | Snowtownbodies in barrels+6 | — | 48m 05s | |
| 5/29/26 |  I Was an Undercover Cop With a Death Wish✨ | undercover police workmental health+3 | Todd Maguire | SuperrealAcast+4 | — | undercover copdeath wish+3 | — | 48m 46s | |
| 5/23/26 |  How Do You Survive a Cyber-Stalking Cult?✨ | cyber-stalkingharassment+4 | Patrick Tomlinson | SuperrealAcast | — | cyber-stalkingharassment+5 | — | 54m 15s | |
| 5/15/26 |  How I Became a Cult Recruiter✨ | cult recruitmentcoercive control+4 | Matthew Thomas | Shincheonji Church of JesusSuperreal+1 | — | cultrecruitment+5 | — | 1h 00m 18s | |
| 5/10/26 |  I Committed a School Shooting✨ | school shootingmental health+4 | Jon Romano | SuperrealAcast | — | school shootingmental health+5 | — | 1h 02m 59s | |
| 5/2/26 |  I Got Caught Fabricating Stories for the New York Times✨ | journalismplagiarism+3 | Jayson Blair | New York TimesSuperreal+1 | — | Jayson BlairNew York Times+3 | — | 40m 48s | |
| 4/25/26 |  I Woke From a Coma to a Man Claiming to Be My Boyfriend✨ | comamanipulation+4 | Brooke Knisley | SuperrealThe Sex That Changed My Life+1 | — | comamanipulation+5 | — | 52m 01s | |
| 4/18/26 |  Pink Jumpsuits, a Limo, and the Wildest Race in America✨ | illegal car raceCannonball Run+4 | Judy Stropus | Superreal | New YorkLos Angeles | Cannonball RunJudy Stropus+6 | — | 27m 00s | |
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| 4/11/26 |  Growing Up With My Cousin, Ted Bundy✨ | true crimefamily relationships+3 | Edna Cowell Martin | SuperrealAcast+1 | — | Ted BundyEdna Cowell Martin+5 | — | 1h 11m 41s | |
| 4/4/26 |  Filming 'Titanic' and Someone Drugged Our Soup (Classic)✨ | film productiondrug incidents+4 | Jamie Barber | PCPSuperreal | — | TitanicJames Cameron+6 | — | 30m 08s | |
| 3/28/26 |  Dig a Secret Hole on a Volcano and Don't Ask Questions. That Was the Job✨ | mysteryvolcano+4 | Brett Grimes | SuperrealFacebook+4 | — | mysteryvolcano+4 | — | 57m 58s | |
| 3/22/26 |  Mutiny on the Sex Raft✨ | human violencesexual tension+4 | Fé Seymour | SuperrealAcast | — | Sex Rafthuman violence+5 | — | 43m 40s | |
| 3/13/26 |  Whales Are Sinking Boats and No One Knows Why✨ | orcassailing+4 | Robert Powell | SuperrealAcast | SpainPortugal | orcassailing boats+6 | — | 41m 18s | |
| 3/7/26 |  The Millionaires Who Went Mad in Their Jungle Fortress✨ | murdermadness+4 | Carol Vaughn | Crazy Jungle Love: Murder, Madness, Money & Monkeys | Costa Rica | John BenderCosta Rica+6 | — | 51m 14s | |
| 2/28/26 |  Ted Bundy Tried to Kill Me✨ | true crimepersonal story+4 | Connie Geldreich | SuperrealAcast | — | Ted BundyConnie Geldreich+5 | — | 42m 27s | |
| 2/20/26 |  How I Ended Up Running a Happy Endings Parlour for Women✨ | reinventionself-discovery+4 | Alice | SuperrealAcast | — | happy endingsmassage parlour+5 | — | 57m 43s | |
| 2/14/26 |  Sunk by Killer Whales, Adrift for 38 Days | Douglas Robertson was a teenager when his family set out to sail the world on a yacht. Seventeen months into the voyage, orcas sank the boat in the Pacific. In this ep, Douglas describes 38 days adrift in a small dinghy, surviving on turtle blood and rainwater.Find us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/6/26 |  I Made a Fortune Helping People Cheat Their Tax | Rick Hogg was a Melbourne accountant who specialised in minimising tax by fabricating expenses. In 2018, it all imploded and Rick got five years in prison. In this episode, he explains how the scheme worked, why he crossed the line, and what the ordeal taught him about greed.Find us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/30/26 |  I Made $2M a Year as a Corporate Spy | Robert Kerbeck was a broke actor when he stumbled into corporate espionage. His job was to trick low-level employees into divulging company secrets, which he sold for big money. In this episode, he explains what the work taught him about lying and the shortcomings of American capitalism.Check out Robert's book: RuseFind us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/23/26 |  I Bought a Haunted Witches' Prison (Classic) | Vanessa Mitchell thought she was buying the home of her dreams. Sure, it was a medieval prison for English peasants accused of witchcraft, but it was cute and within her price range. But then her possessions started vanishing and she found a mysterious pool of blood on the floor and three years later she was out, fleeing with her son. This is Vanessa's story of what happened.Find us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/17/26 |  I Was Raised in a Cult Believing I'd be Dead by 12 | Flor Edwards grew up in the Children of God, an authoritarian sect that taught its followers that the world would end in 1993. In this episode, she reflects on how it felt growing up expecting to die, and how the group responded when the apocalypse never came.Find us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 |  I Was Held Captive in This House for 11 Years | Lily Rose Lee was 21 when she accepted a ride from her friend’s father. She was 32 when she finally escaped his house, along with two other women. In this episode, Lily recounts what 11 years in captivity did to her body and mind, how she survived, and what she learned about resilience.You can connect with Lily Rose Lee on FacebookFind us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/1/26 |  A Journey to Find Russia's Forgotten Space Ships (Classic) | Greg Abandoned is an urbex YouTuber who visits the world’s most wild and forgotten places. A few years ago, he trekked into the Kazakh desert to explore a secret Russian military facility that houses abandoned space shuttles from the Soviet Union. In this episode, Greg recounts the journey and why he wishes he’d chosen his travel companion more carefully.Find us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
50 placements across 41 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 41 markets.