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Podcast Episode: Mysteries, Obsessions, And Forbidden Places

Pip: Coffee With Riss has been doing what the rest of us only talk about — dimming the lights, queuing the documentaries, and apparently also filing Freedom of Information requests on places that don't have addresses. Mara: This episode covers a lot of uncomfortable ground: the serial killer cases that refuse to leave cultural memory, the places on Earth that have actively discouraged human visitors, and the strange things our own brains do that science still cannot explain....

Podcast Episode: Mysteries, Obsessions, And Forbidden Places Pip: Coffee With Riss has been doing what the rest of us only talk about — dimming the lights, queuing the documentaries, and apparently also filing Freedom of Information requests on places that d…

Bodie: The Ghost Town That Refuses to Be Forgotten

Imagine walking through a town where the residents disappeared generations ago, but their belongings are still sitting exactly where they left them. In the mountains of California sits Bodie, a former gold-mining boomtown that once housed thousands of people. Today, its empty streets, abandoned homes, and eerie silence have made it one of America's most famous ghost towns. Long before it became a tourist destination, Bodie was one of the roughest mining towns in the American West....

Bodie: The Ghost Town That Refuses to Be Forgotten Imagine walking through a town where the residents disappeared generations ago, but their belongings are still sitting exactly where they left them. In the mountains of California sits Bodie, a for…

Unpacking Serial Killer Obsessions in True Crime

Pip: Coffee With Riss has queued up the true crime documentaries, dimmed the lights, and apparently decided sleep is optional for the rest of us. Mara: This episode covers the cultural obsessions that keep certain serial killer cases alive decades later, and then steps into original horror fiction territory with a short story. Let's start with the names that never seem to leave public memory....

Unpacking Serial Killer Obsessions in True Crime Pip: Coffee With Riss has queued up the true crime documentaries, dimmed the lights, and apparently decided sleep is optional for the rest of us. Mara: This episode covers the cultural obsessions t…

Exploring Forbidden Islands and Secret Archives

Pip: Coffee With Riss has been cataloguing the places Earth has essentially roped off with crime scene tape and a strongly worded note. Mara: That's the territory we're covering today — forbidden islands, closed cities, and the locked archives where centuries of documents sit behind doors most people will never open. Let's start with the places where the land itself says no....

Exploring Forbidden Islands and Secret Archives Pip: Coffee With Riss has been cataloguing the places Earth has essentially roped off with crime scene tape and a strongly worded note. Mara: That’s the territory we’re covering today —…

Earth’s Weirdest Mystery Isn’t the Bermuda Triangle.

It's Us. Human beings have mapped the ocean floor, landed on the moon, split atoms, and somehow invented a machine that can order tacos from a phone. And yet... There are still things our own brains do that leave scientists scratching their heads. Some of these experiences are so common that millions of people report them. Others are downright unsettling....

Earth’s Weirdest Mystery Isn’t the Bermuda Triangle. It’s Us. Human beings have mapped the ocean floor, landed on the moon, split atoms, and somehow invented a machine that can order tacos from a phone. And yet… There are still things our…

Earth’s Nope Zones Part 3

The Mountain That Won't Explain Itself: Russia's Most Mysterious Closed City Most places on Earth put up a fence because they don't want you wandering in. Mezhgorye feels like the kind of place that put up a fence, added checkpoints, buried something inside a mountain, and then politely declined to explain any of it. Most places don't need to convince you they're normal....

Earth’s Nope Zones Part 3 The Mountain That Won’t Explain Itself: Russia’s Most Mysterious Closed City Most places on Earth put up a fence because they don’t want you wandering in. Mezhgorye feels like the…

Earth’s Nope Zones Part 2

The Vatican Secret Archives – Vatican City Few places on Earth have sparked more conspiracy theories than the Vatican Secret Archives. Which, to be fair, is exactly what happens when humanity hears the words:“ancient locked underground vault filled with classified documents.” The archives contain centuries of historical records collected by the Catholic Church, including correspondence from kings, popes, political leaders, scholars, and historical figures stretching back over a thousand years....

Earth’s Nope Zones Part 2 The Vatican Secret Archives – Vatican City Few places on Earth have sparked more conspiracy theories than the Vatican Secret Archives. Which, to be fair, is exactly what happens when humanity hears…

Earth’s Nope Zones: 5 Places Modern Humans Should Never Visit

PART 1 Welcome feral humans. In this session, we're discussing five locations where the Earth itself filed a restraining order against humanity. SNAKE ISLAND Officially known as: Ilha da Queimada Grande This place sounds fake! Like a rejected level from a survival horror game where somebody on the design team said, "What if the floor itself wanted you dead?" But nope on a rope, it's very real!...

Earth’s Nope Zones: 5 Places Modern Humans Should Never Visit PART 1 Welcome feral humans. In this session, we’re discussing five locations where the Earth itself filed a restraining order against humanity. SNAKE ISLAND Officially known as: Ilha da Quei…