
History’s darkest moments, real-life survival stories, and strange happenings from our distant past. Mysteries and Backstories uncovers the eerie, forgotten, and gripping corners of true history. From lost expeditions and cannibalism to vanished lighthouse keepers and cryptic artifacts, each episode dives deep into a real event that blurs the line between fact and folklore.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 74 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | History | |||

In 1552, the Portuguese carrack São João shattered on a remote stretch of the South African coast, throwing more than 600 people into the surf. Those who survived the wreck were left stranded with almost no food or water , and faced a single impossib... more
In April 1943, the Lady Be Good, a brand-new B-24 Liberator bomber, vanished after its first mission. Believing they had bailed out over the Mediterranean, her crew parachuted into the Libyan desert with almost no food, no map, and barely a canteen o... more
When The Mignonette sank in the South Atlantic, it left four men adrift in a tiny open boat with no water and only two tins of turnips. Among them was 17-year-old Richard Parker. As days turned to weeks, starvation and thirst pushed the crew toward a... more
This is the story of Tromelin Island. In 1761, the French ship Utile wrecked on a barren sandbank in the Indian Ocean. On board were nearly 150 Malagasy captives, chained in the hold, and over 140 French sailors. The wreck claimed dozens of lives, bu... more
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