
Love strange true stories, true crime, dark history and real-life mysteries, but not ten-part series that turn listening into homework? The Compendium is a weekly documentary-style podcast that gives you one complete, thoroughly researched story from beginning to end in a single listen. Each week, Kyle Risi takes co-host Adam Cox inside one remarkable real-life story that Adam has not heard before... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 169 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | DocumentarySociety & CultureTrue Crime | |||

A man falls from a New York hotel window. The CIA calls it suicide. Decades later, the story starts to look much darker.
MKUltra is one of the most disturbing secret programmes in CIA history: a Cold War attempt to find out whether drugs, hypnosis, ... more
Lucy Letby was convicted as Britain’s most prolific child serial killer, but the case has never stopped raising questions.
At the Countess of Chester Hospital, a sudden rise in neonatal deaths and collapses led consultants to suspect a young nurse w... more
A boy from a two-bedroom house in Gary, Indiana becomes the most famous human being alive. But the same childhood that built Michael Jackson may also be the thing that began to break him.
In Part 1 of this two-part story, we go back to the very star... more
Aileen Wuornos stood on the shoulder of a Florida highway with a pistol in her bag and a partner at home demanding rent money. Within a year, seven men were dead. She said it started as self defense, that her first client raped her and she fought bac... more
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I found you via the Erin Patterson episode. Great job!! 🙌
But seriously- the ads are SO LOUD and intrusive. I know they don’t have control over the actual ads but how about a bumper so we know when to hit the advance button.
I recently discovered The Compendium after seeing Maternal Instinct on Netflix and looked for a podcast on the topic to learn more. Kyle and Adam’s telling had some things left out of the Netflix show and it was enjoyable to listen to (must be the accents!). I then checked out past episodes and I’m hooked in to check them all out.
I thoroughly enjoy the episodes, my favorite is the Oceangate story.
I had one and never made up a story about having a baby. Quite an after effect. Love your show. I swear I can hear Rickie Gervais laughing!
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A weekly documentary-style show that delivers one thoroughly researched real-life story per episode, presented as a complete, standalone narrative. The hosts explore a wide range of topics—from infamous crimes and dark histories to mysterious disappearances and cultural curiosities—with a focus on context, characters, and the pivotal details that shape outcomes. The dynamic between the two hosts—one guiding the arc and the other asking the questions listeners would have—creates a engaging, conversational storytelling experience that aims to be informative, entertaining, and accessible in a single listen. Noteworthy elements include a blend of serious subject matter with light banter, deep background research, and a penchant for stories that... more
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