Things I Want To Know

About Things I Want To Know

Ever wonder what really happened — not the rumors, not the Netflix version, but the truth buried in forgotten police files? We did too. We don’t chase conspiracy theories or ghost stories. We chase facts. Through FOIA requests, interviews, and case files scattered across America, we dig through what’s left behind to find what still doesn’t make sense. Along the way, you’ll hear the real conversations between us — the questions, the theories, and the quiet frustration that comes when justice fades. Each episode takes you inside a case that time tried to erase — the voices left behind, the investigators who never quit, and the clues that still echo decades later. We don’t claim to solve them. We just refuse to let them be forgotten. Join us as we search for the truth, one mystery at a time.

Publisher

Paul G Newton

Category

health & fitness · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jul 2022

Latest episode

12 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

71 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Apr 2026

   Murder in the Bayou, The Jeff Davis Eight

   Send us Fan Mail Eight women were found dead in Jennings, Louisiana. Nobody’s been held responsible. That’s the case. This all happens in Jefferson Davis Parish. Small town. Water everywhere. Canals, drainage ditches, roadside drops. If you’ve ever been down there, you already know—there are a lot of places where something can be left and not found right away. And when water gets involved, whatever was there doesn’t stay long. We walk through it from 2005 to 2009 and stick to what actually ho...

2. 

   16 Mar 2026

   A Three-Year-Old Labeled Evil In The Arkansas Woods

   Send a text In April 1978, three-year-old Stephanie Alana Hall was killed in the Ozark woods of Newton County, Arkansas by members of a small religious cult. When investigators asked why anyone would murder a child, the answer they heard was almost impossible to process: the group believed the girl had been declared “anathema.” In their belief system, that meant she no longer belonged among the living. In this episode we walk through what actually happened in that remote campsite near the Buf...

3. 

   8 Mar 2026

   Boys On The Tracks: Mena Arkansas 1987

   Send a text On August 23, 1987, two Arkansas teenagers were found dead on a railroad track outside Bryant. Authorities quickly ruled it an accident. The official story claimed Kevin Ives and Don Henry had smoked marijuana, laid down on the tracks, and fallen asleep before a freight train came through. Case closed. But when a second autopsy was performed, investigators discovered one of the boys had a crushed skull before the train ever reached him. Suddenly the accident story didn’t hold. Wha...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

13 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

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Social presence

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YouTube

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Engagement

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