Very Special Episodes

On the Very Special Episodes podcast, we tell one incredible story each week. Stranger-than-fiction tales about normal people in extraordinary situations. Stories that make you say, “this should be a movie.” Follow Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English down a different rabbit hole every Wednesday.

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Recent Episodes
  • Introducing: What Happened to Talina Zar
    May 10, 2025 – 02:54
  • Operation Lunar Eclipse [Re-Release]
    May 7, 2025 – 46:37
  • The Popsicle Kings of Mexico
    May 5, 2025 – 15:17
  • North by North Korea
    Apr 30, 2025 – 01:07:59
  • Spies and Dolls
    Apr 23, 2025 – 49:44
  • The Pizza Funeral
    Apr 16, 2025 – 31:15
  • How Gatsby Went From Total Flop to Great American Novel
    Apr 9, 2025 – 50:32
  • The Improbable Life and Mysterious Death of Andy, the Sneaker-Wearing Goose
    Apr 2, 2025 – 37:57
  • Night of a Thousand Weddings
    Mar 26, 2025 – 47:33
  • Live From New York, It's Your Grandmother
    Feb 14, 2025 – 51:21
  • Super Streaker
    Feb 5, 2025 – 51:05
  • Hot Wheels of Fortune
    Dec 30, 2024 – 28:23
  • Stealing Baby Jesus
    Dec 25, 2024 – 22:39
  • An Artificial Christmas
    Dec 20, 2024 – 37:55
  • Big Parma
    Dec 11, 2024 – 40:30
  • The Spider-Man Wedding
    Dec 4, 2024 – 55:14
  • The Landfill
    Nov 27, 2024 – 27:14
  • E.T. and Me
    Nov 21, 2024 – 50:40
  • The Joyride: Amelia and Eleanor's Excellent Adventure
    Nov 13, 2024 – 43:47
  • The Case of the Missing Novelist
    Nov 8, 2024 – 39:03
  • Eugene Bullard: Freedom in the Skies
    Oct 31, 2024 – 01:09:07
  • The Amazing Journey of the Three Kichis
    Oct 23, 2024 – 42:38
  • The Furby Files
    Oct 16, 2024 – 42:27
  • The Legend of SwordQuest
    Sep 19, 2024 – 40:59
  • Art of Gold: The Olympic Art Competitions
    Jul 31, 2024 – 35:39
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mark Twain
    Jun 28, 2024 – 01:05:08
  • Famous Dumpster Fires in History: The 1904 Olympic Marathon
    Jun 12, 2024 – 40:33
  • The Shot: A Buzzer-Beater That Saved Lives
    May 22, 2024 – 44:23
  • The Affair of the Diamond Necklace
    May 18, 2024 – 01:00:12
  • The Buffet Table
    May 1, 2024 – 16:41
  • Signs of Life: Revisiting Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
    Apr 24, 2024 – 33:54
  • On the Hunt for Math's Most Mysterious Number
    Apr 17, 2024 – 33:12
  • Westward Hoax: The Secret History of Palisade, Nevada
    Apr 10, 2024 – 34:05
  • The Worldwide Sensation That Started as an April Fools' Joke
    Apr 1, 2024 – 19:16
  • Up, Up and Away: The Superman Heist
    Mar 27, 2024 – 33:18
  • Seed Wars: History's Deadliest Botany Rivalry
    Mar 20, 2024 – 59:15
  • Spider-Man's Surreal Adventures on Broadway
    Mar 13, 2024 – 01:04:10
  • The Case of the Two Nancy Drews
    Mar 6, 2024 – 55:16
  • Happy Leap Day
    Feb 29, 2024 – 12:58
  • The Pledge: Who Really Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
    Feb 21, 2024 – 46:18
  • Old Man on Campus
    Feb 15, 2024 – 44:59
  • Operation Lunar Eclipse
    Feb 7, 2024 – 46:31
  • Boat Trip: The Attempted Sinking of Titanic
    Jan 31, 2024 – 53:08
  • Introducing: Very Special Episodes
    Jan 24, 2024 – 02:52
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