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E1 Episode 1: How Cocaine Is Destroying Europe

• Now playing
• 37m
• Jan 4, 2026

E2 Episode 2: Why Otto Warmbier Didn't Survive North Korea

• 37m
• Jan 11, 2026

This is the real story of Otto Warmbier and why the version most people remember may not be true.

E3 Episode 3: The $1 Billion Coca-Cola Machine

• 16m
• Jan 20, 2026

This soda fountain isn’t just serving you a drink. It’s quietly collecting your data — and Coke will profit from it tremendously.

E4 Episode 4: Did McKinsey Ruin Disneyland?

• 30m
• Jan 25, 2026

How did the "Happiest Place on Earth" become a dangerous nightmare?

E5 Episode 5: How the Secret Service Actually Works

• 27m
• Feb 5, 2026

Who are the people protecting the President? How do they prepare for the unthinkable, and what happens when everything is on the line?

E6 Episode 6: The Assassination That Humiliated Hitler

• 19m
• Feb 15, 2026

This is the story of how Reinhard Heydrich, the most dangerous Nazi, Hitler’s “man with the iron heart”, was assassinated.

E7 Episode 7: The Most Mysterious Drug in the World

• 36m
• Feb 27, 2026

This is dimethyltryptamine, known as DMT – arguably the world's strongest psychedelic drug.

E8 Episode 8: How Iran’s Leader Was Killed

• 14m
• Mar 2, 2026

This is how the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran unfolded - how the country’s leader was killed, and what has happened since then. By the time this video is published, new details may have emerged.

E9 Episode 9: The Strange Attack on Flight 103

• 28m
• Mar 9, 2026

This is the story of the Lockerbie bombing, one of the deadliest and most mysterious plane crashes in history.

E10 Episode 10: Why everyone hates Lego now

• 30m
• Mar 14, 2026

LEGO went from being a family favourite to a multi-billion dollar empire – why do so many people suddenly hate it?

E11 Episode 11: The Bank Heist of the Century

• 22m
• Mar 22, 2026

A helicopter, a bomb and millions in cash. This is the story of the Västberga heist - one of the most spectacular robberies of all time.

E12 Episode 12: The Most Dangerous Job in Crime

• 22m
• Mar 29, 2026

This is the insane, brutal world of Europe's coke runners.

E13 Episode 13: How Cops Robbed the Dark Web King

• 24m
• Apr 5, 2026

A hunt for Dread Pirate Roberts, thousands of stolen Bitcoin and a scapegoat that almost took the fall. This is the story of the cops who robbed Silkroad.

E14 Episode 14: Who Will Rule North Korea Next?

• 16m
• Apr 12, 2026

This is the story of Kim Ju Ae, the girl who may rule North Korea one day.

E15 Episode 15: The Tragic Story of the Air India Survivor

• 21m
• Apr 19, 2026

What really helps you survive the extremely unlikely event of a plane crash.

E16 Episode 16: Facebook's Most Dangerous Product

• 21m
• Apr 26, 2026

This is the story of Onavo.

E17 Episode 17: The World's Deadliest Company

• 30m
• May 3, 2026

This is the story of the world’s deadliest company: CNTC-STMA. A look into a core part of Chinese state economics and at the devastating effects of a state-sponsored public health crisis.

E18 Episode 18: The CIA's Most Valuable Spy

• 31m
• May 10, 2026

This is Operation Rubicon. One of the biggest intelligence coups of the 20th century.

E19 Episode 19: The Hunt for America's Weirdest Killer

• 41m
• May 18, 2026

This is the story of the infamous Zodiac killer. A mysterious serial murderer who made himself larger than life – and was never caught.

E20 Episode 20: The Insane Story of Serbia‘s Human Slaughterhouse

• 26m
• May 24, 2026

This is the story of one of Europe’s most notorious crime networks and their human slaughterhouse; their alleged ties to Serbia's elites; and an ingenious takedown by relentless investigators.

E21 Episode 21: We Investigated a New Designer Drug

• 29m
• Jun 3, 2026

These are Nitazenes, a highly potent but largely unknown class of synthetic opioids that are quietly entering the European drug supply.

E22 Episode 22: The Man Who Went Undercover in Auschwitz

• 39m
• Jun 10, 2026

This is the story of Witold Pilecki, the man who infiltrated Auschwitz.

E23 Episode 23: How Israel Kills Journalists

• 28m
• Jun 19, 2026

The war in the Gaza Strip is considered the deadliest for journalists in the 21st century. Many are killed in strikes on residential buildings, civilian infrastructure, or directly while on assignment. However, there are also allegations that the Israeli military has deliberately targeted some of them. The IDF denies this. This is the story of journalism in Gaza - and the conditions under which it takes place.

E24 Episode 24: Why Putin Is So Hard to Kill

• 15m
• Jun 24, 2026

Vladimir Putin has a lot of enemies. So how does he protect himself? In this video, we’ll look at four of the Kremlin’s security measures. They tell a story, one about the Russian state and its increasingly paranoid leader.

E25 Episode 25: The Kid Who Hacked America

• 32m
• Jun 30, 2026

This is the story of Kevin Mitnick. Vilified by the media. Hunted by the authorities. Feared as one of the world's most dangerous hackers.

E26 Episode 26: How a $10,000,000 Poker Game Was (Allegedly) Rigged

• 29m
• Jul 8, 2026

This is the story of an enormous alleged poker scandal.

E27 Episode 27: Why Is There (Almost) No McDonald‘s in Africa?

• 15m
• Jul 15, 2026

McDonald’s conquered the world - but not Africa. Why are the golden M’s so rare across the continent?

E28 Episode 28: The Truth About fern

• 13m
• Jul 22, 2026

This is how fern became fern, how we make our videos and what's next.

E29 Episode 29: Hansa: The Infiltration of the Dark Web

• 24m
• Jul 29, 2026

This is the story of one of the boldest international police investigations of all time, likely the largest trap in Darknet history. This is Operation Bayonet.

E30 Episode 30: Exposing a $1,900,000,000 Pharma Company

• 45m
• Aug 5, 2026

This is the story of a German pharmaceutical company, a billion-dollar opioid business, and a crisis spanning multiple continents. Is a new opioid crisis looming — one made in Germany?

E31 Episode 31: How China's Biggest Scammer Got Caught

• 30m
• Aug 12, 2026

This is the rise and fall of crypto queen Zhimin Qian. After taking money from more than 120,000 people, she flees China and lives in luxury across Europe - until one small mistake brings everything crashing down.

E32 Episode 32: The Unsolved Murder in Room 1046

• 36m
• Aug 19, 2026

This is the story of Room1046, one of America’s strangest unsolved murders.

E33 Episode 33: The $1 Billion McDonald‘s Box

• 29m
• Aug 26, 2026

This is the story of McDonald’s iconic Styrofoam burger box and how it became one of the most controversial pieces of fast-food packaging ever made.

E34 Episode 34: The Death of Educational Content on YouTube

• 28m
• Sep 2, 2026

Countless AI slop channels are relentlessly copying our work. So one day we decided: enough is enough. We went undercover to investigate who’s behind them and what this flood of AI slop means for the future of educational content on YouTube.

E35 Episode 35: The FBI Agent Who Infiltrated the Mafia

• 51m
• Sep 9, 2026

This is the story about Donnie Brasco, the undercover agent who infiltrated the New York Mafia.

E36 Episode 36: How the World’s Most Dangerous Drug Lord Was Caught

• 26m
• Sep 16, 2026

El Mencho may be the most powerful and ruthless drug lord in the world. His cartel has taken on the Mexican state and built a global criminal empire. How did he become so powerful? Why has no one been able to stop him? And what happens if he is finally caught?

E37 Episode 37: The Most Disgusting Influencer Campaign of 2026

• 21m
• Sep 23, 2026

This is the story of how journalists uncovered a secretive social media campaign designed to lure young Americans to the Polymarket prediction market platform.

E38 Episode 38: China's Secret Plan for London

• 25m
• Oct 2, 2026

This is the story of a controversial construction project in the heart of London. Behind it are growing fears over espionage, repression and the safety of thousands of people.

E39 Episode 39: the entire history of 4chan, i guess

• 47m
• Oct 7, 2026

This is a story about the rise and fall of 4chan, an anonymous image board created by a teenager, and how it became a breeding ground for online culture, memes, and extremism.

E40 Episode 40: The Most Feared Kids on the Internet

• 1h 57m
• Oct 11, 2026

What does it take to hack the CIA, breach the Pentagon, or hijack Elon Musk’s Twitter (X) account and make millions? Apparently, sometimes just a teenager with a computer. These are five of the most unbelievable hacking stories we've covered.

E41 Episode 41: The Stoner Kids Dealing Guns to the Army

• 47m
• Oct 21, 2026

Two stoners from Miami, a $300 million Pentagon contract, and an arms deal that spirals completely out of control. This is the incredible true story of David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli and their rise to become two of America’s most notorious arms dealers.

E42 Episode 42: How Would a War With Russia Unfold?

• 18m
• Oct 28, 2026

What would happen if Russia attacked NATO? Drawing on military wargames, NATO assessments and expert analyses, we play out a hypothetical scenario based on a very real threat: a Russian invasion of the Baltics. How would NATO respond, and why would so much depend on Germany?