Episodes
From executive producer Dana Carvey and Team Coco Podcasts, "The Weird Place" is an episodic sci-fi comedy adventure that will blow your mind. From manipulative aliens to time-traveling pirates to a power-hungry mad man with a magic globe, "The Weird Place" has no shortage of action-packed supernatural occurrences. On this episode, a Cold War–era nuclear submarine accidentally travels back in time and encounters a pirate ship from the 1700's. Listen to the next episode of "The Weird Place"...
Published 11/01/22
Published 11/01/22
Producer Dave Shumka introduces a new show from the team behind This Sounds Serious: Let's Make a Sci-Fi, an eight-part adventure through the creative process as three comedians try writing a successful sci-fi pilot— with help from scientific experts and Hollywood screenwriting pros.
Published 03/01/22
Kirk Todd is back in jail and he has an important message for you.
Published 04/29/21
With Kirk’s release from prison and a movie premier in the works, the truth comes into focus.
Published 10/20/20
Gwen travels to Las Vegas, where crime writer Frank Reeves tells her that a casino robbery took place during the film shoot, and Kirk buried the movie to hide the evidence. Go to http://thissoundsserious.com/join to get the entire season right now, ad-free.
Published 10/13/20
After tracking down Grand Casino, Gwen watches the movie and is underwhelmed. She calls on the goofball hosts of the “Rotten Popcorn” podcast to weigh in, and investigates a theory that maybe Kirk was the one who buried the movie. Go to http://thissoundsserious.com/join to get the entire season right now, ad-free.
Published 10/06/20
Gwen finds out how Kirk finally got caught. Kirk insists Grand Casino exists and invites Gwen to use his “Con Man’s Handbook” dictaphone recordings to help uncover it. Go to http://thissoundsserious.com/join to get the entire season right now, ad-free.
Published 09/29/20
Gwen travels to Maricopa County Prison to meet Kirk Todd and get inside the mind of a con man. She learns about his marriage to art forger Helen Chatham and the events that tore them apart. Go to http://thissoundsserious.com/join to get the entire season right now, ad-free.
Published 09/22/20
In order to pull off the Grand Casino con, Kirk had to convince the studio and the crew that he was making the movie. How did nobody catch on? Go to http://thissoundsserious.com/join to get the entire season right now, ad-free.
Published 09/15/20
How did Kirk Todd put himself in the position to pull off this con? Gwen answers that question and reveals the events of the Grand Casino premier from the red carpet to the chaos in the lobby after the crime is discovered. Go to http://thissoundsserious.com/join to get the entire season right now, ad-free.
Published 09/08/20
A 9-1-1 call about a heart attack at a 1991 movie screening leads investigative journalist Gwen Radford to unearth the life story of con man, Kirk Todd, from his childhood crimes through his career as a TV producer, up to Grand Casino, the movie he never made. Go to http://thissoundsserious.com/join to get the entire season right now, ad-free.
Published 09/01/20
In 1991, TV producer Kirk Todd was supposed to direct his first movie, Grand Casino, but the movie was never made. Kirk disappeared with the film’s budget and was revealed to be a con man named Jeremy Weaver. We follow host Gwen Radford as she tracks down the victims and puts together the pieces of this con three decades later. Go to http://thissoundsserious.com/join to get the entire season right now, ad-free.
Published 08/25/20
From Kelly&Kelly, the studio that brought you This Sounds Serious, comes Record Club - a live storytelling podcast that celebrates seminal albums and explores how these albums affect our lives. Hosted by musician Louise Burns, each episode features storytellers telling a true, personal story about how a particular record shaped them.
Published 06/25/20
For most of his life, Jeffrey Epstein was a mystery-- who he was, how he made his money, and how he got away with horrific crimes for so many years. The Mysterious Mr. Epstein explores how Epstein was able to use his wealth to buy status and credibility, to buy power, and ultimately to buy himself freedom from justice. From the network that brought you Dirty John. Listen now at Wondery.fm/soundsserious
Published 10/01/19
For more than 15 years, a man named Sixty-Six Garage would lay in a nursing home bed, unidentified and unconscious. Or so everyone believed. Join reporter and host Joanne Faryon across borders and through the twists and turns of the truth until she finally uncovers who Garage really is. Listen now at wondery.fm/somethingserious
Published 08/02/19
Seriously, what is in those barrels? Surprise evidence found in the quarry leads to a confession, but maybe not justice.
Published 07/16/19
The barrels in Rhoda Day’s backyard may hold the key to Melissa Turner’s disappearance. Gwen wants to find out what’s inside them, but it’s not going to be easy.
Published 07/09/19
Gwen outlines the most likely scenarios about what happened to Melissa Turner. A surprise phone call by a key player bolsters one theory.
Published 07/02/19
Gwen’s focus turns to Rhoda Day, Jimmy’s mother and the longtime mayor of Tom Day. Just how many strings is Rhoda Day pulling in this town? And are they about to snap?
Published 06/25/19
Manhattan Media podcast “Here’s Some Information” teams up with TSS to learn about the online society of scent fanatics that could possibly link Jimmy and Melissa.
Published 06/18/19
Gwen travels to Tom Day, Oregon the home of serial hostage-taker Jimmy Kline and learns about his criminal past through his mother, his neighbors, and the man himself.
Published 06/11/19
Gwen takes us on an audio tour of an incredibly bizarre 9-1-1 call that chronicles the 36 hours that Jimmy Kline held a bank hostage in Tom Day, Oregon, claiming the mayor killed his girlfriend, Melissa Turner.
Published 06/04/19
A 9-1-1 call from a 2017 bank heist leads investigative journalist Gwen Radford to the story of the country’s most missing person, Melissa Turner. And now Melissa has disappeared again, only this time it’s different. 
Published 06/04/19
After listening to a 9-1-1 call from the longest hostage situation in Oregon history, Gwen finds herself on the trail of America’s most missing person. Season 2 brings you another story so believable it can’t be true. Launching June 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 05/28/19