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Ciphered is a cinematic, long-form true-crime podcast that unravels history’s most baffling unsolved mysteries—blending investigative storytelling, cryptic puzzles, and immersive sound design. Hosted by fictional narrator Ryan Fitz, each episode explores a chilling real-life case—from infamous cold cases and vanishing witnesses to lost art heists, encrypted confessions, and strange patterns buried in public records. What sets Ciphered apart: 🕵️‍♀️ Story-driven, script-first: Every episode is carefully crafted like a documentary thriller, not a casual chat.

Part 1: Into the Depths The Behemoth on the Water The Edmund Fitzgerald was a ship that defied the imagination, a steel leviathan of staggering proportions. At 729 feet long and weighing 13,632 tons, it dwarfed every other vessel on the Great Lakes, a behemoth that could haul more than 26,000 tons of iron ore in a single load. When she launched in 1958, she was the largest ship the Great Lakes had ever seen. Locals marveled at her size and whispered that she was unsinkable, a king among commoners. But there was always something unnerving about her sheer scale. She had an imposing presence, a ...

A Western, of sorts.When a mysterious hole opens up in Consolation, a stranger also arrives to document the event. The two events must be linked in someway, at least that's what thinks our narrator, a black dwarf who works at the GiddyTimes saloon thinks.Written and recorded (and read in part) by Neil Fitzgerald.For questions and comments, write to him at: neilsfitzgerald@gmail.comFor more information about the author and producer, go to neil-fitzgerald.com. Help support more podcasts here: https://ko-fi.com/neilfitzgerald Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The spellbinding tale of hustler Edgar Laplante—the king of Jazz Age con artists—who becomes the victim of his own dangerous game. Edgar Laplante was a smalltime grifter, an erstwhile vaudeville performer, and an unabashed charmer. But after years of playing thankless gigs and traveling...

In 2004, the body of a young Perth woman was found on the grounds of a primary school. Her name was Rebecca Ryle. The killing would mystify investigators, lawyers, and psychologists - and profoundly rearrange the life of the victim's family. It would also involve the author's family, because his brother knew the man charged with the murder. For years, the two had circled each other suspiciously, in a world of violence, drugs, and rotten aspirations.

The Sting takes you on a journey behind Australia's most sensational undercover bust, revealing extraordinary new details. It is a shocking insight into one of the country's most evil killers, and the operation that brought him down. The disappearance of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe was one of the most heartbreaking and confounding child abduction and murder cases of the century, spanning almost a decade prior to the eventual arrest of known paedophile Brett Peter Cowan, one of the original persons of interest.