This week we take a look at possibly the world's first aerial murder, which is certainly what it was called in newspapers at the time. In 1923, daredevil BH DeLay was putting on an extraordinary aerial display of aviation stunts - something he had made a great living doing in the movies - when the wings of his plane snapped off and crashed into the ground, killing both him and his passenger.

So was it sabotage? Or faulty workmanship? Nobody really knows to this day...

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Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner Mystery on the Rocks is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them.

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While you may be forgiven for thinking that Robert Johnson is our guest for an episode about the devil at a crossroads, don't let the naming convention fool you. This is the tale of pioneering musician Robert Johnson who is simultaneously one of the most influential musicians of the 20th Century AND a complete mystery...

Perhaps the first member of the 27 Club, the legend that he sold his soul to the Devil is one of the most enduring things about him but there are so many mysteries to solve when it comes to Robert Johnson...

Alongside our customary 90s film chat, Jurassic Park references and gross toilet stuff.

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Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner Mystery on the Rocks is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them.

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The next in Sooz's series of the stories behind some of the biggest one-hit wonders.

This week, she walks us through Chesney Hawke's 1991 mega-hit 'The One & Only' while we of course manage to get in a Jurassic Park reference and Masud learns about the chain of shops John Menzies...

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Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner Mystery on the Rocks is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them.

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This week's episode is the twisty story of what is considered to be the greatest photo ever taken of a UFO...

In August 1990, two men hiking near the Scottish hamlet of Calvine saw a strange craft hover silently in the sky, be approached by a Harrier jet and then fly away vertically. Stranger than this sighting, though, is the story of the photograph they took and why it wasn't seen for almost 30 years...

Also includes a bit of extra chat about the Loch Ness Monster and, of course, Jurassic Park.

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Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner Mystery on the Rocks is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them.

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This week's episode is a relaxed chat about this year's Best Picture nominees just ahead of the Oscars ceremony. We give our opinions (with SPOILERS) on those we've seen plus Chris shares some potentially controversial opinions about Dune!

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Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner Mystery on the Rocks is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them.

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This week's episode is the bizarre story of Rey Rivera, who was missing for 8 days in 2006 before turning up dead in the strangest of circumstances, circumstances which were eventually ruled a suicide.

Except it would have been physically impossible for Rey to have taken his own life in this way...

An exclusive extended version of this episode with almost 40 minutes of extra chat can be found over at our Patreon! Extended episodes drop over there 3 days early so if you enjoy Mystery on the Rocks then please consider heading over there to support us, where there is already a huge backlog of exclusive extras such as extended episodes, bonus episodes, minisodes, outtakes, cocktail recipes and more!

Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner Mystery on the Rocks is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them.

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A live edition of our favourite game!

And joining us in an echoey room to an intimate crowd is returning friend of the show and host of the fantastic Evil Men podcast, Michael Balazo! Who will win this round and which VHS treasure will be unearthed?

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Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner Mystery on the Rocks is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them.

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Following the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD Pompeii was devastated by an intense burst of intense heat, smoke and ash, leaving many of the thousands of people killed preserved in their final positions. Cue much sniggering when one man was discovered in the position of apparently pleasuring himself.

But was that really what he was doing?

If you enjoy Mystery on the Rocks then please consider heading over to support us on Patreon where there is already a huge backlog of exclusive extras such as extended episodes, bonus episodes, minisodes, outtakes, cocktail recipes and more!

Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner Mystery on the Rocks is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them.

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This week we take a look at the 1994 murder of former marine David Cox. David had been missing for 3 months when his body was found next to a river in Massachusetts, killed execution style with 4 bullet wounds.

But what possible motive could there have been? His killer has never been discovered but his past may be more well known than first appears...

Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner Mystery on the Rocks is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them.

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The next episode in our occasional new series called Sooz Kempner's One Hit Wonders where Sooz takes us through the story of some of the very best (and worst) one hit wonders. Where are they now? Why did their one hit hit so hard and then other songs fail to replicate the success?

For this second episode, Sooz tells us the brilliant story of Billy Paul and his soul hit 'Me & Mrs Jones', as well as educating us on his follow-up single which failed to replicate its predecessor's success despite being our collective new favourite song...

Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner Mystery on the Rocks is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them.

You can follow us on Bluesky, X and Instagram too!

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