What?! Explain.

This episode takes a deep dive into the life of Agatha Christie, the most widely read author of fiction in history. By listening, you'll find out which of her most famous characters she hated with a passion, how she started on her path of detective novel-writing, and the mystery that surrounds a two week period in her life in December 1926. 

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Audio mixing done by Craig Murdock, who to this day, remains an absolute delight!

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This is the second of our two Halloween episodes, and this one takes us to a surprising destination... Disneyland. What is the unexpected secret behind The Haunted Mansion? What are some people smuggling into Disneyland on a monthly basis? And most importantly, what is the signature grisly experience that many Disney janitorial staff end up having to go through?

Find out... on WHAT?! EXPLAIN.

*Lightning and thunder*


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How do you remember those who have passed on? How can one make sure their loved ones are remembered long after they are gone, in a way safe from the shifting states of memory? In the first of our two Halloween episodes, we delve into one of the more... unusual methods of remembrance. 

This episode does start with a story that may be upsetting to some listeners. 
Content warnings for: blood, insects, death, decay, rot, family tragedy.

If any of these are an issue, feel free to fast forward to 17:15, where the story ends and the episode starts.

Audio mixing done by Craig Murdock, an absolute delight of a man. 

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This episode is a story. A true story, but a story nonetheless. A story about a town in Georgia, and the most unusual landowner the town has ever had. A landowner that watched over the land it occupied for over a century. A landowner so unusual, that the land it owns and occupies has become an international tourist attraction. 

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This episode takes us back to a revelation given by some declassified CIA documents released in 2007. These documents stated that the CIA had in fact attempted to assassinate multiple world leaders in the 1960s, including Fidel Castro. But is that the whole story? Or was this just the tip of a decades-long international vendetta against the leader of a country less than 100 miles off the coast of Florida? Listen to the episode to find out!

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This episode focuses on a topic that anyone who has gone through high school literature class is very familiar with, but with a twist. It's also about one of the more pervasive conspiracy theories of the last two centuries, one that has not only not faded with time, but gotten more intense in some circles. This episode is about... who ACTUALLY wrote the works of William Shakespeare?!

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This episode goes all the way back to the instigating event that created Canada, and how Irish separatists are responsible for that final push towards confederation that Canada needed! 

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The conclusion of "King of the Bootleggers" is here! Find out what happens to Rocco Perri! Does he get out of prison? Does he still run liquor? Or has his brush with prison finally changed him enough for him to start work as a temperance worker? FIND OUT BY LISTENING!

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This is our first two-part story for What?! Explain. , and boy, is it a doozy! Rocco Perri loomed large over Hamilton, Ontario for almost a quarter of the 20th century with bootlegging, gambling, and smuggling. He was a figure of public fascination and police frustration, only to vanish without a trace, with no evidence of what really happened to him. It is a story that could not be contained in one episode... so we made it two! 

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Welcome back to What?! Explain. ! Thank you for being patient, and I assure you, this episode is worth the wait! 

In this season premiere, we dive into the career of one of the most influential comic book writers in the 20th and 21st centuries, Alan Moore. He wrote V for Vendetta, Watchmen, and hundreds of other stories throughout his career, and yet he retired from writing comics in 2019, disgusted with his treatment by DC Comics, and demanded that his name be taken off of any further publications in the universes he created. What was the reason for this unamicable split? Well, you'll have to listen to find out! 

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