The Voynich Manuscript: Medieval Wellness or Time-Travelling Shite Talk?
This week on The Creep Dive, Jen takes us deep into the intoxicating mystery of the Voynich Manuscript. Is it a 600-year-old coded guide to female health? A Renaissance troll’s masterpiece? Or the deranged scribblings of a time traveller off their tits on medieval mushrooms? With baffling botany, star signs that don’t match our skies, and naked women passing herbs in goo pools—this manuscript has the CIA, codebreakers and creeps everywhere stumped. Also: monkey abductions, meth raccoons, and an empanada-fuelled gang massacre.Get this episode sans ads plus hundreds of exclusive episodes every Thursday over on patreon.com/thecreepdive. It's creepier, cleaner, and definitely more unhinged in there. Come join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hide, Seek, Shit Yourself: A Survival Guide
Cassie's off this week — we miss her and send big love ❤️ — but on we must go on. We start with an update on the jaw-dropping Diddy trial (yes, necrophilia is mentioned ), then veer into haunted hide-and-seek championships, competitive masturbators, and a hiker whose red hair literally saved her life. It's chaos, it's creepy, it's everything you love.🔕 Want ad-free episodes and access to hundreds of exclusive deep dives? Join us on Patreon — it’s weird, it’s juicy, it’s where the real freaks hang out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Up Your Hole and Into the Bin: The Skort Scandal & Spain’s Most Twisted Parents
This week on The Creep Dive, Sophie takes us deep into the bone-chilling case of Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra—the golden couple of Santiago who adopted a brilliant little girl, then slowly, disturbingly, betrayed her in the most unthinkable way. From obsessive parenting and secret sedatives to a murder investigation riddled with lies, this story is as baffling as it is horrifying. Plus, we unpack the Camogie skort protest that made headlines this week.Want this episode completely ad-free and get bonus episodes every Thursday?Support us on www.Patreon.com/TheCreepDive – where the real creeps come out to play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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He Slept in a Closet, Then Walked Out With the Mona Lisa Under His Arm
This week on The Creep Dive, we unpack one of the most absurdly chill art heists in history: the day the Mona Lisa disappeared from the Louvre... and no one even noticed until the next day. No alarms. No chaos. Just one little man, one white jumpsuit, and a very unbothered plumber.But that’s not all. We also dive into the jaw-dropping story of Carol Howe—a high-society debutante turned full-blown white supremacist turned double agent for the U.S. government. Her undercover work inside a violent cult may have exposed one of America's deadliest domestic terror plots… and then she vanished. Until now.Oh, and someone stole a six million dollar golden toilet.Love this chaos? There are hundreds more episodes just like this (and even weirder) over on our Patreon, including ad-free versions of every show.Support the show at patreon.com/thecreepdive — and join us in our haunted little hive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Celebrities in Space, the reality tv show that ruined lives, and The Heiress and the Revolution
Welcome back creepoids. Join us this week to delve into the celebrities in space, the manic moment of truth TV show and the strange case of Patty Hearst. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to the Creep Dive, a podcast in which hosts Sophie White, Jen O’Dwyer and Cassie Delaney investigate and report on the lesser known details of that bizarre stories that made the headlines. From con artists to encounters with the supernatural, we delve deeper than any normal person has time for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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