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The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things

The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things

Kyle Risi & Adam Cox · Kyle Risi + Adam Cox

204 episodesEN-GB

Show overview

The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 204 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 250 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 5m and 1h 22m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-GB-language True Crime show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 46 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Kyle Risi + Adam Cox.

Episodes
204
Running
2023–2026 · 3y
Median length
1h 13m
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Welcome to the circus tent; a weekly true crime and history podcast about strange true stories, dark history, unsolved mysteries, and remarkable people. Each week Kyle Risi and Adam Cox dive into a gripping stand-alone episodes uncovering everything you ever wanted to know about bizarre crimes, forgotten history, shocking scandals, and the lives of people who changed the world, ruined it, or somehow did both. If you love smart, funny, and thoroughly researched stories where each episode gives you the full story in one satisfying listen, then The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things is for you!

Latest Episodes

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Lost Colony of Roanoke: The Mystery of How England Lost Its First American Colony

Nov 3, 20261h 27m

Salem Witch Trials: The Dark History of America's Deadliest Witch Hunt

Oct 27, 20261h 28m

The Aberfan Disaster: The Day the Mountain Came Down

Oct 20, 20261h 19m

Facebook's Social Reckoning: Whistleblowers Frances Haugen & Sarah Wynn-Williams

Oct 13, 20261h 32m

Unabomber Part 1: The Biggest Manhunt in FBI History

Sep 26, 20261h 7m

Unabomber Part 2: The Manifesto That Exposed Ted Kaczynski

Sep 26, 20261h 11m

VAULT - Aileen Wuornos: The True Story Behind Monster

Sep 26, 20261h 20m

Did Lizzie Borden Get Away With Murder

Sep 22, 20261h 8m

Nasubi: The Real Life Truman Show

Sep 15, 20261h 16m

The Tromp Family Mystery: The Australian Family Who Fled Their Own Minds

Sep 8, 20261h 5m

MKUltra: The Dark History of CIA Mind Control and Frank Olson

Sep 1, 20261h 32m

Lucy Letby: The Evidence, the NHS Failures, and the Question That Won’t Go Away

Aug 25, 20261h 33m

Michael Jackson: From Gary, Indiana to the Biggest Star Alive

Aug 18, 20261h 21m

Aileen Wuornos: The Female Serial Killer Who Said It Was Self Defense

Aug 11, 20261h 22m

Fyre Festival: Billy McFarland and the Greatest Party That Never Happened

Aug 4, 20261h 30m

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield and the Real Horror Behind the Movies

Jul 28, 20261h 28m

Princess Diana Part 1: The Royal Romance That Was Over Before It Began

Jul 21, 20261h 45m

Genie Wiley: Dark History of the Child Hidden From the Whole World

Jul 14, 20261h 25m

Somerton Man: The Mystery Given a Name After 70 Years

Jul 7, 20261h 9m

Bob Lazar: The Area 51 UFO Claim That Changed Everything

Jun 30, 20261h 26m
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