The House of Syx
By House of Syx
Categories: True Crime, History, Society & Culture
History has a dark side, and we're shining a lantern on it. The House of Syx unearths true crime, strange history, and unsolved mysteries from before the 1970s. Hosted by a wife, an obsessive researcher with a love for the macabre, and her husband, who shows up skeptical but can't look away, this podcast blends sharp storytelling with off-the-cuff commentary. From the foggy streets of Victorian London to a locked cabin adrift in the Atlantic, each weekly episode dives deep into the bizarre, the brutal, and the baffling. Whether you're into cold cases, forgotten scandals, or history that reads like fiction, you'll feel right at home... if you don't mind the creaking floors. New episodes drop every Tuesday. Bonus content and behind-the-scenes extras available on Patreon. 🔎 Research-heavy. 🎙️ Lightly irreverent. 🕯️ Always strange. Welcome to The House of Syx. We’ve been expecting you.
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Recent episodes
- Jimmy Hoffa Vanished in 1975. What Really Happened?
Jimmy Hoffa wanted his union back. His disappearance left a much harder question: who stopped him, and what can we actually prove?After rewatching The Irishman, Jenn follows the story beyond its most famous confession. We start with Hoffa’s rise from warehouse worker to Teamsters president, the…
- Boston Massacre to Tea Party: Titans, Tea, and Treason
Boston argued. Britain pushed. Tea went into the harbor.This week on The House of Syx, Jenn and Jared follow the road from the Boston Massacre to the Boston Tea Party, and why neither event is as simple as the version most of us learned in school.In 1770 Boston, British troops had been stationed…
- Flight 19: Bombers, Bearings, and The Beyond
On December 5, 1945, five Navy Avenger torpedo bombers left Fort Lauderdale for a routine overwater navigation exercise.They had maps. Radios. Military training. An experienced instructor. And every reason to expect they would be home before dinner.Instead, Flight 19 became lost over the…
- Mata Hari: Silk, Spies, and the State
Mata Hari is remembered as the ultimate femme fatale spy: a glamorous dancer, courtesan, and alleged double agent executed by France during World War I.But behind the legend is Margaretha Zelle, a Dutch woman who survived a disastrous marriage, devastating loss, financial instability, and the…
- Typhoid Mary: Mary, Miasma, and Misery
There are some dangers you can see coming.A dark alley.A loaded gun.A locked room.And then there are the dangers that arrive warm from the kitchen.This week on The House of Syx, Jenn and Jared dig into the story of Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, an Irish immigrant cook whose name…
- The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Flames, Fabric, and the Factory
On March 25, 1911, a small fire broke out inside the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Manhattan.Less than 30 minutes later, 146 workers were dead.Most were young immigrant women and teenage girls.Some burned.Some suffocated.Some jumped from the windows while crowds watched from the streets below.And…
- John List: Suburbia, Secrets, and Sin
What looks like a perfect suburban life… isn’t always what it seems.In 1971, a quiet New Jersey neighborhood went undisturbed while something unthinkable sat inside a beautiful home. No movement. No noise. No answers.Inside were five people… and for nearly a month, no one checked.This episode…
- Kitty Genovese: Headlines, Horror, and Half-Truths
38 people heard her screams… and did nothing.That’s the story most of us have heard.For decades, the murder of Kitty Genovese has been used as the defining example of the bystander effect—a case that supposedly proved people will stand by and do nothing in the face of violence.But the truth is…
- Caligula: Madness, Monarchy, and a Mare
What happens when a 24-year-old inherits absolute power over the most powerful empire in the ancient world?In this episode of The House of Syx, Jenn and Jared dive into the chaotic, bizarre, and often unbelievable reign of Caligula—a ruler remembered for excess, cruelty, and behavior so strange…
- The Case of the Lindbergh Baby: Lindbergh, Lies, and a Ladder
In 1932, America was deep in the Great Depression and looking for heroes.Charles Lindbergh was one of them.After becoming an international sensation for completing the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, Lindbergh and his family lived under constant public attention. But their fame would soon…
- The Yuba County Five: Stillness, Snow, and the Space Between
On February 24, 1978, five men drove from Yuba City to Chico, California to watch a college basketball game. It was supposed to be a simple night out.They never came home.Days later, their car was found abandoned on a remote mountain road in Plumas National Forest — undamaged, fueled, and locked…
- The Halls-Mills Murder: Lovers, Letters, and Lies
In September 1922, the bodies of a prominent minister and a church choir singer were discovered in a secluded lover’s lane in New Jersey. Torn love letters were arranged around them, transforming a violent crime into a public morality play almost instantly.The Hall–Mills case became less about…
- The Axeman of New Orleans: Jazz, Jitters, and Jeers
In 1918, New Orleans was already breaking. The war had ended, the Spanish flu was tearing through the city, and trust in institutions was thin. Then people began dying in their beds.Homes were entered without force. Weapons were taken from inside the house. Little or nothing was stolen. And no one…
- Vincent van Gogh: Genius, Guise, and Grief
Vincent van Gogh is one of the most recognized artists in history — and one of the most misunderstood.In this episode, we examine the life of Vincent van Gogh without mythology or romantic shorthand. From a childhood shaped by loss, through repeated professional failure and intense emotional…
- Theodore Roosevelt: Bullets, Bears, and Bull Moose
🎙️ Bullets, Bears, and Bull MooseTheodore Roosevelt and the Making of PowerTheodore Roosevelt was not a quiet man, a cautious president, or an uncomplicated figure.In this episode of The House of Syx, Jenn and Jared dig into the life and legacy of Theodore Roosevelt—from sickly child with asthma…
- The Flannan Isle Mystery: Fog, Fear, and Fate
In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished from a remote Scottish island. No bodies. No distress signal. No final explanation. What remained was an extinguished light, an abandoned meal, and just enough physical evidence to suggest something went terribly wrong.In this episode, Jenn walks…
- The Somerton Man: Codes, Conspiracy, and a Corpse
A man is found sitting against a seawall on Somerton Beach in 1948. No identification. No labels in his clothes. An undetectable poison. A suitcase that leads nowhere. A book with a torn page. A single phrase tucked into a hidden pocket that reads: Tamam Shud.In this episode, we walk through the…
- Howard Carter and King Tut - Dynast, Death, and Dust
A boy king.A forgotten tomb.And a discovery that changed the world — or at least made a few British archaeologists very rich and very cursed.This week, Jenn drags Jared deep into the sands of Egypt for a journey through King Tut’s short, strange life and his spectacularly lucky afterlife. From…
- John Christie: Midnight, Murder, and the Man at Number 10
🕯️ The House of Syx: Episode 13 — Midnight, Murders, and the Man at Number TenThey say thirteen’s an unlucky number. But for John Christie, the quiet man behind the door at Number 10 Rillington Place, luck was never really part of the story.In this episode, Jenn and Jared unravel how a seemingly…
- The Donner Party: Snow, Starvation, and Survival
When a caravan of hopeful pioneers set out for California in 1846, they expected hardship — not horror. The Donner Party’s story has become American folklore for all the wrong reasons: false shortcuts, frozen passes, and the unthinkable choices that follow when hope and humanity start to starve.In…
- William Desmond Taylor: Silks, Stars, and Shadows
Hollywood in the 1920s looked glamorous on the silver screen — but off camera, it was full of scandals, secrets, and cover-ups. When famed director William Desmond Taylor was found dead in his Los Angeles bungalow, the whispers started and never really stopped.From Mabel Normand’s troubled…
- Amelia Earhart: Fame, Flight, and the Final Hour
Amelia Earhart was the most famous woman in the world — and then she vanished. In this episode of The House of Syx, we unravel the forces that shaped her fame, the pressure of her final flight, and the haunting last calls that still echo across the Pacific. From the stunts of early aviation to the…
- Hinterkaifeck: Secrets, Suspicion, and Schlittenbauer
In March 1922, six members of the Gruber family were found murdered on a remote Bavarian farm called Hinterkaifeck. When neighbors broke into the barn, they uncovered one of the most chilling mysteries in German history: stacked bodies hidden under hay, eerie signs that someone had lived in the…
- E8: The Dyatlov Pass Incident - Tracks, Tents, and Terror
E8: Tracks, Tents, and TerrorIn 1959, nine experienced Soviet hikers set out into the snowy wilderness of the Ural Mountains—and never came back.What began as a routine expedition quickly spiraled into one of the most chilling and debated unsolved mysteries in modern history: the Dyatlov Pass…
- E7: Thomas Edison - Wires, Wars, and The Wizard
He lit up the world—or so he claimed. But what if Edison wasn’t the genius we were taught to worship?In this episode of The House of Syx, we take a hard look at Thomas Edison, America’s so-called wizard. We’re not here to deny his impact—we’re here to question the methods. From patent theft to…
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