Loose Units: The Podcast

A listener sends John a tragic true story about a terrible accident. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What happens when you send two ex-cops to an allegedly haunted homestead, then interview them separately so they can't get their stories straight? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul and John talk about the rescue of little Cleo Smith, and John tells a triumphant antiques story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John swore never, ever, ever again to go somewhere "haunted" and subject himself to the trauma. So what did we do? Sent him with a pair of ghost hunters to Cockatoo Island just as the sun was setting, obviously. Will he come away a believer? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Driving home from the Wakehurst Parkway at midnight... John's EMF meter goes off. But are these devices all they're cracked up to be? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John parks on the Wakehurst Parkway at midnight, turns off all the lights, and waits for Paul to call. This episode is what happens when a grizzled ex-cop, alone in his ute, begins to suspect there might be more to all of these ghost stories than he'd previously thought. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lurking in Centennial park in preparation for his foolhardy outing to the most haunted stretch of highway in Australia, John tells Paul why he - a cop and a bit of a skeptic - agreed to do The Shadow Files in the first place. Also: John receives a creepy visit from The Chestnut Man. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you believe in ghosts? That’s the question Paul F. Verhoeven asks his ex-cop father, John Verhoeven, in this chilling new season of Loose Units. This week, the boys talk with a police officer who investigates hauntings on the side, and explore a famous ghost story from Cockatoo Island, Sydney.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Loose Ends, John and Paul answer some of your best listener questions ever. And in a stunning turn, John finally says... The V Word. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you believe in ghosts? That’s the question Paul and John will tackle in the chilling new season of Loose Units: The Shadow Files, launching Midnight October 18. Because if they've learned anything, it’s that the story doesn’t end when the killing is done.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John shares a trippy dream about Paul being a detective, and the boys psychoanalyze John's childhood.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

...Or is it? John and Paul finish Loose Units: Origins, with John revealing what became of his buddies from the force many years later.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John tells Paul about a tiny exploding cow, an antique story gets dished up, and a listener meets the OTHER Paul Verhoeven!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul grills John on why he hung up his uniform... and what happened to Julian.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An unexpected earthquake, and a kid riding cross-country to see the harbour bridge on his horse? Must be a new Loose Ends!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John finally may have crossed the line. But does he go too far?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul asks John to grapple with a big question: was he reckless as a cop?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The terrifying conclusion to the most harrowing case of John's career.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Neddy Smith dies, John talks about a weird malty dream he had, and Paul outs John as a fan of Aqua.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The case which gave Paul five years of night terrors, and which is the entire reason Loose Units exists, has finally arrived. In a terriyfing two-part episode, John tells Paul the story of The Witch in incredible, forensic detail.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.