Loose Units: The Podcast

Back together in person for the first time in a long time, John and Paul grapple with the ethics and complexities of the death penalty. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John and Paul pay a visit to the menacing Monte Cristo Homestead, an imposing structure with a deeply troubling past, in the small town of Junee, NSW. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A man hijacks a plane, leaps out of the aircraft over a stretch of forest, and is never seen again. What exactly happened to the mysterious D.B. Cooper? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Paul and John head to The Stanley Hotel, which formed the basis for Stephen King's Overlook Hotel in The Shining. Featuring a rare interview with Mike Flanagan, writer and director of Doctor Sleep and Midnight Mass. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John tells the story of a hidden room which led police to a truly terrible find. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Old Melbourne Gaol, where Ned Kelly was executed, is one of the most haunted locations in Melbourne. Or is it? To find answers, we chat with Troy Larkin, tour guide at the Old Melbourne Gaol. We then talk to Adam McKenzie and Tegan Higginbotham, whose sketch group Watson performed their critically acclaimed show, Who's Afraid of the Dark, inside the building. At night. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.