The House of Syx
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 Jenn Syx, an obsessive researcher with a love for the macabre, and her husband Jared, 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.
Episodes
E5: Mary Celeste – Sails, Silence, and the Sea
A ship found adrift. No crew. No lifeboat. No signs of struggle. Just canvas, timber, and silence.
In this episode, Jenn tells Jared the haunting story of the Mary Celeste — one of the most enduring maritime mysteries in history. What was supposed to be a routine voyage to Italy ended with a ghost ship drifting through the Atlantic. Theories abound, but the facts are stranger than fictio...
Episode Summary: In 1971, a man named Dan Cooper hijacked a plane and vanished into legend. We break down the skyjacking, the FBI's fumbles, and the many theories still floating today.
🎙️ Episode 2: Bourbon, Bills, and the Breeze
The House of Syx – A true crime history podcast
On Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked a commercial jet, claimed he had a bomb, and coolly parachuted into the stormy Pacific Nor...
Summary:
On a gray October day in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore, wearing another man's clothes and whispering a single name: "Reynolds." He would die four days later without ever explaining what happened. In this episode, we unravel the final, mysterious days of one of history’s most haunted minds.
E3: Ravens, Ruin, and Reynolds
The House of Syx | Episode 3
He gave us haunted houses, lost loves,...
Summary: She was rich, religious, and respectable—or so they thought. In 1892, the quiet town of Fall River was shattered by a gruesome double murder and the trial of a woman who became a legend. Was Lizzy Borden a misunderstood spinster… or a killer with a pear-shaped alibi?
In this episode of The House of Syx, Jenn and Jared take their hatchets to the truth behind the Borden murders. We explore the bizarre timeline, the forensic f...
Episode Summary: Jack the Ripper stalked Victorian London in 1888—and we’re unpacking the myth, the murders, and the mess the police left behind. A grim walk through history’s most infamous whodunit.
In this premiere episode, Jenn drags Jared (mostly willingly) into the gaslit streets of 1888 Whitechapel to unravel the myth and the mess that is Jack the Ripper. Was he a criminal mastermind? A mentally unstable nobody with a knife? O...
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