Deep Cuts

Deep Cuts

Hosts Dave Baker and Andrew Price walk you through the ins, outs, and the nitty gritty of an astonishing story from pop culture or history that you won't believe you've never heard before.

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July 23, 2024 76 mins

In the late 1980s Richard Montañez, an entry level janitor at Frito Lay, invented the company's most popular product - Flamin' Hot Cheetos. He went on to live the rags to riches story of becoming a top executive at the company. They even made a feature film about his story for Disney Plus. The only problem? The whole thing is a lie.

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In the late 1800s, a man named Petrus Gonsalvus who was covered in hair due to a condition called hypertrichosis, was forcibly married to a peasant woman as a form of amusement for his aristocratic "owners." They ended up being the real life inspiration for the Beauty and the Beast.

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In the mid-80s, a teenager recorded a song from a German radio station onto a cassette tape. Years later he uncovered the song and tried to figure out who performed it. His quest to figure out who played The Mysterious Song would end up being decades-long and build a large following of dedicated song sleuths on the Internet. But would they ever find out who was behind the song?

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In the early 1920s, one woman created a massive child trafficking network where she kidnapped babies and sold them to wealthy parents.

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In 1947, something crashed on a farm just outside of Roswell, New Mexico. Was it a weather balloon? Secret government experiment? Or was it...aliens?

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Scientists have speculated for decades that a race of dinosaur people that evolved from certain species of creatures distinct from the ape creatures that humans evolved from could be living amongst us. Is there any truth to it?

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Crop circles are a major part of alien lore. There have been certain reports of them dating back to the 1600s. But the popularization of them, and most of the high profile reports of them, can all be contributed to two British guys who pulled an elaborate 13 year hoax back in the 1990s.

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In the early 1920s, millions of people across the world suddenly started falling asleep and couldn't wake up. Nobody was ever able to explain why, and it was completely overshadowed by the Spanish Flu.

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Throughout the late 90s and early 2000s, 6 brothers were locked inside of their New York City apartment, not allowed to leave or see anybody from the outside world. All they could do was watch 1000s of movies. Eventually, they started shooting meticulous shot-for-shot remakes of their favorite films.

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Salvador Dali was a complex and interesting figure. He painted some of the most iconic surrealist art and had a larger-than-life persona. He also had a 40 year sexless marriage and maybe died a virgin?

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In the early 1900s, two eccentric and wealthy brothers decided to leave society and lock themselves inside of their New York City mansion. No gas, no electricity, and a series of elaborate hand-made tunnels and booby traps.

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March 28, 2024 30 mins

It's Tax Season in the Mystery Treehouse, but Dave has a horrifying secret. He hasn't done his taxes in three years! But why does this terrify Spandrew?

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March 20, 2024 45 mins

In a little town in Ohio, people have spotted a bipedal frog man slinking through the night. Some have even spotted multiple frog people carrying magical wands.

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March 13, 2024 42 mins

Is the goat sucker truly the G.O.A.T. of cryptids?

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There's a creature that lives in the bottom of Lake Champlain. And his name is Champy.

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All's been quiet for the Mystery Treehouse gang for a while. That is, until a hard-nosed detective named Mike Miller shows up, looking for a missing husband he's been hired to track down. But a simple tracking jobs takes a turn for the multiversal when Detective Mike Miller and our intrepid Boy Detectives discover that their past actions have caused rifts in the space-time continuum that must be fixed.

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In the 1970s, this explorer did something that nobody had ever done before and hasn't attempted since - traveling across the Antarctic on foot. He also ended up being a domestic terrorist?


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February 14, 2024 53 mins

Nostalgia used to mean a very specific thing that wasn't necessarily a good thing. Now it means "hey, I remember that." And it's fundamentally shaped the way that we perceive media. And that's the Nostalgia Problem.


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February 7, 2024 65 mins

In the 1960s, a cartoon franchise was created by some of the most skilled illustrators in the business. And while it never really took off and became a massive hit, it's still deeply iconic and one of the finest works in the medium of children's television.

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