The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things
Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox
True crime · Ongoing · ~81 min
Taste attributes: crimedocumentaryhistoricalmysteryslowunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeExpect a morally murky, weighty true-crime podcast, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Based on your film and TV taste: podcasts are matched on the same ten characteristics, with your own match bands.
About this podcast
Love strange true stories, true crime, dark history and real-life mysteries, but not ten-part series that turn listening into homework? The Compendium is a weekly documentary-style podcast that gives you one complete, thoroughly researched story from beginning to end in a single listen. Each week,…
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- Publisher
- Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox
- Format
- Ongoing
- Typical episode
- About 81 minutes
- Latest episode
- 10 November 2026
- Categories
- Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History
- Taste scores
- How we score
How podcast matches work
Podcasts are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with your own match bands, from your film and TV taste. The scores are estimates, from fixed rules plus a one-off AI reading of each show's own description and episode titles. Quality badges never change your match.
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and production, not just genre.
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