Listen to this episode AFTER cinematic Episode 8. When it ends, the investigation does not.
Episode 8 enters the black hole of Ted Braden’s 1970s—and follows him into an audacious 7,000 mile interstate crime spree.
Now the hosts sit down to figure out what it all means.
Join us for an unscripted conversation about Ted’s unexplained Chicago lifestyle, the possibility that he was using aliases, a rare handwritten letter that reveals another side of his character, and valuable commercial cargo that vanished across America.
How was a truck driver affording a penthouse, luxury cars, expensive clothes, and high end restaurants?
Where was Ted when the public record goes silent?
And how does one man move across 19 states, leaving missing property and unanswered questions behind him?
We dig deeper into what Episode 8 reveals, what the records actually establish, and what remains theory. We examine the scale of the crimes, the connections they may have required, and the people who could still know what happened.
We also consider the larger mystery of Ted’s missing decade. Was he living quietly, operating under another name, or doing something that never reached the public record?
Some of the evidence fits together.
Some of it points in competing directions.
And some of it makes Ted Braden even harder to explain.
This is the investigators comparing notes, challenging assumptions, separating evidence from theory, and exploring the questions the cinematic episode couldn’t answer.
No script. No narration. Just the investigators continuing the conversation.
Welcome to the You Should Not Know This: Roundtable Review.
We’re breaking ground here. There’s more to be found. You’re invited to lend your resources to the operation.
Premium subscribers see the raw evidence: court documents, police reports, photographs, FOIA requests, and more. Subscribe or upgrade your subscription now.
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/cw/YouShouldNotKnowThis
The Investigators:
Drew Hurst Beeson / Researcher / Historian / Author
Tim Wallace / Researcher / Deep Dives / Deep Thinker
Ian Glover / Researcher / Fact Checks / Fresh Perspective
Dee Rog / Researcher / FOIA Requests / Producer
You Should Not Know This was created, written, narrated, produced and published by Dee Rog.
Additional voice overs by Kent LaTurno.
Hosted by Drew Hurst Beeson, Tim Wallace, Ian Glover and Dee Rog.
Original Music by Dee Rog.
Find You Should Not Know This on select social media platforms.
Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/deerog
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/youshouldnotknowthispodcast
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@youshouldnotknowthis
Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/ysnkt.bsky.social
Threads - https://www.threads.com/@youshouldnotknowthispodcast
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@YSNKTPod
Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldNotKnowThis
Email: deerog@youshouldnotknowthis.org
Tips are confidential. Your information is shared only with your permission.
