Sinners and Secrets

Welcome to Sinners and Secrets, featuring Sins of Scientology. Sinners and Secrets is a true crime podcast that explores the darker corners of society, where power, privilege, and secrecy collide. Hosted by Sandi McKenna and co-host Abraham Aurich, the show blends gripping storytelling with deep research and editorial rigor. Covering everything from cults and conspiracies to infamous criminals and unsolved mysteries, Sinners and Secrets delivers bold, investigative narratives that keep audiences hooked and conversations going long after the episode ends.

Sinners and Secrets is a news podcast hosted by Sandi McKenna and Abraham Aurich, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Sandi McKenna and Abraham Aurich hosts Sinners and Secrets, a news show with 21 episodes published.

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  Episode #5

  Pride & Prejudice: 4 Decades of LGBTQ+ Murders

  Jun 26, 20251 hourS2

  <p>Email us and tell us what topics you would like us to cover. </p><p>This Pride Month special explores the disturbing pattern of LGBTQ+ activists' deaths being systematically misclassified as suicides despite evidence of hate crimes. We examine how visibility became a death sentence for those who dared to live openly when society demanded silence.<br/><br/>• Scott Johnson's death at Sydney's Bluefish Point in 1988 was immediately ruled suicide despite no evidence of depression<br/>• His brother Steve spent 34 years fighting for justice, uncovering at least 80 similar suspicious deaths of gay men in Sydney<br/>• Harvey Milk's 1978 assassination reveal...

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  Episode #4

  The Chernobyl Disaster: The Explosion that Changed the World

  May 30, 202551 minS2

  <p>Email us and tell us what topics you would like us to cover. </p><p>On April 25, 1986, as families in Pripyat slept soundly beneath the shadow of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, no one could imagine that a routine safety test would soon trigger the worst nuclear disaster in human history. What began as an engineering exercise rapidly descended into catastrophe when a perfect storm of design flaws, human error, and bureaucratic arrogance collided—sending radioactive material across Europe and changing the course of history.<br/><br/>Chernobyl wasn't simply a technological failure; it was a stark revelation of wh...

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  Episode #3

  Jeffrey Epstein: Power, Deception, and the Shadow of Justice

  May 8, 20251h 1mS2

  <p>Email us and tell us what topics you would like us to cover. </p><p>The story of Jeffrey Epstein isn't just a crime saga—it's a window into how power corrupts our most sacred institutions. Born to a working-class Brooklyn family, Epstein engineered a meteoric rise from college dropout to financial powerbroker with a fortune worth hundreds of millions through means that remain stubbornly opaque.<br/><br/>This episode unravels the web of manipulation that allowed Epstein to escape serious consequences for decades. We examine how he leveraged connections to secure a shocking 2008 plea deal that let him se...

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  Episode #2

  The Rise and Fall of Ghislaine Maxwell

  Apr 19, 202548 minS2

  <p>Email us and tell us what topics you would like us to cover. </p><p>Money, power, connections—Ghislaine Maxwell had it all. Born on Christmas Day 1961 as the crown jewel of Britain's most formidable media dynasty, she grew up in a world where chauffeurs, nannies, and weekend gatherings with the Murdochs and Rothschilds were simply normal. From the sprawling 53-room Headington Hill Hall estate where even silverware had rules, Maxwell learned early how privilege operates behind closed doors.<br/><br/>But beneath the polished veneer of Oxford education and aristocratic charm lay something far more calculated. Maxwell wasn't ju...

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  The Mysterious Death of Robert Maxwell

  Mar 18, 202530 minS2

  <p>Email us and tell us what topics you would like us to cover. </p><p>Dive into the shadowy world of media mogul Robert Maxwell in our season premiere of Sinners and Secrets. From the ashes of World War II rose a man determined to never again be powerless—a Holocaust survivor who transformed himself into one of the world's most influential figures before his mysterious death at sea changed everything.<br/><br/>Maxwell's journey from poverty in Czechoslovakia to the pinnacle of power reveals a masterclass in ambition and manipulation. We trace his strategic rise through the publishing wo...

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