Short Stuff: The Body in the Cylinder

This episode of Stuff You Should Know digs into one of history's most baffling mysteries: the body found inside a steel cylinder in post-WWII Liverpool, England. Josh and Chuck explore how a mysterious skeleton in Victorian clothing, complete with a brick wrapped in burlap as a pillow, went undiscovered for decades while children played on the tube during and after World War II, and how investigators pieced together clues like old receipts and railway notices to try to solve the case. The hosts discuss various theories about who the person was and how they ended up sealed inside what may have been a ventilation shaft, wrestling with the fact that some mysteries simply don't have satisfying answers.