PODCAST · HISTORY · TRUE CRIME
"Stories Under the Microscope" is a podcast about little-known and almost forgotten pages of the past. Mostly, these are criminal cases, high-profile crimes, and human destinies through which the true context of an era is revealed. All investigations are based exclusively on archival documents and the newspaper chronicles of past years. Listen to all episodes here.
21:23
Zhovkva, 1929. Olga Redkivna, a nineteen-year-old teacher's seminary student, falls in love with a young Felician nun, Sister Prudentia. The story eventually leads to three shots fired in a crowded church and one of the strangest criminal cases of interwar…
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23:39
I am talking about the case of Pavel Striletskyi and the Vaid family, which shook Lviv in 1895 and gained widespread public resonance. Surprisingly, this story resonates in many ways with our present. Джерела Центральний державний історичний архів України…
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20:40
I am telling the eerie story of the disappearance of a young man in a village near Vilnius in 1932. The investigation revealed that the disappearance was only the tip of a much darker family secret. Джерела Dziennik Poznański, 30 lipca 1933, nr 173 Echo, 25…
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1:02:57
In this issue, I talk to Lviv historian and archivist Ivan Svarnyk about his dissident past in the USSR, the theft of documents from the Lviv historical archive, the search for ancestors in the archives, and little-known pages of Lviv's history. 📧…
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55:15
September 1907, Venice: shots fired at Palazzo Maurogonato lead the police to Maria Tarnovska, a native of the Poltava province. This incident revealed a network of scams and suspicious deaths of her lovers. The press quickly formed a convenient myth about…
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30:55
The story of Ivan Filipovych - a young man who was forced to change his religion at a time when it was more important than life. Having remained a stranger in the new world, he tried to return back. But this step caused a storm that broke the destinies of…
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26:45
The real story of the family drama and murder that happened in the village of Lyubicha-Kameralna in 1922. Джерела Державний Архів Львівської Області Фонд 11 Опис 4 Справа 136 Газета Wiek Nowy 11.08.1922, 31.01.1923 📧 danylopogrebnyak@gmail.com 🎙 Подкаст…
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20:07
A story about a domestic conflict that has gone too far, and about the right to self-defense, the limits of which sometimes depend on how each of the participants perceives the danger. Джерела Державний Архів Львівської Області Фонд 11 Опис 16 Справа 507…
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50:18
I am telling the story of Yevhen Borysenko's disappearance in the country near Kyiv in 1970. Yevhen was the son of a high-ranking party functionary. On the eve of the disappearance, a party was held in the country with friends, among whom were the children…
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2:43:39
I tell the story of the police provocateur Roman Baranovsky and his role in the murders of Julian Golovinsky, Tadeusz Goluvo, and Emilian Chekhovsky against the background of the historical events of the early 1930s. Джерела Державний Архів Львівської…
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29:36
I am talking about the case of the Goldenbergs, which has been known in Lviv since the 1980s. Background music: “I Walk With Ghosts” - Scott Buckley 📧 danylopogrebnyak@gmail.com 🎙 Stories Under the Microscope Podcast — on YouTube, NV Podcasts, Apple…
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20:03
A banal trip to the cinema changed the life plans of a woman who was already going to leave for America. A meeting with a younger man started a chain of events that led to a tragedy, one of the strangest Lviv tragedies of the 1930s. Background music: “I Walk…
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22:14
A tour of the Lychakiv cemetery will take place on Saturday, March 21 at 12:00. Collection - at the entrance to the cemetery. Duration - approximately 2 hours. We will visit 20 graves of people who were victims of murder. About half of the stories have…
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27:53
The body of a young woman was found in a snowy forest near Lviv in March 1933. The investigation uncovers the secrets of the odious Lviv doctor. Background music: “I Walk With Ghosts” - Scott Buckley Джерела Діло 15.05.1933, 06.12.1934 Chwila…
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20:10
Lviv, 1861. The young and already very popular writer Valery Lozinsky walks around the city with a bandaged head and cheerfully tells his friends a strange story. In a few days he will be gone, and the whole of Lviv will be talking about this event. What led…
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23:09
Let's consider another high-profile criminal case from Lviv in the 1930s. The tragic circumstances in the life of barber Joel Ticker almost led to his death. But how did this story end? Background music: “I Walk With Ghosts” - Scott Buckley Джерела Chwila…
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31:35
The pioneer of the oil industry of Galicia, Stanislav Shchepanovsky, boldly took loans and built oil wells, changing the face of the region. But in 1899, his business ended in a loud scandal. What was it - a big dream that was ahead of its time, or a…
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40:53
In the fall of 1927, local landowner Stefania Rylska died mysteriously in her estate. Did she herself decide to die, or was she "helped"? A fierce succession battle eventually unraveled the mystery of this death. Background music: “I Walk With Ghosts” -…
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31:58
1921 year. A small town near Lviv. A young war veteran comes to the police and calmly says, "I just shot a man." The victim is Osyp Krushelnytskyi, a well-known lawyer and lover. Behind this confession is a psyche broken after the war, the famous…
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1:51:00
In 1978, the head of Italy's ruling Christian Democratic Party, Aldo Moro, was kidnapped in broad daylight in Rome. His bodyguard was killed on the spot. Later, the impotence of the entire law enforcement system and the demonstrative omnipotence of a small…
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31:58
In 1925, a terrible murder took place in the Lviv monastery. Further investigation revealed the dark side of monastic life — and the tragic fate of a lone killer. Background music: “I Walk With Ghosts” - Scott Buckley Джерела Книги: • Mariusz Gadomski — Jak…
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43:58
Excursion to the Lychakiv cemetery In 1926, the curator of the school district Stanislav Sobinsky was killed in Lviv. The attempt was planned so carefully that the police suspected everyone except the real perpetrators. 🎵 Background music: “I Walk With…
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43:26
Excursion. In 1888, a crime took place in the village of Kukeziv near Lviv - an attack on an old Catholic priest, combined with attempted murder and robbery. At first glance, an ordinary criminal case gained a lot of public publicity when it was not village…
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21:38
In 1923, the mutilated body of a woman was found in a rye field near Lviv. The investigation led to the village of Matsoshin, where dark family secrets were hidden behind ordinary fences. Background music I Walk With Ghosts by Scott Buckley. Джерела. Chwila…
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46:24
The murder of Lviv doctor Yaroslav Telishevsky first gave rise to many versions and rumors. But later the case turned into a psychological drama, where the line between the victim and the criminal blurred more and more. Excursion at the Lychakiv cemetery on…
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38:41
The high-profile murder of the Lviv actress Antonina Oginska in 1910 reveals the secrets of her personal life, betrayal, blackmail, and allows us to look at the "golden youth" of that time. Background music I Walk With Ghosts by Scott Buckley. Джерела…
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26:50
One February morning in 1934, the remains of a woman's dead body were found in different parts of Lviv. The tracks lead to a cigarette stand. What happened there? Background music I Walk With Ghosts by Scott Buckley. Джерела. Jak zabijać, to tylko we Lwowie…
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59:58
In 1925, a political assassination of a secret agent of the special services took place in Lviv. The investigation of this crime leads to other, even more high-profile cases of this period: a terrorist attack in the Warsaw Citadel and an attempt on the…
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38:01
In 1626, a tragedy occurred in Lviv in the ancient Ukrainian noble family of Lagodovskyi. Let's talk about this, as well as the historical background of those events. Excursion to the Lychakiv Cemetery 07/19/25 at 11:00 meeting at the main entrance to the…
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26:37
A woman kills her tyrant husband after another scandal. Further investigation reveals interesting facts from her life and casts doubt on the apparently obvious version. Background music I Walk With Ghosts by Scott Buckley. Джерела. Gazeta Lwowska, 19.12.1931…
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1:35:56
In 1911, a twelve-year-old boy was brutally murdered in Kyiv. Soon, suspicion fell on a Jewish employee of a brick factory - and an investigation began that shook the entire Russian Empire. The case quickly turned into a high-profile political process filled…
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36:37
In January 1924, a young man from a well-to-do family was found dead at the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv. The police quickly found the culprit — but was everything that simple? This tangle has not been unraveled to the end. Джерела: • Mariusz Gadomski, Jak…
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22:57
Palm Sunday 1924. Roza Lempertova, a wealthy but disliked shopkeeper, was brutally murdered in her own shop. A single woman lived in a poor neighborhood, did not lend money, had a reputation for being stingy and cold. The police consider different versions…
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1:09:11
In this episode, I will talk about the mysterious murder of Yaroslav Galan, a Soviet writer and journalist, whose death became the reason for large-scale repression in Lviv. I will dive into his biography, recreate the atmosphere of the era and the events…
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53:42
The life story of the famous adventurer, who was at the center of the main corruption scandal in France at the end of the 19th century. This is the story of how the construction of the Panama Canal turned into a financial pyramid - almost the same as MMM…
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1:02:58
The story of Mauritsius Beniovskyi. A person who was a living legend in the 18th century. Let's talk about a daring escape from Russian captivity, a trip to unknown corners of Asia and a coronation in Madagascar. And a little more about America. Background…
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1:14:03
Everyone heard that Stepan Bandera was killed by a Soviet agent. But few people know the terrible story of the life of the murderer - Bohdan Stashynskyi. I will tell you about how he was recruited, how he went against his entourage, and then betrayed him…
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55:00
At the end of December 1931, a 17-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Bryukhovychy, a suburb of Lviv. Suspicion falls on her stepmother Rita Gorgonova. There are enough reasons to think about her, but there is a lack of evidence. Gorgonova's trial divided…
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