The Burden of Proof At some point in this investigation, the question changed. It stopped being, is it real? and started becoming, why do we see what we see? Because when you talk to scientists, theologians, and historians — everyone studying this cloth — they all swear they’re looking at the same data. But they’re not. They’re looking through different lenses. Bias is a strange thing. It never feels like bias when it’s yours. You think you’re following t...

The Age of Almost Certainty In 1988, three of the world’s most respected laboratories tested the Shroud of Turin, and the results shocked the world. “Medieval,” the scientists declared. Case closed. But what if the story wasn’t that simple? This episode revisits the most famous scientific test ever performed on a religious relic: the carbon dating of the Shroud of Turin. Through newly released data, hidden correspondence, and firsthand accounts, we uncover the human story behind the sc...

BONUS: The Hunt for God’s Relics In 1938, Adolf Hitler seized the legendary Spear of Destiny, a relic said to hold the power of Christ himself. But it was not the only sacred object he wanted. As Nazi forces swept across Europe, Vatican officials launched a secret mission to protect the Shroud of Turin from the Third Reich. In this bonus episode, Lee unravels the little-known story of how a handful of monks in a mountain monastery risked everything to keep one of Christianity’s most sacred r...

Science Meets the Sacred In 1898, an amateur photographer named Secondo Pia developed the first photograph of the Shroud of Turin and saw something that shouldn’t have been possible. What followed was a century-long struggle between faith and science. This episode traces that journey: from the silence that followed Pia’s discovery, to the surgeons and scientists who tried to decode the image, to the five nights in 1978 when modern technology met one of history’s most mysterious relics. Decade...

The Lost Years History goes quiet. A cloth that might have wrapped a dead body disappears from the record for centuries. When it reappears it is wrapped in new names, new miracles, and new politics. How did a single piece of linen gather so many stories and so much power between the first century and medieval Europe? In episode two of The Shroud, host Lee Shelton follows the trail through silence and legend. We examine the gap historians call the missing years, weighing early Syriac traditio...

A Burial Like No Other Darkness falls. A crucified body is rushed to the tomb before sunset. Friends and followers gather linen, spices, and courage. But how exactly was Jesus buried, and what does that tell us about the cloth that would later ignite centuries of debate? In the opening episode of The Shroud, host Lee Shelton begins the investigation at the very start: the burial. Drawing from Gospel accounts, first-century Jewish customs, and the testimony of early Christian writings, this e...

A mysterious image. A centuries-old debate. A piece of linen that may—or may not—hold the face of Christ. Join us on a gripping journalistic journey as we unravel the history, legends, and scientific intrigue surrounding the Shroud of Turin. Through interviews with experts, skeptics, and true believers, we chase down clues, challenge assumptions, and seek answers to one compelling question: Could this cloth be tangible evidence of history’s greatest miracle—or its most enduring hoax? Coming s...