Season 1, Episode 122 · Bust or Trust: A Kids' Mystery Podcast
Christmas Minisodes!
25 Dec 2025 · 13 min
Episode notes
Merry Christmas Chief Detectives! This year Athena and Tiernan are bringing you a special festive treat of looking at some of the cases you, our Chief Detectives have suggested. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bust or Trust: A Kids' Mystery Podcast
by Small Wardour · English · Kids & Family
Calling all Chief Detectives! Bust or Trust is a podcast for curious kids’ who’d like to get to the bottom of some of the world’s most interesting mysteries. From Big Foot to the Lost City of Atlantis, “Myth Truster” Tiernan Douieb and “Myth Buster” Athena Kugblenu take you through each case.…
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