The Hidden Third

Mariana van Zeller

Booking Overview

This is an investigative interview series focused on underground markets and illicit economies, typically featuring firsthand participants, law-enforcement investigators, and people working to expose or stop criminal activity. PR agencies could credibly pitch former investigators, authors, fraud and organized-crime experts, reformed offenders with firsthand insight, and subjects of major scandals or documentaries; booking difficulty is medium because compelling firsthand access and strong credentials are important.

Metrics

Episodes: 43

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 52.1k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

thehiddenthird@gmail.com

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Host

Mariana van Zeller - Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning investigative journalist known for reporting on underground economies, organized crime, and dangerous global networks.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Firsthand experience with criminal networks, underground economies, fraud, incarceration, addiction, or coercive control; senior law-enforcement or investigative expertise; or a notable personal story supported by a book, documentary, national media coverage, or advocacy work.

Required Achievements:

Published books or memoirs, Senior law-enforcement careers, National media or documentary coverage, Notable criminal investigations or firsthand involvement in illicit activity, Advocacy or public work following recovery or incarceration

Recent Guest Discussions

Brad Beeler - Interrogation, Polygraph Examinations, Deception Detection, Counterfeit Investigations, Child-exploitation Cases, Homicide Confessions, And Credibility Assessment.

Adnan Alisic - Casino Robbery, Gambling Addiction, Trauma, Organized Crime, Fraud, Incarceration, Recovery, And Criminal Decision-making.

Sarma Melngailis - Coercive Control, Psychological Abuse, Fraud, Manipulation, Public Scandal, Criminal Prosecution, And Recovery.

Tom Elfmont - Cold-case Investigations, Homicide, Gang And Narcotics Operations, Police Work, The Los Angeles Riots, And Criminal Justice.

Wallace Peeples - Incarceration, Prison Culture, Personal Transformation, Cultural Influence, Reentry, And Overcoming Systemic Barriers.

Recent Topics

Underground Markets, Organized Crime, Scams, Smuggling, Law Enforcement

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Hidden Third

Secret Service Interrogator: How He Got Killers to Talk | Brad Beeler

August 12, 2026

Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MARIANA at⁠ https://www.oneskin.co/MARIANA⁠ #oneskinpod Brad Beeler is one of the most experienced criminal polygraph examiners in U.S. Secret Service history — a 25-year federal agent who has sat across the table from counterfeiters, child predators, killers, and fraudsters, and gotten a remarkable number of them to tell him the truth. What looks in the movies like pressure, threats, and Reid-technique interrogation is, in his telling, almost the ...

He Robbed a Casino With a Blow‑Up Doll and a Fake AK‑47

August 05, 2026

Timeline’s clinically proven formula, Mitopure, now starts at $79, when you subscribe at http://timeline.com/MARIANA. Adnan Alisic is the mastermind behind one of the craziest casino heists in American history — a Hollywood‑style armored car robbery that used a fake AK‑47, a blow‑up doll, bear spray, a motorized skateboard, and underground ATVs to try to steal millions from Casino Arizona. What sounds like a parody of Ocean’s 11 was, in reality, a desperate, meticulously planned casino he...

Bad Vegan: Scam, Abuse & Netflix Scandal | Sarma Melngailis Speaks Out

July 29, 2026

Go to https://meetfabric.com/HIDDENTHIRD and apply today, risk-free Try ZipRecruiter for free at http://ZipRecruiter.com/HIDDENTHIRD Sarma Melngailis was once the queen of New York’s vegan scene — a Wharton‑educated former Wall Street analyst who turned Pure Food and Wine and One Lucky Duck into celebrity hotspots frequented by Alec Baldwin, Woody Harrelson, Gisele Bündchen, Tom Brady, and many more. Then her life collapsed into one of the most infamous restaurant scandals of our ...

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