John Genua: Attorney, Former Forensic Psychologist and Histo
Legal Mind, Historical Truth
John Genua is a native New Yorker, an attorney and a former forensic psychologist, and the creator and host of America's Strangest History. He brings both disciplines to history's strangest cases: original records, period newspapers, court files and declassified documents, weighed the way a court weighs evidence. The goal is to separate what can be proven from what has only been repeated.
Through his YouTube channel, John invites a global community to sit at the investigator's table and examine the "Evidence Room" firsthand. Whether he is trekking to remote locations or dissecting centuries-old documents, every episode is grounded in sources viewers can check for themselves.
America's Strangest History began as a podcast in 2024. John launched the YouTube channel in 2025, and it has grown to more than 100,000 subscribers and more than 9 million views across more than 300 videos. New episodes premiere every Tuesday and Friday at 2 PM Eastern.
Who is John Genua?
John Genua is an American attorney, former forensic psychologist and documentary host. He writes, hosts and produces America's Strangest History, an investigative series on unsolved disappearances, cold cases, Cold War intelligence programs and unexplained events. He is credited on IMDb as the director, writer and producer of the series.
Featured investigations by John Genua
The Death Valley Germans: A Family of 4 Vanished in the Desert
The Collins Elite: When the U.S. Government Met the Devil
The Johnny Gosch Files: The Hidden Network They Tried to Erase
The Man From 2036: John Titor, the IBM 5100 and the Internet's Greatest Unsolved Mystery
Before Jeffrey Epstein: The FINDERS