The Conspirators Podcast

In February 1965, something crashed into the woods near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. Was it a meteor as the U.S. Government claimed? Or was it an alien spaceship? Or something more sinister than that? In this episode I take you through the story and tell you all about the many theories of what really happened in Kecksburg.

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Back in 1978, one of the most bizarre mysteries in American history occurred. That's when five men on their way home from a basketball game took an unexpected detour into a Northern California forest. After that, no one knows for certain what happened to them after that.

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One of the most famous modern urban legends is that of Polybius, a mysterious video game that was released in Portland arcades back in the early 1980s. Supposedly teenagers who played this game suffered migraines, amnesia and strangely aggressive behavior. Was this game part of a secret government mind control experiment? In this episode we dig into the truth.

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One thing that fans of the Netflix series Stranger Things might not know, is that it was inspired by an actual conspiracy theory involving something known as the Montauk Project. A top secret military base on Long Island may have been the location for a series of disturbing experiments involving time travel, psychic children, monsters and more. In this episode I'm going to tell you all about it.

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Dennis Nilsen was one of the worst serial killers in British history. In this episode I tell you about Nilsen's life and horrific crimes, and about the gruesome way he was finally caught.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1034476.Killing_for_Company

https://www.netflix.com/title/81097791

https://www.amazon.com/History-Drowning-Boy-Autobiography/dp/B094PTGLMF/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=187375747098&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9...

Percy Fawcett was one of the most famous explorers of the early 20th century. In 1925 he ventured into the Amazon rainforest looking for a mysterious lost city that he simply called Z. But Fawcett was never seen again, leaving behind one of the great mysteries in history.

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https://www.amazon.com/Lost-City-Deadly-Obsession-Amazon/dp/1400078458

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/lost-in-the-amazon-about-this-episode/808/

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In recent months, many people online have begun noticing a pattern between more than a dozen missing and deceased scientists across the United States. In this episode, I tell you all about the many conspiracy theories surrounding these missing scientists, and try to figure out the truth.

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/math-and-statistics-help-explain-the-fbis-missing-scientists-cases/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/dead-disappeared-scientist-conspiracy-theory-1235557122/

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One of the oldest and greatest mysteries in the history of England, is what happened to two young princes who were hidden away in the Tower of London in the 15th century, then vanished without a trace. Their fate could change the entire British monarchy to this very day.

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One of the oldest and most famous mysteries in American history is without a doubt the disappearance of the colony of Roanoke Island. In this episode, I break down the mystery, and tell you how modern researchers think they may finally have solved it.

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https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Colony-Hatteras-Island/dp/1467144339

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mystery-roanoke-endures-yet-another-cruel-twist-180962837/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-evidence-roanoke-colonys-disappearance-180976248/

https://www.history.com/articles/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/131208-roanoke-lost-colony-discovery-history-raleigh

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One of the most mysterious places in North America, is Mount Shasta in Northern California. It's a lone mountain that attracts thousands of visitors each year. It's also a hotspot of paranormal activity, including hundreds of Bigfoot and UFO sightings, strange disappearances, and the belief by many people that a highly advanced race of mysterious beings known as Lumerians live beneath the mountain.

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Vatican City is one of the most secretive and secure places in the world. In June of 1983, a 15 year old girl named Emanuela Orlandi vanished just outside the Vatican walls. Her disappearance may reveal conspiracies that the Catholic Church would go to any lengths to keep secret.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/everything-we-know-about-the-1983-disappearance-of-emanuela-orlandi-2018-11

https://comayala.es/Libros/ddc2i/ddc2e10.htm

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/the-mystery-of-the-missing-girl-the-pope-and-the-rome-underworld-fw2vgfw0g

https://www.netflix.com/title/81117191

https://emanuelaorlandi.altervista.org/category...

In this episode I tell you two stories of the ways spirits and spirituality have had a very real effect on people and society. In the first story, I tell you how two inventions, the automobile and the Ouija board, once came together, causing a town in California to go a little mad. In story two I tell you about a remarkable young girl, who displayed some strange religious symbols.

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https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Wakeman-vs-Antichrist-Strange-but-True/dp/1585429449

https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/the-dark-and-fascinating-history-of-the-ouija-board-baltimore-origins/

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Back in 1981, Ken McElroy was the town bully in Skidmore, Missouri. That is until one day when the townspeople got together and decided that they had finally had enough.

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In the 1980s and 90s, a series of programs for exceptionally talented students began appearing in schools across the United States. But in recent years, many former students from the Gifted and Talented Education, or GATE Program, have begun comparing their stories online. And many of them have come to believe that the GATE Program was a cover for a top secret government experiment.

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In 1943, an experiment was allegedly conducted in a Philadelphia naval shipyard that attempted to make a warship invisible. But according to theories the Philadelphia Experiment ripped a hole through time and space, and had devastating consequences for everyone involved.

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https://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Experiment-Other-Ufo-Conspiracies/dp/0938294970/ref=sr_1_1?crid=J1TVJ6RYVMHI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KmXbuKlMrg2Ox79CxjnmV1...

Throughout history many people have claimed to have died and returned to life with tales of what lies ahead in the afterlife. In this episode I tell you several stories of people who have had near death experiences, including a woman named Pam Reynolds, who may have had the most well-documented NDE in history.

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On Christmas 1843, a horrific discovery was made on New York's Staten Island. Inside a cottage, the bodies of a young mother and her infant daughter were discovered. Whoever killed them had tried setting the house on fire to cover up the crime. Soon a woman named Polly Bodine would be arrested for the crime. It was none other than P.T. Barnum who gave her the nickname she would forever be known by, The Witch of Staten Island.

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Throughout the Unites States you can find stories of sightings of the large, hairy creature we all know as Bigfoot. According to most modern researchers, Bigfoot is a shy and gentle creature. But in this episode I'm going to tell you some of the stories, who claimed they were attacked by the creature.

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In 1913, the body of a 13 year old girl named Mary Phagan was found in the basement of an Atlanta pencil factory. The factory Jewish manager Leo Frank would soon be convicted of her murder. But an angry mob lynched Leo Frank, despite a growing number of people who believe he may have been innocent.

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Ingo Swann was one of the most well known and highly regarded psychics to emerge from the top secret psychic spy program that came to be known as Project Stargate. In this episode I'll tell you about Ingo Swann's remarkable life, and about the time he claimed to have seen aliens on the moon.

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In this special bonus mini episode, I tell you the story of a family who purchase a farm in rural Maine, who encounter something terrifying in the woods one night.

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Tucked away in the northwest corner of Connecticut, are the remains of a once thriving place called Dudleytown. This town has earned a reputation as the most cursed town in America.

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Throughout history there have been stories of people who claimed they could fly. In this episode I'll tell you stories of a flying saint, a Missouri farmer and one of the most noted spiritualists in history, all of whom claimed to defy gravity.

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https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=72

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Zack Bowen and Addie Hall fell in love during the tragic days of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. But in 2006, Zack did something so horrific to Addie, people still wonder if he was driven to do it by demonic forces.

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In August of 1930 New York Supreme Court Judge Joseph Force Crater mysteriously vanished without a trace. His disappearance would come to be known as one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in history.

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https://somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2023/05/11/judge-crater-call-your-office-the-curious-disappearance-of-a-prohibition-era-judge-by-kate-hohl/

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Exorcism is a controversial practice from centuries ago that still exists even in the modern day. But what happens when an exorcism goes wrong?

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https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-brief-history-of-exorcism

https://www.history.com/articles/exorcisms-christianity-gospels-movie

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/the-early-history-of-exorcism

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In October of 1989, a young couple named Steve and Dawn Hess went on a camping trip to the Mojave Desert. What happened next to them is nothing short of terrifying.

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In 2016, a number of diplomats inside the American Embassy in Cuba began complaining they were hearing an unidentified sound, followed by headaches, fatigue and other symptoms. Over time this mysterious ailment came to be known as the Havana Syndrome.

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Of all the serial killers in history there is one name that stands out from all the others, and that is Jack the Ripper. In 1888, the Ripper terrorized London's Whitechapel District when he murdered five women. In this episode I tell you all about Jack the Ripper's murder spree, and about some of the most likely suspects.

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In 1795, a young man began digging for buried for treasure on Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia. In this episode, I dive deep into the hunt for treasure in the Oak Island Money Pit.

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https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Treasure-Oak-Island-Centuries-Old/dp/1493037005

https://www.amazon.com/Oak-Island-Mystery-Solved/dp/1772060089

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In part 2 of my 2-part deep dive into the Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre, I tell you all about what happened to Jones's followers in Jonestown. I also explore the conspiracy theories that persist that Jonestown may have been part of a CIA experiment.

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In part 1 of a special 2-part episode, I tell you the story of the Reverend Jim Jones, who in 1978 caused the deaths of 918 people in Jonestown. In this episode I tell you about the life of Jim Jones, and what led to him becoming one of the deadliest cult leaders in history.

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During the Apollo missions to the moon, something strange happened. An experiment to send the lunar module crashing into the moon's surface, caused the moon to ring like a bell, leading to speculation that the moon is a hollow satellite. In this episode I dive into the hollow moon conspiracy and we discuss the other conspiracy theories about life on the moon.

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In 1990, two men dressed as police officers pulled off the largest art heist in history. That was when they robbed Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of approximately $500 million in priceless art. To this day, the thieves have never been caught.

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https://www.amazon.com/Gardner-Heist-Worlds-Largest-Unsolved/dp/0061451843

https://www.netflix.com/title/81032570

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In this episode I tell you about the origins of many vampire legends. Hear about the Medieval monk who wrote about the walking dead, and about the deadly diseases that spurred many vampire stories.

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https://archive.org/details/afterlivesreturn0000caci/page/112/mode/2up

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decomposing-bodies-1720s-gave-birth-first-vampire-panic-180976097/

Amelia Earhart was the famous aviator of her day. But in 1937, when she took off on her around the world trip, she also became the most famous missing person in the world.

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/will-search-for-amelia-earhart-ever-end-180953646/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/science/amelia-earhart-plane-anomaly-update/index.html

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Sharing an episode of a brand new podcast I’m loving, called Targeted. Imagine that someone wants to see you crushed. Now, imagine they have the power to easily turn the system against you—to take away your job, your family, your business, even your basic rights like the ability to bank or travel freely. And imagine it didn’t even cost them much to do it. This is the story of those who have been targeted. Targeted uncovers the harrowing stories of people who have been singled out and systematically dismantled—whether for political reasons, personal vendettas, or simply f...

About two miles away from Long Island, New York, lies a tiny island with a mysterious and terrifying reputation. Plum Island is home to an animal research center run by the U.S. government. But it's also at the center of a number of conspiracy theories as to what they are really doing there. Was Plum Island responsible for Lyme Disease? Or were they even making monsters there?

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Throughout the Victorian era and into the 20th century, women throughout Europe and America were often sent to insane asylums for so-called hysteria. In this episode I'll tell you about the history involved, as well the tragic story of what happened to one woman who vanished from an asylum in Indianapolis.

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In the late 19th century, a priest named Berenger Sauniere was sent to take over a decrepit church in the tiny French village of Rennes Le Chateau. After that, the poor country priest discovered a secret that made him fabulously wealthy. There are those who say Sauniere discovered a vast treasure of gold, jewels and possibly even the actual Holy Grail. Others say he discovered a secret that threatened to break the Catholic Church.

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