Journey to the Fringe

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Did Edward Snowden expose a secret alien government controlling the United States? In 2014, Iran's Fars News Agency published a bizarre report claiming that "Tall White" extraterrestrials had secretly guided American policy since the 1940s, worked with Nazi Germany, and established a shadow regime after a meeting with President Eisenhower. Join us as we trace the origins of this incredible story through Russian intelligence rumors, UFO mythology, and the wild world of internet conspiracy culture.

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In January 2014, an astonishing headline emerged from Iran's English-language Fars News Agency: leaked documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden...

Deep in the rabbit hole of UFO lore lies one of the internet's strangest documents: the Lacerta Files. In this episode, Taylor and Chelsea dive into the alleged 1999 interview with a female reptilian being named Lacerta, who claims that reptilians are Earth's original intelligent inhabitants, that humanity was genetically engineered by aliens, and that hidden civilizations have existed beneath our feet for millions of years. As they read through the transcript and react in real time, they uncover claims involving UFOs, secret histories, alien wars, underground societies, and some very questionable interviewing techniques.

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Ontario has a new invasive species problem. In this Fringy Mini, we dive into the arrival of the red swamp crayfish, a lobster-like freshwater invader that could wreak havoc on local ecosystems. Along the way, we somehow end up debating Latin animal names, zebra mussels, and whether "freshwater lobster" is a helpful description.

Ontario officials have confirmed the presence of the invasive red swamp crayfish, a hardy and highly adaptable freshwater species capable of outcompeting native wildlife and dramatically altering local ecosystems. In this Fringy Mini, we break down reports of established breeding populations in...

We’re wrapping up the creepiest month of the year by swapping a batch of terrifying, bizarre, and downright uncanny encounters. Taylor kicks things off by tracking down some of the most aggressive (and party-crashing) Goatmen across the continent, while Chelsie brings some truly unsettling humanoid sightings that blur the line between cryptid, zombie, and something else entirely.

If that’s not enough to keep you out of the woods, we’re also digging into coyotes with smiles that are a little too human, grinning wolf-creatures stalking the hills of Georgia, and a dilapidated barn in British Columb...

This week on Journey to the Fringe, We're lookig, ever so breifly (and spookily) at a terrifying piece of real-world tech news just in time for Halloween: biological data centers. Traditional silicon chips are out, and human neurons are in. We dive into the National University of Singapore's newest facility, where computers are powered by hundreds of thousands of living, lab-grown brain cells fed on a life-support cocktail of sugar and micronutrients.

While the tech world praises the low energy consumption, we are asking the important questions. Are we inching closer to a Soylent Green reality? Will...

A deep‑dive mini into the real origins of Halloween, tracing the holiday back to the ancient Gaelic festival of Samhain, a liminal, ghost‑friendly, bonfire‑heavy celebration marking the shift into winter. Taylor and Chelsea explore fairies, divination rituals, mumming, guising, and how these traditions evolved into modern Halloween customs like costumes and trick‑or‑treating.

In this episode, Taylor and Chelsie take a surprisingly rich detour into the roots of Halloween far beyond candy aisles and plastic skeletons. Drawing from the ancient Gaelic festival of Samhain, they unpack how the end of the harvest season and the “d...

A whistleblower claims the CIA secretly accessed consumer DNA databases like 23andMe and Ancestry to hunt for alleged alien–human hybrids linked to the so‑called Nordic extraterrestrials — tall, blond beings supposedly hiding in small Colorado towns. Meanwhile, a Canadian filmmaker has officially set a Guinness World Record for producing the most live‑action Bigfoot movies, highlighting the global spread of Sasquatch lore. We break down both stories, from government secrecy to cryptid cinema’s booming cultural footprint.

In this episode, we dive into two wildly different but strangely complementary corners of the fringe world.

First, we...

Buckle up, Fringe travelers — Chelsie’s flying you (telepathically, which may somehow have an even higher carbon‑footprint) through some of the world’s most haunted places, from Chile’s perfectly preserved ghost towns to Peru’s subterranean torture chambers, London’s royal specters, and a Czech castle allegedly built over a literal gateway to hell. We wander Africa’s spiritually charged Ouidah, where Vodun and ancestral memory blur the line between haunting and living tradition, dip into India’s legally‑forbidden-after-dark cursed fort, and meet headless monks in a Philippine hotel. Australia’s Black Mountain breathes, Antarctica’s Shackleton’s Hut remembe...

In this Fringey Mini, we're diging into a new spin on rich people's EMOceans in an NPR piece about North Carolina’s stilt houses literally giving up and dropping into the Atlantic. Thanks to FEMA’s backwards insurance rules, homeowners are financially rewarded for letting their doomed beach houses collapse instead of removing them safely — leaving behind mountains of debris, polluted beaches, and a whole lot of rich‑people denial. It’s climate change, bad policy, and wooden toothpick stilts all coming together in an absolutley mind numbing disaster.

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/17/nx-s1-5844642/fema-homes...

This Halloween, Journey to the Fringe creeps into the shadows to uncover the world’s largest spiders, and the chilling legends that make them more than just creatures of nature.

The veil between science and nightmare is thin this Halloween. In this episode of Journey to the Fringe, we descend into the lairs of the world’s biggest spiders, the Goliath birdeater and the giant huntsman, and trace their web of myths across continents. From the jungles of South America to the catacombs beneath Paris, we explore the “Spider Monster” mystery of 1894 and the unsettling truth be...

Humans might secretly sense Earth’s magnetic field, but probably not enough to orient their poop or unlock fringe superpowers. We explore the strange science behind magnetoreception, why some brains react to magnetic shifts, and what it means for our place in the planet’s invisible forces.

In this episode, we dive into the curious question raised by recent research: can humans actually detect Earth’s magnetic field? A Caltech experiment found that some people’s alpha brain waves subtly shift when exposed to rotating magnetic fields, hinting at a quiet, unconscious sensory response...

We're kicking off spooky season with a bang, by digging up the real origin of the zombie. In this episode we're on a wild ride starting with the Vodu soul‑theft of the Haitian Zombie, colonial nightmares, and the very real fear of becoming an eternally enslaved in the afterlife. From bottled souls to coma poisons to America’s first “wait, that’s not how zombies work” retellings, this episode unearths how a fate worse than death became a horror icon. Grab your pumpkin lights, hold onto your Ti bon ange, and remember: This October, beware: the scariest monster isn’t the...

A sinkhole opens in front of Nicolas Cage’s Malibu home and somehow the real story is the emotional fallout among the ultra‑wealthy. In this mini‑sode, we unpack the LA Times report on oceanfront mansions shaking like tuning forks, cliff‑top residents feeling smugly untouchable, and the strange social hierarchy of who’s in the ocean versus who merely gazes down upon it. It’s climate chaos, coastal drama, and premium‑grade rich‑people delusion — Malibu edition.

Source;

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-11/at-nicolas-cage-sinkhole-in-malibu-el-nino-fears-alter-good-vibes

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A decades‑old UFO rumor gets dragged back into the spotlight as Taylor and Chelsea dive into the strange lore of the “UFO too big to move.” From John Lear’s 1988 claim that a saucer was “so enormous… it was buried at the crash site” to Ross Coulthart’s modern revival of the idea, the hosts unravel how internet sleuths, politicians, and Stephen Greer turned a Korean radio facility into alleged extraterrestrial real estate. Equal parts fringe history, media criticism, and chaotic laughter.

A decades‑old UFO rumor gets dragged back into the story of the strange lore o...

We break down the tragic killing of Mexican environmental journalist Alex Serna, whose body was found in Zihuatanejo after reporting on corruption, illegal resource extraction, and environmental abuses. We explore what his death reveals about Mexico’s escalating danger for reporters and the systemic failures that leave journalists unprotected.

In this episode, we examine the disturbing case of Alex Serna, an environmental journalist and content creator whose body was discovered in Zihuatanejo after he went missing on June 20. Serna was known for exposing corruption tied to environmental exploitation — from illegal water extr...

Gather round ye’ olde cell phone for this week’s regularly scheduled ye olde podcast, for we shall be regaling you with the winding, glitch‑ridden history of the hacker collective Anonymous — from their chaotic troll‑era origins to their vigilante crusades, digital uprisings, and the strange, contradictory legacy they leave behind.

“It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.”

-Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Here are all the links we promised;

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/active-clubs-facts-1.7586641

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada...

This Wednesday we have a good news plastic story about Pacman, i'm pretty sure that's how the mini went from what I remember.

I'd also like to add that (this is Chelsie editing) what I do remember, at this later date (don't put me on the spot about things), is that the Philosophy course was actually called: Science vs. Religion; does God exist? I liked to look at the course as inteliggent design vs. an almighty God. So now you know because I wasn't quite getting there in the episode. I hate it when people put me...

Today we dive into the Ceuta migrant crisis and the tangled history behind Morocco’s disputed border with Western Sahara. From colonial leftovers to modern geopolitics, this episode unpacks how an 80,000‑person border breach connects to decades of conflict, resources, and a dotted line that still divides North Africa.

In this episode of Journey to the Fringe, Taylor and Chelsea tackle one of the most complex and overlooked stories in modern geopolitics, the Ceuta migrant crisis and the strange dotted border between Morocco and Western Sahara. What began as a sudden surg...

King Charles III once shrieked after encountering cling film for the first time—at least according to a story shared in Tom Bower’s Rebel Prince. In this mini‑episode, we break down the anecdote, why it went viral, and what it reveals (or doesn’t) about royal quirks.

In this mini‑episode, we dive into a bizarre royal anecdote pulled from Tom Bower’s Rebel Prince: the claim that King Charles III once walked into a dining room, saw cling film covering food, and shrieked in confusion. Camilla reportedly rushed in, thinking something was wrong, only...

In this episode, we're checking out the Las Vegas backyard encounter that had cops spooked, neighbors losing TV signal, and one very calm teenager describing 10‑foot slimy beings like it was just another Tuesday. From fireballs streaking across the sky to mysterious circles in the dirt, Men‑in‑Black drive‑bys, Homeland Security plot twists, and a crucifix doing acrobatics, we sift through the chaos to figure out whether this was aliens, crawlers, demons, a PSYOP… or just the weirdest HOA problem ever. Tune in, share, follow, and tell your friends — especially the ones who don’t believe in 10‑foot backyard vi...

It's Fringey Mini day and we're bringing back a Fringey favorite: Rich People’s Emoceannnnns! We’re unpacking the wild true story of a guy who bought a $5.5 million Cape Cod mansion that was quite literally teetering on the edge of a crumbling cliff. When gravity inevitably wins, how does our wealthy homeowner try to get out of paying his massive mortgage? Let's just say his legal defense to the bank is... highly creative, depending on your definition of creative. Join us as we critique budget beach stairs, side with judgmental local seals, and marvel at the sheer chutzpah of t...

Time travelers, lie detectors, dinosaur zoos, AI world governments, this week we dive into the wonderfully bizarre world of lesser‑known time‑travel claims. From Daily Mail polygraph prophets to masked CIA carpenters who say they visited the year 2118, Taylor and Chelsea sift through predictions of microchipped humans, alien contact in 2028, and a future ruled by floating robots. It’s Journey to the Fringe at its most Fringe, delivered with the duo’s trademark Canadian whimsy and skepticism.

🎙️ Long Episode Description

In this episode, Taylor and Chelsea return to the strange, delightful territory of alleged time traveler...

Coastal erosion on Newfoundland’s Bois Island is accelerating fast, exposing historic artifacts and forcing the provincial government to confront tough choices. In this episode, we break down the newly mapped erosion rates , the challenges facing homeowners and municipalities, and why officials say retreat may be the only realistic long‑term strategy.

Coastal erosion isn’t just a distant climate headline—it’s reshaping communities right now. In this episode, we dive into the provincial government’s latest push to develop a risk‑mitigation plan for Newfoundland’s vulnerable coastlines . Provincial archaeologists recently mapped dramatic changes on Bois...

Just a reminder, This episode reflects our personal opinions and commentary. All referenced material is publicly available on YouTube and used under fair dealing/fair use for the purposes of criticism, review, and discussion. Don't sue us, we're just vibin'.

Do I really need to say more than that, it's Steven Greeg P2. I think that about covers it

Check out the youtube 17 hour long interview we pulled from if you dare!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSDDYhFqJi0

I could never forgot the MOST IMPORTANT PART...

In this lil' mini we're talking about the happiest explosion in space history — a rocket crash that somehow counts as good news. The Moon gets a makeover, humanity gets data, and the mantids get new neighbors.

Since this much anticipated incident has passed, I can no longer find the article so please enjoy this update but if you've come here looking for a vide you have wildley over estimated us;

https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/spacex-rockets-moon-crash-highlights-a-tangible-operational-risk-of-lunar-settlement

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-spacex-rocket-crashed-into-the-moon-new-images-show-the-aftermath/ar-AA29BRfm

Have an id...

This episode reflects our personal opinions and commentary. All referenced material is publicly available on YouTube and used under fair dealing/fair use for the purposes of criticism, review, and discussion. Don't sue us, we're just vibing.

In this whirlwind catch‑up on Dr. Steven “Weird Freakish Man” Greer, we dive headfirst into the freshest batch of UFO‑flavored nonsense he’s been cooking up. From Kardashian‑adjacent media tours to $8,000 winery retreats promising “guaranteed UFOs?” Greer’s been everywhere except grounded in reality.

Chelsie drags us through his newest claims: ancient basketball‑sized techno‑orbs, g...

This week, we look at the Antarctic tour guides who loved the ice… right up until they couldn’t. Between collapsing glaciers, overwhelmed penguins, and tourists cheering at all the wrong moments, the moral math stopped mathing. So we dig into what happens when your dream job turns into an existential crisis — and why Antarctica might need fewer visitors and more boundaries.

https://theconversation.com/i-cant-work-in-the-farce-of-climate-change-cruise-tourism-anymore-why-antarctic-guides-quit-their-dream-jobs-286216

Music credits: Piotr Pacyna- Corduroy and Cheese

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From DMT visions to lucid dreams and real-world encounters, Taylor and Chelsea dive deep into the bizarre world of mantis aliens — exploring firsthand accounts of telepathic insectoid beings, cosmic surgeries, and mysterious meditations that blur the line between consciousness and contact.

We return for a follow-up on their mantis alien series — this time venturing into the strangest corners of experiencer testimony. From a DMT traveler meeting a mantis in a cosmic control room to meditative brain “cleanings” and lucid dream conversations with a being named Tat‑Kern, the hosts unpack stories that range from healing encounters to chilling a...

We dive into a wild piece of space research showing that potato starch — yes, the same stuff in your pantry — can make concrete bricks on Mars or the moon that are twice as strong as the concrete we use on Earth. The University of Manchester team behind “StarCrete” found that potatoes outperform earlier experiments using astronaut blood and urine, offering a far more practical path to building off‑world habitats. We break down the science, the implications for future colonies, and the surprisingly emotional role human tears might still play in Martian construction.

In this episode, we explore on...

We explore the eerie overlap between alien abduction lore and psychedelic experience — focusing on the mysterious “Mantis” beings. From 1980s abduction research to modern DMT entity studies, the episode traces how insectoid overseers became fixtures of both UFO narratives and altered states. Are they cosmic caretakers, hallucinations, or archetypes of consciousness itself?

In this episode, Journey to the Fringe dives deep into one of the strangest intersections of ufology and psychedelia: the rise of the Mantis (or mantid) Alien archetype. These towering, insect‑like figures first appeared in 1980s abduction literature, described by researchers like Budd Hop...

A deep dive into the infamous Pizza Express alibi — we unpack The Sun’s latest findings on Prince Andrew’s Woking visit, exploring how this decades-old claim continues to shape public perception and royal accountability.

In this episode, we revisit one of the most peculiar details from Prince Andrew’s 2019 Newsnight interview — his claim that he was at a Pizza Express in Woking on the night he was accused of misconduct. The Sun now reports that the restaurant found “no evidence” of his visit, reigniting debate over memory, credibility, and the strange intersection of royalty and scandal. W...

TLDR; Bigfoot steals weed, snacks on squash, maybe hitchhikes on a UFO, and possibly carries a kid in a red shirt.

Sources;

https://phantomsandmonsters.com/post/2415617470251950933

https://phantomsandmonsters.com/post/shawano-wisconsin-bigfoot-disc-ufo-encounter-two-hairy-figures-vanish-after-craf#google_vignette

https://phantomsandmonsters.com/post/outdoorsman-reports-possible-bigfoot-carrying-child-in-red-clothing-at-colorados

What is left of the LOMA PRIETA FACE FUCKER https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptids/s/XsaAlEBtsV

Music credit:

Space Jazz Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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I think the most important question here is why is Mokele-Mbembe sour?

But just incase you came here for it, here's the arctile for the upgraded cryptid to real animal monkey: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15y5wgj4x8o

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A deep dive into the strangest pattern in Bigfoot lore: whenever someone finds evidence — bodies after Mount St. Helens, DNA in the Sierras, tracks in the Blue Mountains, or creatures in Glacier and Virginia — two mysterious men show up. One polite. One enormous. Both determined to make witnesses forget what they saw. These aren’t Men in Black. They’re Men in Plaid.

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, rumors spread that recovery crews found more than dead elk — they found large, hairy bodies quietly air‑lifted away under military supervision. That story became the first thread...

Scientists have crafted a new cosmic “hello” — a modernized message meant to reach alien civilizations. In this episode, we unpack how researchers are updating humanity’s interstellar calling card, what it says about us, and whether anyone out there might actually answer.

In this episode, we explore Scientific American’s feature on the latest attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence. Researchers have designed a new digital message — a successor to the famous Arecibo transmission — that encodes math, science, and human identity in hopes of sparking first contact. We discuss how this message differs from past efforts, the e...

This week, we crack open the life and legacy of Charles Fort — the original librarian of the weird, patron saint of “wait… what?” and accidental founder of a movement he wanted nothing to do with. From fish falling from the sky to early UFO musings, Fort spent decades cataloguing the world’s strangest leftovers while side‑eyeing science, roasting astronomers, and joking his way through theories he didn’t even believe. We trace his begrudging brilliance, his cult‑following he never asked for, and the massive shadow he still casts over all things anomalous. It’s skeptical, it’s silly, it’s surprisi...

Hello friends,

It is your lovable podcast hosts, Chelsie and Taylor. You may listen, but not touch... or see. That's how podcasts work and also the reason why we prefer this platform. Anyhow, you probably came here to learn about the epiosde? I listen to alot of podcasts and I literally have never ever looked at episode notes once, I don't think. Don't hold me to it though. You would think by this point I would have been done this summary but i'm only just begining. Just kidding, i'm tired of this now so just, here, please...

Today we dive into North America’s strangest primate lore from Alaska’s murderous tailed “monkey people” to modern sightings of long‑tailed humanoids and the infamous Devil Monkey. There's indigenous stories, cryptid reports, and plenty of Fringe‑style banter, this episode explores tailed creatures that keep showing up throughout North America.

In this episode, we swing into one of the most unexpectedly rich corners of North American cryptid lore: monkey sightings in a continent with no native monkeys. Starting with the Ahtna Nation’s chilling legends of the Satani, long‑tailed humanoids who stalked camps, set traps...

A fringey dive into India’s strangest political collective: the Cockroach Janta Party. We unpack how a satirical, insect‑themed movement became an online sensation, what it says about modern political absurdity, and why cockroaches might be the perfect symbol for the internet age.

In this Fringey Mini, we crawl straight into one of the most bizarre political stories to come out of India in years: the rise of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). Inspired by a BBC feature on how Abhijeet Dipke’s cockroach‑centric collective became an unlikely online phenomenon, we explore the strange blend of satir...