Back in 1987 in Tallahassee, Florida, a pair of well dressed men were arrested in a playground under suspicion of child trafficking. This was the beginning of an investigation into a mysterious cult known as The Finders. This investigation would open up a web of satanism and government coverups. Was the Finders cult really a CIA Psy-op? In this episode we dig deep and reveal the truth.

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/1974059308?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

https://vault.fbi.gov/the-finders/The%20Finders%20Part%2001/view

https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/were-the-finders-a-cia-fronted-satanic-cult/#jd-sword

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-finders-cult-from-the-80s-was-patient-zero-for-epstein-and-pizzagate-conspiracies/

https://www.gnosticwarrior.com/finders.html

https://apnews.com/article/4c5cd8141e930159ea3e4f0492a41ade

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One of the most famous cryptids in history is the Loch Ness Monster. This serpent-like creature has been sighted thousands a times over the centuries. In this episode I tell you the history of the elusive creature, and I break down the scientific evidence to determine if the monster may be real.

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/0684856026?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

https://www.visitinvernesslochness.com/the-lochness-monster

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/celebrating-1447-years-of-the-loch-ness-monster-30711823/

https://www.livescience.com/26341-loch-ness-monster.html

https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/conspiracies-paranormal/the-biggest-hunt-for-the-loch-ness-monster-in-50-years-is-about-to-begin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3096839.stm

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-49495145

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One of the most famous lost expeditions in history was led by Sir John Franklin back in 1845. The famous explorer led a group of 129 men on a journey to find the fabled northwest passage through the arctic. But when he never returned, his wife Lady Jane Franklin began receiving advice from the ghost of a little girl named Weesey, who told her where to look.

Notes:

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2020/october/lost-franklin-expedition

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a62367998/the-terror-fitzjames-identified/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_pop_md_pmx_prog_org_us_18343789675&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18343834699&gbraid=0AAAAADCyiSnL-1OEqb86SuU5vxxokv5G0&gclid=CjwKCAjwmdLSBhANEiwAkREMN-9H-Uf4t_wqcGAHzfxauNxi-wx4JKr2MB5cbrgzKueHP3wzC3dteRoCH6QQAvD_BwE

https://theconversation.com/new-dna-analysis-identifies-more-members-of-the-ill-fated-franklin-expedition-282832

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-shipwrecks-from-john-franklins-doomed-arctic-expedition-were-exactly-where-the-inuit-said-they-would-be-180986627/

https://uphere.ca/articles/franklin-ghosts

https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/franklin-expedition-fate-foretold-by-ghost

https://www.amazon.com/Frozen-Time-Fate-Franklin-Expedition-ebook/dp/B06XTYNXN5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K8JOTNP33VRJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.x3zn2ihAl-lmo374dC_EIOBhxCxpE9ZeR-rwmuTMjHct1mvpT9njTvm7siZfz6vDqLNNwNLa2iBuRMcBHqvuP9jJZ7yy7Nz2w_w9no2TQ4HcfbFrLWiI0L4PQ8bwtgxrVv5P4jv1pKeVEXKUDXbcbiNf-s15hgtyIyENQqpj6cFPv3qXDE_IdT5wUZPLosXB5Sya8qUN7fjkB9NQZOVpDnBXfY-CF1TLIcce0Xd9xbxDgcmakhzUB0nqiQ2fqmi581EliAowVIpsohd45qa0_OwM2QnkLzJi96_1H-J87tU.kIAK9KQWavrJEb1Kgr8JBU8b9m7JvQdt98vcAgS7gG8&dib_tag=se&keywords=franklin+expedition&qid=1784298762&sprefix=franklin+expedition%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-1

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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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https://www.amazon.com/dp/150612187X?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

https://ufocasebook.com/Kecksburg.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985950/

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0NHEKJOPS3C7RRLI7E58RBKJ8T

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2015/12/06/50-years-later-the-kecksburg-westmoreland-county-ufo-is-identified-probably/stories/201512060146

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a36560537/die-glocke-nazi-bell-conspiracy/

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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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https://www.amazon.com/Things-Arent-Right-Disappearance-County/dp/1958727202

https://www.netflix.com/title/81593881

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/category/Yuba+county+five

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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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https://retro-bitch.com/2015/11/04/dying-to-play-the-berzerk-curse-fact-or-fiction/

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2017/11/polybius-the-most-dangerous-arcade-game-in-the-world

https://www.coinop.org/game/103223/polybius

https://www.inverse.com/input/gaming/polybius-is-real-video-game-urban-legend

https://www.ripleys.com/stories/polybius-the-most-dangerous-video-game-to-never-exist

https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/video-games/unraveling-legend-polybius-most-dangerous-video-game-1980s

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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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https://www.amazon.com/Montauk-Project-Experiments-Silver-Anniversary/dp/1937859215

https://www.amazon.com/Montauk-Alien-Connection-Stewart-Swerdlow/dp/0963188984/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DJRG2UUQBW8K&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LH1Kq47U-JaRvF9hZAifkFtvqF0oUbTAKw-K1RSUMxYmBiNQj6PV2VG8oxXJNVOx.btlXKERFeqAKMZlOFZ4H9ZwUsSv8pFcFvetRpGcjpPU&dib_tag=se&keywords=stewart+swerdlow+montauk&qid=1781959410&s=books&sprefix=stewart+swerdlow+montauk%2Cstripbooks%2C117&sr=1-1

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1661066/

https://www.amazon.com/The-Dark-Files-Season-1/dp/B075LLKXBH

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/face-on-mars

https://www.reddit.com/r/HighStrangeness/comments/kgbqf9/preston_nichols_a_man_who_was_involved_in_the/

https://web.archive.org/web/20091222023540/http://www.scientificexploration.org/journal/jse_08_1_vallee.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/nyregion/urban-explorers-journey-into-the-ruins-of-long-island.html

https://www.grunge.com/583936/heres-what-some-people-think-happened-at-montauk-air-force-station/

https://nypost.com/article/camp-hero-montauk-project-conspiracy/

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19940612/1915280/pseudoscience-skepticism-to-make-a-close-encounterx

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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.iSWlAQxxfIMAx2235ip_TnAluWdGyzknR-Mz0tVia5nGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.P0lBUDrnHlY0PPuvHQY4BCzpl3x_4qyuahuLL396siE&dib_tag=se&hvadid=792670869762&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9016906&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=965542277284211570--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=965542277284211570&hvtargid=kwd-966141603563&hydadcr=22509_13695730_2445780&keywords=the+history+of+a+drowning+boy&mcid=7f622dcdc22138d1b9aa755dd71c6270&qid=1780757563&sr=8-1

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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/

https://www.history.com/articles/explorer-percy-fawcett-disappears-in-the-amazon

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/mar/21/research.brazil

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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/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/us/deaths-disappearances-scientists-investigation

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyw9rpdl4po

https://www.skeptic.com/article/the-mystery-of-missing-and-dead-scientists-explained/

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/04/missing-scientists/686885/

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/amy-eskridge-death-more-investigation-ross-coulthart/

https://www.alexexum.com/blog/alex-exum-s-blog-5/stanley-meyer-s-water-fuel-cell-the-greatest-invention-that-never-was-203

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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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https://www.amazon.com/Princes-Tower-Solving-Historys-Greatest-ebook/dp/B0CBKYH67Y/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0encoding=UTF8&dibtag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ss4C6JBUHMErZDxTaEuZqIe5EWG6kL5hexRo2M0MNATuZXB2hEOknF2LzxmjLa8uyg4Qps01qSDGqfr60Z2oESa9XSJg0hgRg73PazFDyJgcGeO4q7tveovjd4dIx4pdiRveWLLu8ZgnDx8BHofDD1cLcsUy-IeK_3ZL3D6HfY_yGgPVDg4qb0Z329nq6hUsmSm8daO3obXF8DbDpcTf_k5DzikC4_lzravUg95v5aA.J4grvLZejm-V0gAO5F7twQ8qwkA5WD5OmoT_VlJyo-g&qid=1777132835&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Princes-Tower-Alison-Weir-ebook/dp/B007I5QO50/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LMT1Y9EE5MWP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.aUizyQXMeen716wvr93DS2u7g_kcxNh1aCL7XO8Q7Y35b5TOc-5hI_oEok5wjvsTWB19fhn1z2HUiNxerGlAAZk46868uZAEzGFYXQcT7lHuurFJ_VKHRx3RQXjUgcWZ4zQIjxcRPAFKB4s5yf8XP-SctXohBMjFwZzta0fGTCcwbtTN151o7iKp9mERovN8DC0FJ81I1q-hQofcFhHuU1k5gy3Dbu28dmwgBS0cgE0.G6ZKwdybYKazT8jr8_Imq2vOH0-UMdcGdK-JmPYP7-4&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+princes+in+the+tower+alison+weir&qid=1777133045&sprefix=the+princes+in+the+tower+alison+weir%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Princes-Tower-Murder-Mystery-ebook/dp/B074PYBYC5/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0encoding=UTF8&dibtag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mff9M0tE-kle5ZMj76QfIFgZBwLd9jjQR5oxE9HcVMW7b-rreeo3F7wY9yzBL9Ec6mfEtXnIRgven0vEma2QYZmq1GnZzwrKq1WOWAwjpFZ4ZKCUhP9oOFwymSTBvUphA6QR3P09r0Kx7vE9fdvwbZgecuPqbA63WbwvbbGCApUGpZl1fLR-g154Oc2JxJVoa9tW2w4jDdkEQs6MMNPvfHUOJ36KG6D4Xbi8hg9bXAU.Q7SX34w0rFUzQWvJgYw94a4uY5FbD9cw6YsvKkhAp5I&qid=1777133093&sr=8-2

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