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Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
The Mandela Effect & Memory (Because Reasons 6)
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
EPISODE 52 | The Mandela Effect & Memory (Because Reasons 6)
Nelson Mandela died in the early 80s, or he didn't. The comedian Sinbad was in a genie movie in the 90s, or he wasn't. Brand names keep getting changed, or not. Either our memories are not as reliable as we think they are, or someone is going around changing the very fabric of reality.
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SECTIONS
01:35 - The Mandela Effect: everything changes
05:57 - A Mandela Effect quiz (including one red herring)
12:07 - Mix & Match - Maybe CERN is to blame
13:52 - Shazam & Kazaam
17:47 - Mandela & Biko, colour confusion, fossilized errors, sheeple
21:06 - Absolutely Confabulous - The Dunning-Kruger Effect, hypnosis, alien butt stuff
26:24 - The Art of Attention - how memory works
30:07 - Memory markers - places, focus and narrative; the Memory Palace, fun socks
32:50 - Collective memory, Bieber the Lizard, 9/11
35:42 - Justice Is Blinded - eyewitness testimony is unreliable, Onion origins
40:12 - If we can't trust memory, what can we do?
Music by Fanette Ronjat
More Info:
The Mandela Effect website
Fiona Broome's website
The Mandela Effect on Snopes
What is the Mandela effect? on Medical News Today
Mandela Effect article on Very Well Mind
45 Mandela Effect Examples That Will Blow Your Mind
Time Manipulation - Mandela Effect Examples on Reddit (r/reality_shifting)
How Memory Works - Harvard article
Psychology Today article on memory
How Our Brains Make Memories in Smithsonian
Human memory: How we make, remember, and forget memories on National Geographic
How Human Memory Works on How Stuff Works
How Memory Functions - Intro to Psychology
Confabulation paper on ClinMed
Nearly 2,000 witnesses can be wrong
The Utter Unreliability Of Eyewitness Testimony
Why Eyewitness Testimony Is Unreliable
The Innocence Project
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Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
The JFK Assassination w/Fred Litwin (Big ’Uns 5)
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
EPISODE 50 | The JFK Assassination (Big 'Uns 5)
Guest: Fred Litwin, author of On The Trail of Delusion: Jim Garrison: The Great Accuser
The JFK assassination is sort of a gateway drug for conspiracy theories, and boy there are lots of ideas about what happened that day in 1963. Fred Litwin once believed a lot of those theories, but has since changed his mind and is firmly in the lone gunman camp. For our 50th episode, we talk about why he thinks it was just Oswald, the Zapruder film, why Jim Garrison had it totally wrong and more.
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SECTIONS
02:06 - I was a Teenage JFK Conspiracy Freak
05:44 - The Great American Myth of the 20th Century
08:22 - "Proofs"
08:42 - The parade route
10:21 - The magic bullet (CE 399/FBI 1)
13:14 - The truth is, these just aren't very bright guys
14:43 - The rifle
16:41 - The Zapruder Film & frame 313
21:56 - The Three Tramps
27:36 - The Babushka Lady
29:16 - Too many Oswalds
31:00 - Umbrella Man
32:21 - Oswald on the run
35:03 - Jack Ruby
37:39 - Oswald's possible motivations
40:25 - Jim Garrison: On the Trail of Delusion
44:03: - Echoes today, focus on the great center
Music by Fanette Ronjat
More Info:
On the Trail of Delusion by Fred Litwin
Fred Litwin's blog
I Was a Teenage JFK Conspiracy Freak by Fred Litwin
The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection at the National Archives
National Archives additional materials release - December 2021
Warren Commission Report
JFK events timeline
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
JFK Assassination resources at the Mary Ferrell Foundation
JFK resources at Baylor University
The Harold Weisberg Archive
How the JFK Assassination Bullets Were Digitally Preserved at NIST
What Are the Biggest Revelations in the Declassified JFK Assassination Files? on History.com
Finding Aid for the John F. Kennedy Assassination Holdings (MA 88.17, MA 93.5) pdf
Echoes of Conspiracy, Vol. 13, #1 pdf
JFK assassination film hoax webpage
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Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Fakespiracies - Anyone Can Play!
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
EPISODE 46 | Fakespiracies: Anyone Can Play!
As another holiday season rolls around, there's the looming threat of dealing family & friends who subscribe to this conspiracy theory or that one. Here's a collection of some fake conspiracy theories, #fakespiracy, that you can use to confound those folks, as well as entertain and maybe even educate a bit. From hidden messages about 9/11 in the film "Back to the Future" to nefarious truths about snack foods, and even some tools for creating your own #fakespiracies out of whole cloth, this episode will help you prepare for the onslaught on CT conversation around the dinner table.
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SECTIONS
02:12 - Unknown unknowns & the attention economy
07:15 - The McFly Code - "Back to the Future" predicts 9/11
12:45 - Nonsense or sense?
13:28 - A Connecting Principle, Linked to the Invisible - the Sync Movement
17:39 - What a Tangled Web We Weave - secrets in Disney movies
18:25 - How to Start a CT
20:47 - A collection of memes
23:21 - Silica gel packs are red pills
24:32 - Yummy in the Tummy - food #fakespiracies
25:55 - The Shape of Evil, with Sauce - the BTS/Among Us McNugget
30:14 - Crunch All You Want, We'll Make More - The Doritos Conspiracies
36:02 - What's in a Name - The Truth Behind Triscuits
38:09 - Mix & Match - Conspiracy Theory generators & more
Music by Fanette Ronjat
MORE INFO:
Time Cube - Four Is the Loneliest Number
Now You See It, Now You Don't - Finland Doesn't Exist
Birds Aren't Real
BACK TO THE FUTURE predicts 9/11
The Sync Book
42 Minutes podcast on Apple
Sorry Cassandra I Misunderstood: EVERYTHING PREDICTS 9-11
The DELTA-TERRESTRIAL: Harvesting DRACO VRIL "Liquids" To Ignite Zero-Point PANPSYCHISM (Draco Wars)
The Internet Is Made of Cats
A $100,000 Chicken McNugget Triggered a Child-Sex-Trafficking Conspiracy Theory in Rolling Stone
rule62rule62 ebay forum comment
The Doritos Conspiracy on Security Boulevard
Rebecca Webb Carranza, 98; Pioneered Creation, Manufacture of Tortilla Chip
‘Lady Doritos’ and the new, facile culture wars
Fact check: CNN correction about Ted Cruz, Dorito chip is fake
Writer Can’t Find The Origin Of The ‘Doritos’ Name, Makes Up His Own Creepy Backstory
Cracker Brand “Triscuit” Rewarded Man For Explaining The Real Meaning Of Its Name
The “Snacks Madness” Roundtable
The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived
How to Build a Conspiracy Theory
How to Start a Conspiracy Theory flow chart
CT Generators:
http://www.publiceye.org/conspire/generator.html
http://chaoticshiny.com/consgen.php
https://conspiracytheorygenerator.com/
https://www.generatorslist.com/random/misc/conspiracy-theory-generator
https://philome.la/matthew_/conspiracy-generator/play/index.html
http://conspiracy.kristinabrantley.com/
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Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Rumours & CTs in the Workplace (Because Reasons 5)
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
EPISODE 45 | Rumours & CTs in the Workplace (Because Reasons 5)
Guest: Andrew Brown, co-founder of the Academy of Business Communications
Watercooler talk has moved online, so the speed and spread of rumours and conspiracy theories is growing every day, and it's not just inter-office gossip. How do such things take root in a work environment and what can organizations do to address them?
Andrew Brown walks us through the conditions that create fertile ground for rumors, the very human and social reasons behind them, and some real-world stories and advice for how organizations should and should not try to manage rumors in the workplace.
And while we're looking at an organizational context, these insights apply equally to any grouping of humans - a touch football team, a WhatsApp chat group or, with the holidays coming up, a family gathering.
**This interview was originally conducted for another podcast, Digital Signage Done Right. You can listen to it and see a transcript here. You can also listen to an earlier interview with Andrew Brown and his fellow co-founder Elizabeth Williams about employee surveys here.**
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SECTIONS
02:34 - ABC: Helping communications suck less
03:41 - Three levels where rumours take hold
09:52 - Three conditions that allow rumours to rise & spread now
15:13 - Maslow's Needs Hierarchy
18:09 - Four common but ineffective tactics
20:40 - These tactics ain't gonna cut it anymore
24:51 - Tips & models for combatting rumours & negative behaviours
30:16 - Traps organizations fall into
32:52 - What about when the leader is crazy? Are surveys useful?
36:08 - People want to be heard
39:52 - Belief is not knowing; change is scary
Music by Fanette Ronjat
MORE INFO:
The Academy of Business Communications
Transcript of this episode on Digital Signage Done Right
Visix communications resources
The Swear Jar podcast
The Fearless Communicator's Bullsh*t Barometer
An IdeaPACK for Fearless Communicators
Suspicion in the workplace: Organizational conspiracy theories and work-related outcomes
Conspiracy theories: Why we align with them & how to manage them at work at Human Resources Director
European Union article and infographic on identifying conspiracy theories
Leadership Steps to Stop Spread of Conspiracy Theories on RockDove Solutions
Conspiracy Theories: A Public Health Concern and How to Address It in Frontiers in Psychology
Are Conspiracy Theories Harmless? in The Spanish Journal of Psychology
The Illusory Truth Effect: Why We Believe Fake News, Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda
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Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Conspiracy U with Scott Shay
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
EPISODE 43 | Conspiracy U with Scott Shay
Guest: Scott Shay, author of Conspiracy U, In Good Faith & Getting Our Groove Back; President of Chai Mitzvah, Chairman of the Board & Co-founder of Signature Bank
The academic world is supposed to be a place to open and expand minds, but some professors actively promote conspiracy theories about Israel and the Jewish people that do the exact opposite. Scott Shay has written a book about how this is happening on both the right and left sides of the political spectrum, especially at his alma mater, Northwestern University.
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SECTIONS
02:26 - A book I didn't intend to write
04:39 - Whatsoever things are true
06:03 - Holocaust denial
09:46 - Not all professors
12:09 - Also on the left
14:37 - Oppressive hyper-whites
15:37 - A personal holocaust story
16:54 - "The Holocaust is overblown"
18:00 - Anti-Zionism is not (necessarily) Anti-Semitism
20:10 - Jewishness defined racially
22:15 - Where do we draw the historical line?
25:42 - Polarization & the demonized other
31:08 - Canary in the coalmine
34:32 - God-king pharaohs & super-authority
38:09 - Final thoughts
Music by Fanette Ronjat
MORE INFO:
Scott Shay's website
Conspiracy U on Amazon
In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism on Amazon
Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry on Amazon
Chai Mitzvah website
Signature Bank website
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Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
When Nerds Attack - Gamergate, Elevatorgate & Sad Puppies
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
EPISODE 40 | When Nerds Attack - Gamergate, Elevatorgate & Sad Puppies
A short late night chat in an elevator becomes a flashpoint in a storm of online misogyny; a woman has to hide because she dares critique the depiction of women; a relationship ends, sparking off a campaign of hate against women that lasts for years, and not even the venerable Hugo Awards are safe from the spreading #onlineslimemold. And then the racists get in on the action.
You'd think the realms of atheism, video games and science fiction would be immune to online nonsense, but you'd be very, very wrong. Even there, aggrieved men weaponize the internet to try and "take back" something that was really never theirs in the first place. Along the way the #slimemold will use doxxing, swatting, spite charities and other tools to lay the foundations of the modern alt-right, QAnon and the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.
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SECTIONS
02:36 - Elevatorgate - Rebecca Watson, Richard Dawkins & flame wars
09:46 - I am Not a Number, I am a Free Chan! - 2channel, 2chan, 4chan, 8chan & 8kun
13:56 - #Gamergate - Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn, Eron Gjoni, MundaneMatt, Internet Aristocrat, Total Biscuit, #burgersandfries, The Fine Young Capitalists, Phil Fish, Vivian James, Hotwheels, JonTron, Adam Baldwin
29:09 - Mike Cernovich, "Based Lawyer" & professional misogynist, sockpuppets
30:53 - Marc Threadingham, white knight, Operation Disrespectful Nod, the Red Pill Right
32:41 - New techniques are developed, Brianna Wu, swatting, Social Justice Warriors (SJWs), #slimemold, #onlineslimemold
38:45 - Sad Puppies Aren't Much Fun - Larry Correia wants a Hugo Award, Brad R. Torgensen takes over the Sad Puppies, Theodore Beale (Vox Day, total jerk) goes further with the Rabid Puppies, George R.R. Martin, Chuck Tingle gets slammed in the butt, the Puppies get owned (three times), N. K. Jemisin gets the last word (three times)
54:22 - Zoe Quinn also gets a last word
55:17 - The #slimemold thrives, a really nasty game is sold, the foundations of the present
Music by Fanette Ronjat
LAPSUS LINGUAE: I accidentally call Mike Cernovich "Mark", probably because simply thinking about him makes me want to throw up.
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Wednesday May 12, 2021
A View to a Vril
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
EPISODE 32 | A View to Vril
Did a 19th century novelist accidentally tap into a long hidden truth about an underground race of godlike beings who control an electrical fluid called the Vril? Of course not. But that hasn't stopped plenty of folks from claiming it as fact, including Theosophists, Nazis, New Agers, a race car journalist turned UFO church guru and psychologist Wilhelm Reich (kind of). Just to name a few.
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SECTIONS
01:47 - Author, Author - Edward Bulwer-Lytton writes a book or 40
04:24 - The Coming Race, Blavatsky chimes in
08:25 - Vril für das Vaterland - supposition as history, the Society for Truth, the Black Sun, the Vienna Circle (2.0), Nazi occultism, the Morning of the Magicians
12:07 - Maria Orsic - the Vril Society, Nazi UFOs, alien contact, plus she was super pretty
14:43 - Karl Haushofer and the Vril Society
16:25 - What's the Time? It's Time to Get Vril! - Norbert Jürgen Ratthofer, Jan Van Helsing, Lords of the Black Stone (Templars meet Nazis), using telepathy to contact aliens, the aliens are a little bit racist
19:56 - The Vril can create or destroy, Foo Fighters, Operation Paperclip had a secret
21:29 - Just Vril Out, Man - Gray Barker & Valiant Thor (Commander X), Venusian space commander; Frank Stranges - preacher and prophet
25:36 - The Vrillon Incident - we interrupt this broadcast, Claude Vorilhon and International Raëlian Movement/Church
30:42 - Wilhelm Reich - Here Today, Orgone Tomorrow
36:03 - Mistakenly arrested, retreat to Orgonon, Maine, more allegations
38:15 - UFOs and HIGs becoming bothersome - Deadly Orgone Radiation (DOR), cloudbuster machines, weather control, HIGs (Hoodlums in Government), legal injunction, UFO battles in the desert, arrested again, the US government burns books
43:01 - Reich's legacy, a big hit with the counterculture
Music by Fanette Ronjat
LAPSUS LINGUAE:
I accidentally call the Isle of Wight the Isle of Wright at 27:46
More on this stuff
Online copy of Vril, The Power of the Coming Race by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The Coming Race on Project Gutenberg
Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
The Morning of the Magicians by Louis Pauwels & Jacques Bergier
Castle Werfenstein and the Wonder Women of Vril by William Hinson
Louis Jacolliot on Wikipedia
The Vril Society, the Luminous Lodge and the Realization of the Great Work, essay by Terry Melanson
The Goddess of the Devil: Hitler's Medium by Mart Sander - full text online
"The Maria Orsic Story" documentary
Maria Orsic, the woman who originated and created earth's first ufos by Maximillien De lafayette
Occult Secrets of Vril: Goddess Energy and the Human Potential by Robert Sepehr
The Unknown Hitler by Wulf Schwarzwaller
The Vril Project - Final Battle for the Earth by Norbert Jürgen Ratthofer & Ralf Ettl
The Vril Project book as slideshow
Deconstructing the myth of “esoteric Nazism” essay by Richard Cimino
Secret Societies and Their Power in the 20th Century by Jan Van Helsing
The Development of the German UFOs From Before WW2 - extract from "van hilsing" (sic) book
gray barker episode
Valiant Thor's Book of Vril: How to Live Long and Prosper by Valiant Thor
The Stranger at the Pentagon by Frank Stranges
Vrillon: the alien voice hoax that became a legend article in The Independent
Was The 1977 Southern Television Broadcast Interruption A Hoax? on Gaia.com
"Falling Hare" - Bugs Bunny meets a gremlin
The Book that Tells the Truth: Beings from Outer Space Took Me to Their Planet by "Rael" (Claude Vorilhon)
Space Aliens Took Me to Their Planet by "Rael" (Claude Vorilhon)
The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Wilhelm Reich
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Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Scammers, Inc. - MJ-12, Bennewitz & Serpo
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
EPISODE 31 | Scammers, Inc. - MJ-12, Bennewitz & Serpo
Sometimes the crap piles up so high in the UFO world you'd need a flying saucer to stay above it all. And yet, man, these are some good stories! We look at three key events from the 1980s: the Majestic 12 claims, Project Serpo, and the sad & infuriating Bennewitz Affair. And some of the people who might be behind it all.
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SECTIONS
01:32 - Majestic 12
02:27 - Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman! Jaime Shandera, Stanton Friedman & Bill Moore; the Cutler-Twining Memo and more
05:15 - The Dirty Dozen - original MJ-12 members
08:20 - James Forrestal - an untimely death
09:30 - Later rumors about Forrestal
10:06 - Other possible Council of Twelve candidates
10:47 - Bill & Dick's Bogus Journey - the FBI investigates, Friedman theorizes, Moore probably started it all, Linda Moulton Howe talks with Richard Doty
16:09 - Majestic by Any Other Name - Tim Cooper & Robert Wood continue MJ-12 stuff
17:00 - Milton William Cooper (again!)
18:07 - Cooper's affidavit on MJ-12 - What a story! (and a possible source for "Q-level clearance")
27:12 - The Bennewitz Affair - Paul Bennewitz reports strange things, gets targeted by fake M.I.B.s
29:01 - Richard Doty takes over the campaign, he & Bill Moore drive Bennewitz insane...on purpose
29:54 - Doty & Moore talk grey aliens, Dulce Base
30:56 - Project Beta - the elaborate story Bennewitz believes, and it ends badly for him
34:34 - Project Serpo - a human-alien exchange program with Zeta Reticuli outed by Richard Doty, another complicated tale
39:00 - Bill Ryan starts a Serpo website, possibly as part of a PR push for a book by Doty
40:41 - Len Kasten writes about Serpo, Howe & Doty chat, Steven Spielberg is in the loop
41:49 - Bob Lazar gets in on Serpo (natch)
43:15 - The Truth is (Not) Out There - The Imaginary Intelligence Agency or Scammer's, Inc.
44:20 - An attempt to weave it all together, and an invitation to Doty & Moore
48:33 - Follow the breadcrumbs
Music by Fanette Ronjat
More on these topics
FBI Records: The Vault Majestic 12 documents
1993 FBI reaction to MJ-12 documents
Conspiracy Weary - article about MJ-12 investigation by FBI
The New Bogus Majestic-12 Documents by Philip Klass at Skeptical Inquirer
The Majestic 12 Papers - An Analysis at The Roswell Files
Majestic Documents - a comprehensive catalogue
Mounting Evidence For Authenticity of MJ-12 Documents by Robert Wood, MUFON paper
UFO Explorations article on Majestic-12 documents being hoaxed
Behold a Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper
Majestic 12 page on ufos-aliens.co.uk, includes Cooper's affidavit
Yellow Book: History of Aliens on Earth by Gil Carlson & Bob Lazar
Huffington Post article on Richard Doty
Civilian Intelligence News Service article on Richard Doty
Webpage on the Greys
Project Beta by Greg Bishop - book about the Bennewitz Affair
Article on Dulce Base secret alien war
Project Serpo website
Doty's "revelations" about Serpo
The Black World of UFOs: Exempt from Disclosure by Robert M. Collins with Richard Doty
Secret Journey to Planet Serpo: A True Story of Interplanetary Travel by Len Karsten
The Truth About Zeta Reticuli by Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
Hollywood Reporter review of "Mirage Men"
Science Behind the Fiction article about Bob Lazar on SyFy Wire
Article on Vice about FBI raid on Lazar's home
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Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
UFOs in Czecho
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
EPISODE 30 | UFOs in Czecho
Guest: Sam Beckwith, editor of Prague Pig
Today Conspiracy Clearinghouse celebrates one year of delving into the weird, so we thought we'd celebrate by doing a crossover episode with our sister podcast Prague Times. The UFO thing is not exclusively an American phenomenon, and even here in the Czech Republic, where we're based, there have been plenty of reports and reactions.
Prague-based journalist Sam Beckwith takes us through the most famous UFO sightings in the area (some going back centuries), how the Communists dealt with reports of strange craft, citizen-led initiatives, the Czech Silver Men, a UFO church and more. This is a special crossover episode with our sister podcast, Prague Times.
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SECTIONS
02:00 - UFOs as cultural phenomenon, as narratives
07:50 - Projekt Záře
09:30 - Vranov nad Dyjí - the most famous Czech sighting
13:55 - A saucer too far - Communists hate mysteries, Nazi UFO in Prague
16:27 - Centuries of sightings - flaming wheels, time-displaced tanks
20:19 - Slatiny, 1938, the Číhošť Miracle, Loose lips get you killed
22:21 - Ostružná Nová Ves - a teeny spacecraft that sucks, Miličín - balls and figures in Czech Siberia, Don't call me stupid
26:55 - Aliens tour our spa towns, The summer of '93 - sightings all over, including Svitavy
31:13 - The Silver Men (Stříbrňáci)
33:14 - Crop circles, Fidel's cigars, Are you normal?
37:19 - Universe People (Vesmírní lidé sil světla) - a Czech and Slovak UFO church
39:16 - Ashtar Galactic Command
41:44 - The Spooky Book and other Czech Forteana (coming soon!)
Music by Fanette Ronjat
More on these topics
Prague Pig
Prague Pig on Facebook
Projekt Záře
Gort
Universe People website
Universe People Wikipedia page
Prague Times: HERE - Blood on the Snow: Czech Holiday Traditions w/Peter Collman
Prague Times: HERE - Ghosts in Prague with Raymond Johnston
Prague Times: HERE - 13 More Ghost Stories with Raymond Johnston
Prague Times podcast
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Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
The Dyatlov Pass Incident: More Than a UFO Story - The World Is Weird 4
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
EPISODE 25 | The Dyatlov Pass Incident: More Than a UFO Story - The World Is Weird 4
People love mysteries but also hate them. Unanswered questions drive us crazy, especially when the stakes are high. Like when someone dies. Or when nine people die on the side of a mountain in the dead of winter, found in various states on undress, with unexplainable wounds and missing body parts. The strange and provocative events of the Dyatlov Pass Incident have kept UFOlogists, cryptozoologists and people who just distrust the government very busy for the past 62 years.
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SECTIONS
01:45 - The Dyatlov Pass Incident - The strange facts (who, where, when and what)
07:59 - CSI: Dead Mountain - Theories (avalanche, snow slab, katabatic wind, fight, animals, the official cause)
13:47 - Mullerovich & Scullina: Russia's Own X-File (UFOs, weapons test, gulag escape, infrasound, assassination, Russian Yeti)
21:31 - Smells like a cover up?
22:36 - But Wait, There's More! - An Enduring Mystery (The 2015-19 investigation, a new explanation, victim shaming, blogger Valentin Degterev, films & books)
27:58 - Man vs. Wild - Bad things can happen out there
Music by Fanette Ronjat
NOTE: to see pictures from the hikers and investigation, check out the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel
More about this incident:
Original investigation files, in English
An outrageously comprehensive website by Teodora Hadjiyska (in English)
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar
Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives
"Devil's Pass" Variety review
Dyatlov Pass, the Story by Anna Matveeva in Ural magazine (in Russian)
City of Exiles by Alec Nevala-Lee
Kholat - Polish survival horror game inspired by these events
Mountain of the Dead by Keith McClosky
Death of Nine: The Dyatlov Pass Mystery by Launton Anderson
Yuba County Five Wikipedia page
National Geographic article that came out less than a week before this episode
The Dyatlov Pass Incident - a website
A truly wild website by a possibly mentally ill person about the Dyatlov incident, filled with a number of rants & theories, lots of pictures and some truly offbeat video embeds (like Obama and Putin having breakfast, the closing ceremony of the Sochi Olympic games, clips from John Carpenter's "The Thing" and the Russian Red Army Choir singing "The Song of the Volga Boatmen" in 1965 ). Multiple pages - check them all out.
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