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Daniel Grothe's 'Piledrivers in the Crypt'
by Daniel Grothe
Daniel Grothe spent years doing live paranormal radio from a kitchen in Germany. Three hours. Open lines. No edits. No safety net. Nobody asked him to. He did it anyway. This is what happens next. Piledrivers in the Crypt is true crime, paranormal, UFOs, cults, cryptids, and the conspiracy culture that existed before you needed an influencer to explain it to you. Delivered with the seriousness the material deserves and the irritation the audience earns just by existing. No comfort. No conclusions. No episode where he learns something and grows as a person. Just the stuff everyone skips — covered by someone who probably shouldn't know this much about it. You can find it at Daniel's Website. Or wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can keep scrolling. Honestly, your call. Also wrestling.<
Episodes
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Cryptic Conversations
A show made of audio message conversations between Mike J and Daniel Grothe. Crypticconvos on Facebook "The darkness is your best friend… because you can hide in it." If you want to do something real tonight... Help Mikey. Visit the Website or Mikey's GoFundMe or donate with PayPal. The Archive —...
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Goodbye - Thank you!
The last episode of Piledrivers in the Crypt. Thank you for all you did. Thank you for being there. "The darkness is your best friend… because you can hide in it." If you want to do something real tonight... Help Mikey. Visit the Website or Mikey's GoFundMe or donate with PayPal. The Archive —...
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From The Pile...
Ten letters. Ten people who waited decades to say it. Contractors. Archivists. Analysts. A game warden who stopped running solo checks. A detective who never closed the file on Carol Ann Dempsey. The Wormhole. Nothing else. "The darkness is your best friend… because you can hide in it." If you…
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You Are a Candle...
The official scientific explanation for spontaneous human combustion is that you are a candle. Your fat is the wax. Your clothes are the wick. A wrapped pig confirmed it. The report was filed. Everyone went home.One problem. Nobody can explain who lit the match.Tonight Daniel goes through the…
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DarkMeatDave vs. Gilberto Valle
An NYPD cop with a badge, a gun, a psychology degree, and a username on a fetish website that I will not be repeating in a place where the algorithm can see me. He never touched anyone. He just wrote things down. Detailed things. Things with oven temperatures. A jury said guilty. A judge said...
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Things the Alps Are Not Telling You...
This week on Piledrivers in the Crypt — ancient European Wildmen. The Wilder Mann. The Basajaun. A Soviet scientific expedition into the Almas that your history teacher never mentioned because your history teacher was useless. Also a wild boar showed up and derailed everything because that's the...
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The Crypt Didn't Miss You Either...
PITC is back. No explanation. No apology. Daniel just walked back into the Crypt like he never left — and the Wormhole has been backed up for two months. Somebody's gonna have a bad time. New episode. Now. Please consider helping Mikey & my little family: > Website:...
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Christmas on Planet Stupid
It’s Christmas… but the joy isn’t landing. In this special holiday episode of Piledrivers in the Crypt... demonic Elf on the Shelf incidents, a drunk chain-smoking Santa with a naked Grey alien “helper”... Then we get serious. From Reagan and E.T. to Close Encounters and Taken, Spielberg’s long…
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The X-mas Special that did't happen...
🎄🩸 Merry Christmas… I guess. 🩸🎄 So yeah — the Christmas Special with the Mikes didn’t happen. Shocking, I know.But fear not, my festive little ghouls… predictions were made, holiday feelings were felt (against my will), and the halls are officially decked with bones and existential dread....
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A show that was probably a mistake...
A show that was probably a mistake… I mean, absolutely a mistake. The Mikes are here—yeah, that’s right, for ONE week only. And through some cosmic lapse in judgment I decided to open the wormhole for Larry the Dog. And look, I know… that was a mistake. I admit it. My bad. I’ll say sorry on…
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Perchtenlauf - Krampus is coming!
Daniel has somehow survived: Thanksgiving (barely) Black Friday (he still has bruises from that old lady with the shopping cart) Survivor Series (don’t even ask) Cyber Monday (his bank account is now a haunted house) Stranger Things (long story…) …and his first Perchtenlauf, where he learned that...
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Black Turkey Day
Daniel survives another Thanksgiving by weaponizing spite, reading your possessed-poultry emails, and dragging us all back to Chernobyl where Mothman apparently moonlights as a safety inspector. The Mikes on Mics finally crawl out of whatever cornfield abduction they were enjoying, grace us with...
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Thank the UFOs! (not UAPs..never)
Mike and Mike could not link up yet again.... So yeah I'm here to save us all! Get ready for some out of this world audio! And Cranberry Sauce... Please consider helping Mikey & my little family: > Website: https://danielgrothe.at/help-mikeys-heart > GoFund.Me: https://gofund.me/46b0b4fb >…
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The Cutting Room Floor
Halloween is over. The pumpkins are rotting, your candy hangover has settled into the marrow, and guess what? We’re not done. Not even close. This week on Piledrivers in the Crypt, we’re crawling into the vault of cinema — the realhorrors. The reels that were burned, buried, locked away, or...
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Halloween Baby
Trick or treat, you sexy witches and you ugly, rotting ghouls… it’s Halloween.And honestly—fuck the last few months. We don’t care. The network doesn’t care.It’s Halloween, and that’s all that matters. So the Mikes and I did the only thing that made sense in this flaming madhouse of a year:We…
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Halloween From The Wormhole - Season Finale!
This week, we go out in style — or at least in sarcasm. The Wormhole is wide open, and somehow the Mikes made it back through — though Mike S looks like he aged three centuries... Nothing says “Halloween spirit” like trying to make sense of Vince Russo’s booking logic while surrounded by demons....
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Halloween From The Wormhole - The Sequel!
The Mikes talk about.. Wrestling.. I guess? And... Just when you thought it was safe to defrost Grandma’s leftovers… I drag you screaming into Part Two of the Halloween Story Special — five new tales straight from The Wormhole that will ruin your appetite, your sanity, and possibly your...
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Halloween From The Wormhole... The First Round!
I’m kicking off Halloween season the only way I know how — with five brand new horrors from The Wormhole! The Mikes aren’t here (thank God), which means it’s just me, the darkness, and whatever’s breathing behind you right now. Happy Halloween, you weirdos. Please consider helping Mikey & my…
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Bouncing Through the Abyss
Between beer steins and UFOs grounding planes over Munich... October is dark, weird, and it’s heartbreakingly human. Please consider helping Mikey & my little family: > Website: https://danielgrothe.at/help-mikeys-heart > GoFund.Me: https://gofund.me/46b0b4fb > PayPal:...
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ChangeLovePalooza!
Life changes. Body changes. Paranormal rebrands. True crime dead-ends. Basically: one wrong street, one wrong date, one wrong snack at 7-Eleven and—boom—you’re the next cold case file. Also, the Mikes on Mics give their predictions for Wrestlepalooza. Which is like asking two drunk raccoons to...
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Mr. Pascal & The Mushrooms
This week on Piledrivers in the Crypt, we’re talking about mushrooms. Not the fun pizza kind… no, we’re diving into the fungal nightmares that want to crawl up your spine and wear you like a sock puppet. And just when you thought it couldn’t get weirder… enter Woooooo!… a flamboyant Grey Alien....
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Love Bites.. Kills.. Sometimes For No Reason!
🎃💀 BIG RETURNS this week on Piledrivers in the Crypt! 💀🎃 Yeah, apparently I don’t know when to stay dead. New episode is out—and no, it’s not just me screaming into the void (though close). We’ve got: Crimes so pointless they make your life choices look reasonable. BIG RETURNS you didn’t ask...
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The (Final) Interview
The Alien Interview.. Yes it's real. And... Yes the wall has arrived. This might be the last Episode of Piledrivers in the Crypt. Thank you my friends. It's been a ride! Please consider helping Mikey & Me: > Website: https://danielgrothe.at/help-mikeys-heart > GoFund.Me…
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Unbreakable Insiders?
Messages from the Past ... Insider Messages... from the WiD? w/ Daniel Grothe archives. Plus: The Mikes on Mikes… talking wrestling… or politics… or maybe both? Please consider helping Mikey: > Website: https://danielgrothe.at/help-mikeys-heart > GoFund.Me: https://gofund.me/46b0b4fb > PayPal:...
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SummerSlammed by the Sun...
Bikinis, BBQs… and bloodshed. It’s summer, baby. And guess what? The sun’s trying to kill you. Not the government. Not your neighbor. Not some guy on a podcast screaming about lizard people and fluoride. Nope. Just our good ol’ flaming death orb in the sky turning the Earth into a microwaved Hot...
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Manifest like a Machine... Or Champion... Or King...
This episode of Piledrivers in the Crypt is for all of you who’ve screamed “I’m a divine being!” into a mirror while overdrafting your account. Don’t wish it… manifest it. Meanwhile, in The Kayfabe Zone: it’s Night of Champions meets King of the Ring. Please consider helping Mikey: > Website:...
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Emergency Broadcast - Please Help...
This is an emergency broadcast. Please help if you can. Thank you so much! PayPal Donations Website Mikey's Fundraiser Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daniel-grothe-s-piledrivers-in-the-crypt--6010318/support.
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Bank on the Abyss...!
Piledrivers in the Crypt is back and this time… aliens are NOT in space. Meanwhile the Mikes on Mics… they’re talking about something called “Money in the Bank.” I don’t know what that is. We don’t have that. If you do... Please consider helping Mikey: > Website:...
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Murder in a Box... Mayhem in the Bank!
This week: the infamous Glass Box Killer. Yes, you read that right—someone out there is turning murder into an IKEA DIY project. Meanwhile, the Mikes on Mics sweat their way through the facts of Money in the Bank. Nothing says “summer fun” like men in spandex trying to avoid third-degree burns…
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Oakville Sent a Message… and You Deserved It!
It rained goo. People got sick. And somehow… you probably deserved it. This week - The Oakville blobs—yes, that grotesque biological mystery from Washington state! Plus: a very special Wormhole message that you do not want to miss. Seriously. And the Mikes on Mics are here again, talking about…...
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The Monster of Tyrol! (not me...)
The Monster of the Alps... Guido Zingerle! Also Saturday Night Main Event in the Kayfabe Zone. Please consider helping Mikey: > Website: https://danielgrothe.at/help-mikeys-heart > GoFund.Me: https://gofund.me/46b0b4fb > PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/... “The darkness is your best friend…...
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Welcome to the Umbra!
(00:00:00) Welcome to the Umbra! (00:24:21) Piledrivers in the Crypt Ever wonder what’s lurking just behind the veil of reality? No? Well too bad—because this week, we’re ripping it open. You could ignore it and keep living your little Matrix life… or you could listen now and discover why your...
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Cursed...
Yes I believe in curses. And not much to say but this : Thank you! Please consider helping Mikey: > Website: https://danielgrothe.at/help-mikeys-heart > GoFund.Me: https://gofund.me/46b0b4fb > PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/... “The darkness is your best friend… because you can hide in…
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The Darkness... sometimes just sucks!
A not so great follow - up message from the Crypt. Please consider to ... HELP! The Mikes are back... shooting on last weeks mishap episode that doesn't exist. “The darkness is your best friend… because you can hide in it.” -> Listen to the Archive here! @ danielgrothe.us /.net /.at Let Daniel…
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The Show that is... no Show...
Welcome—wait, no. Not welcome. There’s no Piledrivers in the Crypt this week. Why? Reasons. In the meantime, hug your dogs, kick a demon in the shins, and remember… “The darkness is your best friend… because you can hide in it.” -> Listen to the Archive here! @ danielgrothe.us /.net /.at Let…
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Happy Easter! ... WrestleMania!.. I mean.. Communion...
We go FULL BODY SLAM into the weirdest timeline ever: WrestleMania I (1985) debuts… and somewhere in the woods, Whitley Strieber gets abducted by aliens and writes Communion ... 40 years later, we’re still haunted by both. “The darkness is your best friend… because you can hide in it.” -> Listen…
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Master of Puppets at Khamar Daban
(00:00:00) Master of Puppets at Khamar Daban (00:18:27) Piledrivers in the Crypt The Khamar Daban Incident Six hikers. One survivor. Everyone vomiting blood and dying in the snow like they just sat through an AEW booking meeting. It’s gross, and it’s real. Meanwhile, the Mikes on Mics go full...
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Deal with the... Wormhole!
Yes, the Mikes talk wrestling.Yes, Jay, Jimmy, Gunther, and CM Punk are mentioned.Yes, it’s somehow more coherent than Raw. BUT THEN… I open The Wormhole and ruin everyone’s night... Also: I give a short update on my health, because apparently some of you have feelings now. Listen now at...
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The Brain in the Mirror!
It fractures the skull, bruises the frontal lobe, and leaves you drooling on your conspiracy theory notebook. Can brain trauma turn you into a killer? Or just a podcast host? The Mikes in the Kayfabe Zone talk about... of course... John Cena... again... And hey… if you want to donate to keep the...
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Resuscitation Point...
Death isn’t a theory. It’s the one spoiler no one can rewrite. The moment your world flips, time stops, and death becomes more than just a concept. This isn’t ghost stories and urban legends. This is real. And I am afraid... In The Kayfabe Zone, the Mikes are STILL melting down over Cena’s heel...
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The Chupacabra Comes Full Circle!
They say kayfabe is dead, but so are the goats left behind by the Chupacabra! This week on Piledrivers in the Crypt, we sink our teeth into the legend of the bloodsucking beast that’s been terrorizing livestock, conspiracy nuts, and cryptid hunters since the ‘90s. Is it a government experiment…
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The Black Eyed Children's Heel Turn!
Wrestling is fake? Reality is fake? Black-Eyed Children are definitely fake—or are they? Strap in, you sexy witches and you ugly ghouls, because this week on Piledrivers in the Crypt, I sit down with Mike J from The Kayfabe Zone to talk about: The Chaos in The Kayfabe Zone—new format, new rules,...
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Extraterrestrial Alterations!
Ever wondered if we’re just intergalactic livestock? Piledrivers in the Crypt is back with a deep dive into extraterrestrials farming humans—yes, you read that right. From gruesome human mutilations at the hands of non-human intelligences to a potential U.S. President being involved (because of...
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WiD? w/ Daniel Grothe
THE RETURN OF WiD? W/ DANIEL GROTHE – ONE NIGHT ONLY! It’s happening. WiD? is BACK—for ONE NIGHT ONLY. 🎙️ I'm opening the WiD? archives to reveal never-before-discussed emails from YOU—the listeners. And buried within them? A BOMBSHELL about the MAGE UFO INCIDENT. That’s right. The case that’s...
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Love Hurts! - The Valentine's Day Special
The Bloody, Cannibalistic, Absolutely F@%ked Truth About Valentine’s Day! Ah, Valentine’s Day—the holiday of love, romance, and… flesh-eating psychopaths? 🩸🍴 While the rest of the world is busy pretending this day isn’t a corporate sham, Piledrivers in the Crypt is here to rip the heart out...
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Yeet! - The Super Bowl Special
Forget the halftime show—Piledrivers in the Crypt is back with a Super Bowl Special that’ll hit harder than a linebacker on steroids. While the world argues over commercials and overpriced chicken wings, we’re serving up pure horror, true crime, and sarcasm—the real MVPs of entertainment. And…
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Let's Rumble!... With Black Goo
This week, buckle up as the Mikes talk all about what to expect form the the 2025 Royal Rumble. Who will punch their ticket to Wrestlemania? Also, Daniel creeps us out for the crypt talking about Black Goo! -> Listen to the Archive here! @ danielgrothe.us Let Daniel ... Send you to Hell! with 15%...
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The Art of the Bell & Predictions!
This week -> The Mikes are outside of the zone to give their yearly pro wrestling predictions! And... live from the crypt -> Daniel talks listener predictions along with some of his own & delivers a ...what he thinks is a ... very important message! -> Listen to the Archive here! @…
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How To Curse Objects & Chill
The Mikes are back...WOW...and ready to talk all about the WWE's debut on Netflix. Also, they dive into their predictions from last year to prepare you all for next week's prediction show! In the Crypt...Daniel talks about cursed objects.. and Sandra has to address the elephant in the room... ->...
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The Austrian Dungeon Master... Josef Fritzl
This week... let's talk about a beast of a man from Austria, and no..., it’s not Arnold...or Gunther. It's Austria’s 2nd most famous monster... Josef Fritzl. -> Listen to the Archive here! @ danielgrothe.us Let Daniel ... Send you to Hell! with 15% off...! -> Daniel's Facebook -> X .. is gonna'...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Daniel Grothe spent years doing live paranormal radio from a kitchen in Germany. Three hours. Open lines. No edits. No safety net. Nobody asked him to. He did it anyway. This is what happens next.
Piledrivers in the Crypt is true crime, paranormal, UFOs, cults, cryptids, and the conspiracy culture that existed before you needed an influencer to explain it to you. Delivered with the seriousness the material deserves and the irritation the audience earns just by existing. No comfort. No conclusions. No episode where he learns something and grows as a person. Just the stuff everyone skips — covered by someone who probably shouldn't know this much about it.
You can find it at Daniel's Website. Or wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can keep scrolling. Honestly, your call.
Also wrestling.<
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Daniel Grothe spent years doing live paranormal radio from a kitchen in Germany. Three hours. Open lines. No edits. No safety net. Nobody asked him to. He did it anyway. This is what happens next. Piledrivers in the Crypt is true crime, paranormal, UFOs, cults, cryptids, and the conspiracy culture...
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