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Disquietude
by Disquietude
Disquietude. A podcast concerning the unsettling pieces of internet history that keep you up at night, along with real stories from real people that have experienced "True Horror".
Episodes
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Behold a Pale Horse- The Conspiracies of Milton William Cooper, part 2
In this part 2 episode, we discuss the end of Bill Cooper's life, his ascension to a pillar of reverence for U.S. militia movements and domestic terrorists, and the impact of his book and ideas on pop culture, to include sci-fi and hip-hop music.
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Behold a Pale Horse- The Conspiracies of Milton William Cooper, part 1
In 1991, renowned UFOlogist and conspiracy theorist Milton William Cooper published a book that would end up becoming the catalyst for the zeitgeist of the pre-millennium tension of the 90's. Behold a Pale Horse contained documents, notes, and essays detailing a New World Order plan to enslave…
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Just avoid Halloween at all costs
Tonight, we talk about real-life Halloween tales gathered from internetland, ranging from the absurd, to the comical, to the truly horrifying. It's enough to make you just want to stay at home and eat candy, where it's safe. Or is it?
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The Man who Killed Halloween, and birthed an Urban Legend
On Halloween in 1974, a man named Ronald Clark O'Bryan would commit a horrific act that would have a continued impact over the next 5 decades and become the basis for the urban legend of strangers poisoning candy handed out to children on Halloween. Now, while this urban legend has been mostly...
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Solved!
Tonight, we discuss topics from past episodes in which the mystery surrounding them has been solved since we last covered them. The Murders at Steve's Motel, the Gabby Petito disappearance, and even the one that started it all, the Ruth Price 911 call are up for re-evaluation. So welcome back…
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The Horrible History of Indigenous People Boarding Schools
From 1894 until 1997, the United States and Canada ran a schooling system for Native Americans that equated to systemic genocide- children, some as young as newborns, were taken from their families and forced to live in boarding schools with the intent of assimilating them into Christian society....
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The Legend of Steve's Motel: The No-Tell Motel
For 84 years, there existed a small, dark stain in the heart of America. A place where travelers of the night passing through a small town in Ohio were likely to be surrounded by rapists, drug dealers, murderers and sex traffickers and not realize it. Despised by some, loved by others who knew it...
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So what IS the most haunted place in America?
This week, we each choose what we believe to be the most haunted place in America, and discuss our reasons why. A quaint southern town known for having more ghostly inhabitants than live ones, a mental health facility with a hellish reputation, and a house in Kansas with a haunting so incredible…
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The Extreme Horror Experience
Over the last few years, there has been a growing trend in horror- the Extreme Horror Experience. Evolved from the notoriety of "Extreme Haunted Houses" like McKamey Manor and Blackout, these experiences look to disturb and unnerve visitors by blurring the line between safety and danger. Although...
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Aokigahara- the Suicide Forest
At the base of the tallest mountain in Japan, there is a place where hundreds of people a year go to purposefully never return from. Curious visitors to the area may encounter corpses, curses left behind by the dead, or sometimes, hear screams from deep within the trees. Though there is some…
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The Gabby Petito case
Tonight, we discuss the case everyone is talking about- the disappearance and death of Gabby Petito, while traveling cross-country with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie. This case has a series of oddities and downright bizarre coincidences, including a double murder that occurred in an area of Utah...
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The Odd deaths of Kris Kremmers and Lisanne Froon
On April 1st 2014, two young students from the Netherlands, Kris Kremmers and Lisanne Froon, disappeared while hiking the forests during their trip to Boquete, Panama. Despite an extensive search and investigation by both Panama and Dutch authorities over 10 days, no traces of the two girls were...
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The Jolly Roger's Cookbook
In 1971 a book was published, titled "The Anarchist's Cookbook", which contained instructions for the creation of explosive devices, drugs, and anything that could be used to fight the government during the counterculture era. The book came under review by federal authorities, who determined that...
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The Audacity of Luka Magnotta
In 2012, international student from Wuhan, Jun Lin was drugged, murdered and dismembered in an apartment in Toronto. The crime was captured on video in gruesome detail and uploaded to the internet. This very event was foretold by a group of internet sleuths who had been tracking the perpetrator,...
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Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel- review episode
We follow up our episode on the death of Elisa Lam with a quick review of the Netflix docuseries about the case, give our thoughts about it, and whether or not our opinions about Lam's death have changed.
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The Peculiar Death of Elisa Lam
Tonight, we dive into one of the most famous pieces of internet lore- the 2013 disappearance of Elisa Lam, which took the internet by storm with the release of the unsettling surveillance video from the infamous Cecil Hotel, which showed the last time she was seen alive, displaying behavior…
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Cryptids are both Scary and Ridiculous
We're back! A lake monster possibly summoned from an interdimensional portal. An arachnid the size of a small car. A humanoid moth that is also a harbinger of bad things to come, and... a kangaroo horse dragon from the tri-state area? We discuss the wonderful world of Cryptozoology, and some of…
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The Bizzarre case of Kate Yup
In 2018, a "Mukbang" YouTuber named Kate Yup became a bit of an internet sensation, showcasing her ability to consume monstrous amounts of seafood on her channel, despite being a woman of small physical stature- all the while making sure to keep her face hidden. As her views rose into the…
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A Glitch In the Matrix- The Mysterious Death of Erin Valenti
In October 2019, Erin Valenti, a 33 year-old successful CEO of a tech company, traveled to California from Utah for business. On the day she was set to return, she made a series of bizarre phone calls to her parents, at one point, stating, ""It's all a game, it's a thought experiment, we're in…
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The One-year Anniversary episode
Hard to believe, but it's been one year exactly since we published our very first episode, "The Ruth Price 911 call". 40 episodes and 15,000 plays later, we talk about the past year, our favorite moments and episodes, as well as our funniest- and worst memories. Sit back and relax with us this...
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Mass Hysteria
Throughout history, human beings from time to time have shown a propensity to, shall we say... follow the crowd. Sometimes doing so leads to a group of people engaging in what is known as "Mass Psychogenic Illness", or "Mass Hysteria". We explore some examples recent and old, from the ridiculous…
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The Wonderful World of Torture
Tonight, we discuss the bizarre, disturbing, and... hilarious methods by which people were tortured and executed throughout history. Do we have favorites? Oh yes we do. Were these techniques real, or just sadistic fantasy? And are they still being used today? Listen on...
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Disturbing Audio Vol. 3
Tonight, we dig into our bag to bring you some of the eeriest sounds in internetland: A reading of the transcript from the audio logs of the Toybox Killer David Parker Ray, the first ever talking doll, the science behind "horror string music", creepy little kids, and much, much more.
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The Blue Whale Challenge
In April 2016, questions began to arise about a rash of teen age suicides in Russia, all coming from a social media group known only as "F57". Rumors began circulating that these deaths, totaling over 130, were attributed to a mysterious game called the "Blue Whale Challenge". The rules were...
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Extinction Level Event, Vol. 2- The Apocalypse is here!
2020 has been rough- Threat of war, Global pandemic, giant insect swarms... It got us thinking... is the apocalypse FINALLY here? Well, maybe not, but we talk about Revelation from the bible , and some of our favorite end-of-world scenarios, from killer nanobots, to zombies, as well as some of…
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The Murder of Adam Walsh
In July 1981, an event occurred that would become the catalyst for how society viewed child safety. Terms like "A parent's worst nightmare" and "Stranger Danger" became vernacular burned into the mind of adults and children alike, as the country scrambled to make sense of the death of 6 year-old...
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April Fools Day- Famous Hoaxes, Vol. 1
In honor of April Fool's Day, no jokes or pranks from us, just a few of our favorite famous hoaxes from your host Keyza, ranging from the bizarre to the unsettling, but all disquieting.
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Project MK Ultra: The CIA Mind Control Experiment
From 1953 to 1973, the Central Intelligence Agency conducted experiments on thousands of American citizens, most of them without their knowledge. Originally intended to use psychotropic drugs in order to created more effective interrogation techniques, the experiments evolved into something far...
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Cursed Tomes Vol. 1- The texts you should never read
So how do you research books you are not supposed to read? Very carefully... In the lineup tonight we have "Tomino's Hell", the poem that is never to be read aloud, The "Book of Soyga", a book of unknown origin on demonology, supposedly written by angels who, according to legend, stated that…
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What happened to Grace Walden Stephens?
What if I told you that the most credible major witness in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was also the only one who refused to agree with the official FBI story? Not so odd. But what if I then told you that before the trial of supposed culprit James Earl Ray she was suddenly...
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Extinction Level Event Vol. 1- Virus Outbreak
Tonight, we discuss the recent Corona virus outbreak as well as some of the most dangerous diseases to ever threaten our existence. How likely is an end of world scenario from viruses such as Ebola, or even the Flu? Is the Bubonic Plague ever going to go away? Why is Brendan coughing so much?…
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The Disquieting Letters to Robert the Doll
Tonight, we revisit Robert the Doll, focusing on one of the more bizarre aspects of this haunting- the apology letters. Each year, thousands of people who believe that they are victims of his curse write to Robert, begging for his forgiveness. We read some of these letters and let you decide- are...
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Cemetery Love
Tonight, we discuss the bizarre cases of Anatoly Moskvin, AKA the "Russian Doll Man", and Carl Tanzler, two people who loved the dead a bit *too* much. Moskvin kept a collection of children's corpses that he turned into dolls he believed were inhabited by the spirits of children that could be...
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Disquieting Disney
Death, racism, sexism, ghosts, and underwear infested with parasites- all hallmarks of the most influential company in media entertainment history- Disney. We engage in some gallows humour as we talk about deaths and hauntings at the parks, and how the Disney corporation walks the fine line…
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The Chernobyl Disaster
In April 1986, a steam explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant in Ukraine resulted in the worst nuclear power accident in history. We discuss the horror of the incident, as well as exploring how scary nuclear energy can be, with stories and account given by our special guest…
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Unit 731- The Laboratory of the Devil
During WWII, a covert Japanese military unit known as Unit 731 was created for the supposed purpose of chemical and biological warfare research. The truth was that the unit carried out some of the most horrific war atrocities in modern history, in the form of bizarre methods of human...
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Creepiest missing persons cases Vol. 1
Back from our holiday break, we dive into some the the most interesting and disturbing missing persons cases we've come across in our internet travels. From people vanishing without a physical trace, to some very extreme coincidences, we cover enough to make sure you check the locks on your doors...
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Disturbing Audio Clips Vol. 2
We take another dive into some unsettlling clips of audio, including the cockpit recording from the 1979 crash of Western Airlines flight 2605, some 911 calls you won't be able to stop thinking about, and an especially eerie hijacked radio station broadcast (presented by one of our very own...
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The Heaven's Gate Cult
In March 1997, an anonymous 911 call directed authorities to a mansion in California, where they would find 39 bodies, neatly placed in their beds, all wearing identical black shirts, black pants, and black Nike shoes, faces covered with purple cloths. It was soon discovered the scene was a mass...
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The Hinterkaifeck Murders
March, 1922. A series of odd occurrences at a farmhouse in the German countryside disturb a family for months, until one day, they are not heard from by the local townspeople, leading to the discovery of one the most gruesome and brutal massacres in the history of the country. Six victims- two of...
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke Vs. the Carolina Reaper
For Thanksgiving, we're bringing you something different- we explore the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke, a piece of North Carolina lore that continues to capture the imagination of the public to this very day. However, to spice things up (quite literally), we decide to attempt to get…
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The (absolutely ridiculous) Tales of the Dark Web Vol. 1
Tonight, we wanted to bring you creepy accounts of those brave enough to enter the realm of the deep/dark web... only to find that it is equal parts absurd and evil. We discuss some of our favorite stories collected from the internet, and the dark web as a whole. Is it really as crazy as the…
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The Most Extreme Haunt in the world: McKamey Manor
Tonight, we discuss the world famous Haunted House attraction that offers $20,000 dollars to anyone who can complete it- the infamous McKamey Manor. People from all over place themselves on a two-year waiting list to experience what is considered the king of the "Extreme Haunted House"…
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The mystery of Electronic Voice Phenomenon
There are some who say that the dead communicate with our world through an experience known simply as "EVP"- Electronic Voice Phenomenon. These events apparently capture the voices of the dead that we cannot hear until played back through an audio device, and there is an outright staggering…
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The Black Monk of Pontefract
In 1966, in a house on 30 East Drive in Yorkshire, UK, one of the most bizarre and violent hauntings in modern history began... and never ended. Ghost hunters and paranormal investigators from around the world dare to spend nights there in order to experience the world's most dangerous…
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The story of "Dear David"
In August 2017, writer and cartoonist Adam Ellis posted a series of tweets in which he detailed a possible haunting in his apartment, centered around vivid dreams in which a dead child named "Dear David" would torment him. He could ask David two questions, but was told to NEVER ask a third... the...
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The Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs
In 2008, a video called "3 Guys 1 Hammer" was anonymously uploaded to the internet, depicting the gruesome torture and murder of a man. The popularity of the video sparked global interest in the case from which the video was obtained-a case involving 3 teenage boys and the killing spree that held…
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The "Satanic Panic" of the 1980's
Tonight, Disquietude recounts the mass hysteria that swept the nation in the 80's with the belief that satanic cults were abusing our children in bizarre ceremonies that became known as "Satanic Ritual Abuse". Spurred on by the book "Michelle Remembers" along with sensationalist media, false...
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Oh, the Horror!
Tonight, we're doing something a little different for Friday the 13th- UK filmmaker Tony Newton asked us to do a segment for his upcoming documentary, "Oh, the Horror!", which focuses on the horror movie genre and it's association with snuff films and real death. We discuss a TON to horror film...
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Don't go down Archer Avenue.
There is a stretch of road right outside of Chicago that you should never travel down. If you do, be sure to never pick up any hitchhikers, or else you'll meet "Mary". Stay away from the woods alongside the road lest you meet a crazed monk or run across a satanic ritual. Don't grab a drink at Al...
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Disquietude. A podcast concerning the unsettling pieces of internet history that keep you up at night, along with real stories from real people that have experienced "True Horror".
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