Reddit Explains Conspiracy & the Unknown
by Pop Media Agency
Do you ever wonder what lurks in the shadows of the world around you? Have you ever come across strange and unexplainable events that just seem too unnatural to be coincidental? In this podcast, Sam Wilder and Addy Love seek to unravel and expose some of the most unnerving stories experienced by the everyday Redditor - because the wildest things happen even to the most average of people. Listen in every day as we cover topics that are sure to make you question the reality of the world around you. Join us as we explore conspiracy, controversy, and the unknown.
Episodes
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The Man in Walmart | Someone Who Didn’t Know He Went Missing
While out running errands with his dad, OP was looking for deodorant at Walmart when he heard sobbing behind him. Upon investigation, he found a guy crying while holding a bloody blade in his hand and blood dripping all over the floor.
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Robert Fisher
Robert William Fisher is an American fugitive wanted for allegedly killing his family and blowing up the house in which they lived in Scottsdale, Arizona, on April 10, 2001. Fisher served in the United States Navy and later worked as a firefighter and in the medical field and has been on the…
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My Scary Beach Story | Cursed Lucid Dreaming Experience | My Terrifying Childhood
OP was at the beach in North Carolina with their family and playing in the water when they suddenly felt something tug on their foot. This thing suddenly latched onto their ankle and yanked them under the water. They got about 15 feet out when their brother finally grabbed them, pulling them away...
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The Death of Shannon
6 years before her murder, a psychologist asked Shannon what she wanted on her tombstone if she were to die, and she replied that she wanted it blank because no one cared for her in life, so why would they care for her in death? Her body was discovered 6 years later. Who killed Shannon?
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The Fluoride Conspiracy
Fluoride is put into our water and dentists say it’s a good thing that helps our teeth to be stronger, but according to this conspiracy theory, the history of forcing fluoride on humans through the fluoridation of drinking water is wrought with lies, greed, and deception. Scientific evidence…
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Possible Serial Killer who Murdered Up to 70 Women
An Iowa woman, Lucy Studey, claims that her late father, Donald Studey, was a serial killer who murdered about 5 or 6 women a year, which added up to be about 70 women overall, and she claims to know where the bodies are. Authorities are currently investigating the scene for evidence.
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The Tamam Shud Case
The Tamám Shud case, also known as the Mystery of the Somerton Man, is an unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead in 1948 on the Somerton Park beach, just south of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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The Boy in the Box
The "Boy in the Box" is the name given to an unidentified murder victim, a 4-to 6-year-old boy, whose naked, battered body was found in a bassinet box in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1957. He is also commonly called "America's Unknown Child."
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Last Summer
OP was out walking and minding their own business when they felt like someone was watching them. Upon looking up in the sky, they noticed this orange orb floating there. At first they tried to just brush it off as a plane, until it suddenly started moving like no known aircraft is capable of…
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Hearing the Paranormal
OP heard someone humming during a ballgame, but no one around them was humming. They realized the hum was coming from a ditch, but when she went to investigate, there was nothing. After asking her friend, she confirmed that she had also heard the hum, so they ran away, but this wasn’t the only…
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H. H. Holmes and the Murder Castle
Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist, murderer, and trigamist, the subject of more than 50 lawsuits in Chicago alone. Submit your stories: [email protected] Get 55% off your Babbel subscription at babbel.com/pop Our...
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College Creep | True Bike Riding Story
While on her college campus, OP noticed a man following her. She saw a button to alert campus police, but had a feeling it would be better not to let the stranger know she noticed him. So instead, she burst into a full on sprint toward one of the buildings. Submit your stories:...
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Am I Being Stalked? Or Worse? | Creepy Night at Work
OP’s partner just got laid off from his job, so he decided to just chill out and play a video game while OP hung out in her room. Suddenly a man walked in the door mentioning that he had dropped a package at the door, but no one answered, so he walked in to see if anyone was home. After screaming...
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What Is the Scariest Conspiracy Theory If True?
Planet X is real, orbits like a comet, and so enters the solar system at infrequent intervals and is home to intelligent life that has affected past human civilizations. The AskReddit questions about conspiracy theories are periodically posted by the government to measure how close the general...
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What Experiences Made You Believe in Ghosts?
A family kept receiving gifts from some unknown person. They have police wait at night to see who it is, but eventually give up because they could never find them. The strangest gift they received? A sled with an image painted on, foreshadowing their lives after the mother passed away from cancer.
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We Don’t Know What We Saw | Paranormal Encounter or Something Else?
OP and their friend were driving back from the fair in October. They were on a long, narrow dirt road and they saw a car blocking the road, when suddenly a man in a dark hoodie came lumbering toward them in a creepy manner. OP quickly reversed back over a hill they came over, when they decided...
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The Dancing Plague and Laughing Plague
There was an instance of mass hysteria in history when a group of 400 people began to dance and couldn’t stop. They danced until people started dying. Another instance of hysteria happened in a town, but this time it was because of laughter. They laughed for 16 days straight. Submit your stories:...
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What’s Your True, Unexplained Story of Being in a Place that Shouldn’t Exist? Part 2
While driving through Illinois to get to Chicago, OP and their friends stopped at a Taco Bell. They went inside and noticed that all the people around them were having conversations in English, but none of them made any sense. They were just saying words in no particular order as if they were...
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What’s Your True, Unexplained Story of Being in a Place that Shouldn’t Exist? Part 1
OP was out driving in an unpopulated area and came across a town. They were a bit lost, so decided to go find someone and ask for directions. They searched everywhere in the town, but there was nobody to be found until finally they crossed paths with an old man who directed them to a lonely road...
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What Are Some Weird Real Life X-File Type Mysteries?
One redditor comments about hallucinations at sea and how while their father was out sailing, he saw the sea covered with coffins. Their grandfather, while also sailing, said he was being followed by a swarm of crows and a group of motorcycles. Submit your stories: [email protected] Get…
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My Taxi Driver May Be Stalking Me | Scary Pizza Delivery Story
OP was out getting drinks with her friend when she decided it was time to go home. So her friend called her a taxi from a service she had never used and a man came to pick her up. This man asked a lot of personal questions, got her instagram after pressuring her for it, and then dropped her off…
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Did Anyone Have an Imaginary Friend as a Kid That Turned Out a Little Too Real? Or Turned Out to Be Not Friendly at All?
A redditor had two imaginary friends. One was really nice and the other was super mean and would often trash their room. The nice friend would always tell the mean one to stop. The odd thing about this is that this redditor was a very honest child and had some very detailed descriptions of these...
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What Was Something That Happened to You as a Child That You Didn’t Realize Was Scary, Creepy, or Dangerous Until You Got Older?
When one redditor was 2 years old, a clown came to his birthday party. He pulled out what they thought was a water gun, but it was a real gun. He proceeded to take all the Mom’s watches and purses, and then left. Submit your stories: [email protected] Get 55% off your Babbel subscription…
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What Is the Downright Scariest Thing that Has Ever Happened to You, Be It Paranormal or Otherwise?
Golfman11 said that one time they woke up and their eyes were super dry. They opened them, and it was pitch black. They couldn’t see a thing, but they knew there was a light in the room because their alarm went off, signifying that the sun was out. They rubbed their eyes and cried until they were...
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What Are Some Crimes That Will Most Likely Never Get Solved, but Are 99% Sure Who Is Responsible?
We read multiple comments about different mysteries, including the Dupont de Ligonnès murders and disappearance which involved the murder of five members of the same family in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France, followed by the disappearance of the patriarch of the family, Xavier Pierre Marie…
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Cops and Other Law Enforcement People of Reddit, What Were Some Cases That Made You Think That Something Supernatural Was Going On?
While out patrolling, a cop comes across a woman frozen in the street. After trying to figure out what’s wrong with her, he decides to take her to the hospital and on the way she stares at the sun, damaging her eyes. He drops her off at the hospital and calls them a week later to discover she’s...
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What’s a Conspiracy Theory That You Heard That Kind of Made You Think Maybe They Were Right?
One theory says the province of New Brunswick is denying the existence of Eastern cougars so they won’t have to delegate and designate a huge bunch of land as protected wildlife habitats. Another theory says NBA refs are still rigging games. Submit your stories: [email protected] Get 55%…
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Coffee Shop Stalker
OP was a coffee shop worker and one day was approached by a guy that asked for her number. She said no, rejected him, and walked away. She thought everything was fine after that, but the guy just kept coming back and watching her. He even rattled the bathroom knob while she was in the bathroom....
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Birds Aren’t Real
Are birds actually government-issued drones? Created by a 20-year-old college student, the Birds Aren’t Real movement has drawn intrigue from all over the internet. They believe that throughout the years, the government has slowly been killing off every single bird and replacing them with...
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An Instant Manifestation
OP had an awesome glow in the dark skeleton onesie that her friend wanted to buy for herself. After looking around the store and asking the employees, it became clear that there was no onesie in her size that they’d be able to use, until they returned a few moments later and the exact onesie she...
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Perfectly Legal but Creepy
Paparazzi, who get paid to stalk people. Or also social media accounts whose sole purpose is to stalk people in public, bugging them until the person freaks out, which they post online to show their followers. It’s legal to check if a doorknob is locked as long as you don’t enter. Submit your...
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Unstable Psychiatrist Loses His Crap After I Ghost Him | Almost Kidnapped/Murdered in My Neighborhood While Walking
OP had a psychiatrist they were supposed to see once a month for 20 minutes, but eventually he had her coming in twice a week and their appointments would go over an hour each time. Eventually she had to just stop answering his calls and ignore him as things got more uncomfortable, which sent him...
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Missing Person
This young man left a note to his parents that he was going somewhere. He says some strange things like he might get lost and be unable to come back, but no details about where he’s going. After disappearing, they found the vehicle, but were never able to find him. Submit your stories:...
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The Window Creeper | Followed in the Woods
OP saw a man outside her window staring at her and was immediately freaked out. Her boyfriend made sure to reveal himself, which sent the man running. All was good after that, until OP found herself alone and noticed two holes cut in her screen for window access. Submit your stories:...
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The Man on My Patio
While OP was playing PlayStation, they heard a noise coming from their patio outside the window. They thought it was their cat that went missing, but when they went to check, they instead saw a tall guy with black hair standing on the patio, making those weird noises. Submit your stories:...
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What Is the Scariest or Creepiest Thing You Have Seen or Heard? Part 2
A girl commented about when she was working the night shift at work and heard a massive crash of one of the windows on the front of the building. Someone had thrown a sizable rock through the front. She hurried to her car and took off home, but realized she didn’t unlock her car when she got in....
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What Is the Scariest or Creepiest Thing You Have Seen or Heard?
Someone was watching their niece late at night and decided to watch the new James Bond movie after putting the niece to bed. While watching the movie, suddenly the niece whispered into their ear, “You know James Bond murdered Jesus, right?” That was the last time they offered to babysit. Submit...
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Man Stalking My Sister in the Woods | The Work Stalker
“As we made our way back, quickly and quietly, I felt the sense that I was being watched. We made it to our bikes, which were thankfully still there. I told my sister to pick up her bike, so we could walk through the rest of the trail without the noise of our bikes clicking. This way we could…
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Lenny Dirickson
In 1998, Lenny Dirickson was having breakfast with his son when an unidentified man inquired about a horse Lenny had for sale. Lenny left with the man, but failed to return home. It was later revealed that Lenny had never advertised he had a horse for sale, leading to many unanswered questions....
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What’s a Horrifying/Creepy Experience You’ve Lived Through? Part 2
When very young, one redditor was taking swimming lessons and the instructor decided it would be a good idea to throw them into the deep end of the pool to accelerate their learning. After their grandpa heard about it, he sent some of his old army veteran friends to teach the instructor a lesson…
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What’s a Horrifying/Creepy Experience You’ve Lived Through?
One redditor nearly got run off the road while on the way home from work one night. A man pulled up in a windowless van behind her and asked if she was OK. He offered for her to wait in his van with his wife and kids, except that when looking in her rearview mirror, she could clearly see there…
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What’s the Creepiest Thing You’ve Heard at Night?
“Used to live on the ground floor. At 2 AM, some random crackhead knocked on my window and asked if I had 50 cents for a lighter. It should have been creepy, but I found the situation so absurd that I just laughed, gave him the fifty cents, and he was on his way.” Submit your stories:...
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The Bumpy Man
OP’s little toddler son was in the other room and suddenly started laughing. He was looking over her shoulder into the darkness, so she asked him what was so funny, to which he replied “The man” as he continued gazing over her shoulder. Submit your stories: [email protected] Get 55% off…
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Scariest Things Morticians Experienced at Work
“A friend of mine is a mortician. Her scariest incident happened very early in her career. She was alone and had music going, and was walking past the drawers when one of the bodies kicked the door and popped the drawer open just a crack.” Submit your stories: [email protected] Get 55% off...
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Do Not Open | Hikers of Reddit, What’s the Most Messed Up Thing You’ve Seen?
While washing her dishes, OP picked up the phone and talked to her friend, who said he would come over for a bit. While showering, OP heard a loud knock on the door and called for them to come in, but no one opened the door. Peter called a moment later and told her not to open the door because he...
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The Basement Part 2
The OP continues his story about Charlie McCarthy. After another encounter with the doll, he decides to bury it in a place that no one would know about, and then he ends up moving with his family. Years pass and life is good, until Charlie finds a way back into his life. Submit your stories:...
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The Basement Part 1
The OP recounts a time when they were young and had to sleep in their basement all alone for a while. Their dad got them a ventriloquist doll, which they at first loved, but later came to realize there was something dark and sinister about it. Submit your stories: [email protected] Get 55%...
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The Face in the Window of My Mom’s Basement | My Mother’s Stalker
OP’s mom was alone down in the basement one night and when she looked up, she noticed a very disturbing face staring at her through the window, which looked dead and had no body. It has disturbed her to this day. We also tell a disturbing stalker story that you’ll definitely want to hear. Submit...
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Dead Cafeteria Lady | The One Experience I Can’t Explain
OP was asked to go get some dresses from the stage for their choir class. As she was looking in the dark, a lady asked her what she needed, and then proceeded to help her. She said her name was Diane, but when OP went back to tell her teacher what happened, she learned that Diane had died 12…
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Parents of Reddit, What Is the Most Dark or Chilling Thing Your Children Have Said?
“My niece drew a picture of a man in her room that she kept telling her parents about. He had two different colored eyes and one was gray. When asked why it was gray, she responded, ‘Because he can see the storm coming.’” Submit your stories: [email protected] Get 55% off your Babbel...
About this show
Do you ever wonder what lurks in the shadows of the world around you? Have you ever come across strange and unexplainable events that just seem too unnatural to be coincidental? In this podcast, Sam Wilder and Addy Love seek to unravel and expose some of the most unnerving stories experienced by the everyday Redditor - because the wildest things happen even to the most average of people.
Listen in every day as we cover topics that are sure to make you question the reality of the world around you. Join us as we explore conspiracy, controversy, and the unknown.
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