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TETHERS

by 11:59 Media

The Tethers podcast is a weekly podcast focused on unearthing the secrets held by a small Pacific Northwest town. Urban legends, disappearances, mysterious objects. How do they connect, and what, if anything, is behind them all? Twisting, turning, reaching out. Line after line, strand upon strand, tethers reaching out into the dark. Which line will lead to the next clue, the next piece of the puzzle? Which tether will finally lead to the truth?

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Episodes

  1. Season 2 Episode 22 - Tethers

    To save reality, Luke Davis has to break it first. In the breathtaking conclusion of Tethers, Luke faces the impossible, unmaking the very machine that fractured reality and himself, in the process. With time unraveling and Unity merging all dimensions into one, Luke must make a choice, but will…

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  2. Season 2 Episode 21 - Unity

    Reality is breaking, unity is calling, and Luke Davis is out of time. Buried beneath the surface of a crumbling world lies Project Unity, a machine designed to perfect humanity by merging every mind into a single, twisted consciousness. In this mind-bending episode, Luke comes face to face with…

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  3. Season 2 Episode 20 - The Room At The End

    Conspiracy, betrayal, and an unexplainable disappearance... Luke Davis inches closer to the truth as he infiltrates the hearts of multiple facilities, but when he uncovers the last room, one that shouldn't exist, his reality starts to unravel. With coded messages, psychic anomalies, and a…

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  4. Season 2 Episode 19 The Unbeliever

    Episode 19 “The Unbeliever” Sometimes the scariest part isn't what you see, it's what’s been watching you all along. With the dimensional tear growing unstable and the facility itself warping around them, Luke makes a desperate choice that changes everything. As forgotten memories surge back, he...

  5. Season 2 Episode 18 Bleed Through

    As Luke, Grant, Terry, and Dr. Calder prepare for their final push toward the heart of the facility, reality itself begins to unravel around them. Increasingly intact roads, seemingly sentient fog, and haunting horrors test their physical and mental limits as they fight their way toward the…

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  6. Season 2 Episode 17 Montage

    The countdown has begun. As the team pushes their abilities to the limit, the safe house itself begins to unravel. Time bends, reality shifts, and the lines between worlds blur. But as new truths emerge, so does a terrifying realization—their enemies aren’t just coming. They’ve already started.…

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  7. Season 2 Episode 16 Plans

    The group regroups, re-evaluates, and makes a choice. With nowhere truly safe and time running out, they set their sights on the only place that might hold the answers they need. But as they plan their next move, one truth becomes clear—there’s no turning back now. 🔥 New episodes of Tethers are...

  8. Season 2 Episode 15 Passage

    Some doors, once opened, can’t be closed. Luke’s reckless choices have changed everything, and now the past—thought lost—stands before them. As tensions settle and truths are revealed, the team takes a much-needed moment to breathe, but just when things seem almost normal, they realize something…

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  9. Season 2 Episode 14 Tradeoffs

    Reality is unraveling. Luke hasn’t been sleeping, haunted by the ever-present hum and whispers buried inside the static. When the past begins to rewrite itself and memories vanish, he realizes something is deeply wrong… something he can’t explain. The deeper they go, the more dangerous it…

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  10. Season 2 Episode 13 Mikey

    The deeper the group digs, the more unstable reality becomes. When the journals start changing they realize something is manipulating events. But, is it an ally warning them... or something else? As Luke pushes his abilities further than ever before, the truth becomes clear: they're being…

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  11. Season 2 Episode 12 Ghosts in the Machine

    Returning to the facility was never going to be easy. Something about the air feels different now—thicker, heavier, like the past is pressing in from all sides. For Luke and Terry, old ghosts linger in every shadow, and the deeper they go, the more the walls seem to remember. But some things…

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  12. Season 2 Episode 11 Attachment

    Some things are impossible to explain. Not because they’re complicated, but because they sound insane when spoken out loud. Luke Davis has been keeping a secret. The journals he found, filled with information from people who shouldn’t know each other, aren’t just old records. Something is coming...

  13. Season 2 Episode 10 Machines

    Some moments never leave you. As Luke Davis steps into Terry Slade’s secluded cabin, he uncovers more than just secrets, as he finds a man haunted by guilt, a past that refuses to stay buried, and a connection neither of them fully understands.For decades, Terry has been watching, waiting…...

  14. Season 2 Episode 9 Ghosts

    A ghost in the system. A name that shouldn’t exist. A pattern hidden in the shadows of government transfers and blacked-out files. With the help of Mikey, Luke follows the breadcrumbs to a secluded property, deep in the woods, where the past just refuses to stay buried. But… some doors aren’t…

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  15. Season 2 Episode 8 Ties

    In this gripping episode of Tethers, Luke Davis unravels the enigma of Captain William Grant, a man whose gifts tied him to more than one secret government experiment. As Luke uncovers the strange phenomena surrounding Grant’s life, a return to a mysterious VHS tape pulls him into a chilling,...

  16. Season 2 Episode 7 Phases

    In this gripping episode of Tethers, Luke Davis dives deeper into the mysteries of the abandoned facility, uncovering unsettling phenomena that challenge the boundaries of reality. As pieces of the past phase into existence and whispers of interdimensional communication grow louder, the secrets…

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  17. Season 2 Episode 6 Premonitions

    I’ve found myself at the gates of a secretive military facility, a place buried deep in shadows and surrounded by mysteries. And, as I step inside, the eerie silence and forgotten corridors seem to hold more than just echoes of the past, instead they hum with secrets waiting to be unearthed.But,...

  18. Session 2 Episode 5 The Pull

    The Pull This week we’ll find out more about the mysterious VHS tape that is seemingly knitting itself back together. We will also learn more about the site, and what its connection to Project Stargate might be, if there is one. Tethers will be back after the Holiday Break, so bundle up and try…

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  19. Session 2 Episode 4 Osmosis

    Osmosis. We all learned at least a little about osmosis in grade school, but what about the process has me so interested in how it might tie into transdimensional travel? I’m not quite sure yet, but hopefully, I can use the information to just get a little bit closer to… the truth. Access ad-free...

  20. Session 2 Episode 3 Fate

    Fate seems to be intertwined in everything I do, at least, that’s how it feels sometimes. Is there really some cosmic force out there, some unknowable entity that controls the minutiae of my life, or am I just thinking that I am more important than I really am? It would be nice to know that...

  21. Season 2 Episode 2 - The Dark

    Every winter in the Pacific Northwest reminds me how much I miss the sun. It’s light and warmth are things I always take for granted during the summer months, but then miss more than I realize until I haven’t seen it for days or even weeks. And, I’d hate to see just how desperate I’d eventually…

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  22. Season 2 Episode 1 - New Beginnings

    Welcome to the first episode of Tethers Season 2! And while it’s not necessary to listen to season one to enjoy this new adventure, there is some back story involved that might make things a little… clearer. But for now, sit down and buckle up, because the show is just getting started. Access...

  23. Tethers Season 2 Teaser

    Tethers Season 2 avaiable 11/19/2024 at 12:01 CST

  24. Tethers Halloween Special

    October. You can feel it. A change in the air. The days grow shorter, the nights grow colder. Fall tends to feel like an end.Welcome to a special Halloween episode of Tethers. TETHERS SEASON 2 COMING SOON! Access ad-free episodes, bonus content, and get all of the 11:59 Media Podcast…

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  25. Almost Fiction Plus EP5 William Wallace

    BONUS: CHECK OUT ALMOST FICTION! For a lot of people, the holiday season can be a time of happiness, togetherness, and joy. A time full of family, laughter, and good will, but for others, the holiday season can have the opposite effect. Enjoy the latest episode of Almost Fiction Plus for free as…

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  26. EPISODE 33 - DARKNESS

    I might need a little help. I might need to be talked out of doing something that I probably shouldn’t. I have the book of Mal. I have the writings on how to perform the ritual of Transcendence, and… I have the keys. All of them. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive…

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  27. EPISODE 32 - RECONSTRUCTION

    Brian Williams. Just another name to add to my list. Another name of someone who disappeared in this small town, and absolutely nobody cares. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media podcasts. Start accessing hundreds of...

  28. EPISODE 31 - CONNECTIONS

    Blake Manor. What once was a strange and if I’m being honest, scary place to me, has become somewhat of an oasis. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media podcasts. Start accessing hundreds of additional hours! Visit 11:59 PLUS.

  29. EPISODE 30 - MAGIC

    I’m not what you would consider old and wise by any stretch of the imagination, but the older I get, the more I realize that sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media podcasts. Start...

  30. EPISODE 29 - PANIC

    Have you ever felt like the world was closing in on you? The list of things you need to take care of keeps growing longer and longer, while your days seem only to get shorter and shorter. Nothing in your corner of the world seems to be going right. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each...

  31. EPISODE 28 - EQUINOX

    What should be done in this situation? Trust Marcos? Help him? Share the keys I’ve found? Or, trust Eddie? Trust that he hid them for a reason. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media podcasts. Start accessing hundreds of...

  32. EPISODE 27 - INTRUSIONS

    A dream, a nightmare, an intrusion. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media podcasts. Start accessing hundreds of additional hours! Visit 11:59 PLUS.

  33. EPISODE 26 - AFTERMATH

    It’s finally happened. I’ve been dreading the thing for a while now, and I honestly don’t know what to do. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media podcasts. Start accessing hundreds of additional hours! Visit 11:59 PLUS.

  34. EPISODE 25 - TROPHIES

    An ivory comb, an old pair of wire-framed glasses, a fountain pen with the initials B.C. engraved on its barrel. These are the items I found in Albert Frank’s room. The items that I buried in the woods. The items that are the focal point of this week's episode. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra...

  35. EPISODE 24 - Q

    One of the biggest mysteries for me so far has been Q. The mysterious stranger I once met in an alley for only a few moments. Through emails, I think I have been able to get a little bit of a grasp on Q and who they are. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and…

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  36. EPISODE 23 - DEMONS

    Before I went on the road trip that led me here to Whitefall and the mystery it held… I had never even dreamt of starting my very own podcast… I had been trying to figure out life by going to school, and at the time, I had been sharing an apartment with three other people... Ad-free episodes…

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  37. EPISODE 22 - THE ORDER

    Stakeouts are something you usually see on TV, in movies, or read about in books, but they never prepare you for just how long and uneventful they are. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media podcasts. Start accessing…

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  38. EPISODE 21 - REWIND

    I never imagined that this would ever get this far. When this started, I thought I’d write 6-8 episodes, if that, fully expecting the trial to run cold, or I’d find out that this was all just an urban legend, a made-up story. But the truth is… Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week,...

  39. EPISODE 20 - TUNNELS

    There’s just something about adventure, mystery, and the unknown. Something about finding old, lost, and forgotten items. I’ve always felt at home in basements, caves, tunnels, anything underground… and it might just come back to haunt me this time. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each...

  40. EPISODE 19 - PATHWAYS

    Concentration. One must concentrate on removing all other thoughts and feelings. Mentally, emotionally, spiritually. Removing each sensation, each pain, each regret, until nothing remains. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59...

  41. EPISODE 18 - MONSTERS

    What if supernatural and otherwise monsters weren’t from our here; our now? What if they came from somewhere else… some other plane of existence where they were… normal? Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media podcasts. Start...

  42. EPISODE 17 - FUGUE

    Our minds can be fragile things. One second we are going about our business having a normal day, and in the next second, our entire world can come crashing down. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media podcasts. Start…

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  43. EPISODE 16 - TALISMANS

    Do objects of power actually exist? Are there items or artifacts that can grant us certain abilities or power? Or, is it all in our heads? Welcome to Tethers episode 16: Talismans. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media...

  44. EPISODE 15 - PASSAGES

    When was the last time you checked the crawl space under your house or ventured up into the attic? When was the last time that you checked under the stairs, under your front porch, or even the back of your cluttered garage? What if, someone else had taken up residence in your house, and you never...

  45. EPISODE 14 - CHANGING TIDES

    There is something strange, mystical, and magical about the full moon. For some, it represents change, a way to mark the passing of time. For others, it represents rebirth or the beginning of something new. Welcome to Tethers Episode 14: Changing Tides. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content…

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  46. EPISODE 13 - LUCKY 13

    I considered skipping 13. Just moving on to episode 14, but in the end, belief in a thing, or maybe, call it superstition, it's what ultimately gives it power. Power over you, your thoughts, your actions. Welcome to Tethers, Lucky 13. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive...

  47. EPISODE 12 - CHANGE IN PLANS

    Sometimes, plans change. This week contains a little peek behind the curtain. This podcast takes time and energy. There are a lot of moving pieces and sometimes new information comes to light that changes plans and I just have to roll with it. Welcome to another episode of Tethers. Ad-free...

  48. EPISODE 11 - TWICE DEAD

    We’ve all wanted to start over. Sometimes a fresh start is all you need to remake yourself, and remold yourself into something different. Something new. Something better. Welcome to another episode of Tethers. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra content each week, exclusive merch, and early access…

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  49. EPISODE 10 - PLACES

    Have you ever been to a place that just… speaks to you? A music venue or bar, a favorite restaurant, or even a simple park bench. You can’t describe it. It just has a welcoming feeling. It’s a place that just feels comfortable, and familiar. It feels like… you. Ad-free episodes, hours of extra...

  50. EPISODE 09 - ORIGINS

    Origins. There are not many original ideas left in the world. Most new ideas, stories, or even Cults, are based on previous ideas, or versions of ideas that have been tweaked, changed, or altered to appear new. So, what was the original idea behind the Cult of Mal, and who came up with it?…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Tethers podcast is a weekly podcast focused on unearthing the secrets held by a small Pacific Northwest town. Urban legends, disappearances, mysterious objects. How do they connect, and what, if anything, is behind them all? Twisting, turning, reaching out. Line after line, strand upon strand, tethers reaching out into the dark. Which line will lead to the next clue, the next piece of the puzzle? Which tether will finally lead to the truth?

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The Tethers podcast is a weekly podcast focused on unearthing the secrets held by a small Pacific Northwest town. Urban legends, disappearances, mysterious objects. How do they connect, and what, if anything, is behind them all? Twisting, turning, reaching out. Line after line, strand upon strand,...

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