Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
Episodes
Strange News: Delphi, A Meat Heist, Pelosi Conspiracies, and the FBI Raids a Journalist
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Officials have arrested a suspect in connection to the harrowing Delphi murders. Three men from the Miami area get caught in a multi-state meat heist ...
Behind The Scenes: Inside Our Book
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why write a book about conspiracies and conspiracy theories? In today's behind-the-scenes episode, the guys explore how the Stuff They Don't Want You ...
Listener Mail: Reincarnation, Late-night Modems and Ben Goes Off The Grid
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A fellow Conspiracy Realist writes in with a unique perspective on reincarnation. A late-night modem noise triggers a primal response. Ben remains awa...
ShotSpotter: Part Two
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ShotSpotter is a private company leveraging audio technology and proprietary algorithmns to locate gunfire with an incredibly high degree of accuracy....
CLASSIC: The Sick, Sweet Secret of the Sugar Cover-up
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone knows sugar in excessive amounts can have damaging effects on your health -- but just how bad is it, and why do people in the US still consum...
Strange News: Ye Update, A Bizarre 911 Call, and Ben Goes Missing
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An update on the ongoing fallout surrounding Kanye West. Investigators are looking for a Fremont family, worried that no one has seen them for four da...
CLASSIC: Did the US abandon soldiers in the Vietnam War?
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At the close of the Paris Peace Accords, the US and Vietnam agreed to return any POWs to their home country -- however, for decades after the close of...
ShotSpotter: Part One
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ShotSpotter is a private company leveraging audio technology and proprietary algorithms to locate gunfire with an incredibly high degree of accuracy. ...
Digging Deeper Into Food Deserts
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nutrition is a huge deal. The need to eat is one of the very few things all human beings have in common, and nations have risen and fallen based on th...
CLASSIC: Does China Have Psychic Child Soldiers?
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nowadays many people are familiar with the US government's bizarre psychic experiments -- but what about China's? Join the guys as they explore the st...
CLASSIC: What happened to Elisa Lam?
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2013, Canadian college student Elisa Lam disappeared while on a solo trip through California. For weeks law enforcement was at a loss to explain th...
Propaganda At Home: The Smith-Mundt Act
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let's be honest: propaganda is a bit of a dirty word nowadays. When you hear it mentioned in the media, it's almost always framed as a sinister tool o...
Listener Mail: Glitter Insider, Shotspotter, Fishing Scandals
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A listener from the world of government regulation writes with surprising insider information about the great glitter mystery. Multiple Conspiracy Rea...
The Silurian Hypothesis
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the vast majority of experts can largely agree on the basics of human evolution, from the early days of the first populations migrating out of ...
CLASSIC: The NSA: Fact, Fiction and Fright
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since the 1950s, the National Security Agency has been responsible for collecting, analyzing and verifying a vast amount of signals intelligence, oste...
Strange News: Superorganisms in Your Mouth, the Overview Effect, and Police Making Dangerous Portraits with DNA
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New research shows cavity-causing microbes can form superorganisms able to ‘crawl’ and spread on teeth. William Shatner experiences the Overview E...
Creatures of the Night: Alleged Monsters Around the World, Part II
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For many people, monster stories are just that -- stories. Tall tales and folklore meant to entertain an audience. However, you might be surprised to ...
Listener Mail: On the Frontlines of Iran, Peanut Allergies on the Rise, and Holy Land, USA.
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Unwilling Stardust writes in with a harrowing account of Iran's growing protests. Coinkydink asks why peanut allergies seem to be on the rise. Agent M...
Creatures of the Night: Alleged Monsters Around the World, Part I
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For many people, monster stories are just that -- stories. Tall tales and folklore meant to entertain an audience. However, you might be surprised to ...
CLASSIC: Grimoires: Fact and Fiction
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From fictional works like the Necronomicon to the all-too-real Key of Solomon, humanity has long been obsessed with the idea of ancient tomes holding ...
Strange News: Plants Swing Machetes, Cheating Fishermen, Possible Serial Killer in California
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The United States has created a new Ambassador exclusively for plants -- and good thing, too, because plants just learned to use machetes. The world o...
Who's Buying All The Glitter?
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When most of us think of glitter, we think of arts and crafts -- not a conspiracy. But, as it turns out, the glitter industry has a strange, enduring ...
Listener Mail: Conspiracies About Conspiracies, Shotspotter, the Nature of Fact
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A-Frame asks whether the wildest conspiracies are, themselves, part of a larger conspiracy to bury stories those in power would prefer we ignore. A ca...
A Monster in Belgium: The Dutroux Affair, with Matt Graves
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1996, hundreds of thousands of Belgian citizens marched in public protest against an apparent conspiracy of the highest order -- the kidnapper and ...
CLASSIC: The Hemp Car Cover-up
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Make no mistake: the United States is a car culture, and the extreme sprawl of the country means the vast majority of citizens can’t realistically l...
Strange News: Big Pharma, Mysterious Airport Moans and Bret Favre
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pharma company Biogen is on the hook for 900 millions dollars due to allegations of an unethical kickback scheme. Brett Favre is under suspicion of fi...
The Bizarre Tale of the Circleville Letters
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The small town of Circleville, Ohio is, in most respects, a normal place. It has all the usual trappings of a small community: churches, grocery store...
Book Excerpt: Assassinations
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How many governments has the US overthrown? In today's special episode, we're sharing an excerpt from our upcoming Stuff They Don't Want You To Know a...
Vigilante Justice: The Story of La Sombra Negra
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of a horrific civil war, El Salvador found itself confronted with enormously pervasive, deadly gang activity -- it seemed the official law...
CLASSIC: Did Sheldon Gosline Discover a Lost Civilization?
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries self-assured academics believed Troy was a mythological city -- until, that is, the ruins were discovered. Over the span of history, the...
Havana Syndrome Update, with Jack O'Brien
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story began, officially, in 2017 -- multiple US government employees stationed abroad began reporting eerily similar symptoms, ranging from mild d...
Strange News: The Pentagon Will 'Review' Its Own Psyops, NPCs and Inequality, Autopsy Crimes in Kansas
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conman in Kansas has just been sent to prison for a long series of illegal autopsy schemes. Self-appointed technocrats float the idea of poor people...
Listener Mail: Martian Helicopters, Quran Translations, Frightening Shipwrecks, and So Many Bad Jokes
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Seven shares his inside experience working in the space industry. Alice writes to explain the tricky issue of translation applied to the Quran. Tyler ...
What is "Clearing" a House ?
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever encountered a place with an inexplicable bad vibe? Do you believe events of the past can leave an intangible mark affecting the present?...
CLASSIC: The Mystery of the Cagots
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries communities in France and Spain practiced a brutal, widely-accepted system of discrimination against a group of families and individuals...
Strange News: Alleged Chess Scandal, "Baby Shark" as Torture, and Russia Proven to Spend Millions Rigging Your Government
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An Oklahoma County inmate was found dead while embroiled in a case alleging he had been psychologically tortured by the "Baby Shark" song. An alleged ...
The Calvine UFO Photograph
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you're hiking through the Scottish countryside, and hear a low, long hum. You look up to see -- something. You take photos, and send them to t...
Listener Mail: Food Deserts, Hijacking Planes, and the World's Most Dangerous Prisoners
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bad Ghost hips us to a recent plane hijacking, targeting a Walmart. Roadrunner asks where the world's most dangerous prisoners are kept. Lactrodectus ...
Modern Cults, Part II: The Creativity Movement, Kashi Ashram and Angel's Landing
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What makes one belief system a religion, and another a cult? How can non-religious organization themselves be cults? In part two of this two-part seri...
CLASSIC: The Search For Noah's Ark
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries various groups claimed they'd discovered the remnants of Noah's Ark, the legendary wooden ship of Biblical fame. Despite controversy, sk...
Strange News: Animal Attacks, Tragic Love with a Hologram, and NASA Plays Pool in Space
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Turtles and turkeys attack humans. Kangaroos overrun a small Australian town. A man in Japan loses his hologram wife when a company stops supporting h...
Modern Cults, Part I: Black Hammers and More
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What makes one belief system a religion, and another a cult? How can non-religious organization themselves be cults? In part one of this two-part seri...
Listener Mail: Rare Blood Types, PROMIS, and Poop in the Mail
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A first-hand account of finding poop in the mail. A deep dive into the world of spycraft and software. An exploration of the facts behind rare blood t...
Who's Hiding the Broccoli? A Conversation with Jordan Harbinger
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever spoken with a spy? How do you use critical thinking to cut past the noise of mass media and propaganda? In today's interview, Ben, Matt ...
CLASSIC: Is the Military on Drugs?
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From the old stories of Viking Berserkers to the rise of the Assassins and more, humanity has spent millennia using drugs as a way to explore spiritua...
Strange News: Governor Warns against Drinking City Water, Texas vs. The Bible, and Legal Rights for Plants
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Governor of Mississippi warns people to avoid drinking any water from Jackson. A Texas law accidentally flags the bible -- and Florida rejects oth...
Hairy-handed Road Rage: A British Ghost Story
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, locals near England's B3212 spun a strange tale: a pair of disembodied hands might just take the wheel while you're driving -- and you ju...
Listener Mail: A Surveillance Meet-Cute, A Second Coming and The Dolphin Illuminati
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Janky Jay has a chance encounter with the ghost in her machine, Al sends us down a Swedenborg rabbit hole and the Baron Upon Eaton relays an ancient v...
Cartels as Corporations -- and Governments
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the War on Drugs continues, cartels have grown from street-level gangs to something like corporations, complete with diversified portfolios of crim...
CLASSIC: What is Project Iceworm?
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How many secret military bases exist around the world? How many of those are active, and how many abandoned? Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they explore b...
Strange News: Roomba Snoops, Loose Poops and Meta is a Snitch
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A disgruntled man takes revenge on politicians by mailing feces. Meta (formerly Facebook) is under scrutiny after sharing info that led law enforcemen...
Permaculture
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As humanity pushes ever closer to global catastrophe -- and non-human life on planet Earth struggles to survive -- a growing body of experts argue for...
CLASSIC: Catholics, Children and Conspiracy: The Epidemic of Abuse
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For decades various individuals and organizations with the Catholic Church were dogged by rumors of horrific abuse – and, eventually, it turned out ...
Would the US really invade the Hague?
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since 2002, the International Criminal Court has served as a "court of last resort" with a jurisdiction that spans the globe from its headquarters in ...
CLASSIC: What’s the US National Radio Quiet Zone?
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tucked away in a stretch of rural land in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, the radio quiet zone is 13,000 square miles of near-total electronic s...
Is there a real "truth serum"?
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've all seen truth serum in any number of big screen thrillers, or read about it in fanciful crime novels. A spy, a terrorist, even a high-ranking p...
CLASSIC: The Hidden World of Psychopaths
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How common are psychopaths? Is it possible that you've met one? Join the guys as they explore the fact, fiction and controversy surrounding one of the...
The Strange Story of Bob Lazar
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
These days, it's common knowledge that governments hide any number of things from the public -- but how deep does the rabbit hole go? According to Bob...
CLASSIC: Did aliens appear over Los Angeles?
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the wee hours of February 25th, 1942, air raid sirens resounded across LA. Anti-aircraft guns fired the better part of 1500 shells at something. To...
CLASSIC: How could the CIA have faked the moon landing?
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly half a century people around the world have believed the moon landing was faked. If that were true, how could people possibly perpetrate su...
Listener Mail: Big Brother At Work, Standardized Tests and a Crucial Guinea Pig Correction
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A fellow Conspiracy Realist shares first-hand experiences with Big Brother at your Job. K Dubs calls in with more info about the dangers of privatized...
The Clintons and Corruption, Part II: White Water, Dirty Money and Larger Problems
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From the politics of Arkansas to the heights of Presidential power, Bill and Hillary Clinton have become one of the world's most influential political...
The Clintons and Corruption, Part I: Origins and Body Counts
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From the politics of Arkansas to the heights of Presidential power, Bill and Hillary Clinton have become one of the world's most influential political...
CLASSIC: Sport Conspiracies, Part II
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Could your favorite sports be fixed? Join Ben, Matt and Noel for their continuing interview with author Brian Tuohy as they explore the murky world be...
Strange News: Alex Jones Goes to Court, It's Raining PFAs, Massachusetts Forgives Last Witch
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Jones faces the latest legal proceedings regarding Sandy Hook. Rainwater across the world is riddled with harmful chemicals. A mysterious sinkhol...
Banks Are Buying Your Neighborhood, Part II
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's true: financial institutions are, indeed, buying up homes and turning them into rentals. But should this be a cause for concern? In the second pa...
Listener Mail: The Airbag Black Market, Thermostat Shenanigans, and the Case of the Somerton Man
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A caller prompts a conversation about the booming black market for airbags. It seems some power companies are using smart thermometers to mess with th...
Banks Are Buying Your Neighborhood, Part I
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Across the United States, would-be homebuyers are telling a similar story: after weeks or months of searching, they finally find a home they can affor...
CLASSIC: Sports Conspiracies, Part I
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Could it be possible that your favorite sports are fixed? Join the guys as they interview Brian Tuohy, author of The Fix is In, on the murky connectio...
Strange News: Fast Food Founder Buys Everyone Lottery Tickets, Holes in the Ocean Floor, Scary Algorithm Predicts Crime with 90% Accuracy
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The founder of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers buys a lottery ticket for all 50,000 of his employees. Observers are baffled by a series of mysterious h...
The Great Bitcoin Crash
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To some, Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies are the future of finance, deregulated and free from the problems of the existing financial others. To c...
Listener Mail: Make More Poor, Banks Buy Your Neighborhood, The Future of Infrastructure
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Poppy Hotdog asks whether the recent Supreme Court comes from an ulterior motive. Conspiracy Realists share experiences with a brutal -- at times cons...
Is LaMDA alive? Part II
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Google engineer Blake Lemoine made international news with his claims that the company's creation LaMDA - Launguage Model for Dialogue Appli...
CLASSIC: Cannibalism: Fact and Fiction
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cannibalism is an ancient taboo, but how often has it actually occurred? Join the guys in this classic episode as they explore the grisly rumors and f...
Strange News: Amazon is Snitching, Heists in LA, and "Mutant" Soldiers in Ukraine?
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon has been giving Ring videos to law enforcement, without the consent of the owners. Someone in LA stole millions' dollars worth of jewelry from ...
Is LaMDA alive? Part I
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Google engineer Blake Lemoine made international news with his claims that the company's creation LaMDA - Launguage Model for Dialogue Appli...
STDWYTK Presents: The Tale of the University Six, Part II
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Bill, Mark and Neil receive a series of new packages seeming to, for the first time, reveal the true fate of the infamous Universi...
CLASSIC: Human Experimentation: MIT and Cereal
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did the Quaker Oats company really do experiments on children? Join Matt and Ben as they dig into the checkered past of this cereal monolith.They don'...
Strange News: Oklahoma Murderer Implicates Bigfoot, Shinzo Abe Assassinated, People Blame Terrible Events on CERN
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A man in Oklahoma claims he committed murder to prevent the victim from summoning Bigfoot. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated. ...
Alien State, with MJ Banias
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can we better understand the growing, mainstream interest in UFOs? In this interview, Ben, Matt and Noel are joined by MJ Banias, host of Alien St...
Listener Mail: Permaculture, the US vs. the Hague, and an Amazon Conspiracy
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is permaculture, exactly? Why does the US have a law allowing them to invade the Hague? Anonymous sources reach out to Ben to ask about a strange...
CLASSIC: Is Sesame Credit Dangerous?
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What if you had a credit score that measured more than just your wallet? What if it took into account your political leanings, Internet traffic, and s...
STDWYTK Presents: The Tale of the University Six, Part I
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Bill, Mark and Neil receive a strange package with no return address only to find it contains a mysterious video that may, for the...
Strange News: The Georgia Guidestones, Gentleminions, Plastic-Eating Worms, Bladder Surgery and Botox
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The gang reacts to the news about the partial destruction -- and then total demolition -- of the Georgia Guidestones. People get various medical opera...
CLASSIC: Did Teresita Basa avenge her own death?
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Months after the murder of Teresita Basa, her former coworker began falling into trances, a voice identifying itself as Teresita issuing from her mout...
Listener Mail: Cartels and Animals, Blood Donation Bans, A Cult Called the Body
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra looks for more information on a cult called the Body. On Instagram, Jessica explores the strange stories of cartels and exotic animals. Trav...
Academic Journals: Corruption and Conspiracy
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Academic journals are vital to the advancement of science -- and the advancement of scientists' careers. These subject-specific periodicals play a hug...
CLASSIC: Wikileaks and the DNC
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016 Wikileaks released a cache of internal emails from the Democratic National Committee. "Unnamed experts" trace this event back to Russian hacke...
Strange News: Japanese Drug Loopholes, Mysterious Deaths in the Bahamas, Someone Crashed into the Moon (and No One Will Admit It)
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A loophole allows for legal cannabis-like substances in Japan. Unexplained deaths plague the Bahamas and South Africa. Ghislaine Maxwell receives a 20...
Alternate Reality Gaming, with Jeff Hull
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the nature of reality? How much of it is objective -- and how much a matter of the ways in which we encounter the world around us? In today's ...
CLASSIC: Banks, Drugs and Money: Part 2
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the conclusion of their two part interview with Robert Mazur, the guys explore the ins and outs of money laundering. Tune in to learn how dirty mon...
Wagner: Russia's "Shadow Army"
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Wagner Group is sometimes described as a paramilitary group, a private military company, or a loose group of mercenaries working directly for Russ...
CLASSIC: Banks, Drugs and Money: Part 1
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of this two-episode series, the guys interview the legendary US Customs and Drug Enforcement agent Robert Mazur. Using the cover ide...
Strange News: Surviving a Kidnapping, Puppet Arrested in DC, China Aims to Censor All Social Media
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A quick-thinking Florida man stops his own kidnapping, prompting a conversation about how to handle these and similar situations. Triumph the Insult C...
Messiahs, Abuse and Espionage: Adnan Oktar’s Sex Cult
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you live in the US, you may not have heard of Adnan Oktar. Yet if you live in Turkey or practice Islam, you’re almost certainly familiar with cha...
Listener Mail: Real-life Telekinesis (Sort of), Hatchet Drones and Immunology
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jasper writes in with an excellent explanation of how cancer works -- and how cancerous cells can be stopped. Tall Pockets relays an interesting encou...
Cautionary Tales, with Tim Harford
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What can history teach us about the present? How can the average person use critical thinking to avoid being taken in by slick infographics and ardent...
CLASSIC: Could someone erase the world's debt?
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Modern civilization relies on the concept of debt. Wars are fought over it, loves lost and revolutions launched. So what would happen if, one day, it ...
Strange News: Is LaMDA alive? Cartel Corruption, Predatory Banking in Utah
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Google employee Blake Lemoine is on leave after going public with his belief that the company's "Language Models for Dialog Applications," or LaMDA, i...
The Rare Earth Metals Gold Rush
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It may sound hard to believe, but a great deal of Earth's modern electronics -- everything from jets to your smartphone -- depend on just a few substa...