SKIP TO 00:25:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S LISTENER STORIES! Welcome to Episode 200.5: Listener Stories #31! This is the episode where our Haunties (aka listeners) write in with their first-person spooky tales of cryptids, ghosts, curses, and aliens AND where Nat & Aly unbox fan mail sent by listeners just like YOU. This week, we unbox mail from: Karen B. And Claudia V.! Listener stories from this week’s episode include: doppelgänger sightings, a grim reaper sighting, a self-lighting candle, a y...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 47 min
Welcome to the final episode of Season 6 of “What’s Haunting You?”, a Miniature Haunting series brought to you by Let’s Get Haunted. On each Friday of this Spooky Season, Nat and Aly will be bringing you short, scary, non-fiction stories as told by the folks who experienced them firsthand. Come join us on this trip through the LGH archives as we dare to answer the question, “What’s haunting you?” On this week’s episode, we feature stories from Thomas, Wyatt, and Katelyn. Thomas grew up on the Co...
Oct 25, 2024•54 min
SKIP TO 00:20:10 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! During the 16th and 17th century, legends of a golden city known as “El Dorado” permeated throughout the “New World.” The quest to find this mysterious source of gold was often followed in its wake by a curse of death and destruction. Modern historians dismiss El Dorado as nothing more than myth, but what if a golden empire actually did exist? New evidence suggests that the lore might go deeper than ever previously conceived. Join us on this epic que...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 6Ep. 200
Welcome to the return of “What’s Haunting You?”, a Miniature Haunting series brought to you by Let’s Get Haunted. On each Friday of this Spooky Season, Nat and Aly will be bringing you short, scary, non-fiction stories as told by the folks who experienced them firsthand. On this week’s episode: A man gets more than he bargained for when a psychedelic bad trip enables him to communicate telepathically. Come join us on this trip through the LGH archives as we dare to answer the question, “What’s h...
Oct 18, 2024•28 min
SKIP TO 00:17:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S EPISODE Welcome to Episode 199: The Witching Hour. Do you believe in the Witching Hour? When the clock strikes 3am, ghosts, ghouls, witches, demons, and even the Devil himself all come out to play. Or, at least that’s what we’ve been raised to believe. But, how did the witching hour come to be? Is it based in reality or just an old wive’s tale? Join us for this week’s horrifying Halloween Happy Hour and get drunk on fear as we explore the lore behind the le...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 6Ep. 199
Welcome to the return of “What’s Haunting You?”, a Miniature Haunting series brought to you by Let’s Get Haunted. On each Friday of this Spooky Season, Nat and Aly will be bringing you short, scary, non-fiction stories as told by the folks who experienced them firsthand. Come join us on this trip through the LGH archives as we dare to answer the question, “What’s haunting you?” On this week’s episode: Tyler is working the graveyard shift at an Oregon gas station when a man comes in to buy food. ...
Oct 11, 2024•37 min
SKIP TO 00:24:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! The Dead Internet Theory posits that the internet we are all using to communicate with one another is no longer a digital message board meant to connect us across the globe. Instead, what we perceive as being an organic community of humans is actually a wasteland of ads, AI generated content, and bots farming engagement with one another. According to this conspiracy, high level influencers, corporations, and "the powers that be" are purposely constri...
Oct 09, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 198
Welcome to the return of “What’s Haunting You?”, a Miniature Haunting series brought to you by Let’s Get Haunted. On each Friday of this Spooky Season, Nat and Aly will be bringing you short, scary, non-fiction stories as told by the folks who experienced them firsthand. On this week’s episode: A man believes he might have a curse that attracts flies to him, then, a woman recalls an encounter with an object that may have a terrified memory attached to it! Come join us on this trip through the LG...
Oct 04, 2024•29 min•Season 6Ep. 6
SKIP TO 00:16:20 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S EPISODE Welcome to Episode 197: The Mechanical Sounds In The Forest Phenomenon Feat. Cryptonaut Podcast. Sometimes the scariest things in life are actually the most mundane, such as an everyday object (or even a sound) appearing in a location where it shouldn’t. What would you do if while camping in the wilderness - miles away from civilization - you suddenly awoke in the middle of the night to the deafening roar of manmade mechanical noises all around you?...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 6Ep. 197
SKIP TO 13:44 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! Jacobo Grinberg was a famed Mexican scientist, neurophysiologist, and psychologist who dedicated his life to studying an unseen reality or “Lattice” which existed at the intersection of psychic ability and shamanism. But as Jacobo’s controversial research began revealing things he was “unable to explain with modern science”, Jacobo found himself at the center of political upheaval and was ostracized from the scientific community... until he went missing...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 34 min
SKIP TO 00:35:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S LISTENER STORIES! Welcome to Episode 195.5: Listener Stories #30! This is the episode where our Haunties (aka listeners) write in with their first-person spooky tales of cryptids, ghosts, curses, and aliens AND where Nat & Aly unbox fan mail sent by listeners just like YOU. This week, we unbox mail from: Kyle + Jessica (aka ArtsyStarky), The Orb (aka Tay and her frogs), and more! Listener stories from this week’s episode include: imaginary friends, haun...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 42 min
SKIP TO 00:14:42 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S EPISODE Welcome to Episode 195: The Lost Fur Trappers of Lava Lake! In 1924, 3 fur trappers were murdered outside their cabin in the Deschutes Forest in Oregon. Found floating in Lava Lake after the ice thawed, their slaying has never been solved. Join Aly and Nat as we discuss the murders and also explore several other small tales of hauntings which occurred nearby. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - INTRO/PERSONAL HAUNTINGS 00:14:42 - FUM AD 00:16:41 - PART I: DESCHU...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 56 min•Season 6Ep. 195
SKIP TO 09:37 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! What if I told you that the entire hippie counter culture music scene of the 1960s and 1970s was actually a CIA operation to discredit the Vietnam anti war effort? This conspiracy theory alleges that U.S. intelligence purposefully divided the working class from the left through a multi pronged attack consisting of drugs, sex, and rock n’ roll. On today’s episode, Nat guides Aly through an alternate version of U.S. history that highlights just how succes...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 194
SKIP TO 00:13:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S EPISODE Welcome to Episode 193: Los Pelacaras (Face-Peelers) of Peru! In August of 2023, both Spanish and English media began reporting on a sensational phenomenon occurring in the Peruvian jungles that has continued still today. Villagers of the Loreto region of Northeast Peru claim that 7 foot tall aliens have been terrorizing them for years, with attacks by these beings ramping up in the spring and summer of 2023. While English-speaking media didn’t pick...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 6Ep. 193
SKIP TO 11:11 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! How did modern art take off in a world where everyone assumed they could make something better themselves? In this controversial episode, Nat walks Aly through the timeline that reveals the CIA had a heavy hand in helping modern art become what we know it as today! Join us for a fun historical romp through the legacy of modern art! TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - INTRO 00:11:11 - APOSTROPHE AD 00:13:34 - THE NEW YORK SCHOOL 00:24:32 - HOROSCOPE WEEKLY AD 00:25:3...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Welcome to Episode 191: Prison Planet Theory! Are aliens harvesting human souls for sustenance? Are aliens ripping human souls out of their bodies in order to body jump into our bodies? Idk guys, but that’s what this theory posits, so join us as we go down this rabbit hole! What do you think? Do you believe this theory? TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - PART I: TOUGH QUESTIONS 00:06:00 - PART II: THE PRISON PLANET 00:16:25 - FUM AD 00:18:14 - PART II CONTINUES 00:21:37 - PART III: PROOF 00:25:50 - FIRST LE...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 6Ep. 191
SKIP TO 00:50:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S LISTENER STORIES! Welcome to Episode 190.5: Listener Stories #29! This is the episode where our Haunties (aka listeners) write in with their first-person spooky tales of cryptids, ghosts, curses, and aliens AND where Nat & Aly unbox fan mail sent by listeners just like YOU. This week, we unbox mail from: Alexis “Lexi” S., Robert S., Connor M., Nicole S., and Braden H.! Listener stories from this week’s episode include: sleep paralysis, a ceiling demon, ...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 46 min
SKIP TO 8:45 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! During the Cold War, the American public had invested billions of hard earned tax dollars into the space race, but the Soviet space program was still decades ahead of the US. Some conspiracy theorists believe that in order to beat the Soviets to the moon, the US hired Stanley Kubrick to direct fake moon landing footage! Join us this week as Nat teaches Aly about all the secret messages in Stanley Kubrick’s films that point to a cover up! TIME STAMPS 00:0...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 54 min
SKIP TO 00:06:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! Welcome to Episode 189: The Curse of the Hope Diamond! The diamond which would later come to be known as "The Hope Diamond" is said to be one of the most cursed objects in the world. Originating from the lost Golconda diamond mines of India, French merchant Jean Baptiste Tavernier acquired the 115 carat blue diamond under dubious circumstances to say the least. After the diamond was sold to King Louis the 14th, the diamond changed hands dozens of tim...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Season 6Ep. 189
SKIP TO 2:30 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! In this rare finance themed episode of LGH we will explore the conspiracies surrounding the American company known as BlackRock. Is BlackRock controlling every aspect of our lives from the costs of food and price of gas, to the availability of single family homes? BlackRock said no, but the internet is not so sure. Listen as Nat presents Aly with the web's most extreme (and unproven) theories on what to expect from the world’s largest asset manager. TIME...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 6Ep. 188
SKIP TO 00:11:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! Welcome to Episode 187: Kutchie’s Key Lime Pie, A Quirky Internet Mystery! Around 2009, a flurry of bizarre, copy pasta-esque comments began appearing across the internet in droves. These strange comments referenced a now-defunct restaurant named Kutchie’s Café which allegedly sold the best key lime pie in the world, a pie capable of giving people “piegasms”, baked by “Captain Kutchie” himself. For the next 8 years, this unknown person posted over 70...
Jul 10, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 187
SKIP TO 00:11:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! In 1995, Paranoia.com was a website dedicated to protecting free speech. Among the usual suspects were political leaning government conspiracy pages, pages dedicated to educating visitors about the use of illegal drugs, and anti-censorship arguments; However, the site also featured a dark underbelly of alternative beliefs like cannibalism, terrorism, pedophilia, and human trafficking. In today’s episode, Nat brings Aly all the way back to 1995 to exp...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 31 min
SKIP TO 00:19:08 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S LISTENER STORIES! Welcome to Episode 185.5: Listener Stories #28! This is the episode where our Haunties (aka listeners) write in with their first-person spooky tales of cryptids, ghosts, curses, and aliens AND where Nat & Aly unbox fan mail sent by listeners just like YOU. This week, we unbox mail from: Ed & Chris of Scared All the Time, Lex aka Ex Art Student, Emily W. Aka EmmyKat9, and Becky H! WHY WERE WE SENT A MY SCENE VESPA?????? WHY????? Lis...
Jun 26, 2024•2 hr 18 min
SKIP TO 00:15:00TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! Welcome to Episode 185: The 1933 Magenta Italy UFO Incident (The “First” Crashed UFO)! In 1933, an aircraft of unknown origin crashed in the small township of Magenta, Italy. At first suspecting it may be a failed launch from the German “Die Glocke” (anti-gravity experimental aircraft), Benito Mussolini’s best scientists and engineers raced to reverse engineer it. Ultimately they were unsuccessful, and after the Germans denied it was theirs, the axis ...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Season 6Ep. 185
SKIP TO 00:10:49 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! William Bill Cooper was known as the Godfather of Modern Conspiracies and his life’s work served as the inspiration for the hit TV series, “The X Files.” But when his book “Behold a Pale Horse” became publicly available to read, it introduced the public to a previously unseen underbelly of “patriot” based conspiracy theories which demonized the United States government. As Americans unraveled under threats of terrorism and violence, his radio show, “...
Jun 12, 2024•2 hr 55 min•Ep. 184
SKIP TO 00:12:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! Welcome to Episode 183: Underwater UFOs and UFO/UAP Basics! Dive headfirst into a “UAP For Beginners” class with Aly. In this episode, we will discuss: The UAP Hearings of 2023, the long road to disclosure, common acronyms (what’s the difference between a UAP and a UFO anyway?), sketchy government misinformation over the years, and what the heck USOs are (unidentified submerged objects). We will also briefly discuss: The 1994 Michigan UFO incident, u...
Jun 05, 2024•2 hr•Season 6Ep. 183
SKIP TO 12:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! Back in the other dimension that was 2022, the luxury fashion house Balenciaga became embroiled in scandal after dropping several strange ads featuring child models surrounded by adult gifts, demonic ritual imagery, and BDSM themed bears. Some “eagle eyed” fans noticed some of the sets were dressed with documents related to child abuse... but how deep exactly does this rabbit hole go? Join us this week as Nat takes Aly along on another deep dive into th...
May 29, 2024•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 182
Welcome to Episode 181: Paranormal Games to Play in the Dark, Volume 7! THERE’S NO INTRO THIS EPISODE!! Today, we continue with the fan-favorite series of supernatural games you can play by yourself…if you dare. On today’s series installment, Aly explains to Nat how to play two games that explore two childhood fears: monsters in the closet and spirits in the mirror. In the first game, The Closet Game, a series of simple steps purports to open up a portal that exists in all of our closets. Where ...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 181
SKIP TO 00:42:16 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S LISTENER STORIES! Welcome to Episode 180.5: Listener Stories #27! This is the episode where our Haunties (aka listeners) write in with their first-person spooky tales of cryptids, ghosts, curses, and aliens AND where Nat & Aly unbox fan mail sent by listeners just like YOU. This week, we unbox mail from: Katelyn + Sydney, Omar M, Savy, Katrine, Tasha D, Kai + Hayden, Arielle G, and more! Listener stories from this week’s episode include: A levitating un...
May 15, 2024•2 hr 7 min
SKIP TO 00:07:28 TO GET TO THE STORY! Welcome to Episode 180:The Most Haunted Taylor Swift Conspiracies! In 2006, Taylor burst onto the music scene as a teenage country pop sensation and has been smashing records ever since. But 2023 may have been Taylor’s best year yet as she was crowned Time Magazine Person of The Year and became a newly minted billionaire. Taylor Swift is one of the most popular artists to ever walk the earth and we are undoubtedly witnessing a pop star in her prime... but is...
May 08, 2024•2 hr 22 min
