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Reddit Explains Conspiracy & the Unknown

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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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Episodes

r/AskReddit; What Is Your Favorite Fun Conspiracy Theory?

We read comments about fun conspiracy theories from AskReddit. One includes the theory that Kronk from Emperor’s New Groove actually used to be a squirrel and turned into a human, which would explain his ability to speak squirrel. Another theory says that Elon Musk is an alien just trying to get back home, explaining all the quick advancements in space technology. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 01, 20217 min

r/TrueScaryStories; An Unexpected Visitor | Seconds from Unknown Danger

OP comes back to their home after being away only to find that the door has been left open and a bike is hanging from the clothes line. Everything has been rearranged in a strange manner and nothing was taken. The culprit? Quite unexpected. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 30, 20219 min

r/BackwoodsCreepy; Church in the Woods

While camping out in the woods at night, OP and his friend came across an old building, which at first looked like an old sugar shack, but upon closer inspection they realized it was an old church. They saw a light flickering from inside, and then began to hear something that sent shivers down their spines. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 29, 202111 min

r/Haunted; Market Street

OP has a strange experience with their home phone. Each time they pick it up, they hear hacking and screaming noises, and then when she tries to talk to people, the phone will suddenly cut them off and hang up for no reason. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 28, 20217 min

r/AskReddit; What Is the Creepiest or Most Unexplained Thing That Happened to You?

Today we’re reading some comments from AskReddit and some include a friend and family just up and leaving without telling anyone, and then no one knows where they went off to. Another commenter saw a coworker/officer before walking into work, and then was told by the chief that same coworker had died early that morning. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 27, 20219 min

r/DBCooper; Who Was He and What Happened?

D. B. Cooper is a media epithet used to describe an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in United States airspace between Portland and Seattle on the afternoon of November 24, 1971. We discuss the details of his hijacking, demand for money, and disappearance. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 26, 20217 min

r/ConspiracyTheories; The Waco Siege

The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the law enforcement siege of the compound that belonged to the religious sect Branch Davidians. It was carried out by the U.S. federal government, Texas state law enforcement, and the U.S. military, between February 28 and April 19, 1993.

Jun 25, 202110 min

r/LetsNotMeet; Always Change Your Locks When You Buy a New House

After moving into a new house, the whole family heads to church except for OP, who didn’t feel like going. While chilling inside, she hears a strange rhythmic banging noise, and then realizes someone is walking around inside the house downstairs. So she, being only 5’2” and 100 lbs, grabs a bat, locks herself in her room, and waits.

Jun 23, 20218 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Two US Servicemen Found Shot Dead in the Woods

No arrests have been made nearly five months after a Special Forces soldier and veteran were found dead Dec. 2, at Fort Bragg. The death certificate lists LaVigne's cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds. Dumas’s cause of death is listed as gunshot wounds to the chest and head.

Jun 22, 20215 min

r/TheUnexplainable; Just a Really Weirdly Terrifying Experience

OP and their friends decided to go check out a playground to play on. While hanging out, they noticed the smell of cigarettes, but no one was nearby, so they decided to go back to the car. They shined the lines on the play area and noticed something very strange, which they still can’t explain to this day. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 20, 20218 min

r/AskReddit; When Did a Gut Feeling Save Your Life?

A man knocked at someone’s door asking if he could use their phone, but they had a bad feeling about them and said now. They later found out that the same man murdered their two next door neighbors after moving on to the next house. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 19, 202110 min

r/ConspiracyTheory; Atlantis

Today we discuss various theories about the city, Atlantis. Some people believe it was ancient North and South America, while others say they think it was Antarctica. What or where do you think Atlantis was? Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 18, 20219 min

r/AskReddit; What Is Your Creepiest Travel Story?

Today we read multiple comments from people’s creepy travel experiences. One girl started feeling sick in Thailand, so she told the group to go on without her and she would just go back to the hotel until she felt better. She was never heard from or seen again. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 17, 202111 min

r/LetsNotMeet; To the Campground Owner | Bones

While camping with their family, the owner of the campground came asking for some food and drink, and OP’s parents let him have some. After overstaying his welcome, OP’s dad told him to leave, offending him and causing just a bit of an overreaction. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 16, 20217 min

r/LetsNotMeet; My Boss Saved My Life

OP needed a place to stay after her guardian kicked her out, and then was offered one with a group of guys. Everything was fine, except for a strange guy in the apartment who was often watching scripture doom and gloom videos online. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 15, 20217 min

r/Paranormal; Dartford Cemetery

OP sees a person walking toward them. Later, as they’re walking away, the figure’s head is turned toward them looking their way, but their body is walking opposite of the direction of their twisted head. Another story tells of a babysitter who overhears a little girl whispering something disturbing to some unknown entity. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 14, 20218 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; The Chameleon Killer

Elaine Antoinette Parent was an American criminal known as "the world's most wanted woman" in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She was wanted for the murder of her potential roommate, Beverly McGowan, a 34-year-old bank clerk. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 13, 202110 min

r/AskReddit; What Was It Like to Be Kidnapped?

We hear multiple little stories about people being abducted, including a little boy who was taken by a homeless woman and held in a little park. OP and their friends then went to the rescue, beating the woman with their belts until security came. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 12, 20218 min

r/BackwoodsCreepy; The Lady in the Woods

In 1987, OP and his friends saw something at night that up until that point was just a legend, which was a lady dressed all in white, roaming the woods. For years he thought back on that experience he had until in 2012, he met a man who knew exactly what they experienced. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 11, 202114 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Lorenskog Disappearance

In October 2018, Tom Hagen’s wife disappeared with no solid evidence of her whereabouts. A letter was discovered, which said she had been taken for ransom and the abductor is demanding 9 million Euros. The question authorities end up asking: Is Tom innocent? Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 10, 20217 min

r/LetsNotMeet; The Third Person | Creepy Snapchat Guy

OP’s girlfriend tells about a time she went to pick up her friend alone, but the friend claimed she saw someone else in the car with her. In the second story OP tells about a man she met on Tumblr who decided to take the relationship to a more personal level. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 09, 20217 min

Largest Bio Terrorist Attack Ever

In 1984, 751 people suffered food poisoning in The Dalles, Oregon, through the deliberate contamination of salad bars by followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh at ten local restaurants with Salmonella. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 08, 202110 min

r/AskReddit; What Are Some Dark Events in History That Not Many People Know About?

In 1985, a building in Philadelphia was bombed by police and city officials after a shootout with the occupants of the building. The building caught fire and burned down, killing 11 individuals, 5 of which were children after city officials instructed the firemen not to enter the building or engage in putting out the fire. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 07, 202111 min

r/LetsNotMet; Was He Gonna Murder Me?

A strange man who reeked of alcohol walked into a gym one evening while OP was working and proceeded to ask her out after showing a colorful range of emotions. Finally, when it was time to close up and go home, she noticed the same smell from earlier. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 05, 20216 min

r/LetsNotMeet; The Night I Learned to Not Sneak Out

While hanging out with her best friend in middle school one evening, OP’s friend decided she wanted to go meet her online friend she had been chatting with for a little while. As you can expect, things were not what you would hope when they finally decided to leave the house.

Jun 04, 20218 min

r/LetsNotMeet; Your Neighbor Is Not Who You Think They Are

After moving into a cheaper place, getting enough sleep each night is difficult as OP’s neighbors upstairs are constantly either partying or fighting. One night, it finally stops, giving them a window to sleep, but soon after they are awakened by a visitor. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jun 03, 20219 min

r/AskReddit; What Is the Scariest Thing You Have Encountered While Home Alone?

Multiple comments, including: being young teens and while OP and their sibling were home alone, a man came to their door demanding to be let in and take care of a plumbing issue that was leaking into his apartment below. Their mom later checked with the city who said there was never any leak. He came again when their mom was gone, banging and demanding to be let in. When they told him he couldn’t come in, he flipped out. Submission Stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com...

Jun 02, 202111 min
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