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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/UnresolvedMysteries; The Disappearance of Macin Smith

Macin was born on April 7, 1998. He was the youngest of 6 children, often coddled by his older siblings. On September 1, 2015, Macin supposedly left for school like any other normal day, but when the bus returned at the end of the day to drop off the school kids, Macin was nowhere to be found.

Aug 05, 20219 min

r/TrueScaryStories; Beneath the Icy Waters | Why I Hate Telephones

OP had a dream when they were younger where they were walking out on the ice of a frozen lake. There was a hole and an old woman standing there shivering, stating it was so cold in here. Thinking it was just some strange dream, they left the next morning only to find out it maybe wasn’t only a dream. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Aug 03, 20219 min

r/LetsNotMeet; A Man Chased Me When I Was a Kid | The Pizza Man

One day, as a young girl OP was riding her bike alone through her neighborhood. She found herself suddenly being followed by her neighbor’s son, a drunk who was never up to any good. To no avail she tried her best to get away, but soon had to resort to running home, where he followed her. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Aug 02, 20219 min

r/TrueScaryStories; Things You May Never Know | Strange Puppy | Man and the Leg

When OP was a newborn, their parents used to take naps after work in the afternoon. While napping one day, suddenly they heard a loud noise and when OP’s dad went to check what it was, he found the door wide open and footprints leading directly to the nursery. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Aug 01, 20217 min

r/Conspiracy_Commons; Operation Northwoods

On November 18, 1998, there was a documented false flag attack plan originating within the United States Government in 1962. False flag attacks are military and war tactics used since the Roman times. It called for the CIA and/or other operatives to commit genuine acts of terrorism in US cities on both military and innocent civilian targets. These acts of terrorism were to be blamed on Cuba in order to create public support for a war against that nation. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail...

Jul 31, 20219 min

r/TrueScaryStories; While Hanging Out in an Abandoned School Today, My Friends and I Stumbled upon… Something

OP and their friends used to hang out in an old abandoned school and one day they started trying to see what was inside a curious room. Using their phone and sticking it through a hole going down into the room, they tried to get a good view of what was in there, but suddenly the phone was knocked out of their hand and fell below. Do they dare go inside? Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 30, 20219 min

r/AskReddit; Which Conspiracy Is So Believable That It Might Be True?

One person comments that they believe PETA is just a group created by the meat industry to make animal rights people look bad. Another says the movie “Frozen” was created by Disney to offset the google searches of Walt Disney’s body being frozen after he died.

Jul 29, 20216 min

r/TrueScaryStories; Livin’ On A Prayer

OP loves listening to music and had an awesome system on which they could listen to multiple CD’s, but one day the song, Livin’ On A Prayer, started playing on its own. So they went to drastic measures by disassembling everything. But the song kept playing... Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 28, 20216 min

r/ClimateChaos; Mystery at Skeleton Lake

The body of water, commonly known as "Skeleton Lake," is the final resting place for what scientists estimate to be 500 to 800 sets of human remains. It's a mysterious lake where hundreds of people met death and the icy Himalayas continue to preserve their remains.

Jul 26, 20219 min

r/AskReddit; What Are Some Weird Real Life X-Files Mysteries?

There was a French man who could never stop eating. He had stained teeth and supposedly a visible vapor rising off his body and his parents kicked him out as a teenager because he was eating everything in the home. He even went so far as to eat dead bodies from the morgue. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 22, 202111 min

r/AskReddit; Creepiest Experience for Night Time Shift Employees

While working on a cargo ship, OP is making his rounds doing some routine checks on the lower decks. He suddenly hears his name faintly being called behind him, but when he takes his headphones out and looks back, he sees nobody, but the voice continues. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 21, 20219 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Bouvet Island

Today we read about Bouvet Island (pronounced boo-vay. We apologize for pronouncing it wrong), a Norwegian uninhabited protected nature reserve. AS a sub Antarctic volcanic island, it is situated in the South Atlantic Ocean, at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge making it the world’s most remote island. In 1964, an expedition was sent to the island and they found something strange: An abandoned lifeboat. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com...

Jul 20, 20217 min

r/TrueScaryStories; He Fixated On My Hair

While riding to get home from school, OP noticed a dirty looking man board the bus. He started to become hostile toward a random man on the train, but suddenly stopped. When she came to her stop, the man got off and started waiting. What was he waiting for? He was waiting for OP.

Jul 18, 20216 min

r/TrueScaryStories; The Stupidest True Scary Story

We have a strange story today. OP suddenly heard his 7 year old son calling for help from the shower, only to find him pointing at the shower floor at two little turds lying there. The boy swears the poop wasn’t his, but all the evidence says otherwise. Or does it? Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 17, 20216 min

r/TrueScaryStories; Chased by an Unknown Entity

OP and their friends decided to go hang out at a park late at night with some friends. As they were chilling in the skate park, they suddenly noticed something, a silhouette, lurking at the far end of the park. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 15, 20218 min

r/TrueScaryStories; Are We Living in a Simulation?

While taking a nap one afternoon, OP suddenly felt their body wake up, only things didn’t at all seem normal when they came to. They saw something and someone they feel like they shouldn’t have, telling them to go to sleep. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 14, 20216 min

r/CreepyEncounters; The Time I Was Almost Abducted by a Serial Killer

OP decided to go visit their grandpa’s grave one day, when suddenly they got a really bad feeling they were about to be attacked. A man came sprinting out of the woods at full speed, so OP ran as fast as they could, getting into their car just before this creep reached them. Later, while doing some research, OP discovered the truth about that man. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 13, 20215 min

r/LetsNotMeet; He Stalked Me Across Two Different Countries

OP matched with a guy on a dating app, but he kept blowing her off and showing little interest, so she finally decided to block him. He then began to reach out to her through other means and wouldn’t leave her alone until finally he apologized and said he really wanted to go out. After she had forgiven him and went out and met him, he kind of did the same thing as before, leaving her and putting forth no effort to communicate, but this time started showing up where he should not have and sending...

Jul 12, 202114 min

r/AskReddit; Punishments That Don’t Sound Bad, but Are Terrible to Experience

We read multiple comments about punishments that don’t seem too bad at first, but are actually terrible to experience. One comment is about tickling, which Nazis used as a form of torture. In certain extreme cases, tickling would result in vomiting, incontinence, and a loss of consciousness due to the inability to breathe. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 11, 202110 min

r/TrueScaryStories; The People in the Grocery Store

OP and their friend decided to go explore an old run down grocery store. After going inside, they came across some other people who seemed like they also didn’t belong there and were behaving suspiciously. They soon realized that what they were doing wasn’t just suspicious, but criminal. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 10, 20216 min

r/TrueScaryStories; Scary Sleepover Story

This one is kind of scary, but also a little funny. 3 young men were having a sleepover when late at night two men came knocking on their door. The men said they were there on behalf of the city checking water pressure, and then they left, but waking up the next morning they found the two men in their home. They soon found themselves outside in an embarrassing situation.

Jul 08, 20218 min

r/BackwoodsCreepy; The Indian Maze

OP and their friend went out exploring the woods, thinking they knew the way, but as they went on, they suddenly realized the wild life had gone terribly quiet and they got a horrible feeling that they were being watched. They ran from what looked like the silhouette of a man until they got to a clearing where they finally felt safe. Or so they thought. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 03, 202112 min

r/TrueScaryStories; Night Crazies

While working in a maximum security prison one night, OP begins to hear strange noises, but after observing the inmates, they realize that all of them are fast asleep. Upon some closer inspection, OP discovers something that will forever remain etched in their memory. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Jul 02, 202111 min
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