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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/TrueScaryStories; Fight, Claw, Run | Almost Killed in Downtown LA, Saved by Angels?

OP was alone on a cold Winter night when she heard someone running toward her, and then was attacked. A man grabbed her, demanded the contents of her purse, and then told her to remove her clothes. She decided to fight back instead of submit and was barely able to fight him off. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 23, 20218 min

r/AskReddit; Cops and Other Law Enforcement People of Reddit, What Were Some Cases That Made You Think SomethingSupernatural Was Going On?

While out patrolling, a cop comes across a woman frozen in the street. After trying to figure out what’s wrong with her, he decides to take her to the hospital and on the way she stares at the sun, damaging her eyes. He drops her off at the hospital and calls them a week later to discover she’s still frozen. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 22, 202115 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; The Lion Cage Case

On September 11, 1982 the body of Ivan Egas was found inside a lion's cage from a local zoo in Quito in the early hours of the morning. An autopsy revealed signs of foul play, however 40 years later his murder is still unsolved. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 21, 202111 min

r/GlitchInTheMatrix; An Instant Manifestation

OP had an awesome glow in the dark skeleton onesie that her friend wanted to buy for herself. After looking around the store and asking the employees, it became clear that there was no onesie in her size that they’d be able to use, until they returned a few moments later and the exact onesie she needed was suddenly there. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 19, 202111 min

r/AskReddit; What Myth or Folklore Do You Firmly Believe In?

The Boggart, a mischievous little spirit hailing from Scottish origins lives in the house and does both good and bad things for the residents of the house. My dad has been losing things for as long as I can remember and apparently it happened even when he was a little kid. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 18, 20217 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? A Mystery in Manhattan

is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. from their ninth studio album, Monster (1994). The song's title refers to an incident in New York City in 1986, when two then-unknown assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather, while repeating "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 17, 202111 min

r/AskReddit; What’s a Horrifying/Creepy Experience You’ve Lived Through? Part 2

When very young, one redditor was taking swimming lessons and the instructor decided it would be a good idea to throw them into the deep end of the pool to accelerate their learning. After their grandpa heard about it, he sent some of his old army veteran friends to teach the instructor a lesson of their own. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 14, 202113 min

r/AskReddit; What’s a Horrifying/Creepy Experience You’ve Lived Through?

One redditor nearly got run off the road while on the way home from work one night. A man pulled up in a windowless van behind her and asked if she was OK. He offered for her to wait in his van with his wife and kids, except that when looking in her rearview mirror, she could clearly see there was no one in there. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 12, 202111 min

r/UnsolvedMysteries; The Dardeen Family Murders

On the evening of November 18, 1987, police went to the mobile home of Russell Keith Dardeen, 29, and his family outside Ina, Illinois, United States, after he had failed to show up for work that day. There they found the bodies of his wife and son, both brutally beaten. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 11, 20219 min

r/UnsolvedMysteries; The Tamam Shud Case

The Tamám Shud case, also known as the Mystery of the Somerton Man, is an unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead in 1948 on the Somerton Park beach, just south of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 10, 202111 min

r/ConspiracyTheories; Birds Aren’t Real

Are birds actually government-issued drones? Created by a 20-year-old college student, the Birds Aren’t Real movement has drawn intrigue from all over the internet. They believe that throughout the years, the government has slowly been killing off every single bird and replacing them with surveillance drones. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 09, 20217 min

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

One redditor comments about hallucinations at sea and how while their father was out sailing, he saw the sea covered with coffins. Their grandfather, while also sailing, said he was being followed by a swarm of crows and a group of motorcycles. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 08, 20218 min

r/TrueScaryStory; My Taxi Driver May Be Stalking Me | Scary Pizza Delivery Story

OP was out getting drinks with her friend when she decided it was time to go home. So her friend called her a taxi from a service she had never used and a man came to pick her up. This man asked a lot of personal questions, got her Instagram after pressuring her for it, and then dropped her off at her home. This is when he kept reaching out to her and wouldn’t leave her alone. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 07, 20219 min

r/TrueScaryStories; The Hands Resist Him, a Haunted Painting | The Woman in My Brother’s Bedroom | Men in Forest

The Hands Resist Him is a painting that was created by artist Bill Stoneham in 1972. It depicts a young boy and a female doll standing in front of a glass paneled door, against which many hands are pressed. According to Stoneham, the boy is based on a photograph of himself at age five. Many who have looked upon this painting have experienced the paranormal after doing so. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 05, 20219 min

Submission Story: Hearing the Paranormal

OP heard someone humming during a ballgame, but no one around them was humming. They realized the hum was coming from a ditch, but when she went to investigate, there was nothing. After asking her friend, she confirmed that she had also heard the hum, so they ran away, but this wasn’t the only time OP heard a strange noise. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 04, 20219 min

r/TrueScaryStories; The Alamo

OP went on a couple’s retreat with his wife to an old hotel. Things started off great as him and his wife relaxed, but when it came time to sleep, he saw something at the foot of his bed that will haunt him for the rest of his life. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 03, 20218 min

r/AskReddit; Campers or Rangers of Reddit, What’s the Most Unsettling, Creepy, and/or Supernatural Thing that’s Happened to You While in the

While their family was camping in Algonquin, Canada, this redditor was hiking with his family and dog. The dog came running full speed toward a ledge and tried to stop, but couldn’t in time before falling over the cliff. He landed on a very narrow ledge and there was no way to get him back up, when out of nowhere this climber with full climbing gear came, saved the dog, and vanished. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 02, 202112 min

r/TrueScaryStories; College Creep | True Bike Riding Story

r/TrueScaryStories; College Creep | True Bike Riding Story While on her college campus, OP noticed a man following her. She saw a button to alert campus police, but had a feeling it would be better not to let the stranger know she noticed him. So instead, she burst into a full on sprint toward one of the buildings. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Nov 01, 20217 min

r/ParanormalEncounters; Imaginary Friend?

At 5 years old, OP was in his room playing when his imaginary friend, Spiderific, appeared to play with him. As they played, Spiderific told him to retrieve his father’s barbecue lighter and start lighting things on fire. So OP did what Spiderific suggested, until at one point he was told to light his closet on fire, which almost resulted in his brother’s death. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Oct 30, 20217 min

r/TrueScaryStories; Humanoid in the Corner

OP suddenly awoke at 3 in the morning and felt this unsettling feeling of fear when suddenly, upon looking across the room, they noticed a dark figure standing in the corner, only the darkness of the figure seemed to be darker than the darkness of the room. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Oct 28, 20216 min

Submission Story by u/finallyinfinite: The Murder of Nelson Rehmeyer and the Huanted Home He Left Behind

In 1928, under the malicious advice of a local woman named Nellie Noll, John Blymire believed that he had been cursed by Nelson Rehmeyer. Blymire and his accomplices broke into Rehmeyer's home to find his copy of the braucherei 'spell book' known as the Long Lost Friend. Blymire and his fellow conspirators, John Curry and Wilbert Hess, were unable to find the book, but did find Rehmeyer himself, whom they killed and mutilated in hopes that this would lift the curse. The three men charged with th...

Oct 27, 202110 min

r/TrueScaryStories; The Handyman | I Woke Up with a Scar After a Dream

OP awoke one morning with a weird pain on his arm and saw 3 scratches on his arm. After falling back asleep, he saw a scary ghost which he tried to avoid, but this time when he woke up, there were 3 scars on his arm, which weren’t there before. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Oct 26, 20217 min

r/AskReddit; What’s a Very Disturbing Fact Almost Nobody Knows?

If you get bitten by a human, you absolutely have to go to the hospital right away because the amount of deadly bacteria in any given person’s mouth can actually kill you if it enters your bloodstream. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Oct 25, 20219 min

r/UnsolvedMysteries; The Cowden Family Murders

Richard Cowden, his wife Belinda June Cowden, and their children, David James Phillips and Melissa Dawn Cowden, disappeared from their campground in the Siskiyou Mountains near Copper, Oregon, United States, on September 1, 1974. Seven months later, in April 1975, their bodies were discovered approximately 7 miles (11 km) from their campsite. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Oct 24, 20217 min

The Denver Spiderman: Theodore Edward Coneys | Imaginary Friends

Theodore Edward Coneys, also known by the nickname "Denver Spiderman", was an American drifter who committed a murder in 1941 and subsequently occupied the attic of the victim's home for nine months. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Oct 23, 202110 min

r/AskReddit; What Is the Most Bone Chilling Thing the Weird Kid Did at School?

There was a kid that would keep his desk full of bark and sharpen them with his teeth, and then threaten to stab and scratch the other kids with these sharp objects. Another young man, 17 years old at the time, killed and buried his 7 year old neighbor. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Oct 22, 20218 min
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