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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 Murder of Jonelle Matthews

A former 2 time candidate for governor of the US state of Idaho has been convicted over 35 years later of the abduction and murder of Jonelle Matthews. Jonelle, age 12, vanished from her home in 1984 after singing at a Christmas recital. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Dec 14, 20227 min

r/CreepyEncounters; Boyfriend’s Rotty Thinks You Should Leave

“I started to walk slowly, allowing [our dog] to walk slowly to take in his surroundings when I hear a noise coming from behind me. I turn, startled to see a man walking. He notices me and slows his gate, looks around, back at me, and smiles eerily.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Dec 13, 202210 min

r/Lets_Not_Meet; You Ordered a Pizza, not a Date with Me

20 year old OP got assigned the late shift for delivering pizza and met a man one night who told her she’s beautiful. The man kept ordering pizza late at night until one night he came to the door, wearing a nice suit. He grabbed her arm and told her to come inside to be shown how a real man will treat her. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_expl...

Dec 12, 202212 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; The Death of Shannon

6 years before her murder, a psychologist asked Shannon what she wanted on her tombstone if she were to die, and she replied that she wanted it blank because no one cared for her in life, so why would they care for her in death? Her body was discovered 6 years later. Who killed Shannon? Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Dec 09, 20228 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Marshal Iwaasa

Marshal Iwaasa disappeared 3 years ago and his truck was found burnt up 700 miles away without him in it. The story just gets weirder and weirder. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Dec 07, 20228 min

r/BackwoodsCreepy; Cursed Hike in Oregon?

OP was hiking with their partner when their partner slipped off a boulder and twisted his ankle pretty badly. There was another couple with them when suddenly, at the sound of his surprised scream, the couple suddenly took off running down the trail without any word or acknowledgement of what had happened. OP and their partner were left to themselves to hike the rest of the way back. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about...

Dec 06, 202213 min

r/TrueScaryStories; A Child Makes Eye Contact with a Murderer

“I saw a young man probably in his early twenties that I didn’t recognize. I made eye contact with him, and then quickly scanned the rest of the yard for my brother. I didn’t see him anywhere. I was going to move away from the window, but the man’s eyes were glued on mine, and he started to walk toward my gaze.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddi...

Dec 05, 202210 min

r/AskReddit; What Is an Urban Legend in Your Area That Later Happened to Be True

Serial Murderer Robert William Pickton was picking off indigenous women from the crime ridden area of the city, downtown East side Vancouver, and having their remains disposed of at a pig farm in another suburb. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Dec 02, 202211 min

r/CreepyEncounters; Very Creepy Date Experience | I Almost Died Protecting My Friends and They’ll Never Know

We’ve all had bad dates, right? This is the only date OPhad to date that rang every alarm bell and waved every red flag. Especially when her tried to get her to climb in the back of his car. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Nov 28, 202212 min

r/AskReddit; What Was Your Craziest Ghost Encounter?

OP’s dad used to see a woman dressed in white, carrying a candelabra in his childhood house. As he grew up, he chalked it up as his childhood imagination. Years later, he overheard a woman describing a ghost she saw in her house that was exactly the same as the one he used to see. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Nov 25, 20229 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; The Rock Apes of Vietnam

American GI’s in the Vietnamese jungle told stories about a 6 foot tall humanoid primate that would stalk and attack them, then disappear into the night. Who or what were the rock apes of Vietnam? Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Nov 24, 20228 min

r/CreepyEncounters; I Know I’m Scary | A Man Stalks Us

A strange man approaches OP with his arms wide open, so OP tries to go around him, but the man won’t let up and seems to want a big hug. Some chasing and a little bit of what seems to be harassment ensues. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Nov 23, 202210 min

r/TrueScaryStories; The White Kitten Toy | A 1960’s Suicide House and Elegant Dinner Party

“The toy started purring, and moving its fake paws like it was kneading something. I froze, staring at the toy before dropping it in the trash bag, walking out of the room, and needing to get away.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Nov 22, 202212 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; The Disappearance of Meghan Marohn

Meghan Marohn, 42, of New York, was reported missing by her family on March 29 — hours before her car was found abandoned and empty the same day at Longcope Park in Lee, Massachusetts, according to state police. The person found partial human remains the evening of Sept. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Nov 21, 202212 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Possible Serial Killer Who Murdered Up to 70 Women

An Iowa woman, Lucy Studey, claims that her late father, Donald Studey, was a serial killer who murdered about 5 or 6 women a year, which added up to be about 70 women overall, and she claims to know where the bodies are. Authorities are currently investigating the scene for evidence. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Nov 18, 20228 min

r/CreepyEncounters; Why I Don’t Go Camping Anymore

“She lay next to me as we tried to listen if there was a bear or something next to us. Then it happened in an instant. Something akin to an explosion hit the tent tremendously hard. I could compare it to say if a log or something were thrown like a battering ram against the side of the tent.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Nov 17, 20229 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Massachusetts Lady of the Dunes

Ruth Marie Terry, also known as Lady of the Dunes, was a formerly unidentified decedent found on July 26, 1974, in the Race Point Dunes in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her body was exhumed in 1980, 2000, and 2013 in efforts to identify her killer. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Nov 16, 202210 min

Truckers of Reddit, What Is Something You’ve Witnessed Driving at Night that Has Given You Chills

One trucker was driving through the edge of some bush land in Australia when he stopped upon a dying kangaroo, so he stopped to put the beast out of its misery, but when he approached the kangaroo, he got a weird feeling like he was being watched. When he flashed his light around to check his surroundings, he noticed dozens of pairs of red eyes watching him. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other ...

Nov 15, 202210 min

r/TrueScaryStories; The Woman On My Street | My Son’s Imaginary Friend Was Real

“I’m crouched down, looking up at her, with the street lamp shining down on both of us. She slowly turns and looks down toward me without saying anything and I immediately see it. She doesn’t seem to have a face.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Nov 14, 202212 min

Mind Teasers: A Time Mystery | Cosmic Bathroom Entity

OP was driving down the road when suddenly their whole body just froze up, along with everything else such as the car, the music, and their surroundings. Then suddenly everything unfroze again and went back to normal. Then things just seemed to get weirder. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Nov 11, 202211 min

r/AskReddit; What Crazy Sighting Stories Can You Share?

“We pulled over on the side of the highway so one of us could make a pit stop. As my friend was peeing, I saw a tall figure in the trees walking around. It started getting closer to my friend who was just off the highway in the bush. I rolled down the window and told my friend ‘There’s something in the trees coming at you! Get back to the car!’ My friend sees it and decides to whistle at it. Sure enough, the thing whistles back. It sounded like it was whistling and humming at the same time. My f...

Nov 10, 20229 min

I Was Kidnapped and Got Away in Long Beach California

“As I’m looking around, he reaches under the couch for what I thought was a weed tray. He says ‘Hey, you ever seen one of these?’ And as I look at what’s in his hands it’s a pair of cuffs and he says ‘Try ‘em on’ and attacks me!” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Nov 09, 20226 min

r/AskReddit; What Is a Cult That Pretends It’s Not a Cult?

OP says that the Southern Pentecostal Baptist Snake Handlers is a cult that pretends it’s not a cult. Another one is the Herbalife Company that despite being accused of being a pyramid scheme, they continue to function similarly with members who become addicted to it and it acts very much like a cult. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Nov 07, 202212 min

r/TrueScaryStories; Sharing the Story of My Really Close Friend | A Ghost Story Validated

“When I was 10 years old I had a very vivid dream. In my dream I woke up because the ground under me was shaking. I opened my eyes and realized I wasn’t in my bed whatsoever. I was in a moving vehicle and there was screaming, but it wasn’t coming from me. Confused, I looked around, but I couldn’t move my head. Something was around my neck. Suddenly an arm shot above me, a blue sleeve, a male voice asking me something I couldn’t understand. Then I heard it, ‘Can you hear me? What’s your name?’” S...

Nov 04, 202212 min

r/TrueScaryStories; Being Left Alone at a House in the Middle of the Mojave Desert

“My mind starts to play tricks on me. I’m seeing shadows moving outside and inside the house. I’m also starting to hear someone talking, like whispers or something.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Nov 03, 202214 min

The Old Lady | My Mother’s Cousin’s Possession

OP heard a knock at the door that jolted them out of their trance like state. A somewhat raspy voice called out “Hello deary.” OP had an odd interaction with her, which quickly ended and the old lady left, but when they looked out to watch her walk away, she had seemingly vanished. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Nov 02, 20228 min

r/CreepyEncounters; I’ll Never Help a Stranger at Night Ever Again | Ex of a Client Tracking All Her Movements

OP was driving late at night and came across some stranger that was standing out in the middle of the road. The stranger told them their car had broken down and they needed help. After OP told them they’d send help from town, the stranger suddenly changed their story and said they needed to be dropped off at a friend’s house. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagra...

Nov 01, 202211 min

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Missing Person Robert Peay

A man found murdered in Utah in 1983 has been matched through dental records to missing Robert Peay, but since Robert was adopted, DNA could not be obtained to confirm the match. This week, investigators have found the names of his biological parents and are tracking them down for a sample. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Oct 31, 20226 min

r/TrueScaryStories; I Used to Work Night Shifts Until This

“They didn’t even have the chance to reply to me when from the fence I heard this massively loud thrash of the links and all I saw was a figure full on sprinting at me” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Oct 28, 202210 min

A Delivery Guy Stalked Me

OP’s Walmart delivery guy dropped off some stuff, and then came back later randomly to see if she got everything. Her neighbors later reported that they saw him chilling outside her front door for an hour while she was gone visiting her boyfriend with her son. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit betterhelp.com/redditexplains to talk to a professional about stress, grief, and other mental health needs. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Oct 27, 20228 min
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