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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

Hauntings in a Dorm Room

While in college, a young woman experiences some strange things in her dorm. One night she hears glass shattering, only to find nothing broken when she tries to find what it was. She has many more encounters with this “entity” before finding out that the president of her college gives an annual lecture about the campus hauntings. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Aug 18, 202310 min

Cryptid, Ghost, Unexplainable Stories

A redditor tells a story of when they moved into a new home at a young age. They were alone one night and saw something very disturbing. A demon teletubby. They still have nightmares about it a decade and a half later. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Aug 17, 20238 min

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

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 Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus fr...

Aug 16, 202311 min

Some Kind of Monster

OP became estranged after their son passed away at only 6 days old, but after some time, they decided to meet up again. While driving late at night, OP suddenly saw something that continues to disturb her to this day. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Aug 15, 20237 min

What Is the Scariest, Creepiest, Most Disturbing Thing

“We were about half a mile from the nearest campsite when we heard a soft whispering behind us. Obviously we hit the flashlights and spun around. Didn’t see anything, so we kept walking, and we hear it again. This time we stop and look around for a bit before we decide to head back to our campsite. Then we see what’s whispering. It’s a lady crawling on the ground, just whispering random words.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% ...

Aug 14, 202310 min

The Disappearance of Joan Risch

Late on the afternoon of October 24, 1961, police went to a house in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States, after a neighbor reported seeing blood leading from the house to the driveway. She had made the discovery after a young girl living in the house had returned from a playdate to find her mother, Joan Carolyn Risch absent. Several unconfirmed sightings of an apparently disoriented Risch walking on nearby roads later that day were reported. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to ...

Aug 11, 20238 min

David Glenn Lewis Part 2

Today we continue the strange circumstances of David’s disappearance. He had traveled about 1600 miles away and was killed only 29 hours after he was thought to have been home watching the superbowl. He’ll always be remembered as a great man. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Aug 10, 20238 min

David Glenn Lewis Part 1

39-year-old David Glen Lewis was an Amarillo attorney and former court-at-law judge. He was described as a kind, generous, deeply religious man involved in charity work. In January 1993, David went missing and at the same time another “John Doe” was found dead, who they were unable to identify until years later. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Aug 09, 202311 min

What's The Scariest Real Thing On Our Earth?

Underwater caves. They’re beautiful to look at, but dangerous. Some divers get disoriented, can’t understand which way is up, and then drown after getting lost. They’re very deep, dark holes and you never know what you might find there. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Aug 08, 202311 min

Unsolved Mysteries with No Plausible Explanation

At the end of a day's work in 1974, workers for the Dao Ling Construction Company in Indianapolis left a 2 ½ ton steel wrecking ball hanging 200 feet above the ground. When they came back the next morning, the ball was gone. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Aug 07, 20239 min

The 4th Floor

OP was heading to a net cafe to use a computer and had to take an elevator. On their way up, the elevator suddenly stopped on a floor before the cafe and OP saw what looked like a woman in a white gown. There were no lights on other than the light in the elevator and this woman slowly started coming toward OP. At this point, they tried pressing the close door button, but instead of the doors shutting, the elevator light flickered off, leaving them in complete darkness. Submit your stories: popme...

Aug 04, 20237 min

How Being a Paranoid Stoner Saved My Life

OP placed knives all over the place when she was high because she got paranoid pretty easily, but one day this proved to be somewhat useful when an unwelcome guest showed up and began advancing on her. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Aug 03, 202311 min

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...

Aug 02, 202314 min

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 Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Aug 01, 20236 min

The Monkey Man of New Delhi

There’s a legend in New Delhi where people there believe there is an evil robotic monkey that will come out sometimes and drive people mad. We talk about what the belief is and how it has caused some people to behave. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Jul 31, 20237 min

r/AskReddit; What Are Some of the Scariest Small Towns in America?

The area around Manly Louisiana. Nothing is paved, country roads are gravel, wild dogs are roaming everywhere, and random houses are just abandoned in the woods. Locals from town won’t go to certain areas. Nothing matches the map and there is no cell service. The creepiest part is when a man told OP he had seen them at the lake and kept tabs on them all day long. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Inst...

Jul 28, 20238 min

Halloween 1955: The Baby Carriage

A mother leaves her two children, one in a carriage and one standing, for just a moment. When she returns, the two kids are gone. She eventually finds the carriage with one child in it, but the other is never to be found. We also talk about the Texarkana Moonlight Murders. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Jul 27, 202310 min

Have You Ever Known Someone that Went Missing? If So, What’s the Story?

We read multiple responses to this question, one of which says, “I had a coworker or employee in high school who went missing for 3 days. Turned out he went on a walk without telling anyone. A tree had fallen on him and was unable to free himself. He was dehydrated and shaken when they found him, but he recovered and came back to work a few days later.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page...

Jul 26, 20238 min

Don't Drive Straight Home Part 2

OP’s sister has gone outside with a knife to see who this stranger is lurking outside before quickly running inside and locking the door with a terrified look in her eye. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Jul 25, 20236 min

Don't Drive Straight Home Part 1

OP was walking her dogs with her foster sister at the park when a man passed them, said hello, and kept on walking. He then came back around and kept passing them, saying hello, and each time a bit closer than the last. They decided to leave as they didn’t feel very comfortable about this creep, but realized as they were driving home that someone was following them. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our I...

Jul 24, 202313 min

The Town That Shouldn’t Exist | I Died in a House Fire

OP was in the car with their mom heading home from the museum on a route that was fairly familiar, but 20 minutes into the drive and they realized that neither of them knew where they were. They soon found themselves in a nice new suburban area, but there wasn’t a single soul in sight. It was completely abandoned. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Jul 21, 202310 min

r/AskReddit; What’s the Scariest Encounter You Had with a Total Stranger?

A commenter said they were driving in South Africa and pulled over, when suddenly a stranger opened the passenger door and sat down. The OP started screaming at the top of their lungs, followed by equally terrified screams from this new passenger, who then jumped out of the car and fled. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Jul 20, 202314 min

Nurses, What Is the Spookiest Thing that a Patient Did at Night?

While working on a mental health unit, OP and their colleagues were supposed to check up on the patients once an hour. They used flashlights to not wake the patients, but while one colleague was checking on patients, suddenly there was a loud scream. After arriving in the room, OP could see a female patient had jumped on their coworker when she had checked in the room and shined her light on the patient, who was waiting in the dark, ready to pounce. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com ...

Jul 19, 20236 min

What's the Creepiest/Weirdest/Most Unsettling Place You’ve Ever Been to?

While on a Civil War battlefield tour, OP and his wife were visiting Manassas when she suddenly got a terrible feeling about the place and told him she’d just wait in the car. After going through and touring the place himself, OP got a strange feeling that something or someone was after him. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Jul 18, 20239 min

Home Invasion

OP led a normal, happy life until one day she thought she heard her husband walk in the front door, but when she went to check, it was a stranger. He just stood there staring at her and before she knew it, she found herself locked in her closet, waiting to die as this intruder did everything he could to break the door down and get to her. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_expla...

Jul 17, 202311 min

When Did a Game of Hide and Go Seek Go Horribly Wrong?

OP’s little 6 year old brother and 3 year old sister were playing an innocent game of hide-and-seek when they decided to run into the woods after being told the woods were off limits. They went so deep into the woods, getting lost, that their parents had to call the police and were just about to dispatch a search party when finally a nice lady brought them home after they came knocking on her door for help. Watch your children. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/po...

Jul 14, 202312 min

Women Who Gave the Creepy Guy a Chance, How Did It Go?

“On our first date, he told me he loved me and that he would let me pick out the color of our house. The rest of the evening was super awkward and I never talked to him again.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Jul 13, 20237 min

Disturbing Search and Rescue Stories Part 3

A man’s wife is hysterical after he and she hear this odd, uncanny sound coming from somewhere in the woods. It sounds like a monotone man making a meowing noise, except not human at the same time. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains

Jul 12, 202310 min

Disturbing Search and Rescue Stories Part 2

An older man was out hiking alone on a well known trail one day when he disappeared. His wife called search and rescue, but what they found left them with more questions than answers. Up high in a tall tree was the older man’s cane, hanging on a branch, with no sign of him anywhere. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Jul 11, 20239 min

Disturbing Search and Rescue Stories Part 1

We read multiple search and rescue stories, including: While out picking berries, a young girl and her brother got separated from their parents. When the search and rescue were called, the little girl told them that her brother had been taken by the bear man, a tall man with lots of hair on his body and a strangely shaped face. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Go to greenchef.com/pop50 and use code pop50 to get 50% off plus free shipping. Our Instagram page: @reddit_explains...

Jul 10, 20238 min
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