The Conspirators Podcast

In this episode I tell you two stories of the ways spirits and spirituality have had a very real effect on people and society. In the first story, I tell you how two inventions, the automobile and the Ouija board, once came together, causing a town in California to go a little mad. In story two I tell you about a remarkable young girl, who displayed some strange religious symbols. Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Wakeman-vs-Antichrist-Strange-but-True/dp/1585429449 https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/the-dark-and-fascinating-history-of-the-ouija-board-baltimore-origins/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ouija-board-cant-connect-us-to-paranormal-forces-but-it-can-tell-us-a-lot-about-psychology-grief-and-uncertainty-5860627/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28702964/ https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/strange-stigmata/ https://www.livescience.com/42822-stigmata.html https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19720331.1.17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in 1981, Ken McElroy was the town bully in Skidmore, Missouri. That is until one day when the townspeople got together and decided that they had finally had enough. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Broad-Daylight-Harry-N-MacLean/dp/1482639874 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8068916/?ref_=fn_t_1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 1980s and 90s, a series of programs for exceptionally talented students began appearing in schools across the United States. But in recent years, many former students from the Gifted and Talented Education, or GATE Program, have begun comparing their stories online. And many of them have come to believe that the GATE Program was a cover for a top secret government experiment. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.yahoo.com/news/enrolled-gifted-classes-child-now-230027333.html https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp96-00788r001700210016-5.pdf https://hemi-sync.com/product-category/by-genre/gateway-experience/?srsltid=AfmBOopztzPlvnIDZFmey3N9SZD6UDuUD_iG0bXgjzX_KypE2zv30CuF https://www.monroeinstitute.org/products/gateway-experience-wave-ii-viii?srsltid=AfmBOopsTkd0QZjYf4HvaQKG_BS7rd0QaIomASg9h3J22SQhljuuiuWe https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/project-stargate.html https://www.reddit.com/r/Gifted/comments/1hspxok/cia_involvement_in_gate/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1943, an experiment was allegedly conducted in a Philadelphia naval shipyard that attempted to make a warship invisible. But according to theories the Philadelphia Experiment ripped a hole through time and space, and had devastating consequences for everyone involved. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Experiment-Invisibility-Startling-Vanished/dp/0449007464 https://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Experiment-Other-Ufo-Conspiracies/dp/0938294970/ref=sr_1_1?crid=J1TVJ6RYVMHI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KmXbuKlMrg2Ox79CxjnmV1SMbtDg888q1jHN2eBY5jxcKvi-tG5TxBXa_ltghswl.8QofXfOGBJQpfQsVTwfJ_xAtjcELs78MM6wZMtHMuQc&dib_tag=se&keywords=brad+steiger+the+philadelphia+experiment&qid=1768653205&s=books&sprefix=brad+steiger+the+philadelphia+experiment%2Cstripbooks%2C156&sr=1-1 https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/p/philadelphia-experiment.html https://www.military.com/off-duty/2020/05/04/truth-behind-wwiis-creepy-philadelphia-experiment.html https://navalhistoria.com/the-philadelphia-experiment/ https://www.realclearscience.com/2023/07/04/the_philadelphia_experiment_what_really_happened_963843.html https://www.historicmysteries.com/myths-legends/the-philadelphia-experiment/1000/ https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-is-the-true-story-of-the-philadelphia-experiment/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/philadelphia-experiment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history many people have claimed to have died and returned to life with tales of what lies ahead in the afterlife. In this episode I tell you several stories of people who have had near death experiences, including a woman named Pam Reynolds, who may have had the most well-documented NDE in history. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/After-Bruce-Greyson/dp/125026586X https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10158795/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120111050530/http://www.ajc.com/news/pam-reynolds-lowery-noted-537512.html https://books.google.com/books?id=xqAg4b71NLsC&q=Pam&pg=PA89#v=snippet&q=Pam&f=false https://www.npr.org/2009/05/22/104397005/decoding-the-mystery-of-near-death-experiences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Christmas 1843, a horrific discovery was made on New York's Staten Island. Inside a cottage, the bodies of a young mother and her infant daughter were discovered. Whoever killed them had tried setting the house on fire to cover up the crime. Soon a woman named Polly Bodine would be arrested for the crime. It was none other than P.T. Barnum who gave her the nickname she would forever be known by, The Witch of Staten Island. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Witch-New-York-Tabloid-Justice/dp/1639363912 https://boroughsofthedead.com/edgar-allan-poe-witch-staten-island/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout the Unites States you can find stories of sightings of the large, hairy creature we all know as Bigfoot. According to most modern researchers, Bigfoot is a shy and gentle creature. But in this episode I'm going to tell you some of the stories, who claimed they were attacked by the creature. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast?si=zNC2RYmi-JjjBJ3m Notes: https://www.cowboysindians.com/2018/10/tall-tales/ https://www.bfro.net https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ape-canyon https://sasquatchthelegend.com/blogs/latest-news/mountain-devil-the-1924-ape-canyon-attack?srsltid=AfmBOoryUY9oxpxoNfbNOpiDs2ipk1GLd4v_b9IScWf2O9qeR8lQIBIw https://charleyproject.org/case/theresa-ann-bier https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38780180/ https://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Legend-Science-Jeff-Meldrum-ebook/dp/B003JH8MBA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KG7JG4YHCI3V&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.z_T-M_hJ6hUP07bu1UPBKOUqxKyMpMTs4z32CIleIaYPtqKvgJMegyCbsCtNe1q7cQ-POoJLvAb5-wTVDMPyFPCTISKkILl4-fo0za6KNk0jnEQBz457XBkWgeqTJik7LjVBMQXSTsoBgb4fGcYBBvhCSb3Em80tRpt0Wac8gHQ94PVCb19O6Mj7XE8bDDbeX1qu5jG46rG4rijj2OnJIAbFsw9GLsvwykjoVUqJ0NQM3TTYoYzEovPhUg5mxZPw1is-Z0hh7imNxKaAqKPc&dib_tag=se&keywords=jeff+meldrum+bigfoot&qid=1765035409&s=books&sprefix=jeff+meldrum+bigfoot%2Cstripbooks%2C108&sr=1-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1913, the body of a 13 year old girl named Mary Phagan was found in the basement of an Atlanta pencil factory. The factory Jewish manager Leo Frank would soon be convicted of her murder. But an angry mob lynched Leo Frank, despite a growing number of people who believe he may have been innocent. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.americanjewisharchives.org/snapshots/the-lynching-of-leo-frank/ https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Shall-Rise-Murder-Lynching/dp/0679764232 https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Damned-Murder-Phagan-Lynching/dp/081541188X/ref=pd_lpo_d_sccl_3/138-6188676-7539347?pd_rd_w=Q8xMZ&content-id=amzn1.sym.4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_p=4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_r=F4DB75N19G0EF0HKT07X&pd_rd_wg=q4Fkk&pd_rd_r=94d3d3be-8048-472f-8272-abfcb3b412eb&pd_rd_i=081541188X&psc=1 https://thebreman.org/research/leo-frank/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ingo Swann was one of the most well known and highly regarded psychics to emerge from the top secret psychic spy program that came to be known as Project Stargate. In this episode I'll tell you about Ingo Swann's remarkable life, and about the time he claimed to have seen aliens on the moon. Notes: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=penetration+ingo+swann&i=stripbooks&crid=2Q4HVWQFELISH&sprefix=penetration+ingo+swann%2Cstripbooks%2C183&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 https://www.amazon.com/Phenomena-Governments-Investigations-Extrasensory-Psychokinesis-ebook/dp/B01HZFB2T0/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WF7P8WH9FDW6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dA2BQvJOVoU9BknTeg1PLd9PRHbntJdlTpYVmu82So3qLtCN2SHtkUgEp2K58Ib7959D3CoBMZnhaOj36G_9rOL_8FIZ8W7G52DNVhST1gw.zLJ6gHoBkmzE0ZMKZ8uMt55FyyLnQgRCozR55HNwZq8&dib_tag=se&keywords=phenomena+annie+jacobsen+book&qid=1762615020&sprefix=phenomena+annie+ja%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-1 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12081299/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R002800180001-2.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special bonus mini episode, I tell you the story of a family who purchase a farm in rural Maine, who encounter something terrifying in the woods one night. Notes: https://www.syfy.com/paranormal-witness/photos/the-wolf-pack-season-3-episode-9#29538 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tucked away in the northwest corner of Connecticut, are the remains of a once thriving place called Dudleytown. This town has earned a reputation as the most cursed town in America. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast?si=42hLSHtP4XlwDlil Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Dudleytown-Cornwall-Genealogical-Historical/dp/0788417789 https://www.amazon.com/Cursed-New-England-Stories-Yankees-ebook/dp/B07DKXHFDZ/ref=sr_1_7?crid=2J2G3X7ZHDLUC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bz7QahZ4hQ7LtR9BDnHFc-BLpEEx7NHgm-5_sIbhgeFxPB4hCzWWniNQ6FmpErNphJUzkcACRSDEs-N0BDlkkiEOfR874qoBPGv0d73fHg6OapXzzCdNzBsV7MBbHV9BB1nMlHW7wihCP7kk7s7kgqHJAbEWhTZ_korYDy-x3bEYpxGf1MYlKvywBIKzjxdrMZScs95PobsyG5-BPdLBON--bGAAx4TmC112FkhPfBtlcK7Zrg7uQi7p98JIDrOlVUk8cMmkY3BZKX3Zes7hdjmTzWhECVv2LjTTFZA9mVQ.xn1j7UaMAWr-MdVe1d3ndQGQS4QpgWIqyrnAqemzJE0&dib_tag=se&keywords=joseph+citro&qid=1761404243&s=books&sprefix=joseph+citro%2Cstripbooks%2C124&sr=1-7 https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Hunters-audiobook/dp/B01H49631O/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IAOFUNNDEXJB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fktpfjBq0fjhbIUIEERFUXCfJbOk7qXsms6JxPcHEYzV5QvJrZDrqEb0SPQlvZzIxPXLHQZJWtQISe002HVUWMUoFYopjkxrwnKMJMLyUKeOPCSkQipRTgA-z_W1sfiVoeoWayxZDYvx1hAb3mpxAgG-ughiim3HXspkokElpwV8Ri4k08bSc9a5fusG7_g12VYqL_TPRuYYtm61HeeY9CjIMVcdXlNNVHsSTqrGj0M.HLRkktmk1YAUiLi-hGKcFjP_yYScm3W9XhhPKbfNrIc&dib_tag=se&keywords=ghost+hunters+ed+and+lorraine+warren&qid=1761404303&sprefix=ghost+hunters+ed+and+lorraine+warren%2Caps%2C115&sr=8-1 https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-dudleytown-curse-connecticuts-village-of-the-damned/ https://cornwallhistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-truth-about-dudleytown.html https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/dudleytown https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/29/nyregion/the-view-from-dudleytown-a-hamlet-that-can-t-get-rid-of-its-ghosts.html https://i95rock.com/mystery-of-dudleytown-ct/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/10/26/114149786.html?pageNumber=96 https://www.ghostsofohio.org/lore/elsewhere_lore_5.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history there have been stories of people who claimed they could fly. In this episode I'll tell you stories of a flying saint, a Missouri farmer and one of the most noted spiritualists in history, all of whom claimed to defy gravity. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-joseph-of-cupertino/ https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=72 https://www.amazon.com/Floating-Wonder-Story-Reynard-Beck/dp/1722688874 https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/reynard-beck-0015111 https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/ddhome https://otislibrarynorwich.org/2024/01/04/daniel-dunglas-home/ https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/news/2018/10/19/daniel-dunglas-home-may-be/9508788007/ https://books.google.com/books?id=aNUo2iJ5wZIC&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q&f=false Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zack Bowen and Addie Hall fell in love during the tragic days of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. But in 2006, Zack did something so horrific to Addie, people still wonder if he was driven to do it by demonic forces. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/ghost-stories/zack-addie/ https://www.amazon.com/Shake-Devil-Off-Murder-Orleans/dp/1250035228 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In August of 1930 New York Supreme Court Judge Joseph Force Crater mysteriously vanished without a trace. His disappearance would come to be known as one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in history. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Judge-Crater-Phenomenal-Disappearance/dp/081561134X https://somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2023/05/11/judge-crater-call-your-office-the-curious-disappearance-of-a-prohibition-era-judge-by-kate-hohl/ https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/when-judge-crater-went-missing-all-eyes-turned-to-maine/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exorcism is a controversial practice from centuries ago that still exists even in the modern day. But what happens when an exorcism goes wrong? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Exorcism-Anneliese-Michel-Felicitas-Goodman/dp/1597524328 https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-brief-history-of-exorcism https://www.history.com/articles/exorcisms-christianity-gospels-movie https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/the-early-history-of-exorcism https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/ancient-origins-of-catholic-exorcism https://allthatsinteresting.com/demonic-possession/5 https://books.google.com/books?id=fdB-AAAAMAAJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October of 1989, a young couple named Steve and Dawn Hess went on a camping trip to the Mojave Desert. What happened next to them is nothing short of terrifying. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast?si=vXFqNd2kZp_-Xcjh Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Mojave-Incident-Inspired-Chilling-Abduction/dp/1569802130 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5915758/ https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/hess-steve-77891/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2016, a number of diplomats inside the American Embassy in Cuba began complaining they were hearing an unidentified sound, followed by headaches, fatigue and other symptoms. Over time this mysterious ailment came to be known as the Havana Syndrome. Episode sponsor: https://www.homeaglow.com/CONSPIRATORS to get your first 3 hours of cleaning for only $19. Thanks so much to Homeaglow for sponsoring this episode https://youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast?si=WaA4IG3f0SmX_F4X Notes: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/the-real-story-behind-the-havana-embassy-mystery https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/its-catching/202110/evidence-mounts-mass-suggestion-caused-havana-syndrome?msockid=09c8976888d96cc13ba68208894b6dc6 https://www.state.gov/anomalous-health-incidents-and-the-health-incident-response-task-force/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55203844 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-white-house-cabinet-60-minutes-2022-06-26/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/us/politics/diplomat-attacks-havana-syndrome.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Of all the serial killers in history there is one name that stands out from all the others, and that is Jack the Ripper. In 1888, the Ripper terrorized London's Whitechapel District when he murdered five women. In this episode I tell you all about Jack the Ripper's murder spree, and about some of the most likely suspects. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Jack-Ripper-Donald-Rumbelow/dp/0753541505 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1784162345/?bestFormat=true&k=the%20five%20hallie%20rubenhold&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_16&crid=3U96FTZH0NLQ8&sprefix=the%20five%20hallie%20 https://www.jack-the-ripper.org https://www.science.org/content/article/does-new-genetic-analysis-finally-reveal-identity-jack-ripper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1795, a young man began digging for buried for treasure on Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia. In this episode, I dive deep into the hunt for treasure in the Oak Island Money Pit. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Treasure-Oak-Island-Centuries-Old/dp/1493037005 https://www.amazon.com/Oak-Island-Mystery-Solved/dp/1772060089 https://www.history.com/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island/articles/what-is-the-money-pit https://www.oakislandmystery.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part 2 of my 2-part deep dive into the Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre, I tell you all about what happened to Jones's followers in Jonestown. I also explore the conspiracy theories that persist that Jonestown may have been part of a CIA experiment. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Raven-Untold-Story-Jones-People/dp/1585426784 https://www.amazon.com/Road-to-Jonestown-Jeff-Guinn-audiobook/dp/B06XD7D32L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KM4LJ4UYDU8O&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.h2xHa_LkQQurkNGEyPYIKqgDRxqRgQ277jLIr5ryeOB5ob6xi4sUMY78e5rDuRLIuTeVaZFh2RrQebMw6NEaAMSK9mknVa2o4-O3kRNzW6EUjQ-6eGbdHjpBbxc72ON7J0xiY4sN4dpTrXpuh483L6JcOFzwnNiXWeQyTz4WaNg5kHrzDsfeaBZJWwAO3ijbGXqrYDGpihSbyaOY8uQ16QJHnicPsXRMttsGScV-50Y1B4qma9RyVZBEmIWrLuI&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+road+to+jonestown&qid=1750512843&s=books&sprefix=the+road+to+jonestown%2Cstripbooks%2C186&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Love-Them-Death-Devil-Jonestown-ebook/dp/B07685RM1L/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3JFA8M3LNUZI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UnEgEp19G6Spq0WImvPmncljRgwde7-JuMpVm8RCpyXGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.23fFfpYgF9sr_TG6q76frCqp1rQekomEQ7QlkJ3c8ck&dib_tag=se&keywords=tim+stoen&qid=1750512860&s=audible&sprefix=tim+stoen%2Caudible%2C147&sr=1-2 https://theunredacted.com/the-peoples-temple-massacre-welcome-to-jonestown/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices