AREA 52 PODCAST

In August of 2003, a man named Brian Wells entered a bank in Erie, Pennsylvania with a shotgun and a bomb strapped around his neck. He claimed he had been jumped and forced to rob the bank or the bomb would go off, which it eventually did, killing Brian in the process. Years later, police would start to piece together what they believe actually happened that day, but the question of whether Brian...

It’s been almost a month since our last episode and a lot has happened. First up, we discuss the few details that have been released by authorities regarding the recently announced arrest that had been made in the infamous Golden State Killer rapes, murders, crimes that have gone unsolved for over 30 years! We also talk about the insane unfolding case of Allison Mack; a successful Hollywood actres...

On July 15, 1997, a man walked up behind Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace as he was entering his South Beach estate and shot him in the head, killing him. This murder introduced the world to the name Andrew Cunanan, a man who sought fame and acceptance so desperately, he was willing to kill for it. Versace wasn’t his only victim. In fact, Andrew’s 4 state murder spree left a trail of bodies...

We are finally back and have a lot to talk about! Since we’ve been gone, we’ve watched a couple paranormal documentaries, examined a few interesting Twitter-based conspiracies and finally got our hands on some of the Vegas footage we’ve been waiting for, but is any of it actually convincing? Join us this week as we take a skeptical look at several topics including the finally recently released “De...

After spending an entire episode unexpectedly discussing the fascinating documentary, “Patient Seventeen”, we were, much to our delight, surprisingly contacted by the film’s director, the super cool and incredibly knowledgeable Jeremy Corbell, who offered to come on the podcast to answer some of the questions we had and elaborate on some of the things we may have missed. So join us this week for a...

Valentine’s Day is the holiday of love! A time to spoil and focus on your significant other or celebrate and delight in your singleness! While most people associate it with hearts and roses and chocolates and romance, that’s not what we do here. This week, we wanted to explore the dark side of this annual love fest, from it’s bloody, pagan origins and gross modern day commercialization, to the man...

Thousands of people claim to have been abducted by aliens and their stories range from terrifying to fantastical, but very few of them ever come back with actual proof. However, there are cases of abductees who have claimed to have found strange metallic “alien implants” embedded inside their bodies. Some have even gone so far as to have them removed and examined, as seen in the recent documentary...

In June of 2008, Travis Alexander was brutally murdered at his home in Mesa, Arizona. The only suspect in the crime was his ex-girlfriend, a woman named Jodi Arias, who at first denied any involvement, but after her story didn’t add up and undeniable evidence tying her to the scene started surfacing, she eventually confessed, weaving a tale of sexual and physical abuse leading to an altercation wh...

No matter what sport you follow or what team you root for, when your team is down, it seems that they’re always getting screwed over by bad calls, biased refs and unfair Illuminati interference! Ok, so maybe there isn’t a secret reptilian government that controls the outcome of every game, but that doesn’t mean the world of sports is free from conspiracy theories, in fact, there are many controver...

We’re back! And this week, in what looks to be our final episode of the year, we update you once again on our biggest story of the year, the mass shooting in Las Vegas. We discuss allegations made in a recently released documentary called “What Happened In Vegas”, a new film that chronicles a series of police brutality incidents and a pattern of corruption in the Las Vegas Metro Police Department....

In a follow up to our last episode that covered the unbelievable story of missing child, Johnny Gosch, this week we delve even deeper into this insane world of kidnapping and human trafficking to see how far it actually goes. From stories of sexual assault and murder at one of the most secretive gatherings in the world to rumors of abuse going all the way to the Oval Office, this story seems to go...

In September of 1982, a 12-year-old boy named Johnny Gosch was snatched while out on his paper route in a seemingly safe Des Moines, Iowa neighborhood. With no help from an almost suspiciously uninterested police force and a laughably unhelpful FBI, Johnny’s mother, Noreen, took it upon herself to keep her son’s story alive by never letting it leave the public eye. Because of this fierce dedicatio...

Recorded just hours after news of the terrible Texas church shooting broke news, we discuss the few details we have of this developing story. We also look into new developments in the Vegas shooting including a possible motive, even more new changes to the pre-shooting timeline and we talk about Sheriff Joe Lombardo ’s recent in-depth interview. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/area-52/...

For our spooky Halloween episode, we thought we’d examined an infamous unsolved murder that took place in the woods of Keddie, California in 1981. Known as the Murders in Cabin 28, this multiple homicide should’ve been an open and shut case, with witnesses, fingerprints and murder weapons left behind, but due to shoddy, and some might even say negligent, police work, not only was the crime scene c...

We tried to get away from it, we really did, but there’s something so fishy about the way the official story of the Vegas shooting is playing out that we just had to keep covering it. Major details are being changed daily like it’s nothing, new information about the timeline is being ignored and we still haven’t seen one frame of footage of the shooter. So join us this week as we examine all the n...

In the third and final part of our coverage of the horrible Route 91 Concert Mass Shooting,’ we update you on false rumors that are being spread. We also interview two amazing guests. First, we speak with Brittany Johnson, who is not only the host of the Droppin’ Dimes podcast, but also a reporter for Salt Lake’s ABC affiliate. Brittany Johnson was on the scene covering the first 100 hours a...

Two weeks have passed since the horrible events in VEGAS and we seem to have less answer than we did before. From eyewitness footage that seems to capture multiple sources of gunfire to official changes in the timeline that throw the whole story off, we examine the newest details of this ongoing investigation. So join this week us as we continue to sort through all the various wild conspiracy theo...

In this special edition podcast, Area 52 weighs in on the unfolding events in Las Vegas, tries to sort through & make sense of the many rumors and manages to secure a live interview with someone who witnessed the entire event from the stage. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/area-52/area52-ep065.mp3

This week, we opened up the Request Line and asked you guys what you wanted to hear us talk about and, well, you guys definitely brought the weird! From an alien exchange program from the 1970s and an ancient alien satellite that apparently orbits earth to a mysterious deadly Russian hiking expedition and a family who allegedly lived with a raspy-voiced, lego-throwing ghost. Also the story of the...

Clowns are creepy, there’s no doubt about it. In fact, books, TV and movies have all played up the scary clown trope so much that the fear has given way to actual scary real life sightings and even horrible crimes all associated with and attached to the image of clowns, but what is it that really makes us scared of a person in face paint and a red wig just standing in the darkness holding a...

Airbnb is a cool and easy way to find a place to stay or rent out an extra room or empty house, however, while millions of people use the service every year without issue, there have been a handful of users who have encountered nightmarish scenarios, from properties being trashed and renters who refuse to leave to coming home to the aftermath of an orgy and even finding a dead body. There’s...

Eclipses have always fascinated us, with some of the earliest written accounts dating back to over 3000 years ago. Some cultures believed they were punishments from the Gods or great beast fighting in the sky, others believed they were good omens bringing fertility or giant sky lovers embracing. Join us this week as we talk about the myths, superstitions, legends and lore surrounding eclipses! We...

In early 2004, a young college student named Maura Murray crashed her car into a snow bank on an icy, rural New Hampshire road. The accident wasn’t that bad, and witnesses who stopped claim she appeared to be uninjured, but when police arrived, Maura was nowhere to be found, leaving behind to this day no clues as to where she had gone and string of strange behavior that doesn’t seem to...

An ocean cruise is supposed to be a relaxing getaway, a place to kick back and unwind, but for some, these vacations turn into something much darker. On average, around 15 people a year go missing from cruise ships, leaving behind questions and confused loved ones. Join us this week as we explore 3 cases of vacations gone wrong, from Disney cruise ship worker Rebecca Coriam, who disappeared withou...

On Christmas Eve 1945, a house burned down in Fayetteville, West Virginia. The owner of the house, a man named George Sodder, his wife Jennie and 4 of their children escaped unharmed, leaving, what they believed, was an additional 5 children trapped in the blaze. However, after the fire had been stopped, no bodies or traces of the children were ever found, leading some to believe they hadn’t...