ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING

In 2018, Twitter identified nearly 4000 accounts associated with a single Russian owned company which were responsible for close to 176,000 tweets in the 10 weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election. That same company was spotlighted in the official “Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Elections” released by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2019...

1991 was a wild year. The Gulf War, the release of the video of the arrest and beating of Rodney King, The Warsaw Pact was dissolved, South Africa ended Apaetheid, and Ukraine celebrated its first independence day. All of these events preceded the American late summer August radio debut of the song “Smells like teen spirit”. The song, released by a relatively unknown band coming straight out of th...

In 1972 well-known paranormal researcher Ivan T. Sanderson published an article examining what he called “The Twelve Devil’s Graveyards Around The World”. Areas historically known for unexplained phenomenon and mysterious disappearances. This list included the infamous Bermuda Triangle, The Devil’s Sea, and the North and South Poles. Sanderson and other researchers have gone on to try and explain...

There is no shortage of strange tales and sinister stories when it comes to the bleak and dreary locations of lighthouses. Maine’s infamous Seguin lighthouse for instance, a lighthouse keeper, allegedly driven to madness by his wife’s piano playing, brutally murdered her with an axe before committing suicide. The Pensacola lighthouse in Florida, it was the lighthouse keeper's wife who murdered...

Before the creation of the 5th age, in which we live, the world had already been destroyed four times over. The first had been devoured by jaguars sent by god Tezcatlipoca after he was struck from the sky by his brother Quetzacoatl. The second world that followed had been swept clean by the mighty winds of the very same Quetzacoatl after its inhabitants had descended into savagery and showed no re...

In 1973 an Australian government cartographer was reported to have seen a bizarre phenomenon deep in the heart of the continent nation. According to the cartographer’s account, they witnessed a large unknown object hovering directly above, what had been known as, the Joint Defence Space Research Facility. The object appeared to have been dull gray in color and was observed to be parked at an estim...

During the 1960’s, a person could not have been blamed if they thought the US was coming apart at the seams. Everyday citizens had begun to organize and question the status quo. To those in power, the status quo was what had made the US a global superpower and, to a select few in the FBI, those who fought for changes to the status quo were a threat to national security. Those involved in activist...

In November of 1904, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia met the acquaintance of a wandering monk from Siberia and, almost immediately, was captivated by the man’s charisma. The Tsar and his wife were fascinated by the way this rural backcountry man of God addressed all people, even those of royal standing, with a seemingly crude yet familiar manner. The royal couple would go on to invite this man of remar...

The historical region of Greece is often held as the center of Western culture and philosophy. During its golden age, The Grecians created monuments, sciences, art, and literature that have become the foundation of some of the world’s most powerful civilizations. Many of these advances were attributed to divine inspiration. Knowledge brought to mortals by the gods themselves. Greek myth and legend...

Ladies and gentleman, welcome once again to Meteor Studios Arena! Tonight we bring you the monstrous mayhem you have been craving. Terrifying creatures from folklore and legend battling it out until only one can claim the title of Cryptid Supreme. Beasts, that may or may not exist, from around the globe have been gathered here for one night only. You’ll witness the carnage first hand as two alien...

During the Golden Age of Greece the most powerful woman in the realm was known as the Pythia. A high priestess of the god Apollo, these women were renowned for their powers of clairvoyance. Before any major military or political decision was to be made, it was tradition that these great seeresses be consulted. The power of prophecy has fascinated humankind since time immemorial. The ability to see...

In 2017 there were a reported 1000 UFO sightings across Canada. With one of the lowest population densities in the world, much of Canada is uninhabited wilderness, and some areas of that wilderness are even remarkable for having less gravity than the rest of the world. With such vast amounts of unpopulated areas, it is intriguing to think what people aren’t seeing within the large metropolitan cit...

In the past few weeks, the world has witnessed the worrying spread of a global pandemic. The virus has become extremely infectious and spread to almost every country in the world at blazing speed. Scientists and doctors have been working tirelessly to devise new treatments and vaccines in order to try and slow down the rapid spread of this new disease. At this point, it may not be an exaggeration,...

In 1975, New York City was on the brink of financial disaster. In the previous years the city officials had borrowed more money from banks to prop up its flailing local government until, finally, the banks decided that it was enough. This decision would have long-reaching repercussions that seem to have led directly to how we see the world today. The final decision to take control of a government...

This case file the Theorists are happy to welcome our special guest, Daniel Kraus. A New York Times best selling author, Daniel, up to now, has authored 11 award-winning titles and worked on projects with legends like George Romero and Guillermo Del Toro. His books plumb the dark depths of horror and have plots that often revolve around terrifying and incredible creatures. The Theorists invited hi...

Granite rock is known for being the oldest igneous rock in the world, forming as early as 300 million years ago. The material is one of the hardest and most durable substances known to man, second only to diamonds. With this quality in mind, it’s of little surprise that mankind has used granite in building some of the most impressive monuments in history from the pyramids to the base of the Statue...

The story of the human race has become increasingly rich and complex as we make new discoveries at a blazing pace. New species of hominids, artifacts, and structures like Gobekli Tepe are challenging the old theories and assumptions we had about our early ancestors. Still, in many circles, what is considered the hallmark of the most advanced cultures always seems to be the pyramid. Monuments that...

Dateline, January 15, 1947. A diabolically devilish crime committed just minutes away from tinsel town. A beautiful young girl cut down in the prime of her life in the City of Angels Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles police are baffled by the absolute brutality of the crime and have launched a citywide manhunt. The victim, aspiring young actress Elizabeth Short, a small-town girl trying to make...

Earth is a lucky place. Set in the medium range from a star so that carbon based life can flourish, a large enough satellite, the Moon, to deflect incoming meteors and a stable magnetic field to ward off the worst of cosmic radiation. Despite all that, there have been several massive extinction events, that we know of, which have nearly wiped out all life on our little blue space marble. What if t...

In 1976, NASA was more than happy to release photos sent back by their pioneering Viking 1 space probe. Among those photos there was a mysterious image that would set the UFO community’s collective imagination to focus on our rocky red neighbor. Of the 40 missions sent to Mars, only 18 have been deemed successful. Although, the success rate seems impressive when weighed against the many challenges...

Just north of San Francisco, there is a 2,700 acre private campground set deep amongst the majestic redwood forests. Since 1872, captains of industry, media moguls, and artists have come together at an exclusive gathering every July for two weeks. To attend this invite-only meeting of money and minds you might spend as long 20 years on the lengthy waiting list. If you had been a member in the last...

Kepler-47 C, a gas giant planet approximately 5 times the mass of Earth over 3,000 lightyears away. It is at least one of a few planets astronomers have observed orbiting a binary star system but if posts from an anonymous source in 2005 on an email forum including some of the time’s leading UFO researchers is to be believed, there is at least one other planet circling two stars and a team of U.S....

Throughout the 19th century, a widespread fear of being buried prematurely took hold of many European and North American communities. Rumors and stories of people who seemingly passed away due to an illness, waking up to try to claw their way out of their wooden coffins or stone mausoleums. The obsession with this fear going so far as to spawn patents and prototypes of coffins that could be connec...

This case file the Theorists welcome Mike Rothschild to the podcast. Mike is a writer, researcher, and newly published author of the book “The World's Worst Conspiracies”. Mike’s book takes a research-based approach to some of the most interesting and contentious conspiracies that are shaping our social discourse around the globe. We were lucky enough to have Mike as our guide in revisiting th...

This case file we welcome author and researcher Douglas Cirignano onto the podcast. Doug is the author of “American Conspiracies and Cover-ups: JFK, 9/11, the Fed, Rigged Elections, Suppressed Cancer Cures, and the Greatest Conspiracies of Our Time”. His book collects a number of in-depth interviews he personally conducted with experts on some of the most intriguing conspiracies of the past and pr...