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What was MySpace? Well, it was one of the first social media platforms on the internet to become a cultural phenomenon and almost single-handedly revolutionize the very idea of social media. We look back nostalgically on the site as being part of a bygone era before the internet was overrun with ads, political misinformation, and mindless slop. However, the reality is that MySpace was designed fro...

What are the muppets? Well, they’re an iconic cast of characters tied to decades of movies, tv shows, and merchandise created by the Jim Henson company in the late 1960s and then later sold to Disney in the early 2000s. But wait. It’s also a style of puppetry created by Jim and Jane Henson in the mid-1950s that applies not only to THE Muppets, capital M, but also other Jim Henson Company-created c...

What is the Wacom Company? Well, well it’s the purveyor of finer pieces of technology usually in connection with creating art. However, this seemingly innocuous company actually has a much darker origin. One that is spawned from a sprawling networks of religious cults, political power struggles, and shocking amounts of money. THis is the story of how Wacom was started…. By a cult.  -- BACK OUR PAT...

NFTs were a weird thing, huh? Why did the NFT market crash so suddenly? We examine how the Seth Green NFT project and its bizarre kidnapping arc signaled a turning point. We analyze the timeline of 2021, when investment in digital assets peaked, and discuss how the Seth Green NFT TV show became a focal point for critics. -- BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon -- CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUT...

What is MrBeast Burger? Well, it’s the burger chain started by the most popular YouTuber on the planet. But, actually, is it? Or was it started by a shadowy restaurant organization run by the same guy who owns Bucca De Beppo, who secretly operated it for MrBeast behind the scenes, and then when he wanted to shut the whole thing down because the food was really bad, this shadowy organization basica...

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Who are the Kellogg Brothers? They’re the siblings behind the company that would become known as Kellogg’s, which has become synonymous with breakfast cereals. Their most famous creation was a little product called Corn Flakes, which the cereal box or Kellogg’s corporate website will tell you was invented to be a healthier breakfast option. But that’s only half right. Because Corn Flakes were actu...

So what happened? Well, in 2005, an episode of the Mythbusters accidentally proved that a crime three men were accused of in 1986 was physically impossible. And two years later, one of these men saw the episode, and it started a process of his legal team using it to get him and the other two men exonerated. But the scary thing is that, somehow, even after they proved that they couldn’t have possib...

Is Avengers: Doomsday gonna save the MCU, or is it gonna be its penultimate swan song? -- BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon -- CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- Join our Discord server! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/deepcutsdiscord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! ⁠⁠...

Did two little girls living on the Isle of Wight meet a strange ghost clown man in the woods and form a decades-long friendship with him? -- BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon -- CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- Join our Discord server! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/deepcutsdiscord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- Who is R.L. Stine? He’s the author of the immensely popular Goosebumps and Fear Street book series, who at the height of his success entered into a lengthy legal battle with Scholastic. But we’ll also dive into the man truly responsible for the success of Goosebumps, a guy you’ve...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- What is JenniCam? The brainchild of Jennifer Ringley, JenniCam was the first “lifecast” on the internet where everything about Jennifer’s life was streamed 24/7, so curious onlookers could see her do everything, from eating to going to the bathroom to having sex. -- Written by Mik...

Note: Sorry for the radio silence! Long story short, the latest MacBook Pro seems to have some kind of line-wide defect. When I first bought it last year, the screen died a day later. And I got another one, and it worked fine for like a year and then about three weeks ago the screen died again. I took it to the Apple Store for a repair, they fixed it, I got it...and the screen died again. And so I...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- What were the Kentucky Cave Wars? It was a fierce business rivalry in the early 1900s between competing cave owners around Mammoth Cave in south-central Kentucky. It involved sabotage, dueling false advertising and smear campaigns, and other cartoonish hijinks that resulted in a n...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- Who is Roy Jay? He was a British-Norwegian comedian who performed stand-up from the 1970s until his death in 2007. However, something strange happened in April 2025. The internet became convinced Roy Jay was an AI-generated demon who was inserting himself into our memories as part...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- What is the Satanic Panic? It was a moral panic predominantly occurring in North America throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. The general public lost their shit over the belief that Satan worshippers, from school teachers to politicians, were members of a cult that would abduct,...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- Who is Ray Buckey? He was a preschool teacher, but in the height of the 1980s Satanic Panic, he as well as other teachers at his school, underwent years of trials for sexually abusing children, becoming the longest and most expensive criminal case in United States history. And it...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- Who is Vince Offer? If you watched any television in the late 2000s, you undoubtedly saw Vince hock a product called ShamWow, a super absorbent towel. His abrasive, enthusiastic personality made him an instant icon, but frequent lawsuits, a scandal with a sex worker, and an anti-w...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- Yasuke: The Black Man Who Escaped Slavery and Became the First Non-Japanese Samurai -- Written by Adam Smith -- Join our Discord server! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/deepcutsdiscord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- What is Slab City? It’s an off-the-grid unincorporated community in the California Sonoran Desert, taking its name from concrete slabs left behind by the Marine Corps and upon which the city was built. With about 150 year-round residents, Slab City is often touted as the last lawl...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- Between 1942 and 1977, Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning not once. Not twice. But seven times. Seven separate incidents, each documented. Each time, he survived.  This is not a metaphor. This isn’t a folk tale. This is a real guy who lived through something so absurdly implausi...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- This is the true story of a woman who lured a series of vulnerable young people—most of them queer or trans—into her home with promises of friendship, acceptance, and a place to stay. But once inside, they weren’t allowed to just be themselves. They had to become characters from F...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- What is the CIA vampire hoax? It was a 1950s military operation in which the CIA fought back against Filipino insurgents via psychological warfare by making them think that local vampires, known as the “Aswang,” were ready to kill them all, one by one. -- Written by Mike Bedard --...

BACK OUR PATREON! https://bit.ly/deepcutspatreon CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://bit.ly/mysterytreehouse -- Who are the Carpet People? They’re two separate guys - Kevin Carpet and Georgio the Human Carpet - who have nothing to do with one another, yet they each inexplicably wrap themselves up in carpet to lie down in New York nightclubs, hoping that people will step on them. -- Written...

So, who are the people of Kalachi, Kazakhstan, and why did an entire town just decide to nap for days on end? Well, they didn’t exactly “decide” – but, in a phenomenon that still has people confounded years later, hundreds of villagers in Kalachi started randomly falling asleep for days. And by that, we don’t mean they got extra comfy on the couch; we’re talking multi-day comas. This town fell int...