Let’s be Brief(ed)

Join Sara and Sydney this week for Cointelpro, a covert and illegal FBI program that targeted activists, dissidents and social justice movements from the 1950s through 70s. Could there still be such a program today? Sources for this episode: https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro https://www.britannica.com/event/COINTELPRO https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/fred-hampton https://www.history.com/topics...

Join Sara and Sydney this week for Currency Conspiracy, an open chat about money and all the ways it impacts our lives, some of which may be by design. This episode is pretty chaotic! Have any questions, feedback or other topics you'd like us to cover? Email us at letsbebriefed@gmail.com. We also have a Facebook page, Instagram and Tiktok all under Let's Be Briefed, so follow us there for any upda...

Join Sara and Sydney this week for John Titor. Was he a hoax, a real-life time traveler, or something else entirely? Get ready for a mind-bending adventure into the unknown. Sources for this episode: https://www.postbulletin.com/rochester-magazine/john-titor-who-was-the-time-traveler-that-visited-rochester https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor Have any questions, feedback or other topics you'd...

Join Sara and Sydney this week for the Paraquat Murders in Japan. Was it murder of convenience, related to the Monster with 21 Faces, or something else? Sources for this episode: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/10/world/japanese-puzzle-the-vending-machine-murders.html https://personalinjurylawcal.com/blog/the-paraquat-vending-machine-murders/ Have any questions, feedback or other topics you'd like...

Join Sara and Sydney this week for Roswell, the classic 1947 mysterious crash. Was it the government, aliens, or something else? Sources for this episode: https://www.history.com/news/roswell-ufo-aliens-what-happened Have any questions, feedback or other topics you'd like us to cover? Email us at letsbebriefed@gmail.com. We also have a Facebook page, Instagram and Tiktok all under Let's Be Briefed...

Join Sara and Sydney this week as they discuss the abandonment of Portlock, Alaska due to a series of mysterious murders and disappearances. Was it a serial killer, or something stranger? Sources: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/this-abandoned-ghost-town-is-downright-bone-chilling-ak/ Abandoned: The History and Horror of Port Chatham, Alaska by Larry Baxter https://www.homernews.com/life/ne...

Join Sara and Sydney this week for a look at the declassified documents of Project Stargate, a secret U.S. government project spanning from 1978 to 1991 that aimed at using ESP (Extra Sensory Perception) as a means to gain military intelligence. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingo_Swann Third Eye Spies documentary https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/search/site/remote%20viewing https://en.wiki...

Join Sara and Sydney this week for Slenderman, where we dive into the origins of a beloved Creepypasta and the real world implications of creating a myth with the power of the internet. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27776894 https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/30/the-story-of-slenderman-the-internets-own-monster/ https://theslenderman.fandom.com/wiki/Slender_Man http://www.greenmeteorteam....

Join Sara and Sydney this week for the Dyatlov Pass Incident, where in 1959 nine hikers in Russia were mysteriously killed. Lots of suspicious pieces of information and a few interesting theories, mixed in with some very out there theories. Sources for this episode: 1079 by Igor Pavlov Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar Dyatlovpass.com The Prosecutor’s Podcast Dyatlov Pass (Episodes 61-65) Have any qu...

Join Sara and Sydney this week for the final episode covering the Monster with 21 Faces, where we get into the many suspects that could've been behind these crimes. Sources for this episode: Toppamono by Manabu Miyazaki Have any questions, feedback, or other topics you'd like us to cover? Email us at letsbebriefed@gmail.com. We also have a Facebook page, Instagram and Tiktok all under Let's Be Bri...

Join Sara and Sydney this week for the Monster with 21 Faces Part 2, where we discuss the timeline of events for the Glico-Morinaga case. It gets wild. Sources for this episode: https://awnaves.medium.com/the-monster-with-21-faces-380bf3defb9c https://allthatsinteresting.com/monster-with-21-faces Toppamono by Manabu Miyazaki https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/49632be9d49a38736dd790fb9720338c278b6ff...

Join Sara and Sydney this week for the kickoff of a new topic, the Monster with 21 Faces. Also known as the Glico-Morinaga case, this infamous case in Japan spanned 17 months, where an unknown group calling themselves the Monster with 21 Faces harassed food companies and poisoned their products. In Part 1, we discuss general Japanese culture, language, and history and get into the beginning of cas...

Join Sara and Syndey this week for the final episode covering Karen Silkwood, where we discuss the theories surrounding her mysterious death and the possible involvement of outside parties. Source for this episode: https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Karen-Silkwood-Kerr-McGee-Plutonium/dp/080148667X Sources for the entire topic: https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=KE010 https://www.o...

Join Sara and Sydney this week for Karen Silkwood part 2, where we discuss how Karen Silkwood became a union activist at Kerr-McGee and the chain of events leading to Karen Silkwood's death. Sources for this episode: https://youtu.be/dqex1w6ljPA Have any questions, feedback, or other topics you'd like us to cover? Email us at letsbebriefed@gmail.com

Join Sara and Sydney this week for Karen Silkwood Part 1, where we discuss the background leading up to Karen Silkwood working for Kerr-McGee and becoming a nuclear whistleblower. Sources for the episode: https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=KE010 https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=KE011 https://youtu.be/dqex1w6ljPA Have any questions, feedback, or other topic...