My Dark Path

The story of the study of UFOs in the USSR reveals the conflict between the desire for knowledge and the communist objective of strict control over topics the government deemed to be unacceptable. This episode will share the stories of two of the most famous Soviet UFOlogists and some of the sightings which motivated them to fight against the government’s control of scientific discourse. Read MF T...

Delve into the mysterious life and sudden death of Gerald Cotten, the founder of QuadrigaCX, once Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange. It starts by tracing Cotten’s early interest in digital currencies and his founding of QuadrigaCX, which quickly became a key player in the cryptocurrency market.  In December 2018 Cotten reportedly died from complications due to Crohn's disease whil...

Learn the history of Grandpa Bredo Morstoel, the famous frozen dead guy, of Nederland Colorado and his grandson, Trygve Bauge, who cryopreserved him.   1.     Origins of the town of Nederland Colorado 2.     How Grandpa Bredo came to be cryopreserved then stored in a shed in Nederland. 3.     Father of Cryonics, Robert Ettinger 4.     The process of cryonic preservation 5.     Two of the most cont...

Dive deep with us into the underground horrors where the V2 was produced after the destruction of Peenemunde in WWII.  Read MF Thomas' novels Like Clockwork https://amzn.to/417lOzy Arcade https://amzn.to/4aTpisx A Sickness in Time https://amzn.to/41apSPK Seeing by Moonlight ...

As a special offer to My Dark Path listeners, sign up for a free Advance Readers Copy of Like Clockwork at www.mfthomas.net. Like Clockwork will be released in print and ebook form in late August 2022. Read MF Thomas' novels Like Clockwork https://amzn.to/417lOzy Arcade https://amzn.to/4aTpisx A Sickness in Time https://amzn.to/41apSPK Seeing by Moonlight ...

The World’s Fair is supposed to be a festival for accomplishments and advances in humanity throughout the world, but that wasn’t the case in 1904.  Take a tragic stroll through St. Louis and learn about the unethical events that happened at the St. Louis World Fair in 1904. Read MF Thomas' novels Like Clockwork https://amzn.to/417lOzy Arcade https://amzn.to/4aTpisx A Sickness in Time https://...

Episode Summary:  My Dark Path podcast explores the fringes of history, science, and the paranormal. This episode is a continuation of the “Vegas Field Trip” where stories of eerie  happenings are explored as a backdrop following different tragic and fatal events  in the past. In this conversation, Thurkettle, Townsend, and Hodur explored hotel hallways,  walking the floors of casinos ranging from...

Learn about the chilling details of how Lake Mead and Nevada experienced a series of bodies in barrels. Read MF Thomas' novels Like Clockwork https://amzn.to/417lOzy Arcade https://amzn.to/4aTpisx A Sickness in Time https://amzn.to/41apSPK Seeing by Moonlight ...

Learn about the darker side of New Orleans and about the voodoo legend of Madame Marie Laveau.  Read MF Thomas' novels Like Clockwork https://amzn.to/417lOzy Arcade https://amzn.to/4aTpisx A Sickness in Time https://amzn.to/41apSPK Seeing by Moonlight ...

Learn about the  unsettling details of one of the most famous unsolved cases.   Read MF Thomas' novels Like Clockwork https://amzn.to/417lOzy Arcade https://amzn.to/4aTpisx A Sickness in Time https://amzn.to/41apSPK Seeing by Moonlight ...

Learn about the intriguing history of Ed & Lorraine Warren and their connection to Amityville. Distance - Louis Lion Brenner - Falls Bloodline - Stephen Keech Quiet Strength - Moments Aquaducts - Falls Spooked - jshirts Read MF Thomas' novels Like Clockwork https://amzn.to/417lOzy Arcade https://amzn.to/4aTpisx A Sickness in Time https://amzn.to/41apSPK Seeing by Moonlight ...

In this continuation of the Amityville Horror, learn more about the details the remained out of the public eye and the fabricated story of the Lutz's claims that the house was haunted. Read MF Thomas' novels Like Clockwork https://amzn.to/417lOzy Arcade https://amzn.to/4aTpisx A Sickness in Time https://amzn.to/41apSPK Seeing by Moonlight ...

Learn how the story of one of the most infamous mass murders in American history  has been distorted over time.  Join us to explore the crime that started the legend of the Amityville Horror. Song credits: Stroke of Midnight - Falls Brenner - Falls At the Stroke of Midnight - Moments Isolation Kevin - Graham Taped - Acreage Hallowed Halls - Moments Read MF Thomas' novels Like Clockwork https:...

In this episode we illuminate this dark path to learn more about the mysteries behind alien greys and what really happened to the Hills all those years ago. Listen to learn more about:  How the Hills were allegedly hypnotized and tested by otherworldly beings. How people use the trauma of others to gain fame and profit. How fact and fiction merge when our minds want to make sense of the universe. ...

Travel this dark path to learn how love, crime, and fire became a story that continues to resonate in Japan today. Listen to learn more about:  How the Japanese fear and respect flames. The crimes of Yaoya Oshichi, and how they changed the history of Japan forever. How the writer, Ihara Saikaku, single handedly rewrote history.  Songs in the episode: When Tomorrow Comes - Moments Brenner - Falls S...

One of the deadliest plants is parsley - but not for the reasons you might think. Travel this dark path to learn more about how parsley played a role in a horrible tragedy in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Read MF Thomas' novels Like Clockwork https://amzn.to/417lOzy Arcade https://amzn.to/4aTpisx A Sickness in Time https://amzn.to/41apSPK Seeing by Moonlight ...

Travel this dark path to learn more about the dangers of the discovery of the Northwest Passage.  Listen to Learn More About: Sir John Franklin, a captain who searched for the Northwest Passage Erebus McClure and the discovery of the Northwest Passage Kensal Green, the oldest of the Magnificent 7 Cemeteries See full show notes at mydarkpath.com Music Loyalty by Tru Genesis Brenner by Falls Heart C...

Come walk this  dark path of mistrust and persecution to learn more about the history of Christianity In Japan and Christian traditions unique to their culture.  Listen To learn More about: The Japanese tomb for Jesus Christ  The largest rebelion in Japanese history, Shimabara Rebellion, and why it happened   Early Christian Missionaries in Japan  Japanese leaders like Toyotomi Hideyoshi and  Toku...

Join us on this week's dark path into the lives of people in witness security, and learn more about the Italian Mafia on the way. Listen to Learn More About: —Notable Mafia members like Salvatore Maranzano, who established the five dominant Mafia families, and Joseph Barbra, a powerful mafia leader that established  a famous soda company still around today —Mafia terms like Costra Nostra and...

Come walk this dark path with us and plunge into the history of spies. Learn from MF Thomas'  first hand experiences  about the uncrackable codes used to transmit information at ‘number stations.’ Listen To Learn More about: 1. Number Stations and how they allow spies to transfer information 2. Real life spies, Kendall and Gwen Myers 3. The North Korean Broadcast that stirred up alarm 4. “The...

You probably know a lot about the Salem witch trials, but did you know that it was not the site of the first witchcraft trial in the colonial United States? Accused witches had been appearing in New England courtrooms for half a century. In many ways, Salem was the last gasp, the most notorious, nightmarish outcome of a process that, maybe, made it inevitable. Come with us further back in time, do...

On October 26th of this year, government agencies have a deadline to finish a review of all remaining documentation related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, The last of four American Presidents to be murdered in our history.  We wanted to mark the occasion by taking a different approach. There are so many more stories to tell than the story of murder itself; moving, fascinating s...

The nightmare these two women found themselves in was far from over. Throughout their lives, they had been exploited, by poverty, by sexism; and now the exploitation was coming from international politics. They were set up to take the fall for the people who actually planned this crime; and what followed as multiple nations got pulled into the ugly diplomatic aftermath had nothing to do with justi...

Get ready for a saga about a murder where the murderers, themselves, were victims, and a chillingly contemporary story of how innocent individuals can fall through the cracks when nations clash. Nobody leaves this story with their hands clean. Listen to Learn More about:  The mysterious assassination of Kim Jong Nam, Kim Jong Un's ( the current dictator of North Korea) older brother Kim Jong...

These men fought for Britain, France, Poland, and other nations. They were the most daring, imaginative, and brave Allied prisoners plunked into one facility, and for years against all odds and every setback, they relentlessly put the supposedly “escape proof” castle to the test. This is their story – not a single, dramatic mass escape, but a tale of soldiers who wouldn’t let themselves be just pr...