The Conspirators Podcast

In honor of the Halloween season, I'm bringing you four ghostly urban legends, and the true stories behind them. Including the story of the house that many claimed to be the most haunted home in America.  Patreon: theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_SAREQYopjrr0CNIrrRrQ Notes: https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/cause-of-death/ legend-of-fishers-ghost https://th...

In this episode I take you through some of the ways people throughout the 17th century punished accused witches. I take you through the story of the Salem Witch Trials, as well as an earlier tale that helped inspire one of our most famous modern day authors. Episode Sponsor: HelloFresh Get 50% off your first order, plus free shipping at: http://hellofresh.com/50conspirators Check out my new YouTub...

In this second part of a two-part episode into the alleged secret underground base beneath Dulce, New Mexico, we delve into the origins of the rumors about the base, and we learn the terrible lengths members of the United States government went to in order to keep its secrets. Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Project-Beta-Bennewitz-National-Security/dp/0743470923 https://www.amazon.com/Mirage-Men-Mar...

For decades there have been conspiracy theories surrounding Dulce, New Mexico claiming that beneath the earth lies a secret underground base that is being run in cooperation between the United States military and several sinister alien races. In part one of my two part series, I talk about a few of the people who were the biggest proponents of the base, and I break down how much of their story we...

I am excited to announce my brand new YouTube channel, The Dark Chronicles. It's the next evolution of The Conspirators podcast, featuring all new stories for your eyes and ears. I invite you to check us out and subscribe by clicking the link below. Thanks so much in advance! https://www.youtube.com/@darkchronicles42 Music used in this preview: Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a C...

Albert W. Hicks was once one of the most infamous considered one of the most infamous murderers in history. But today his name has been almost forgotten. He was a murderer, a gangster, and the last pirate publicly executed in America. Sources: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/06/01/history-half-shell-intertwined-story-new-york-city-and-its-oysters https://www.amazon.com/Last-Pirate-New-York-Gangster...

One of the most controversial aspects of law enforcement occur when police investigators use psychics to provide information in solving crimes. Back in 1993, a Montana couple named John and Nancy Bosco were brutally murdered in their bed. Strangely enough, three people involved in the murder claim to have had psychic visions of the crime: the victim's mother, a famous psychic his mother hired, and...

In Alaska, there is a stretch of 186,000 miles of frozen wilderness with a terrifying reputation. Since 1972, more than 20,000 people have vanished there without a trace. This is the story, of the Alaska Triangle.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Check out our new TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/discover/the-conspirators-podcast Notes: https://www.kinyradio.com/news/news-of-...

During his life, Bruce Lee became a pop culture icon. But the life of the man who has become widely known as the greatest martial arts actor of them all was cut tragically short, when he mysteriously died inside a Hong Kong apartment. Was Bruce Lee murdered by the Chinese triads? Or did he fall prey to an ancient curse against his family? In this episode we will explore all the theories, and try t...

One of the most widely publicized mysteries of the 1920s is the Hall-Mills Murders. Back in 1922 Reverend Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills were found shot to death in a secluded field outside New Brunswick, New Jersey. This is a sordid tale of infidelity, jealousy and unsolved murder.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Check out our new TikTok! https://www.tiktok.co...

There have been many secret societies throughout history, but the most feared and infamous of them all has to be the Illuminati. This notorious secret society is purported to control world events, and seeks to create a so-called "New World Order". Although skeptics are quick to dismiss the Illuminati as paranoid nonsense. The fact is, they were once very real.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/the...

My show is off this week. But we’ll be back next Monday with our regularly scheduled episode. In the meantime, I wanted to give you a special treat and introduce you to another podcast you might like by a friend of mine. Southern Gothic is an amazing show from my friends Brandon and Bryanne Schexnayder. In this show Brandon invites you to Step into the world of the unknown and unravel the dark his...

Throughout history there have been many precious gems that have been reported to bring misfortune to any who possess them. But the most famous cursed diamond of all, has to be the Hope Diamond. In this episode, I'll tell you all about the cursed blue diamond's bloody history. Notes: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/04/1173260412/kohinoor-diamond-coronation-charles-camilla-crown https://www.smithsonianm...

In Irish folklore there's a story about a creature known as a changeling. This is a kind of fairy who replaces a human child and takes over its life. Throughout history there have been real cases where a child goes missing, only for the parents to get the wrong child back. In this episode I'll tell you about three of those stories. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: htt...

In October 1979, a riot broke out at a private military school in Miami experienced . The school was vandalized and several students were injured. The strangest part of the story though are the number of students who claimed that the devil made them do it.  Notes: https://jeffmaysh.medium.com/hysteria-high-how-demons-destroyed-the-miami-aerospace-academy-jeff-maysh-5a31b4770f29 https://www.pbs.org...

Perhaps it’s not the best-known cryptid, but the Michigan Dogman has crept across the Midwest’s imagination—and embedded itself in the region’s nightmares—largely thanks to a single event in 1987. Was it an attack? A sighting? A mysterious footprint? No, strangers, it was something even more powerful: a voice drifting out, over the radio waves.  Special Thanks: Alvin WIlliams of Affirmative Murder...

During the 1950s and 1960s the United States Air Force ran a secret program to investigate the growing number of reports of unidentified flying objects. This is the story of Project Blue Book.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Close-Encounters-Man-World-Believe/dp/0062484176 https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos https://vault...

In January 1937, the badly mutilated body of a young English woman named Pamela Werner was discovered near the Fox Tower in old Peking. Her murder would shock the city's residents. And afterwards, nothing would ever be the same in China.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.pamelawernermurderpeking.com/ https://www.amazon.com/s?k=midnight+peking&hvadid=241590...

In 1989, a man named Ken Webster released a book titled "The Vertical Plane" in which he made a remarkable claim. He said that just a few years earlier, while living in the quaint English village of Dodleston, he began receiving messages on his BBC Micro computer. What's so strange about that you might ask? Well according to Ken, those messages were coming from a man living on the same property in...

Thomas Edison has gone down in history as one of our greatest inventors. But toward the end of his life he created one last invention that if it worked, would have changed the world forever. That was when Edison built a device that he hoped could help him talk to ghosts. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristintablang/2019/10/25/thomas-edis...

There are few names more legendary in the history of science than that of Nikola Tesla. The inventions he created are still in use today. He helped change and power our modern world. Yet he was also a deeply troubled individual, who may have created some inventions that could have destroyed the world as well. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.pbs.org/tesla/...

Listeners, I can hardly believe it, but this is my 200th episode of The Conspirators. So to honor the occasion, I'm providing you some updates in three of the biggest stories I've covered about mysterious individuals whose identities have remained a secret...until now. Recent developments in DNA testing and good old fashioned detective work have revealed the names of these individuals to the world...

Leap Castle in Ireland is considered by many paranormal investigators to be the most haunted castle in the world, and it's easy to see why. In this episode I tell you all about Leap Castle's bloody history, and about the terrifying discovery that was made in its walls.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.livinginireland.ie/culture-society/a-brief-history-of-...

The 1950s and 1960s marked a time when the United States and the Soviet Union were in a proverbial space race to see who could be the first to successfully send human beings into outer space. But did the Soviet Union cover up several embarrassing and tragic accidents even before Yuri Gargarin was credited with being the first man to orbit the earth? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspirators...

Between 1976 and 1977 four children were abducted and murdered in Oakland County, Michigan. To this day no arrests have ever been made in the case of the Oakland County Child Killer.  Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Jar-Obsession-Detroits-Notorious/dp/1507204027 https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Killings-Inside-Oakland-Investigation/dp/1476684006/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_w=yqUe9&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f52...