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When the CIA declassifies something, it typically gets a lot of attention. In fact, it often seems the act of classifying a document only leads to its contents becoming more well known. That is precisely what happened with an otherwise little talked about book called The Adam and Eve Story, by electrical engineer and UFO researcher Chan Thomas (full name Chauncey Powers Thomas). Welcome back to Th...

On May 13th, 2008 Brandon Swanson left an end of the semester party in Canby, MN to head home. He was never seen again. But that's not the weirdest part of the story. Somehow, Brandon ended up miles away from where he intended to be, and nobody knows how or why. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge… Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge Ge...

In August of 1958, 10 year old Bobby Bizup went missing while attending Camp St. Malo in the Rocky Mountains. Initially thought to be nothing more than a tragic case of a boy who got lost, later revelations led to a much, much darker story. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge… Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge Get our new signature co...

Portlock, Alaska; the Roanoke Colony; the Vinland Settlement. All of these villages were rapidly abandoned at some point in the last millennium. But why? What drives people to leave well stocked, resource rich lands without any record of why they did it? Welcome back to The Lore Lodge… Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge Get our ne...

At The Lore Lodge, we're big fans of the unknown. Folkloric creatures, unsolved disappearances, and lost civilizations are what really get us going. As you can imagine, Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse is something we took a keen interest in. In fact, Mattis has been watching Graham since 2019, and largely considers Hancock to be a major reason this channel came into existence. So, we brought i...

We're joined by Ariel of the Swifty Dialogues podcast, a friend of ours who suffers from narcolepsy and has experienced sleep paralysis and the accompanying apparitions feared by so many. He's here to talk in depth about what he's seen and felt, so we can dig into the psychology and feelings behind this phenomenon. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...   Check out Ariel @ the links below:  www.swiftyd...

The wailing, mournful cry of the Banshee is well known in pop-culture, but there's a lot more to these mysterious beings than meets the eye - including a connection to Missing 411 and various other theories regarding multiple dimensions. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...   Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge   Check out more of our...

The Rake is an infamous creepypasta from the early days of the internet. Most people who have encountered "The Rake" in media are aware of its origin as a monster story from 4chan and SomethingAwful, but is that all there is to this tale? Descriptions of ghoulish, nightmare creatures who visit us as we sleep are nothing new, so could The Rake be drawing on the existence of something else? And if i...

Bart Schleyer was an apex predator in his own right, so how did the master hunter become a Missing 411 case? From the Montana wilderness, to the Siberia tundra, all the way to the Yukon forests, this is the story of the life and untimely death of Bart Schleyer. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge...

Missing 411 shares many aspects with True Crime in the content creation space, including some ethical issues. From dubious reporting practices to unfounded claims, many have fallen into the trap of sensationalism - including us. So how do you differentiate fact from fiction in these stories? We discuss the importance of factual reporting and how to balance it with healthy curiosity. Welcome back t...

History Daddy joins The Lore Lodge crew to discuss the best known of the cryptids: Sasquatch. If you're from North America, you probably have heard of Bigfoot. Statistically, about 1 in 10 people watching this video believe he's real. But is there evidence? Well...yes, actually. In 1972, Ron Morehead and Al Berry captured a series of strange vocalizations while camping high in the Sierra Nevada Mo...

Isaiah Harris, or Isaiah_Harris_333 on TikTok, claims to have come across a Wendigo in the wilderness of Wyoming. We brought him on to discuss. Do you think he's telling the truth?  Welcome back to The Lore Lodge Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge   Check out more of our stuff via https://linktr.ee/theaidanmattis   Shop our curate...

The story of The Boy in the Box, also known as America's Unknown Child, is not a happy one. For 65 years the identity of that child found on a cold and rainy February morning in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Philadelphia remained a mystery. In December of 2022, his identity was finally released to the public. A good measure of closure, to be sure, but a question remains unanswered: with the knowle...

Half a million people go missing in the United States each year. Approximately 1% of them are indigenous women, but that small percentage obscures a dark truth: Native American women are less likely to be found, more likely to be victims of interracial crime, and they are less likely to see justice due to a litany of jurisdictional and social issues. Their disappearances and deaths are referred to...

We saw Devotion and felt we had to discuss. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...   Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge   Check out more of our stuff via https://linktr.ee/theaidanmattis   Shop our curated storefront at https://amazon.com/shop/aidanmattis   Discord: https://discord.gg/233tjGj46z   Buy our signature coffee roast at http...

On November 10th, 2014, Kenny Veach set off into the Mojave Desert to prove the existence of what would become known as "the M cave." Though he'd made this trek at least twice before, and once on camera, he was still uncertain of the exact location of his destination. Unfortunately, he would never return from his trip. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...   Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lo...

Do the curious cases of disappearances in the National Parks and the multi-century reporting of strange creatures within the depths of our wilderness have a common culprit? And, if so, what might be their origin? Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...   Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge   Check out more of our stuff via https://linktr...

In the 5th Century BC, Plato wrote down the story of a mythical ancient kingdom known as "Atlantis". Long considered to be nothing more than a fable about hubris, recent evidence suggests there may be more than a little truth to this story. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...   Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge   Check out more of...

In the 5th Century BC, Plato wrote down the story of a mythical ancient kingdom known as "Atlantis". Long considered to be nothing more than a fable about hubris, recent evidence suggests there may be more than a little truth to this story. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...   Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge   Check out more of...

Many conspiracy theorists claim there was once a great empire known as Tartaria. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge  Check out more of our stuff via https://linktr.ee/theaidanmattis  Shop our curated storefront at https://amazon.com/shop/aidanmattis  Discord: https://discord.gg/233tjGj46z  Buy ou...

In 1989, Eloise Lindsay went on a solo hike. According to her version of events, she wasn't as alone as she thought. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge  Check out more of our stuff via https://linktr.ee/theaidanmattis  Shop our curated storefront at https://amazon.com/shop/aidanmattis  Discord: h...

One of the most common questions we receive here at The Lore Lodge: what is the difference between a Wendigo and a Skinwalker? Well, we decided to answer that for you. The short version? A Skinwalker is a Native American shaman who practices bad medicine (magic), while a Wendigo is human transformed into a monster by demonic energy or entities. To learn more...watch the podcast. Welcome back to Th...

On July 1st, 2010, three men ascended Mt. Rainier. At 13,900 feet above the Washington wilderness, Don Storm Jr. and Trevor Lane noticed that their third companion, Eric Lewis, was no longer attached to their rope. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge  Check out more of our stuff via https://linktr...

What is it about that smile that rustles your jimmies? The boys travel back into the Uncanny Valley to talk about the new Smile movie and instances of "that just isn't right..." Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge  Check out more of our stuff via https://linktr.ee/theaidanmattis  Shop our curated...

Every year on July 4th, the town of Seward, Alaska, comes together to watch nearly 1000 brave men and women ascend Mt. Marathon in a grueling wilderness race. Racers can expect anything from mild scrapes and bruises all the way to broken bones, but in 2012, disaster struck. Paul Michael LeMaitre went up...but he didn't come down. What happened to him? Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe o...