The Dancing Toaster Podcast

In 1950s Greece, a hilltop monastery promised healing, holiness, and hope for the desperate. But inside its whitewashed walls, Mariam Soulakiotis—known to her followers as Mother Mariam—was running something far darker. Torture disguised as penance. Starvation sold as salvation. With nearly 500 deaths linked to her cult-like regime, Soulakiotis remains one of history’s most sinister religious figures. In this episode of The Man-Eat...

What if Ghostbusters wasn’t just a comedy but a commentary on the spiritual war, we’re all living in? For our 30th episode of The Dancing Toaster, we do a massive Ghostbusters-themed deep dive. Join me as I explore what the beloved supernatural comedy gets right—and wrong—about the unseen world. From haunted skyscrapers to ancient deities disguised as pop culture villains, Episode 30 uncovers the spiritual truths hiding in plain si...

In this haunting episode of The Dancing Toaster, we dive into the spectral fog of the Vietnam War, where soldiers whispered of red-tinted goggles that didn’t just pierce the jungle darkness—they revealed a world beyond sanity. From the blood-soaked trenches of Vietnam to the mysterious dicyanin dye experiments of Dr. Walter Kilner, we unravel a tangled web of night vision technology, ancient spiritual practices, and the human mind’...

The Dancing Toaster Podcast: Ep 28- The Sudbrink Calls: Deceivers, Doppelgängers, Dial Tones, and the Devil

In 1993, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Gary Sudbrink received a series of chilling phone calls from a robotic-sounding voice that knew things it shouldn’t—his name, his travel plans, and cryptic phrases about doppelgängers, Orion, and government interference. In this episode, we explore the eerie Sudbrink Calls in full, complet...

In part two of our deep dive into Scientology, we leave the cosmic absurdity of Xenu behind and descend into the real-world horror stories that have haunted the Church of Scientology for decades. This episode is raw, heavy, and unflinching.

We begin with the tragic and chilling death of Lisa McPherson, locked away and neglected in Scientology’s flagship hotel, and trace a pattern of loss through the heartbreaking suicides and preve...

In this wild deep dive, we unravel the twisted tale behind Scientology—starting with its secret origin story involving intergalactic genocide, volcano soul bombs, and alien indoctrination centers, all the way to its earthly rise under the sci-fi pen of L. Ron Hubbard. We expose how this "religion" operates more like a cosmic pyramid scheme, demanding endless payments for spiritual advancement while hiding its most bizarre beliefs b...

In this episode, we uncover the chilling secrets of the Montauk Project—alleged Cold War-era mind control experiments involving abducted children, psychic warfare, and time travel. From the shadowy ruins of Camp Hero to the disturbing claims of Preston Nichols and Al Bielek, we separate fact from fiction, expose exploitation behind the mythology, and explore the real spiritual dangers behind attempts to override the human mind. Str...

In this episode of The Dancing Toaster, we dive deep into the eerie legend of the Philadelphia Experiment — the story of a Navy ship that allegedly vanished into a green mist, tearing a hole through space, time, and sanity itself. We peel back the layers of myth, separating fact from fiction, and trace it all back to the wild claims of Carl Allen. Along the way, we wrestle with government secrecy, the human hunger for the unseen, a...

In this deep-dive episode, we uncover the tangled web of truth, myth, and military cover-up surrounding the 1947 Roswell Incident. From lightning storms and mysterious wreckage in the New Mexico desert to shifting eyewitness accounts and top-level deception, we explore how Roswell became ground zero for modern UFO lore. With help from recurring guests Dr. Right and Dr. Will See, we unpack classified operations, destroyed documents,...

Episode 24 of The Dancing Toaster plunges into the mysterious Maury Island Incident—an explosive UFO encounter that took place just days before Kenneth Arnold’s famous sighting and weeks before Roswell. What begins as a quiet patrol on the Puget Sound turns into a nightmare of falling debris, injured witnesses, a dead dog, and a visit from a strange man in black. This deeply researched, cinematic episode uncovers the eerie connecti...

In September 1952, something strange landed in the hills of Braxton County, West Virginia. It wasn’t a meteor. It wasn’t a barn owl. It was something else— something tall, mechanical, and not quite alive. In this episode, we dig deep into one of the most iconic cryptid cases in American history: the Flatwoods Monster. From Audrey Harper’s chilling encounter on a twilight walk to the mass sighting that followed—complete with UFOs, m...

Join me for part 2 of our deep dive into the infamous UFO cult known as Heaven’s Gate. What did they believe? How did they come together and become one of the most infamous cults in history? How did Marshall Applewhite convince 39 people to take their own lives thinking they were going to be rescued by aliens? How, after such a tragedy could anyone still follow the beliefs of Heaven’s Gate? We still have so much to uncover as we wr...

Did you know The Dancing Toaster has a member exclusive show on Patreon called The Man Eating Toaster? The Man-Eating Toaster Launched with the infamous UFO cult, Heaven’s Gate. Who were Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Lou Nettles? How did they come together to form one of the most infamous cults in history? How did Marshall convince 39 people to take their own lives thinking they were going to be rescued by aliens? How does anyone ...

In this episode of The Dancing Toaster, we dive down the rabbit hole into one of America’s strangest urban legends — the story of the Bunny Man and the infamous bridge that bears his name. What begins with eerie sightings in the Virginia woods quickly spirals into something much bigger, as folklore, fear, and fact blur together. From newspaper headlines to Halloween dares, this episode explores how a bizarre encounter became a lege...

In this episode of The Dancing Toaster, we dive into the eerie legend of El Chupacabra, the infamous blood-draining cryptid of Latin America. From spine-chilling eyewitness accounts to strange livestock mutilations, we explore the origins, theories, and mysteries surrounding this creature. Is it a real predator, a government experiment, or something far more sinister? With a mix of history, humor, and a touch of the supernatural, t...

In this episode, we unravel the bizarre tale of Gef, the foul-mouthed, talking mongoose of the Isle of Man—also known as the Dalby Spook. Was he a mischievous spirit, a psychic projection, or just an elaborate hoax? From eerie voices in the walls to paranormal investigators trying (and failing) to uncover the truth, Gef's antics captivated and terrified a remote farmhouse family, making him one of the strangest mysteries in paranor...

What is the Maryland Goatman? Is it an experiment gone wrong? Or something darker? What on earth is the Pope Lick monster? Why have so many died looking for him? Are these two connected? Why are there so many goat-human hybrid creatures in the legends and lore of the Americas? Do these things go back further than that? Join me in this episode where we answer these questions and so many more.

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Did you know that New Jersey has a state demon? Who, or what is the Jersey Devil? Some say it’s a hoax, some say it’s a cursed mutated child, some say it’s political propaganda, while others say that it is something far worse. Don’t miss today’s episode of the Dancing Toaster where we’ll do a deep dive into one of America’s oldest cryptids.

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Who or what is the Mothman? What exactly happened during the 1960s in Point Pleasant? Has it happened before? Will it ever happen again? Was Mothman an alien? A failed experiment? An angel? A demon? Or perhaps a figment of people’s imagination? What are we to make of the infamous Mothman? Join me for our first deep dive on one of the most famous cryptids in the world to see if he is friend or foe, real or imagined.

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