Noir Frequency

In the late summer of 1977, in a modest council house in North London, a single mother dialed the police—not to report a break-in, but something stranger. Something ancient. What followed would become one of the most documented, divisive, and disturbing hauntings in modern history.

This episode enters the charged stillness of 284 Green Street, where knocks in the night, flying objects, and a voice that did not belong to a child tran...

In this episode of Noir Frequency, we follow the shadow of Bloody Mary—from her whispered beginnings in candlelit parlors to the flickering screens of modern folklore. Part myth, part mirror, she reflects more than fear. She reflects us.

We explore the deep roots of this ritual: Victorian divination, adolescent rites of passage, and the psychological mechanisms that make mirrors feel haunted. We trace her many faces—queen, witch, vi...

During the height of Cold War paranoia, the battlefield stretched into strange new territory: the human mind. In this deep-dive episode of Noir Frequency, we unravel the unsettling true story of the CIA’s psychic espionage programs—from the shadowy corridors of Fort Meade to the laboratories of Soviet parapsychologists.

We explore the rise of remote viewing, the psychic arms race between superpowers, and the bizarre experiments that...

You’re alone. Exhausted. Near death.
And then—someone is with you.

From mountaintops to burning towers, countless survivors report the same impossible thing: an unseen presence appearing at their lowest moment. Calm, guiding, comforting. A voice. A companion. A presence that saves.

In this episode of Noir Frequency, we follow the footprints of the “Third Man”—through Antarctic expeditions, solo climbs, shipwrecks, grief, prayer, and m...

They always promise salvation. They always begin with the end.

From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate to the Order of the Solar Temple, apocalyptic belief has been the cornerstone of some of the most infamous cults in modern history. In this episode of Noir Frequency, we explore why end-times prophecy is so effective at drawing people in—and how it’s used to control, isolate, and ultimately destroy.

We dive into the psychology of doomsday, ...

They remember it too—just like you. A logo that looked different. A quote that was never said. A man who died… twice.

In this episode of Noir Frequency, we dig into the strange phenomenon known as the Mandela Effect: shared false memories that seem to rewrite history for entire groups of people. Is it just a quirk of human memory, or a sign that something deeper—something stranger—is at play?

From psychological studies to simulation ...

You wake in the dark, frozen. There’s something at the foot of your bed. Watching.

This episode of Noir Frequency explores the phenomenon of Shadow People—dark, silent figures reported across centuries and cultures. From sleep paralysis to folklore, pareidolia to djinn, we trace their shape through science, myth, and the blurred edges of consciousness.

Are they hallucinations sparked by a stressed brain in low light?

Or have we always...

The Satanic Panic wasn’t a fringe conspiracy—it was a national movement, powered by fear, media, and the illusion of protection.

This episode of Noir Frequency traces the panic from its origin in Michelle Remembers, through the McMartin preschool trial, Dungeons & Dragons, heavy metal, horror films, and into today’s battles over books, identity, and speech.

We explore how real crimes were used to justify imagined conspiracies, ho...