Let's Get To The Bottom of That

Step into the shadows as we explore the mysterious world of witches and warlocks. From ancient healers and secret grimoires to the Salem Witch Trials, modern Wicca, and dark conspiracy theories, this episode uncovers the history, legends, and lingering power of witchcraft. 

From the earliest days of human civilization, people have believed in individuals with special powers. In ancient Babylon, Egypt, and Greece, you had healers, sh...

“Throughout history, every culture has whispered tales of beings that feed on the living. From the blood-drinking Lilitu of Mesopotamia, to the Strigoi of Eastern Europe, to the Lamia of ancient Greece—these creatures have haunted our imagination for centuries. But are vampires nothing more than myth… or is there something darker at work?
In the 18th century, Europe was gripped by real-life vampire panics. Villagers exhumed bodi...

In ancient Egypt, mummification was a sacred art. The goal? To preserve the body for the afterlife, ensuring the soul could journey safely beyond. The process was meticulous: first, the organs were removed… except for the heart, considered the seat of the soul. The body was dehydrated with natron, wrapped carefully in linen, and placed in a sarcophagus adorned with symbols and spells. Pharaohs received elaborate rituals… commoners,...

In the dead of night, a storm rages, and lightning strikes a lonely laboratory. From the cold, lifeless flesh of the unknown, a spark ignites life—and with it, a story that has haunted imaginations for over two centuries. This is the tale of Victor Frankenstein, the ambitious scientist who dared to play God, and the creature he brought into existence, a being both terrifying and heartbreakingly human. From gothic literature to icon...

Imagine the moon creeping high into the night sky—its silver light spilling across the earth, pulling at something primal within us. For centuries, humanity has whispered tales of the werewolf, the man cursed to shed his skin and embrace the beast within. From the Greek myth of King Lycaon, punished by Zeus for his savagery, to the Norse warriors who donned wolf pelts to channel feral power, the werewolf has haunted our legends. I...

Paul McCartney, the renowned bassist and songwriter of The Beatles, met his untimely end in a catastrophic car accident on November 9, 1966, while driving his Aston Martin DB5. This incident, shrouded in secrecy by the music industry and British intelligence agencies, led to the immediate replacement of McCartney with an imposter known as “Faul” (short for Fake Paul). Faul, believed to be a surgically altered stand-in from a pool o...

In this episode, we delve into the unsettling world of crisis actors—a term whispered across conspiracy forums, shouted on livestreams, and censored in mainstream circles. Are these just baseless rumors from the tinfoil-hat crowd, or is there something deeper beneath the surface?Crisis actors, in their legitimate form, are trained performers used in emergency drills to simulate victims for first responders. However, in conspiracy c...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested in London and extradited to the U.S. Ray pleaded guilty in 1969 to avoid the death penalty but later recanted, claiming he was a scapegoat. Ray maintained until his death that he did not fire the fatal shot and that he was part of a larger plot he didn’t fully understand....

The 2003 invasion of Iraq, officially known as Operation Iraqi Freedom, was a U.S.-led military campaign that began on March 20, 2003, and resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime by early April. The primary justification presented by the U.S. and its allies (including the UK) was the allegation that Iraq possessed active weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)—including chemical, biological, and potentially nuclear weapons—...

Based on scholarly debates, Revelation is interpreted through four primary lenses: Preterism, Futurism, Historicism, and Idealism. No single view holds a universal consensus, but plausibility depends on dating, hermeneutics (the interpretation method), and historical/theological fit.Here is a list of characters and significant symbols in Revelation.  
144,000: The elect 
2 Witnesses: The prophets
4 Riders: Christus Victor,...

In this chilling deep dive, we explore the shadowy world of biological warfare — from its ancient roots to its modern-day potential for mass destruction. We’ll uncover how deadly pathogens have been weaponized throughout history, examine the science that makes them so dangerous, and question what governments and rogue actors might be hiding from the public. From Cold War experiments to whispered conspiracy theories about lab leaks ...

Despite the overwhelming historical and scientific evidence that nuclear weapons exist, a fringe belief persists that atomic bombs are an elaborate hoax. Proponents of this conspiracy theory claim that no nuclear explosion has ever actually occurred – that events like Hiroshima and Nagasaki were conventional attacks misrepresented as “atomic” blasts, and that the entire Cold War nuclear arms race was a staged deception. This episod...

The years 2023 through mid-2025 have seen numerous new developments in the Jeffrey Epstein case – even after Epstein’s 2019 death. Courts have unsealed troves of documents naming Epstein’s associates, while major financial institutions and individuals linked to Epstein have faced legal action. Officials and watchdogs have issued reports and statements shedding light on Epstein’s jail death and the handling of his case, and lawmaker...

In this chilling episode, we dive into the infamous Universe 25 experiment — a disturbing scientific study that aimed to create a rodent paradise but quickly devolved into chaos and societal collapse. Conducted by behavioral researcher John B. Calhoun, this "mouse utopia" was meant to eliminate hunger, disease, and resource scarcity. So why did it end in death, madness, and extinction?

Join us as we explore how this experi...

Shortly after takeoff on July 17th, 1996, TWA Flight 800 from New York to Paris exploded in midair with the loss of all 230 passengers and crew. Eyewitness reports widely quoted in the media suggested that a missile had struck the plane. Still, the authorities hastily put their theory forward; a spark had added fuel vapor in that empty tank. Even though a four year investigation was largely inconclusive it managed to come down in f...

The document known as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is one of the earliest, most successful, and enduring of all conspiracy theories. First circulated in Russia during the early twentieth century, it claims to be a manual for world domination written by a mysterious cabal of Jewish elders. It was used then to fuel fears that there was an international Jewish conspiracy that sought to take over the world. So successful was it ...

Hidden deep in the Chilean countryside, Colonia Dignidad appeared to be a peaceful German settlement—but behind its gates lay decades of horror. In this episode, we uncover the chilling truth about a secretive cult founded by Nazi fugitive Paul Schäfer. From mind control and torture to its ties with Pinochet’s brutal regime, Colonia Dignidad operated with impunity for years. We’ll explore how this so-called "colony of dignity&...

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Chicago, 1929—a city gripped by Prohibition and controlled by the underworld. This was the era of speakeasies, bootlegging, and ruthless crime syndicates. Laws didn’t govern the streets—money and power did. At the center of it all stood Al Capone, the undisputed kingpin of organized crime. Capone’s emp...