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The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators is a show dedicated to the dark and disturbing stories from history your teacher never told you about. On the show I discuss unsolved mysteries, serial killers, survival stories, strange disappearances and other bizarre true events from the past.

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Ep. 281 - The Vatican Girl Mar 16, 2026

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Vatican City is one of the most secretive and secure places in the world. In June of 1983, a 15 year old girl named Emanuela Orlandi vanished just outside the Vatican walls. Her disappearance may reveal conspiracies that the Catholic Church would go to any lengths to keep secret.

Notes:

https://www.businessinsider.com/everything-we-know-about-the-1983-disappearance-of-emanuela-orlandi-2018-11

https://comayala.es/Libros/ddc2i/ddc2e10.htm

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/the-mystery-of-the-missing-girl-the-pope-and-the-rome-underworld-fw2vgfw0g

https://www.netflix.com/title/81117191

https://emanuelaorlandi.altervista.org/category/diario-di-una-storia-vera/

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Ep. 280 - The Spirited Anthology Mar 02, 2026

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In this episode I tell you two stories of the ways spirits and spirituality have had a very real effect on people and society. In the first story, I tell you how two inventions, the automobile and the Ouija board, once came together, causing a town in California to go a little mad. In story two I tell you about a remarkable young girl, who displayed some strange religious symbols.

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Wakeman-vs-Antichrist-Strange-but-True/dp/1585429449

https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/the-dark-and-fascinating-history-of-the-ouija-board-baltimore-origins/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ouija-board-cant-connect-us-to-paranormal-forces-but-it-can-tell-us-a-lot-about-psychology-grief-and-uncertainty-5860627/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28702964/

https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/strange-stigmata/

https://www.livescience.com/42822-stigmata.html

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19720331.1.17

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Ep. 279 - The Bully Feb 16, 2026

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Back in 1981, Ken McElroy was the town bully in Skidmore, Missouri. That is until one day when the townspeople got together and decided that they had finally had enough.

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Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Broad-Daylight-Harry-N-MacLean/dp/1482639874

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8068916/?ref_=fn_t_1

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Ep. 278 - The G.A.T.E. Program Feb 02, 2026

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In the 1980s and 90s, a series of programs for exceptionally talented students began appearing in schools across the United States. But in recent years, many former students from the Gifted and Talented Education, or GATE Program, have begun comparing their stories online. And many of them have come to believe that the GATE Program was a cover for a top secret government experiment.

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Notes:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/enrolled-gifted-classes-child-now-230027333.html

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp96-00788r001700210016-5.pdf

https://hemi-sync.com/product-category/by-genre/gateway-experience/?srsltid=AfmBOopztzPlvnIDZFmey3N9SZD6UDuUD_iG0bXgjzX_KypE2zv30CuF

https://www.monroeinstitute.org/products/gateway-experience-wave-ii-viii?srsltid=AfmBOopsTkd0QZjYf4HvaQKG_BS7rd0QaIomASg9h3J22SQhljuuiuWe

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/project-stargate.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gifted/comments/1hspxok/cia_involvement_in_gate/

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Ep. 277 - The Philadelphia Experiment Jan 19, 2026

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In 1943, an experiment was allegedly conducted in a Philadelphia naval shipyard that attempted to make a warship invisible. But according to theories the Philadelphia Experiment ripped a hole through time and space, and had devastating consequences for everyone involved.

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Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Experiment-Invisibility-Startling-Vanished/dp/0449007464

https://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Experiment-Other-Ufo-Conspiracies/dp/0938294970/ref=sr_1_1?crid=J1TVJ6RYVMHI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KmXbuKlMrg2Ox79CxjnmV1SMbtDg888q1jHN2eBY5jxcKvi-tG5TxBXa_ltghswl.8QofXfOGBJQpfQsVTwfJ_xAtjcELs78MM6wZMtHMuQc&dib_tag=se&keywords=brad+steiger+the+philadelphia+experiment&qid=1768653205&s=books&sprefix=brad+steiger+the+philadelphia+experiment%2Cstripbooks%2C156&sr=1-1

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/p/philadelphia-experiment.html

https://www.military.com/off-duty/2020/05/04/truth-behind-wwiis-creepy-philadelphia-experiment.html

https://navalhistoria.com/the-philadelphia-experiment/

https://www.realclearscience.com/2023/07/04/the_philadelphia_experiment_what_really_happened_963843.html

https://www.historicmysteries.com/myths-legends/the-philadelphia-experiment/1000/

https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-is-the-true-story-of-the-philadelphia-experiment/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/philadelphia-experiment

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Ep. 276 - The Light at the End of the Tunnel Jan 05, 2026

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Throughout history many people have claimed to have died and returned to life with tales of what lies ahead in the afterlife. In this episode I tell you several stories of people who have had near death experiences, including a woman named Pam Reynolds, who may have had the most well-documented NDE in history.

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Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/After-Bruce-Greyson/dp/125026586X

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10158795/

https://web.archive.org/web/20120111050530/http://www.ajc.com/news/pam-reynolds-lowery-noted-537512.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=xqAg4b71NLsC&q=Pam&pg=PA89#v=snippet&q=Pam&f=false

https://www.npr.org/2009/05/22/104397005/decoding-the-mystery-of-near-death-experiences

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Ep. 275 - The Witch of New York Dec 22, 2025

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On Christmas 1843, a horrific discovery was made on New York's Staten Island. Inside a cottage, the bodies of a young mother and her infant daughter were discovered. Whoever killed them had tried setting the house on fire to cover up the crime. Soon a woman named Polly Bodine would be arrested for the crime. It was none other than P.T. Barnum who gave her the nickname she would forever be known by, The Witch of Staten Island.

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Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Witch-New-York-Tabloid-Justice/dp/1639363912

https://boroughsofthedead.com/edgar-allan-poe-witch-staten-island/

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Ep. 274 - The Girl Who Was Taken By Bigfoot Dec 08, 2025

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Throughout the Unites States you can find stories of sightings of the large, hairy creature we all know as Bigfoot. According to most modern researchers, Bigfoot is a shy and gentle creature. But in this episode I'm going to tell you some of the stories, who claimed they were attacked by the creature.

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Notes:

https://www.cowboysindians.com/2018/10/tall-tales/

https://www.bfro.net

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ape-canyon

https://sasquatchthelegend.com/blogs/latest-news/mountain-devil-the-1924-ape-canyon-attack?srsltid=AfmBOoryUY9oxpxoNfbNOpiDs2ipk1GLd4v_b9IScWf2O9qeR8lQIBIw

https://charleyproject.org/case/theresa-ann-bier

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38780180/

https://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Legend-Science-Jeff-Meldrum-ebook/dp/B003JH8MBA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KG7JG4YHCI3V&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.z_T-M_hJ6hUP07bu1UPBKOUqxKyMpMTs4z32CIleIaYPtqKvgJMegyCbsCtNe1q7cQ-POoJLvAb5-wTVDMPyFPCTISKkILl4-fo0za6KNk0jnEQBz457XBkWgeqTJik7LjVBMQXSTsoBgb4fGcYBBvhCSb3Em80tRpt0Wac8gHQ94PVCb19O6Mj7XE8bDDbeX1qu5jG46rG4rijj2OnJIAbFsw9GLsvwykjoVUqJ0NQ M3TTYoYzEovPhUg5mxZPw1is-Z0hh7imNxKaAqKPc&dib_tag=se&keywords=jeff+meldrum+bigfoot&qid=1765035409&s=books&sprefix=jeff+meldrum+bigfoot%2Cstripbooks%2C108&sr=1-1

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Ep. 273 - The Murder of Mary Phagan Nov 24, 2025

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In 1913, the body of a 13 year old girl named Mary Phagan was found in the basement of an Atlanta pencil factory. The factory Jewish manager Leo Frank would soon be convicted of her murder. But an angry mob lynched Leo Frank, despite a growing number of people who believe he may have been innocent.

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Notes:

https://www.americanjewisharchives.org/snapshots/the-lynching-of-leo-frank/

https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Shall-Rise-Murder-Lynching/dp/0679764232

https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Damned-Murder-Phagan-Lynching/dp/081541188X/ref=pd_lpo_d_sccl_3/138-6188676-7539347?pd_rd_w=Q8xMZ&content-id=amzn1.sym.4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_p=4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_r=F4DB75N19G0EF0HKT07X&pd_rd_wg=q4Fkk&pd_rd_r=94d3d3be-8048-472f-8272-abfcb3b412eb&pd_rd_i=081541188X&psc=1

https://thebreman.org/research/leo-frank/

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Ep. 272 - The Man With the X-Ray Eyes Nov 10, 2025

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Ingo Swann was one of the most well known and highly regarded psychics to emerge from the top secret psychic spy program that came to be known as Project Stargate. In this episode I'll tell you about Ingo Swann's remarkable life, and about the time he claimed to have seen aliens on the moon.

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=penetration+ingo+swann&i=stripbooks&crid=2Q4HVWQFELISH&sprefix=penetration+ingo+swann%2Cstripbooks%2C183&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

https://www.amazon.com/Phenomena-Governments-Investigations-Extrasensory-Psychokinesis-ebook/dp/B01HZFB2T0/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WF7P8WH9FDW6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dA2BQvJOVoU9BknTeg1PLd9PRHbntJdlTpYVmu82So3qLtCN2SHtkUgEp2K58Ib7959D3CoBMZnhaOj36G_9rOL_8FIZ8W7G52DNVhST1gw.zLJ6gHoBkmzE0ZMKZ8uMt55FyyLnQgRCozR55HNwZq8&dib_tag=se&keywords=phenomena+annie+jacobsen+book&qid=1762615020&sprefix=phenomena+annie+ja%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-1

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12081299/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R002800180001-2.pdf

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