The Conspirators Podcast

Between 1962 to 1964, 13 women in the Boston area were strangled to death by a serial killer. A 33 year old handyman named Albert DeSalvo would go on to confess to the murders. But did he really do it? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Boston-Stranglers-Susan-Kelly/dp/0786032510 https://time.com/6263843/boston-strangler-hulu-true-story/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-tenacious-women-reporters-who-helped-expose-the-boston-strangler-180981786/ https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/how-the-boston-stranglers-identity-was-finally-confirmed-50-years-after-his-reign-of-terror-ended https://www.boston.com/culture/movies/2023/03/17/boston-strangler-movie-whats-real-not/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode, I'm bringing to you three stories around some of the ways magic and mysticism played a role in World War II. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/conspirators and get on your way to being your best self. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast In this episode I'm bringing you a collection of short stories, all around the central theme of some strange events during World War II involving magic and mysticism. Notes: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86145/operation-cone-power-when-british-witches-attacked-adolf-hitler https://www.thoughtco.com/british-witches-hitler-spell-4134250 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78979/jewish-psychic-who-tricked-hitler https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780922915682 https://www.salon.com/2002/02/27/hanussen/ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23456119# https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-man-who-wrote-hitlers-horoscope/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the history of the Delta blues, there is no bigger name than that of Robert Johnson. According to popular legend, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads, in exchange for his musical talent. Patreon: theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Up-Jumped-Devil-Robert-Johnson/dp/1641600942 https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/obituaries/robert-johnson-overlooked.html https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/devils-music-myth-robert-johnson/ https://www.npr.org/2011/05/07/136063911/robert-johnson-at-100-still-dispelling-myths https://www.classicfm.com/composers/paganini/niccolo-gifted-violinist-deal-with-devil/ https://www.vialma.com/en/articles/266/Niccolo-Paganini-The-Devils-Violinist https://radiolab.org/podcast/199705-crossroads https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0981600212/radiolabbooks-20/ https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452279496/radiolabbooks-20/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Hawley Crippen is one of the most notorious murderers in history. But modern forensic D.N.A. tests may change everything we think we know. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/conspirators to get 10% off your first month. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-16-la-me-basement-babies-20101116-story.html https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hawley-crippen/199/ https://www.amazon.com/Thunderstruck-Erik-Larson/dp/1400080673 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7050714.stm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was Charles Manson part of a CIA mind control program? In 1969, Charles Manson and his cult shocked the world when they committed the Tate-LaBianca murders. But is that the whole story? A 2019 book by journalist Tom O'Neill offers evidence that there's a lot more to the story than we know. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559?dplnkId=3442e754-04ae-46cc-8842-b198b10fdd5f&nodl=1 https://jacobin.com/2023/05/the-manson-murders-may-have-something-to-do-with-cia-mind-control-experiments https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon-west/ https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/dec/19/mkruby/ Related Episodes: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/1E7F5E/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4983956598.mp3?updated=1669082087 https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/49030b9e-6e7b-11ec-9fbd-ff69d6d10229/podcasts/aa483608-607f-11ed-98ab-6f1b56b5ae45/episodes/570b5eb0-6080-11ed-8a08-13714bedceeb https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/1E7F5E/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3512600676.mp3?updated=1669168556 https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/1E7F5E/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1307743201.mp3?updated=1669168433 https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/1E7F5E/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7970774041.mp3?updated=1669168338 Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans. Yet 95% of that area remains unexplored. Throughout history there have been people who have encountered gigantic creatures we would describe as sea monsters. In this episode, I'm going to tell you about some of them. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bloop.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/fishermen-dredged-up-30ft-dinosaur-30731086 https://www.wired.com/story/bloop-mystery-not-solved-sort-of/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-mythical-sea-monsters-may-have-been-whales-with-unusual-dining-habits-180981729/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-real-sea-monsters-brought-life-early-naturalists-180953155/ https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-22/regaling-tales-of-the-gloucester-sea-serpent-a-forgotten-legend-of-cryptozoology https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/09/gloucester-sea-serpent-mystery-solved-after-two-centuries/ https://www.history.co.uk/articles/strange-sea-serpent-sightings-from-history https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/08/great-american-sea-serpent/ https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/the-unexplained-mystery-of-the-sea-serpent/#:~:text=Their%20origins%20can%20be%20traced,multi%2Dhead%20serpent%20called%20Tiamat. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/water/sea-monsters#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20years%20ago%2C%20European,longer%20than%20a%20school%20bus. https://www.iflscience.com/the-uss-stein-monster-in-1978-a-massive-creature-attacked-a-navy-frigate-shredding-parts-of-its-hull-65325 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode I talk about the golden age of pirates. I dispel some of the myths and misconceptions of pirates throughout history, and focus on the lives of two of the most famous pirates ever, Captain Kidd and Blackbeard. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Under-Black-Flag-Romance-Reality/dp/081297722X https://www.amazon.com/Born-Be-Hanged-Gentlemen-Princess/dp/031670363X/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_3/130-5994515-7318958?pd_rd_w=4OVxs&content-id=amzn1.sym.1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_p=1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_r=N614Y4X83Q8T1ZGSY5VJ&pd_rd_wg=Kpz8j&pd_rd_r=98e213d1-bd89-4a77-bef0-f4e1b695ace3&pd_rd_i=031670363X&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Hunter-True-Story-Captain-ebook/dp/B0042XA38A/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K8MZUQR10ICU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rn8jIL4ZM1Xj1EKJY0kLqCh7cOSKxPuCJDPDjxNqhKI4P8dvTCbJKJFDIY-GYmqd-vdO3v1aAZVVwk2zmcCJmbswDhwH-fN3bLdRR1shxCoA_u8v_Edl7euP3RbHLN9-OmQDXYuA5-xx1aWniwddUUWXfnRij6NRb9qShJkM2ZUYL7QtZ91SAer3hHBekhWpFT90QFqcoDqibR4gx0uCcQIBNRo-Bfk-tCMUpuCgzI0.n77Ag-ch7Y-r-ysVlH23--Z6e9CGWLzxtrcsN4NGYeo&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+pirate+hunter&qid=1716664110&s=books&sprefix=the+pirate+hunter%2Cstripbooks%2C113&sr=1-1 https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/blackbeard-edward-teach-pirate https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/execution-captain-kidd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this second part of my 2-part episode on the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. In this episode I talk about some of the major theories on what happened to Hoffa. Notes: https://slate.com/culture/2019/08/the-irishman-scorsese-netflix-movie-true-story-lies.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/06/jimmy-hoffa-donald-frankos-there-was-never-any-reason-to-think-jimmy-hoffa-was-buried-under-giants-stadium.html https://thecasebreakers.org/2023/11/hoffa-has-moxy-the-dog-solved/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/42409431/ https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2021/11/25/jimmy-hoffa-theories/8758204002/ https://www.history.com/news/9-places-investigators-have-searched-for-jimmy-hoffa https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/14/us/hoffa-burial-claim/index.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Hoffa was the most powerful labor leader in American history. But when he disappeared in 1975 from a Detroit area restaurant, he left behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history. Part 1 of a 2 part episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/who-killed-jimmy-hoffa/index.html https://abc7chicago.com/what-happened-to-jimmy-hoffa-found-body-chicago-outfit/13565582/ https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/07/31/jimmy-hoffa-disappeared-48-years-ago-his-case-is-still-unsolved/ https://www.amazon.com/Hoffa-Wars-Jimmy-Forbidden-Bookshelf-ebook/dp/B00S7EFYRU/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JO5Nr8DJzbRpFKN1bE_jYI93QIqSB3zfEIr2FIsbNreG6FeFzIeQIxoQc6afQy1fz_HmIP2tlbWLu1ZulUTHy_E1rimA77BsSWCMgOjrtxmFjAsclf6XLo06_rhZNSDNvF762fZ4HPwKLHeCydtNNQmcRb5dBUALpgO9ALfFEepMZQMFZAt5r9U7S6M-JASASuymRIEiD8WcVxbI2zikNtoFqMYATb8O9zb2A7UBE_I.WXBEIfKnMAa5oE1WT0NUNCD0deQhk8DFRK5fyWQF0BY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jimmy+Hoffa&qid=1714229565&s=books&sr=1-2 https://www.amazon.com/The-Irishman-Charles-Brandt-audiobook/dp/B001LNK9IS/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JO5Nr8DJzbRpFKN1bE_jYI93QIqSB3zfEIr2FIsbNreG6FeFzIeQIxoQc6afQy1fz_HmIP2tlbWLu1ZulUTHy_E1rimA77BsSWCMgOjrtxmFjAsclf6XLo06_rhZNSDNvF762fZ4HPwKLHeCydtNNQmcRb5dBUALpgO9ALfFEepMZQMFZAt5r9U7S6M-JASASuymRIEiD8WcVxbI2zikNtoFqMYATb8O9zb2A7UBE_I.WXBEIfKnMAa5oE1WT0NUNCD0deQhk8DFRK5fyWQF0BY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jimmy+Hoffa&qid=1714229565&s=books&sr=1-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history there have been reports of people who claim to have stepped through rifts in time. In this episode I discuss some of the most famous time slip incidents ever reported. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/where-physics-meets-psychology/202201/time-slips-the-multiverse-and-you https://listverse.com/2021/01/26/ten-amazing-slips-in-time/ https://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/history/history-with-phil-historic-phenomena-time-slips-paranormal-hoax-dj-vu/article_abafdcf4-e7e6-11ee-918f-4379c062ae24.html https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/08/versailles-time-slip/ https://www.ranker.com/list/moberly-jourdain-incident-and-time-travel/genevieve-carlton https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231110-doctor-who-is-time-travel-really-possible-heres-what-physics-says#:~:text=Answering%20this%20question%20requires%20understanding,wildly%20difficult%20or%20absolutely%20impossible. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-time-travel-possible/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1944, the town of Mattoon, Illinois was gripped in fear. The townspeople came to believe a madman was stalking their quiet little town spraying poison gas into homes. This individual has become known in history as the Mad Gasser of Mattoon. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.library.illinois.edu/hpnl/blog/the-mad-gasser-of-mattoon/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/column-mad-gasser-of-mattoon https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/10/30/mad-gasser-mattoon-illinois-mystery/ https://www.eiu.edu/localite/gasserhome.php https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/madgasser https://allthatsinteresting.com/mad-gasser-of-mattoon https://www.illinoistimes.com/arts-culture/the-case-of-the-mad-gasser-of-mattoon-11450083 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1850364 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Massachusetts there is a five mile long train tunnel cutting through the Hoosac Mountains that is purportedly haunted. When you hear about the terrifying history of the place, you'll understand why.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/01/us/man-identified-100-years-later-trnd/index.html https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/hoosac-tunnel-disaster-1867/ https://hoosactunnel.net/history.php https://www.journeysandjaunts.com/hoosac-tunnel/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hoosac-tunnel https://obscurevermont.com/the-bloody-pit/ https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/hoosac Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most enduring parts of UFO folklore involves mysterious darkly dressed individuals who identify themselves as government agents who go on to harass and intimidate witnesses into silence. These creepy and mysterious individuals have come to be known as the Men in Black. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Men-Black-Mysterious-Connection/dp/160163157X https://www.everand.com/book/235278174/The-Truth-Behind-Men-In-Black-Government-Agents-Or-Visitors-From-Beyond https://www.history.com/news/men-in-black-real-origins https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/living/the-legacy-of-men-in-black/index.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/real-men-in-black https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Saucers-Three-Men/dp/B00T6LY6E0/ref=sr_1_1?crid=5337Q8ELOGL2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jjeGEaSpsO1wxvigHkRvv5fjO618P-DxeyOIXlVH0CWbCStuOVG31z3hia-8Zbbl5adg-vz-Ex4UdHXN7cwHmd4VXybvI9bbpWXASuqMxlF2D9YwiYCz5ap9UPXrKWR8aBtIl0KPho7hp6S9cJd0lEUZ75-EaslRHWqzcAkQyDP6sVDTIZQndU8MRm5eUpg85EE_A_bwjU21IcFh7Ck53znCdwNJuZ8RlS2_ea8hVSA.UDMvGcc0xUFQea41OGPXR0z2oNd0f5B3CtUTxqKnQB8&dib_tag=se&keywords=albert+bender&qid=1709464142&sprefix=albert+bender%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1 https://www.facebook.com/watch/BBCStories/1915690495329993/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/07/conspiracy-theorist-max-spiers-died-taking-anxiety-drug-poland https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-46810312 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On February 2, 1922, Hollywood was rocked to its core when one of the town's top film directors William Desmond Taylor was found shot to death in his home. This story has all the elements of a Hollywood thriller, sex, drugs, secret identities and of course, murder. His murder has become known as one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Hollywood history. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Tinseltown-Murder-Morphine-Madness-Hollywood/dp/0062242199/ref=asc_df_0062242199/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312149981494&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3402803931616266181&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-540659115968&psc=1&mcid=d0117c7d449e3008a7a58ce4e41cfddc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqtWauOqyhAMVJEt_AB1tkwENEAQYAiABEgI79_D_BwE https://www.amazon.com/Deed-Death-Unsolved-Hollywood-Director/dp/0394580753 https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/unsolved-mystery-of-director-william-desmond-taylor-needs-featured-image/ https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/celebrity/william_d_taylor2/1.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1959, a group of nine hikers set off into the Ural Mountains on a winter expedition. Their bizarre deaths would go on to become known as the greatest unsolved mystery in Russian history. For more than sixty years this has remained a mystery, that is until recently when some scientists believe they may have solved it.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_SAREQYopjrr0CNIrrRrQ Notes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12617712/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/dyatlov-pass-incident-solved https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Mountain-Untold-Dyatlov-Incident/dp/1452140030 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices