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We’re closing out Terror Month with a mailbag. You wrote in your wildest questions, and we did our best to answer. Topics include: Bill James’s other true crime book, government weather control theories, Operation Paperclip, Ryan Wedding updates, and a Ted Bundy connection, five decades later. (00:00) Serial killer correspondence: BTK (02:16) Welcome to the Terror Month Mailbag (04:39) Bill James’s ‘The Man From the Train’ axe murder theories (16:26) “My grandfather escorted Wernher von Braun …” (Operation Paperclip) (30:52) A bad date: weather control conspiracies (46:52) Ryan Wedding arrest investigation (58:09) Conspiracy documentary picks (01:10:59) 9/11, "a new Pearl Harbor," and the Tora Bora theory (01:20:08) The unsolved Max Headroom signal-hijacking (01:28:35) The Jared Kushner phone hack (01:32:10) Ted Bundy linked to a 52-year-old cold case (01:36:21) Knicks championship ring phishing email (01:41:22) Hegseth and the broken Eisenhower globe Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@waitasecondpodcast Email us: [email protected] Follow us on IG:  @waitasecondpodcast Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Producer: Justin Sayles Video editing: Jordan Satmary Engineering: Jason Arreola Social media: Paige Ransbury Thumbnail: Matt James Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What’s a conspiracy without a rabbit hole to jump down? Welcome back to Terror Month. This week, we’re covering the internet deep dives that are keeping us up at night, as Jason and Tyler welcome on Carter Roy of the podcast ‘Conspiracy Theories.’ Topics today include: CIA psychic spies, a story about the Contras, the Chronovisor time camera, and the recent report that O.J. Simpson may have had some help. (00:00) Internet rabbit holes gone wrong: The story of Q (03:09) Our guest: Carter Roy of ‘Conspiracy Theories’ (03:41) Carter’s nagging conspiracy deep dive: The Vegas shooter (10:15)  Kiki Camarena, the Contras, and Félix (26:31) CIA psychics and the Ark of the Covenant (37:58) The Scientology connection (41:43) The Chronovisor: the Vatican's time camera (51:17) What's really in the Vatican archives? (01:04:34) Doomscroll: Did O.J. have an accomplice? (01:10:29) The livestreamed execution gets called off (01:15:11) The deadly fire at a Canadian army base (01:18:34) Albania's "Flamingo Revolution" update (01:21:57) Kim Jong-un is (once again) not dead … we think (01:26:54) AI cracks Napoleon's secret letter Check out Conspiracy Theories on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/5RdShpOtxKO3ZWohR2M6Sv?si=f6f4cdb50ec34fae Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@waitasecondpodcast Email us: [email protected] Follow us on IG:  @waitasecondpodcast Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Guest: Carter Roy Producer: Justin Sayles Video editing: Jordan Satmary Engineering: Sarah Reddy Social media: Paige Ransbury Thumbnail: Matt James Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Rob Mahoney the most normal man at The Ringer? Debatable. But we are sure that he’s our guest today and down to get weird with Jason and Tyler. On the agenda today: a French aristocrat accused of murdering his family who became a fugitive, Jason’s top 10 fugitives still on the loose, a discussion about the Fort Hood shooter’s execution, and a lengthy debate about Shrek’s, umm, anatomy. (0:00) The war criminal who became a healing doctor (03:05) Our guest: Rob Mahoney (05:02) Rob’s conspiracy theory: Kelly Clarkson and the animatronic bird (10:39) Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès: Who is XDL? (15:05) The bodies under the terrace and his last known location (28:49 Why hasn’t he been charged? French law and Anatomy of a Fall (35:10) Top 10 fugitives still on the loose (42:42) Remember Kony? (43:23) How would you disappear in 2026? (45:27) Historic cases: Mr. Cruel, the Doodler, Freeway Phantom, I-70 Killer (55:07) Possible serial killer on a Lansing, Michigan, trail (58:04) The Fort Hood shooter’s execution debacle (01:03:18) How do you feel about Shrek’s d**k? (01:10:04) One more CIA gold bar update (01:13:49) Hackers heat up French supermarket fridges (01:17:30) Former German spy chief arrested for treason (01:21:58) The Lighthouse of Alexandria signet found underwater Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@waitasecondpodcast Email us: [email protected] Follow us on IG: @waitasecondpodcast Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Guest: Rob Mahoney Producer: Justin Sayles Video editing: Jordan Satmary Engineering: Sarah Reddy Social media: Paige Ransbury Thumbnail: Matt James Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Terror Month continues and we’re looking upward to the skies. Jason and Tyler use last week’s wild flydubai story to discuss other harrowing aviation incidents before hitting updates on the Siberian plague situation, Christa Pike’s botched execution, and more. (00:00) The mysterious case of Ben Padilla (02:57) The flydubai copilot axe attack (08:47) Edibles and passing out on a red-eye (13:26) Germanwings Flight 9525 (30:02) The flydubai "false flag" theory (32:34) Doomscroll: The plague is back? (41:59)  Christa Pike update (52:01)  Another Epstein death (56:04) The Fed official honeypot scheme (01:02:46) Anthropic gets even more religious (01:07:16) Houthis (and Toyotas 4runners) (01:12:09) The Arizona road-rage AI video Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@waitasecondpodcast Email us: [email protected] Follow us on IG: @waitasecondpodcast Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Producer: Justin Sayles Video editing: Jordan Satmary Engineering: Sarah Reddy Social media: Paige Ransbury Thumbnail: Matt James Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wait a Second… is kicking off Terror Month with the most terrifying idea of all: nuclear annihilation. Following news last month that an AI chatbot nearly got us into a war with China, Jason and Tyler look back at the early-’80s incidents that nearly brought the Cold War to a boil. With the help of The Ringer’s Joel Anderson, they talk NORAD and real-life war games. Later, they break down the Tupac murder trial and conviction of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, which Joel wrote about on The Ringer last week. Today’s agenda: (00:00) The real-life ‘WarGames’ (02:39) Our guest today: Joel Anderson (04:00) Could AI accidentally start a war? (08:17) Setting the stage for a nuclear near-miss (26:17) The Cold War gets very, very close (39:13) The Soviet “Dead Hand” System (42:30) The Tupac murder verdict and the conspiracy theories (53:56) The LAPD, Keefe D, and the case against him (58:08) The American Idol Murder Case (01:03:17) A Bob Iger COVID conspiracy (01:06:59) Hackers breach the FBI. What did they want? (01:09:49) The mysterious Milwaukee “bad boy” sound Read Joel’s piece on the Keefe D verdict here: https://www.theringer.com/2026/09/23/music/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-keffe-d-davis-conviction-conspiracy-theories Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@waitasecondpodcast Email us: [email protected] Follow us on IG: @waitasecondpodcast Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Guest: Joel Anderson Producer: Justin Sayles Video editing: Jordan Satmary Engineering: Jason Arreola Social media: Paige Ransbury Thumbnail: Matt James Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices