Bonus episode this week as this weeks episode has been delayed by starting my new job, should be uploaded tomorrow! Whilst we wait here’s an old bonus episode!

Did Japan and Russia invent Finland as a fake fishing zone? Is Australia just an elaborate hoax with paid actors in cork hats? And what about Kazakhstan — has anyone actually met someone from there? In this week’s bonus episode, we’re diving into the wildest theory of all:🌍 That some countries are just... made up. From 4chan forums to Cold War paranoia, from cartography quirks to straight-up trolling, we’ll explore: Why Finland might be a conspiracy cooked up for fish exports How Australia allegedly faked an entire continent Whether this is harmless internet fun or something deeper about how we trust maps, media, and memory Because when you think about it — what proof do you have that New Zealand is real? 🎧 Listen now – only on Patreon👇patreon.com/ProbablyNotTruePod

The Blood Libel is one of the oldest — and deadliest —conspiracy theories.

Starting in Norwich, 1144, it claimed Jewish communities murdered Christian children in ritual sacrifices. The lie spread across Europe, fueling pogroms and expulsions, resurfacing in Nazi propaganda, and echoing today in QAnon and modern “child trafficking” conspiracies.

This week, Probably Not True unpacks how the Blood Libel began, why it spread, and why myths like this refuse to die.
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In 1835, the New York Sun claimed astronomers had discovered entire civilisations on the Moon: bat-people soaring over lunar forests, unicorns grazing in meadows,beaver-people lighting cooking fires.

For about a week, people believed it.

This was the Victorian version of viral fake news — cosmic clickbait that turned a respected scientist into the unwilling face of a lunar soap opera.

In this episode, we break down:
🌕 How the hoax exploded across 1830s America
🌕 Why newspapers embraced wild stories over facts
🌕 And how the same patterns of bullshit echo through conspiracy culture today.

Welcome to Probably Not True — where the conspiracies are older than you think, the facts are fuzzier than lunar dust, and the punchlines are made of cheese.

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In the 1950s, the CIA wanted more than spies — theywanted mind control.
Project MKUltra was their answer: a secret, real-life program that mixed Cold War paranoia with enough LSD to keep Woodstock going for a decade.

This wasn’t fiction. MKUltra happened. From dosing unsuspecting civilians to running secret brothels for "nationalsecurity," the CIA tested LSD, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, memory erasure, and more — often without consent, and almost always without ethics.

Spoiler: It scores 9.5 out of 10 on the ProbablyNot True Believability Index — because this one is absolutely, terrifyingly real.

📌 Probably Not Trueis the podcast where history’s strangest myths, hoaxes, and conspiracies get put through the wringer of facts, context, and sarcastic commentary. New main episodes every Monday, bonus episodes every Friday.🔗 LINKS & SUPPORT:
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Everyone thinks Henry VIII had six wives.
But what if there were more?

This week, we dive into weird royal rumours, forgottenannulments, secret noblewomen, and the possibility that the most famous marital record in British history… might be wrong.

Also: papal propaganda, church cover-ups, and a deeplycursed dating life.

Jack the Ripper: Victorian murderer… or royal cover-up?
This week, we dive headfirst into the fog of 1888 London — and emerge with time-traveling surgeons, Masonic rituals, and at least one theory involving moon people (sort of).

From Freemasons to rogue royals, ghost theories to performance art, we dissect the conspiracies behind one of the most infamous cold cases in history.
Who was Jack the Ripper? And why do we still care?

🕵️ New episodes every Monday. Bonus chaos on Fridays via Patreon.🔗https://linktr.ee/probablynottrue

What if a global empire was erased from history — and buried in mud?

Meet Tartaria: the internet’s favourite forgotten civilisation.

According to some corners of TikTok and Reddit, the world we know is built on the ruins of a high-tech empire that spanned the globe… until it was mysteriously wiped out by a global mud flood, and scrubbed from the record by a shadowy historical conspiracy.

In this episode of Probably Not True, we investigate:

Is history hiding secrets? Or are people just very confusedabout plumbing?

🎧 New episodes every Monday💀Bonus content every Friday on Patreon🔗All links: https://linktr.ee/probablynottrue

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🐉 What lives in Canada’s Pacific waters, has a name like a dinosaur and a body like a snake, and may or may not exist?In this Probably Not True bonus episode, we dive into the legend of the Cadborosaurus, a cryptid sea monster said to haunt the coastline of British Columbia.Featuring:• Mysterious sightings dating back to the 1800s• Washed-up “monster carcasses” (that may have been basking sharks)• The surprisingly long history of Canadian cryptid hunting• And a deep dive into how sea monster myths get madeIs it a real creature? A hoax? Or just a salty hallucination?🎧 Get weekly bonus episodes, early access, and extra chaos on our Patreon:👉http://patreon.com/ProbablyNotTruePod🐺 Main episodes drop every Monday. Because weird history isn’t going to debunk itself.—🎙️ Probably Not True is a history podcast that explores bizarre myths, conspiracies, cryptids, and legends — and then asks: what’s the truth behind the weirdness?