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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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 The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic. Biological Sciences Science Science Fiction Social Sciences
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  • 605: The Greada Treaty | America's Alien Alliance (STRIPPED)

    605: The Greada Treaty | America's Alien Alliance (STRIPPED)
    Jul 30 2025
    On February 20, 1954, President Eisenhower vanished for an entire night. The official story claimed a dental emergency, but that was a lie.

    The President was at Edwards Air Force Base for the most important meeting in human history. Two alien races had arrived on Earth, each offering humanity a different path forward.

    Eisenhower made his choice. The consequences of that decision have remained hidden for seventy years.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPxOHRySFRM&t=26s
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    33 mins
  • 604: Cryptids Vol. 4 | Bunyips, Yowie and Australian Nightmare Fuel

    604: Cryptids Vol. 4 | Bunyips, Yowie and Australian Nightmare Fuel
    Jul 26 2025
    Australia's Outback hides more than deadly snakes and crocodiles. Ancient creatures stalk the wilderness, leaving behind torn campsites, blood-stained trees, and terrified witnesses.

    The Yowie towers eight feet tall, attacks isolated hikers, and left researcher Dean Harrison scarred for life. Water-dwelling Bunyips drag victims underwater while museums hide skull evidence that proves their existence.

    Most disturbing are the Yara-ma-yha-who - red tree vampires that drink blood slowly, transforming humans into creatures like themselves. Aboriginal elders warned about these predators for centuries.

    Police reports document modern encounters. Veterans and park rangers describe glowing amber eyes watching from shadows. Victims return from the wilderness changed, missing time and memories.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsIhlv52V8
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    30 mins
  • 603: The Real CIA Vol. 1 | 693 Pages of Forbidden Government Secrets

    603: The Real CIA Vol. 1 | 693 Pages of Forbidden Government Secrets
    Jul 24 2025
    On June 25th, 2007, the CIA quietly released 693 pages of their most classified secrets. No announcement, no fanfare—just a document dump that revealed decades of illegal operations against American citizens.

    The Family Jewels documents exposed systematic violations that went far beyond what anyone imagined. Mind control experiments using LSD on unwitting subjects. Surveillance operations targeting 300,000 Americans who committed no crimes.

    Media manipulation programs that turned journalists into intelligence assets. Assassination plots approved at the highest levels of government.

    These weren't conspiracy theories—they were real operations, documented in the CIA's own words. The Family Jewels revealed how the agency designed to protect America became its greatest threat.

    What started as damage control after Watergate became the most comprehensive confession of government crimes in American history.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxY3KZ3pQ3o
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    35 mins
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best approach for these subjects could be debunked by AJ but it was a great story you can bet excellent presentation and I would have to say the team are the cutaway magicians thanks for the entertainment. can't get enough of it

Top of the range entertainment on mass free

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very well told and relaxing voice with good facts keep it up please and I'll keep listening

good to hear this storys n histroy

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Deep Dives are so good! Leaves me wanting more and more! Holding my breath Why Files team.

Holding my breath for more…

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The Why Files is one I find hard to turn off, and I love Heckle.

love it!

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astonishing that it took wife files to bring this to our attention. even if the story is clunky as AJ suggests it could have been rewritten and made into a better movie than Apollo 11 with Tom Hanks in my humble opinion. tremendous work AJ and team thank you.

why have we never heard about this one before?

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