Episodes

  • The Basement: Thomas Campbell | This Sound Frequency Unlocks Out-of-Body Travel

    The Basement: Thomas Campbell | This Sound Frequency Unlocks Out-of-Body Travel
    Jul 13 2026
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    4 hrs and 18 mins
  • Stories That Still Haunt the Internet: The Soup Room, The Masked Feast, The Station That Isn't There

    Stories That Still Haunt the Internet: The Soup Room, The Masked Feast, The Station That Isn't There
    Jul 11 2026
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    51 mins
  • The Basement: Danny Goler | The Laser Experiment and the Code Inside

    The Basement: Danny Goler | The Laser Experiment and the Code Inside
    Jul 6 2026
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    2 hrs and 59 mins
  • Project Chronos | Hitler's Last Weapon

    Project Chronos | Hitler's Last Weapon
    Jul 3 2026
    -Sleep cooler this summer with 20% off sitewide at https://bollandbranch.com/whyfiles using code WHYFILES. Exclusions apply. -Go to https://zenni.com/podcast and use code PODCAST15 for 15 percent off your first order. -Discover how to move your IRA or 401k into physical gold and silver — with no taxes or penalties. Get your free portfolio review and free gold & silver guide from GoldenCrest Metals: visit https://GoldenCrestMetals.com/thewhyfiles or call (888) 949-9172 now. By spring of 1945, Hitler was surrounded on every front, but one project inside a secret mine kept running until the end. It was called Die Glocke, The Bell, built on mercury, fire, and a design borrowed from a thousand-year-old Indian text. The scientists who built it vanished, along with the man who ran the entire project. Decades later, the same technology resurfaced in a US Navy patent, and nobody could explain how it got there. This is the story of a warning written a thousand years before World War II, the men who ignored it, and the strange thread connecting an ancient king to modern spaceflight. Some of it is real, and none of it is finished. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • The Basement: Dave Paulides | Missing 411 and Cases the Government Won't Let You See

    The Basement: Dave Paulides | Missing 411 and Cases the Government Won't Let You See
    Jun 29 2026
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    1 hr and 59 mins
  • The Asteroid Behind the Bible's Most Famous Disaster

    The Asteroid Behind the Bible's Most Famous Disaster
    Jun 26 2026
    -Try QUO for free and get 20% off your first 6 months at https://www.quo.com/WHY. -Discover how to move your IRA or 401k into physical gold and silver — with no taxes or penalties. Get your free portfolio review and free gold & silver guide from GoldenCrest Metals: visit https://GoldenCrestMetals.com/thewhyfiles or call (888) 949-9172 now. -Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://shopify.com/why. In 1650 BC, a city on the Dead Sea burned so completely that nothing grew there for six centuries. The destruction happened in a single morning, and the evidence left in the ground points to something falling from the sky. Three artifacts from three different countries describe the same event. A clay tablet from ancient Iraq. A bronze disk pulled from a German hillside. Melted pottery from the Jordan Valley. Scientists spent fifteen years excavating the site. What they pulled from the ground included glazed pottery, shocked quartz, diamond dust, and skeletons frozen mid-step. The same fingerprint shows up at confirmed impact sites worldwide. The story doesn't end in 1650 BC. The debris field responsible has a return date, and astronomers are watching the calendar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    44 mins
  • The Basement: Andrew Gallimore | DMT Didn't Take You Somewhere New — It Unlocked What's Always There

    The Basement: Andrew Gallimore | DMT Didn't Take You Somewhere New — It Unlocked What's Always There
    Jun 22 2026
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    3 hrs and 11 mins
  • Canada's Most Documented UFO Case | Falcon Lake

    Canada's Most Documented UFO Case | Falcon Lake
    Jun 19 2026
    -The Why Files releases video episodes on Spotify every Monday and Friday. And when you become a Spotify Premium subscriber, you get fewer ads – that means more story, less interruption. -Discover how to move your IRA or 401k into physical gold and silver — with no taxes or penalties. Get your free portfolio review and free gold & silver guide from GoldenCrest Metals: visit https://GoldenCrestMetals.com/thewhyfiles or call (888) 949-9172 now. -Start your risk-free Greenlight trial today at https://greenlight.com/why to teach your kids real-world money skills. -Elevate your summer wardrobe—go to https://quince.com/thewhyfiles for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns (now available in Canada). -Sign up for therapy and get 10% off at https://betterhelp.com/whyfiles . #ad In May 1967, a Polish immigrant named Stefan Michalak was hunting for silver in the Canadian wilderness when two glowing objects dropped out of the sky. One landed nearby. He sketched it, approached it, and ended up in the hospital. His burns were documented. His weight loss was documented. His radiation-like symptoms baffled more than a dozen doctors, including specialists at the Mayo Clinic. The Royal Canadian Air Force launched an investigation. So did the RCMP. So did the US Air Force. Nobody could explain what happened. The government eventually sealed the file. The same government, fifty years later, minted his story on a coin. It glows in the dark. This is the Falcon Lake Incident — Canada's most documented UFO case, and it's still unsolved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 mins