This week the Heroes head to South London to dig into Aravindan “Comrade Bala” Balakrishnan, the Maoist cult leader who kept women under “invisible handcuffs” for decades and turned an ordinary flat into a prison ruled by an all-seeing entity. Then they break down the Elevator Game, the viral ritual that claims you can “dial” yourself out of reality with a sequence of buttons and a woman on the fifth floor who is absolutely not human, and ask why elevators make such perfect breeding grounds for modern demons.

Forgot to say the word of the week in episode: lampchop

Deep in the forests, on the borders of fields, in the quiet places people shouldn’t linger — something watches. Phreak dives into the terrifying real-world lore of the Hidden Ones: the ancient fae folk blamed for vanishings, rewritings, and voices that call your name from the wrong direction. From Icelandic construction crews to Celtic fairy mounds to modern disappearances, this episode explores the old rules, the true encounters, and the things that notice you long before you notice them.

Kamen breaks down the truth behind America’s most famous “tiny cryptid.” From frontier myths to a real virus that grows horn-like tumors on rabbits, the Jackalope turns out to be less folklore and more pathology. A blend of biology, history, and hard skepticism.