What’s worse than one person losing control of their body? Try an entire crowd. This week we’re diving into the bizarreworld of mass possession — from medieval villagers dancingthemselves to death, to an entire town laughing and giggling for a month straight.. And just when you think it can’t get weirder, we’ll take a hard left into the infamous 1994 case of Gloria Ramirez, a.k.a. “The Toxic Woman,” whose trip to a California ER left doctors collapsing, science baffled, and conspiracy theories foaming at the mouth. It’s mass hysteria, mystery chemicals, and maybe a pinch of the supernatural — basically, your average Wednesday here.

In the shadowy swamps of South Carolina, a towering creature with glowing red eyes and scaly skin stalks the night—its footsteps leaving behind mystery and fear. From chilling eyewitness encounters and strange claw marks to a community gripped by legend and lore, this creature has slithered deep into the heart of cryptid folklore. But is this terrifying beast a survivor from a forgotten past, a trick ofthe mind, or something far stranger lurking just beyond the trees?Join us as we wade into the murky depths of this modern legend, uncovering the facts, the fear, and the folklore behind one of America’s most enduring cryptids.

Sometimes, the darkest horrors aren’t creatures lurking in shadows — they’re the people who vanish without a trace, leaving only silence and shattered families behind. On this episode of The Phreak Files, Phreak unravels the haunting, gut-wrenching mystery of Brandon Swanson: a young man who crashed his car, called for help, and then disappeared into the cold Minnesota night. With every unanswered call and every mile of empty road, the nightmare grows deeper — a chilling reminder that some disappearances defy explanation and haunt us forever. Brace yourself for a story that will twist your mind and leave you questioning what really lies beyond the dark.

Tonight we’re serving up a double dose of nightmares. First up: the Demon House of Gary, Indiana, where cops fled in fear, a kid climbed the damn wall backwards, and the official word was “possessed.” Then, just when your blood pressure levels out, we dive headfirst into the smoke-stained archives of some of the wildest secret government experiments — from zombie dogs to remote-controlled war beasts and alleged psychic warfare that sounds like rejected Marvel plotlines. Two terrifying tales. One deeply cursed episode. Bring your holy water and whatever brain cells you’ve got left.

In the shadowed hills of western Maryland, a terrifying beast once soared—part bird, part reptile, with a single blazing eye that haunted dreams and shattered nights. From chilling eyewitness accounts to wild newspaper hoaxes that gripped a community in fear, this legend has clawed its way through centuries of folklore and fear. Was it a monstrous guardian, a fabricated myth spun for power and profit, or something far more sinister hiding just beyond the treetops? Join us as we unravel a story of blood, feathers, and forgotten histories—a tale that refuses to be grounded, no matter how hard we try to bury it.

In 1971, a bunch of clean-cut college dudes signed up for a study and accidentally invented psychological warfare. What started as a fake prison turned real ugly, real fast—featuring mirrored sunglasses, emotional breakdowns, and some disturbingly creative humiliation tactics. This week, Phreak explores the Stanford Prison Experiment—aka, the time science said, ‘Let’s see what happens when we give Chad a baton and zero rules.’ Spoiler: It did not go well.

Why do we see faces where there are none? What if the shadows aren't tricks—they're warnings? We start with pareidolia, the mind’s eerie habit of creating meaning in the meaningless. Then, we take a tour through McKamey Manor, where reality bends, pain is part of the package, and fear gets personal. Also, Phreak claims he coined the term 'SMH'—which honestly checks out.

In the dead of night, something moves silently through the Appalachian shadows—an eerie figure too strange to be real, yet too persistent to ignore. This unsettling creature has haunted lonely roads and forest edges for decades, defying explanation and capturing imaginations. From eyewitness accounts to unexplained encounters, this episode delves into the chilling mystery of a cryptid that slips just beyond our sight—what is it, where does it come from, and why does it vanish whenever we try to get closer? Join Phreak as he unravels one of America’s most elusive legends.