Magical Mystery Radio: Conspiracy & Paranormal Review

Another Friday night, another "live" show. We review the week in absurdity: Donald Trump is Andy Kaufman? A Godzilla-sized octopus attacked New York in 1963? Tonight's black moon is a(nother) sign of the apocalypse? And - wait - pumpkin pie ISN'T pumpkin pie?? Is nothing sacred?

We risk the wrath of the Church of Scientology by discussing the film and book GOING CLEAR, as well as the twisted history of L Ron Hubbard and his pulp sci-fi religion.

The end of the world is... okay, maybe next week. A Chinese artist has stolen a British ghost. Teleportation has been accomplished (Really! Sort of!!) Internet "divining" predicts Hillary to drop out and/or lose the election?  The rise of Trump and Conspiracy Theory in politics and popular culture.

DMT is a ubiquitous, naturally occurring compound that may be at the root of spiritual experience, the alien abduction phenomenon, even consciousness itself. So why is it taboo?  We discuss the film AND book, DMT: THE SPIRIT MOLECULE.

Best ever photo of Loch Ness Monster? Hillary's body double campaigning? Rapture FINALLY coming next week? What's with the fish falling out of the sky?

We discuss the intriguing and troubling documentary, ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS FOR 9/11 TRUTH. From Wikipedia: Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth) is an American non-profit organization of architects and engineers who dispute the results of official investigations into the September 11 attacks, including the 9/11 Commission Report.[3][4]  

Gene Roddenberry based Star Trek on secret Navy space fleet built by reptilian extraterrestrials. SpaceX rocket destroyed by angry aliens. Supertramp Predicted 9/11. Neil Armstrong was misquoted. Closed-caption Freudian slips. A very large footprint in China. Clowns are scary.    

Easter in September! For no good reason, we discuss the mystery of the Shroud of Turin, the supposed burial cloth of Christ. More specifically, we talk about the 2004 documentary SECRETS OF THE SHROUD.  14th century forgery?  Hoax or holy relic? You decide...

Clowns terrorize America! SETI tracks alien signal! UFOs buzz St. Louis! Snopes tells the whole truth! All of the above? None of the above?

Is civilization teetering on the edge of the greatest preventable disaster in human history? Collapse explores the theories and life of doomsayer, Michael Ruppert. Join John and Adam as they discuss Ruppert's dire predictions of Peak Oil, the inevitable collapse of modern societies, and how his doomed worldview sadly became a self-fulfilling prophecy.   

Human sacrifice at Cern, the REAL conspiracy behind STRANGER THINGS, the Berenstein/Berenstain Bears parallel-universe controversy, and 21 ways to spot a BS news story.

We catch up after a long, hot summer, and what do we talk about? Why, Donald Trump, of course! This was supposed to be a "grab bag" discussion of interesting tidbits, but instead - as he seems to have a talent for doing - The Donald hijacks the conversation. Well, let's get this over with...

John and Adam talk about their favorite episodes so far, what they've learned, and what got them into this stuff in the first place.

This is a story straight out of The X-Files - replete with aliens, time travel, and conspiracy. According to legend, thousands of young boys were abducted from the streets of New York in the 1970s and 80s, and subjected to bizarre mind control experiments.  In this special interview, filmmaker Christopher Garetano discusses his own journey down the rabbit hole.

CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE was a 1994 documentary exposing a child abuse and pedophilia ring that led to the highest levels of the United States government. Just before airing, the Discovery Channel abruptly pulled the film from its schedule. Why? Evidence suggests that the cable channel buckled under pressure from some very powerful Washington interests. John and Adam discuss the disturbing facts of the so-called "Franklin Coverup."  

THE SECRET is an insidious, destructive force ruining the lives of millions. What's worse, there are some real truths at the root of its philosophy - you just can't see them through THE SECRET's noxious cloud of narcissistic new age hokum.  Adam and John discuss free will, the New Thought Movement, and the real secrets behind THE SECRET.

Spontaneous time slips. Who was the mysterious John Titor? Does the Vatican possess secret technology for seeing through time? Which presidential candidate promises to go back in time to kill baby Hitler with his bare hands? Join John and Adam for a wide-ranging discussion about TIME TRAVEL!

Justin Smeja and a friend were hunting in the Sierras when they saw a seven-foot-tall hairy hominid they could not identify. So they shot it.   Then, after giving chase to the wounded creature, they encountered a couple of juvenile bigfoots (bigfeet?) and did what any responsible hunter would do in the same situation - shot one of them too.  Join John and Adam as they discuss DEAD BIGFOOT, an intriguing, infuriating documentary by first-time filmmaker Ro Sahebi.

The 1950s saw a wave of individuals claiming special relationships with our space brothers and sisters. Sure, many (all?) of these "contactees" may have been off their rockers... but there's an undeniable internal consistency to these reports of extraterrestrial communion. Did these stories spring from a single source? Could they actually have been... TRUE? Adam and John discuss the classic contactee documentary FAREWELL GOOD BROTHERS (1992).

In 1980, a man and a woman witnessed the controlled landing of a cigar-shaped, apparently extraterrestrial vehicle. More than three decades later they returned to the location of their sighting with an intrepid team of UFO researchers. What did they find? John and Adam discuss the excellent documentary GHOST ROCKETS (2015), directed by Kerstin Übelacker and Michael Cavanagh.