Thomas Edison has gone down in history as one of our greatest inventors. But toward the end of his life he created one last invention that if it worked, would have changed the world forever. That was when Edison built a device that he hoped could help him talk to ghosts. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristintablang/2019/10/25/thomas-edison-bc-forbes-mystery-spirit-phone/?sh=19fcd629addb https://weirdnj.com/stories/unexplained-phenomena/thomas-edisons-spirit-phone/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602456/thomas-edison-nikola-tesla-spirit-phone https://www.amazon.com/Edison-vs-Tesla-Battle-Invention/dp/1510718761 https://www.sciencealert.com/edison-s-last-breath-lives-in-a-test-tube-in-the-henry-ford-museum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are few names more legendary in the history of science than that of Nikola Tesla. The inventions he created are still in use today. He helped change and power our modern world. Yet he was also a deeply troubled individual, who may have created some inventions that could have destroyed the world as well. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_warcur.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/tesla/ https://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Times-Nikola-Biography-Genius/dp/0806539968/ref=asc_df_0806539968/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312111868559&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17679175998994409122&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-332218662882&psc=1 https://allthatsinteresting.com/tesla-death-ray https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2020/01/07/nikola-teslas-earthquake-machine/?sh=49ee733852c5 https://theweek.com/articles/472881/5-crazy-inventions-from-mind-nikola-tesla Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Listener Survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listeners, I can hardly believe it, but this is my 200th episode of The Conspirators. So to honor the occasion, I'm providing you some updates in three of the biggest stories I've covered about mysterious individuals whose identities have remained a secret...until now. Recent developments in DNA testing and good old fashioned detective work have revealed the names of these individuals to the world, and I'm going to tell you who they were.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/have-scholars-finally-identified-the-mysterious-somerton-man-180980540/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-body-on-somerton-beach-50795611/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62314555 https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/georgia-guidestones https://www.npr.org/2022/07/28/1113855150/a-georgia-monument-was-destroyed-locals-blame-conspiracy-theories https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-south/what-happened-to-americas-stonehenge https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21351188/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/boy-in-the-box-philadelphia-homicide.html https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/boy-in-the-box-philadelphia-case-backstory-20221207.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/boy-in-the-box Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leap Castle in Ireland is considered by many paranormal investigators to be the most haunted castle in the world, and it's easy to see why. In this episode I tell you all about Leap Castle's bloody history, and about the terrifying discovery that was made in its walls.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.livinginireland.ie/culture-society/a-brief-history-of-ireland/ https://the-line-up.com/leap-castle https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/10-most-haunted-castles-in-ireland/ http://leapcastle.net https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/leap-castle-history-and-info-about-the-worlds-most-haunted-castle/ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/leap-in-the-dark-1.1261979 Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Lucid Nightmare by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8492-lucid-nightmare License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Classic Horror 1 by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3511-classic-horror-1 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 1950s and 1960s marked a time when the United States and the Soviet Union were in a proverbial space race to see who could be the first to successfully send human beings into outer space. But did the Soviet Union cover up several embarrassing and tragic accidents even before Yuri Gargarin was credited with being the first man to orbit the earth? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between 1976 and 1977 four children were abducted and murdered in Oakland County, Michigan. To this day no arrests have ever been made in the case of the Oakland County Child Killer. Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Jar-Obsession-Detroits-Notorious/dp/1507204027 https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Killings-Inside-Oakland-Investigation/dp/1476684006/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_w=yqUe9&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_r=N69MPGA8PSVXPQDQ6AMH&pd_rd_wg=j6CnA&pd_rd_r=57353770-bacf-4c6b-8670-276a06357d85&pd_rd_i=1476684006&psc=1 https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2019/02/01/the-oakland-county-child-killer-case-background/ Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Classic Horror 1 by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3511-classic-horror-1 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Lucid Nightmare by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8492-lucid-nightmare License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Creepy Piano Ambience by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8725-creepy-piano-ambience License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the strangest stories to come out of medieval England is that of the Campden Wonder. It's a peculiar mystery involving a missing man, witches, pirates, and so much more.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.chippingcampdenonline.org/the-campden-wonder http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2018/04/time-england-three-people-hanged-murder-william-harrison-turned-alive/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/906/mithridates-poison-elixir-fact-or-fiction/ http://www.campdenwonder.plus.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history there are many stories of mysterious ghost ships. Stories of vessels found adrift on the ocean, missing their passengers and crew. In this episode I'm going to tell you about some of the creepiest and most disturbing stories of such ghost ships ever recorded. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/no-abandoned-ship-full-diseased-rats-not-floating-towards-britain-180949477/ https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/12/ss-baychimo-unsinkable-ghost-ship.html https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-happened-to-the-ss-baychimo-and-was-it-really-a-ghost-ship/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/05/ss-baychimo/?safari=1 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/651575/ourang-medan-ghost-ship https://www.historicmysteries.com/ourang-medan/ https://www.historicmysteries.com/mv-joyita/ https://www.grunge.com/668410/the-mystery-behind-the-abandoned-mv-joyita-ship/ https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-unexplained-mystery-of-the-missing-people-from-the-mv-joyita Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Lucid Nightmare by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8492-lucid-nightmare License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://timkulig.com/albums The following music was used for this media project: Music: Classic Horror 1 by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3511-classic-horror-1 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com The following music was used for this media project: Music: Creepy Piano Ambience by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8725-creepy-piano-ambience License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://timkulig.com/albums Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history you'll find hundreds of stories of so-called "feral children" who were raised by animals in the forest, taking on their animalistic traits. In this episode I'll tell you about some of the most famous feral children ever reported, including the story that inspired "The Jungle Book". Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Merch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://allthatsinteresting.com/feral-children https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/history-feral-children-mowgli-wild-raised-wolves/ https://study.com/learn/lesson/feral-children-documented-cases-issues.html https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Girls-Wild-Boys-Children/dp/0571201393/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=feral+children&qid=1669477838&sr=8-2 https://timeline.com/feral-children-france-leblanc-e758585729b1 Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Lucid Nightmare by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8492-lucid-nightmare License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://timkulig.com/albums Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1972, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed in the Florida Everglades, killing more than 100 people, including the pilot and crew. That story on its own would be incredibly tragic. But in the months that followed, several Eastern Airlines employees and passengers began reporting that they had begun seeing the ghosts of Flight 401 on other planes. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Flight-401-John-Fuller/dp/0425035530 https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/10/21/ghost-flight-401/3715665001/ https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/flying-the-ghostly-skies/232247/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1s&v=rHPEn_Krq44 https://sites.google.com/site/eastern401/epilogue http://repaonline.com/repa-news/2-repa-news/400-what-happened-in-atlanta-today https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196178/lady-be-good/ http://ealflt401.blogspot.com/2010/01/eastern-airlines-l-1011-n310ea-flight.html https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-vengeful-ghost-of-lady-be-good/ Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Creepy Piano Ambience by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8725-creepy-piano-ambience License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://timkulig.com/albums The following music was used for this media project: Music: Lucid Nightmare by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8492-lucid-nightmare License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://timkulig.com/albums Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of Halloween season, I'm giving you this spooky treat. Here's a special episode from one of my favorite podcasts, "Historical Blindness." In this episode, the host, Nathaniel Lloyd, tells you some ghost stories from German folklore you probably never hear of before.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the most famous haunted house story in history. In 1976, the Lutz family moved into their dream home in Amityville, Long Island. 28 days later, the family fled, claiming that demonic forces drove them out. This is the true story of the Amityville Horror. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Amityville_Horror/NGADV7J25ggC?hl=en&gbpv=0 https://www.amazon.com/My-Amityville-Horror-Daniel-Lutz/dp/B00BUJ5KFK https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132035&page=1 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ronald-defeo-jr-whose-slayings-of-family-members-launched-the-amityville-horror-dies-at-69/2021/03/16/29bd8f88-8665-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7762873/Original-Amityville-Horror-house-on-sale-for-1.15-million.html https://www.biography.com/news/the-real-amityville-horror-facts https://web.archive.org/web/20041029003848/http://www.amityvillehorror.com/docs/docs.htm Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Classic Horror 1 by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3511-classic-horror-1 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com The following music was used for this media project: Music: Creepy Piano Ambience by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8725-creepy-piano-ambience License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://timkulig.com/albums Music: Lucid Nightmare by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8492-lucid-nightmare License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://timkulig.com/albums Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history there are numerous stories you can find about people who have been sighted in two different places at the same time. This is a phenomena that has allegedly occurred so many times, that a German word has become part of the popular lexicon: Doppelgänger.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/science/doppelgangers-twins-dna.html https://www.livescience.com/doppelgangers-act-alike-too https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150821-the-dangerous-consequences-of-seeing-your-doppelganger https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/doppelgangers-and-mythology-spirit-doubles-001825 https://www.vice.com/sv/article/wdax8n/the-time-when-youre-most-likely-to-see-your-doppelgnger-234 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3630394 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/james/emilie-sagee-and-the-strange-case-of-the-doppelganger-5362/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On September 19, 1961, an American couple named Betty and Barney Hill claimed something remarkable happened to them. This was an event so shocking and terrifying, it created an entirely new mythology in the world of the paranormal. That was when the Hills claimed to be the very first alien abductees in history. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/features/60-years-later-the-alien-abduction-of-betty-and-barney-hill/97-ae2cf39f-f89c-4ba2-bde0-5cd69c9ae518 https://library.unh.edu/find/archives/collections/betty-barney-hill-papers-1961-2006 https://www.history.com/news/first-alien-abduction-account-barney-betty-hill https://www.concordmonitor.com/In-Lincoln-a-UFO-story-that-is-out-of-this-world-15987667 https://lithub.com/the-moment-the-myth-of-alien-abduction-was-born/ https://astronomy.com/bonus/zeta https://www.livescience.com/20250-alien-abductions-origins.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between 1903 and 1910, many bodies were found floating in Grays Harbor near Aberdeen, Washington. Police would eventually arrest a local resident named Billy Gohl, a man who has gone down in history as one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. But is any of that true? And was Billy Gohl actually framed? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1002&context=history_theses https://www.amazon.com/Port-Missing-Men-Pacific-Northwest/dp/0295751207/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Aaron+goings&qid=1662213770&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Ghoul-Grays-Harbor-Pacific-Northwest/dp/B07NNMTSR5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YU02VKY3P12E&keywords=the+ghoul+of+grays+harbor&qid=1662214145&sprefix=the+ghoul+of+grays+harbor%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this extra special episode, I'm presenting to you five mini stories, each telling a different strange tale from different parts of history. Hear the story of the casket girls of New Orleans, the time wolves caused a truce during World War I, the hilarious circumstances where a Nazi U-Boat commander accidentally sunk his own boat, the tale of the fastest surgeon in Victorian London, and of the creepy tale of a missing boy and a C.B. radio.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/ghost-stories/truth-casket-girls/ https://gonola.com/things-to-do-in-new-orleans/history/the-casket-girls-wives-for-french-new-orleans https://www.military.com/military-life/soldiers-world-war-eastern-front-fought-common-enemy-wolves.html https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/germans-and-russians-wwi.html?safari=1 https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/nazi-u-boat-sunk-toilet-malfunction-1455820 https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/poop-sank-wwii-german-u-boat https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/time-me-gentlemen-the-fastest-surgeon-of-the-19th-century/264065/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-liston https://medium.com/true-crime-by-cat-leigh/child-pleads-for-help-through-cb-radio-21e1cc6489e0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Boy_Larry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a story that claims back in the middle of the 9th century CE, there once lived a Pope named John Anglicus. Very little is known about what this Pope actually did during their reign. But one thing that is believed by some historians is that Pope John actually held a shocking secret. You see, legend has it, Pope John Anglicus was actually a woman known as Pope Joan, who managed to hide her gender and rise to the most powerful throne in Europe.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/how-history-keeps-ignoring-james-barry https://www.history.com/news/the-extraordinary-secret-life-of-dr-james-barry https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Pope-Joan-Alain-Boureau/dp/0226067459 https://www.press.umich.edu/135037/afterlife_of_pope_joan https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329309405_Pope_Joan_The_covered-up_pontificate_of_a_woman_or_a_fictional_legend_Second_Edition https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-coins-suggest-legendary-female-pope-may-have-existed-after-all-180970297/ https://www.livescience.com/63598-female-pope-joan-medieval-coins.html Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history there have been a few scientists considered so brilliant they become household names. People like Albert Einstein or Galileo. But one name you might not be familiar with is Ettore Majorana, a genius Italian physicist who helped develop our understanding of the structure of the atom. One day in March of 1938, Majorana vanished without a trace, leaving behind a mystery to this day. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://cerncourier.com/a/ettore-majorana-genius-and-mystery/ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/173/1/012019/pdf https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XC74T7W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200103141035.htm https://theconversation.com/this-is-what-happened-the-morning-the-first-atomic-bomb-created-a-new-world-142184 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/us/trinity-test-anniversary.html https://www.energy.gov/lm/doe-history/manhattan-project-background-information-and-preservation-work/manhattan-project-1 Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com The following music was used for this media project: Music: Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When a car bomb kills Daphne Caruana Galizia on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Malta, the hunt for her killers exposes secrets with consequences that go far beyond its shores. In the aftermath of her death an international team of journalists comes together to continue her work. Along the way they start to uncover clues that might lead to her killers. From Wondery, comes a new story about power, corruption and one woman’s fight for the truth. Hosted by investigative reporter Stephen Grey. http://wondery.fm/TCP_Daphne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot of conspiracy theories can be explained away as simple coincidence, and the way our human minds are designed to seek connections in places where there aren't any. And yet, there are some stories that make you wonder if something more sinister really is going on. During the 1980s nearly two dozen people working for a British defense firm all died under unusual circumstances. Were these just coincidences, as the British government insisted? Or were they all killed in a game of foreign espionage? Episode Sponsor: Manscaped https://www.manscaped.com/ Get 20% off your first order with promo code “Conspirators” Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://theunredacted.com/dead-scientists-the-marconi-murders/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-08-mn-185-story.html https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-mysterious-death-of-indian-prime-minister-and-top-indian-nuclear-scientist-7bcf40b8562e https://www.amazon.com/Open-Verdict-Tony-Collins/dp/0747401462 https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/01/06/from-the-archives-when-several-indian-nuclear-scientists-died-mysteriously.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDA3gGBzMKA Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com The following music was used for this media project: Music: Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices