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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

300 episodes

The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic.

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  1. The Basement: William Shatner | Beyond the Final Frontier: Life, Death, and What Comes After

    · 1 h 16 min

    -It’s time to upgrade your nicotine pouch. Get 20% off your first order by using code BASEMENT at https://Lucy.co #ad -If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim…

  2. Send for a Priest: Three Houses With Something Inside

    · 45 min

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  3. The Basement: Jeffrey Kripal | Inside the Archives of the Impossible

    · 3 h 10 min

    -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…

  4. The Basement: Michael Salla | Nordics, Grays, and the Secret Space Program

    · 4 h 13 min

    -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://whyfileslovegold.com…

  5. The Titanic Never Sank

    · 34 min

    -Upgrade your sleep with Boll & Branch—get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at https://bollandbranch.com/whyfiles with code whyfiles. Exclusions apply. -https://quince.com/thewhyfiles -Ready to regrow your…

  6. The Basement: Ed Barnhart | Lost Cities, Botflies, and a Magic Number

    · 3 h 17 min

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  7. The CIA, the Soviet Union, and a Missing UFO Blueprint

    · 45 min

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  8. The Basement: Alex Petkas | Julius Caesar's Final 24 Hours

    · 2 h 57 min

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  9. Burned by a UFO: The Cash-Landrum Incident

    · 49 min

    -Create your website today at https://hostinger.com/WHY and use code WHY for 10% off. -One scam can cost you everything — protect yourself now. The first 100 users get 20% off with code thewhyfiles at…

  10. The Basement: Brian Laythe | Ghosts, Possession, and Shadow People

    · 3 h 06 min

    -Don’t sleep on [@ultrapouches]. New customers get 15% Off with code BASEMENT at https://takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad -Discover how to move your IRA or 401k into physical gold and silver — with no taxes or…

  11. The Poltergeist Who Follows You Home

    · 36 min

    -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…

  12. The Basement: Donald Hoffman | Consciousness, Math, and the Case for Letting Go

    · 2 h 36 min

    -One thing to pack, five ways to power! Get 10% Off @Ridge with code BASEMENT at https://www.Ridge.com/BASEMENT #Ridgepod -Discover how to move your IRA or 401k into physical gold and silver — with no taxes or…

  13. Bases in the Ocean, and a War for Earth | The Friendship Case

    · 41 min

    -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…

  14. The Basement: Dan Flores | Ice Age Giants, Camels in America, and Coyote Resilience

    · 3 h 00 min

    -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…

  15. The Zone of Silence: America's Missile Secret

    · 42 min

    -https://quince.com/thwwhyfiles -Free trial at https://shopify.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 &…

  16. The Basement: Quantum Compilation | From Particle Colliders to Parallel Realities

    · 3 h 51 min

    -Explore my Hungryroot Digital Cookbook “Gertie's Hump Day Recipes” at https://hungryroot.com/THEBASEMENT -Download Cash App Today: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/re0kp2pw #CashAppPartner Terms apply. Bitcoin services…

  17. The Alien Murders: Three Bodies, Three UFOs

    · 41 min

    -Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/thewhyfiles to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. -Discover how to move your IRA or 401k into physical gold and silver — with no taxes or penalties.…

  18. The Basement: Diana Pasulka | Angels, Vatican Archives, and a Government Email

    · 3 h 41 min

    Don’t sleep on [@ultrapouches]. New customers get 15% Off with code BASEMENT at https://takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/thewhyfiles to get a personalized, affordable…

  19. The Basque Bloodline | Descendants of Atlantis

    · 41 min

    Go to https://brooklynbedding.com and use promo code THEWHYFILES at checkout for 30% off sitewide. Discover how to move your IRA or 401k into physical gold and silver — with no taxes or penalties. Get your free…

  20. The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased

    · 2 h 57 min

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  21. They Left Everything Behind Except an Explanation

    · 43 min

    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…

  22. The Basement: Travis Taylor | Black Holes, UFOs & Skinwalker Ranch

    · 3 h 34 min

    -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…

  23. JFK's Assassination and the CIA's Psychic Cold War

    · 54 min

    -Upgrade your everyday at https://quince.com/thewhyfiles for free shipping and 365-day returns, now available in Canada and the UK. -Try QUO for free and get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/why -Visit…

  24. The Basement: MrBallen | YouTube's Best Storyteller Tells His Own

    · 3 h 59 min

    -Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/thewhyfiles to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. -Discover how to move your IRA or 401k into physical gold and silver — with no taxes or penalties.…

  25. The Hunter Who Became the Hunted | Carl Higdon Abduction

    · 38 min

    -Get 15% off OneSkin with the code WHY at https://www.oneskin.co/why #oneskinpod -Download Cash App Today:https://click.cash.app/ui6m/4je4423a #CashAppPod As a Cash App partner, I may earn a commission when you sign…

  26. The Basement: John B. Alexander | Roswell, MJ-12, Skinwalker: The Colonel Who Was There

    · 3 h 41 min

    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…

  27. The Basement: Jeremy Corbell | Betrayal, Surveillance, and the Secret Higher Than Nuclear Weapons

    · 4 h 07 min

    -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…

  28. Prophecy of the Popes | Saint Malachy's Countdown

    · 46 min

    -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…

  29. Human Evolution and the Power of the Mind: Science Compilation

    · 3 h 13 min

    Huge thanks to Jesse for hosting this compilation! From rewriting the blueprint of life to radioactive creatures defying biology, this collection pulls back the curtain on some of the strangest scientific mysteries…

  30. Human Hybrids and Interdimensional Creatures: Cryptids Compilation Vol. 5

    · 2 h 58 min

    PDS Debt is offering a free debt analysis. It only takes thirty seconds. Get yours at https://PDSDebt.com/files. Thanks PDS Debt for sponsoring this video! Human Hybrids or Interdimensional Creatures: Cryptids…

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

    · 4 h 18 min

    -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…

  32. Stories That Still Haunt the Internet: The Soup Room, The Masked Feast, The Station That Isn't There

    · 51 min

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  33. The Basement: Danny Goler | The Laser Experiment and the Code Inside

    · 2 h 59 min

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  34. Project Chronos | Hitler's Last Weapon

    · 42 min

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  35. The Basement: Dave Paulides | Missing 411 and Cases the Government Won't Let You See

    · 1 h 59 min

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  36. The Asteroid Behind the Bible's Most Famous Disaster

    · 44 min

    -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…

  37. The Basement: Andrew Gallimore | DMT Didn't Take You Somewhere New — It Unlocked What's Always There

    · 3 h 11 min

    -If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://ForThePeople.com/WHY -Discover how to move your IRA or…

  38. Canada's Most Documented UFO Case | Falcon Lake

    · 39 min

    -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…

  39. The Basement: Bryce Zabel | Disclosure Day, Dark Skies, and Hollywood UFO Deals

    · 3 h 04 min

    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…

  40. The Basement: Joshua Cutchin | Fairies, Bigfoot, and the Connection Nobody Saw Coming

    · 2 h 46 min

    Get 25% off Cowboy Colostrum with code WHYFILES at https://cowboycolostrum.com/WHYFILES. Josh Cutchin is a researcher, author, and musician whose work occupies a rare space between rigorous scholarship and genuine…

  41. Parallel Universes Are Real — And People Fall Into Them

    · 46 min

    Sign up for therapy and get 10% off at https://betterhelp.com/whyfiles . #ad Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/THEWHYFILES to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. Gather round, because…

  42. The Basement: Joseph Matheny | The Man Who Hacked Reality Before the Internet Existed

    · 2 h 54 min

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  43. The Forbidden Theory of Morphic Resonance

    · 41 min

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  44. The Basement: Luke Caverns | LiDAR Is Revealing Ancient Cities the Amazon Was Hiding

    · 4 h 51 min

    Go to https://nicnac.com/whyfiles and use code WHYFILES for 20% off, or use the store locator to find Nic Nacs near you. Get your free, 30-second personalized assessment TODAY at https://PDSDebt.com/BASEMENT The…

  45. The Basement: Rizwan Virk | The Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Physics & Mysticism

    · 3 h 05 min

    Rizwan Virk built games downloaded millions of times, invested early in Discord, and taught at MIT. Then he put on a VR headset in Sausalito and nearly fell over reaching for a table that didn't exist. That…

  46. The Machines Are Watching You | And They Know Everything (Compilation)

    · 2 h 56 min

    Secret listening posts sit inside ordinary buildings in major cities. Numbers stations still broadcast coded messages over shortwave radio — and no one officially admits why. This compilation traces the full arc of…

  47. The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar

    · 3 h 06 min

    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. Luigi Vendittelli was 9 years…

  48. What Science Found at the Edge of Death | The Third Man

    · 40 min

    Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/THEWHYFILES to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. Hundreds of survivors across a century — climbers, sailors, divers, soldiers — report the same thing.…

  49. The Basement: Nerdrotic | From Folsom Prison to Millions of Subscribers

    · 3 h 31 min

    Before YouTube. Before millions of subscribers. Before Friday Night Tights — Gary Buechler had a story almost nobody knew. It starts at Folsom Prison, a neighbor's jar of pennies, and a double-murderer cellmate who…

  50. Strange But True: Toxic Lady, The Cecil Hotel, Farmhouse Murders

    · 41 min

    Gather round, this happened. A nurse draws blood and collapses before she can speak. A Bavarian farmer finds footprints in the snow that only go one way. A hotel guest complains the water tastes sweet. Three stories.…

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