The Paranoid Strain
By Fearful Jesuit
The podcast that explains why so many people believe ridiculous conspiracy theories.
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Latest episode
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New! Unidentified--Roswell: The mortician's tale, and the little alien bodies
Continuing our skeptical look at Roswell, this time examine the story told by town mortician Glenn Dennis--a fascinating combination of real events, confabulations, and total crap. We also look into the eyewitness reports of little--well, not green m… -
New! Unidentifed--So, what really happened at Roswell?
We're back a week late, but I hope you agree it's worth it. Having heard the pro-UFO version of Roswell last time, we now seek to learn why so many dedicated investigators have looked into this situation and decided it's sound and fury signifying not… -
Unidentified--Interlude
We're gonna need another week -
New! Unidentified--The Roswell incident (as told by an expert UFO believer)
This time, we hear the full story of Roswell--or, at least, the full story as it's told by those who are convinced that a UFO crashed there. This is audio captured during the great 2017 Paranoid Strain road trip, and we heartily thank Dennis Balthase… -
New! Unidentified--The pre-UFOs that set the stage for Roswell
Roswell is right around the corner, but first let's consider the unidentified objects that appeared in the night skies before everybody decided they were shaped like saucers. To wit, we'll cover The War of the Worlds, the foo fighter phenomenon, a st… -
New! Unidentified--Where are all the aliens? (The Fermi Paradox and Drake's Equation)
We're fully on the UFO beat now, and addressing one of the most vexing questions asked by any scientist in the previous century--Enrico Fermi's question about aliens. That is, "Where is everybody"? We explore many solutions that have been proposed fo… -
New! Unidentified--The 66 trillion year-old Shabazz UFO, and the still-unidentified Oumuamua
Hey! There are finally UFOs in the UFO series! -
New! Unidentified--Wait, is Cthulhu just an Ancient Alien?
Also, out-of-place artifacts! -
New! Unidentified--Graham Hancock, Ancient Aliens, and the Chad Rogaine Experience
You've never heard ancient toddler chanting quite like this... -
New! Unidentified, Episode 9: Nibiru needs gold--and sperm, for some reason
Zecharia Sitchin is weird.