It’s Christmas… but the joy isn’t landing. In this special holiday episode of Piledrivers in the Crypt... demonic Elf on the Shelf incidents, a drunk chain-smoking Santa with a naked Grey alien “helper”... Then we get serious. From Reagan and E.T. to Close Encounters and Taken, Spielberg’s long UFO history becomes the springboard into something darker: what if disclosure never happens because the invasion already did—through AI, distraction, and the slow dumbing-down of the human race?

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🎄🩸 Merry Christmas… I guess. 🩸🎄

So yeah — the Christmas Special with the Mikes didn’t happen. Shocking, I know.But fear not, my festive little ghouls… predictions were made, holiday feelings were felt (against my will), and the halls are officially decked with bones and existential dread.

Listen on all the apps, on my website, and — and I swear on my Art Bell shrine — artbell.us actually works.No irony. No punchline. Reality is weird.

🐶 And seriously, before you go back to arguing with your family about nothing:If you can help Mikey, please donate to his fundraiser. Every bit helps, and he’s a better being than most humans you know.

Ho ho horror.Remember… the darkness is your best friend because you can hide in it. 🖤

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A show that was probably a mistake… I mean, absolutely a mistake. The Mikes are here—yeah, that’s right, for ONE week only. And through some cosmic lapse in judgment I decided to open the wormhole for Larry the Dog.
And look, I know… that was a mistake. I admit it. My bad. I’ll say sorry on behalf of both timelines. But listen anyway! It’s painful, it’s emotional, it’s ridiculous—so basically perfect.
Do me a favor and crawl over to DanielGrothe.us, or whatever app you use while pretending podcasts make you smarter.
And please, for the love of Larry’s glorious memory—help Mikey if you can.
Rest in Power, Larry.The real legend.
And remember… the darkness is your best friend because you can hide in it.

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"I am Strange '' and '' Krampus is Coming'' written and performend by BZfOS / Schlitzer Pepi Records

Daniel has somehow survived:

• Thanksgiving (barely)
• Black Friday (he still has bruises from that old lady with the shopping cart)
• Survivor Series (don’t even ask)
• Cyber Monday (his bank account is now a haunted house)
• Stranger Things (long story…)
• …and his first Perchtenlauf, where he learned that Austrian demons run faster than American ones.

And naturally, he’s back in the Crypt—sarcastic, traumatized, and ready to talk about things that should’ve stayed buried.

🎧 Listen to the new episode now.
It’ll warm your cold little heart… or rip it out. Depends on your mood.

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Daniel survives another Thanksgiving by weaponizing spite, reading your possessed-poultry emails, and dragging us all back to Chernobyl where Mothman apparently moonlights as a safety inspector. The Mikes on Mics finally crawl out of whatever cornfield abduction they were enjoying, grace us with their presence for exactly one episode like the prodigal fanboys they are, and spend twenty minutes simping harder for John Cena than a 14-year-old at a 1998 Backstreet Boys concert.

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope the Black Bird pairs great with cranberry sauce...

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Mike and Mike could not link up yet again.... So yeah I'm here to save us all! Get ready for some out of this world audio! And Cranberry Sauce... 

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"I am Strange '' written and performend by BZfOS / Schlitzer Pepi Records

Halloween is over. The pumpkins are rotting, your candy hangover has settled into the marrow, and guess what? We’re not done. Not even close.

This week on Piledrivers in the Crypt, we’re crawling into the vault of cinema — the realhorrors. The reels that were burned, buried, locked away, or politely swept under the studio rug because apparently “society can’t handle that.”

Meanwhile, the Mikes from Mikes on Mics are mysteriously absent. Are they sick? Busy? Dead? No. They’re probably under a blanket like the trembling little Blanket Baby Boys they are. It’s fine. I’ll carry the show. Like always.

Welcome back to the darkness. It missed you.


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"I am Strange '' written and performend by BZfOS / Schlitzer Pepi Records

Trick or treat, you sexy witches and you ugly, rotting ghouls… it’s Halloween.And honestly—fuck the last few months. We don’t care. The network doesn’t care.It’s Halloween, and that’s all that matters.
So the Mikes and I did the only thing that made sense in this flaming madhouse of a year:We came together to give you the special you actually deserve.
Please… have a safe and happy Halloween—because we sure as hell won’t.And for the love of all things unholy…do not let it involve blankets.Over babies.Seriously.Don’t.

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"Trick or Treat'' written and performend by BZfOS / Schlitzer Pepi Records

This week, we go out in style — or at least in sarcasm. The Wormhole is wide open, and somehow the Mikes made it back through — though Mike S looks like he aged three centuries...

Nothing says “Halloween spirit” like trying to make sense of Vince Russo’s booking logic while surrounded by demons.

And if that’s not horrifying enough, we’ve got five brand-new listener horror stories straight from you — the brave souls who keep proving that reality is way sicker than anything we could make up.

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The Mikes talk about.. Wrestling.. I guess? And...

Just when you thought it was safe to defrost Grandma’s leftovers… I drag you screaming into Part Two of the Halloween Story Special — five new tales straight from The Wormhole that will ruin your appetite, your sanity, and possibly your relationship with CM Punk.

Because here in the Crypt, we don’t just tell ghost stories—we deep fry them and serve them with a side of trauma.

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