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Jackie Hernandez thought she was moving into a new home. What followed became one of the strangest and most disturbing haunting cases ever investigated in California.It began with voices, objects moving on their own, strange lights and a reddish-brown fluid appearing inside the house. Then paranormal investigators entered the San Pedro home themselves.What happened next took the case somewhere far beyond an ordinary ghost story.Investigator Jeff Wheatcraft claimed he was physically attacked in the attic after a cord became wrapped around his neck. Investigators reported strange recordings and unexplained disturbances. Samples of the mysterious fluid were even taken for testing.But the most unsettling part of the San Pedro Haunting may have come later.Jackie moved away.The activity allegedly followed her.In this GITN Condensed investigation, we strip the case down to its strongest incidents, the evidence investigators claimed to witness, the skeptical explanations, and the question that still hangs over the story:Was the San Pedro house haunted?Or was something attached to Jackie Hernandez?Welcome to the strange side of reality.GITN Condensed brings you shorter investigations into strange history, unexplained events, true mysteries and cases where the easy explanation doesn't quite explain everything.

Four U.S. Navy sailors confessed to taking part in the rape and murder of 18-year-old Michelle Moore-Bosko in Norfolk, Virginia.There was just one enormous problem.Danial Williams, Joseph Dick Jr., Eric Wilson, and Derek Tice were all excluded from the crime-scene DNA.Then investigators found Omar Ballard.His DNA matched.And Ballard repeatedly told police that he acted alone.In this episode of GITN Podcast, we take a deep look at one of the most disturbing false-confession and wrongful-conviction cases in modern American criminal justice: The Norfolk Four.We begin with the 1997 murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko and the evidence investigators had before anyone confessed. Then we follow the investigation as police focused on Danial Williams, questioned him overnight, told him he had failed a polygraph even though the examiner recorded “No Deception Indicated,” and eventually obtained a confession that changed as investigators learned more about the crime.But when DNA excluded Williams, the investigation didn’t stop.It expanded.Joseph Dick confessed.Then Eric Wilson.Then Derek Tice.As additional DNA testing continued excluding the accused sailors, the alleged number of participants continued growing.We compare the confessions side by side and ask a simple question throughout the episode:What did these men actually know on their own, and what information may have entered their statements during police questioning?We examine the changing accounts of how Michelle was attacked, where the assault occurred, how many people were involved, how the men supposedly entered the apartment, who stabbed her, what happened to her body, and how those claims compared with the physical crime scene and forensic evidence.We also look at the psychology of false confessions, interrogation pressure, false-evidence tactics, confession contamination, guilty pleas made under the threat of the death penalty, and how one confession can help produce another.Then the case changes completely.Omar Ballard’s DNA matches the biological evidence. He admits raping and killing Michelle. And in his early statements to police, he repeatedly says the Norfolk Four were not involved.So why didn’t the case against the sailors collapse?We also examine Detective Robert Glenn Ford’s role in the interrogations, the later court findings involving Derek Tice, the 2016 federal innocence findings for Danial Williams and Joseph Dick, the eventual dismissal of charges, the absolute pardons granted to all four men in 2017, and the years it took for the justice system to finally change course.This is not simply a story about four false confessions.It is a story about what can happen when a confession becomes the theory through which every new piece of evidence is interpreted.And it raises a much larger question:When the evidence keeps changing, how long should investigators keep changing the theory to protect the confession?Join us as we break down the complete Norfolk Four case.

On March 13, 1997, thousands of people across Arizona reported strange lights moving through the night sky.But what became known as the Phoenix Lights may not have been one event.Earlier in the evening, witnesses described a massive V-shaped formation moving silently across Arizona. Some said it appeared to be a single solid object so large that it blocked out the stars as it passed overhead.Later that night, another formation of bright lights appeared southwest of Phoenix.The official explanation for those later lights involved military illumination flares dropped over the Barry M. Goldwater Range. But does that explanation account for everything witnesses reported that night?In this GITN Condensed investigation, we examine the two Phoenix Lights events, the A-10 and flare explanations, eyewitness accounts, amateur astronomer Mitch Stanley's observations, Governor Fife Symington's surprising admission, and the evidence that continues to make March 13, 1997 one of America's most famous UFO mysteries.Were the Phoenix Lights completely explained—or did something else cross Arizona that night?Welcome to the strange side of reality.

Lisa Nowak had already achieved what most people could only dream of. She was a Navy pilot, test pilot, NASA astronaut, and a member of the Space Shuttle Discovery crew.But just seven months after returning from space, Nowak would become the center of one of the strangest criminal cases in recent history.In February 2007, Lisa Nowak traveled nearly 900 miles to Florida to confront Colleen Shipman, a woman romantically involved with fellow astronaut William “Bill” Oefelein.What happened at Orlando International Airport would turn an accomplished astronaut into a national headline.In this episode of GITN Podcast, we take a detailed look at Lisa Nowak’s extraordinary career, her relationship with Oefelein, Colleen Shipman’s involvement, the journey to Florida, the bizarre items investigators discovered, the confrontation in the airport parking lot, the police investigation, the disputed diaper story, the attempted murder allegations, and the eventual court case.We’ll also look at what happened to Nowak’s NASA and military careers after the incident—and how the case ultimately ended.Was this an attempted murder? A kidnapping attempt? Or an emotional confrontation that spiraled completely out of control?You decide.

People disappear in the wilderness every year. Most cases have explanations.But some don’t.In this GITN Condensed episode, we take a closer look at Missing 411 and the strange patterns that have made these cases so controversial. From the disappearance of Dennis Martin in the Great Smoky Mountains to the case of experienced hunter Aaron Hedges, we examine what happened, what the evidence suggests, and where the normal explanations start to get uncomfortable.David Paulides has argued that certain wilderness disappearances share unusual characteristics. Critics say many of those patterns can be explained by terrain, weather, hypothermia, animal activity, search limitations, and the simple reality of getting lost in remote country.So where does the truth sit?Are these cases part of something genuinely unexplained, or are we looking at unrelated tragedies that seem connected after the fact?Phil and Travis break down the cases, the theories, and the details that still don’t quite add up.Welcome to the strange side of reality.This is GITN Condensed.

On September 12, 1952, a bright object streaked across the sky over Flatwoods, West Virginia. Minutes later, a search party climbed a dark hillside and reported seeing a towering figure with glowing eyes, a reddish face, and a strange pointed shape surrounding its head.The encounter created the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, also known as the Braxton County Monster or Braxie.But what actually happened that night?Was the creature an extraterrestrial visitor connected to a landed UFO? Was it an unknown animal or secret military technology? Or did a meteor, a distant blinking beacon, a startled barn owl, and human fear combine to create one extraordinary experience?In this episode of the GITN Podcast, we reconstruct the Flatwoods Monster encounter piece by piece, separating the original event from later illustrations, media coverage, and decades of folklore.We examine:• The bright object seen crossing the sky• Why witnesses believed something had landed• The mysterious pulsing red light on the hillside• The reported ten-foot figure with glowing eyes• Claims involving odor, mist, nausea, and irritation• The meteor and aircraft-beacon explanations• The controversial barn owl theory• How darkness, fear, expectation, and group reaction affect eyewitness perception• The role of memory and later retellings• How the creature became a West Virginia cultural iconThe evidence may point toward a chain of ordinary events, but several details remain difficult to verify or reconstruct more than seventy years later.The witnesses appear to have experienced genuine fear. The surviving evidence, however, does not conclusively establish an alien encounter.Where do you land?Was the Flatwoods Monster an alien visitor, a barn owl seen under frightening conditions, secret technology, or something that still has not been explained?Join the conversation in the comments or live chat and tell us which part of the case you find hardest to explain.Subscribe to GITN Podcast for more investigations into cryptids, UFO encounters, paranormal history, true crime, strange disappearances, and unexplained events.

For nearly 900 years, one mystery has baffled historians, folklorists, and paranormal enthusiasts alike.Two children suddenly appeared in the English village of Woolpit. They had green skin, spoke a language no one could understand, refused all food except broad beans, and claimed to come from a mysterious place called St. Martin’s Land—a world where the sun never truly shined.Were they lost Flemish refugees? Victims of a rare medical condition? Characters in a medieval folktale? Or did they experience something that still defies explanation?In this episode of GITN Podcast, we separate historical fact from centuries of speculation. We’ll examine the original medieval accounts, the evidence behind every major theory, and why this bizarre story remains one of England’s greatest unsolved mysteries.🔎 In this episode:• The original medieval chronicles• The discovery near the Wolf Pits of Woolpit• The mystery of the green skin• St. Martin’s Land explained• The broad beans mystery• Every major historical and paranormal theory• What historians believe todayWhat do you think happened to the Green Children of Woolpit? Let us know your theory in the comments.If you enjoy true crime, unsolved mysteries, strange history, conspiracies, and the unexplained, be sure to subscribe to GITN Podcast for new episodes every week.

For over 20 years, mysterious letters appeared across Europe claiming to be from extraterrestrials living secretly on Earth.The writers called themselves the Ummites.They described advanced physics, alien sociology, secret landings, and a planet called Ummo orbiting the star Wolf 424. Scientists studied the documents. UFO researchers became obsessed. Entire groups formed around decoding the messages.Then came the confession.A Spanish psychologist claimed it was all an elaborate psychological experiment designed to test belief, manipulation, and human gullibility.But even after the confession… the mystery didn’t die.Tonight we dive deep into one of the strangest UFO cults ever created:The Ummo Files.Was it:• The greatest UFO hoax ever attempted?• A Cold War psychological operation?• A social experiment?• Or something even stranger?This is GITN Podcast.

In 1994, 26-year-old Phil Gaul disappeared in Dayton, Ohio.

His last known movements reportedly took him toward Asylum — a popular goth and alternative nightclub in downtown Dayton.

Then the story became much stranger.

Years later, retired Dayton Police Lieutenant David Williams publicly discussed allegations that Gaul had been killed during an occult ritual connected to the club. One account claimed he had been beheaded, his head sold as an occult relic, and his body disposed of through Dayton's underground storm-sewer system.

Police reportedly searched the tunnels.

They did not find Gaul.

And they did not find evidence proving the alleged ritual murder.

But the story didn't disappear.

Dayton developed a reputation for having an unusually active vampire subculture, and eventually the mystery became part of a planned documentary called Vampires of Gem City.

Netflix was reportedly going to release it.

Then the documentary was shelved.

It never aired.

So what actually happened to Phil Gaul?

Was there really an occult or vampire connection to his disappearance?

Were stories surrounding Asylum exaggerated because it was a goth nightclub?

And why did a documentary about the case disappear before the public ever got to see it?

Phil and Travis examine the disappearance, the allegations, the evidence, Dayton's vampire subculture, and the questions that remain.

This is GITN Condensed — the central story from a full GITN Podcast investigation, edited into a tighter, focused episode.

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An aspiring filmmaker obsessed with Dexter allegedly turned fantasy into reality in one of Canada’s most disturbing modern murder cases.In 2008, Mark Twitchell created fake online dating profiles, rented a secluded garage in Edmonton, and became the center of a murder investigation that shocked the internet. When police discovered a disturbing computer document called “SK Confessions,” the case became internationally infamous.This episode covers:the disappearance of Johnny AltingerTwitchell’s obsession with Dexterthe fake online identitiesthe “kill room” garagethe surviving victim who escapedthe disturbing confession-style writingsthe forensic investigationand the psychology behind one of the strangest true crime cases in modern history.This is the true story of the man the media called:“The Dexter Killer.”