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What would it take for hackers to shut down America—and how close have they come? This week on Ninjas Are Butterflies, we dig into power grid vulnerabilities and the unsettling possibility of a nationwide blackout.

Then, before the world knew him as the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski was a teenage Harvard student caught up in a controversial psychological experiment. Where does MKUltra enter the story? The questions only get darker.

Plus, the strange case of Teddy Kyle Smith takes us deep into the Alaskan wilderness, where a violent encounter and chilling local folklore leave plenty to unravel.

Cyberattacks, true crime, and unexplained mysteries, all on Episode 220.

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Is history repeating itself? In Ninjas Are Butterflies episode 219, the crew explores an eerie cycle linking the American Revolution, Civil War, and World War II—and predictions surrounding 2027. Plus, a calendar rabbit hole involving the Book of Enoch, 10 missing days in 1582, and the Catholic Church, followed by Mao Zedong’s rise to power and unsettling warning signs.

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In 1976, a film crew enters an abandoned amusement park and makes a horrifying discovery. In England, two mysterious stone heads are linked to terrifying encounters with creatures that shouldn’t exist. And when a missing boy returns home three years after his disappearance, investigators begin to suspect something is terribly wrong. This week on Ninjas Are Butterflies, we’re exploring three chilling true mysteries involving paranormal encounters, unexplained disappearances, and disturbing secrets. Some stories are scary enough on their own. These only get worse the deeper you dig.

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What if the reason we haven’t discovered intelligent life in the universe is because artificial intelligence destroyed it? This week on Ninjas Are Butterflies, comedian Brian Bates joins the guys to explore a terrifying theory about the fate of advanced alien civilizations and whether humanity could be heading toward the same disaster. Plus, scientists have successfully grown living human skin on robots, and a mysterious laboratory incident in Russia raises disturbing questions about the next pandemic. How far has science gone, and are we creating something we won’t be able to control?

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L.A. Marzulli is back, and this time he brought something with him that he claims is connected directly to the Roswell crash site. We dive into ancient structures, mysterious giants, hidden history, Roswell, and the government’s slow reveal of what it knows about UFOs. But L.A. believes disclosure may be leading toward something far stranger than anyone expects. This one goes deep.

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The guys from Confused Breakfast join us to dig into some of Hollywood’s strangest rabbit holes. There’s a movie that seemingly no one can make, a disturbing pattern surrounding the people connected to it, and a much bigger question about just how much influence happens behind the scenes in Hollywood.

Then we put artificial intelligence to the test, and things get uncomfortable fast. What started as a simple experiment takes a turn none of us expected.

Cursed Hollywood, movie conspiracies, AI consciousness, Batman arguments, bizarre casting stories, and plenty more in Episode 215 of Ninjas Are Butterflies.

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A terrifying legend once stalked the Arizona frontier. They called it the Red Ghost—but what witnesses claimed they saw wandering through the desert was even stranger than the name.

Then we head to the skies over Iran, where a mysterious sighting bears an eerie resemblance to something reported in the same region more than 50 years ago. What keeps returning to the skies over Iran?

And finally, the people building the world’s most powerful AI are warning that we may be moving too fast. What happens if the thing we’re creating becomes something we can no longer control?

The Red Ghost, UFOs over Iran, artificial intelligence, and plenty more on Ninjas Are Butterflies Episode 214.

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The people building the world’s most powerful AI are starting to sound the alarm. One researcher just walked away, warning that the race toward super-intelligence could have consequences we’re nowhere near prepared for.

Then we dive into a bizarre 1977 encounter involving two military policemen, a nuclear missile site, a UFO, and hours of missing time that remained buried for nearly 50 years.

Plus, the insane rise of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos and how a 19 year old convinced some of the most powerful people in America to believe in technology that barely existed.

AI warnings, UFOs, missing time, billion dollar deception, and plenty of chaos. Welcome to Episode 213 of Ninjas Are Butterflies.

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In 1967, hundreds of children and multiple adults witnessed a mysterious object appear over a Florida elementary school for three days—but the official explanation only made things stranger. This week, we dive into one of Florida’s most overlooked UFO encounters, the bizarre connection between remote viewing, AI, and human consciousness, and an ancient chapter of Egyptian history that could change the way you look at the biblical story of Joseph and the Exodus. UFOs, ancient mysteries, artificial intelligence, and plenty of rabbit holes—welcome back to Ninjas Are Butterflies.

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Cam and Kyle from Expanded Perspectives join us to swap some of the creepiest stories from the woods. We’re talking Bigfoot encounters, Skinwalkers, Crawlers, cryptids, paranormal activity, and plenty of unexplained encounters that’ll make you think twice about going into the woods alone.

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