Occultae Veritatis Podcast - OVPOD

By Ood, Sage, Leon and Richard!

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Four curious Canadians venture into the darkest, most misunderstood, or contentious areas of our reality. Real life lore from the mouths of Ood, Sage, Leon, and Richard.

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Occultae Veritatis Podcast - OVPOD episodes:

01.16.2024
Case #217: Nazi Sea Monkeys
Classification: [History] You read that correctly. Today, we dive into the surprisingly dark secret hidden behind brine shrimp
01.09.2024
Case #216: The Birth and Death of Capitalism
Case #216: The Birth and Death of Capitalism Classification: [History] Today, on ovpod, we look at where capitalism was born, and go on to discuss where it may go to die. Topics Mentioned: French Revolution, feudalism,...
12.09.2023
An Explanation... OVpod returning January 6th, 2024
We owe you an explanation, here it is.
11.01.2023
Case #215: Hell Houses; Halloween Indoctrination
Occultae Veritatis Podcast Case #215: Hell Houses; Halloween Indoctrination While many people enjoy Halloween as a time for costumes, treats, and fun, some fundamentalist Christians use it as a chance to create 'Hell Houses' instead of...
10.29.2023
Case #214: The Ghost Train of St. Louis
In the small Canadian village of St. Louis, a local legend has attracted attention for decades. At one time a train ran through tracks just north of the town prior to being removed in the early 2000s. De-spite the tracks...
10.18.2023
Case #213: Lake Monsters around the World; From Jamacia to Japan
We are back at it again for ovpod Halloween 2023. 10 more countries, 10 more lake monsters to talk about. The River Mumma, The Ahuitzotl, The Kilopilopitsofy, The Lusca. The Kappa and more will be explored and talked about!...
10.08.2023
Case #212: The Catskills Crone
Case #212: The Catskills Crone Classification: [Mystery} Join host Richard Bigly on a spine-tingling journey deep into the heart of the Catskill Mountains as he unravels the eerie legend of "The Catskills Crone." In this chilling episode,...
09.16.2023
Case #211: Colleen Ballinger & The Ukulele Apology
Colleen Ballinger, likely known better as her persona Miranda Sings, has recently responded to a flurry of serious allegations with a condescending song played on a tiny stringed instrument. What could have possibly led this event? What exactly is she...
09.07.2023
Case #210: What if Humans disappeared?
Early one morning, Richard Bigly, and every other human on earth, simply disappear. This is where the story starts. What happens to humanity's pets, buildings, satellites, concrete, kitchen sinks, plastic nightstands, livestock, crops? Hear how long it takes for earth...
08.16.2023
Case #209: Queer in Care
Classification: [Healthcare) Today, a hidden and forgotten progressive issue is revealed and discussed. The phenomena of Queer people being forced back into the closet as they enter long term care. Gay relationships are ended, identities are erased, and out...
08.09.2023
Case #208: Picking a Bone with Bones
Classification: [Law + Justice) Incredibly Learned man Merg lends us his expertise analysing Crime Scene Investigation television. In particular, the Forensic Anthropology crime procedural, Bones. Can you simulate exactly how a bone would break? Would lab technicians stage beetle...
07.17.2023
Case #207: 69 Things You’re Wrong About
Viking Helmets didn’t have horns, Strawberries aren't berries, and Thomas Crapper didnt invent the toilet. These are among the 69 things you are personally wrong about and need to be corrected on. Today, on Ovpod, we “Well Actually” until the...
07.08.2023
Case #206: Spicy Connections II - Attack of the Chilli
Occultae Veritatis Podcast Case #206: Spicy Connections II - Attack of the Chilli Leon is back with the second installment of their fact filled trip between seemingly unrelated subjects. This episode, we jump from potatoes, to pilot Gary...
06.27.2023
Case #205: Pine Gap: Global Spying Down Under
Classification: History Journey into the heart of Pine Gap, the clandestine CIA military base nestled deep within the Australian outback. In this thought-provoking podcast episode, we delve into the base's role in global surveillance, intelligence gathering, and the conspiracies...
06.16.2023
Case #204: Harvey Milk
Case #204: Harvey Milk Harvey Milk was many things, the first openly gay person in public office, a martyr, a leader, a symbol, and he even had darkness worth scrutinizing. Join OVpod as we talk about this complicated Icon. ...
06.06.2023
Case #203: Aimo's Methamphetamine Odyssey
Classification: History This episode has it all, war, skiing, Meth, Finnish men, and adventures in the forest. Hear the tale of the man who took enough stimulants to fuel 30 grown men and escaped the Soviets!
03.29.2023
Case #202: The Monster of Turtle Lake, Saskatchewan
Case #202: The Monster of Turtle Lake, Saskatchewan Turtle Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada has a long history of “monster” sightings. Scaring grandmothers and grandchildren alike for over a century. Today we talk to the man who has taken it upon...
03.16.2023
Case #201: Cold War; Canada's High Arctic Relocation
Classification: [History] In 1950s, the Cold War was heating up, and Canada was desperate to protect its Northern Territories. The solution was to forcibly relocate indigenous people to the far north without proper food or shelter to act as human...
03.06.2023
Case #200: The Murder of Matthew Graville
Classification: [Crime] Matthew Graville was murdered by his half brother Jeffrey Vogelsberg. Compared to people without disabilities, people with disabilities are more likely to be murdered by their family members and caregivers. Today, on OVpod, we tell Matthew’s story and...
01.25.2023
Case #199: Biggest Nuclear Explosions of All Time
Classification: [History] We start the list of biggest nukes with a few honorable mentions, suitcase nukes, backpack nukes, and nukes stolen from Bethesda games. The we get into the meat of the episode, the top 10 most powerful nuclear weapons...
01.17.2023
Case #198: Becoming Death; The Birth of Nukes
Case #198: Becoming Death; The Birth of Nukes Classification: [History] Our layman’s introduction to nuclear weapons. How exactly do they “detonate”? What occurred in the $2 Billion-dollar Top Secret “Manhattan Project”? What is the anatomy of a nuclear explosion? And...
01.07.2023
Case #197: Invisible Illnesses "You Don't Look Sick"
Case #197: Invisible Illnesses "You Don't Look Sick" Classification: [Healthcare] This Episode OVPOD talks about a group of Illnesses that are Invisible. The people who have these Invisible Illnesses may look healthy, but in reality, are sick. From...
12.25.2022
Case #196: The True Meaning of Christmas
Ft Guest Host Miriam Delirium Christmas wasn’t found in a box, a bag, or a stocking. Christmas was found in one dude's sarcastic fan fiction. Today, we uncover the true origins of Christmas. From Roman Saturnalia Festivals, to the Puritans...
12.15.2022
Case #195:Blizzard; World's Worst Gaming Company
Ft Guest Host @Papa_BrayD Activision Blizzard, the gaming company behind Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Candy Crush, Diablo and more, became infamous in 2021 when accusations of employee abuse and exploitation went public. Drunk executives raiding employee...
12.05.2022
Case #194: Alleged Abuses at Legacy Christian Academy
Case #194: Alleged Abuses at Legacy Christian Academy The Legacy Christian Academy is a church-run private school in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Formerly known as Christian Center Academy, LCA has close associations with the church it shares a building with,...
11.30.2022
*PATREON PREVIEW* OVpod Bloopers and Outakes
Here is a preview of our Patreon Bonus content that came out nearly a year ago. A collection of bloopers and outakes
11.25.2022
The Murder of Neil Stonechild Omnibus
OVpod's original four episodes about The Murder of Neil Stonechild released as 4-hour episode. Hear us cover this murder at the hands of our local police department, and the lack of justice that has happened since
11.15.2022
Case #193: Legendary Lore and Modern Media
Classification: [History] Guest Presenter Rocky takes us on a journey of Myths, Legends, and Game Of Thrones commentary. We learn about ancient Greek and Roman mythology and learn how modern media still reflects ancient myths like a polished mirror -Sponsored...
11.05.2022
Case #192: The Huronia Institution; 133 Years of Abuse
Case #192: The Huronia Institution; 133 Years of Abuse Classification: [History] Guest Presenter She-Wolf tells us about a Controversial Canadian institution that had operated for over 133 years. Opening in 1875 as “Orillia Asylum for Idiots and Feeble-Minded”,...
10.28.2022
Case #191: Lesser-Known Lake Monsters; Australia to North Korea
Case #191: Lesser-Known Lake Monsters; Australia to North Korea Classification: [Cryptozoology] Every country on earth has at least one legend of a beast lurking in its lakes and rivers. Today on ovpod, we take a world tour exploring...
10.20.2022
Case #190: The Demon Core; 14 Pounds of Plutonium
Classification: [History] The Demon Core was destined to become the third nuclear bomb dropped on Japan, but it was never used. Its destiny for death lived on regardless. Hear guest presenter Misfit tell the story of a 14-pound sphere...
10.11.2022
Case #189: Mummification and European Thievery
Classification: [History] Mummies are human corpses that were prevented from decaying. Some mummies are naturally formed, such as the bog mummies of Europe, others were deliberately formed, such as the famous Egyptian Mummies. Today, we talk about all things...
10.01.2022
Case #188: Stealth Technology; Making Planes Invisible
Case # 188: Stealth Technology; Making Planes Invisible Classification: [Tech] How exactly do you make a 50,000 lb jet plane look like a bumble bee on the radar? Today, on ovpod, hear Leon guide the rest of the...
09.21.2022
Case #187: Love Has Won; 5th Dimensional Cult
Case #187: Love Has Won; 5th Dimensional Cult Classification: [Real Life Lore] In 2021, the matriarch and leader of the “Love Has Won” cult was discovered dead, missing her eyes, mummified, and wrapped in Christmas lights. Today, on...
09.11.2022
Case #186: Shock Sites; The Horrifying Early Internet
Case #186: Shock Sites; The Horrifying Early Internet Classification: [Real Life Lore] Shock sites are websites that cause distress or shock to those that visit them. Some sites were tame. Lemon Party is simply consensual senior citizen sex....
09.01.2022
Case # 185: Concentration Camps in The World Wars
Case # 185: Concentration Camps in The World Wars Classification: [Real Life Lore] Between 1914 and 1945, humanity engaged in two Global Wars, killing 130 million people. This episode focuses on the concentration camps of those World Wars....
08.21.2022
Case #184: Police Culture; Behind The Thick Blue Line
Classification: [Cults] Join That Dang Dad, Aka Phil, an ex-police officer, and current police criticizer as he guides us through his experience in behind-closed-doors police culture and on-the-job training that taught him to lie, cause pain, and dehumanize the...
08.11.2022
Case #183: Marvin and his Killdozer
Classification: [Real Life Lore] The story most people have heard goes something like “Marvin Heemeyer was happy running his muffler shop until the people of Granby, Colorado pushed him to violence”. But is that the true story? Or was Marvin...
08.01.2022
Case # 182: Rod Ferrell; Florida Murder Vampire Cult
Classification: [Cults] A flash in the pan cult active in the late 1990s, lead by self described vampire Roderrick "Rod" Ferrell. Join us on another classic dark sage episode as we dive into the murder, the blood drinking, and...
07.20.2022
Case #181: Lord Timothy Dexter; A story of Coal, Cats, and the Caribbean
Case #181: Lord Timothy Dexter; A story of Coal, Cats, and the Caribbean Classification: [History] Meet the man with a 20-luck score, born with a golden horseshoe up his ass, Lord Timothy Dexter. Cult Member Misfit Rader takes...
07.10.2022
Case #180: Scurvy: Put the Lime in the Coconut and Drink it All Up
Classification: [Real world Lore] A history of bleeding gums and medicine. Hear out guest Jack Sprat take us through a journey of trial and error to discover a cure for scurvy -Sponsored by- Our Patrons at http://www.patreon.com/ovpod https://www.ovpod.ca/
06.12.2022
Case # 179: Who the Hell are the Sea Peoples? The Bronze Age Apocalypse
Classification: [History] Just when humanity was in the middle of a golden age, it mysteriously collapsed in the span of a single human lifetime. The collapse of the bronze age has volcanos, earthquakes, rebellion, war, starvation, and a mysterious...
05.29.2022
Case # 178: A Brief History of The Human Race
Case # 178: A Brief History of The Human Race Classification: [History] From our emergence 300,000 years ago to us entering the bronze age 5000 years ago, and all the times we nearly went extinct in between. Did we kill...
05.16.2022
Case # 177: Southpaw Patrol
Case # 177: Southpaw Patrol Classification: [Science] Why do left-handed people die sooner? Why are left-handed people more likely to get various diseases? What other struggles do southpaws have to navigate? Join resident left handers Richard and Leon as they...
04.24.2022
Case #176: Aum Shinrikyo; Japanese Doomsday Cult
Classification: [Cults] Known mostly for the 1995 subway sarin attack, the true story goes much deeper. Aussie Uranium mining, Russian partnerships, and mass producing deadly and recreational chemicals, Aum Shinrikyo was prolific. Join the OVpod crew as we discuss...
04.10.2022
Case #175: If the Earth was Flat
Case #175: If the Earth was Flat Classification: [Memes] Yes, debunking flat earth theories is all the rage, but this episode takes a different approach to the subject. How would life on earth be different if the earth...
03.27.2022
Case #174: Leon’s Spicy Connections
Case #174: Leon’s Spicy Connections Classification: [Memes] Naked Apes, Hot Sauce, Penis Bones, GOP Politicians, Maritime Airports, Independence from the British, Tea leaves, and Leon suffering, this episode has it all! Tune in as Leons connects many different...
03.20.2022
Case #173: The Tulsa Race Massacre; Destruction of Black Wall Street
Case #173: The Tulsa Race Massacre; Destruction of Black Wall Street Classification: [History] The year was 1921. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 10,000 descendants of black slaves worked and lived in a thriving city within a city, The Greenwood District. Then over...
02.23.2022
Case # 172: Project Cauldron: Nukes, Oil, and Bigfoot
Case # 172: Project Cauldron: Nukes, Oil, and Bigfoot Classification: [History] This episode has it all. Join Richard as he guides the ovpod crew through the story of a 1950s plot to use nuclear weapons to harvest oil in...
02.07.2022
Case # 171: The Dyatlov Pass Mystery; Nine Dead on a Mountain Hike
Classification: [Mystery] Missing tongues and radiation found, crushing injuries and a panicked escape from a tent that lead in death. The circumstances surrounding the deaths of nine experienced Russian hikers one cold night 63 years ago has never been fully...

What's Occultae Veritatis Podcast - OVPOD about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Occultae Veritatis Podcast - OVPOD episodes:

Case #217: Nazi Sea Monkeys

Case #216: The Birth and Death of Capitalism

An Explanation... OVpod returning January 6th, 2024

Case #215: Hell Houses; Halloween Indoctrination

Case #214: The Ghost Train of St. Louis

Case #213: Lake Monsters around the World; From Jamacia to Japan

Case #212: The Catskills Crone

Case #211: Colleen Ballinger & The Ukulele Apology

Case #210: What if Humans disappeared?

Case #209: Queer in Care

Case #208: Picking a Bone with Bones

Case #207: 69 Things You’re Wrong About

Case #206: Spicy Connections II - Attack of the Chilli

Case #205: Pine Gap: Global Spying Down Under

Case #204: Harvey Milk

Case #203: Aimo's Methamphetamine Odyssey

Case #202: The Monster of Turtle Lake, Saskatchewan

Case #201: Cold War; Canada's High Arctic Relocation

Case #200: The Murder of Matthew Graville

Case #199: Biggest Nuclear Explosions of All Time

Case #198: Becoming Death; The Birth of Nukes

Case #197: Invisible Illnesses "You Don't Look Sick"

Case #196: The True Meaning of Christmas

Case #195:Blizzard; World's Worst Gaming Company

Case #194: Alleged Abuses at Legacy Christian Academy

*PATREON PREVIEW* OVpod Bloopers and Outakes

The Murder of Neil Stonechild Omnibus

Case #193: Legendary Lore and Modern Media

Case #192: The Huronia Institution; 133 Years of Abuse

Case #191: Lesser-Known Lake Monsters; Australia to North Korea

Case #190: The Demon Core; 14 Pounds of Plutonium

Case #189: Mummification and European Thievery

Case #188: Stealth Technology; Making Planes Invisible

Case #187: Love Has Won; 5th Dimensional Cult

Case #186: Shock Sites; The Horrifying Early Internet

Case # 185: Concentration Camps in The World Wars

Case #184: Police Culture; Behind The Thick Blue Line

Case #183: Marvin and his Killdozer

Case # 182: Rod Ferrell; Florida Murder Vampire Cult

Case #181: Lord Timothy Dexter; A story of Coal, Cats, and the Caribbean

Case #180: Scurvy: Put the Lime in the Coconut and Drink it All Up

Case # 179: Who the Hell are the Sea Peoples? The Bronze Age Apocalypse

Case # 178: A Brief History of The Human Race

Case # 177: Southpaw Patrol

Case #176: Aum Shinrikyo; Japanese Doomsday Cult

Case #175: If the Earth was Flat

Case #174: Leon’s Spicy Connections

Case #173: The Tulsa Race Massacre; Destruction of Black Wall Street

Case # 172: Project Cauldron: Nukes, Oil, and Bigfoot

Case # 171: The Dyatlov Pass Mystery; Nine Dead on a Mountain Hike

PATREON PREVIEW OVpod Bloopers and Outakes