What if the greatest mysteries of the year…weren’t just the stories we covered,but the moments we shared along the way?

As the year winds down and the lights glow a little softer, we’re closing out the season by looking back, looking ahead, and leaning fully into the feeling that makes this time of year special.

This week, we’re trading deep dives for deep reflection.

We talk about our favorite episodes of the season - the ones that stuck with us, surprised us, scared us, made us laugh, or just felt the most “Rad.” From strange mysteries to personal obsessions, we break down why certain stories lingered long after the microphones were turned off.

We also unwrap one of the most meaningful gifts we’ve ever shared on the show - a copy of The Secret: A Treasure Hunt, tipped off to us by one of our listeners. A book that isn’t just about hidden gems and riddles… but about curiosity, wonder, and the thrill of chasing something magical just because it’s there.

From there, the conversation wanders (the way it always does).

We talk about what we’re excited to explore next season. The stories we can’t wait to tell. The mysteries still calling to us. And what the Christmas season means to us now - as dads, creators, and kids who never quite let go of that feeling.

And finally, we find ourselves longing for the old days…
Wandering the aisles of toy stores in the 80s and 90s.
The smell of plastic and cardboard.
Endless shelves.
No phones.
No rush.
Just imagination.

It’s a season finale that feels less like an episode - and more like hanging out after the presents are opened, batteries half-dead, manuals spread across the floor, and time standing still for just a little while longer.

So slow down.
Let the memories linger.
And hold onto that feeling just a little longer.

Because the best treasures aren’t always buried…
Sometimes they’re the stories we tell, the people we share them with, and the memories we keep chasing.

Stay Curious.
Stay Spooked.
Stay Forever Rad.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

SEE YOU NEXT SEASON (JANUARY 2026)

What if one of the most famous monsters in the world…
wasn’t just a legend of the mountains - but the centerpiece of a secret Cold War operation?

High in the Himalayas - where the air thins, the snow never melts, and the mountains feel ancient and alive - Sherpas whisper about screams echoing across the ridgelines.
About something powerful enough to snap a yak’s neck with a single blow.
About a creature that walks like a man… but is anything but human.

For centuries, locals have known it by another name: the Yeti.

This week, we ascend into the frozen heart of the Rooftop of the World to explore the legend of the Abominable Snowman — from ancient Tibetan tapestries and monastery relics, to chilling eyewitness encounters, to the famous footprints photographed on Himalayan glaciers.

But the mystery doesn’t end in the snow.

Because in the 1950s, as the world edged closer to nuclear war, the Yeti attracted the attention of a Texas oil heir named Tom Slick — a millionaire adventurer, monster hunter, and possible CIA asset who funded multiple expeditions into Nepal, attempted to trap the creature alive, and smuggled alleged Yeti remains out of the Himalayas… with the help of Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart.

Together, we’ll trace the tangled trail of folklore, footprints, secret missions, and unexplained deaths that make this one of the strangest stories we’ve ever covered.

🎙️ This episode, we’ll uncover:
• The terrifying Sherpa accounts of a yak-killing beast stalking the high mountains
• The ancient name metoh-kangmi — the “foul-smelling man of the snows” — and how it became the Abominable Snowman
• The legendary Shipton footprints and why some scientists say they don’t match any known animal
• Reports of blood-curdling screams heard by Everest climbers at 18,000 feet
• The monastery relics said to belong to the Yeti — including a mummified hand hidden for centuries
• How a Texas millionaire funded multi-year Yeti expeditions using helicopters, cages, and steel traps
• The shocking claim that Tom Slick used monster hunts as CIA cover during the Cold War
• Nazi expeditions, lost evidence, and the theory of a surviving ancient ape
• The mysterious mid-air explosion that ended Tom Slick’s life — and the questions that remain
• And the unsettling possibility that the Yeti isn’t a monster at all… but something far older, smarter, and determined to remain hidden

So lace up your boots.
Check your oxygen.
And listen closely for the screams in the night.

We’re heading into the snow — where legends walk upright, spies hunt monsters, and the truth disappears into the white.

Stay Curious.
Stay Spooked.

Stay Forever Rad.

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Sound Wizardry:
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• Tyler Bence — Mixing, Mastering, & Art Design

Outro Jam:
“Ghost Story” by The Modern Society

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What if one of the most mysterious places on Earth… wasn’t in the ocean, or the jungle, or buried in some ancient ruin — but hidden beneath the frozen surface of a Siberian lake?

A place older than civilization.
Deeper than imagination.
And stranger than anything the X-Files ever dared to film.

This week, we journey into Lake Baikal — the world’s oldest and deepest lake — a place so vast and so ancient it feels less like a body of water and more like a boundary between realities.

For thousands of years, travelers, fishermen, explorers, and even Soviet military divers have reported things in Baikal that defy explanation:

Monsters.
Ghost ships.
Blinding lights in the deep.
Humanoids in silver suits.
Vessels that vanish — and sometimes return.
And a magnetic anomaly so powerful it seems to pulse with… intention.

Together, we’ll dive into the legends, the science, the folklore, and the straight-up bizarre documented encounters that make Baikal one of the greatest unsolved mysteries on the planet.

🎙️ This episode, we’ll uncover:

• The ancient Water Dragon Master, Baikal’s monster said to prowl the crystal depths — carved into stone long before modern history.• The chilling 1982 encounter where Soviet divers came face-to-face with underwater humanoids… and not everyone returned.• UFOs that don’t just fly — they plunge into the lake like it’s a doorway.• Ships that disappear without a trace, swallowed by fog, whirlpools, or something far stranger.• The mirages so vivid they produce phantom trains, castles, and ghostly vessels drifting across the water.• A magnetic anomaly that has doubled in size — twice — with no scientific explanation.• And the unnerving question:Is Baikal simply a lake… or is it a portal to the unknown?

So grab your parka, your flashlight, and your courage.
We’re venturing beneath the ice — into the deep, ancient waters where legends breathe, shadows move, and the truth feels just out of reach.

Join us as we dive into…
Lake Baikal: Secrets, Monsters, and the Portal to the Unknown

Stay Curious. Stay Spooked. Stay Forever Rad.

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SHOW INFO:

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What if the movies you remember from childhood… never actually existed?
The ones you swear you saw — on a worn-out VHS tape from Blockbuster — with a wild plot, bad dubbing, and a cover burned into your brain…
But no one else remembers them.

This week, we rewind to a stranger era — a time when movie aisles stretched like cathedrals of neon light, and every clamshell box whispered something incredible.
The age of the VHS fever dream.

Together, we’ll explore the blurred line between the real and the imagined—those low-budget, high-sincerity flicks that defied logic, physics, and probably every copyright law known to man.

Some of the movies we describe this week are 100% real.
Some are completely fake.
And the challenge?
You have to figure out which is which.

🎬 This episode, we’ll uncover:
• The lost action heroes of the VHS age — denim-clad, shirtless, and armed with vengeance (and questionable wigs).
• The sci-fi “classics” that never made it past the clearance bin — all laser beams, leather jackets, and recycled sound effects.
• The mystery of memory itself — why we remember fake movies so vividly, and what that says about the strange power of nostalgia.
• And the greatest cinematic question of all: does it even matter if it was real, if it feels like it was?

We’ll take you back to that smell of plastic rental cases, rewound tape, and microwaved pizza rolls.
We’ll wander the aisles again — side by side — searching for the weirdest, wildest movie that may or may not have ever existed.

So grab your membership card, your 3D glasses, and your late fees.
The lights are dim, the VCR is warm, and the truth is somewhere between the aisles.

Join us, as we dive into…The Blockbuster Video Files - Real, Fake, or Fever Dream

Be kind. Rewind. Stay Forever Rad!

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The Djinn – Ancient Horrors of Smokeless Fire

What came before ghosts?
Before demons?
Before the monsters we tell around campfires and in dark basements?

This week—for our HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR finale—we turned our eyes to something far older.

The Djinn.
Ancient beings said to be created from smokeless fire—not angels, not demons… something in between. Hidden. Watching. Whispering.

Throughout this episode, we’ll uncover the origins of the Djinn, and then descend into the chilling encounters people still swear are happening today.

🔥 This episode, we’ll explore:

• Wadi al-Jinn (Saudi Arabia) – where cars are pulled uphill in neutral… and locals refuse to stay after dark.

• Abu Fanous – The Desert Lantern – a lonely flickering light that lures travelers off the path, and into nothingness.

• Ghoul-like shapeshifters, haunted wells, crossroads, and abandoned places said to belong not to men… but to those made of fire.

• The Possession of “Sania” (Pakistan) – a six-year-old girl, a voice that wasn’t hers, and the whisper that never left the hallway.

• Jinn Alley – Saudi Military Base – soldiers reporting voices, shadows, and orders from things they can’t see.

• The Haunted Hospital of Irqah (Riyadh) – abandoned after war and fire; stormed by hundreds; claimed by jinn.

• The House That Burned 11 Times – a family forced to flee as fire after fire erupted with no cause… until they left.

What is it about dolls that unnerves us so deeply?
Maybe it’s the way they watch us.
Maybe it’s because they’re made to look alive… but never blink.
Or maybe—it’s because all over the world, people keep finding dolls in places where no doll should be.

Last week, we opened the case on Annabelle, Robert, Peggy, Letta Me Out, and other infamous possessed dolls.
This week—we go deeper.
Into the places where dolls are left behind, half-buried, waterlogged, hung in trees or locked in glass cases.

This episode, we’ll hear:

🪆 Abandoned Dolls in Abandoned Places:

• Richard & Sarah – “The Lovers’ Doll,” found in an abandoned car with a handwritten warning.

• Charlie the Haunted Doll – discovered in a 1930s attic—alongside a prayer.

• The Hougang Doll (Singapore) – left sitting at a roadside tree, blindfolded with “Bismillah” scrawled across the cloth.

• The Haunted Doll Factory (Mexico) – decaying doll parts, ritual remains, and whispered warnings never to take anything from it.

• La Isla de las Muñecas (The Island of the Dolls) – the drowned girl, the hermit, and the hundreds of dolls watching from the trees.

🌍 International Haunted Dolls & Rituals:

• The Okiku Doll (Japan) – the doll whose hair grows… and never stops.

• Ushi no Koku Mairi – ancient Japanese curse ritual using straw dolls nailed to sacred trees.

• Hitori Kakurenbo (One-Man Hide and Seek) – an online ritual game with dolls, rice, blood, and 3AM.

• Masakichi’s Living Doll – a 19th-century sculpture so lifelike it was mistaken for a corpse.

• Nagoro, The Valley of Dolls – the abandoned village repopulated entirely with life-sized human dolls.

• Jenglot (Indonesia) – tiny vampire-like doll creatures said to drink blood and live in black boxes.

We’ll explore:🩸 Why so many haunted dolls target the eyes—the place where “soul meets body.”🎭 How abandonment, grief, ritual, and folklore breathe life into lifeless toys.💀 And why something created to comfort us as children… so easily becomes the stuff of nightmares.

Join us as we drift into the misty canals of Xochimilco, step into silent attics, and stare into the dead eyes of the dolls left behind.

Stay strange. Be Rad.

Got a creepy doll story of your own? A haunted toy in your attic? Send it our way—we might just feature it.

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What is it about dolls that unnerves us so deeply?
Maybe it’s the way they watch us. Maybe it’s the fact that they look human—but aren’t. Or maybe it’s because, across every corner of the globe, people swear these lifeless toys are anything but.

This week, we’re opening the display case and peering into the glassy gaze of haunted dolls from around the world. From countless famous cases in the USA to Australia’s “Letta Me Out” doll that screams from the trunk it was found in…these aren’t just bedtime stories. They’re artifacts of fear, faith, and something darker.

We’ll explore:
🩸 Why so many haunted dolls fixate on eyes—the windows to the soul.🎭 How belief, ritual, and folklore transform toys into terrifying relics.💀 And why something designed to comfort us in childhood can become our greatest source of horror.

Join us as we travel across continents and centuries, uncovering the strange, the tragic, and the truly terrifying world of haunted dolls.

Stay strange. Be Rad.

Got a theory, creepy doll story, or cursed collectible of your own? Send it our way—we might just feature it.

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A knock at the door after dark should be ordinary. But what if it isn’t? For decades, people all over the world have told the same unnerving story: pale, monotone children with jet-black eyes asking to be let inside. Some call them Black Eyed Kids. Some say they vanish when refused. Others whisper that letting them in leads to sickness… or worse.

From Brian Bethel’s late-night encounter in a Texas parking lot, to a 1923 Louisiana farm where a woman was haunted nightly by a black-eyed boy, these stories blur the line between internet legend, folklore, and something far more sinister.

This week, we’ll hear:

• Brian Bethel’s infamous 1996 story that ignited the legend.

• Martin York’s strange illness after his encounter in rural West Virginia.

• The eerie 1923 “Jane” case—decades before the internet gave the kids their name.

• Modern variants: hotel window knocks, shopping mall stalkings, and Cannock Chase sightings in the UK.

• Police and military encounters that suggest this isn’t just an urban legend.

We’ll explore:

• Why the “invitation rule” runs through vampire, demon, djinn, and fairy folklore.

• How Black Eyed Kids echo changelings, shadow people, and other age-old monsters.

• And why the sight of a child—something meant to be innocent—hits our deepest fears when it’s wrong.

Join us as we open the door (carefully) to the chilling phenomenon of the Black Eyed Kids—equal parts ghost story, folklore, and modern nightmare.

Stay strange. Be Rad.
Got a theory or creepy kid story of your own? Send it our way—we’d love to feature it.

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The air around us hums with voices we’re not meant to hear. For decades, strange radio signals have slipped through the static—buzzing tones, eerie music, and robotic voices reciting endless strings of numbers. They’re called numbers stations, and they may be the creepiest reminder that the Cold War never really ended.

From Russia’s infamous UVB-76 “Buzzer” to the haunting Swedish Rhapsody music box, from Cuba’s Atención broadcast that landed spies in a U.S. courtroom, to an unplugged RAF radio that still plays Winston Churchill speeches—these transmissions blur the line between espionage, folklore, and the paranormal.

This week, we’ll tune in to:

• The relentless drone of UVB-76, the Russian “doomsday buzzer.”

• The Lincolnshire Poacher and its cheery folk song masking coded messages.

• The nightmare fuel of Swedish Rhapsody and its childlike voice.

• The bizarre Yosemite Sam broadcast from the New Mexico desert.

• Atención—a numbers station that became hard evidence in a federal espionage trial.

• Old Tape and other hijacks that feel more urban legend than spycraft.

• The haunted radio of RAF Montrose, still whispering from beyond the grave.

• The Russian Woodpecker, a Cold War radar array that spawned mind-control conspiracies.

We’ll explore:

• Why spies still use shortwave radio in the internet age.

• How secret codes become modern folklore.

• And why listeners can’t shake the feeling that someone, somewhere, is on the other end.

Join us as we dive into the secret world of numbers stations—equal parts spy story, ghost story, and conspiracy theory.

Stay strange. Be Rad.

Got a theory or spooky radio story of your own? Send it our way—we’d love to feature it.

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The story of Garth Brooks should be one of pure country music legend: a small-town Oklahoma kid who rose to become one of the best-selling artists of all time, breaking records and redefining stadium shows forever.
But lurking in the darker corners of the internet is a bizarre and unsettling theory: what if Garth Brooks isn’t just a country superstar… what if he’s secretly a serial killer?

From comedian Tom Segura’s offhand joke about Garth’s “serial killer smile” to internet sleuths mapping his tour dates against missing persons reports, the conspiracy has grown from a meme into a full-blown internet legend.
And with Garth himself never publicly addressing the rumors, fans are left to wonder: is the silence suspicious — or just smart PR?

This week, we dive headfirst into the strangest (and most fringe) celebrity conspiracy out there. You’ll hear about:

• The infamous “tour date overlaps” with missing person cases.

• The bizarre rise and fall of Garth’s moody alter ego, Chris Gaines.

• The offhand 1989 quote that conspiracy theorists cling to as “proof.”

• Why his giant, toothy grin has been branded as unsettling.

• The eerie internet silence that fans read as guilt.

• And how a simple comedy bit snowballed into one of the weirdest cultural rumors of the last decade.

We’ll explore:

• Why our brains are wired to find patterns — even when none exist.

• How memes and modern internet culture give conspiracies new life.

• The psychology of why we want to believe outlandish stories about celebrities.

• And what this whole saga says about the way folklore, humor, and paranoia intersect in the digital age.

Join us as we unpack the Garth Brooks conspiracy — part internet joke, part urban legend, and part cautionary tale about how the weirdest ideas catch fire.
Stay strange. Be Rad.
Got a theory or story of your own? We’d love to hear it — send us your experience (anonymous is fine).

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Sound Wizardry: Woody Brown (Sound Design, Editing, & Music) & Tyler Bence (Mixing, Mastering, & Art Design)

Outro Jam: “Ghost Story” by The Modern Society

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