The Strange Machine

On this episode, Lee, Alena and Nathan examine the phenomenon of "QAnon", going into the beliefs, history, precursors, implications, and meaning behind one of the fastest spreading belief systems on Earth.

On this episode, Nathan looks into the possibility that there was almost a fascist coup in the early 1930s that could have ended American democracy and installed a dictatorship. Happy election season!

On this episode, Nathan investigates several events during the 1940s and 50s in which US Air Force or Navy planes encountered - and in some cases, fought with - unidentified flying objects. It happens more often than you would think...

On this episode, Alena, Lee and Nathan look back at the events of September 11th, 2001 to ask the question: were the attacks of 9/11 an inside job by the Bush administration? To answer this, they dive into historical precedent, realpolitik philosophy, and the forensic evidence from the attacks themselves. In the end, they come up with an answer that, not surprisingly, makes them all quite a bit sadder.

On this episode, Lee and Nathan look at the strange (and largely forgotten) events of the Great Seattle Windshield Epidemic, which is more or less exactly what it sounds like. They do mention aliens a little, but mostly this is a Cold War themed episode...

On this episode, Nathan turns his attention back to West Virginia to investigate the monster seen by seven witnesses in 1952 and encounters the elusive Gray Barker once more...

On this episode, Alena, Lee and Nathan look at what happens when large groups of human beings freak the %$#@ out all at once. They discuss ghosts, bugs, anthrax, English seaside resort towns in the 1960s, and the expression Lee makes when he's about to say something that he thinks will get him into trouble...

On this episode, Nathan's mind wanders off into the twisted trees of the Pine Barrens and twistier tangents of history to track down the elusive Jersey Devil. For more information on this cryptid, we recommend reading "The Secret History of the Jersey Devil" by Regal and Esposito.

To celebrate Pride Month, in this episode Alena, Lee, and Nathan discuss the "Lavender Scare". In the 1950s, 60s, and 70s the American and Canadian governments were terrified that there was a massive conspiracy of LGBTQ+ people, which caused those governments to behave in some fairly ridiculous and terrible ways. For more information on this, check out the excellent documentary "The Fruit Machine".

On this episode, Nathan looks into the eerie theory that, during the early 1960s, the Soviet Union lost a bunch of cosmonauts in space and then covered it up.