This Podcast Doesn't Exist

By Shannon McCarthy and Emma Kiely-Hampson

Do aliens exist? Was the Elvis who officiated your Vegas wedding actually Elvis? What if Bigfoot is really descended from a family of cave-dwelling humans from the dark ages? We're just two best frien... more

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June 11, 2021Ep. 33: The Coconuts!: The Oak Island Money Pit
There is nothing better than a treasure hunt. Except maybe if it's a pirate treasure. And it's in Canada. Come join us as Shannon tells Emma all about Canada's national treasure (and we aren't talking poutine) in the Oak Island Money Pit.

Sources:
The Vintage News

Mother Source

What is the Money Pit?

Season 8 of The Curse of Oak Island

12 Possible Treasures

25 Treasures Discovered

Oak Island Treasure

Men’s Health

Atlas Obscura
...more
53min
June 04, 2021 Ep. 32: Baby Bones: The Watcher
Creepy is back!! And what is creepier than a house that comes with a designated "watcher?" Emma does her best to scare Shannon (and mostly fails) with the story of The Watcher from Westfield, New Jersey. Because of course it's New Jersey.

Sources:
The Haunting of 657 Boulevard from The Cut
Why Westfield is so scary
Inside the House
Tales of True Crime Episode 18
Letters and Story of the Watcher
...more
1h 9min
May 28, 2021 Ep. 31: John Cena's Horcrux: Staircases in the Woods
Are there staircases in the depths of the American National Parks? Are they remnants of a lost city, a tornado dump, a portal to another world? Or are they just a hoax? Come listen this week as Shannon pulls an Emma and talks about her Reddit deep dive into the creepy, solitary staircases in the woods.
Sources:
SearchAndRescueWoods on Reddit Pt. 1 and Pt. 2
Historic Mysteries
The Cambodia Daily
Traveler Magazine
Atlas Obscura
Wanderglobe
Renee Rose on Medium
Wikipedia on the Roswell Incident
Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust
...more
42min
May 21, 2021 Ep. 30: Sugar and Blood: The Gardner Museum Heist
How would someone go about stealing almost $50 million in art from a central Boston museum? How could they even get away with it? Well, thieves in 1990 somehow did, and the things they stole have been missing ever since. Come listen as Emma pulls a Shannon and shares the story of the most expensive art heist in the world from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum! Somehow she makes Shannon cry!

Sources:
The Mother Source on the Museum
The Mother Source on the Theft
The Gardner Museum
Boston Magazine infographic of the theft
FBI website of the theft
Time Magazine anniversary article
The Guardian article on the FBI’s suspects found
Netflix limited series: This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist
...more
1h 18min
May 14, 2021 Ep. 29: Alleged Blankets: The Manslaughter Conspiracy of Taylor Swift and Harry Styles
Did Taylor Swift and Harry Styles commit manslaughter during their whirlwind romance? Or is TikTok just stirring up conspiracy for the fun of it? Come join us on this little episode all about TSwift and her penchant for writing songs that may just reveal a bit more than she wanted them to.

Sources:
TikTok
HAIM on IG
Haylor commiting vehicular manslaughter by Laragh O'Reilly on Mind Meister
“I Think Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Killed Someone” by clementines on Spotify
Bustle
Your Tango
...more
37min
May 07, 2021 Ep. 28: Big Mac Daddy: The Montauk Project
Time travel is always an option! And so apparently are teleportation, making giant ships invisible, and becoming a tour guide for computers in a futuristic landscape. Come join us this week as Emma makes Shannon cry (with laughter) at this story of the Montauk Project and the experiments they tried.
Sources:
The Mother Source on the Montauk Project
The Mother Source on the Books
The Mother Source on John von Neumann
The Montauk Project Gallery
The Montauk Project connection to Stranger Things
A Closer Look at the Montauk Project (for stuff that Emma didn’t mention)
Sky Books, where you can find the Montauk books
Montauk Survivor Accounts
Stewart Swerdlow’s website (with workbooks)
Stranger Things influenced by the Montauk Project, by the New York Daily News
What really happened during the Philadelphia Experiment
...more
1h 4min
April 30, 2021 Ep. 27: Cocktail Hour in Heaven: Everest and the Mystery of Mallory and Irvine
The tallest mountain in the world has been conquered by many, but was Sir Edmund Hillary actually the first of these? Or was it George Mallory and his partner, lost to the snow at the peak? Listen as Shannon delves into her favorite topic, Mount Everest, and the mystery of Mallory and Irvine. Emma may or may not cry...
Sources:
Mother Source
PBS NOVA
The Clymb
Secrets of the Ice
Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine by Jochen Hemmleb, Eric R. Simonson, Larry A. Johnson
Last Climb by David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld
Western Oregon University, Pete Poston
BBC News
National Geographic’s Lost on Everest (2020) - streaming on Disney+
National Geographic
...more
1h 38min
April 23, 2021 Ep. 26: If You're a Cow, I'm a Cow: The Mandela Effect
Does Curious George have a tail? Are we living in a simulation? Is Shannon from an alternate universe? Answers to these questions and more on this episode where Emma tells Shannon about the Mandela effect (not the mandala one) and how there are just some things about the world that are a *little* off.
Sources:
Take a quiz to see what you remember
How False Memories Occur
Mental Floss: 10 Examples of the Mandela Effect
Buzzfeed’s list of examples
The ‘Mandela Effect’ and How Your Mind is Playing Tricks on You
The film Wiki
The Mandela Effect, Statue of Liberty, and Black Tom Island
Conspiracy Custard
Forbes: The Mandela Effect--Bad Memories or an Alternate Universe?
Medical News Today: What is the Mandela Effect?
MandelaEffect.com
George Takei’s Facebook Post
Snopes: Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky!
Black Tom Island
...more
1h 15min
April 16, 2021 Ep. 25: Botanical Sexism: The Seasonal Allergies Conspiracy
Do you have a stuffy nose the minute you walk out your door? Eyes itch and throat get scratchy just by existing during the spring? Well then it may just be Big Nursery coming after you, and Big Pharma's in on it too! Listen this week as Shannon clues Emma in on the giant conspiracy that the government is trying to kill her and allergy sufferers like her.
Sources:
@theovtnetwork on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMemAYAeV/
Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/seasonal-allergies-blame-male-trees
Scientific American: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/botanical-sexism-cultivates-home-grown-allergies/
Mel Magazine: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-horticulturalist-whose-lifes-work-is-to-end-botanical-sexism
The Mother Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPALS_(Ogren_Plant_Allergy_Scale)
Wired: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/hay-fever-botanical-sexism
San Luis Ranch, “Home Grown Community”: https://www.sanluisranch.com/
...more
57min
April 09, 2021 Mailbag #3: Doubt Your Doubts
Another mailbag?! So quickly!? Well we just had to finish all the emails you'd sent us, and of course some of them are doozies. Ghosts that you drive through, Hollywood Chris rankings, and more Sweet Briar stories this episode! We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next Friday. Enjoy!
Sources from Jesse:
Article: Radar scan of Shakespeare's grave confirms skull apparently missing: by Sarah Young; editing by Stephen Addison
Article: The Curse on Shakespeare's Grave: by Stacy Conradt
...more
55min

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