In 2013, 21-year-old college student Elisa Lam vanished inside Los Angeles’s infamous Cecil Hotel. Weeks later, her body was discovered in one of the hotel’s rooftop water tanks after guests complained of foul-tasting water. The footage leading up to her disappearance became one of the internet’s most chilling mysteries.

Was Elisa suffering from a mental health episode? Was someone following her? Or is there something darker hiding within the Cecil’s walls?

This week, we dive into the bizarre timeline, the unsettling behavior caught on camera, and the flood of theories that still haunt the case

Grab a beer, dim the lights, and let’s talk tinfoil.

What really happens when mysterious figures in black suits show up out of nowhere? In this episode, we dive into the chilling lore of the Men in Black. Stories of disappearances, unexplained encounters, and government secrets that might be closer to reality than you think. Are they shadowy agents, alien investigators, or something far more unsettling?

Grab a beer, put on your tinfoil, lets get into it.

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In this episode, we’re diving into Dyatlov Pass. Nine hikers vanished in Russia’s Ural Mountains in 1959 under mysterious and deadly circumstances. Their tent was torn open from the inside, their bodies scattered, and no one could explain what happened. We break down the timeline, the group’s background, and the theories that still haunt this chilling mystery.

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This week on Tinfoil Talk, we peel back the story of Ed Gein, the quiet Wisconsin farmer whose crimes shocked the world and inspired some of the most iconic horror villains in film history — from Psycho’s Norman Bates to Leatherface and Buffalo Bill.

We dig into Gein’s twisted relationship with his mother, the chilling discoveries inside his farmhouse, and how his case blurred the line between madness, obsession, and pure evil. Along the way, we sip on Angry Orchard’s Thriller Pack a fitting companion for one of the most haunting true crime stories ever told.

If you’re into true crime, horror history, or the dark psychology behind real-life monsters, this one’s for you.

Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of abduction, torture, sexual assault, and murder. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

In the early 1980s, Chicago was haunted by a group of men who believed they were chosen to serve Satan himself. Known as the Chicago Ripper Crew, their crimes were as brutal as they were senseless a blend of cult devotion, violence, and ritual that left a permanent scar on the city’s history.

Join us as we dive into one of the darkest cases we’ve ever covered the story of the Ripper Crew, their connection to John Wayne Gacy, and the horrifying acts that shocked Illinois.

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Cindy James was a nurse living a quiet life in Vancouver… until the phone calls started. Then came the threats, the break-ins, and the nights she swore someone was watching her through the windows. For seven years, she reported over a hundred incidents of stalking and harassment, but police began to think the calls were coming from inside her own head.

Then, in 1989, Cindy was found dead. Hogtied, drugged, and dumped behind an abandoned house. The coroner couldn’t say if it was murder or suicide.

In this episode, we dig into Cindy’s strange and tragic story. Her childhood, her marriage and divorce from psychiatrist Roy Makepeace, the bizarre police reports, and the endless trail of fear and confusion she left behind. Was she being hunted or was she haunted by something inside herself?

Grab a beer and put on your tinfoil this one’s as chilling as it is tragic.

In this episode we dive into one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history: the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

We walk through the timeline of events leading up to the moment the plane vanished, tracing every minute until it slipped from radar. We follow the massive search effort that stretched across oceans and spanned years, uncovering fragments but never the full story.

Finally, we explore the theories—technical failures, human decisions, and darker possibilities—and share our thoughts on what might have really happened.

MH370 remains an unanswered question in the modern age, and we’re peeling back the layers of a disappearance that still haunts the world.

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In this Small Talk episode, we dive into the strange urban legend of Polybius, the mysterious arcade cabinet said to have appeared in Portland, Oregon in the early 1980s. Was it a government experiment? A moral panic twisted into myth? Or just one of the internet’s first creepypastas?

We break down the story, question its validity, and explore why Polybius still captures imaginations today. From the fears of early gaming addiction to Cold War paranoia and the lasting appeal of urban legends, this one blurs the line between fact and folklore.

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In the early 1960s, U.S. military leaders drafted one of the most shocking proposals in American history. Codenamed Operation Northwoods, the plan called for staged terrorist attacks—on U.S. soil and against American citizens—to justify a war with Cuba. From hijacked planes to faked casualties, the documents read like the script of a political thriller… but they were very real. In this episode, we dig into the declassified files, explore the Cold War paranoia that birthed the plan, and ask what it says about the line between national security and manufactured consent.

In 1803, the streets of Hammersmith, London, were paralyzed by fear. Locals swore they had seen a spectral figure haunting the graveyards—pale, cloaked in white, and glowing against the dark of night. Was it the restless spirit of a suicide victim, condemned to wander? Or something even darker?

This eerie encounter shook an entire community, leaving witnesses trembling and sparking rumors that spread like wildfire. Some claimed the ghost clawed at passersby, while others swore it could vanish before their eyes. For weeks, fear ruled the neighborhood as the “Hammersmith Ghost” stalked the cobblestone streets.

Was this London’s most credible ghost sighting—or just hysteria taking shape in the shadows?

Join us for this week’s Small Talk as we peel back the chilling details of the Hammersmith Ghost legend.