'Piledrivers in the Crypt' x 'The Kayfabe Zone'

Daniel (former host of WiD? w/ Daniel Grothe) covers all things paranormal, true crime and bizarre.
The Mikes on Mics talk about all things Wrestling in the Kayfabe Zone... all in Kayfabe!!

A weekly Podcast for the fans of sweaty men and women fighting in their underwear & of UAPs (it's still UFO's to us!), Serial Killers, the macabre and True Crime.

Only on the Near Fall Network!!

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Update frequency: every 4 days
Average duration: 81 minutes
Episodes: 77
Years Active: 2024 - 2025

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Love Bites.. Kills.. Sometimes For No Reason!

🎃💀 BIG RETURNS this week on Piledrivers in the Crypt! 💀🎃

Yeah, apparently I don’t know when to stay dead. New episode is out—and no, it’s not just me screaming into the void (though close).

We’ve got: …

01:53:41 | Sun 07 Sep 2025

The (Final) Interview

The Alien Interview.. Yes it's real. And... Yes the wall has arrived. This might be the last Episode of Piledrivers in the Crypt. Thank you my friends. It's been a ride!

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01:28:58 | Sun 20 Jul 2025

Unbreakable Insiders?

Messages from the Past ... Insider Messages... from the WiD? w/ Daniel Grothe archives.

Plus: The Mikes on Mikes… talking wrestling… or politics… or maybe both?

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02:09:18 | Mon 14 Jul 2025

SummerSlammed by the Sun...

Bikinis, BBQs… and bloodshed. It’s summer, baby. And guess what? The sun’s trying to kill you. Not the government. Not your neighbor. Not some guy on a podcast screaming about lizard people and fluor…

01:21:06 | Mon 07 Jul 2025

Manifest like a Machine... Or Champion... Or King...

This episode of Piledrivers in the Crypt is for all of you who’ve screamed “I’m a divine being!” into a mirror while overdrafting your account.

Don’t wish it… manifest it.

Meanwhile, in The Kayfabe Zon…

01:39:52 | Mon 30 Jun 2025

Emergency Broadcast - Please Help...

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00:03:31 | Tue 17 Jun 2025

Bank on the Abyss...!

Piledrivers in the Crypt is back and this time… aliens are NOT in space.

Meanwhile the Mikes on Mics… they’re talking about something called “Money in the Bank.” I don’t know what that is. We don’t h…

01:46:36 | Mon 16 Jun 2025

Murder in a Box... Mayhem in the Bank!

This week: the infamous Glass Box Killer. Yes, you read that right—someone out there is turning murder into an IKEA DIY project.

Meanwhile, the Mikes on Mics sweat their way through the facts of Money…

01:24:04 | Sun 08 Jun 2025

Oakville Sent a Message… and You Deserved It!

It rained goo. People got sick. And somehow… you probably deserved it. This week - The Oakville blobs—yes, that grotesque biological mystery from Washington state!

Plus: a very special Wormhole messag…

01:31:00 | Sun 01 Jun 2025

The Monster of Tyrol! (not me...)

The Monster of the Alps... Guido Zingerle! Also Saturday Night Main Event in the Kayfabe Zone.

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01:25:47 | Sun 25 May 2025

Welcome to the Umbra!

(00:00:00) Welcome to the Umbra!
(00:24:21) Piledrivers in the Crypt

Ever wonder what’s lurking just behind the veil of reality? No? Well too bad—because this week, we’re ripping it open.

You could i…

01:39:21 | Mon 19 May 2025

Cursed...

Yes I believe in curses. And not much to say but this : Thank you!

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00:28:08 | Mon 12 May 2025

The Darkness... sometimes just sucks!

A not so great follow - up message from the Crypt. Please consider to ... HELP!

The Mikes are back... shooting on last weeks mishap episode that doesn't exist.

“The darkness is your best friend… becaus…

00:53:47 | Sat 03 May 2025

The Show that is... no Show...

Welcome—wait, no. Not welcome. There’s no Piledrivers in the Crypt this week. Why?
Reasons.
In the meantime, hug your dogs, kick a demon in the shins, and remember…

“The darkness is your best friend… be…

00:11:05 | Sun 27 Apr 2025

Happy Easter! ... WrestleMania!.. I mean.. Communion...

We go FULL BODY SLAM into the weirdest timeline ever: WrestleMania I (1985) debuts… and somewhere in the woods, Whitley Strieber gets abducted by aliens and writes Communion ... 40 years later, we’re…

02:20:12 | Fri 18 Apr 2025

Master of Puppets at Khamar Daban

(00:00:00) Master of Puppets at Khamar Daban
(00:18:27) Piledrivers in the Crypt

The Khamar Daban Incident
Six hikers. One survivor. Everyone vomiting blood and dying in the snow like they just sat t…

01:50:00 | Sun 13 Apr 2025

Deal with the... Wormhole!

Yes, the Mikes talk wrestling.Yes, Jay, Jimmy, Gunther, and CM Punk are mentioned.Yes, it’s somehow more coherent than Raw.

BUT THEN… I open The Wormhole and ruin everyone’s night...
Also: I give a sho…

01:51:59 | Sun 06 Apr 2025

The Brain in the Mirror!

It fractures the skull, bruises the frontal lobe, and leaves you drooling on your conspiracy theory notebook.
Can brain trauma turn you into a killer? Or just a podcast host?

The Mikes in the Kayfabe Z…

01:45:44 | Sun 30 Mar 2025

Resuscitation Point...

Death isn’t a theory. It’s the one spoiler no one can rewrite.

The moment your world flips, time stops, and death becomes more than just a concept. This isn’t ghost stories and urban legends. This is …

02:11:49 | Sun 23 Mar 2025

The Chupacabra Comes Full Circle!

They say kayfabe is dead, but so are the goats left behind by the Chupacabra!

This week on Piledrivers in the Crypt, we sink our teeth into the legend of the bloodsucking beast that’s been terrorizi…

02:32:42 | Sun 16 Mar 2025

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