The Why Files: Operation Podcast

Here's how it starts. Maybe it's your mother or maybe your sister. She starts complaining of headaches and strange tingling sensations in different parts of her body.

Her discomfort escalates. She co…

Gary McKinnon was obsessed with UFOs; and believed governments were covering up evidence that UFOs exist.

In the year 2000, he decided to do a little digging. Gary was a computer expert so what bett…

It's just a matter of time before it happens. Some catastrophic event that wipes out a large percentage of the Earth's population; and forces the human race to "reset".

Maybe one of the 30,000 "Near …

The United States military is always looking for new ways to create super soldiers.

They use performance-enhancing and mind-altering drugs. They're currently experimenting with brain implant technolo…

In 1983, David Oates dropped his walkman into the toilet.

If you're under 40 years old, a walkman was a portable cassette player.

If you're under 30, a cassette was how we listened to music in the st…

Which would you prefer? Eternal life or unlimited wealth? How about both?

For that, you need The Philosopher's Stone: a substance that can turn base metals into gold, and grant you eternal life.

The …

On June 30th, 1908, a mysterious explosion shook the remote Siberian region of Tunguska. The blast flattened 80 million trees across 800 square miles. Every plant, every animal, every insect in the b…

Your world is not as it seems. Everything you know to be true is a lie. 

Hidden behind the façade of our everyday lives is a secret and powerful organization with a dangerous agenda. To manipulate th…

On April 23rd 2006, a man in his early 20s was seen in Kyiv, Ukraine staring at a high-rise apartment building. Witnesses described him as looking confused and anxious. They thought he might have bee…

On July 6, 2022, a bomb detonated on a 5-acre plot of farmland in Elberton, Georgia. The explosion destroyed a large monument that had stood on the property for over 40 years.

Known as "The Georgia G…

Andrew started his TikTok account in July of 2021, and he posted all the typical things. Videos of friends, of work, his girlfriend, his dog, and just him goofing around.

But starting in April, 2022,…

The Apollo spaceflight program lasted from 1961 to 1972. 

Apollo 11 was Neil Armstrong's famous first step. Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. 

In all, 20 Apollo flights were planned …

In 1966 a well-known engineer released a book with information that could impact everyone on earth. But before anyone could read it, it was classified by the CIA.

We only learned of its existence a f…

Nov 30, 1989, just after 3 AM. New York City. Janet Kimball was driving over the Brooklyn Bridge when her car stalled and slowly rolled to a stop.

After a couple of failed attempts to get the car sta…

Here's how it happens.

You're drifting off to sleep; or maybe you wake up in the middle of the night. You feel a presence in the room.

You see something out of the corner of your eye. You try to look…

In 1908, President Teddy Roosevelt wanted to declare the Grand Canyon off-limits to all timber and mining operations. It would take another 11 years for Congress to designate the Grand Canyon a natio…

In 1988, aerospace designer Brad Sorenson went to Norton Air Force base for the annual air show. The show was the chance for aerospace companies and military contractors to show off new technology to…

3-year old Dorothy was playing, then accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. She hit her head and was knocked unconscious. When her parents found her, she wasn't breathing.

They called a doctor wh…

From Amityville to Annabelle | The Truth of Ed and Lorraine Warren's Scariest Case

Ed and Lorraine Warren are maybe the most famous paranormal investigators in history.

They've worked on more than 10…