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Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark

MagicalMystery.Media

Uncovering the strange histories and hidden truths behind film. NEW format! NEW show! NEW start! If you"re looking for our old conspiracy and paranormal episodes, please see the archives at MAGICAL MYSTERY RADIO: INANE RAMBLINGS FROM THE FRINGE. SHADOW PLAY: THE STORIES WE TELL IN THE DARK is an exploration of cinema deep cuts, weird behind-the-scenes stories, and forgotten film lore. FILM ON THE FRINGE was a limited series investigating modern cult classics and genre favorites and their

tv & film film history

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01:53:25

More Antarctica Aliens, Lame Advice for Spies, Neural...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/03/22

"I know kung fu!" Is it possible to inject knowledge directly into our brains? Are we on the verge of yet another economic collapse? Is the world about to end? Isn't it always? Weird goings-on in Antarctica. Therefore: aliens. How Sesame Street inspired a generation of conspiracy theorists. Are the boomers a generation of sociopaths? Truly lame advice for spies on the run.

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01:23:34

Saucers, Space Brothers, Spontaneous Human...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/03/14

CURSE OF THE MAN WHO SEES UFOS (2016) is the profile of a man who, well, sees UFOs. More than that, it's a human story about the things we cling to to give our lives meaning. Are the aerial lights Christo has followed since he was a child actually trying to communicate with him? Is he a tragic dreamer with a desperate need to seek reason in a seemingly random universe? Is he simply a man with eyes wide open? Who are we to say?

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01:36:41

#Vault7 or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/03/09

We open VAULT 7 - and try not to get locked inside. Spy bears! How do the Oscars prove we live in a computer simulation? Witches against Trump! Dementors over Zambia! And of course: WHAT'S THE WORD ON THE STREET, JOHNNY?

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01:58:00

ZEITGEIST: Secret History of Jesus, 9/11 Mysteries,...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/03/01

ZEITGEIST (2007) is a phenomenon. It is a meandering, globe-spanning, time-trotting epic of free association and paranoia. Here we have the "real truth" behind Jesus Christ, Pearl Harbor, Viet Nam, 9/11, the military-industrial complex, the banking industry... Pretty much everything. Join us as we discuss Peter Joseph's oversuffed opus ZEIGEIST.

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01:16:54

Mind Control Aerosol, Churchill's Aliens, Secret...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/02/23

Is the U.S. government using a genetically engineered virus to alter human behavior? Is there a secret Captain America-style super soldier program? Why was Winston Churchill obsessed with UFOs and extraterrestrial life? Remember FACES OF DEATH? Good news! It was fake! Join us for all this and SO much more...

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01:31:24

We ARE the center of the universe? THE PRINCIPLE |56|

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/02/16

Forget everything you thought you knew about cosmology. This film posits that our world actually IS the center of the universe, and that everything we've been taught these last 500 years is flat wrong. Yes, there is actual evidence for this theory. Is it conclusive? Of course not! But it does make for some interesting speculation...

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01:27:28

BONUS: Vault 7, Stonehenge Solution, Frozen Bigfoot,...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/02/13

Retired carpenter comes up with simple, elegant solution for the STONEHENGE mystery. Grumpy dog trainer inherits collection of frozen BIGFOOT body parts. What the heck is VAULT 7 and why is Wikileaks teasing us? Beware FAKE rogue Twitter accounts! And finally, join us for the latest edition of WHAT'S THE WORD ON THE STREET, JOHNNY.

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01:53:30

70s Saucer Evidence, Blonde Babes from Beyond, Nazi...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/02/09

CONTACT (1978) is the earliest documentary we could find about Swiss contactee Billy Meier. It's full of great 70s footage of earnest researchers investigating the enigma that is Billy Meier. Was he in fact visited by gorgeous blondes from space? Could this have been yet another case of clandestine Nazi UFO technology? Is there really hard evidence for alien visitation?

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SPECIAL: Beware FAKE Rogue Twitter Accounts |54|

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/02/03

A special segment sharing evidence we've found of fake rogue government Twitter accounts. We could be looking at an intentional disinformation campaign designed to muddy the informational waters. Or we could be looking at a simple battle of trolls. Either way, exercise caution.

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01:45:22

HOLLOW EARTH: Agharti, Antarctica Aliens, Admiral...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/02/02

One of humanity's most ancient and pervasive myths. Whether it has literal historical and scientific validity, or it's simply a metaphor for emergent human potential - the subterranean breakaway civilization captures the imagination.

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01:56:29

BONUS: Trump Week 1, New JFK Theory, Mars War...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/01/30

Trump's disruptive first week in office. Grab your popcorn, kids! The show's just started. Evidence of ancient battle on Mars. JFK killed by accident? Science creates time crystals, metallic hydrogen - and a human/pig hybrid. Elite freakout and Silicon Valley doomsday bunkers. Google Earth captures alien abduction? 1950s TV show predictive programming. Chaos and Choronzon rising from the abyss!

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01:21:15

Urban Legend or Real Boogeyman, Montauk Connection,...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/01/26

What if the bogeyman turns out to be real? That's the premise of 2009 documentary CROPSEY, written and directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio. The filmmakers explore the origins of the urban legend they heard about as children, only to discover that there may, in fact, be some truth behind the tale. And the truth, as they say, is… terrifying.

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01:50:36

Exorcist or Charlatan, Demonic Possession or Mental...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/01/19

Hostage to the Devil chronicles Malachi Martin's life in America as an exile priest. Disillusioned with the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, he broke from the Jesuit order and moved to New York City. There, he embarked on a second career as a writer and exorcist. This film - now on Netflix - presents a portrait of a complex man who struggled with his own demons as he battled the dark forces afflicting others.

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01:36:49

BONUS: Robot Rights, Demon Kills Exorcist,...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/01/15

Meaning of unlucky 13. Government bill acknowledging robots as "electronic persons." Collapse of civilization within decade? New clues in 45-year-old D.B. Cooper case. Deep state at war with Trump. Join the forum at http://magicalmysterymedia.com.

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01:56:13

Cyber-Utopianism, Post-Truth Darwinism, Social Media...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2017/01/11

Hypernormalisation is a nearly three-hour epic that leaps from subject to subject in a circuitous journey toward revelation. The film paints a vivid portrait of corporate control and increasing social insularity as it tries to make sense of our modern world's pervasive anxiety and uncertainty. In filmmaker Adam Curtis's world, we are minds in the matrix, doomed to feed the machine with our bodies and souls.

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02:00:30

Physics of Consciousness, Real Hunger Games, Quantum...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2016/12/22

Exclusive updates from the inventor featured in the film A Field Full of Secrets. Dr. Evan Harris Walker’s groundbreaking book The Physics of Consciousness. Could Dr. Walker’s theories explain quantum strangeness, paranormal phenomena, even the nature and origin of mind? Are quantum computers a point of convergence for parallel realities? Are we truly on the verge of creating artificial minds that will render humanity obsolete? How decadent has our society become? If the real-life Hunger

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01:31:02

You ARE Being Watched: CITIZENFOUR |46|

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2016/12/14

CITIZENFOUR documents two journalists' secret encounters with Edward Snowden as he hands over classified documents that provide evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the NSA. Discuss in the forum at MagicalMysteryMedia.com.

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01:38:53

BONUS: Parallel Universes, Trump Prophecies, Buzz...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2016/12/10

Buzz "Balls" Aldrin tweets dire warning from Antarctica. Mandela Effect: How peanut butter, Queen, and Berenstain Bears prove parallel universes. Charismatic Kim Clement maybe sorta predicts Trump Presidency. John introduces new segment: "What's the word on the street, Johnny?"

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01:27:06

Crop Circles! A FIELD FULL OF SECRETS |44|

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2016/12/07

"Two friends step into a crop circle. One emerges unaffected. The other decides to build a UFO with the help of an eccentric transsexual inventor." If that's not the greatest pitch ever we don't know what is. Adam and John discuss the 2014 documentary A FIELD FULL OF SECRETS.

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01:07:00

SUBURBAN UFO MYSTERY: WESTALL '66 |43|

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2016/11/30

In 1966, hundreds of students, teachers, and local residents witnessed a flying saucer hover overhead, land, and take off again at incredible speed. What was it? Extraterrestrial visitation? Top secret experimental aircraft? Weather balloon? ALSO, John discusses his own grade school encounter with a flying disc.

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