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Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark

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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

All Episodes

01:37:50

Shaver Mystery, Moon-Eyed People, Green Children,...

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2019/11/28

Welcome to our 100% turkey- and pilgrim-free Thanksgiving special! John and Adam return to the Hollow Earth to discuss oddly compelling stories of lost civilizations and strange peoples. Who were the Green Children? The Moon-Eyed People? Could these have been our starfaring ancestors, now lost to memory? Is the Hollow Earth just a product of the fertile imaginations of pulp adventure writers? Happy Turkey Day!

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01:41:28

Blackwell Ghost, McPherson Tape, Skinny Bob,...

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2019/10/30

Is it real - or not? It has become increasingly difficult to distinguish between fact and fiction. We live in a time of "fake news" and "deepfakes", under a constant barrage of disinformation and propaganda. It's only natural that artists would reflect this blurring of the lines in their work. And there's no better place to practice this craft than in the conspiracy and paranormal genres. Join us as we discuss a few current examples of this emerging phenomenon - and some infamous ones from the

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01:15:58

Impeachment Insanity - Russiagate 2.0: The Rise of...

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2019/10/10

Another exciting episode of, What's the word on the street, Johnny? John goes all in for Trump just to piss you off! Just kidding. He supports Tulsi Gabbard! But what he does reveal is the insanity (and utter stupidity) of our current political discourse. Look, you don't have to "Like" Trump to understand what's happening. John spent many years satirizing Trump's flaws as a human being (and there are many), but he now sees that Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) has reached such a fever-point, that

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01:29:08

Sky Snakes, Nessie Identified, 9/11 Breakthrough,...

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2019/09/14

Bigfoot prowls the North Carolina woods. A new kind of UFO slithers through the skies. Speaking of slithering, has DNA evidence conclusively identified the Loch Ness Monster? New study concludes WTC Building 7 could not have collapsed on its own. John discusses the Jeffrey Epstein case. More accurately, he discusses why we're NOT discussing it! New extraterrestrial object enters our solar system. Is it the end? Again? Finally... John pitches his Star Wars sequel. And it actually doesn't suck!

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01:52:32

Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers |136|

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2019/08/09

We return to our roots and do a feature-length takedown - er, review - of the new(ish) documentary BOB LAZAR: AREA 51 & FLYING SAUCERS. Do we think there's life on other worlds? Almost definitely. Intelligent? Probably. That they've visited earth? Possibly. The they've visited earth sometime in the last century? Unlikely, but who knows? That Bob Lazar actually participated in a government effort to reverse engineer an alien spacecraft? Listen and find out!

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01:57:57

Security Cam Elf, John Quincy Adams and The Hollow...

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2019/07/11

We're back! John explains why he needed a sabbatical from all this... stuff. What the heck was that thing on Vivian Gomez's security cam? An elf? Dobby? A lost cast member from Mac and Me? The President and the Mole People. UFOs (or is that UAPs) hitting the news in a big way. You know when even the New York Times gets in on the act, something's going on, as the establishment almost never takes this subject seriously. Coming disclosure? Or just more disinfo? Oh, and stop trying to make UAP

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01:42:34

The Tragic Tale of Isaac Kappy; RIP Grumpy Cat &...

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2019/05/20

We discuss the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Isaac Kappy, one troubled individual at the center of last year's Hollywood pedophilia panic. Was it suicide? Or was he "suicided"? Adam's mind is blown by an astounding coincidence linking Kappy with our previous episode's feature on joining the Illuminati. We pay tribute to GRUMPY CAT (aka Tardar Sauce) and Stanton Friedman (aka The Man Who Made Roswell).

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01:50:17

How to Join the Illuminati; John Explains It All;...

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2019/05/11

How one man almost joined the Illuminati - by answering an email. For a secret society, they sure don't seem to be very discriminating recruiters. John has a dream. And now he has All the Answers. And he's going to share them with us. What is life? Why is life? How is paradox the key to existence? And what's with all the porn? Quantum physicists prove there is no such thing as absolute, objective reality. Well, that explains a LOT. Bigfoot update! Well, Yeti, but still...

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01:48:12

Stigmata & Easter Facts, Notre Dame Fire, Mueller...

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2019/04/20

Did you know Jesus wasn't the ONLY one resurrected that day? Or that chocolate bunnies are hollow for your own safety and well-being? Or that "Easter" has absolutely nothing to do with "Ishtar" (despite what that Facebook meme would have you believe)? Speaking of... Facebook employees have been falling for the conspiracy theories they're supposed to be moderating. What is going on over there? Of course conspiracy theories are already springing up around the Notre Dame fire. Could there be anything

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01:43:02

Russiagate Conspiracy, Ghost Photo, Incorrupt Corpses...

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2019/03/26

John's bursting with pride at his unerring ability to see the future. John knows all. Trust in John. Yes, the Mueller report has been delivered. Yes, it's a massive letdown. Yes, Trump is still president. John argues that we are living through one of the most egregious and elaborate conspiracies in American history. Adam discovers he's famous. Or at least, a "ghost photo" he took 27 years ago is. Among a certain cohort of modern ghostbusters. He tells the true story of his apparently classic (who

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01:55:03

Momo FOMO, Alex Jones the Poor Man's Howard Beale,...

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2019/03/09

Momo! Where did it come from? Is it a hoax? Should parents be concerned? There's something happening here, but what it is ain't exactly clear. Adam rushes through all the things he WAS going to talk about this episode but is most definitely NOT talking about: New Book American Cosmic, Catholic Miracles, Qi Power, the Mystery of Elisa Lam, Interdimensional Entities, Ed & Lorraine Warren's Haunted Legal Precedent... Alex Jones recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience. This was an epic,

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01:43:50

Demons, UFOs, & Collins Elite; Conspiracy Personality...

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2019/02/16

Opportunity's last words: did the little Mars rover that could *really* say "my battery is low and it's getting dark"? Do you really want the answer? All about the "Collins Elite" - the secret cabal that controls all things and stands against the demonic inter-dimensional beings that seeded our civilization... Are personality tests any more accurate than astrology? (For that matter, how accurate *is* astrology?) John and Adam test each other, discuss the Jungian origins of Myers-Briggs, and reveal

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01:42:23

Boring Prognostications for 2019; AI Apocalypse;...

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2019/01/28

We are back after an extended holiday break. And it's time to face the music: How accurate were we with our 2018 predictions? We discuss the frighteningly articulate future forecasts of children living in 1904. Did they fare any better than we did in 2018? Psychic Nikki shares her prognostications for 2019. She's probably wrong about everything so we'll deflect criticisms of our inaccuracies by laughing at her. Oh, also -- are we on the verge of an AI Apocalypse? Yeah, probably.

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We're on hiatus till the week of 1/22/2019

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2019/01/13

Happy New Year!

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02:14:41

A Very Blasphemous Christmas: Virgin Births,...

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2018/12/24

We attempt to respectfully discuss the origins of our Christmas traditions - including reveling, gift-giving, and virgin birthing. Turns out it's really hard to talk about this stuff and remain one hundred percent respectful. Were there mythological precedents for the immaculate conception? Of course there were! Was Jesus actually born December 25th? Of course not! And how do Stanley Kubrick and JRR Tolkien fit into all this? Happy Holidays, dear listeners! See you in the new year! John and

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01:50:04

The Tin Foil Hat Conspiracy, Russian Infowars, and...

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2018/11/30

Adam looks into the origin of the "tin-foil hat" and accidentally, very possibly, maybe, stumbles onto a a real conspiracy. John gives us a current events update, then takes a deep dive into how Russia, despite the collusion nonsense, is very likely waging an information war against the United States to weaken us from within... ...and it involves a mysterious Russian mystic whom many have dubbed "Putin's Rasputin". It's a rabbit hole that we'll be visiting again, as there's much to unpack about

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57:52

JFK Assassination 55th Anniversary & HAPPY...

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2018/11/22

We're on break this week, but we couldn't leave you empty handed! Feast on a compilation of clips related to the JFK assassination and subsequent coverup. We discuss: - recently declassified documents - newly discovered information about Lee Harvey Oswald that potentially changes EVERYTHING - new theories about the actual mechanics of the assassination In addition, we chat with Francis Richard Conolly, creator of the epic documentary EVERYTHING IS A RICH MAN'S TRICK. Have a safe and HAPPY

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01:41:53

Haunted Broadway, Great Purge of 2018, Assange's Cat,...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2018/11/09

Adam shares the tragic story of silent film star Olive Thomas, whose ghost haunts the landmark New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. John finally talks about the Great Purge of 2018. If you're not mad, you should be. This is dangerous stuff. Julian Assange says being forced to clean his cat's litter box is a violation of his fundamental rights. Some dutch guy "identifies" as twenty years younger - and wants to legally change his age. That giant flying rock might be an extraterrestrial probe. Or

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26:25

HALLOWEEN TREAT: John Performs THE RAVEN and THE...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2018/10/31

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! A spooky little treat from John: Edgar Allan Poe's THE RAVEN and THE TELL-TALE HEART. Best with headphones. ;-) Enjoy! We'll be back next week with a "normal" episode. In the meantime, stay safe and eat lots of candy! Music Credit: Long Note Three Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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01:36:26

Denver Airport Conspiracies, WWI & the Birth of...

Shadow Play: The Stories We Tell in the Dark ·

2018/10/24

Ack! The Stupid! It Hurts! Okay, so let's see. In last week's news, Elizabeth Warren releases a dubious DNA test that the mainstream media claims is, "strong evidence" of Native American ancestry. At the same time, the Saudis say that the killing and dismembering of a dissident journalist was simply, "an interrogation gone wrong". Can you say, Idiocracy? And then, to top it off, after Stormy Daniels described Trump's penis as looking like Toad from Mario Kart, he calls her, "horseface". We're in

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