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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

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01:52:50

Yellowstone Apocalypse, John is Pissed Off, Sci-Fi...

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2018/10/10

Remember Krypton? Now that we're grown-ups we can kinda see how the powers-that-be on Superman's homeworld might turn a blind eye to an impending apocalypse. Case in point: The Yellowstone National Park SUPER-VOLCANO. Which is due to erupt, and which could very well mean the end of humanity. John goes on a political rant. So what else is new? But really, he's pissed - at everyone. Listen and see if you're on the list. It's the 35th anniversary of the film WARGAMES. Did you know Ronald Reagan was a

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01:47:32

Sunspot Observatory Shenanigans, Declassified Jokes,...

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2018/09/25

Why did the feds shut down the Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico? Aliens? Espionage? We call shenanigans! What was Ronald Reagan's favorite Soviet joke? The CIA declassifies a trove of cold war comedy gold. Yes, we spent money and manpower on this. Witness the Online Exodus: thousands of Reddit refugees banned from the comfort of their homeland in search of peace, prosperity, and political ascendancy. It's a virtual biblical epic. For the hundred thousandth time - no, we are not "Trump

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01:56:20

Cat-tastrophe in D.C., 2001: A Sperm Odyssey, Adam of...

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2018/09/08

Tonight we talk about the possible political sabotage from within the Trump administration. Are we witnessing a coup attempt? Regardless of your politics, none of this bodes well for the future of our country, especially if the Demon Cat starts appearing again. Oh, hadn't heard that one? Yes, apparently a Demon Cat haunts the Capitol Building during times of great political strife. Is the apparition a warning? A harbinger of death? Or chaos? But, it's mostly movie night here on Magical Mystery

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02:00:18

Battle of the Anons, Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved...

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2018/08/16

John walks us through the surreal saga of Soul Sistah Omarosa and the Great Trump Hair Theft. Plus, Bill Maher as the Pizza Man. Predictive programming, a glitch in the Matrix, or are the trickster gods having fun again? North Carolina guy with rock-steady hands films a blimp - er, "spacecraft." The Bermuda Triangle mystery has been solved! Spoiler: it ain't a time vortex. Unless it is. But it probably isn't... unless it is. What is hypocognition? Only the cause of literally ALL our modern

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02:49:54

PedoGate: What We Know, What We Don't, & the Danger...

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2018/08/01

WARNING: This episode contains disturbing and graphic material. There's been a lot of chatter lately on social media about alleged high-level pedophiles, and the supposed elite networks under which they operate. Much of this is due to a few professed victims posting on Twitter and elsewhere. This is a difficult topic to research and discuss, and we don't take this endeavor lightly. We feel it's important to present the facts and evidence as we know them, so listeners can make up their own minds

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02:01:24

Mystery of Hanging Rock, Predictions Mid-Term Report...

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2018/07/19

We revisit our predictions from the beginning of the year. How are we doing so far? Listen and find out! John is on a quest for evidence of the underappreciated cryptid thunderbird. How goes the hunt? Not great, actually... Three schoolgirls disappear without a trace in Victorian Australia. Murder? Accident? Timeslip? Well, this is just fiction, after all... isn't it? Finally, John brings us an EPIC "What's the Word..." where he dissects the recent Mueller indictment, revisits the Russiagate story,

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01:59:54

Paranormal Pennsylvania, Kecksburg UFO Crash, Nazi...

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2018/07/06

There's an area in PA called Chestnut Ridge that's been infested with paranormal activity for the last hundred years or so. Bigfoot, UFOs, Dogmen, and prehistoric flying creatures known as Thunderbirds have all made an appearance. We take a look at some of these stories and wonder if there are some areas more prone to supernatural occurrences than others. Most notable of these stories is The Kecksburg UFO Incident that occurred on Dec. 9th, 1965. Something fell from the sky in the small farming

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01:45:15

Hitler Bunker Debunking Debunked, Power of Positive...

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2018/06/14

Have scientists debunked all these "Hitler survived" conspiracies and definitively proved - once for all - that the Nazi leader did indeed die in the bunker in 1945, just as the history books have always told us? Or, does this so-called proof raise even more questions than it answers? Case definitely NOT closed... in our humble opinion. The cinematic genius of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, existential angst, prophecy, and the subconscious mind. And, of course, what kind of film discussion

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01:54:01

Roseanne MKUltra Victim?, More QAnon-sense, Multiple...

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2018/05/31

Roseanne Barr says MK-Ultra rules Hollywood. Is she a victim herself? She also seems to have a history of dissociative identity disorder - which would not be inconsistent with her claims. What other celebrities have struggled with dissociative identity disorder? And what does the disorder say about the mind, about the soul, about life? Yanny/Laurel? How about Green Needles/Brainstorm? This one is way cooler, and opens up all kinds of questions about how the mind works. John gives us a HUGE Q-Anon

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02:00:00

Gateway Process Declassified, Star Wars Conspiracy,...

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2018/05/17

We talk of many things: of shoes and ships and sealing wax... of cabbages and kings... You want ghosts? We got em. Aliens? Of course! Time Travel? Naturally. Interdimensional invaders? Flat earth theorists? Government cover-ups? AI apocalypse? Out-of-body experiences? Star Wars? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES! Oh, and the "Laurel"/"Yanny" thing. If you did a search for this and it brought you here -- you know what we mean.

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01:49:05

Signs You Might Be a Conspiracy Theorist, Ethereum...

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2018/04/26

It's a Conspiracy! A rash of recent "scientific" studies about what makes conspiracy theorists tic have been hitting the news lately. Why? Well, we could say it's a conspiracy to try and debunk conspiracy theorists and conspiratorial thinking, but then that just proves we're conspiracy theorists prone to conspiratorial thinking. As if that's a bad thing. John nearly falls for an Ethereum scam, but escapes at the last minute. Probably because he used his conspiratorial thinking to question the scam,

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01:53:06

Art Bell Tribute, Syrian False Flags?|109|

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2018/04/16

UFOs, Area 51, Exorcism, Time Travelers, Vampires... We discuss our favorite moments from Art Bell's seminal COAST TO COAST AM. Called "The Godfather" of late night paranormal and conspiracy talk radio, Bell had a huge influence on a generation of fringe-dwellers and truth-seekers - us included. He will be missed. In an extended "What's the Word on the Street?", John walks us through the possibility that the Syrian poison gas attack was a false flag operation, allowing the US and its allies to

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01:39:07

Pope Says No Hell!, Flat Earth Evel Knievel, QAnon...

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2018/04/02

April Fools and Happy Easter! Back from a much needed Spring Break, John and Adam return to the weird, wacky, and wondrous world of conspiracy and the paranormal to learn that THERE IS NO HELL. And Jesus apparently died in vain. That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for Flat-Earthers. Mad Mike Hughes' hilarious and dangerously idiotic attempt to prove that... he's Evel Knievel? Super Dave Osborne? Adam experiences a little post current events synchro-mysticism. Sci-fi writer accurately

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01:42:52

The Alexa Horror Podcast Show, Weaponizing Social...

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2018/03/09

The subtitle of this podcast should be: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Surveillance State. As we mentioned in last week's show, Adam purchased an Alexa Echo, which has been making the news lately for randomly laughing at its users. Amazon claims they've addressed the problem and fixed it. But this story raises some troubling questions about the potentially sinister nature of these new technologies. How much control do we want to cede to these behemoth tech companies for convenience? Are we headed

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01:40:33

FAA UFO Mystery, Bigfoot Lawsuit, AI Mind Reader,...

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2018/03/03

In this week's episode we review a fascinating UFO incident that occurred in October of last year. What makes this case so interesting, is that researchers were able to obtain the audio recording of the air traffic controllers, pilots, and the FAA while it was happening in real-time. Fighter jets were scrambled, but still there are no definitive answers yet on what the object was, its final destination, or intention. What the hell was it? Another Bigfoot lawsuit filed in California. The witness

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01:53:37

Parkland School Shooting Conspiracies, Russia Russia...

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2018/02/24

In this week's episode, John and Adam tackle the Parkland School Shooting conspiracies, the disinformation, and outright bullshit surrounding this tragic event. Shouts of "False Flag" and "Crisis Actor" are all too common these days and, far more often than not, without merit. We'll dissect these claims and, hopefully, contribute a little critical thinking to the conversation. In the second half, John breaks down the recent Mueller indictments of the 13 so-called "Russian Trolls" who apparently had

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01:35:31

Brainjunk, Mind Virus, Infopocalypse, Dunning-Kruger...

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2018/02/13

John and Adam take a deep dive into the pros and cons of having too much information at our fingertips. Are we in the midst of an information overload? How do we know what's true or false? With all the frightening new technologies coming down the pike, how can we even determine that what we're seeing is real? Are we entering a new dark age - an "Infopocalypse," if you will? Adding insult to injury to all this is our penchant for focusing on the negative, as well as our tendency to over- and

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01:43:12

HOLY HELL: Inside the Rise & Fall of the Buddhafield...

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2018/02/09

We review the fascinating and disturbing documentary, HOLY HELL. The film chronicles the 22-year journey of former members who were trapped in the bizarre Buddhafield cult. Through personal archive footage and interviews, the film chronicles the rise and fall, not only of the cult itself, but of its strangely charismatic leader, Michel Rostand (aka Andreas). This is one of those "cautionary tales" of how cult leaders use time-tested techniques to manipulate and coerce vulnerable and impressionable

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01:40:34

Atomic Priesthood, Monster Hunt, Nimitz UFO Video,...

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2018/02/02

How can we communicate with our descendants thousands of years in the future about the dangers of nuclear waste? Sounds easy enough right? Well, maybe not. Maybe what we need is an elite secret society of scientists, an Atomic Priesthood if you will, to help protect the future of humanity with a kind of "language of eternity" built on myth and symbols. Win $70,000! All you gotta do is catch Bigfoot. Or Nessie. Or the Chupacabra. Or the Cornish Owl Man, whatever the hell that is. Easy money, right

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01:43:48

Tribulation 99, QAnon & the Power of Myth, Andy...

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2018/01/25

In this weeks episode John and Adam get all random again with a hodgepodge of topics. We begin talking about filmmaker Craig Baldwin's avant-garde cinema, specifically Tribulation 99 and Mock-Up on Mu. Using archival footage from the early pulp serials, clips from industrial films, and other found footage, Baldwin creates a collage of paranoia and conspiracy that's been dubbed as, "an X-Ray of a rabid slacker's seething brain." Next up... has Andy Kaufman reincarnated as a hilarious and brilliant 16

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