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Welcome to Episode 261: The Miami Mall Incident. On New Year’s Day 2024, an overwhelming police response at Miami’s Bayside Marketplace sparked viral panic, with witnesses taking to social media to claim everything from an active shooter to a portal opening and shadowy beings emerging from it in the middle of the mall. As videos flooded social media and official explanations struggled to keep up, the story quickly spiraled into a mix of conspiracy theories, alleged cover-ups, and paranormal speculation. In this episode of Let’s Get Haunted, Aly and Nat break down what really happened that night, from reports of fighting teens with fireworks and sticks to claims of aliens, Project Blue Beam, clout chasers, and even…ghosts in Greenland?? Was this mass hysteria fueled by dumb teenage decisions or did aliens really visit the 305 on January 1, 2024? Dale. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - HOOK 00:01:27 - INTRO 00:04:30 - PERSONAL HAUNTINGS 00:09:51  - FACTOR AD 00:11:42  - PART I: WELCOME TO MIAMI 00:29:38  - NUTRAFOL AD 00:31:18  - PART II: NEW YEARS DAY 01:00:10  - PART III: THE AFTERMATH 01:15:03  - PART IV: THE THEORIES 01:41:26  - CLOSING CREDITS —— THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below: FACTOR: Head to https://factormeals.com/letsgethaunted50off and use code LETSGETHAUNTED50OFF to get 50% off and free daily greens per box with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. NUTRAFOL: Get $10 off your first month's subscription and free shipping at https://nutrafol.com with promo code HAUNTED. —— Other Important Stuff: Want to learn more about Patreon? Check out this FAQ vid: https://bit.ly/41KeRDT  Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted  LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com    Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted   Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658, Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: www.letsgethaunted.com or [email protected]  —— AUDIO/VISUAL CREDITS: “Elevator” - Local Forecast, License Dar Golan - Elevator Music - Royalty free music, “Elevator Music (Royalty Free, Infinite Loop)” by Dar Golan, free download link here: https://www.dargolan-free.com/funny-music  “(Free) Horror Ambiance - Ominous Background Music” by ESN Productions, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAO3x-Uhfoo “Miami Skyline” by Duke Herrington, link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/afe1f06e-fe37-4f20-b9f2-d1f57c583327/  STOCK VIDEO ASSETS USED IN THIS EPISODE WERE ALL PURCHASED AND LICENSED VIA STORYBLOCKS.COM  ALL OTHER AUDIO ASSETS LICENSED AND PURCHASED THROUGH: https://www.epidemicsound.com/KEYWORDS: ALIEN, UFO, PARALLEL UNIVERSE, DIMENSION, ALTERNATE, ALTERNATE DIMENSION, PARANORMAL, MYSTERY, UNSOLVED, CONSPIRACY, PORTAL, MIAMI, FLORIDA, BAYSIDE, MIAMI MALL, BAYSIDE MARKETPLACE, INCIDENT, VIRAL, TIKTOK, TREND, COMEDY, ENTERTAINMENT, LET’S GET HAUNTED, GHOST, HIGH STRANGENESS, TRUE STORY, REAL LIFE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

**SKIP TO 15:40 TO GET TO THE FIRST VOICEMAIL!** Welcome to Episode 255.5: Listener Stories #43 (My Friend Went to My Basement and Wouldn't Reveal Why)! This is the episode where our Haunties (aka listeners) write in with their first-person spooky tales of cryptids, ghosts, curses, and aliens. This week, we listen and respond to 3 voicemails left on the Hauntie Hotline from Axel, Ariana, Melissa, and Estheya!  Some of the listeners whose stories are featured in this episode include: Sam V., Arissa, Treasure Podcast, Olivia L. Zeke G., and Chrissy D! Some Creepy Listener Stories we read off: Haunted Basement Roaming Sleepover and Woman in Nightgown Walks Through Wall! Oh my! To watch the video version of this week’s episode, subscribe to Tier 1 on Patreon and to watch us unbox fan mail, subscribe to the “Free Tier”. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - HOOK / INTRO / COSTUME REVEAL 00:09:40 - BETTER HELP AD 00:11:20 - STILL YAPPING 00:15:40 - HAUNTIE HOTLINE, AXEL 00:23:26 - HAUNTIE HOTLINE, ARIANA 00:29:46 - VERACITY AD 00:31:24 - HAUNTIE HOTLINE, MELISSA 00:42:52 - HAUNTIE HOTLINE, ESTHEYA 00:51:44 - LISTENER STORIES BEGIN! 02:03:00 - CLOSING CREDITS —— THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below: BETTER HELP: Sign up and get 10% off at https://betterhelp.com/gethaunted #ad  VERACITY: For up to 65% off your order, head to https://veracityhealth.co and use code HAUNTED.  —— READ NAT’S DRAGON BOOK! Amazon Kindle https://a.co/78hzQn9 Spotify Audiobook http://bit.ly/44DuQ90 *CHECK OUT ALY’S SOLO PODCAST!*: https://www.instagram.com/frightsizedpod Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted  LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com    Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted   Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658, Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: www.letsgethaunted.com or [email protected]  —— KEYWORDS: Listener, Listener Stories, Real Stories, True Stories, Real Life, Haunting, Hauntings, Ghost, Ghosts, Apparitions, Poltergeists, Shadow People, Sleep Paralysis, Alien, Aliens, Psychic, Psychic Gifts, Psychic Abilities, Haunted Object, Haunted Objects, True Ghost Stories, Possessed, Recordings, Ghost Recordings, Filmed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

**SKIP TO 00:20:21 TO HEAR THE STORY** TW: This episode will feature murder, torture, and descriptions of mental illness which some listeners may find disturbing, listener discretion is advised. Two men vanished into the Icelandic winter without a trace. No bodies. No crime scenes. No forensic evidence. And yet six people would eventually confess to murders they may never have committed???? This week, we’re diving into the infamous Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case, better known as The Reykjavik Confessions AKA Iceland’s most disturbing and controversial criminal investigation. What began as two mysterious disappearances in 1974 spiraled into a nightmare of isolation cells, psychological manipulation, alleged coerced confessions, and a national obsession that destroyed lives. Under immense pressure to solve the case, Icelandic police subjected suspects to hundreds of hours of interrogation, prolonged solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, and heavy sedation. Some prisoners became so psychologically broken they no longer trusted their own memories. Decades later, many Icelanders came to believe the confessions were entirely false — and in 2018, five of the six convictions were finally overturned by Iceland’s Supreme Court! Was there ever a killer at all? Or did an entire country slowly convince itself a murder had happened? Today on Let’s Get Haunted, we are picking apart the strange disappearance of GUDMUNDER and GEIRFINNUR and delving into the most haunted theories… then we will hear from a local who has received some insight from otherworldly sources?? BUCKLE TY UP, bc we are getting haunted folks! TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 HOOK & PERSONAL HAUNTINGS 00:20:21 STORY BEGINS 00:25:26 ZENNI AD 01:27:15 INTERVIEW WITH BRYNJA KULA 01:40:00 LAST THOUGHTS AND THEORIES 01:30:00 SECRET PASSWORD AND DONOR SHOUTOUTS! THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below! Go to https://zenni.com/podcast and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order. *READ NAT’S HAUNTED SLOW BURN DRAGON ROMANCE BOOK!* Amazon Kindle https://a.co/78hzQn9 Spotify Audiobook http://bit.ly/44DuQ90 *CHECK OUT ALY’S SOLO PODCAST!*: https://www.instagram.com/frightsizedpod/ Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/c/letsgethaunted LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: / letsgethaunted Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: www.letsethaunted.com SPECIAL THANKS TO RYAN FOR HELP WITH EDITING~ SLAY —— SOURCES: [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/lao96i/gu%C3%B0mundur_and_geirfinnur_case_icelands_famous/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaLdHd2J-xM [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzGmwlXirC4 [4] https://digit.site36.net/2019/05/06/justice-scandal-in-iceland-was-led-by-german-commissioner/ [5] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_reykjavik_confessions MUSIC: [1] • No Copyright Halloween Spooky Haunted Back... Keywords: Gudmundur and Geirfinnur case, Iceland disappearance mystery, Iceland true crime, Reykjavik disappearances, Guðmundur Einarsson, Geirfinnur Einarsson, Icelandic cold case, Reykjavik confessions case, false confession true crime, Iceland mystery podcast, unsolved disappearance Iceland, strange disappearances, Nordic true crime, Scandinavian mystery, Iceland conspiracy, Keflavik mystery, Reykjavik crime history, true crime podcast, paranormal podcast, Let’s Get Haunted, Lets Get Haunted podcast, haunted mysteries, eerie disappearances, unsolved cases, Iceland folklore, Iceland dark history, mysterious vanishings, true crime investigation, wrongful conviction Iceland, memory implantation case, psychological interrogation, missing persons mystery, spooky podcast, conspiracy theories, bizarre true crime, Icelandic mysteries, creepy history, cold case podcast, Nordic noir, mysterious cases, haunted Iceland, disappearance documentary, unexplained events, cult true crime audience, weird history podcast, dark tourism Iceland, Reykjavik harbor mystery, Geirfinnur case explained, Gudmundur case explained Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why do so many U.S. scientists associated with UFOs, anti-gravity propulsion, and nuclear weaponry keep ending up missing or deceased over the past 4 years? Is it all a coincidence or is something more sinister at play? On this week’s episode of Let’s Get Haunted, we go over the circumstances surrounding the disappearances of Monica Reza, Melissa Casias, Steven Garcia, Anthony Chavez, and William Neil McCasland. Then, we discuss the suspicious deaths of Frank Maiwald, Michael Hicks, Nuno Loureiro, Carl Grillmair, Jason Thomas, Amy Eskridge, Joshua LeBlanc, and Matthew Sullivan. Finally, we examine other countries who’ve experienced similar clusters of missing and murdered scientists over the years, including: China, Iran, the U.K., Germany, and Russia. Are these clusters simply a statistical certainty that only looks suspicious when viewed through the lens of conspiracy? Or does someone - or something - not want the world’s best and brightest innovators looking too closely into alternative energy sources?

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses suicide. Decide if or when you wish to listen.  YOU ARE NOT ALONE https://988lifeline.org/ On March 26th, 1997, police entered a quiet mansion in an affluent suburb of San Diego after receiving an anonymous tip requesting a welfare check. When a lone deputy stepped through the side door of the 9,200 square foot home, he was hit with what he would later describe as a "pungent odor.”  A cursory search revealed 39 bodies laid out in identical rows—their faces were covered, but officers could see they were dressed uniformly, black tracksuits, brand nike sneakers, and arm patches that read “AWAY TEAM.” The media called it a mass suicide. But when the souls who once inhabited those bodies drank apple sauce and vodka laced with barbiturates, they did not believe they were dying… they believed they were boarding a spacecraft hidden behind the Hale–Bopp comet as it passed by earth.  Today on LGH, we’re diving into the dark history and the very real present of a cult called Heaven's Gate. Because what most people don’t realize… is that Heaven’s Gate never actually ended. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 HOOK & INTRO 00:18:30 FACTOR AD 00:36:18 BIOLOGICA AD 02:12:18 SECRET PASSWORD AND DONOR SHOUTOUTS! THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below! FACTOR- Head to https://factormeals.com/letsgethaunted50off and use code letsgethaunted50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. BIOLOGICA- Head to https://Biologica.com/HAUNTED to take the Quick Hormonal Life Stage Quiz and get up to 32% off your first subscription order. READ & LISTEN TO NAT’S BOOK! Amazon Kindle https://a.co/78hzQn9 Spotify Audiobook http://bit.ly/44DuQ90 *CHECK OUT ALY’S SOLO PODCAST!*:  https://instagram.com/frightsizepod Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted    LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com    Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted   Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: www.letsethaunted.com *SPECIAL THANKS TO RYAN FOR HELP WITH EDITING~ SLAY* —— SOURCES [1] https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-26/heavens-gate-cult-members-found-dead [2] https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/heavens-gate-20-years-later-10-things-you-didnt-know-114563/ [3] https://www.newspapers.com/article/32138115/the_los_angeles_times/ [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEUcdefk5_E [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqSZhwu1Rwo [6] https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1b5xetm/the_heavens_gate_cult_website_is_still_up_after/ [7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luzcGnOOit0 [8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrdQNh6bNco&rco=1 [9] https://www.youtube.com/@heavensgatearchive2658 [10] https://www.cnn.com/US/9703/28/mass.suicide/links.html [11] https://heavensgate.com/ [12] https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/higher-source-1997 [13] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBWASshQ0qA&t=225s heaven’s gate cult, heavens gate, heaven's gate documentary, marshall applewhite, bonnie nettles, do cult leaders believe their own lies, alien cult, ufo cult, hale bopp comet, hale bopp, 1997 cult, mass suicide cult, cult psychology, religious cults, doomsday cult, cult documentary, conspiracy podcast, haunted podcast, weird history podcast, occult podcast, true crime cults, alien religion, new age cults, manipulation tactics, brainwashing, cult survivors, san diego cult, heaven’s gate members, extraterrestrial belief system, spiritual manipulation, internet cults, early internet culture, heaven’s gate website, bizarre websites, cult aesthetics, y2k paranoia, sci fi religion, end times prophecy, metaphysical cults, podcast about cults, disturbing cult stories, paranormal podcast, conspiracy theories, ufos and cults, spiritual delusion, famous cult leaders, unexplained mysteries, let’s get haunted, LGH podcast, haunted internet lore, creepy true stories, fringe beliefs, esoteric cults, psychological horror in real life, american cult history, hidden history, mysterious deaths, cult behavior analysis, why people join cults, manipulation and devotion, apocalyptic movements, heaven’s gate nike shoes, heaven’s gate castration, heaven’s gate spaceship theory, alien salvation, weird religious movements, creepy cult facts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices