The Conspirators Podcast

Back in November of 1987, television viewers in Chicago were surprised when in the middle of their nightly news broadcast, a man in a rubber Max Headroom mask managed to interrupt the TV signal with his own video. The Max Headroom Incident remains one of the most legendary unsolved mysteries in television history. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://news.wttw.com/2017/11/21/30-years-later-notorious-max-headroom-incident-remains-mystery https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2019/11/22/to-the-max-headroom https://www.wired.com/2014/10/max-headroom-interupt/ https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/max-headroom-broadcast-signal-intrusion-tvs-strangest-hack/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/max-headroom-incident https://www.vice.com/en/article/headroom-hacker/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a real psychiatric condition in some people that's sometimes referred to as Renfield's Syndrome. This is a condition where some people believe they are real vampires. In this episode I'm going to tell you four stories of real murderers who thought they were vampires, including the story of Richard Chase, the serial killer known as the Vampire of Sacramento. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://toothpickings.medium.com/how-american-vampires-wrecked-a-russian-ghost-ship-47b2df18e6d https://jacksonianamerica.com/2013/01/07/president-andrew-johnsons-vampire-story/ https://the-avocado.org/2021/09/28/history-thread-vampire-of-liberty/ https://www.nytimes.com/1924/07/22/archives/vampire-murderer-indicted-in-hanover-charged-with-17-killings-and.html https://serialkillercalendar.com/THE-BLOOD-LUST-OF-FRITZ-HAARMANN.php?srsltid=AYCX9vIW32Wu_-782P5PZ4aQM6MnEfR_qqVBsHtI7Mu053UP6ooqypJA https://allthatsinteresting.com/real-vampires/5 https://www.grunge.com/1121101/what-the-butcher-of-hanover-fritz-haarmann-had-as-his-final-meal/ https://scholar.ufs.ac.za/items/3d780c66-0515-4e2a-963e-a3cd5a47ac26 https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/richard-trenton-chase/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/richard-chase https://hauntedhistorytours.com/blog/kentucky-vampire-teen-murders/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/double-death-for-vampire-killer/ https://www.ranker.com/list/rod-ferrell-facts/nathan-gibson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most beloved and feared legends to come out of the state of New Jersey is that of the Jersey devil. This mysterious cryptid is said to live in the Pine Barrens. During one week in 1909, the Jersey Devil terrorized the region. In this episode I'll tell you all about that terrifying week, and about the legend behind this legendary creature. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/11818/secret-history-jersey-devil?srsltid=AYCX9vLXRp4aoZ6dwz_5Yks2JNuXczA3y5_dirMqssn-6CwCPlkalOF6 https://pinelandsalliance.org/learn-about-the-pinelands/pinelands-history-and-culture/the-jersey-devil-and-folklore/ https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov/government/government-information/history-of-atlantic-county/jersey-devil-fact-or-fiction https://weirdnj.com/stories/jersey-devil/ https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/exhibits/running-jersey-devil-1 https://njhumanities.org/humanities-to-go/psp/the-jersey-devil-in-myth-and-history/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most terrifying Russian and Slavic legends is that of the Baba Yaga, an evil witch who lures in unsuspecting victims before murdering them. But back in 2015, St. Petersburg police arrested a very real serial killer, who a lot of people compared to the legend of the Baba Yaga. This was a 68 year old woman named Tamara Samsonova, who claimed to have murdered and eaten as many as 13 people. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://snowwhitewrites.com/baba-yaga/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baba-Yaga https://ces.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/162/Baba-Yaga-informational-material.pdf https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221118-baba-yaga-the-greatest-wicked-witch-of-all https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Samsonova https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/07/world/russia-granny-ripper-cannibalism https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/world-news/granny-ripper-who-beheaded-neighbour-32989038 https://www.utterlyinteresting.com/post/the-chilling-case-of-tamara-samsonova-russia-s-granny-ripper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in the late 1960s, the Pritchard family moved into a house at 30 East Drive in the English town of Pontefract. Soon, strange things began happening in the house. This began what is known as the most violent poltergeist haunting in British history. Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Poltergeist-Destructive-Haunting-Colin-Wilson/dp/1840672846 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlpx8jz1jyo https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/2018/03/20/the-black-monk-of-pontefract http://www.30eastdrive.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices