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Theories of the Third Kind
Theories of the Third Kind (TOT3K) is a weekly research-driven documentary podcast hosted by Aaron and Dan, covering conspiracy theories, unexplained mysteries, UFO's and UAPs, true crime, paranormal cases, government cover-ups, corporate scandals, occult mysteries, cryptids, and hidden history. Each episode digs into the evidence, strange facts, competing explanations, and theories behind stories that are hard to believe, but often documented. New Episodes every Thursday.
- Documentary chart
- #48
- Episodes
- 306
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 59 min
- On air since
- 2019
- Latest episode
- 5 days ago
Episodes
306 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 18 min
Jack Parsons: Sex Magic, Aleister Crowley & the Road to NASA
Season 8, Episode 342
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In 1946, Rocket Engineer Jack Parsons and the Future Founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, spent months trying to summon a Goddess.
Together, using the teachings of Aleister Crowley, they practiced Sex Magic, performed the infamous Babalon Working Summoning Ritual, and reported terrifying Supernatural Encounters inside a Pasadena Mansion.
Jack Parsons held Top Secret Clearances, working for the United States Rocket Program, while also performing Ceremonial Magic. In 1952, Jack would die in a violent explosion inside his laboratory.
Was it an accident, revenge, or something connected to the occult rituals he believed had worked?
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1 hr 11 min
The Galapagos Affair: The Island Where People Vanished
Season 8, Episode 341
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In 1934, a self proclaimed Baroness and her lover vanished from Floreana Island in the Galapagos, supposedly aboard a yacht nobody could verify. Within months, three other men were dead, and the surviving settlers told conflicting stories. We investigate the Galapagos Affair, from a bitter love triangle and mysterious deaths to Dr. Friedrich Ritter's ominous letter and the evidence behind one unanswered question: did the missing pair escape, or were they murdered?
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59 min
Cocaine Mummies
Season 8, Episode 340
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In 1992, researchers reported finding cocaine, nicotine, and THC inside ancient Egyptian mummies, chemicals that shouldn’t have been there. We investigate the controversial tests and the theories behind the Cocaine Mummies mystery, from contamination and unknown plants to ancient trade and possible contact between the Old and New Worlds.
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1 hr 8 min
Doomsday: Apophis 2029, Antarctica & a Black Hole
Season 8, Episode 339
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Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” is destabilizing, while asteroid 99942 Apophis will make an incredibly close pass by Earth in 2029. We break down what a Thwaites collapse, an Apophis impact, and a Carrington-level solar storm could actually do before exploring an undetected black hole traveling through our Solar System and ending with a bonus scenario: full-scale nuclear war.
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50 min
Chicago Tylenol Murders: The Unknown Wanderer
Season 8, Episode 337
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In September 1982, seven people around Chicago suddenly died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules that had been secretly filled with cyanide. The killer was never caught, and more than four decades later, the Chicago Tylenol Murders remain one of America's most infamous unsolved crimes.
Then, only a few months after the poisonings, a mysterious man was found dead from cyanide inside a Catholic church in Boise, Idaho. He carried no identification, left behind $1,900 and a note signed with a fake name, and successfully hid his identity for more than 40 years.
He became known as the Unknown Wanderer.
Now, investigators have finally identified him as Dr. Mathew Francis Betkouski, an organic chemist whose history with cyanide, pharmaceuticals and the Chicago area has raised new questions about whether the two mysteries could somehow be connected.
In this episode, we go back through the entire Chicago Tylenol Murders investigation, the victims, poisoned capsules, stores, suspects and theories before diving into the strange life and death of the Unknown Wanderer and the new evidence investigators uncovered after finally learning who he was.
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1 hr 34 min
The CIA’s Secret War Near the Galapagos
Season 8, Episode 336
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Eight Ecuadorian fishermen vanished. Two other fishing boats were hit by explosive drones. Survivors say armed men hooded and detained them before they were taken toward El Salvador. Then investigators uncovered a mysterious surveillance aircraft, and reporting linked the attacks to a covert CIA operation. We trace what happened to the Fiorella, the men who survived, and the secret operation unfolding near the Galapagos.
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49 min
9/11: The Mystery of the Dancing Israelis
Season 8, Episode 335
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On September 11, 2001, five Israeli nationals were detained after witnesses reported seeing them photographing the burning World Trade Center and behaving strangely. We investigate the men later known as the “Dancing Israelis,” Urban Moving Systems, the FBI counterintelligence investigation, alleged intelligence connections, their controversial TV interview, and what the FBI ultimately discovered about whether they had prior knowledge of 9/11.
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57 min
Flock Cameras: Can Police Track Your Car Across America?
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Flock Safety cameras are scanning license plates across America, recording where and when vehicles are seen and allowing law enforcement agencies to search a massive shared network.
In this episode, we investigate how Flock's automated license plate readers (ALPRs) work, what information they collect, how agencies share and search that data, and reported cases of the technology being misused.
Flock says its cameras help police solve crimes and find missing people. Critics warn the same technology could create something far more powerful: a nationwide surveillance system capable of reconstructing where vehicles have traveled.
So how much can Flock really see, who can access that information, and could police track your car across America?
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1 hr 20 min
Lindsay Clancy Trial: Patrick Clancy, Postpartum Psychosis & the Evidence
Season 8, Episode 333
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Using phone records, Apple Watch data, and trial testimony, we reconstruct Patrick and Lindsay Clancy’s timeline on January 24, 2023, including the unanswered questions fueling viral theories about the case. We examine Patrick’s testimony and actions before and after the killings, Lindsay’s postpartum psychosis defense, the 911 call, and the medical and psychiatric evidence surrounding the deaths of Cora, Dawson, and Callan.
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59 min
The Body Trade: Inside the Human Remains Trafficking Network
Season 8, Episode 332
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We go deeper inside the human remains trafficking network uncovered through the Jeremy Pauley investigation. In Part 2 of The Body Trade, we follow additional buyers and sellers, including James Nott and Andrew Ensanian while examining the underground market for human skulls, bones, body parts, and other remains. As the federal cases come to an end, we investigate what happened to the larger community buying and selling human remains, and whether the body trade ever really disappeared.
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1 hr 2 min
The Body Trade: Jeremy Pauley & the Harvard Human Remains Trafficking Network
Season 8, Episode 331
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Jeremy Pauley’s basement discovery exposed a nationwide human remains trafficking network involving stolen body parts, an Arkansas mortuary, and the morgue at Harvard Medical School. In Part 1 of The Body Trade, we follow the investigation from Pauley to Candace Chapman Scott, Matthew Lampi, Katrina Maclean, Joshua Taylor, Denise Lodge, and Harvard morgue manager Cedric Lodge, uncovering how donated human remains were stolen, bought, sold, and shipped across the country, and how the investigation ultimately led to federal convictions.
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48 min
The Philip Experiment: Can You Create a Ghost?
Season 8, Episode 330
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In 1972, the Toronto Society for Psychical Research invented Philip, a fictional ghost, and attempted to bring him to life through séances, table tipping, and collective belief. The group soon reported unexplained knocks, moving tables, and messages from a spirit who had never existed. Was the Philip Experiment evidence that the human mind can create a ghost, an example of psychokinesis, or an elaborate paranormal hoax? Or did the experiment accidentally make contact with something else entirely?
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57 min
CERN Shutdown, Alpha-Gal Syndrome & Wildfires: Current Conspiracies
Season 8, Episode 329
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After CERN shut down the Large Hadron Collider in June 2026, people began claiming reality was changing, timeline shifts, reversed Mandela Effects, and memories that no longer match the past.
We also investigate Lone Star ticks and Alpha-gal syndrome, the bizarre red-meat allergy caused by tick bites, along with claims that genetically engineered ticks are being deliberately spread.
Finally, we examine the wildfire conspiracy theories involving directed-energy weapons, geoengineering, land grabs, lithium deposits, and claims that the fires were coordinated.
Three current conspiracies. Are they misinformation, coincidence, or evidence that something much stranger is happening?
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1 hr 7 min
Lionel Messi & Lamine Yamal: The 2007 Bathtub Photo Prophecy
Season 8, Episode 328
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In 2007, Lionel Messi was photographed bathing baby Lamine Yamal. Nineteen years later, Yamal’s Spain defeated Messi’s Argentina in the 2026 World Cup Final, turning the image into one of soccer’s strangest viral conspiracy theories.
We uncover the true story behind the Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal UNICEF photoshoot, the mysterious number 19 connections, the theory that Messi transferred his powers to Yamal, and claims that FIFA scripted the perfect passing of the torch.
Was it coincidence, destiny… or a prophecy hidden in plain sight?
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1 hr 1 min
Newly Released UFO Files Explained: Part 2
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This Episode was Originally released as a Premium Episode on May 14th, 2026.
On May 8th, 2026, the United States Government released UFO files, UAP documents, UFO reports, and declassified alien files. In this episode, we cover the files, facts, and theories.
From unexplained sightings to military encounters and newly declassified documents, these newly released UFO files have reignited debates about UAPs, extraterrestrials, and what the government may actually know.
In this episode of Theories of the Third Kind, we break down the biggest revelations, the weirdest videos, and the strangest information that was released.
Newly Released UFO Files Explained
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1 hr 4 min
Death Valley Germans and Hex Hollow Murder - Theories Thursday
Season 8, Episode 326
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Two strange cases. Two terrifying mysteries. Death Valley Germans, a family of tourists who vanished in one of the most unforgiving places in America. The Hex Hollow Murder, a dark Pennsylvania case involving witchcraft accusations, folk magic, superstition, and a brutal killing that became one of America’s strangest true crime stories. Join us for this week's Theories Thursday episode!
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54 min
The Black Knight Satellite
Season 8, Episode 325
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Is there an Ancient object orbiting Earth? The Black Knight Satellite is a mysterious object some claim has been monitoring humanity for thousands of years. It’s connected to Nikola Tesla’s strange signals, mystery satellite reports before Sputnik, the supposed alien message from Epsilon Boötes, Philip K. Dick’s VALIS, and the famous 1998 NASA STS-88 photo.
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1 hr 8 min
National Park Disappearances
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In the United States over 300,000 children go missing every year. Also, the National Park Service manages over 4,700 underground caves. We investigate children going missing in National Parks, Crater Lake, Rocky Mountain, and Yellowstone. Each case has its own strange details, massive search efforts, and unanswered questions that continue to fuel speculation
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56 min
Cryptids 3
Season 8, Episode 324
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Cryptids 3 explores Bizarre creatures from the World of Strange encounters: The Batsquatch, The Vegetable Man, and Le Loyon.
From a glowing humanoid said to drain blood in West Virginia, to a giant bat-like creature reported near Mount St. Helens, to a mysterious masked figure haunting the forests of Switzerland, these cryptids are some of the strangest legends we’ve covered.
In this episode of Theories of the Third Kind, we break down the sightings, stories, theories, and unanswered questions behind Batsquatch, The Vegetable Man, and Le Loyon.
If you’re searching for cryptids, strange creatures, unexplained encounters, paranormal stories, or mysterious legends, this episode covers three cases that are truly bizarre.
Cryptids 3.
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58 min
Strange News 19
Season 8, Episode 323
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Strange News 19 covers six bizarre stories from around the world, including a fake bear attack insurance scam, a quadruple amputee cornhole player indicted for murder, an internet-famous dog stolen in China, a human skull found at a thrift store, an ex-CIA officer accused of stealing millions in gold bars, and a major social media addiction lawsuit against Meta and YouTube.
In this episode of Theories of the Third Kind, we break down the strangest news stories making headlines, from true crime and bizarre scams to disturbing internet cases and shocking legal battles.
If you’re searching for strange news, weird news, bizarre true crime, odd stories, conspiracy news, or unexplained headlines, this episode covers the strangest stories happening right now.
Strange News 19.
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