{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/689a1216880401ed579f58f3/695419ee6d80a931eb48265a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Real Stranger Things (Montauk Project & The man who shot Jesus)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/689a1216880401ed579f58f3/1767121286622-47f464fc-e77e-4938-b0e6-08ff80c30281.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Most people spent their weekends binging&nbsp;<em>Stranger Things</em>, watching grown-up kids on bikes fight monsters from the Upside Down. But what if the Hawkins Lab isn't just a Hollywood set? What if the \"Upside Down\" was inspired by a series of very real and very bizarre allegations involving psychic children, Nazi gold, and a time-travelling portal to Mars?</p><p><br></p><p>This week,&nbsp;<strong>Craig</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Andy</strong>&nbsp;head across the Atlantic to the tip of Long Island:&nbsp;<strong>Camp Hero</strong>. We’re diving deep into the rabbit hole of the&nbsp;<strong>Montauk Project</strong>. We explore the claims of Preston Nichols—a man who says he lived two lives: one as a regular engineer, and another as the director of a clandestine government project that literally tore a hole in the fabric of space-time.</p><p><br></p><p>From the \"Montauk Chair\" that could manifest subconscious nightmares to the heartbreaking stories of the \"Montauk Boys,\" we ask: Is this a masterpiece of science fiction or the greatest cover-up in American history?</p><p><br></p><h3><strong>In This Episode:</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>The Hawkins Connection:</strong>&nbsp;Why the Duffer Brothers originally titled their show&nbsp;<em>Montauk</em>.</li><li><strong>The Ghost Ship:</strong>&nbsp;How the 1943&nbsp;<strong>Philadelphia Experiment</strong>&nbsp;(Project Rainbow) allegedly teleported a Navy destroyer, the USS Eldridge.</li><li><strong>The Montauk Boys:</strong>&nbsp;Distressing first-hand accounts of abducted children, \"acid tests,\" and the research of Brian Minnick.</li><li><strong>Mission 33 AD:</strong>&nbsp;The unbelievable story of \"Stan,\" the researcher allegedly ordered to assassinate Jesus with a revolver.</li><li><strong>The Beast from the Id:</strong>&nbsp;How a subconscious monster finally brought the project to a crashing halt in 1983.</li><li><strong>Shadow Governments:</strong>&nbsp;The real-world precedents of&nbsp;<strong>Operation Paperclip</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>MKUltra</strong>, and the&nbsp;<strong>Stargate Project</strong>.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Stay Wyrd!</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://open.acast.com/www.wyrdwessex.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.wyrdwessex.co.uk</a></p><p><br></p><p>Buy our merch <a href=\"https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=u\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></p><p><br></p><p>Written by Craig Brooks and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens</p><p>Edited by Craig Brooks</p><p><br></p><p>Intro music by Leonell Cassio - The Paranormal Is Real (ft. Carrie)</p>","author_name":"Craig Brooks"}