The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic.
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The Basement: Diana Pasulka | Angels, Vatican Archives, and a Government Email
Aug 24, 2026
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The Basque Bloodline | Descendants of Atlantis
Aug 21, 2026
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The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased
Aug 17, 2026
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They Left Everything Behind Except an Explanation
Aug 15, 2026
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The Basement: Travis Taylor | Black Holes, UFOs & Skinwalker Ranch
Aug 10, 2026
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JFK's Assassination and the CIA's Psychic Cold War
Aug 08, 2026
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The Basement: MrBallen | YouTube's Best Storyteller Tells His Own
Aug 03, 2026
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The Hunter Who Became the Hunted | Carl Higdon Abduction
Jul 31, 2026
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The Basement: John B. Alexander | Roswell, MJ-12, Skinwalker: The Colonel Who Was There
Jul 27, 2026
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The Basement: Jeremy Corbell | Betrayal, Surveillance, and the Secret Higher Than Nuclear Weapons
Jul 20, 2026
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Prophecy of the Popes | Saint Malachy's Countdown
Jul 18, 2026
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Human Evolution and the Power of the Mind: Science Compilation
Jul 15, 2026
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Human Hybrids and Interdimensional Creatures: Cryptids Compilation Vol. 5
Jul 14, 2026
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The Basement: Thomas Campbell | This Sound Frequency Unlocks Out-of-Body Travel
Jul 13, 2026
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Stories That Still Haunt the Internet: The Soup Room, The Masked Feast, The Station That Isn't There
Jul 11, 2026
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The Basement: Danny Goler | The Laser Experiment and the Code Inside
Jul 06, 2026
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Project Chronos | Hitler's Last Weapon
Jul 03, 2026
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The Basement: Dave Paulides | Missing 411 and Cases the Government Won't Let You See
Jun 29, 2026
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The Asteroid Behind the Bible's Most Famous Disaster
Jun 26, 2026
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The Basement: Andrew Gallimore | DMT Didn't Take You Somewhere New — It Unlocked What's Always There
Jun 22, 2026
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Canada's Most Documented UFO Case | Falcon Lake
Jun 19, 2026
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The Basement: Bryce Zabel | Disclosure Day, Dark Skies, and Hollywood UFO Deals
Jun 13, 2026
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The Basement: Joshua Cutchin | Fairies, Bigfoot, and the Connection Nobody Saw Coming
Jun 08, 2026
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Parallel Universes Are Real — And People Fall Into Them
Jun 06, 2026
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The Basement: Joseph Matheny | The Man Who Hacked Reality Before the Internet Existed
Jun 01, 2026
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The Forbidden Theory of Morphic Resonance
May 29, 2026
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The Basement: Luke Caverns | LiDAR Is Revealing Ancient Cities the Amazon Was Hiding
May 27, 2026
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The Basement: Rizwan Virk | The Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Physics & Mysticism
May 18, 2026
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The Machines Are Watching You | And They Know Everything (Compilation)
May 17, 2026
Secret listening posts sit inside ordinary buildings in major cities. Numbers stations still broadcast coded messages over shortwave radio — and no one officially admits why.
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The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar
May 11, 2026
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