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* 100: The Big Three[[labelnote:*]]Each of this trio of mysteries is themed to one of the hosts. For Jesse; a WWI-era ship vanishes into the Bermuda Triangle, for Alex; a secretive Soviet mine inexplicably produces over half of the world's diamonds, for Mathas; a German family is found murdered on their homestead shortly after reporting ghosts on the property.[[/labelnote]]
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* 98: Minisode Compliation 12
* 99: The Lost Egyptian Colony of America Ft. WebVideo/{{Wowcrendor}}[[labelnote:*]]Special guest Crendor joins the crew to discuss some "extremely compelling" evidence of an ancient Egyptian colony located in the Grand Canyon.[[/labelnote]]
* 98: Minisode Compliation 12
* 99: The Lost Egyptian Colony of America Ft. WebVideo/{{Wowcrendor}}[[labelnote:*]]Special guest Crendor joins the crew to discuss some "extremely compelling" evidence of an ancient Egyptian colony located in the Grand Canyon.[[/labelnote]]
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* 92, 93: The Time Traveling Ghost Detective[[labelnote:*]]A poltergeist encounter takes a turn for the weird when a couple discover that their computer is a portal through time.[[/labelnote]]
* 94: Death By Dancing[[labelnote:*]]In the 1600s, a mysterious plague spread through the peasantry of a French village. Hundreds of townsfolk began to dance, and didn't stop until their death.[[/labelnote]]
* 95: Minisode Compilation 11
* 94: Death By Dancing[[labelnote:*]]In the 1600s, a mysterious plague spread through the peasantry of a French village. Hundreds of townsfolk began to dance, and didn't stop until their death.[[/labelnote]]
* 95: Minisode Compilation 11
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* AbsenteeActor: Jesse and Mathas have missed appearing in one episode each (Episodes 5.5 and 89, respectively), due to technical issues and scheduling conflicts. Given that the show has run to nearly 100 episodes over three years and counting and has been released weekly since early 2020, it's perhaps more impressive that Alex ''has never missed one''.
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* AbsenteeActor: Jesse and Mathas have missed appearing in one episode each (Episodes 5.5 and 89, respectively), due to technical issues and scheduling conflicts. Given that the show has run to nearly 100 episodes over three years and counting and has been released weekly since early 2020, it's perhaps more impressive noteworthy that Alex ''has never missed one''.
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** Episode 66 was hosted by Dodger of WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue, with her presenting the topic and doing the research for the episode.
** Episode 89 was recorded while Mathas was busy with a cross-country move, so Alex took over presenting duties while Michael Davis (of The Warp Zone, also Jesse and Alex's Scary Game Squad collaborator) stepped in as the third host for the episode.
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* 90: Power Ranking 3 Lesser Known Cryptids[[labelnote:*]]To celebrate Mathas' return, the trio discuss and rate the Flatwoods monster, the Hopkinsville goblins, and the Fresco nightcrawlers.[[/labelnote]]
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* 90: Power Ranking 3 Lesser Known Cryptids[[labelnote:*]]To celebrate Mathas' return, the trio discuss and rate the Flatwoods monster, the Hopkinsville goblins, and the Fresco Fresno nightcrawlers.[[/labelnote]]
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* 91: The Story of Borley Rectory[[labelnote:*]]Ghostly nuns, faces in windows, a horse carriage being driven by a headless man... these are just a few of things seen in the most haunted place in England.[[/labelnote]]
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* 89: Davis is Here (Bohemian Grove)[[labelnote:*]]While Mathas is moving to a new house, special guest Davis joins to discuss a so-called cult meeting attended by the most powerful people in the world.[[/labelnote]]
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* 88: Minisode Compilation 10
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* 84: The Alien Jizz Incident[[labelnote:*]]Throughout history, unexplained tissue called 'angel hair' has fallen from the sky. Upon closer inspection, it seems to have living organisms inside of it.[[/labelnote]]
* 85: Minisode Complilation 9
* 86: The Raeliens[[labelnote:*]]An angel hair encounter inspires an alien-worshipping religion.[[/labelnote]]
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* 86: The Raeliens[[labelnote:*]]An angel hair encounter inspires an alien-worshipping religion.[[/labelnote]]
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Mothman[[labelnote:*]]A horrific monster is sighted in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, seemingly bringing misfortune wherever it goes.[[/labelnote]]
* 30: Indrid Cold/Mothman Part33[[labelnote:*]]A strange man appears, coinciding with the mothman sightings. Could he and the mothman be related, and could they be from another planet?[[/labelnote]]
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* 79, 81, 82, 83: Project MK-ULTRA[[labelnote:*]]Cold War paranoia fuels an unrestricted, unregulated government experiment to unlock the secrets of mind control... performed on their own unwitting citizens.[[/labelnote]]
* 80: Minisode Compilation 8
* 80: Minisode Compilation 8
* CartoonishSupervillainy: This was their interpretation of some of the CIA's more ridiculous actions during MK-ULTRA. Some of it was being conducted by literal Nazis in secret lairs with James Bond-esque death chambers. They came up with the supervillain "Herr Hypnosis" that personified it.
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* TheStoner: The Boston Baked Bean Boy. He's a sentient baked bean that's always high. Honestly, ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.
* TheStoner: The Boston Baked Bean Boy. He's a sentient baked bean that's always high. Honestly, ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.
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* 77: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe[[labelnote:*]]Ill, wearing mismatched clothes, in the wrong city, and in an incoherent stupor. These are the baffling final days of horror poet Edgar Allen Poe.[[/labelnote]]
* 78: The Voynich Manuscript[[labelnote:*]]Green children that claim to be from a land of twilight, an alchemist manuscript written in an untranslatable language, and a man who woke up on the wrong side of the world. This trio of mysteries all date back to before the year 1500.[[/labelnote]]
* 78: The Voynich Manuscript[[labelnote:*]]Green children that claim to be from a land of twilight, an alchemist manuscript written in an untranslatable language, and a man who woke up on the wrong side of the world. This trio of mysteries all date back to before the year 1500.[[/labelnote]]
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* 75: The Lost Colony of Roanoke[[labelnote:*]]An early American colony disappears, leaving nothing but the word "Croatoan" carved in a tree.[[/labelnote]]
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* 76: Minisode Compilation 7
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* 71, 72, 74: Robert Irving[[labelnote:*]]A strange religious upbringing, the Great Depression, poor mental care, and sexual frustration meet to create the murderer known as "the Mad Sculptor".[[/labelnote]]
* 73: Halloween Special YOUR True Stories! (Listener Stories 9)
* 71, 72, 74: Robert Irving[[labelnote:*]]A strange religious upbringing, the Great Depression, poor mental care, and sexual frustration meet to create the murderer known as "the Mad Sculptor".[[/labelnote]]
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* 69: Top Sex Mysteries[[labelnote:*]]A collection of mysteries and cryptid encounters all related to sex.[[/labelnote]]
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* 68: The Chupacabra[[labelnote:*]]The legend of one of the most famous - and most well documented - American cryptids. Surely they can't all be mangy dogs, right?[[/labelnote]]
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* 5: Annabelle and Robert the DollDoll[[labelnote:*]]A deep-dive into two of the most famous haunted dolls of all time.[[/labelnote]]
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* 1: Amityville
Amityville[[labelnote:*]]Following a series of grisly murders, a family moves into what is now known as the most haunted place on Earth[[/labelnote]]
* 2:Skinwalkers
Skinwalkers[[labelnote:*]]Dark shamans who sell their soul to transform into animals. A Navajo myth, or something more?[[/labelnote]]
* 3: Hollow MoonTheory
Theory[[labelnote:*]]Scientists aren't sure where our moon comes from, which naturally means it's everything from a hologram to a secret alien base to a satellite sent from the future.[[/labelnote]]
* 3.5: Inter-dimensional MusicLover[[labelnote:*]]Everyday Chemistry[[/labelnote]]
Lover[[labelnote:*]]After an accident, a man wakes up to find himself in a dimension where the Beatles never broke up.[[/labelnote]]
* 4: Aliens: The Very ConfusingBasicsBasics[[labelnote:*]]A short introduction to aliens.[[/labelnote]]
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Pitera[[labelnote:*]]What happens when a serial killer is a high-ranking member of the mafia?[[/labelnote]]
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Shud[[labelnote:*]]An unidentified man is found dead on an Australian beach, baffling authorities for decades.[[/labelnote]]
* 11: The Dyatlov PassIncidentIncident[[labelnote:*]]Nine Russian hikers die on a mountain pass, the circumstances for which defy explanation.[[/labelnote]]
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Alien[[labelnote:*]]A history of the Christmas monster known as Krampus, and how he could possibly be less fictional than we thought.[[/labelnote]]
* 20: Fengdu GhostCity
City[[labelnote:*]]A Chinese city where the dead must pass trials before they can move on to the afterlife.[[/labelnote]]
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Coverup[[labelnote:*]]A human face on Mars sparks a conspiracy, a coverup, bad math, and a whole lotta scam artists.[[/labelnote]]
* 22, 23: Missing411411[[labelnote:*]]Hundreds of missing persons cases come from America's national parks. Could they possibly be related?[[/labelnote]]
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* 21: The Moon/Mars
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Aliens[[labelnote:*]]The sinking of the Titanic may have been an insurance scam, Beyonce may have never been pregnant, and the government releases video of unexplained aerial phenomenon. It can only be an Alex episode.[[/labelnote]]
* 26, 27: Andrew W.K.[[labelnote:*]]Mysterious behaviour poses a question: is Andrew W.K. actually a real person?[[/labelnote]]
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* 38: Alex Internet Mysteries[[labelnote:*]]Kutchie's Key Lime Pie, Mysteries[[labelnote:*]]Nonsensical reviews for a pie that doesn't exist appear on thousands of websites, and a silly game based on Kanye Quest Ascensionism[[/labelnote]]
West holds a dark secret that links it to a cult.[[/labelnote]]
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Pills[[labelnote:*]]Redditors discover strange activity relating to mercenary work hidden in the source code of a porn site.[[/labelnote]]
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Black[[labelnote:*]]Tall, clad in suits, and intimidating. Are they agents of the government, fabrications of the mind, or something more supernatural?[[/labelnote]]
* 42: Cicada33013301[[labelnote:*]]A globe-spanning puzzle looks to recruit the best minds on Earth, but for what purpose?[[/labelnote]]
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''Chilluminati'' is a supernatural and conspiracy podcast hosted by Mike "Mathas" Martin, Alex Faciane of ''WebVideo/SuperBeardBros'', and WebVideo/JesseCox. It covers a variety of topics, ranging from the typical alien encounters, hauntings, unsolved mysteries, and famous conspiracies, but also covering folklore and mythology, internet mysteries from the new millennium, and the occasional dip into TrueCrime.
Each topic is chosen by one of the three hosts (typically rotating between Mathas and Alex) and independently researched by them. The other two go into the topic blind. Mathas covers a large variety, generally focusing on famous supernatural stories but also in-depth discussions on the "mythology" of UFO research, folklore creatures from around the world, and extensive dives into the lives of serial killers. Alex tends to focus on smaller, obscure topics, particularly recent mysteries from Reddit and other websites. On the rare occasion Jesse hosts, he brings unsolved mysteries he doesn't have an explanation for.
The three hosts offer wildly different perspectives on each topic. Mathas is a self-admitted alien enthusiast and generally believes in the supernatural (or as he clarifies, ''really really really'' wants to believe). Jesse is the skeptic of the group, and tries to find reasonable explanations and point out logical fallacies and holes in the evidence. Alex is somewhere between them, generally siding with Mathas but still questioning the stories. All three hosts are also perfectly willing to call out obvious scams and fake stories when they see them.
The show is hosted on [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrIoJm0QOWUpOH3JFyL5581CzJ_OTLttL Mathas' YouTube channel]], as well as most podcast platforms. In addition to the regular episodes, they release an after-show discussing recent supernatural news, or in lieu of that, stories far too short to cover in the main episode. These are initially Patreon exclusives, but are compiled and released as full episodes every few weeks.
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* 1: Amityville
* 2: Skinwalkers
* 3: Hollow Moon Theory
* 3.5: Inter-dimensional Music Lover[[labelnote:*]]Everyday Chemistry[[/labelnote]]
* 4: Aliens: The Very Confusing Basics
* 5: Annabelle and Robert the Doll
* 5.5: Me, Myself, and the Ghost Who Wants to be Me[[labelnote:*]]Doppelgangers[[/labelnote]]
* 6: Hollow Earth Theory
* 7, 8, 9: Tommy Pitera
* 10: Tamam Shud
* 11: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
* 12: Latin American Folklore
* 13: Gef the Dalby Spook
* 14: Alien Abductions - The Basics
* 15: A Chat with Airdorf Games and the Satanic Panic
* 16: Reading YOUR True Stories!
* 17: Lydia Sherman
* 18: Jane Toppan - The Angel of Death
* 19: Krampus is an Alien
* 20: Fengdu Ghost City
* 21: The Moon/Mars Coverup
* 22, 23: Missing 411
* 24: Listener Stories 2
* 25: The Fake Titanic, Beyonce, and Aliens
* 26, 27: Andrew W.K.
* 28, 29: The Mothman
* 30: Indrid Cold/Mothman Part 3
* 31: Loretto Staircase
* 32, 33, 36: Ted Bundy
* 34: Listener Stories 3
* 35: Room 322
* 37: Paranormal Contraception (Listener Stories 4)
* 38: Alex Internet Mysteries[[labelnote:*]]Kutchie's Key Lime Pie, Kanye Quest Ascensionism[[/labelnote]]
* 39: Lake City Quiet Pills
* 40, 41: Men In Black
* 42: Cicada 3301
* 43: A Rip in Reality (Listener Stories 5)
* 44: Hollow Sun Theory
* 45: Histories Mysteries: The Lighthouse
* 46, 48, 49, 50: Skinwalker Ranch
* 47: Minisode Compilation 1
* 51: The Dream Murder Goblin (Listener Stories 6)
* 52: James Dean's Car
* 53: Minisode Compilation 2
* 54: Cryptids of Africa
* 55, 56: John Titor
* 57: Minisode Compilation 3
* 58, 60, 61: The Roswell Incident
* 59: Minisode Compilation 4
* 62: Dark Corners of the Internet[[labelnote:*]]Chip Chan, Jimmy C, Electric Grid Attack, Vagina Island[[/labelnote]]
* 63: The Girl That Stares at Me (Listener Stories 7)
[[/folder]]
Not to be confused with LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}'s show of the same name.
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!!This podcast provides examples of:
* AgentMulder: Mathas, and to some degree Alex. That said, Mathas is perfectly willing to poke fun at some ''really'' stupid conspiracy theories. The entire "Hollow X" series and Mars Coverup episode (as well as large parts of most alien episodes) exist entirely to laugh at how utterly bizarre some conspiracies are.
* AgentScully: Jesse is this for the show. He does not believe in the supernatural, and while he does think aliens exist somewhere, they've never been to Earth.
* IBelieveThatYouBelieveIt: Generally Jesse's takeaway from most testimonials and listener stories.
* BerserkButton: Mathas ''hates'' phony researchers and scam artists trying to make a buck off supernatural events. He really loses his temper talking about the Neo-Nazis and white supremacists piggy-backing off this stuff to promote their garbage beliefs.
* DealWithTheDevil: According to a side tangent, Mathas tried to sell his soul to get superpowers at some point as a kid. Jesse and Alex were incredibly amused.
* TheDollEpisode: Their episode covering Annabelle and Robert the Doll. Jesse and Alex later convinced Mathas to buy a haunted doll off Ebay, and he still hasn't removed the tape from its mouth.
* FreudianTrio: Mathas as the Id, Jesse as the Superego, and Alex as the Ego.
-->'''Alex''': (pretending to be a viewer) I signed up for Chilluminati! I want Alex to kind of agree, I want Mathas to agree with me sight unseen, I want Jesse to tell me it's never gonna happen!
* NothingIsScarier: Any time a supernatural encounter gets wrapped in a nice neat bow or if the story goes into way too many details, the hosts instantly stop believing it. Of particular note is any time the Warrens get involved.
* PoesLaw: The 'Krampus is an Alien' episode, which dealt with Krampus as TheGreys and Santa as a Nordic alien, was conceived entirely by Mathas and their researcher, as revealed at the end of the episode. It's basically imperceptible from actual alien conspiracies.
* PoliceAreUseless: A running theme in their Ted Bundy episodes. By the finale, Mathas is completely fed up with how incompetent the police were and how many people died because of it.
* PyramidPower: Their logo is a stylized {{Illuminati}} symbol, naturally.
* TheReptilians: They've discussed the conspiracy where they're either either aliens or an ancient species living beneath the Earth.
''Chilluminati'' is a supernatural and conspiracy podcast hosted by Mike "Mathas" Martin, Alex Faciane of ''WebVideo/SuperBeardBros'', and WebVideo/JesseCox. It covers a variety of topics, ranging from the typical alien encounters, hauntings, unsolved mysteries, and famous conspiracies, but also covering folklore and mythology, internet mysteries from the new millennium, and the occasional dip into TrueCrime.
Each topic is chosen by one of the three hosts (typically rotating between Mathas and Alex) and independently researched by them. The other two go into the topic blind. Mathas covers a large variety, generally focusing on famous supernatural stories but also in-depth discussions on the "mythology" of UFO research, folklore creatures from around the world, and extensive dives into the lives of serial killers. Alex tends to focus on smaller, obscure topics, particularly recent mysteries from Reddit and other websites. On the rare occasion Jesse hosts, he brings unsolved mysteries he doesn't have an explanation for.
The three hosts offer wildly different perspectives on each topic. Mathas is a self-admitted alien enthusiast and generally believes in the supernatural (or as he clarifies, ''really really really'' wants to believe). Jesse is the skeptic of the group, and tries to find reasonable explanations and point out logical fallacies and holes in the evidence. Alex is somewhere between them, generally siding with Mathas but still questioning the stories. All three hosts are also perfectly willing to call out obvious scams and fake stories when they see them.
The show is hosted on [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrIoJm0QOWUpOH3JFyL5581CzJ_OTLttL Mathas' YouTube channel]], as well as most podcast platforms. In addition to the regular episodes, they release an after-show discussing recent supernatural news, or in lieu of that, stories far too short to cover in the main episode. These are initially Patreon exclusives, but are compiled and released as full episodes every few weeks.
[[folder:Episodes]]
* 1: Amityville
* 2: Skinwalkers
* 3: Hollow Moon Theory
* 3.5: Inter-dimensional Music Lover[[labelnote:*]]Everyday Chemistry[[/labelnote]]
* 4: Aliens: The Very Confusing Basics
* 5: Annabelle and Robert the Doll
* 5.5: Me, Myself, and the Ghost Who Wants to be Me[[labelnote:*]]Doppelgangers[[/labelnote]]
* 6: Hollow Earth Theory
* 7, 8, 9: Tommy Pitera
* 10: Tamam Shud
* 11: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
* 12: Latin American Folklore
* 13: Gef the Dalby Spook
* 14: Alien Abductions - The Basics
* 15: A Chat with Airdorf Games and the Satanic Panic
* 16: Reading YOUR True Stories!
* 17: Lydia Sherman
* 18: Jane Toppan - The Angel of Death
* 19: Krampus is an Alien
* 20: Fengdu Ghost City
* 21: The Moon/Mars Coverup
* 22, 23: Missing 411
* 24: Listener Stories 2
* 25: The Fake Titanic, Beyonce, and Aliens
* 26, 27: Andrew W.K.
* 28, 29: The Mothman
* 30: Indrid Cold/Mothman Part 3
* 31: Loretto Staircase
* 32, 33, 36: Ted Bundy
* 34: Listener Stories 3
* 35: Room 322
* 37: Paranormal Contraception (Listener Stories 4)
* 38: Alex Internet Mysteries[[labelnote:*]]Kutchie's Key Lime Pie, Kanye Quest Ascensionism[[/labelnote]]
* 39: Lake City Quiet Pills
* 40, 41: Men In Black
* 42: Cicada 3301
* 43: A Rip in Reality (Listener Stories 5)
* 44: Hollow Sun Theory
* 45: Histories Mysteries: The Lighthouse
* 46, 48, 49, 50: Skinwalker Ranch
* 47: Minisode Compilation 1
* 51: The Dream Murder Goblin (Listener Stories 6)
* 52: James Dean's Car
* 53: Minisode Compilation 2
* 54: Cryptids of Africa
* 55, 56: John Titor
* 57: Minisode Compilation 3
* 58, 60, 61: The Roswell Incident
* 59: Minisode Compilation 4
* 62: Dark Corners of the Internet[[labelnote:*]]Chip Chan, Jimmy C, Electric Grid Attack, Vagina Island[[/labelnote]]
* 63: The Girl That Stares at Me (Listener Stories 7)
[[/folder]]
Not to be confused with LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}'s show of the same name.
----
!!This podcast provides examples of:
* AgentMulder: Mathas, and to some degree Alex. That said, Mathas is perfectly willing to poke fun at some ''really'' stupid conspiracy theories. The entire "Hollow X" series and Mars Coverup episode (as well as large parts of most alien episodes) exist entirely to laugh at how utterly bizarre some conspiracies are.
* AgentScully: Jesse is this for the show. He does not believe in the supernatural, and while he does think aliens exist somewhere, they've never been to Earth.
* IBelieveThatYouBelieveIt: Generally Jesse's takeaway from most testimonials and listener stories.
* BerserkButton: Mathas ''hates'' phony researchers and scam artists trying to make a buck off supernatural events. He really loses his temper talking about the Neo-Nazis and white supremacists piggy-backing off this stuff to promote their garbage beliefs.
* DealWithTheDevil: According to a side tangent, Mathas tried to sell his soul to get superpowers at some point as a kid. Jesse and Alex were incredibly amused.
* TheDollEpisode: Their episode covering Annabelle and Robert the Doll. Jesse and Alex later convinced Mathas to buy a haunted doll off Ebay, and he still hasn't removed the tape from its mouth.
* FreudianTrio: Mathas as the Id, Jesse as the Superego, and Alex as the Ego.
-->'''Alex''': (pretending to be a viewer) I signed up for Chilluminati! I want Alex to kind of agree, I want Mathas to agree with me sight unseen, I want Jesse to tell me it's never gonna happen!
* NothingIsScarier: Any time a supernatural encounter gets wrapped in a nice neat bow or if the story goes into way too many details, the hosts instantly stop believing it. Of particular note is any time the Warrens get involved.
* PoesLaw: The 'Krampus is an Alien' episode, which dealt with Krampus as TheGreys and Santa as a Nordic alien, was conceived entirely by Mathas and their researcher, as revealed at the end of the episode. It's basically imperceptible from actual alien conspiracies.
* PoliceAreUseless: A running theme in their Ted Bundy episodes. By the finale, Mathas is completely fed up with how incompetent the police were and how many people died because of it.
* PyramidPower: Their logo is a stylized {{Illuminati}} symbol, naturally.
* TheReptilians: They've discussed the conspiracy where they're either either aliens or an ancient species living beneath the Earth.
