History Podcast / Chilluminati

* Lol69: The entire reason for the topic of 'Top Sex Mysteries'.

* 158, 159: The Assassination of JFK[[note]]This groundwork duo of episodes lays out the known facts about the JFK assassination as well as the inconsistencies therein.[[/note]]

* 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 more than 100 episodes over three years and has been released weekly since early 2020, it's perhaps more noteworthy that Alex ''has never missed one''.

* IBelieveThatYouBelieveIt: Generally Jesse's takeaway from most testimonials and listener stories.
* TheBermudaTriangle: Episode 148 focused on some of the most famous Bermuda Triangle stories... before spending the second half debunking anything supernatural about it. The Bermuda Triangle has no larger amount of disappearing ships and planes than any stormy ocean area of that size and traffic would be expected to. To give an idea of how sensationalized it is, GuestHost Sinvicta -- who's from Bermuda -- had never even ''heard'' of the Bermuda Triangle before moving to the States.
* 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.
* BrickJoke: In the 68th episode, Alex made a joke that he was going to have to host a 'Top Sex Mysteries' episode next week. Turns out, he actually did it.

* 144: The Fermi Paradox[[note]]If we aren't alone in the universe, then why are there no other signs of life?

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* 144: The Fermi Paradox[[note]]If we aren't alone in the universe, then why are there no other signs of life?[[/note]]

* 1: 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[[labelnote:*]]Dark shamans who sell their soul to transform into animals. A Navajo myth, or something more?[[/labelnote]]
* 3: Hollow Moon 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 Music 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 Confusing Basics[[labelnote:*]]A short introduction to aliens.[[/labelnote]]
* 5: Annabelle and Robert the Doll[[labelnote:*]]A deep-dive into two of the most famous haunted dolls of all time.[[/labelnote]]
* 5.5: Me, Myself, and the Ghost Who Wants to be Me[[labelnote:*]]Alex and Mathas discuss a few cases of doppelgangers throughout history.[[/labelnote]]

* 7, 8, 9: Tommy Pitera[[labelnote:*]]What happens when a serial killer is a high-ranking member of the mafia?[[/labelnote]]
* 10: Tamam Shud[[labelnote:*]]An unidentified man is found dead on an Australian beach, baffling authorities for decades.[[/labelnote]]
* 11: The Dyatlov Pass Incident[[labelnote:*]]Nine Russian hikers die on a mountain pass, the circumstances for which defy explanation.[[/labelnote]]

* 13: Gef the Dalby Spook[[labelnote:*]]A Welsh family discovers a most unlikely specter haunting them.[[/labelnote]]

* 19: Krampus is an 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 Ghost City[[labelnote:*]]A Chinese city where the dead must pass trials before they can move on to the afterlife.[[/labelnote]]
* 21: The Moon/Mars Coverup[[labelnote:*]]A human face on Mars sparks a conspiracy, a coverup, bad math, and a whole lotta scam artists.[[/labelnote]]
* 22, 23: Missing 411[[labelnote:*]]Hundreds of missing persons cases come from America's national parks. Could they possibly be related?[[/labelnote]]

* 25: The Fake Titanic, Beyonce, and 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 Music/AndrewWK actually a real person?[[/labelnote]]
* 28, 29: The Mothman[[labelnote:*]]A horrific monster is sighted in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, seemingly bringing misfortune wherever it goes.[[/labelnote]]
* 30: Indrid Cold/Mothman Part 3[[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]]
* 31: Loretto Staircase[[labelnote:*]]A miraculous staircase is built by a stranger, supposedly sent by God himself.[[/labelnote]]

* 35: Room 322[[labelnote:*]]An off-putting hotel room is barred from guests. Are the hotel's reasons as benign as they claim, or is there something else going on in there?[[/labelnote]]

* 38: Alex Internet Mysteries[[labelnote:*]]Nonsensical reviews for a pie that doesn't exist appear on thousands of websites, and a silly game based on Kanye West holds a dark secret that links it to a cult.[[/labelnote]]
* 39: Lake City Quiet Pills[[labelnote:*]]Redditors discover strange activity relating to mercenary work hidden in the source code of a porn site.[[/labelnote]]
* 40, 41: Men In Black[[labelnote:*]]Tall, clad in suits, and intimidating. Are they agents of the government, fabrications of the mind, or something more supernatural?[[/labelnote]]
* 42: Cicada 3301[[labelnote:*]]A globe-spanning puzzle looks to recruit the best minds on Earth, but for what purpose?[[/labelnote]]

* 44: Hollow Sun Theory[[labelnote:*]]Because yes, there is a conspiracy for everything.[[/labelnote]]
* 45: Histories Mysteries: The Lighthouse[[labelnote:*]]Three lighthouse workers write about a vicious multi-day storm before disappearing. Only, the storm never actually happened.[[/labelnote]]

* 52: James Dean's Car[[labelnote:*]]A series of accidents seem to follow the wreckage of James Dean's car, before it mysteriously vanishes one day.[[/labelnote]]

* 55, 56: John Titor[[labelnote:*]]An alleged time traveler shares his story with the internet, and his strange legacy remains to this day.[[/labelnote]]

* 62: Dark Corners of the Internet[[labelnote:*]]A woman that livestreams her paranoia, a man's encounter with the Devil, a professional attack on an electric grid, and a mysterious island full of cement vaginas. Yep, it's another Alex episode.[[/labelnote]]

* 64: The Robert Taylor Abduction[[labelnote:*]]A man in a small town claims to be abducted by aliens, and police decide to investigate the scene.[[/labelnote]]

* 66: The Tomte Ft. Dodger![[labelnote:*]]Special guest [[WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue Dodger]] joins the crew to discuss the ancient origins of short bearded men in pointy red hats.[[/labelnote]]

* 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]]
* 69: Top Sex Mysteries[[labelnote:*]]A collection of mysteries and cryptid encounters all related to sex.[[/labelnote]]

* 71, 72, 74: Robert Irwin[[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]]

* 75: The Lost Colony of Roanoke[[labelnote:*]]An early American colony disappears, leaving nothing but the word "Croatoan" carved in a tree.[[/labelnote]]

* 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]]
* 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]]

* 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]]

* 86: The Raeliens[[labelnote:*]]An angel hair encounter inspires an alien-worshipping religion.[[/labelnote]]

* 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]]
* 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 Fresno nightcrawlers.[[/labelnote]]
* 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]]
* 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]]

* 96, 97: Betty and Barney Hill[[labelnote:*]]After mysteriously losing hours on a drive home, a couple seeks hypnotherapy to figure out what happened to them. The result is a detailed account of the most famous alien abduction case in history.[[/labelnote]]

* 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]]
* 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]]

* 102: Ranking Texan Cryptids[[labelnote:*]]Another cryptid rating session, this time focusing on monsters from Mathas' new home state.[[/labelnote]]
* 103: The Ouija Board[[labelnote:*]]An ancient spirit board turned fad game, which can allegedly communicate with the dead. Something this popular can't actually be dangerous though, right?[[/labelnote]]
* 104: The Dybbuk Box[[labelnote:*]]A man buys a cursed box, and opens it against the wishes of its original owners. Following this, a series of horrible misfortunes befall him.[[/labelnote]]
* 105: Wendigo and Not Deer[[labelnote:*]]The Wendigo; a cannibalistic spirit with never-ending hunger, and the Not Deer; a shapeshifter that hides among deer, daring you to notice them. Could these aboriginal monsters be more than myth?[[/labelnote]]
* 106: The Toynbee Tiles[[labelnote:*]]For decades, mysterious tiles have appeared on major roadways all across America. Created by an unknown artist, these pieces claim to hold the secrets to immortality through cloning.[[/labelnote]]
* 107, 108: The Green Stone Ft. Mikel Reparaz[[labelnote:*]]A supernatural society has visions of a mysterious green stone, and its ties to witchcraft and Arthurian legend.[[/labelnote]]

* 110: The Uganda Cult Tragedy[[labelnote:*]]A time of religious upheaval allows a cult to form in Uganda, which tragically over its short eleven years would become the deadliest cult in history.[[/labelnote]]

* 112: The Glamis Castle Monster[[labelnote:*]]The Glamis family has held a dark secret for generations. Although no one knows what the secret could be, ''something'' has been seen lurking in the halls of their castle.[[/labelnote]]
* 113: Disney Deaths and Hauntings[[labelnote:*]]A study into the people who have died in Disneyland, ghosts that have been seen in the park, and ways they could possibly be connected.[[/labelnote]]

* 116: The Mysterious Lead Mask Deaths ft. Diction[[labelnote:*]]Two men are found dead in Brazil wearing haphazard masks made of lead and with a list of cryptic instructions. Their cause of death was never identified.[[/labelnote]]
* 117, 119: Weird Corners of the Internet[[labelnote:*]]A pseudo-sequel to Dark Corners of the Internet, these episodes cover a long list of short, unexplained, and 100% factual stories collected by Alex.[[/labelnote]]

* 121, 122, 123: Ed Gein[[labelnote:*]]A friendless childhood and a devotion to his strict religious mother turns the "local laughingstock" into one of history's most disturbing murderers.[[/labelnote]]

* 125: Strange Stories, Amazing Facts, All Faciane[[labelnote:*]]A brass plate that supposedly belonged to Sir Francis Drake, a set of fantastic Turkish treasures that may not exist, and a strange boy raised in a dungeon who may have been Hungarian royalty. This trio of stories comes from, of all places, a Reader's Digest that belonged to Alex's grandma.[[/labelnote]]

* 127: The Jersey Devil[[labelnote:*]]One of America's most famous cryptids; a bipedal beast with a goat's face and hooves, bat wings, and a devil's tail. However, its true origins may be even more surprising.[[/labelnote]]
* 128: The Stanley Kubrick Moon Landing Conspiracy[[labelnote:*]]Suppose you're the American government, and you need to beat the Soviets in the Space Race - but you don't have the technology. What to do? Hire a meticulous director to create a fake moon landing. This is the basis of one of America's most enduring conspiracy theories.[[/labelnote]]

* 131, 132: Giggling Granny Nannie Doss[[labelnote:*]]How could a sweet grandmother, beloved by all who knew her, possibly be a heartless serial killer?[[/labelnote]]

* 134, 135, 136, 137, 139: (20)22 Alex Mysteries[[labelnote:*]]A collection of 22 mini-mysteries told throughout this [[BlatantLies two-part episode]].[[/labelnote]]

* PyramidPower: Their logo is a stylized {{Illuminati}} symbol, naturally.

* TheStoner: The Boston Baked Bean Boy. He's a sentient baked bean that's always high. Honestly, ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.

* 5.5: Me, Myself, and the Ghost Who Wants to be Me[[labelnote:*]]Alex and Mathas discuss a few cases of dopplegangers throughout history.[[/labelnote]]

* 116: The Mysterious Lead Mask Deaths ft. Diction[[labelnote:*]]Two men are found dead in Brazil, with a list of cryptic instructions and wearing haphazard masks made of lead.[[/labelnote]]

* 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 has been released weekly since early 2020, it's perhaps more noteworthy that Alex ''has never missed one''.

* 98: Minisode Compliation 12

* 105: Wendigo and Not Deer[[labelnote:*]]The wendigo; a cannibalistic spirit with never-ending hunger, and the Not Deer; a shapeshifter that hides among deer, daring you to notice them. Could these aboriginal monsters be more than myth?[[/labelnote]]

* 103: The Ouija Board