The Paranoid Strain

The Paranoid Strain

The podcast that explains why so many people believe ridiculous conspiracy theories.

Recent Episodes

Nov. 12, 2024

New! Unidentified--Art Bell's time travelers and antichrists

Yes, this is part of our Unidentified UFO series, but it's also just a super-sized digression to share with all of you some of the craziest stuff Art Bell ever put on the air--the Time Traveler and Antichrist call-in shows o…
Oct. 29, 2024

New! Unidentified--From the High Desert...it's time for Art Bell

Plus the very last Roswell stuff.
Oct. 15, 2024

New! Unidentified--Roswell--It wasn't aliens, dummies.

As the episode subtitle implies, we're gonna talk about why the Roswell "aliens" were almost certainly military test dummies. While we're at it, we'll explain why that's true in spite of the fact that those dummy tests didn'…
Oct. 1, 2024

New! Unidentified--Roswell: The mortician's tale, and the little alien bodies

Continuing our skeptical look at Roswell, this time examine the story told by town mortician Glenn Dennis--a fascinating combination of real events, confabulations, and total crap. We also look into the eyewitness reports of…
Sept. 17, 2024

New! Unidentifed--So, what really happened at Roswell?

We're back a week late, but I hope you agree it's worth it. Having heard the pro-UFO version of Roswell last time, we now seek to learn why so many dedicated investigators have looked into this situation and decided it's sou…
Sept. 10, 2024

Unidentified--Interlude

We're gonna need another week