Most people spent their weekends binging Stranger Things, 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?

This week, Craig and Andy head across the Atlantic to the tip of Long Island: Camp Hero. We’re diving deep into the rabbit hole of the Montauk Project. 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.

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?

In This Episode:

• The Hawkins Connection: Why the Duffer Brothers originally titled their show Montauk.
• The Ghost Ship: How the 1943 Philadelphia Experiment (Project Rainbow) allegedly teleported a Navy destroyer, the USS Eldridge.
• The Montauk Boys: Distressing first-hand accounts of abducted children, "acid tests," and the research of Brian Minnick.
• Mission 33 AD: The unbelievable story of "Stan," the researcher allegedly ordered to assassinate Jesus with a revolver.
• The Beast from the Id: How a subconscious monster finally brought the project to a crashing halt in 1983.
• Shadow Governments: The real-world precedents of Operation Paperclip, MKUltra, and the Stargate Project.

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Written by Craig Brooks and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens

Edited by Craig Brooks

Intro music by Leonell Cassio - The Paranormal Is Real (ft. Carrie)

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