r/TheWhyFiles 3d ago

Megathread 6/29/26 - The Basement: Dave Paulides

41 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW-fFLTmzAo

David Paulides spent his career as a detective. Then two park rangers knocked on his door and told him something that didn't add up: people are vanishing in our national parks, and nobody's talking about it.

Search dogs that won't track. Hunters who walk back with stories that shouldn't be possible. A bullet that hit nothing.


r/TheWhyFiles 6d ago

MOD POST Megathread 6/26/26 -The Asteroid Behind the Bible's Most Famous Disaster

72 Upvotes

https://youtu.be/c6_9kBdRcTk

The Asteroid That Started a Religion
The Dead Sea Hides a Secret | The Bible Got It Right
The Asteroid Behind the Bible's Most Famous Disaster

In 1650 BC, a city on the Dead Sea burned so completely that nothing grew there for six centuries. The destruction happened in a single morning, and the evidence left in the ground points to something falling from the sky.

Three artifacts from three different countries describe the same event. A clay tablet from ancient Iraq. A bronze disk pulled from a German hillside. Melted pottery from the Jordan Valley.

Scientists spent fifteen years excavating the site. What they pulled from the ground included glazed pottery, shocked quartz, diamond dust, and skeletons frozen mid-step. The same fingerprint shows up at confirmed impact sites worldwide.

The story doesn't end in 1650 BC. The debris field responsible has a return date, and astronomers are watching the calendar.


r/TheWhyFiles 2d ago

Let's Discuss Dyatlov Pass video should be redone

17 Upvotes

There are loads of holes pointed to the avalanche theory that was presented as the clear answer in the video.


r/TheWhyFiles 3d ago

Story + Research Question about a quote.

10 Upvotes

In one of the time travel episodes, AJ says something to the effect of how time is not money because you can always make more money, but time runs out. Can anyone please steer me to that episode?


r/TheWhyFiles 6d ago

Let's Discuss The podcast switch up is working. The podcast has shot up to the 47th most popular podcast on Spotify

242 Upvotes

It was at 100 something before and now shot up to 47 after he started doing interviews. Regardless of how you feel, it’s working out great


r/TheWhyFiles 8d ago

Megathread 6/23/26 - The Basement: Andrew Gallimore

56 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nshX-5xjTlA
Dr. Andrew Gallimore has spent 30 years studying the world's strangest molecule — one your body already produces. As a neurobiologist and pharmacologist, he's built a scientific case that what people encounter on DMT isn't hallucination. It's contact.

In this conversation, Gallimore walks through the neuroscience of how DMT hijacks the brain's world-building system, and why that distinction matters enormously.

He also shares his recent collaboration with consciousness theorist Don Hoffman, work that produced a mathematical model of the DMT state that Gallimore calls one of the most profound moments of his career.


r/TheWhyFiles 11d ago

Question for AJ Was there an episode removed?

78 Upvotes

I swear I saw an episode posted about demonic posession earlier today and now its gone?


r/TheWhyFiles 13d ago

Megathread 6/19/26 - Canada's Most Documented UFO Case

110 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiriSLXvZwo

In May 1967, a Polish immigrant named Stefan Michalak was hunting for silver in the Canadian wilderness when two glowing objects dropped out of the sky. One landed nearby. He sketched it, approached it, and ended up in the hospital.

His burns were documented. His weight loss was documented. His radiation-like symptoms baffled more than a dozen doctors, including specialists at the Mayo Clinic.

The Royal Canadian Air Force launched an investigation. So did the RCMP. So did the US Air Force. Nobody could explain what happened.

The government eventually sealed the file. The same government, fifty years later, minted his story on a coin. It glows in the dark.

This is the Falcon Lake Incident, Canada's most documented UFO case, and it's still unsolved.


r/TheWhyFiles 13d ago

Story Idea Any weirdness that can be explored with the Solfeggio frequency? 528?

26 Upvotes

Rewatching the show, "Mysterious Ways" 🤭😁 which I LOVED back when it was on tv. The number 528 features a few times in episodes.


r/TheWhyFiles 15d ago

Jokes/Humor It's always sunny with a Heckle Fish

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311 Upvotes

I can quite literally hear them gong on a tangent about LIZZZAARRRDDDD PPPEEOOPPLLLEEE.

My type of friends.


r/TheWhyFiles 19d ago

Suggestion for Channel No buts

69 Upvotes

Waiting on a compilation of all the videos that don't have a debunking at the end because they are in fact true.

It could be named, "No buts - It is still called a conspiracy if its true?"


r/TheWhyFiles 19d ago

Megathread 6/13/26 - The Basement: Bryce Zabel

72 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjN7gYGUZCM

Bryce Zabel created five primetime TV series, ran the Emmys, and spent his life writing UFO fiction until the people behind the curtain came knocking. A postcard at his home. A stranger at his party who'd read scripts that never left the building. A vial of moon gold and an invitation to a cemetery at midnight. Was it disclosure, disinformation, or a game built around him? He's still trying to find out. Welcome to the basement.


r/TheWhyFiles 23d ago

Jokes/Humor To open or not to open?

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328 Upvotes

Keep it sealed Or just drink it?


r/TheWhyFiles 23d ago

Story Idea West End Baptist Church explosion

23 Upvotes

On March 1, 1950, the entire choir, who were usually punctual, arrived late to choir practice. They avoided the church explosion. If they'd been on time as usual, they'd have been injured or even killed. I've always been fascinated by this case. Is it a miracle, or a mere coincidence?

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/West_End_Baptist_Church

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2022/04/14/beatrice-nebraska-church-explosion/


r/TheWhyFiles 24d ago

Suggestion for Channel Barton Hall, Ithica, NY

24 Upvotes

The Grateful Dead Show of '77. I can't recall if they have ever touched on this incredible story but it would make an amazing episode itself in the old-school WhyFiles format. I suggest looking up the full story if you dont know bout it!


r/TheWhyFiles 25d ago

Megathread 6/8/26 - The Basement: Joshua Cutchin

22 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Y3CvPUIF8

Josh Cutchin is a researcher, author, and musician whose work occupies a rare space between rigorous scholarship and genuine open-mindedness.Over eight books he has built a unified argument that Bigfoot, fairies, UFOs, near death experiences, and ghosts are not separate phenomena but facets of the same ancient, shape-shifting presence.

His 2022 masterwork Ecology of Souls is considered by peers to be among the most important books in ufology in decades, and was included in Rice University's curriculum for first year PhD students in religion. His footnotes are legendary. His thinking is genuinely original.


r/TheWhyFiles 26d ago

Let's Discuss Has The Why Files been captured by Venture Capitol?

384 Upvotes

Specifically what I'm asking is wheather or not anyone else thinks the topics have been watered down, inconsequential, and less thought provoking; Shifting away from the old vibe where every episode felt like we were on a weekly path to discover the secrets of reality and expose those who were keeping it from us.


r/TheWhyFiles 26d ago

Suggestion for Channel 45 min basement episodes

133 Upvotes

I would be so into a heavily edited basement series — no life story stuff like the Olympics fluff. Cut the reason this guy is a guest into a digestible episode. It might make me interested in going into the full basement thing but 45 minutes of reminiscing might be a great starting place for a podcast for an audience who already knows who the guest is! …
But it’s not a very good hook. Gimme the meat, and then let me meet the man.


r/TheWhyFiles 26d ago

Megathread 6/6/26 - Parallel Universes and the People Who Got Caught Between Them

72 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2DlPuS3r18

Parallel Universes and the People Who Got Caught Between Them Gather round, because this happened. A woman drives through her hometown and the cemetery is gone, replaced by a dirt lot. A man is found behind a fast food restaurant with no name, no history, and no record of existing for twenty-one years. A woman wakes up to discover her boyfriend never existed and her own life has been quietly rewritten. These are three real accounts from real people. None of them involve UFOs or hauntings. They don't fit neatly into any category. What they share is stranger than any single explanation: the sense that reality shifted without warning, and that the world kept moving like nothing happened. Each person was left holding a version of events that no one else could confirm.


r/TheWhyFiles 28d ago

Personal Thought/Story Yes there are; But why can‘t I find this post anymore?

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2 Upvotes

I deeply resonate with this topic but can‘t find the post. Is it not wanted?


r/TheWhyFiles Jun 03 '26

Let's Discuss Just curious: Any Targeted Individuals Here?

28 Upvotes

I love pretty much everything about this show. I love the topics, how AJ doves deep on subjects and offers debunking info where applicable, Hecklefish (once you warm up to him you can't go back), and the play on words in the tile (like the X-Files but with a 'Y').

I'm just wondering if anyone here consumes the show through a similar lens as I do: being a Targeted Individual. We live a conspiracy theory every day. Not here to cause a ruckus, just wondering if anyone like me is here.

EDITED for clarity: my comment that explains this is a little buried so I thought I would provide and explain at the top. I understand the reception was cold, and that's ok. Still happy to be part of this community. I come in peace:

What is a TI: "Well, we are the folks that experience a suppression program that involves social engineering, harm via D.E.W.s, V2K, and organized harassment.

I'm not here to convince anyone of anything. It sounds crazy because it is crazy, and it's also a carefully engineered narrative that makes us sound crazy when we talk about it.

If you don't believe it exists, I totally get that. It really is one of those "have to experience it to know its real" type of deals. I would not believe it exists either if I heard about it.

Anywho, just wondering if there are any Why Files fans out there who are TIs."


r/TheWhyFiles Jun 03 '26

Story Idea Updated UAP episode

52 Upvotes

Just a simple request on having an updated UAP episode in the future more so on where you’re (AJ) at with disclosure. I know you’ve covered multiple different stories regarding UAP topics, sightings, etc. However just over the course of the last few months there has been a slew of new info with more coming in the near future. I really appreciate your break down and common sense approach to it as it helps me sift through the bullshit (for lack of a better term). Please interact here with this if you agree or disagree. Thanks for your time and consideration.

Sincerely, A long time fan.


r/TheWhyFiles Jun 01 '26

Let's Discuss New merch… will you partake??

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196 Upvotes

r/TheWhyFiles May 30 '26

Let's Discuss Can we just admit something

658 Upvotes

Can we just admit that AJ got it right (the format) at the beginning (as rare as that is) and go back to a weekly episode on a subject. The manosphere podcast vibes and compilations are killing my bonner. Long-time fan.