Internet Myths & Legends
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe internet has facilitated new myths travelling faster and further than ever before. Here we explore them and question what they mean to us.
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Keanu Reeves is Immortal
January 17, 2022 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBWhile there’s no predicting what the faceless mob that is the internet will get behind, we know that these fascinations don’t last long. However, there is an exception; Keanu Reeves. So why has the internet’s love affair with Keanu Reeves lasted more than ten years? And why has this morphed into some claiming he’s immortal?
The Mandela Effect
September 02, 2021 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBIn 2009, Fiona Broome, a paranormal consultant, took to the web detailing a startling discovery she'd made; Nelson Mandela was alive. To Broome, this was impossible; she recalled his death in prison in the 80s. She remembered watching his funeral on tv. She even remembered Willie Mandela’s eulogy. Yet, none of it happened. Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990. Became president of South Africa in 1994 before eventually dying in 2013. But, in 2009, he was very much alive. When Broo...
Rise of the Flat Earthers
May 09, 2021 19:00 - 13 minutes - 9.38 MBDespite the overwhelming amount of evidence, there is an ever-growing number of people who, thanks to the internet, have bought into the myth that we live on a flat disc. In this day and age, how many anyone go so hard against an easily verifiable fact?
Curses: Lake Shawnee Amusement Park & Little Bastard
January 26, 2021 17:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBAfter the deaths of 6 children, an amusement park is left to rot. Little Bastard, the car that took James Dean’s life, goes on a rampage maiming and killing those who come into contact with it. Are these, as some would have you believe, proof of curses?
The Beatles: Everyday Chemistry
December 06, 2020 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBIf the Beatles had never broken up, what sort of music would they have made? In 2009, we got an answer in the form of a website claiming to have obtained an unreleased Beatles album from a parallel earth.
The Beatles: Everyday Chemistry
December 06, 2020 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBIf the Beatles had never broken up, what sort of music would they have made? In 2009, we got an answer in the form of a website claiming to have obtained an unreleased Beatles album from a parallel earth.