My Dark Path
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 126 ratingsMy Dark Path explores the fringes of history, science, and the paranormal. In every episode, creator and host MF Thomas illuminates a topic taken from the dark corners of our world. Combining his personal, on-location research with insights from experts, researchers and historians, every episode will intrigue, excite, and perhaps, send a shiver down your spine. Visit www.mydarkpath.com for more information.
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Alien Abductions & Autopsies in Brazil
April 11, 2024 13:00 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBAre we alone in the universe? Brazil's Billings Reservoir holds a story so chilling, it might just answer that question. We'll plunge into the enigmatic waters to reveal a chilling tale that transcends the ordinary bounds of reality. We'll spotlight a harrowing 1988 case where the inexplicable mutilation of a local man sparks a firestorm of questions and theories. The entire event blurs the lines between terrestrial and otherworldly, including the parallels to the Lovette-Cunningham case ...
Unresolved Horror - Al Kite's Murder
March 25, 2024 08:00 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBThe name of Al Kite's murderer - Robert Cooper - is not in doubt. But Cooper's real identity and his motivations remain a mystery 20 years later. In this episode, I delve into the chilling and mysterious Al Kite case, a true-crime saga that has baffled investigators and captured the public's attention. Al Kite, a kind-hearted and well-respected individual, met a tragic and perplexing end in his own home. The case unfolds in Aurora, Colorado, where Al Kite was found brutally murdered in ...
The Untold Stories of North Korean Science Fiction
March 07, 2024 05:00 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MBNorth Korean sci-fi literature and cinema carry unique themes and messages that could only have originated in the Hermit Kingdom. This episode delves into how North Korea imagines a future of scientific and technological supremacy, often portraying the United States as the antagonist. It examines the historical context of North Korean science fiction, its role in promoting the state's ideology, and its imaginative narratives that range from space exploration to advanced robotics, all while e...
The North Korean Abduction Project
January 13, 2024 00:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBIn late 1970s and early 1980s, Japanese citizens are vanishing without a trace. These are ordinary folks - a high school girl walking home from badminton practice, a couple on a romantic beach stroll, just regular people living their lives. For years, these disappearances are shrouded in mystery. Families are left wondering, the public is baffled, and there are all sorts of theories floating around but without substantiation. Fast forward to 2002. In a stunning revelation, North Korea'...
Tracking Terror: the Serial Killer Who Rode the Rails in the Early 1900s
November 28, 2023 16:00 - 49 minutes - 68 MBIt's probable that the same person committed a series of axe murders between 1898 and 1912 across the United States, including the infamous 1912 Villisca axe murders in Iowa. And, this serial killer appears to have traveled by train to perform these heinous acts. If it were the same person, he was responsible for at least 59 deaths, with the potential to have committed up to nearly 100. The theory of a single killer hinges on a pattern of behaviors and circumstances: the murders were ty...
The Spooky Stories of Midnight Mary & Crazy Sarah
October 28, 2023 20:00 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MBHaunted Cemeteries. Everyone knows of at least one. It is not a coincidence that “Midnight” Mary Hart and “Crazy” Sarah Winchester lie within a short distance of each other in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven. Both are daughters of New Haven, buried in the city that raised them. These two women now, through no fault of their own, are associated with death and places of death. The reality is, however, they were simple human beings who loved, lost, and died. We tell their stories – well, m...
The Ghosts of the Japanese Tsunami
September 24, 2023 22:00 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBOn March 11, 2011 at 2:46 PM a magnitude-9.0 earthquake occurred in the western Pacific Ocean, 80 miles east of the Japanese city of Sendai. The seismic activity caused significant displacement of the Pacific Plate, which, in turn, led to the generation of highly destructive tsunami waves. A wave measuring 33 feet tall hammered the coast and submerged parts of Sendai, including its airport and countryside. At first, reports of casualties following the Tsunami indicated hundreds had died...
Gold, Ghosts & Istanbul's Grand Bazaar
August 25, 2023 01:00 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MBThe Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world, with 61 streets and over 4,000 shops covering 330,000 square feet or about the area of 6 football fields. Between 250,000 and 400,000 people visit it daily. This may make it first among the world's most-visited tourist attractions, with about 91 million annual visitors. The Grand Bazaar is also reputed to be the location of portals that can transport people around the world. But despite the rumors...
UFOs and the Man from Istanbul
July 15, 2023 14:00 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBIn 2007 Murat Yalcin Yalman was working in the holiday village of Kumburgaz Turkey as a night watchman. From this vantage point, he started seeing odd lights in the sky over the water. After seeing these objects on multiple evenings, he finally bought a video camera and started shooting. In the series of videos taken over 3 years, several types of objects were captured. All appear round or oval with a metallic structure. Haktan Akdogan, who also appears alongside Yalman in most of his pub...
The Chinese Columbus
May 26, 2023 02:00 - 41 minutes - 56.4 MBIn 1974, archeologists discovered a junk, or a Chinese ship, that was abandoned sometime around 1270 in the port of Quanzhou. Onboard was cargo that conclusively proved the ship had been up and down the east coast of Africa. Subsequent investigations showed extensive contact between Africa and China from as early as 800. Chinese coins and pottery have been found in archeological digs in East Africa from present-day Somalia to Tanzania, and even a few artifacts in present-day Zimbabwe. ...
Gentlemen, We Are Not Alone: UFOs Over Mexico
May 06, 2023 15:00 - 42 minutes - 57.7 MBUFOs continue to be a worldwide conversation topic, with new footage of UAPs sparking debate about the origin of these images. And truly, the investigation of unidentified flying objects is a global phenomenon. Today, we'll investigate some of the most famous incidents from Mexico. Mexico ranks seventh globally for the number of UFO sightings. Today on My Dark Path, we will look at several UFO encounters, from José A. Bonilla’s photographs of a century and a half ago to sightings in Mexi...
The Villisca Axe Murders
April 17, 2023 02:00 - 43 minutes - 59.4 MBIn the early hours of Monday, June 10, 1912, an unknown intruder entered a two-story wooden house through the unlocked back door. The small Midwest settlement had a population of around 2,000, where everyone knew each other by sight, and the residents did not worry about crime. But on that June night in 1912, once the killer had completed these grisly acts, he then did several things that mystified investigators at the time and then for decades thereafter. The killings shook Villisca to...
The Russian Chessboard Killer
March 11, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBI visited Moscow a few years ago for a My Dark Path research trip so I could finish the mini-series about the Secrets of the Soviets. Those episodes, like Stalin’s Bunker 42 and Soviet Psychic Spies, are available for My Dark Path Plus subscribers on Patreon. In addition to these stories, I also found other stories that were more contemporary, not only from the dark Soviet era. Those stories include that of the Chessboard Killer, a serial murderer who killed scores of people around the Bit...
The Unusual History of the Glasgow Necropolis
February 10, 2023 03:00 - 34 minutes - 48.1 MBWith an evocative name like the Glasgow Necropolis, you'd expect this massive graveyard in Scotland to have a history rich in paranormal lore. But you'll be surprised by all the events here, including the well-documented hunt in 1954 for the Vampire with Iron Teeth. Here’s the unusual, spooky history of the Necropolis. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
Lost in the Philippine Sea
January 28, 2023 14:00 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MBThere’s a sign, mounted on a locked door, four decks down from the flight deck on the USS Ticonderoga, a giant aircraft carrier, a sign reads “RESTRICTED SECURITY AREA / KEEP OUT / AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY / IT IS UNLAWFUL TO ENTER THIS AREA WITHOUT WRITTEN PEMISSION OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER” No one, except the men assigned to work in that room, was allowed to go through that door. Because behind that door are stored the nuclear bombs the Ticonderoga carries. And on the floor of that ro...
America's Lost Nuclear Weapons
January 12, 2023 19:00 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBHow could nuclear weapons, the most dangerous tools in the history of war, go missing? What are the events that cause them to go missing and how are they recovered? Join me as we explore a few of the stories of America’s Broken Arrows. February 13, 1950, loss of a B-36 over Canada. March 10, 1956, loss of a B-47 over the Mediterranean Sea July 28, 1957, loss of a C-124 over the Atlantic February 5, 1958, loss of a B-47 near Tybee Island, Georgia January 21, 1961, loss of a B-52, North Car...
Strangers with Candy
December 07, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 54 MBEvery Halloween, news coverage spikes about the risks of children consuming poisoned candy. This episode tells the stories of those who have intentionally tried to hurt children through adulterated candy and the origin of reason why parents all tell their children…don’t take candy from strangers. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
The Rise & Fall of the Airship Italia
November 22, 2022 03:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBIn 1925, Roald Amundsen’s expedition to the North Pole failed and his two planes were force to land on the ice without reaching their destination. His team of six barely to civilization aboard a single, stripped down plane. Amundsen, already a seasoned explorer, decided that he’d never again allow himself to be stuck on the ice. A year later, he successfully reached the North Pole aboard the Airship Norge, alongside American Lincoln Ellsworth and Italian airship designer, Umberto Nobile. ...
The Dirt on Dracula's Castle
October 30, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBBram Stoker’s novel Dracula completely transformed the idea of vampires. And the pop culture image of Dracula’s castle is based on a building that never existed, but was an amazing creation of a writer’s imagination of a location in Romania he never visited. Today Romania is a tourist desination, in part driven by visitors’ desire to visit a place where the fictional events of the novel were set. They even buy dirt from a castle linked to a fictional vampire who never existed. We seek aut...
43: The Dirt on Dracula's Castle
October 30, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBBram Stoker’s novel Dracula completely transformed the idea of vampires. And the pop culture image of Dracula’s castle is based on a building that never existed, but was an amazing creation of a writer’s imagination of a location in Romania he never visited. Today Romania is a tourist desination, in part driven by visitors’ desire to visit a place where the fictional events of the novel were set. They even buy dirt from a castle linked to a fictional vampire who never existed. We seek aut...
Overhead & Underground - UFOs in the USSR
October 11, 2022 03:00 - 41 minutes - 56.4 MBThe story of the study of UFOs in the USSR reveals the conflict between the desire for knowledge and the communist objective of strict control over topics the government deemed to be unacceptable. This episode will share the stories of two of the most famous Soviet UFOlogists and some of the sightings which motivated them to fight against the government’s control of scientific discourse. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
Stealing Trust & Cryptocurrency
September 23, 2022 02:00 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBDelve into the mysterious life and sudden death of Gerald Cotten, the founder of QuadrigaCX, once Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange. It starts by tracing Cotten’s early interest in digital currencies and his founding of QuadrigaCX, which quickly became a key player in the cryptocurrency market. In December 2018 Cotten reportedly died from complications due to Crohn's disease while volunteering at an orphanage in India. His death plunged QuadrigaCX into chaos as he was the sole person...
The Frozen Dead Guy & the Science of Cryonics
September 06, 2022 03:00 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBLearn the history of Grandpa Bredo Morstoel, the famous frozen dead guy, of Nederland Colorado and his grandson, Trygve Bauge, who cryopreserved him. 1. Origins of the town of Nederland Colorado 2. How Grandpa Bredo came to be cryopreserved then stored in a shed in Nederland. 3. Father of Cryonics, Robert Ettinger 4. The process of cryonic preservation 5. Two of the most controversial cryopreservation cases, including Ted Williams and Dora Kent. 6. What happe...
After Peenemunde, the Horror Moves Underground
August 17, 2022 03:00 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBDive deep with us into the underground horrors where the V2 was produced after the destruction of Peenemunde in WWII.
After Peenemunde, the Horror Moves Underground
August 17, 2022 03:00 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBDive deep with us into the underground horrors where the V2 was produced after the destruction of Peenemunde in WWII. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
A Sneak Peek of MF Thomas' New Novel, Like Clockwork
July 26, 2022 03:00 - 3 minutes - 5.24 MBAs a special offer to My Dark Path listeners, sign up for a free Advance Readers Copy of Like Clockwork at www.mfthomas.net. Like Clockwork will be released in print and ebook form in late August 2022.
A Sneak Peek of MF Thomas' New Novel, LIke Clockwork
July 26, 2022 03:00 - 3 minutes - 5.24 MBAs a special offer to My Dark Path listeners, sign up for a free Advance Readers Copy of Like Clockwork at www.mfthomas.net. Like Clockwork will be released in print and ebook form in late August 2022.
A Sneak Peek of MF Thomas' New Novel, Like Clockwork
July 26, 2022 03:00 - 3 minutes - 5.24 MBAs a special offer to My Dark Path listeners, sign up for a free Advance Readers Copy of Like Clockwork at www.mfthomas.net. Like Clockwork will be released in print and ebook form in late August 2022. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
A Taste of the St. Louis World’s Fair
July 12, 2022 03:00 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBThe World’s Fair is supposed to be a festival for accomplishments and advances in humanity throughout the world, but that wasn’t the case in 1904. Take a tragic stroll through St. Louis and learn about the unethical events that happened at the St. Louis World Fair in 1904. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
Vegas Field Trip, Part 2: The Spooks Are On the House
June 21, 2022 03:00 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MBEpisode Summary: My Dark Path podcast explores the fringes of history, science, and the paranormal. This episode is a continuation of the “Vegas Field Trip” where stories of eerie happenings are explored as a backdrop following different tragic and fatal events in the past. In this conversation, Thurkettle, Townsend, and Hodur explored hotel hallways, walking the floors of casinos ranging from some of the oldest to the biggest and most glamorous. Shared in this episode are more clips ...
Las Vegas Field Trip, Part 1 – The Past Comes to the Surface
May 31, 2022 04:00 - 42 minutes - 29.6 MBLearn about the chilling details of how Lake Mead and Nevada experienced a series of bodies in barrels. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
Queens of the Night in New Orleans
May 10, 2022 20:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBLearn about the darker side of New Orleans and about the voodoo legend of Madame Marie Laveau. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
Episode 35: Queens of the Night in New Orleans
May 10, 2022 20:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBLearn about the darker side of New Orleans and about the voodoo legend of Madame Marie Laveau.
One Missing Picture, Two Missing Women
April 26, 2022 03:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBLearn about the unsettling details of one of the most famous unsolved cases. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
Amityville, Part 3 - A Date With the Warrens
April 12, 2022 03:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBLearn about the intriguing history of Ed & Lorraine Warren and their connection to Amityville. Distance - Louis Lion Brenner - Falls Bloodline - Stephen Keech Quiet Strength - Moments Aquaducts - Falls Spooked - jshirts
Amityville, Part 3 - A Date With the Warrens
April 12, 2022 03:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBLearn about the intriguing history of Ed & Lorraine Warren and their connection to Amityville. Distance - Louis Lion Brenner - Falls Bloodline - Stephen Keech Quiet Strength - Moments Aquaducts - Falls Spooked - jshirts Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
Amityville, Part 2 – Haunted By the Living
March 29, 2022 03:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBIn this continuation of the Amityville Horror, learn more about the details the remained out of the public eye and the fabricated story of the Lutz's claims that the house was haunted. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
Amityville, Part 1 – Many Stories, One Crime
March 08, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBLearn how the story of one of the most infamous mass murders in American history has been distorted over time. Join us to explore the crime that started the legend of the Amityville Horror. Song credits: Stroke of Midnight - Falls Brenner - Falls At the Stroke of Midnight - Moments IsolationKevin - Graham Taped - Acreage Hallowed Halls - Moments Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
Alien Greys – What the Hills Saw, What We Remembered
February 22, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this episode we illuminate this dark path to learn more about the mysteries behind alien greys and what really happened to the Hills all those years ago. Listen to learn more about: How the Hills were allegedly hypnotized and tested by otherworldly beings. How people use the trauma of others to gain fame and profit. How fact and fiction merge when our minds want to make sense of the universe. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
The Fire Maiden In Love
February 07, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBTravel this dark path to learn how love, crime, and fire became a story that continues to resonate in Japan today. Listen to learn more about: How the Japanese fear and respect flames. The crimes of Yaoya Oshichi, and how they changed the history of Japan forever. How the writer, Ihara Saikaku, single handedly rewrote history. Songs in the episode: When Tomorrow Comes-Moments Brenner - Falls Siwa OasisIn - This World Water Lilies - Cast Of Characters DynastySimple - Thieves
The Fire Maiden in Love
February 07, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBTravel this dark path to learn how love, crime, and fire became a story that continues to resonate in Japan today. Listen to learn more about: How the Japanese fear and respect flames. The crimes of Yaoya Oshichi, and how they changed the history of Japan forever. How the writer, Ihara Saikaku, single handedly rewrote history. Songs in the episode: When Tomorrow Comes-Moments Brenner - Falls Siwa OasisIn - This World Water Lilies - Cast Of Characters DynastySimple - Thieves Visi...
28. The Parsley Massacre in the Land of the Mountains
January 25, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBOne of the deadliest plants is parsley - but not for the reasons you might think. Travel this dark path to learn more about how parsley played a role in a horrible tragedy in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The Parsley Massacre in the Land of the Mountains
January 25, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBOne of the deadliest plants is parsley - but not for the reasons you might think. Travel this dark path to learn more about how parsley played a role in a horrible tragedy in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Visit us at www.mydarkpath.com www.youtube.com/@mydarkpath www.patreon.com/mydarkpath
Death and Discovery – The Search for the Northwest Passage
January 11, 2022 06:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBTravel this dark path to learn more about the dangers of the discovery of the Northwest Passage. Listen to Learn More About: Sir John Franklin, a captain who searched for the Northwest Passage Erebus McClure and the discovery of the Northwest Passage Kensal Green, the oldest of the Magnificent 7 Cemeteries See full show notes at mydarkpath.com Music Loyalty by Tru Genesis Brenner by Falls Heart Calligraphy by Cody Martin Music Box by Stephen Keech Hope by Fair Frame The Calm by Stephen ...
Announcement - White Rabbit Competition
December 15, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.56 MBListen to the message at the beginning and be in with a chance to win some big prizes! We are giving away $100s in Amazon gift cards, items & books from MF's personal cabinet of curiosities as well as T-shirts and copies of his novels.
The Messiah Goes to Japan
December 07, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBCome walk this dark path of mistrust and persecution to learn more about the history of Christianity In Japan and Christian traditions unique to their culture. Listen To learn More about: The Japanese tomb for Jesus Christ The largest rebelion in Japanese history, Shimabara Rebellion, and why it happened Early Christian Missionaries in Japan Japanese leaders like Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu See Full Show Notes at mydarkpath.com MUSIC: Wilderness by Wild Wonder Ope...
WITSEC Relocates the Mob
November 23, 2021 06:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBJoin us on this week's dark path into the lives of people in witness security, and learn more about the Italian Mafia on the way. Listen to Learn More About: —Notable Mafia members like Salvatore Maranzano, who established the five dominant Mafia families, and Joseph Barbra, a powerful mafia leader that established a famous soda company still around today —Mafia terms like Costra Nostra and Omertà and their meanings —Life inside the witness security For full show notes visit mydarkpath...
Number Stations — Analog Spying in the Digital Age
November 09, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBCome walk this dark path with us and plunge into the history of spies. Learn from MF Thomas' first hand experiences about the uncrackable codes used to transmit information at ‘number stations.’ Listen To Learn More about: 1. Number Stations and how they allow spies to transfer information 2. Real life spies, Kendall and Gwen Myers 3. The North Korean Broadcast that stirred up alarm 4. “The Buzzer,” or the most ominous number stations For Full Show Notes Visit mydarkpath.com MUSIC: Br...
Satan in the Woods, Sinners in Town – Witch Trials Before Salem
October 26, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBYou probably know a lot about the Salem witch trials, but did you know that it was not the site of the first witchcraft trial in the colonial United States? Accused witches had been appearing in New England courtrooms for half a century. In many ways, Salem was the last gasp, the most notorious, nightmarish outcome of a process that, maybe, made it inevitable. Come with us further back in time, down a dark path deep into the New England woods, where strangers coming to a strange continent n...
Reflections on JFK
October 12, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBOn October 26th of this year, government agencies have a deadline to finish a review of all remaining documentation related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, The last of four American Presidents to be murdered in our history. We wanted to mark the occasion by taking a different approach. There are so many more stories to tell than the story of murder itself; moving, fascinating stories, even funny ones. We decided to zoom in and draw some of them out of the fog to share wi...