The Why Files

Patreon-only Live Stream?

This was a Patreon request, but I wanted to put it in front of everyone because I'm not sure.

Are you interested in a Patreon-only Q&A session? To be honest, you already have to be a bit of a narcissist to run a YouTube channel. So it seems like ego stroking to do a livestream about me-me-me-the-channel-me-me.

BUT, if this is something that would be fun for you: to learn about the channel, behind the scenes, how we got here, where we're going, etc. I'm happy  to do it for...

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If you haven't stopped by to say hi yet, please do!

Interdimensional Traveler from a Parallel Universe: The Man from Taured

Imagine you wake up one morning and notice everything around you is just a tiny bit different.  Maybe you're in the same house, but furniture is slightly out of place. Your favorite coffee mug is there, but it has a crack you don't remember. 

Just as you think you're going crazy, you feel a strange tingling sensation; and hear a buzzing in your ears. A flash of light; the buzzing stops, and you feel dizzy.  As you regain your balance, you look around. Everything seems bac...

Operation: Highjump

OPERATION: HIGHJUMP

Operation Highjump commenced in August 1946. It was the largest, most heavily armed naval task force ever sent to Antarctica.

Leading the mission was Admiral Richard E Byrd, one of the most famous naval officers in history.

The official purpose for the expedition was scientific research and military training. But that was just a cover story. Operation Highjump had other goals.

One was to extend American sovereignty over Antarctica. Something that wa...

Am I racist?

Did I just make a terrible mistake?

63: The Circleville Letters Mystery

MYSTERY OF THE CIRCLEVILLE LETTERS

We all keep secrets.

For most of us, these are nothing more than minor embarrassing details about ourselves. But some of us have dark secrets which, if discovered, could destroy lives.

For years, the residents of Circleville, Ohio, received bizarre, threatening letters; from someone who somehow knew every salacious detail of their personal lives.

The letters cost people their jobs, their marriages, their freedom, ...

58: THE LEGEND of the Immortal: The Count of Saint Germain

CHASING THE IMMORTAL COUNT  

The Count of Saint Germain has been called a prophet, a sorcerer, and an immortal.  He's been spotted all over the world for a thousand years. And every time he's seen, he looks exactly the same age.  

The Count of Saint Germain advised Kings, Queens and Emperors. He was present at every significant event in European history. And even was an important contributor to America's struggle for Independence.  

He...

59: Why Ancient People Didn't See the Color Blue

Here's a philosophical question for you. If a color doesn't have a name, can we still see it?  

Many years ago, the human eye evolved to give us the ability to see about a million colors.  

That's a lot.  

Then how come, until very recently, nobody saw or even heard of the color blue?  

Well, it's because blue just -- didn't exist yet.  

Let's find out why.

55: Another Carrington Event? You Are NOT Prepared for the Coming Solar Storms

WE'RE DUE FOR ANOTHER CARRINGTON EVENT 

On September 1, 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington was observing a huge sunspot. Suddenly, a flash of intense white light burst from the sun's surface.  He had become the first eye-witness of a major Coronal Mass Ejection or CME. And it was headed straight for earth.  Seventeen hours later, the night sky in North America lit up like the day. Aurora Borealis, typically only seen near the north pole, were visible as...

47: Legend of the Moon Eyed People | Before Christopher Columbus?

LEGEND OF THE MOON-EYED PEOPLE  

Across the Southern Appalachian mountains, from Georgia up through North Carolina, hundreds of unusual stone structures have been discovered.  

Some date back hundreds of years. Some date back thousands.  

Archaeologists aren't sure who created these monuments. But the Cherokee people claim they know exactly who built them.  

The Cherokee say the structures were built by the Moon-Eyed people, a r...

42: MIT Computer Predicts the World Will End in 2040 - First Signs Appear in 2020

COMPUTER PREDICTS WORLD WILL END IN 2040  

In 1704, using a series of calculations, Isaac Newton predicted the world would end sometime around the year 2060.  

Almost 300 years later, in 1973, a computer at MIT made the prediction that life as we know it will end around the year 2040.  

It also predicted that some of the first signs would be seen in the year 2020.  

Some of its predictions have come true and scientists are takin...

46: Messages Through Time - A Time Travel Story

THE COMPUTER THAT PROVED TIME TRAVEL | THE DODLESTON MESSAGES  

In December 1984, Ken Webster, a high-school teacher, was living with his friend Nic and girlfriend Debbie in the small village of Dodleston.

One evening, the three were walking home from the local pub when they saw a pulsing green light emanating from their cottage windows.  

When they got inside, they saw something that terrified them.   

Though their computer was...

40: Atlantis World War Pole Shift - The Terrifying Predictions of Edgar Cayce

ATLANTIS, WORLD WARS AND THE POLE SHIFT 

Terrifying predictions of Edgar Cayce  Edgar Cayce gave over 14,000 psychic readings. He made a number of predictions about future events — many of which have come true.  

And some of them are terrifying. Some people are worried.  

Let's find out why.

39: Bigfoot Aliens KGB? Dyatlov Pass explained -- and solved

KGB, BIGFOOT or ALIENS? WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT DYATLOV PASS?  

When the helicopter rescue team arrived at the Dyatlov Pass in February 1959, the nine missing hikers had been dead for weeks.  

The more the investigators tried to piece together what happened, the more the story didn't seem to add up.  

Their tent had been cut open from the inside and abandoned, but there was no sign of a struggle.  

Over a half-mile away, two vic...

35: The Thing Embassy Incident: How Russian children and the KGB trolled America for years

FOR SEVEN YEARS, SOVIET AGENTS SPIED ON THE AMERICAN EMBASSY UNDETECTED  

In 1945, Soviet children presented the ambassador with a gift to commemorate the friendship of the US and the Soviet Union. A hand-carved wooden replica of the Great Seal of the United States.  

The ambassador was so pleased with the carving that he hung it in his office at the official ambassador residence in Moscow: the Spaso house. 

But the wooden carving was more ...

Sonic Weapons, Havana Syndrome and The Fear Frequency

Do some horror movies use sounds of a *specific frequency* to amp up the scare factor? Yes.  Can infrasound and ultrasound damage the human body? Yes.  Has sound been used as a real-world weapon? Yes.  Is sound being deployed by America's enemies to cause serious physical harm? Yes.  Let's find out why.

34: How Long Can Humans Live Without Their Head?

HOW LONG DO ANIMALS (and people) SURVIVE WITHOUT THEIR HEADS?  

Does a human head remain conscious after being separated from its body?  

It sure does. But just how long do you actually survive? Not that long.  But, if we look at other animals, some of them can survive for longer than you think.  

Let's find out why.

30: The Phantom Time Hypothesis -- The Middle Ages Never Happened

According to a German historian, the year is actually 1724. He says our calendar is a lie and a big chunk of the Middle Ages never happened.  

Which says that back in 1000 AD, there was a conspiracy between the church and the Holy Roman emperor to change the calendar. The years 614 through 911 were completely made up. Those 300 years just didn't happen.  

So all that history you learned about Charlemagne and the middle ages. Completely fabricated. In fact, the theory s...

28: NY's Windowless Skyscraper actually a NSA Spy Hub called TITANPOINTE

TITANPOINTE. 

New York City has skyscrapers of all shapes and sizes. But why does this 500 foot tall, 29-story building have no windows, no lights and no markings at all?  Because it's a top-secret NSA spy station built to withstand nuclear war.  

Officially, this is an AT&T telecommunications building. But thanks to leaked documents, we now know that 33 Thomas Street is actually a top secret NSA mass surveillance hub.  It's code name is:...

25: Comparing Earth technology with alien civilizations | The Kardashev Scale

THE KARDASHEV SCALE. 

We have no idea what an alien civilization would look like. Humans are evolved primates. What if an alien species is reptilian? Or more like an insect? Or a hybrid of these? Or maybe something completely unique that we couldn't even imagine.  

There is only one set of universal laws that every species must follow. Physics. Specifically energy.  

One way to measure a civilization is by its energy consumption. This is do...

24: The Dog Suicide Bridge | Why Have Hundreds of Dogs Jumped?

THE DOG SUICIDE BRIDGE. 

In Dumbarton, Scotland, there's a 19th-century gothic bridge that crosses a 50-foot ravine. It's *officially* called Overtoun Bridge. But it's *unofficial* name is the "dog suicide bridge."  

Built in 1895, the ornate bridge leads up to Overtoun House, a 19th century manor built by wealthy industrialist James White on the outskirts of the village of Milton in the Scottish Lowlands. It spans Overtoun Burn, a deep gorge with a sm...

23: The Max Headroom Incident. UNSOLVED: The Creepiest TV Hack in History

THE MAX HEADROOM INCIDENT. 

November 22nd, 1987 was a pretty normal evening for television viewers in Chicago. That night, like every night, Dan Roan was covering sports on WGN-TV, Channel 9.  Then suddenly, the signal was disrupted and screens across the city cut to black.  

Engineers at WGN-TV thought their transmitters were failing.   

They weren't. A few seconds later, something crazy happened.  

WGN's broadcast si...

19: Stuxnet | The Computer Virus that prevented and started the next world war

STUXNET. 

The virus that prevented; then started the next world war. Cyberwar is being waged right now in your name. No matter what country you call home, your government is engaged in highly dangerous combat on the Internet. Infrastructure around the world is under siege and everyone is at risk. Even you.  In 2010, the Stuxnet virus was discovered in Natanz, Iran and thousands of control systems that operate factories, power plants and nuclear reactors aroun...

18: Numbers Stations | Listen to Spy Broadcasts, Audio & Coded Messages

NUMBERS STATIONS. 

Not a relic of the past. Intelligence agencies use shortwave to communicate with spies, agents and assets in the field. Right now. Today. Let's listen to a few and learn how to tune in from home -- for free.  

Since World War One, numbers stations have been transmitting coded messages to spies around the world using shortwave radio. And they're still transmitting right now. We're going to listen to a few in this episode.  

17: 9 Time Travel Stories | Is Time Travel Possible? Evidence says yes, it is.

Is time travel possible? According to physicists, yes. Time travel *to the future* is not only possible, it's been scientifically proven.  

But what about traveling to the past? Well, that's a little trickier.  

BUT, there does seem to be evidence that travelers from the future have visited us in the past; and may be among us right now.  The human race has been fascinated with traveling through time ever since, well, ever since the human race understood what time ...

16: Aztec Death Whistle | The Scariest Sound You've Ever Heard

The Aztec Death Whistle. If hell has a sound, I bet it sounds alot like the Aztec Death Whistle. The Aztec Death Whistle sounds like a shriek of death mixed with howling wind. It's so unnerving, that the significance of the horrifying sound of the Aztec Death Whistle has fascinated and perplexed scholars for years.  I'm going to play the sound of the Aztec Death Whistle for you today.  

When Spanish conquistador Cortés and his men arrived in the Aztec capita...

12: What does outer space smell like? (You're not gonna like it.)

What does the moon smell like? Do planets, comets, asteroids and space have their own odors?  The smells of the universe are not universal. Different objects in space — comets, planets, moons and gas clouds — all have their own distinctive aroma.  

Twelve people have walked on the Moon and all of them agree: the Moon smells like gunpowder.  

According to Space.com, astronaut Jack Schmitt said: “All I c...

11: The Voynich Manuscript Decoded - Have We Finally Solved the Most Mysterious Book in the World?

For 600 years the Voynich Manuscript has stumped scholars, cryptographers, physicists, and computer scientists. Now, a researcher in Germany has claimed to have finally decoded the most mysterious book in the world.  

The Voynich Manuscript is a 240-page medieval codex written in an indecipherable language, full of bizarre drawings of strange plants, astrological symbols and... lots of... naked women.  

The Voynich Manuscript defies classification and has also defied c...

8: Chicxulub Asteroid Impact - The Day the Dinosaurs Died

The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact - The Day the Dinosaurs Died  One of the deepest scars on our planet is hidden beneath the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. The buried crater, over 90 miles in diameter, was created when a massive asteroid struck the planet 66 million years ago and brought a calamitous end to the reign of dinosaurs.  

Though dinosaur extinction probably took weeks or months, in just one day, 425 feet of material accumulated where the asteroid hit with t...

7: The Most Secret Places in the World

The Most Secret Places in the World - And the wild theories about what really happens inside. In the modern world, places are supposed to be accessible. People move freely around the country they live in and even between countries. 

However, the most interesting, fascinating and mysterious locations in the world, even today, are strictly off limits to just about everyone. 

Most of the places on this list are only accessible to those with the proper clearances, but some...