The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic.
254 episodes transcribedEric Wargo is an anthropologist, science writer, and the author of five books on one of the most controversial ideas in modern science — that the fut...
A doctor walks into a trauma room and sees a dead woman floating above a dying man. He isn't the patient's physician. He just felt the pull to go in....
Avi Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, a internationally bestselling author, and one of the most decorated as...
Gather round for three missing persons cases that investigators, search teams, and forensic experts have never been able to explain.A medical student...
Hugh Newman is an author, explorer, and ancient mysteries researcher who has spent over two decades investigating megalithic sites around the world.H...
In 2010, someone posted a thought experiment on a philosophy forum. Within hours, people were having nightmares. The founder deleted it immediately —...
Scott Wolter, a forensic geologist, has spent 25 years following a trail of physical evidence — rocks, runes, bones, and buried artifacts — that lead...
In 1977, a soldier walked into a glowing mist in the Chilean mountains and returned fifteen minutes later with five days of stubble on his face. A pi...
James Fox is one of the most respected documentary filmmakers working in UFO research today. He got his start assisting his father conducting intervi...
Gather round for three campfire stories from the golden era of late-night radio, when Art Bell kept the lights on for millions of people who couldn't...
Chris Bledsoe is a UFO experiencer, author, and speaker whose 2007 encounter at the Cape Fear River became one of the most scrutinized contact cases...
Timothy Hogan is an author, lecturer, and esoteric researcher specializing in the Knights Templar, alchemy, Gnosticism, and Hermetic traditions. Intr...
Mike Bara spent 25 years in aerospace working on Boeing 757, 767, F-35, and classified military programs before co-authoring the New York Times bests...
Mike Bara spent 25 years in aerospace working on Boeing 757, 767, F-35, and classified military programs before co-authoring the New York Times bests...
You wake up floating above your bed. Everything in your room drifts toward the ceiling. Outside, cars lift off highways and trees rip from the ground...
Gather round for three campfire stories that cannot be explained.A corrections officer watches water materialize inside a concrete prison cell with n...
For centuries, prophets across different lands described the same coming disaster. A German leader would rise with a voice that could move nations.An...
Gather round for three campfire stories investigators cannot explain.A dead man's phone calls thirty-five times in twelve hours, guiding rescuers thr...
This special compilation brings together ten staff favorites that question everything we think we know about reality. From the dark corridors of DARPA...
In 1745, London authorities arrested a stranger who refused to give his name. His pockets were full of diamonds, and he played violin like a master....
