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Frightday
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From their compound tucked deep in the mountains of Montana, each week the Frightday crew investigates chilling incidents of high strangeness, human wickedness, peculiar cryptids, & conspiracies...from a rational perspective. The subject is then paired with a review of a new release genre film.
If it bleeds, hacks, stabs, summons, sacrifices, abducts, or bites...it is Frightday.
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VISITORS: Danny Sheehan (UAP Disclosure, the Vatican's Secret, and the Fight for Truth)
3d ago01:16:19Tap to summarizeDanny Sheehan is one of the most consequential public interest attorneys of the last century. His cases include the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, the Karen Silkwood case, the Iran-Contra investigation, and decades of work at the intersection of government secrecy and the public's right to know. He is co-founder of the Romero Institute and the New Paradigm Institute, and a leading voice in the push for congressional UAP disclosure. Today, he stands at the center of what may be the most consequential question humanity has ever faced: the implications of a potential extraterrestrial or extradimensional non-human presence here on Earth. Having spent over 50 years litigating against government secrecy and winning, in this discussion, Danny connects the JFK assassination, the Vatican's role in the 1933 Italy UFO crash, the founding of the CIA, and the architecture of Brown Brothers Harriman to the UFO cover-up we're living through today, and lays out the concrete constitutional path to disclosure. Big thanks to Jamie Billings for helping make this interview happen, and to Danny and his wife for their time and generosity. The New Paradigm Institute, founded by acclaimed civil rights and Constitutional attorney Danny Sheehan, is dedicated to advocating for the public release of information held by the government surrounding the issue of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), or what was commonly known as Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). For more information, visit http://newparadigminstitute.org. Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/14ioP0zfFczK8hKPsDUmko?si=cff351ada3944a9a Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! 00:00 Intro 00:30 Welcome and guest introduction 02:33 Reaction to WAR.gov/UFO and Pete Hegseth's framing 04:43 Danny's faith in the American people 07:06 JFK and Khrushchev's secret disarmament letters after the Cuban Missile Crisis 09:23 Why the assassination happened and its fallout 11:44 The Gulf of Tonkin lie and the collapse of trust in government 14:07 Coming to grips with UAP reality and the national security state 16:23 1968 vs. today: has Trump set disclosure back? 18:47 Why the world's religious communities may lead reform, not governments 21:05 Jesus, telepathy, and the evolution of human consciousness 23:23 Why the Vatican has withheld information, and why the Jesuit order was founded to reform the Church 25:48 Pope Pius XII and the 1933 UFO crash in Italy 28:11 The "Magenta" case and what Italy/Germany did with the craft in WWII 30:37 1945: Roswell, Aztec, White Sands, and the UAP Disclosure Act of 2023 32:57 Roots of the national security state: the U.S. invasion of Russia in 1917 35:10 Brown Brothers Harriman, the Dulles brothers, and the Treaty of Versailles 37:28 George Herbert Walker, Union Banking Corp, and financing the Third Reich 39:28 Trump's $1.5 trillion nuclear modernization plan and why UFOs are watching 41:42 Who are "they"? On multiple species and the unknown galactic order 43:50 Congress's constitutional authority over classification (Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer) 46:12 A message to young people and why participation matters 48:34 How lawmakers respond to pressure, and the strategy for the 2026 midterms 53:10 Recapping the Contact in the Desert panel: Jacques Vallée, Tim Gallaudet, Eric Davis, and the question nobody would answer 57:42 What first convinced Danny this was real 59:49 Deathbed testimonies and how a trial lawyer evaluates truth 1:02:11 Danny's real concern: not fear of ET, but fear of losing ourselves to them 1:04:38 Archival fieldwork: the Army War College, Wild Bill Donovan, and the McGregor Project 1:09:24 Who to trust in the UFO community: Eric Burlison, Tim Burchett, and others 1:11:46 Hope for 2026 and beyond: decent people in Congress and a path forward 1:14:07 Closing thoughts and how to get involved You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening. Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com Theme music by Yawns Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places: @VISITORSshow @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday This is an Audio Wool Original. #UAP #UFO #Disclosure #DannySheehan #ContactInTheDesert #VISITORS #PentagonPapers #NationalSecurity
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Cinema Autopsy: Independence Day
2w ago02:24:41Tap to summarizeWant to guarantee you keep your fingers intact? Stay inside with us, and listen to us chat facts over the White House exploding, and the President speeching. Don't own Independence Day? Rent it here. Or just watch the video version of the episode at http://thefrightdaysociety.org
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Episode 332: Disclosure Day
4w ago01:05:04Tap to summarizeThis week we settle back into things with some Classico™ Frightday. Housekeeping, a call from a whistleblower, Staff Picks™, and a discussion of the latest feature from Steve Spielberg, "Disclosure Day". And things seemed normal...until Byron (of all people) proposed a conspiracy theory... Staff Picks Kelly: The Vast of Night (2019), previously covered on Episode 250 Byron: Take Shelter (2011), Jeff Nichols, with Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. Tell us we're wrong Call the line at 1-833-374-4489 (1-833-FRIGHT-9) with your take on the film, Byron's hypothesis, your encounters, or film recommendations. We want to hear where you land on this. Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening. Hang out with us Discord: discord.frightday.com Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com Theme music by Yawns Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places: @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday This is an Audio Wool Original.
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Episode 431: Dorthy Kilgallen Pt. III
Jun 1101:27:51Tap to summarizeThis week we stay on Dorothy Kilgallen in the weeks before November 8, 1965, tracing the files, the trips, and the people who disappeared around her. She finished the Murder One preface on a Sunday night and was dead by Monday morning. She handed a backup of her JFK chapter to a friend who died the next day. Was Ron Pataki a hotel-suite lover, or a CIA handler from the Guatemala coup keeping watch? [04:39] – Murder One, the $10,000 advance, and the chapter that never made the book. [07:48] – The preface handed off Sunday night, dead by Monday morning. [10:14] – Mark Sinclair, the locked file, and "the case of a lifetime." [17:07] – Florence Pritchett Smith, the backup chapter, and a cerebral hemorrhage one day later. [30:01] – The New Orleans trip and "don't tell anyone you were here with me." [33:11] – The second trip that never happened and the cloak-and-dagger source. [41:28] – 544 Camp Street: Banister, Ferrie, Bringuier, and Oswald's leaflets. [47:31] – Ron Pataki, the Regency suite, and the 3 a.m. phone calls. [57:48] – PBSUCCESS, the Dulles brothers, and the United Fruit Company. [01:17:26] – The hotel-key humiliation broadcast over the studio PA. [01:20:55] – The last night, the open door, and a bedroom she never slept in. Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening. Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com Theme music by Yawns Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places: @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday This is an Audio Wool Original.
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Casual Frightday: "The Roommates Episode"
Jun 1002:37:12Tap to summarizeOriginally broadcast February 27th, 2026. This week, we get into light roommate poisoning, a Prince costume meeting a hot stove, and the great PlayStation heist. Quicksand rescues and fifty-six blindfolded frat pledges. Awful things happened inside and outside of cars, a mammoth bone in a river, a mayor who resigned under duress, a murder cult with a Patreon, and so much more.
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VISITORS: Captain Ron (Contact in the Desert) II
May 2700:58:14Tap to summarizeAs we gear up for this year's Contact in the Desert, we had the pleasure of chatting with Captain Ron Janix, co-owner and host of the event. Dive deeper into the evolution of this iconic conference, discover what's in store this year, and get a pulse on the state of the current UFO and UAP community. Come join us! Save 10% when you use promo code CAPTAIN10 at http://contactinthedesert.com Watch live at http://twitch.tv/frightday Don't miss out! Follow/subscribe now.
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Behind the Screams: Roberta..."Tickner" (Excerpt)
May 1400:09:34Tap to summarizeAfter a few peaceful weeks...we return to the Frightday Tip-Line, with another whistleblower... Help us get to the bottom in the Frightday Community Center. http://discord.frightday.com This is a preview of the content you can expect when you support us by joining the Frightday Society at http://thefrightdaysociety.org.
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Episode 430: Dorthy Kilgallen Pt. II
May 1300:51:28Tap to summarizeThis week we follow Dorothy Kilgallen onto the front lines of the JFK assassination story, where she did the work almost no other reporter in America was willing to do. From her first column one week after Dallas to the only private interview Jack Ruby ever gave a journalist, we trace the columns, the leaks, and the people she was talking to before her files disappeared. Was the Carousel Club meeting between Jack Ruby, Officer J.D. Tippit, and a "rich oil man" the thread that finally got her killed? [00:40] – Dorothy's first column: "Oswald File Must Not Close." [02:58] – The column timeline from November 1963 through April 1964. [04:39] – The Bird's Heartbeat Handshake: Dorothy's private interview with Jack Ruby. [12:17] – Leaking the 102-page Ruby testimony before the Warren Report dropped. [16:30] – Ruby's lung cancer and his claim he was injected in his cell. [18:47] – Earl Warren in the Dallas jail and Ruby's plea to be moved to Washington. [22:46] – The FBI at her townhouse and the CIA's 53 field offices tracking her. [27:10] – Police Chief Jesse Curry's radio order to the overpass. [29:26] – Acquilla Clemons and the Tippit witnesses the Warren Commission ignored. [32:48] – The Carousel Club meeting: Ruby, Tippit, Weissman, and "the rich oil man." [36:30] – H.L. Hunt, the Wanted for Treason handbill, and the Dallas money. [39:17] – Mark Lane, the Parker and Robinson code names, and the locked file. [47:00] – Her final JFK column and the sixty days that followed. Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening. Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com Theme music by Yawns Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places: @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday This is an Audio Wool Original.
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Episode 429: Dorthy Kilgallen Pt. I
May 400:51:34Tap to summarizeThis week we explore the incredible life and mysterious death of Dorothy Kilgallen. Once the most powerful female voice in America, with 20 million daily readers, her legacy has been strangely buried by history. We trace her journey from a "scrappy" reporter at age 20 to the only journalist to privately interview Jack Ruby. Was her death in 1965 an accidental overdose, or was it the ultimate price for getting too close to the truth behind the JFK assassination? 01:46 – Who was Dorothy Kilgallen? (The most powerful female voice in America). 04:06 – Scooping the Warren Commission and interviewing Jack Ruby. 05:16 – Discovery of the body and the "suspicious" bedroom scene. 18:41 – The Frank Sinatra feud and the "tombstone" threat. 24:10 – Conflicting accounts: Who actually found her? 33:07 – The New Orleans trip and the missing JFK research file. 42:51 – Toxicology breakdown: The "mega-dose" mystery. Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening. Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com Theme music by Yawns Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places: @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday This is an Audio Wool Original.
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Behind the Screams: Madness Madness... Round 1.5 (Excerpt)
Apr 2300:13:56Tap to summarizeOur bracket-style competition to determine the best at being psychologically dangerous continues! Visit http://frightday.com/madness-madness for an online version of our bracket, or download the attached bracket below. This is a preview of the content you can expect when you support us by joining the Frightday Society at http://thefrightdaysociety.org.
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