Welcome to Episode 213: The Hitchhiker Effect! When billionaire Robert Bigelow purchased Skinwalker Ranch in the 1990s, he never dreamed that one day he would have taxpayer funding to study its paranormal phenomena, but that is exactly what happened. As scientists, researchers, and journalists flocked to Skinwalker to observe the otherworldly activity firsthand, they began to notice something curious: the phenomena were not confined to the ranch. Instead, supernatural entities such as orbs, UFOs, shadow people, and dog men began infiltrating the homes of some of the scientists. This curious activity would come to be known as “The Hitchhiker Effect”, and while it may seem unbelievable, it is very, very real. People of all ages, genders, races, and religions can become unwitting targets of the effect, and unfortunately there’s no known cure. Join us on this wild episode of LGH as we take you through the ins and outs of The Hitchhiker Effect, complete with first-person interviews! TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - INTRO / HOUSEKEEPING 00:03:45 - PART I: YOU’VE BEEN HITCHHIKED 00:28:00 - ADORE ME AD 00:30:00 - PART II: SKINWALKER RANCH (INTERVIEW!) 00:49:00 - APOSTROPHE AD 00:50:10 - PART III: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE (INTERVIEW!) 01:12:00 - REMI AD 01:14:00 - PART IV: WHAT DO THE EXPERTS SAY? 01:36:30 - BLISSY AD 01:37:40 - PART V: FINAL THOUGHTS & THEORIES 01:48:00 - CLOSING CREDITS THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below: ADORE ME: For bra and panty sets for as low as $19.95, head to https://AdoreMe.com  APOSTROPHE: Head over to https://www.Apostrophe.com/LETSGETHAUNTED and click “Get Started”, then use our code “LETSGETHAUNTED” at sign up and you’ll get your first visit for only $5 REMI: Save your smile and your bank account with Remi! Get up to 50% off your custom-fit mouth guard at https://www.shopremi.com/HAUNTED today! BLISSY: Get better sleep, hair and skin with Blissy and use code LGHPOD to get an additional 30% off at https://blissy.com/LGHPOD FOLLOW ELYSSA HERE: https://www.instagram.com/elyssa.mai/ —— Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted  LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com    Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted   Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com —— BACKGROUND MUSIC: [1] “MAGIC TRANSITION SOUND - NO COPYRIGHT” BY SOUND TRUST, LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNHMu3Upgu4 Creative Commons — CC BY 3.0 I https://goo.gl/Yibru5 [2] License Dar Golan - Elevator Music - Royalty free music, “Elevator Music (Royalty Free, Infinite Loop)” by Dar Golan, free download link here: https://www.dargolan-free.com/funny-music  [3]“[No Copyright Music] Bossanova Music _ Today's Diary” by Chiro aka 부구미 BuGuMi on Youtube, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NwW5oPwaGo —— KEYWORDS: Horror, scary, storytelling, cryptid, legend, urban legend, haunted, haunting, ghost, creature, demon, angel, death, heaven, afterlife, reddit, 4chan, TikTok, Tumblr, spooky, paranormal, supernatural, alien, UFO, UAP, Underwater, Ocean, Sea, Mysterious, Extraterrestrial, War, Listener Stories, Stories, Story, Listener, Fan, E-mails, True, Real, Real Life, True Life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Led by a fearless Ernest Shackleton, the goal of this expedition is nothing short of legendary: to be the first humans to cross the entire Antarctic continent and reach the South Pole! But what follows would be anything but expected. This is not only an unimaginable tale of survival and isolation, but it’s also a warning of supernatural phenomena that haunts the planet’s least populated continent, even today. Is Antarctica empty because of a harsh climate and lonely location, or is there something else more sinister keeping humanity away? Today’s episode will divulge all of The Shackleton Expedition’s findings- haunted survival records, ghosts, aliens, the occult, and even a Nazi conspiracy theory—this is one trip you will never forget. Buckle up kids because today we are talking about The Ernest Shackleton Expedition! TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - INTRO 00:15:54 - FACTOR AD  00:17:13 - THE RACE TO THE SOUTH POLE 00:27:41 - NUTRAFOL AD 00:29:25 - THE LEGEND OF THE BISCUIT 00:48:53 - MIRACLE MADE AD 00:50:52 - THE ENDURANCE 01:01:07 - BETTER HELP AD 01:03:00  - THE GREAT ESCAPE 01:41:47 - DONOR SHOUTOUTS & SECRET PASSWORD THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below! FACTOR - Get started at Factormeals.com/FACTORPODCAST and use code “FACTORPODCAST” to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. NUTRAFOL- For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners TEN DOLLARS OFF your first month’s subscription plus FREE SHIPPING when you go to www.Nutrafol.com  and enter the promo code HAUNTED. MIRACLE MADE- Go to TryMiracle.com/HAUNTED and use the code HAUNTED to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF.   BETTER HELP: This episode is brought to you by Better Help. Visit https://betterhelp.com/GETHAUNTED to get 10% off your first month. — Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted  LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com    Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted   Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com —— SOURCES: [1] https://www.history.com/news/shackleton-endurance-survival [2] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/timeline.html [3] https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/aug/22/arts.artsnews [4] South by Ernest Shackleton [5] https://archive.org/details/enduranceshackl000lans/page/1/mode/1up [6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFApo9FefeU [7]https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/penguins-southern-ocean-explorers-best-friend/586189/ [8] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2657121/Pictured-Antarctica-seen-colour-century-ago-remarkable-images-taken-photographer-accompanied-explorers-Sir-Ernest-Shackleton-Douglas-Mawson.html [9]https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/shackletons-death-legacy#:~:text=Dr%20Alexander%20Macklin%2C%20who%20was,He%20died%20quite%20suddenly. MUSIC: [1] The Star Spangled Banner | Copyright Free | National Anthem Of The USA [2] Creepy Doll Mix and Dark Piano Mix by Michael Byrnes [3] No Copyright Halloween Spooky Haunted Background Music / Halloween 2024 [5] “Elevator” - Local Forecast License Dar Golan - Elevator Music - Royalty free music, “Elevator Music (Royalty Free, Infinite Loop)” by Dar Golan, free download link here: https://www.dargolan-free.com/funny-music [6] “MAGIC TRANSITION SOUND - NO COPYRIGHT” BY SOUND TRUST, LINK: Magic Transition Sound No Copyright KEYWORDS: Sir Ernest Shackleton, Discovery, Endurance, Antarctica, Heroic Age of Exploration, Tom Crean, Conspiracy, South Pole, Survival, Endure, Adventure, viral, national geographic, nimrod, hut, south georgia island, mount erebus, frank wild, worsley, reddit, 20th century, history, paranormal, the thing, admiral byrd, nazis, ww1 , WWI. paranoia, transglobalism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 211: Neanderthal on a Stick aka the Belarusian Bigfoot! Belarus is a landlocked country with a rich history and even richer folklore. Famous for its flat terrain with over 11,000 lakes and 20,000 rivers, the country is perhaps best known for its vast forests which cover about 40% of the nation. Inside these forests and bodies of water, a multitude of folkloric entities are known to lurk, such as: Leshy, rusalki, hartsuks, zheuzhyk, Lazavik, Zlydzens, and much, much more. But in August of 2012, a Belarusian man named Alexander met with something that left him altogether puzzled. Join us as we learn about the “Neanderthal on a stick” aka “The Belarusian Bigfoot”. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 NAT IS IN LABOR! 00:05:00 ADORE ME AD 00:06:30 PART I: BELARUSIAN FOLKLORE 00:20:00 PENROSE HILL AD 00:22:00 PART II: OPERATION WINTERZAUBER 00:32:00 BLISSY AD 00:33:30 PART III: NEANDERTHAL ON A STICK 00:39:54 PART IV: THE THEORIES 01:27:00 CLOSING CREDITS This episode is sponsored!! Learn more about this week’s sponsors by clicking the links below: ADORE ME: For bra and panty sets for as low as $19.95, head to https://AdoreMe.com  FIRST LEAF: Go to https://TryFirstleaf.com/haunted to sign up and you’ll get your first SIX handpicked bottles for just $44.95! BLISSY: Get better sleep, hair and skin with Blissy and use code LGHPOD to get an additional 30% off at https://blissy.com/LGHPOD —— Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted  LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com    Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted   Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com —— BACKGROUND MUSIC: [1] “MAGIC TRANSITION SOUND - NO COPYRIGHT” BY SOUND TRUST, LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNHMu3Upgu4 Creative Commons — CC BY 3.0 I https://goo.gl/Yibru5 [2] License Dar Golan - Elevator Music - Royalty free music, “Elevator Music (Royalty Free, Infinite Loop)” by Dar Golan, free download link here: https://www.dargolan-free.com/funny-music  [3]“(Free) Horror Ambiance - Ominous Background Music” by ESN Productions, link: https://bit.ly/4k6UTLw  [4] Belarusian Folk Song “The Gray Horse” by Kozak Family Trio, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wf0D2Fvo3I  —— KEYWORDS: Horror, scary, storytelling, cryptid, legend, urban legend, haunted, haunting, ghost, creature, demon, angel, death, heaven, afterlife, reddit, 4chan, TikTok, Tumblr, spooky, paranormal, supernatural, alien, UFO, UAP, Underwater, Ocean, Sea, Lake, River, Water, Mysterious, Extraterrestrial, War, Story, True, Real, Real Life, True Life, Belarus, Belarusian, Bigfoot, Monster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices