Something in the Desert
Oct 8, 2026 · 2h 18m
Summary
This episode explores three distinct wartime and military anomalies. First, a Marine recounts a night vision encounter with a faceless, hostile figure at 29 Palms who claimed to be a non-existent Sergeant Wright. Second, former Edwards Air Force Base security personnel describe classified sightings and video footage of desert Sasquatches, suggesting the creatures are monitored alongside UFO activity. Finally, the host investigates the 1958 disappearance of Lieutenant Paul Whipke, an Army aviator who suffered severe radiation sickness during nuclear tests and vanished under suspicious circum…
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Listener story: The ghost at 29 Palms
Listener story: The disappearing Marine
Desert Sasquatch sightings at Edwards AFB
The mysterious disappearance of Lt. Paul Wipke
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Listener story: Triangular UFO over the desert
WWII mystery: The Black Ghost tank
The curse of the Lady Be Good bomber
Listener story: The scream in the desert
Listener story: Skinwalker encounter near 29 Palms
The abduction and death of Sgt. Jonathan Lovett
Listener story: The woman on the security camera
Listener story: Marines hunting a skinwalker
Listener story: Shadows and the girl in white
Listener stories: Wax figure and weeping woman
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