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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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.

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622: COMPILATION: Staff Picks A to Z: From Aliens to Zombies, From Giants to Gobekli Tepe

This special compilation brings together ten staff favorites that question everything we t... more

29 Dec 2025

5 HR 23 MINS

5:23:03

29 Dec 2025

#238

621: The Man Who Saw Christ Still Walks Among Us | Immortal Count of St Germain Revisited

In 1745, London authorities arrested a stranger who refused to give his name. His pockets ... more

24 Dec 2025

32 MINS

32:23

24 Dec 2025

#237

620: The Lost Labyrinth of Hawara: Evidence of Atlantis in Egypt

In 450 BC, Herodotus described an Egyptian labyrinth so massive it made the pyramids look ... more

17 Dec 2025

41 MINS

41:00

17 Dec 2025

#236

619: They Walk Among Us | The Human-Alien Hybrid Program

A college student desperate for affordable housing gets matched with an unusual roommate w... more

06 Dec 2025

42 MINS

42:59

06 Dec 2025

#235

618: The First Earth Battalion: America's Strangest Military Experiment

A Vietnam War hero with zero casualties wrote a manual about warrior monks who hug daily a... more

26 Nov 2025

32 MINS

32:03

26 Nov 2025

#234

617: Psyops: From Dead Babies to UFOs - The Same Pattern Every Time

A behavioral expert who trains Navy SEALs and CIA operatives created a 20-point test that ... more

17 Nov 2025

37 MINS

37:53

17 Nov 2025

#233

616: The Devil's Bible and the Nazi Hole to Hell

Sweden's National Library protects the Codex Gigas—165 pounds of vellum featuring the comp... more

03 Nov 2025

29 MINS

29:06

03 Nov 2025

#232

615: Lincoln Conspiracy: a Diary, a Mummy and The Escape of John Wilkes Booth

History says John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln and died twelve days later on a Virgin... more

27 Oct 2025

39 MINS

39:52

27 Oct 2025

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614: CIA Time Travel Secret | The Grays Are Future Humans

In 1953, twelve-year-old Jack Sarfatti answered his phone. The voice on the other end was... more

18 Oct 2025

31 MINS

31:10

18 Oct 2025

#230

613: The CIA, Men in Black and the Plot to Take Out JFK | The Maury Island Incident

June 1947. Harbor patrolman Harold Dahl witnesses six metallic objects over Maury Island, ... more

06 Oct 2025

42 MINS

42:09

06 Oct 2025

#229

612: The Dark Alliance: CIA and DARPA's Hidden War on Citizens (COMPILATION)

The agencies tasked with defending America have a shocking secret history of attacking its... more

22 Sep 2025

4 HR 23 MINS

4:23:51

22 Sep 2025

#228

611: CONPLAN 8888: The Secret Plan to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse

Discover the United States Strategic Command's CONPLAN 8888, the military's actual plan fo... more

16 Sep 2025

49 MINS

49:46

16 Sep 2025

#227

610: Majestic 12 | Secret Documents Expose UFO Cover-Up Vol. 1

In 1947, a mysterious craft crashed in the New Mexico desert. President Truman immediately... more

06 Sep 2025

47 MINS

47:03

06 Sep 2025

#226

609: COMPILATION: UFOs and Aliens Vol.2 | They are NOT our friends

This compilation reveals eight extraordinary cases that will make you question everything ... more

29 Aug 2025

4 HR 45 MINS

4:45:50

29 Aug 2025

#225

608: Peru's Most Terrifying Mystery | The Face Peelers

In 2023, something began hunting people in the remote Amazon village of San Antonio de Pin... more

27 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:43

27 Aug 2025

#224

607: Asteroid Apophis is Coming | Ground Zero: California

On April 13, 2029, an asteroid named Apophis will pass closer to Earth than our communicat... more

12 Aug 2025

51 MINS

51:55

12 Aug 2025

#223

606: The Ancient Time Capsule Controlled by the Global Shadow Government

A Pentagon satellite detected an energy-shielded chamber beneath Romania's Bucegi Mountain... more

04 Aug 2025

35 MINS

35:09

04 Aug 2025

#222

605: The Greada Treaty | America's Alien Alliance (STRIPPED)

On February 20, 1954, President Eisenhower vanished for an entire night. The official stor... more

30 Jul 2025

31 MINS

31:48

30 Jul 2025

#221

604: Cryptids Vol. 4 | Bunyips, Yowie and Australian Nightmare Fuel

Australia's Outback hides more than deadly snakes and crocodiles. Ancient creatures stalk ... more

26 Jul 2025

25 MINS

25:24