Theories of the Third Kind

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” is destabilizing, while asteroid 99942 Apophis will make an incredibly close pass by Earth in 2029. We break down what a Thwaites collapse, an Apophis impact, and a Carrington-level solar storm could actually do before exploring an undetected black hole traveling through our Solar System and ending with a bonus scen...

In September 1982, seven people around Chicago suddenly died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules that had been secretly filled with cyanide. The killer was never caught, and more than four decades later, the Chicago Tylenol Murders remain one of America's most infamous unsolved crimes.Then, only a few months after the poisonings, a mysterious man was found dead from cya...

Eight Ecuadorian fishermen vanished. Two other fishing boats were hit by explosive drones. Survivors say armed men hooded and detained them before they were taken toward El Salvador. Then investigators uncovered a mysterious surveillance aircraft, and reporting linked the attacks to a covert CIA operation. We trace what happened to the Fiorella, the men who survived, and the sec...

On September 11, 2001, five Israeli nationals were detained after witnesses reported seeing them photographing the burning World Trade Center and behaving strangely. We investigate the men later known as the “Dancing Israelis,” Urban Moving Systems, the FBI counterintelligence investigation, alleged intelligence connections, their controversial TV interview, and what the FBI ult...