CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT INSPIRED STRANGER THINGS | The Montauk Project Explained (Ep 357)

What’s stranger than Stranger Things? The story that inspired the show — an alleged government program called the Montauk Project. This week, we’re putting on our tinfoil hats and diving into the conspiracy that claims a quiet Long Island military base was the site of secret experiments involving psychics, mind control, time travel, and something that may have torn a hole in reality itself. Between whispered cover-ups, chilling testimonies, and a mysterious radar tower that still looms over the landscape, this story feels like sci-fi. Was the Montauk Project a real extension of documented government experiments, or did one story spiral into a full-blown paranormal legend complete with monsters and memory wipes? Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com New Episodes are released every Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! Edited by Jaimi Ryan, produced by Emma Leventer and Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! This episode is sponsored by Hungry Root. For a limited time get 40% off your first box PLUS get a free item in every box for life. Go to Hungryroot.com/TGOG and use code TGOG. This episode is sponsored by Thrive Causemetics. Amplify Your Every Day. Go to thrivecausemetics.com/TGOG for an exclusive offer of 20% off your first order. Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives: https://www.goodwitchkitchen.net/cleansing-without-sage/ About the podcast: Join hosts Corinne Vien and Sabrina Deana-Roga, bi-coastal best friends, with a questionably unhealthy predilection towards all things strange, spooky and creepy, for heavily researched and listener submitted tales of the supernatural. They do warn you though... Two Girls One Ghost is the most haunted podcast in America, countless listeners have reported that listening leads to encounters with the other side. Listen at your own risk. Episodes are released every Sunday and Thursday. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Join the pyramid scheme: We're not quite the illuminati...yet. and we can't promise fame, but we can promise a couple other things when you join our patreon. We promise not to haunt you in the afterlife. All episodes are released one week early and ad-free, additional full-length patreon-exclusive episodes published each month, live ghost storytelling every Tuesday night, and a whole lot of spookiness and maybe some photos of our toes. https://www.patreon.com/twogirlsoneghostpodcast Socials: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlsoneghost/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlsoneghost https://www.facebook.com/groups/twogirlsoneghostpodcast/ https://discord.com/invite/np5ACspXck https://www.patreon.com/twogirlsoneghostpodcast Looking for info on live shows, merch, or ways to connect with the living (or the dead)? Check out our website! https://www.twogirlsoneghost.com/ This show includes topics that cover: ghosts, hauntings, demons, exorcisms, visits from loved ones, ghost kids, ghosts caught on camera, poltergeists, curses, haunted dolls, cryptids, mothman, bigfoot, witches, sea monsters, conspiracies, haunted houses, killers, murderers, possessions, gnomes, fairies, witches, oracle, tarot, ghost hunting, paranormal investigations, true crime, astral projection, past lives, aliens, mysteries, ouija boards, missing persons, near death experiences, the occult, and more! CHAPTERS 0:00:00 - introduction 0:02:43 - intro Montauk Project 0:06:30 - Preston Nichols 0:12:01 - the initial discovery through psychics 0:23:08 - Hungryroot 0:24:30 - seeds of something more 0:31:27 - history of Montauk Air Base - Camp Hero 0:36:35 - odd happenings as told by locals 0:38:47 - Duncan Cameron & the hit on Preston 0:44:33 - Thrive Causemetics 0:45:50 - The MonTauk Project revealed 0:52:43 - the Montauk Chair 0:56:35 - the Montauk Boys - tortured below ground 1:03:31 - shutting the Montauk Project down 1:09:12 - Project Montauk shut down 1:10:15 - Preston comes forward & publication of the book 1:13:29 - abduction of Stewart Swerdlow 1:19:04 - other testimonies 1:21:21 - conspiracy or government secret? 1:25:27 - Montauk Airbase / Camp Hero today 1:28:37 - listener stories