Welcome to Analytical Eye, a podcast that evaluates conspiracy theories using techniques from intelligence analysis.
This podcast is brought to you by the Office of Rational Assessments, a non-government agency that researches conspiracy theories for its own mysterious purposes.
If you've ever wondered who started a particular conspiracy theory, or if some of them might actually hold up, this podcast is for you.
Minisode: Ted Holiday, the Loch Ness Monster hunter who ended up in a goblin universe
This minisode explores Ted Holiday's journey from Loch Ness Monster hunter to someone immersed in a goblin universe.
2 Aug 2025
Minisode: Seeing Through Things: The Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic
The episode explores the strange Seattle windshield pitting epidemic of 1954, examining its potential causes and what it reveals about human psychology.
21 May 2025
Och Aye Loch Eye: The Loch Ness Monster
What lurks in the dark waters of Loch Ness? When did people begin to believe there was a monster in this Scottish loch, and why? In this episode of Analytical Eye, we look at the history of the Loch Ness Monster. This episode is dedicated to listener Leanne H, with thanks for her constant support. Voices were provided thanks to Al B, Amanda F and readaloud.net. Sources Like Bigfoot, there were so many interesting books about the Loch Ness Monster that I kept reading perhaps past when I ...
9 Mar 2025
Paul is Dead - But Congruence Bias is Alive and Well
Was Beatle Paul McCartney killed and replaced with a talented impostor in the 1960s? Did the surviving Beatles hide clues to his death in their subsequent albums? Or was the whole idea a mirage – and if so, where did it come from? In this episode of Analytical Eye, we turn our attention to the 1960s and one of the earlier music conspiracy theories. This episode is dedicated to Shannan M. Please remember the ORA is not a real agency: it’s just a bunch of otters in a line. Sourc...
23 Feb 2025
The Hammaspeikko
HEY OCCAM I had to use your computer for something. Mine still hasn't been replaced after that fire - totally not my fault this time either! Anyway you were still logged in and I saw you had an episode ready to go so I uploaded it for you! YOUR WELCOME :):):) Hanlon Send us a text
9 Feb 2025
Pixielated Evidence: The Cottingley Fairies
In 1917, two young girls in Yorkshire took photographs of fairies in their very own backyard. To skeptics, the photos seemed like obvious fakes - but to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, they were proof of a whole new realm of existence. What made him so sure, and how did the investigation of these photos unfold over the years and decades that followed? In this episode of Analytical Eye, we look at the Cottingley Fairy incident. This episode is dedicated to R...
26 Jan 2025
Eye on the Horizon: Flat Earth
Why did some people in the Victorian period argue that the earth was flat? Were they flat-out wrong - or is there something in their argument, once you get around to assessing it? In this episode of Analytical Eye, we consider the flat earth theory: one of the oldest alternative beliefs we've looked at to date. This episode is dedicated to Al Baker, with thanks for bringing the voice of Samuel Rowbotham to life. Send us a text
12 Jan 2025
Coming a Cropper: Crop Circles
In this episode, we dig into the history of crop circles. Who or what was behind the flattened swirled crops phenomenon in the 1980s and 1990s? Was it something out of this world? An unusual meteorological phenomenon? Or just a corny prank? This episode is dedicated to listener Nick B. Send us a text
16 Dec 2024
Eye in the New Mexico Sky Part 2: The Roswell Bodies
In this second part of our first two-part special, we assess the conspiracy theory that alien bodies were recovered from a crashed alien spaceship in Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947. Send us a text
2 Dec 2024
Eye in the New Mexico Sky Part 1: The Roswell Crash
Something crashed into the New Mexico desert in July 1947. But what was it? Just a weather balloon, as the authorities claimed? Or was it an alien spacecraft, as a first-hand witness insisted? In this first part of a special two-episode assessment, it's time to look at the Roswell incident. Send us a text
18 Nov 2024
Bigfoot's Many Daddies
In August 1958, Jerry Crew discovered something had been walking around his excavator... something with unusually big feet. In this episode, we look at the arguments for and against Bigfoot and his Canadian cousin Sasquatch, and the first generation of Bigfoot hunters. Send us a text
4 Nov 2024
When The Moon Hits Your Eye: The Moon Landing Hoax
In July 1969, two men stepped onto the moon and made history... or did they? In this episode, we examine the moon landing hoax conspiracy theory. Send us a text
21 Oct 2024
Don't Hit the Mute Button: Cattle Mutilation
In 1970s North America, someone or something was killing and mutilating cattle. Was it cryptids? Government experiments? Aliens? Or something else? In the first episode of Analytical Eye, we assess the theories around cattle mutilation. Send us a text
18 Oct 2024
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