Tin Foil Cats
Tin Foil Cats
Maddie Walton and Jen Hakkarinen
Join two curious, bubbly best friends to investigate conspiracy theories, myths, mysteries and all things creepy. Every Thursday Jen and Maddie lead you down the rabbit hole and back. Wear your tin foil hat and bring a healthy dose of skepticism for a silly, spooky good time.
La Mancha Negra and SUNSHINE Project
Black smudges and body snatching- this is your warning! This weeks episode goes to Venezuela to La Mancha Negra, a giant nightmare of black goo stretching 8-miles of a highway, and then it goes to the darkest corners of science's history to explore Project SUNSHINE (all caps, because they are yelling!) Enjoy, or, er, get through it and then go get yourself an ice cream.  
Mar 24, 2022
31 min
Knocking on wood and the Black Knight satellite conspiracy theory
Superstitions and conspiracies this week on Tin Foil Cats. Maddie talks about the root of the international superstition(s) relating to knocking on wood while Jen spaces out with the Black Knight satellite conspiracy theory. Buckle up and get skeptical with your fav creeps. 
Mar 17, 2022
38 min
Chupacabra and Doppelgangers
Join the TFC girls to explore the monstrous nightmare-fuel legend of the Chupacabre, aka part dog, part vampire, part bat and all the way terrifying, and to explore Doppelgängers and the fascinating science behind the Doppelgänger effect. BONUS: This week we mini-cover the story of the Battersea Poltergeist from a beloved listener email tip.  
Mar 10, 2022
1 hr
Mercury Retrograde and Chem Trails
What was that again? Having a disconnect? Is Mercury Retrograde? What the heck does that mean? Find out on this week of Tin Foil Cats. Shoot way up high with a spacey episode that explores astrology, global warming and biological warfare! Weirdness abound with the TFC gals this week! 
Feb 24, 2022
37 min
Mapimí Silent Zone and #FreeBritney
Oops...we did it again at Tin Foil Cats. This week Jen blasts off to Mexico and uncovers the weird and un-ecologically friendly Mapimí Silent Zone in Durango, Mexico. Maddie takes on the 13 year conservatorship of our lord and savior, the Britney Jean Spears. Learn about the wacky world conservatorship and the horror of finding the the #FreeBritney conspiracy theory was far from fiction.
Feb 17, 2022
1 hr 19 min
Tommyknockers and the Flora UFO sightings
This week on Tin Foil Cats your favorite creeps share stories about the mythical, darling Tommyknockers (along with their many other names) and the 1970s alien sightings in and around Flora, Mississippi. 
Feb 10, 2022
38 min
Mirrors and Friday the 13th
Yikes! Time to explore the super creepy superstitions around mirrors and Friday the 13th. Join Maddie and Jen as they talk myths, mysteries, conspiracy theories and all things creepy.
Feb 3, 2022
45 min
King Tut's Curse and the Erdstall Tunnels
Deep dive and journey into the stuff of nightmares. This week Maddie and Jen take the podcast subterranean as they explore the 3000 year uncovering of the tomb of Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, and the more recent but entirely puzzling mystery of the Erdstall Tunnels. 
Jan 27, 2022
52 min
The disappearance of DB Cooper and the Loch Ness Monster
Grab your tin foil hat and a healthy dose of skepticism and jump into Jen and Maddie's conversation on myths, conspiracies, mysteries and all things creepy.  DB Cooper the only man to hijack a plane never to be seen again. Maddie dives into the Loch Ness Monster and the creepy crawly real-life explanations that could be worse than the legend. 
Jan 20, 2022
1 hr 11 min
Black cats and Flat Earthers
Every wondered if the world is flat? Neither have we. In this weeks episode Jen uncovers the mindset of a global (cough) society that is out to prove the world is...flat. Maddie takes on the cutest of superstitions and delves into the history where our feline friends received such a bad rap. Hat on, creep turned all the way up- let's go there. 
Jan 13, 2022
49 min
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