# Stories That Still Haunt the Internet: The Soup Room, The Masked Feast, The Station That Isn't There

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Podcast: [The Why Files: Operation Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-why-files-operation-podcast-7324937)
Published: 2026-07-11T22:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2911

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