{"podcast":{"title":"Let's Get Haunted","slug":"let-s-get-haunted-181628","podcast_index_feed_id":181628,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/QCD5688401368","website_url":"https://www.daylightmedia.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3b28a81c-439f-11ee-8aa4-8f17de812925/image/d44a148e32ff2c0430084e843450b380.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Let's Get Haunted","episode_count":330,"summary":"Welcome to \"the only investigative journalism podcast about sh*t that may or may not have even happened in the first place\"! Brought to you by besties Aly and Nat, Let's Get Haunted is here to bring scary tales of hauntings, aliens, urban legends, and unsolved mysteries to the masses. Enjoy your daily dose of paranormal year-round with LGH!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-get-haunted-181628"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 259: America's Missing & Murdered Scientists","slug":"episode-259-america-s-missing-murdered-scientists","published_at":"2026-05-20T08:49:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-get-haunted-181628/episode-259-america-s-missing-murdered-scientists","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-get-haunted-181628","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD2391094489.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD2391094489.mp3","summary":"Welcome to Episode 259: America’s Missing & Murdered Scientists. Why do so many U.S. scientists associated with UFOs, anti-gravity propulsion, and nuclear weaponry keep ending up missing or deceased over the past 4 years? Is it all a coincidence or is something more sinister at play? On this week’s episode of Let’s Get Haunted, we go over the circumstances surrounding the disappearances of Monica Reza, Melissa Casias, Steven Garcia, Anthony Chavez, and William Neil McCasland. Then, we discuss the suspicious deaths of Frank Maiwald, Michael Hicks, Nuno Loureiro, Carl Grillmair, Jason Thomas, Amy Eskridge, Joshua LeBlanc, and Matthew Sullivan. Finally, we examine other countries who’ve experienced similar clusters of missing and murdered scientists over the years, including: China, Iran, the U.K., Germany, and Russia. Are these clusters simply a statistical certainty that only looks suspicious when viewed through the lens of conspiracy? Or does someone - or something - not want the world’s best and brightest innovators looking too closely into alternative energy sources? TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - HOOK 00:02:34 - INTRO 00:08:22 - GOODR AD 00:09:51 - PART I: THE MISSING 00:32:17 - BLISSY AD 00:33:23 - PART I CONTINUES 00:58:02 - NUTRAFOL AD 00:59:24 - PART II: THE DEATHS 01:27:17 - ZENNI OPTICAL AD 01:29:13 - PART III: HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF 01:41:13 - PART IV: THE THEORIES 01:53:42 - FINAL THOUGHTS 02:00:57 - CLOSING CREDITS —— THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below: GOODR: Head to https://goodr.com/HAUNTED to claim $10 off your first order. BLISSY: Wake up with clearer skin, smoother hair, and cooler sleep—use code LGHPOD for an extra 30% off at https://blissy.com/LGHPOD NUTRAFOL: For a limited time, get $10 off your first month's subs…","meta_description":"Welcome to Episode 259: America’s Missing & Murdered Scientists. Why do so many U.S. scientists associated with UFOs, anti-gravity propulsion, and nuclear…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7782,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/let-s-get-haunted-181628/episodes/episode-259-america-s-missing-murdered-scientists/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-get-haunted-181628/episode-259-america-s-missing-murdered-scientists.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}