The Dark Corners Podcast

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From True Crime, Hauntings, Urban Legends, Cryptids, Odd Mysteries, Awkward Laughs & more, The Dark Corners is your biweekly fix of all things dark & eerie! Join our host Gage G. as he analyzes some of the world's Darkest Corners!
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Episode 28: Hidden Horrors Of Montauk: The Government Conspiracy That Inspired Stranger Things
Wednesday, 7 January, 2026

Did you know? The hit sci-fi horror series “Stranger Things” isn’t purely a work of fiction. The plot draws heavy inspirations from a world famous U.S government conspiracy known as “The Montauk Project”. This one has it all! Everything from super psychic children, unethical and horrifying government experimentation, time travel, mind control, alternate dimensions, and even otherworldly monsters. Sound familiar? Wear your tinfoil hat alongside Gage this week as he dives into the real life government conspiracies that inspired it all! SHOW NOTES: Credits For Music Samples: Music used : " THE PIANIST " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3qumnPH“The Montauk Project” by Preston Nichols: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/404093.The_Montauk_ProjectFull 1993 interview with Peter Moon: https://youtu.be/Mm8hajx7dCw?si=hki-TyBzcANxiqzl