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Deceptive Reality

Deceptive Reality

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 Unravel the fabric of the unknown with 'Deceptive Reality', your new destination for intriguing unsolved mysteries and perplexing phenomena. Hosted by Bert and Nick, each episode is an exploration into a unique enigma that defies our understanding of reality. We dive deep into both historical and contemporary puzzles, using extensive research and expert analysis to examine every facet. Tune in and join us on this captivating journey where truth is elusive, and reality always has a twist. Perfect for the curious, the sleuths, and everyone who loves a good mystery.© 2023 True Crime
Episodes
  • The Mushroom Mystery Where Everyone Sees the Same Little People - Deceptive Reality Podcast S4E4

    The Mushroom Mystery Where Everyone Sees the Same Little People - Deceptive Reality Podcast S4E4
    Jan 23 2026
    Magic mushrooms, little people sightings, and a repeatable laser experiment that claims to show hidden code, this episode goes full high-strangeness. Bert and Nick kick off with a hilarious behind-the-scenes moment and then jump into a real-world oddity, Bert finds unreleased horror blind boxes at Target, tries to buy them, and the employee refuses because they are not even in the system yet. That one detail makes the mystery feel even weirder. From there, the conversation turns into the mushroom story that has been popping up everywhere. A specific mushroom is linked to reports where people claim they all see the same thing, tiny humanoid beings like gnomes, elves, or little people, going about their business like you are not even there. Then it gets even stranger with the DMT laser experiment claim, where multiple people reportedly see the same code in a laser beam. If thats repeatable, what does it mean for perception and reality? They close out with dimensional theory, storms and paranormal activity, and the usual chaos, including Stranger Things pulls and a Vecna repeat.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • The Hat Man, Interdimensional Sight, and the Shadow We Caught on Camera - Deceptive Reality Podcast S4E3

    The Hat Man, Interdimensional Sight, and the Shadow We Caught on Camera - Deceptive Reality Podcast S4E3
    Jan 17 2026
    Why do so many people report seeing the same shadow figure, a tall man in a wide brim hat, just standing there watching? And why does it show up in stories across decades, families, and locations? In this episode, Bert and Nick dive into the Hat Man phenomenon and the broader world of shadow people. Nick shares his own experience from a basement apartment in New York, plus the strange patterns that seem to connect Hat Man sightings with sleep paralysis and other high stress states. Bert brings in something even creepier, his moms dated journal entries documenting paranormal events from the late 90s, including a night where both of his parents saw a tall shadow figure with a hat outside near their trellis. The detail and the timing makes it hard to dismiss as just imagination. From there, the conversation expands into interdimensional theories, the idea of other senses that pick up things our normal vision misses, and why sometimes a camera catches what your eyes never saw, and other times its the opposite. They also revisit eerie moments from their investigations where sound was heard clearly in one place but not captured in another. The episode wraps with collectibles, including a rare Stranger Things chase figure pull, because nothing says interdimensional planes like a demogorgon showing up in red.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • The Face Peelers of Peru, and the Stranger Things Episode That Might Not Be the End - Deceptive Reality Podcast S4E2

    The Face Peelers of Peru, and the Stranger Things Episode That Might Not Be the End - Deceptive Reality Podcast S4E2
    Jan 9 2026
    This episode goes from pop culture conspiracy to genuinely chilling real-world stories, and it all somehow ties back to the same question, where does consciousness go when time stops making sense? Bert and Nick start with Stranger Things and a fan conspiracy that refuses to die. The theory claims the finale was not the real finale, and that a secret episode could drop later. They break down the clues fans are pointing to, including repeating sevens, visual inconsistencies, hidden signs, and the idea that the characters may still be trapped in an illusion. Spoiler warning, if you have not watched it yet, skip ahead. Then the conversation turns into something much heavier, the mystery of anesthesia and why it wipes time completely. They discuss near-death experience cases where minutes feel like days, plus dream states where people feel like they lived years in a single night. Finally, Bert shares one of the most disturbing stories he has ever covered, the face peelers of Peru. A young girl reports being grabbed by armored figures on hovering boards, chemically restrained, and nearly cut with surgical precision before villagers intervene. The story is tied to decades of local reports and multiple cases that sound too consistent to ignore.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
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