Unpacking The Eerie

Unpacking the Eerie
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Unpacking the Eerie is a passion project that merges the intersections of our dark curiosities with our deeply held values. Each episode we’ll dig past the surface of morbid fascination, scavenging for unasked questions surrounding the stories that creep the hell out of us. We hope that when you listen, you’ll experience the feels, the enjoyment, the horror and interludes of comedic relief that we do. - 2 politicized social workers based in the PNW and in India. Visit our website at www.unpackingtheeerie.com | Follow us on instagram @unpackingtheeerie & Facebook at Facebook.com/unpackingtheeerie. Music Credit: Creepy Mood by Oleg Fedak

  1. 11/14/2025 ·  Bonus

    5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY REWIND - Psychedelic Nightmare Pt. 1

    Welcome to our 5 year anniversary, 5-part series re-release! This month, we're bringing back Psychedelic Nightmare, a podcast series on the impact of the CIA's LSD-fueled experiments on mind control, MKUltra*, & the domino effect it (in)directly created worldwide.  Join our Patreon or subscribe on Buzzsprout to access the rest of the series!  ----------------------- Part 1: A F****d Up Set & Settting  Back in 2022, we covered  MKULTRA, a secret CIA project so absurd and inhumane it was rumored to be a conspiracy theory until declassified documents and whistleblowers made their way to the public. Taking place between the early 1950s to the early 1970s, the CIA conducted hundreds of tortuous experiments were conducted on (mostly) unsuspecting human subjects under the name of Project MKULTRA. Sidney Gottlieb, the project lead's "Poisoner in Chief" aimed to develop strategies and identify drugs (such as LSD), that could be used for the purposes of “mind-control” (read: how can we psychologically torture, force confessions and manipulate the consciousness of the human mind?). In the first part of thi series, we dig in to Allan Memorial, one of the many institutions where these experiments took place & set the stage for MKUltra. Learn about how the Cold War and the Red Scare motivated the creation of this project, the discovery of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide and what the f**k is going on with Sidney in the first episode of Psychedelic Nightmare. content warning: gun violence, torture, homophobia, racism, drugs  Reach out to us with thoughts, comments, questions or collab requests! NOTE FOR SPOTIFY LISTENERS: Starting 03/01/2026 we will no longer be on Spotify. Not only has Spotify had a poor track record with pay transparency and just compensation for artists, the CEO recently invested $700 million in AI military warfare technology. Articles and alternatives to Spotify for podcasts and more can be found here.  We’ll also be moving minisodes and parts of our series episodes so that they are only available on Patreon. If you’re interested and able, the lowest tier is $2/month. This helps us maintain hosting fees and the bare basics of keeping our podcast active. Appreciate your support!  Theme Song Title: Creepy Mood | Artist Name: Oleg Fedak Support the show P.S. We're in the process of updating our intro and making edits to our episodes. You may notice inconsistencies as we do that!

    5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY REWIND - Psychedelic Nightmare Pt. 1

  2. 11/01/2025 ·  Bonus

    HALLOWEEK-END SPECIAL: Sleep Paralysis Cinematic Universe

    Halloweekend is a state of mind... and with that we bring you EVEN more creepy stories as we delve deep into the dark, mysterious and unnerving world of sleep paralysis. Not unlike doppelgangers and mimics, sleep paralysis has been documented for hundreds of years, with communities across the globe having folklore associated with the strangely similar beings that people encounter in this liminal space. From the origins of the word nightmare to the fashion of the hat man -- in the second part of our Halloween special, we're covering the science, lore and stories behind a common but terrifying phenomenon.  Happy Halloween from Unpacking the Eerie!  Sources: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21974-sleep-paralysishttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18691361/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLTGu3Y404Mhttps://neurolaunch.com/sleep-paralysis-out-of-body/https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/sleep-paralysis-names-around-the-worldhttps://yokai.com/kanashibari/Documentary: Sleep Paralysis and the Phenomenon of the Shadow PeoplePodcast: Monsters Among Us Podcast: Sleep Paralysis NewsReach out to us with thoughts, comments, questions or collab requests! NOTE FOR SPOTIFY LISTENERS: Starting 03/01/2026 we will no longer be on Spotify. Not only has Spotify had a poor track record with pay transparency and just compensation for artists, the CEO recently invested $700 million in AI military warfare technology. Articles and alternatives to Spotify for podcasts and more can be found here.  We’ll also be moving minisodes and parts of our series episodes so that they are only available on Patreon. If you’re interested and able, the lowest tier is $2/month. This helps us maintain hosting fees and the bare basics of keeping our podcast active. Appreciate your support!  Theme Song Title: Creepy Mood | Artist Name: Oleg Fedak Support the show P.S. We're in the process of updating our intro and making edits to our episodes. You may notice inconsistencies as we do that!

    HALLOWEEK-END SPECIAL: Sleep Paralysis Cinematic Universe

  3. 10/31/2025 ·  Bonus

    HALLOWEEK-END SPECIAL: The Other Me

    doppelganger  ˈdɒp(ə)lˌɡaŋə "an apparition or double of a living person." Throughout time, communities globally have documented eerily similar encounters with doubles of themselves and people they know. From Appalachian mountain folklore to doppleganger death premonition stories and glitch in the matrix theories - we're covering lore from all over the world that assert their own versions of dopplegangers, mimics and other creepy phenomena.  Happy Halloween from Unpacking the Eerie!  Sources for this episode Learn more about our Ghosty Giver Beneficiary and related orgs here Reach out to us with thoughts, comments, questions or collab requests! NOTE FOR SPOTIFY LISTENERS: Starting 03/01/2026 we will no longer be on Spotify. Not only has Spotify had a poor track record with pay transparency and just compensation for artists, the CEO recently invested $700 million in AI military warfare technology. Articles and alternatives to Spotify for podcasts and more can be found here.  We’ll also be moving minisodes and parts of our series episodes so that they are only available on Patreon. If you’re interested and able, the lowest tier is $2/month. This helps us maintain hosting fees and the bare basics of keeping our podcast active. Appreciate your support!  Theme Song Title: Creepy Mood | Artist Name: Oleg Fedak Support the show P.S. We're in the process of updating our intro and making edits to our episodes. You may notice inconsistencies as we do that!

    HALLOWEEK-END SPECIAL: The Other Me

  4. 10/13/2025

    HALLOWEEN REWIND: A Lethal Location Pt. 1 - Accident, Cover Up or Cult?

    It's been 5 years since we started Unpacking The Eerie! Man does time fly. In honor of this anniversary, and in honor of Halloween we're doing some re-releases. Hope you enjoy! Join our Patreon or subscribe on Buzzsprout to access the rest of the series!  --------------------------------- TOPIC: Cecil Hotel//Elisa Lam - October 2020 Join us as we begin to explore the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles, CA and the mysterious death of Elisa Lam. This disturbing case was deemed an accident, but was it? Unpack the eerie with us this week as we dig into the life of Elisa Lam, the suspicious circumstances that surrounded her untimely death in February 2013 and the location where it took place: a site that has seen a shocking number of unnatural deaths since its grand opening in the 1920s. This is the first episode in a series about the Cecil Hotel. CW: ableism, suicide, sexual, physical and racial violence, mental illness Sources: Articles/Blogposts/Websites  https://www.countryliving.com/life/travel/a45235/creepy-history-cecil-hotel-los-angeles/https://allthatsinteresting.com/cecil-hotel-los-angeleshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Hotel_(Los_Angeles)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongva (Learn more about indigenous LA  here)http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi06e.hphttps://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/chinese-massacre-1871https://www.vice.com/en/article/yvezpv/hospitals-are-dumping-mentally-ill-patients-in-los-angeles-skid-rowhttps://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2587-6-morbid-facts-about-people-dying-in-hotel-rooms.htmlhttps://medium.com/@jddean/the-serial-killers-who-haunted-the-cecil-hotel-5586e6f7d2d1https://abc13.com/archive/9412802/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwnYRej6o&featureReach out to us with thoughts, comments, questions or collab requests! NOTE FOR SPOTIFY LISTENERS: Starting 03/01/2026 we will no longer be on Spotify. Not only has Spotify had a poor track record with pay transparency and just compensation for artists, the CEO recently invested $700 million in AI military warfare technology. Articles and alternatives to Spotify for podcasts and more can be found here.  We’ll also be moving minisodes and parts of our series episodes so that they are only available on Patreon. If you’re interested and able, the lowest tier is $2/month. This helps us maintain hosting fees and the bare basics of keeping our podcast active. Appreciate your support!  Theme Song Title: Creepy Mood | Artist Name: Oleg Fedak Support the show P.S. We're in the process of updating our intro and making edits to our episodes. You may notice inconsistencies as we do that!

    HALLOWEEN REWIND: A Lethal Location Pt. 1 - Accident, Cover Up or Cult?

  5. 07/09/2025

    27. A Haunted Genetic Architecture Pt. 2

    TRUE CRIME: Jeffrey Dahmer Murders Content warning: violence, sexual assault, murder, necrophilia, cannibalism, homophobia, racism In part 2 of A Haunted Genetic Architecture, we pick back up after Jeffery Dahmer’s trial and subsequent death a few years post-imprisonment. We spend time spotlighting the lives of those he targeted and the devastating impact these murders had on surviving family members, loved ones and the community at large. We’ll go over the rise of homophobia that occurred after media coverage of this case as well as the grassroots activism that emerged in response. Finally, we’ll highlight some groups doing vital police accountability, queer liberation and Black liberation work in Milwaukee, WI, where these stories take place.   Sources Support the show Reach out to us with thoughts, comments, questions or collab requests! NOTE FOR SPOTIFY LISTENERS: Starting 03/01/2026 we will no longer be on Spotify. Not only has Spotify had a poor track record with pay transparency and just compensation for artists, the CEO recently invested $700 million in AI military warfare technology. Articles and alternatives to Spotify for podcasts and more can be found here.  We’ll also be moving minisodes and parts of our series episodes so that they are only available on Patreon. If you’re interested and able, the lowest tier is $2/month. This helps us maintain hosting fees and the bare basics of keeping our podcast active. Appreciate your support!  Theme Song Title: Creepy Mood | Artist Name: Oleg Fedak Support the show P.S. We're in the process of updating our intro and making edits to our episodes. You may notice inconsistencies as we do that!

    27. A Haunted Genetic Architecture Pt. 2

  6. 07/02/2025

    26. A Haunted Genetic Architecture Pt. 1

    TRUE CRIME: Jeffrey Dahmer Murders Content warning: sexual assault, ableism, murder, necrophilia, cannibalism, pedophilia, homophobia, racism, police violence/neglect. We’re backkkk!!!!!! After a long hiatus caused by multiple huge life changes on both our ends, we bring you our first story recorded in two separate continents. It’s a heavy one - we’re covering the Jeffrey Dahmer murders. But as is always true with us, it’s less about the violence itself and more about the historical and social context these murders are situated in. You’ll learn about 1960/70s Queer Black history in MKE, including the ‘Stonewall’ of Milwaukee that happened 8 years before Stonewall. We unearth the brutality of police negligence and also do a deep dive framing Dahmer’s violence as a microcosm of European conquest and colonialism. (Stay tuned for Part 2, which will go deep on victim stories, the fall out of the murders on the community, and some amazing theses about the socio-political implications of this case we found while digging deep into this story). Sources Reach out to us with thoughts, comments, questions or collab requests! NOTE FOR SPOTIFY LISTENERS: Starting 03/01/2026 we will no longer be on Spotify. Not only has Spotify had a poor track record with pay transparency and just compensation for artists, the CEO recently invested $700 million in AI military warfare technology. Articles and alternatives to Spotify for podcasts and more can be found here.  We’ll also be moving minisodes and parts of our series episodes so that they are only available on Patreon. If you’re interested and able, the lowest tier is $2/month. This helps us maintain hosting fees and the bare basics of keeping our podcast active. Appreciate your support!  Theme Song Title: Creepy Mood | Artist Name: Oleg Fedak Support the show P.S. We're in the process of updating our intro and making edits to our episodes. You may notice inconsistencies as we do that!

    26. A Haunted Genetic Architecture Pt. 1

  7. 07/01/2025

    Unpacking The Eerie Trailer

    Laugh uncomfortably with us as we unpack the eerie! Here, we’ll explore true crime, the occult, conspiracy theories & other unknowns via dark humor, and a psychosocial/social justice lens. Each episode we’ll dig past the surface of morbid fascination, scavenging for unasked questions surrounding the stories that creep the hell out of us. New here & unsure where to begin? Check out our episode master list here. Also, content warnings are always included in episode bios and at the beginning of each episode. Reach out to us with thoughts, comments, questions or collab requests! Support the show P.S. We're in the process of updating our intro and making edits to our episodes. You may notice inconsistencies as we do that!

  8. 04/08/2024

    Revolutionary Spirit: Palestine Round Table Pt. 2

    Join us for a guest episode and round-table discussion between four Palestinians in the diaspora, Muhamed, Battuul, Firas, Vinny & Michlin. In part two of this two-part conversation, our guests shed light on the brutality of the Israeli occupation and the people's movements to resist it. This episode unpacks zionism, land sovereignty and also offers a window into the 2nd Intifada. We are honored to offer these folks a platform to share their voices & stories with us. (Recorded December 2023) Guests:  Muhamed Abedelhak, Sociology ProfessorBattuul AbdalFiras Helall, writer/organizer, writing to Palestinians back home to a liberated PalestineVinny Mansoor, law student, born in exile, raised in heritage and currently on his way back homeMichlin Mikel, Social WorkerResources: Decolonize Palestine Electronic IntifadaPalestine ResistArabs of Canada, InstagramSave Sheikh Jarrah Now, @savesheikhjarrahnow on Instagram Decolonize the Classroom, @decolonize_the_classroom on Instagram——————————— At the publishing of this episode, at least 33,175 people, including more than 13,000 children have been brutally murdered at the hands of the Israeli Occupation Forces in Gaza. At least 75,886 have been injured and more than 8,000 remain missing. In the West Bank, at least 459 people, including over 117 children, have been killed since October 7th and over 4,750 injured. . (Source: Aljazeera) Learn more & take action here: Call to Action & Resource Checklist  Reach out to us with thoughts, comments, questions or collab requests! Support the show P.S. We're in the process of updating our intro and making edits to our episodes. You may notice inconsistencies as we do that!

    Revolutionary Spirit: Palestine Round Table Pt. 2
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Unpacking the Eerie is a passion project that merges the intersections of our dark curiosities with our deeply held values. Each episode we’ll dig past the surface of morbid fascination, scavenging for unasked questions surrounding the stories that creep the hell out of us. We hope that when you listen, you’ll experience the feels, the enjoyment, the horror and interludes of comedic relief that we do. - 2 politicized social workers based in the PNW and in India. Visit our website at www.unpackingtheeerie.com | Follow us on instagram @unpackingtheeerie & Facebook at Facebook.com/unpackingtheeerie. Music Credit: Creepy Mood by Oleg Fedak

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  • Creator
    Unpacking the Eerie
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    24
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    Explicit
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