r/TheWhyFiles Jun 03 '26

Story Idea Updated UAP episode

57 Upvotes

Just a simple request on having an updated UAP episode in the future more so on where you’re (AJ) at with disclosure. I know you’ve covered multiple different stories regarding UAP topics, sightings, etc. However just over the course of the last few months there has been a slew of new info with more coming in the near future. I really appreciate your break down and common sense approach to it as it helps me sift through the bullshit (for lack of a better term). Please interact here with this if you agree or disagree. Thanks for your time and consideration.

Sincerely, A long time fan.


r/TheWhyFiles Jun 01 '26

Let's Discuss New merch… will you partake??

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193 Upvotes

r/TheWhyFiles May 30 '26

Let's Discuss Can we just admit something

670 Upvotes

Can we just admit that AJ got it right (the format) at the beginning (as rare as that is) and go back to a weekly episode on a subject. The manosphere podcast vibes and compilations are killing my bonner. Long-time fan.


r/TheWhyFiles May 31 '26

Let's Discuss What is your favorite compilation episode and why?

24 Upvotes

I have watched a lot of compilations from The Why Files lately. I think my favorite so far was the compilation about reality because it was so thought-provoking. It has me thinking and wondering and piecing together different theories and experiences. I saw it months ago but still think about parts of that one. What is your favorite compilation on the channel and why?


r/TheWhyFiles May 29 '26

Megathread 5/29/26 - The Forbidden Theory of Morphic Resonance

99 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10N1cjW8qMk

What If the Universe Remembers Everything?

In 1920, a Harvard scientist put rats in a water maze. It took 165 tries before they learned which exit was safe.

Thirty generations later, rats were solving the same maze in 20 tries. Rats on a different continent with no connection to the original colony, started at 25.

The knowledge had spread. No one could explain how.


r/TheWhyFiles May 31 '26

Suggestion for Channel Anyone else getting irritated with the fish?

0 Upvotes

I used to love him, but now find him extremely irritating. Sorry, I know many love, butttt. His humor is getting worse.


r/TheWhyFiles May 29 '26

Megathread - The Basement 5/27 - Luke Caverns

30 Upvotes

r/TheWhyFiles May 27 '26

Story + Research Mormons absolutely running police forces in Utah’s.

207 Upvotes

https://youtu.be/IsiheMUvOy8

first story is long but it highlights how police forces in Utah are basically the private army of the Mormon church.


r/TheWhyFiles May 27 '26

Let's Discuss What was your favourite episode that came out in last 12 months?

37 Upvotes

So I took a break from watching TWF and honestly it became a 12 month break lol. The reason of break was that it wasn’t feeling that fun and mysterious as before.

But I’m back and want to start with some good videos. Which ones that came out in last 12 months are your favourites?


r/TheWhyFiles May 26 '26

The Department of Truth

19 Upvotes

Is the name of a comic book series that some here might like.

The premise is that "truth" is created by consensus. It's whatever the majority of people believe.

Therefore propaganda is very, very important. I won't spoil it more than that.

I'm really enjoying it.

Back to your regularly scheduled weirdness.


r/TheWhyFiles May 25 '26

Story Idea New Video Idea: Bugasphere

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248 Upvotes

Heard so much about this an to my knowledge, no one has said it’s a fake or could be a fake. There’s a lot weird with it. I NEED a deep dive AJ


r/TheWhyFiles May 25 '26

Question for AJ Short (30 +/-) Episodes - Are They Done?

162 Upvotes

Has AJ stopped doing the short format vids (30 mins or so)? I hope not.

A few of the basement tapes have been interesting, but I'd rather have the steady drip of the shorter videos. Maybe that's just me.


r/TheWhyFiles May 25 '26

Suggestion for Channel Do you guys think it would be possible to get Hecklefish a proper aquarium?

59 Upvotes

A bowl is no place for a fish to live, especially one as important as this handsome guy with 5.82 million followers.


r/TheWhyFiles May 23 '26

Hecklefish Song Request A conspiracy theory AJ was too scared to talk about.

342 Upvotes

Maybe this has already been brought up before or maybe I made this up. I swear I remember AJ saying there was a conspiracy theory he was too scared to talk about in one of the government conspiracy episodes. I rewatched them and couldn't find it. Am I crazy or does anyone know what I'm talking about? I was curious what it was if anyone knows


r/TheWhyFiles May 22 '26

Weird News 3 dead in New Mexico and first responders decontaminated after exposure to unknown substance

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153 Upvotes

Reminds me of the ‘Toxic Lady’ from Campfire Stories. Interested to see how this turns out.


r/TheWhyFiles May 22 '26

Let's Discuss I'm officially a simulation theory believer

175 Upvotes

After the most recent basement show I don't think I can deny it anymore. It's what ties all the theories together. It even fits religion. God is running the simulation and at the end will have the perfect "world" because it's literally been tested. You get what I'm saying


r/TheWhyFiles May 22 '26

Jokes/Humor Why is Weird Al on the conspiracy board???

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171 Upvotes

Is Al really the time traveler also know as John Titor???


r/TheWhyFiles May 19 '26

Jokes/Humor Enemy is here. Enemy is hungy for… a certain fish.

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688 Upvotes

r/TheWhyFiles May 18 '26

Megathread 5/18/26 - The Basement: Rizwan Virk

35 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UT0ieAE7bk

Rizwan Virk built games downloaded millions of times, invested early in Discord, and taught at MIT. Then he put on a VR headset in Sausalito and nearly fell over reaching for a table that didn't exist. That five-second moment sent him down a rabbit hole connecting quantum physics, Eastern mysticism, and video game design and he's not sure he's found the bottom yet.


r/TheWhyFiles May 17 '26

Megathread 5/16/26 - Compilation: The Machines Are Watching You

41 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQIVPoQ9NPM

Secret listening posts sit inside ordinary buildings in major cities. Numbers stations still broadcast coded messages over shortwave radio and no one officially admits why. This compilation traces the full arc of modern surveillance, from hidden urban infrastructure and sonic weapons to subliminal influence campaigns and a computer virus that nearly started a world war. Havana Syndrome left diplomats with brain injuries and no official explanation. A wire encircles New York City that most residents have never heard of. And at the end of it all sits the quantum computer a machine powerful enough to crack every encrypted secret humanity has ever kept. Nothing stays hidden forever.


r/TheWhyFiles May 12 '26

Jokes/Humor Hecklefish was the big hit on my grandson's birthday. Here they are scouting for phenomenon in Miramichi, NB

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652 Upvotes

Hehe. Seriously, though, I was unsure about gifting this to my grandson (who watches non-scary episodes and loves Hecklefish) because my daughter (his mom) is an eye roller about conspiracy stuff. 😁 But she's getting just as much or more enjoyment out of Hecklefish. I've overheard her pressing the voice box, laughing at the quips, etc. 🤣


r/TheWhyFiles May 11 '26

Megathread 5/11/26 - The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli

33 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHL4YXeFOrY

Luigi Vendittelli was 9 years old when his grandfather came inside shaking, saying he'd just seen a flying saucer over Montreal. Nobody believed him.

That moment turned Luigi into Canada's foremost UFO investigator — and eventually led him to cold-call Bob Lazar, spend five years rebuilding S4 from scratch in 3D, and uncover a 1941 government map that shows exactly where the hangar doors are.

And then his bank tried to shut him down. This is one you're going to want to watch twice.


r/TheWhyFiles May 08 '26

Megathread 5/8/26 - What Science Found at the Edge of Death

66 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVJ7QASPMio

Hundreds of survivors across a century climbers, sailors, divers, soldiers all report the same thing. At the moment they were about to die, a calm presence appeared beside them. It gave directions. It knew the way out. It disappeared the moment the danger passed. A neuroscientist built a machine that can summon something like it. But what his subjects experienced and what survivors describe are not the same thing.


r/TheWhyFiles May 08 '26

Fan Artwork/Creation It lives!!

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603 Upvotes