Endless Thread

Stories about untold histories, unsolved mysteries and strange events AI summary

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Untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL. Hosted by Ben Brock Johnson & Amory Sivertson.

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Catfishing, Airbnb fraud, and other Deep Dreams about catching computer fakes

2026-11-13 · 28 min

What do you do when the uncanny valley of detecting deep fakes and other AI-generated imagery becomes harder and harder? As the flood of slop rises towards our collective nostrils, a combination of crowd wisdom and…
She was a ChatGPT skeptic. Then her parents died.

2026-11-06 · 32 min

In 2024, Bridget Todd was facing down the hardest chapter of her life. Her father was rushed to the ICU after having a stroke. Then, a few days later, Bridget's mom died without warning. Suddenly, Bridget found herself…
Gather 'round the campfire: Endless Dread 2026 E

2026-10-30 · 34 min

Every year, the Endless Thread team convenes around a campfire to freak each other out with the scariest stories they can find on the web. This Halloweekend, Ben Brock Johnson, Amory Sivertson, and producer Frannie…
Endless Dread: The Mysterious Lagoon

2026-10-23 · 35 min

Lagoa Misteriosa, or Mysterious Lagoon, is located near the small Brazilian city of Jardim. Surrounded by lush jungle, the surface of the lagoon looks like azurite — still as glass and crystalline. Its waters are so…
ChatGPT's human editors

2026-10-16 · 25 min

Up to a billion people use ChatGPT every week, for everything from the mundane to the weird to the deeply personal. It is commonly assumed that these messages are private – between the user and the LLM. It is commonly…
Remembering Brooke Eby

2026-10-09 · 33 min

"Should I be joking at a time like this?" That's the question then 33-year-old Brooke Eby asked herself when she uploaded her first piece of TikTok comedy in 2022, about being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Brooke…
Mixed signals: Nextdoor villains and the holiday you've never heard of E

2026-10-02 · 25 min

The internet is the great connector. Talk with nearly anyone at any time about anything. But that kind of freedom can lead to misunderstandings. Maybe your neighbors discover your cruder, less friendly persona online.…
The Haruhi problem

2026-09-25 · 16 min

Get out your graphing calculators, because today's episode of Endless Thread is about a math problem. Specifically: wt(π1, . . . , πm) = m−1 ∑ i=1 wt(πi , πi+1) Now, pencils down. Stumped? So were mathematicians for…
Keeping the Lights on at a Video Game Cafe in Southern Yemen

2026-09-18 · 33 min

Mo lives in Aden, an ancient city in southern Yemen. Built on a volcanic crater, it has castles and beaches set against mountains. It's beautiful. Like the rest of the country, it is also in the midst of an ongoing…
Ear rumblers assemble!

2026-09-11 · 29 min

Ben can make a roaring, rumbling sound with his ears that no one else can hear. He never thought much about it — whether only he could do this, or whether everyone could do this — until he discovered a subreddit called…

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Oldest episode in feed: 12/2017 · over 8 years
Typical length: 29 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
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