Well, fellow conspiracy realists, thank you as always so much for joining us.

We have a classic episode for you this evening as we're busy gearing up for 2025.

They called me Ben, Matt.

It seems like it wasn't that long ago, or it seems like it was hundreds of years ago that we had an

unexpected guest in the studio. Yeah, somebody wanted to just come on in through one of the,

you know, secret society portholes that exist just throughout buildings, especially in Atlanta.

He just popped in, said hello, and then he had to go get back on his dirigible, I think.

Yeah, it was a dirigible.

And the facts matter here.

Yes, it is a true story.

Or as Emily Dickinson said, is the truth told slightly slant.

There's this guy named John Hodgman who sort of just drifted through our studio,

you know, like a mysterious anti-hero in an old Western film and then said,

ask me anything.

Well, yeah, and basically, I'm on television.

Secret societies love me. Very specific opinions about regional sodas. And true story, insider looks at societies we sometimes call secret because they

very much are. Oh, yes. let's jump into this delightful episode.

He was a Boy Scout leader, a church deacon, a husband, a father. He went to a local church. He was

going to the grocery store with us. He was the guy next door. But he was leading a double life. He was certainly

a peeping time, looking through the windows, looking at people fantasizing about what he could do.

He then began entering the houses. He could get into their home, take something, and get out and not be

caught. He felt very powerful.

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