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The Scarecast: Scary Stories, Mysteries, and True Crime

EP11 - The Mysterious Case of Amy Eskridge: Anti-Gravity, Threats, and Ultraterrestrials

The Scarecast: Scary Stories, Mysteries, and True Crime

Michael Crutchfield

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

This episode dives into the mysterious life and passing of anti‑gravity researcher Amy Eskridge, a brilliant Huntsville scientist who warned friends that if anyone ever said she took her own life, she "most definitely did not”—weeks before she was found deceased from a supposed "self- inflected gunshot." From alleged directed‑energy “pain ray” attacks and burned hands, to threats, tampered records, and a shadowy “intel bomb” ultimatum from a stranger who knew details from her classified medical records, this episode walks you through her final text messages in chilling detail. We explore her claims about suppressed anti‑gravity breakthroughs, ultraterrestrials and future human timelines, and the powerful defense contractors she believed were willing to harass scientists to de*th to protect multi‑billion‑dollar secrets. Along the way, we connect her story to other suspicious cases like Mark McCandlish, and to wider questions: how far would someone go to keep world‑changing propulsion off the books—and did Amy Eskridge pay the ultimate price for getting too close? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Imagine receiving a text message from a friend that reads,

0:04.0

If you see any report that I killed myself, I most definitely did not.

0:10.0

Now imagine that friend, a brilliant anti-gravity scientist was found dead weeks later from a gunshot wound,

0:19.0

officially ruled a suicide.

0:22.9

This is the tragic and deeply suspicious case of Amy Eskridge, one of the nuclear 11 scientists

0:30.6

whose death sparked a federal review.

0:34.6

Now before we do a deep dive into this case, I should mention that I have also explored

0:39.6

related mysteries in two separate episodes on the podcast, specifically covering the disappearance

0:46.3

of retired Air Force Major General William Nill McCasland, and a broader case involving

0:53.5

five other scientists and defense employees

0:56.5

were either vanished or died under mysterious circumstances.

1:02.0

This case is another case that has come to light given how similar in nature it is.

1:08.0

And I hope you're ready for this episode, because for this case, I'm going to be

1:13.1

going very, very deep in the rabbit hole. Born in 1987, Amy Catherine Askeridge grew up in

1:26.8

Huntsville, Alabama, known as Rocket City,

1:30.9

already immersed in a NASA-centric environment where her father, a retired NASA engineer

1:36.6

and plasma fusion propulsion specialist, worked in plasma and space science.

1:43.5

Amy was a gifted child, having studied at the University of Alabama

1:47.8

in Huntsville, where she earned a double major in chemistry and biology, and did lab works in

1:54.0

areas like nanotech, mems devices, and non-viral drug delivery. At some point, Amy and her father had co-founded Holocron Engineering, a company explicitly

2:07.0

branded around gravity modification research.

2:10.9

And by 2018, Amy began appearing more publicly in niche technical and enthusiast circles, notably with the talk

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