Phantom Time Conspiracy

Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Podcast

Believing the Bizarre | Paranormal Podcast

Science, Natural Sciences, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.7 • 955 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS

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Phantom Time Conspiracy | Paranormal Podcast We went full conspiracy mode and tackled the Phantom Time Hypothesis, the genuinely wild theory that the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III conspired with Pope Sylvester II and the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII to fabricate nearly 300 years of history, meaning we're not actually living in 2026, but somewhere closer to 1729. We broke down the evidence people point to, from the gap between the Julian and Gregorian calendars to a suspicious lack of archaeological layers from that time period, and got into whether legendary figures like Charlemagne and Ragnar Lothbrok were real men exaggerated into myth, or were invented outright to pad out a fake timeline so a few power-hungry rulers could claim they ruled during the symbolically important year 1000. We also couldn't resist a detour into the story of Pope Sylvester II allegedly selling his soul to the devil for a magical answering head and a guaranteed papacy, which honestly might be the most believable part of this whole conspiracy. 🛸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Support Believing the Bizarre and get tons of extra content by joining our Patreon. 🛸 ⁠⁠Have a paranormal encounter or story you'd like told on the podcast? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Submit it here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🛸 Subscribe to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🛸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For updates, news, and extra content, follow Believing the Bizarre on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🛸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: You can rep Believing the Bizarre and buy some unique merch 🛸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Want to send BTB something? Ship it here: 3570 Executive Drive, Suite 218, Uniontown, Ohio 44685 Episode Keywords: Phantom Time Hypothesis, Phantom Time conspiracy, missing centuries theory, Otto III conspiracy, Pope Sylvester II, Charlemagne history, Ragnar Lothbrok history, Gregorian calendar conspiracy, Dark Ages conspiracy theory, historical conspiracy theory, believing the bizarre podcast, medieval history mystery, Holy Roman Empire conspiracy, calendar reform history, Byzantine Empire conspiracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, it's looking lovely out there.
0:02.2	Let's spark up the Barbie.
0:04.0	Dad, it's 9am on a Tuesday.
0:06.5	I know!
0:07.6	Now that's big summer energy.
0:09.7	As are the incredible prices at ASDA,
0:11.8	with any three for 12 pounds on over 100 meat and fish favourites,
0:15.9	including four red Thai salmon smashed burgers
0:18.3	and four chorizo and British chicken kebabs.
0:20.6	That's ASda Price.
0:22.0	Selected stores online, subject to availability, cabs, 320 grams, salmon burgers, 340 grams,
0:26.8	excludes Asda Express and small stores.
0:28.5	See azda.com slash small stores.
0:32.5	What if I told you that nearly 300 years of history never happened, that everything you know about
0:39.2	the Dark Ages from Charlemagne to the conquest of Viking raids of England was completely
0:44.1	fabricated. Powerful rulers, church leaders inserted almost three centuries into the calendar
0:51.2	to make themselves seem more important. And if that's right, we're not
0:54.8	living in 2026, living in 1729. Have we been robbed of time? Today we test the believability of the
1:03.4	phantom time conspiracy.
1:31.2	Thank you. Welcome to Believing the Bazaar.
1:33.2	Where we dive into the unknown and the unusual.
1:36.0	And tell you whether or not we find it believable.
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