Snuff Films: Fact and Fiction

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

The "snuff film" is a profoundly disturbing urban legend: the idea that a shadowy group (or groups) manufacture real-life acts of torture, defilement and murder for the express purpose of commercial gain. For decades, fact checkers and researchers argued that snuff films didn't actually exist. Yet, as Ben, Matt and Noel discover in tonight's episode... that may no longer be the case.

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0:00.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:06.5	You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:12.0	A production of IHeartRadie. Hello, welcome back to the show.
0:27.8	My name is Matt.
0:28.5	My name is Noel.
0:29.8	They call me Ben.
0:31.1	We're joined as always with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan.
0:35.6	Most importantly, you are you.
0:37.7	You are here.
0:38.7	That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:42.8	Fellas, this is going to be dark water.
0:45.5	Not appropriate for all audiences.
0:48.0	Maybe we start this way as we're all film buffs.
0:51.7	What is the most disturbing film you've ever seen? Not just in terms of
0:56.2	like bad or disappointing, but something that genuinely bothered or haunted.
1:00.7	Eight millimeter with Nicholas Cage. I'm kidding. It's not that disturbing. I scared the crap
1:05.7	out of me when I was a kid and it was my first introduction to snuff films. But another one that is very recent that I think I've pitched to y'all before is an incredible
1:15.5	French Canadian film called Red Rooms that absolutely modernizes the idea of snuff films
1:21.9	and takes it to the dark web.
1:23.3	And the central plot revolves around a trial of an individual who is accused of creating and selling these snuff films on the dark web.
1:33.3	And it's actually a real internet parlance called Red Room Films.
1:37.2	And I highly recommend this film.
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