Ep. 256 - The Monsters of Plum Island

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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About two miles away from Long Island, New York, lies a tiny island with a mysterious and terrifying reputation. Plum Island is home to an animal research center run by the U.S. government. But it's also at the center of a number of conspiracy theories as to what they are really doing there. Was Plum Island responsible for Lyme Disease? Or were they even making monsters there? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Lab-257-Disturbing-Governments-Laboratory/dp/0060011416 https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/plum-island-animal-disease-center https://now.tufts.edu/2019/07/18/lyme-bacterium-predates-us-lab-conspiracy-theorists-say-unleashed-ticks-public https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-09-08/plum-island-why-area-51-of-the-east-coast-is-moving-to-kansas https://www.easthamptonstar.com/villages/202073/gruesome-find-stirs-memories-montauk-monster https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2008/07/the_monster_of_montauk.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.7	In July 2008, 26-year-old Jenna Hewitt and a couple of friends went to Ditch Plains Beach,
1:10.1	a popular tourist destination along the
1:12.4	Montauk Peninsula. The beach was crowded that hot summer day, with scores people looking to cool
1:18.9	off by taking a dip in the ocean. As Jenna and her friends scouted around for a place to drop
1:24.2	their belongings, they spotted a group of people all standing around staring at something in the sand. Curious, Jenna moved closer, squeezing away through the crowd.
1:34.6	The beachgoers were all staring at a dead animal that had washed up on shore. Under normal circumstances,
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