What's the Purpose Behind This Viral Internet Mystery? | PrayForDave

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🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In 2018, strange Craigslist ads began appearing online with cryptic text. Each listing had one thing in common: a simple hashtag. What started as a local oddity expanded into an online mystery with possible connections to artists and other mysteries, like Erratas. Today we discuss the confusing and enigmatic #PrayForDave. Sponsored by Shady Rays (go to http://shadyrays.com and use code RED50 for 50% off your purchase of two or more pairs), Shopify (go to http://shopify.com/redweb to sign up for a $1-per-month trial period), PrivacyHawk (go to https://bit.ly/3xO3eAP to download the PrivacyHawk app and use code REDWEB20 for 20% off the Platinum plan), and BetterHelp (go to http://betterhelp.com/redweb to get 10% off your first month). Support us directly at http://www.Patreon.com/redweb! With Patreon, you get access to ad-free content, our exclusive bonus show Movie Club, the Red Web Discord, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 2018, strange Craigslist ads began appearing online with cryptic text.
0:11.2	Each listing had one thing in common, a simple hashtag. What started as a local
0:16.3	oddity expanded into an online mystery with possible connections to artists and
0:21.0	other mysteries. Today we discuss the confusing and enigmatic
0:25.3	hashtag pray for Dave.
0:27.8	This is Red Web, the podcast all about Uns internet mysteries true crime and a little
0:44.7	bit of supernatural I'm your resident mystery lover Trevor Collins and joining me
0:49.6	hearing this case for the very first time, Alfredo Diaz.
0:52.8	Oh, back to the bread and butter, that is internet mysteries, huh?
0:57.1	Absolutely.
0:58.2	We went online, scraped the web, and said, mmm, I need a taste of that mystery.
1:03.2	I like it's, you know, it says before, but it's the future of mysteries, you know?
1:07.2	I think it's the new frontier.
1:08.8	For sure.
1:09.8	You're just going to see a stockpile more and more of like internet mysteries
1:13.4	were online so much.
1:15.1	Everyone's glued to their phones.
1:17.0	Yeah.
1:17.3	And so it's gonna be something that just flourishes
1:21.6	in the next decades.
1:22.8	Absolutely and anyone can post anything too.
1:25.3	Oh yeah that's the thing as well so I don't know because one the internet connects everyone right so you have all these internet
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