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Under the Docs breaks down the best, the worst, the obscure, and the most talked-about documentaries ever made. From true crime to conspiracy classics, cult followings to lost history, music, sports, and the strangest deep dives you never saw coming—we take a critical look at what these films get right, where they miss the mark, and whether they live up to the hype.
Some docs challenge the official story. Others rewrite history altogether. And a few go completely overboard.
Do they sink or swim? That’s what we’re here to find out.
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Former NSA Whistleblowers Reveal Secret Shadow Program (Shadow Gate)
This episode explores "ShadowGate," a film that claims to expose a secret network of intelligence contractors running psychological operations on American citizens. We break down the whistleblower…
Reporter Gets Death Threats Over Tickling Videos (Tickled)
What starts as a quirky story about professional tickling competitions quickly transforms into a shocking expose of psychological warfare and financial manipulation. Filmmaker David Farrier stumbles…
Why Gas Companies Don't Want You Driving On Water (Gashole)
In this episode, Paranoid American and Uncle Sean review "GasHole," a documentary that emerged right after the 2008 financial crisis when gas prices hit $4-5 per gallon. The film claims oil…
How To Change Your Voice From Gay To Straight (Do I Sound Gay?)
This documentary follows filmmaker David Thorpe's personal journey to understand why he sounds "gay" and whether he can change it, uncovering surprising truths about voice, culture, and identity…
How The Government Uses Psychiatry To Silence You (Corbett's Descent Into Madness)
This deep-dive documentary traces the disturbing history of weaponized psychiatry from Soviet "sluggish schizophrenia" to modern-day Baker Acts, revealing how terms like "conspiracy theorist" and…
Why This 1998 Conspiracy Show Got Instantly Suppressed (Phenomenon The Lost Archives)
Paranoid American and Sean Chris dive into a forgotten gem from 1998, "Phenomenon: The Lost Archives" hosted by Dean Stockwell (from Quantum Leap). This episode exposes the real story behind Don…
How to Decode Secret Symbols in Corporate Logos: Sacred Symbolism in the Media (2003)
Michael Tsarion's "Hidden Persuaders" presentation from Conspiracy Con 2003 argues that Western society has been deliberately made "symbol illiterate" by design, allowing a modern priest class of…
This 1970 Film Predicted 50 Years of Alien Theories (Chariots of the Gods)
We're diving deep into "Chariots of the Gods," the groundbreaking 1970 documentary that made $26 million and launched the entire ancient astronaut theory movement. Based on Erich von Däniken's…
ATF Agents Laugh About Waco on Hidden Video
This episode reviews an unlisted YouTube video from the ATF's own website featuring interviews with agents who were at Waco, conducted 25 years after the siege. The hosts examine how these official…
Netflix's Waco Documentary Is Government Propaganda
Waco: American Apocalypse, a 2023 docuseries presents the government's side of the 51-day standoff through never-before-seen interviews with ATF agents, FBI negotiators, snipers, and surviving Branch…
Waco: Government Cover-Up EXPOSED in 2 Hour Doc
Waco: Rules of Engagement (1997) takes a comprehensive look at the Branch Davidian tragedy through congressional testimony, missing evidence, and disturbing autopsy findings. This documentary builds…
Your Favorite NBA Games Were 100% Rigged (Operation Flagrant Foul)
This episode of "Under the Docks" dives deep into Netflix's "Operation Flagrant Foul," revealing how easy it was for NBA referees to manipulate games and how the league protected itself when the…
This 3-Hour Doc Will Crush Your Basketball Dreams (Hoop Dreams)
Hoop Dreams is a raw, three-hour examination of what it actually takes to make it to professional basketball, following William Gates and Arthur Agee from age 14 through college as they navigate…
Ancient Humans Were Smarter Than You Think (The Cave of Forgotten Dreams)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams explores the Chauvet Cave, discovered in 1994 and sealed off from humanity for 30,000 years, containing some of the world's oldest and most advanced cave paintings. Through…
The Internet Is Actually Satan (And This Doc Proves It) (Low and Behlod)
Join the Under the Docks crew as they dive deep into Werner Herzog's 2016 masterpiece "Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World" - a 90-minute journey through everything from DARPA's role in…
Man Lives With Bears For 13 Years. You Won't Believe How It Ends (but you can guess) "Grizzly Man"
Perhaps the greatest Werner Herzog documentary of all time, about Timothy Treadwell, the "Grizzly Man"
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO: A Bold Review | Under the Docs
Don't make us say it again. A documentary about James Baldwin.
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America | Under the Docs Documentary Review
We explore the conversations sparked by Daryl Davis's journey of befriending members of the Ku Klux Klan, and what his story reveals about race, tolerance, and the potential for change in America.
Room 237 (2012) - Hidden Symbolism in Kubrick's The Shining | Under the Docs 019
Room 237 is the perfect introduction to the concept of synchromysticism, especially within the world of Stanley Kubrick movies. In this episode of Under the Docs, we discuss each theory in detail…
S1E18 American Mind Control: MK Ultra (2015) Student Film or Documentary? | Under the Docs 018
Come hang with us and talk about one of our favorite topics of all time, MK-ULTRA.At the end of the Second World War the United States government (under Operation Paperclip) extracted scientists from…
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