I Found Evidence of a Secret American Ritual. No One Will Talk About It... | Part 2
6/12/202638 min
In 1985, America held a lottery no one was allowed to talk about — and the people chosen were not winners. Decades later, one forgotten ribbon leads to a secret the whole country buried: every day is a gift, but someone had to pay for it. Listen completely ad-free with a 7-day FREE TRIAL of Dr. NoSleep Premium: patreon.com/drnosleep – Cancel anytime. No commitment. Are you still drinking that stale, store-bought coffee? Check out NoSleepCoffee.com to get 20% off fresh, same-day roasted coffee delivered straight to your door. Just use promo code NOSLEEP20 at checkout for 20% off your first order! Huge thanks to our sponsors: BetterHelp: Sign up now and get 10% off at betterhelp.com/dns. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial today at shopify.com/dns. Author: Chase Shustack
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If you enjoy a blend of science fiction and horror, be sure to check out my other podcast, The SCP Experience. This podcast takes you on a journey through the SCP Foundation archives, where strange anomalies, secret experiments, and unsettling mysteries collide. Let's just say it's not for the faint of heart. Be sure to search for The SCP Experience wherever you get your podcasts. Dr. No Sleep. For a week afterwards, since I got the package, I spent any free time I had attempting to post my newfound evidence online, somewhere, anywhere, to confirm that what I had received was real and not part of some insane prank someone was pulling on me. I uploaded footage of the tape, as grainy as it was, to any video hosting site I could find. I must have made a dozen or so accounts for sites I've never even used in my life just to post the Polaroids. And every one, quite literally every single one, was flagged for various offenses. Inappropriate or violent content, shocking imagery, you name it. I was even banned from a few sites without being given any discernible reason. I was sitting on the couch on my laptop dealing with tech support from one of these sites when I got the phone call. It was my mother, and she sounded hysterical. She just kept telling me to come over