Chilluminati Podcast

THE TIME OF THE MUMMY CONTINUES as Mathas takes Alex and Jesse on a detour through the cryptids of Egypt! Zounds! Biff! Kazoooooom! It’s only approriate!
CHILLUMINATI is a weekly comedy podcast hosted by Mike Martin, Jesse Cox and Alex Faciane. Hold on to your tin-foil hats and traverse the realms of the mysterious, supernatural, spooky and sometimes truly horrible - and your third eye will never be the same!

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Mike Martin - http://www.youtube.com/@themoleculemindset
Jesse Cox - http://www.youtube.com/jessecox
Alex Faciane - https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub/

Editor: DeanCutty
Producer: Hilde @ https://bsky.app/profile/heksen.bsky.social
Show Art: Studio Melectro @ http://www.instagram.com/studio_melectro
Logo Design: Shawn JPB @ https://twitter.com/JetpackBraggin

Shownotes:
Blemmyes: https://justhistoryposts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/brevis_descrip_guianae-raleighhulsius010d-headless.jpg
Bennu Bird: https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Bennu-Bird.png
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/cryptidz/images/3/38/Soulofra.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140430151314
Akekh: https://abookofcreatures.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/akhekh.jpg?w=2048
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Magical_Stela_%28Cippus_of_Horus%29_MET_EG546_%28cropped%29.jpg?
Man-Eating Tree of Nubia: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/cryptidz/images/3/3e/Rendering.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130914014948
Blue Avian: https://gyazo.com/f33a29616b4d729a6e2e49793cfcec20
https://gyazo.com/2c7302cf9fb7eba88d5d9aaddd912379
Sak: https://gyazo.com/f77607baa7c7d234c847efbb84c5adfbSalawa/Set Animal: https://gyazo.com/d5525e34f7aa548b6ee1daa538a1dff6Serpopard: https://gyazo.com/5e388e9edd398db77ecb8f451fd783cc
https://gyazo.com/90a8a64fb3b9cb1382dc24c353a83f51 https://gyazo.com/4846a87f0c3dfe0dacc5734c26d82f51Wadjet/Naga: https://gyazo.com/edfca6fc9752ada518ecfad20cc87bb6Choiropithekos: https://gyazo.com/2a3495d60264e3b8bd28999cd96d3fcaChoiropithekost 2 (Hamadryas baboon): https://gyazo.com/8c719ddc549b48ee14c098a9a3ad8876Sta: https://gyazo.com/4136342f3382bf0171568c5da162e4c4
Basilosaurus: https://gyazo.com/3c3a4a1228c04a6cdf9f3fb116a42affMummy: https://gyazo.com/268de9ef75b9c5140abd428ff8925ab2

This Minisode was originally uploaded with Episode 359: John McAfee: Father of Many, Loved by Few - some of the topics discussed might be outdated. Subscribe to our Patreon to listen and watch the Minisodes as they release every week! http://patreon.com/CHILLUMINATIPOD

Mike Martin - http://www.youtube.com/@themoleculemindset
Jesse Cox - http://www.youtube.com/jessecox
Alex Faciane - https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub/

Editor: DeanCutty
Producer: Hilde @ https://bsky.app/profile/heksen.bsky.social
Show Art: Studio Melectro @ http://www.instagram.com/studio_melectro
Logo Design: Shawn JPB @ https://twitter.com/JetpackBraggin
LINKS
The Spawning Man and the Phantom Hand: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChilluminatiPod/comments/1v2zkjs/the_spawning_man_and_the_phantom_hand_two_tales/
Bigfoot Spotted: https://youtu.be/weTfLpKZcks?si=W5l6Rh1FQ4o1_TYw
Metallic Spherical UFO Spotted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azt3vvWpmnU&t=17s
Smaller Than Earth Habitability Model: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/406009205_Smaller_Than_Earth_Habitability_Model_STEHM_The_Lower_Size_Limit_for_Atmosphere_Retention_in_the_Habitable_Zone

The TIME OF THE MUMMY has arrived, and Alex is here to familiarize Jesse and Mathas with the basics of Mumminess, the birth of Egyptomania, Mummy Dust to-go bags, and a gallery of mummies from around the world!
CHILLUMINATI is a weekly comedy podcast hosted by Mike Martin, Jesse Cox and Alex Faciane. Hold on to your tin-foil hats and traverse the realms of the mysterious, supernatural, spooky and sometimes truly horrible - and your third eye will never be the same!
Subscribe to our Patreon to support us and for extra content like full video episodes, weekly Minisodes, exclusive art, and more at http://patreon.com/CHILLUMINATIPOD

OFFICIAL MERCH: https://theyetee.com/chilluminati
Mike Martin - http://www.youtube.com/@themoleculemindset
Jesse Cox - http://www.youtube.com/jessecox
Alex Faciane - https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub/
Editor: DeanCutty
Producer: Hilde @ https://bsky.app/profile/heksen.bsky.social
Show Art: Studio Melectro @ http://www.instagram.com/studio_melectro
Logo Design: Shawn JPB @ https://twitter.com/JetpackBraggin

SHOW NOTES
Author of Mummies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgess_McHargue
Mummies (1972): https://archive.org/details/mummies00mcha/mode/2up
The Royal Mummies by Dr. GE Smith: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bVSGsKmWpCwC&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
Ne_____liac Striptease in the London Review of Books: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v36/n03/thomas-jones/necrophiliac-striptease
The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker: https://archive.org/details/BramStoker-TheJewelOfSevenStars/mode/2up
Iras: A Mystery by (Theo Douglas) HD Everett: https://archive.org/details/irasmystery0000theo/mode/2up
Ramses the Damned series by Anne and Christopher Rice: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EAX/ramses-the-damned/
AWB: https://dn720004.ca.archive.org/0/items/papyrusofanirepr01budg/papyrusofanirepr01budg.pdf
The Yosemite Mummy: https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/fake-mummies-discovered-yosemite-valley-18562152.php
https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/35/64/66/24595846/3/ratio3x2_640.webp
The Children of Llullaillaco
https://www.livescience.com/21848-image-gallery-inca-child-mummies.html
Sokushinbutsu: https://buddhistselfmummification.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/this-is-how-they-did-it/
Lady Dai: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xin_Zhui#/media/File:Xin_Zhui_3.JPG https://allthatsinteresting.com/xin-zhui-lady-dai

This Minisode was originally uploaded with Episode 358: Haunted Art - some of the topics discussed might be outdated. Subscribe to our Patreon to listen and watch the Minisodes as they release every week! http://patreon.com/CHILLUMINATIPOD

Mike Martin - http://www.youtube.com/@themoleculemindset
Jesse Cox - http://www.youtube.com/jessecox
Alex Faciane - https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub/

Editor: DeanCutty
Producer: Hilde @ https://bsky.app/profile/heksen.bsky.social
Show Art: Studio Melectro @ http://www.instagram.com/studio_melectro
Logo Design: Shawn JPB @ https://twitter.com/JetpackBraggin
The Bathroom Nightmare: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChilluminatiPod/s/Xu6BEmhvAM
How Robots Can Touch: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/news/latest-news/2026/science-and-engineering/se/robots-can-now-see-touch-thanks-to-a-new-colour-changing-tactile-sensor.html
4th Release UAP Files: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-files-4th-release-pentagon/
"Flying Brain": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EqbPQm3pKw
(Prod: don't want link to the stinky gov website, but a link to the page where the NASA images can be found is in the CBS article!)

After teasing it at Cornerfest 26, Alex takes Jesse and Mathas deep into the history of his hometown of San Pedro, CA and its founders to investigate a treasure hunt of gold and jewels and…himself?

CHILLUMINATI is a weekly comedy podcast hosted by Mike Martin, Jesse Cox and Alex Faciane. Hold on to your tin-foil hats and traverse the realms of the mysterious, supernatural, spooky and sometimes truly horrible - and your third eye will never be the same!
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OFFICIAL MERCH: https://theyetee.com/chilluminati
Mike Martin - http://www.youtube.com/@themoleculemindset
Jesse Cox - http://www.youtube.com/jessecox
Alex Faciane - https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub/
Editor: DeanCutty
Producer: Hilde @ https://bsky.app/profile/heksen.bsky.social
Show Art: Studio Melectro @ http://www.instagram.com/studio_melectro
Logo Design: Shawn JPB @ https://twitter.com/JetpackBraggin

Episode Sources
The Book: https://a.co/d/02jg97My
Palos Verdes Pulse article about the book: https://www.palosverdespulse.com/blog/dodsonmystery
San Pedro Today article mentioning the book: https://sanpedrotoday.com/2026/07/30/a-new-class-of-pirate-greats/
Palos Verdes Pulse article about the live treasure hunt: https://www.palosverdespulse.com/blog/sanpedrocluehunt
The Bike Palace: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2025/12/31/the-bike-palace-longtime-san-pedro-business-dealing-with-aftermath-of-devastating-fire/
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1317458-fire-destroys-bike-palace-san-pedro-ca.html
Demolishing The Always Closed Sailing Shop: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2026/03/26/commission-approves-parking-expansion-improvements-on-san-pedro-waterfront/
Superlove: https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2021/01/07/artist-takes-a-stand-on-knoll-hill/31497
The Death of Pietro Di Carlo: https://sbhistoryblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/18/pietro-di-carlos-successful-life-ends-mysteriously-on-the-san-pedro-docks/
John Olguin and the Point Fermin Light on California’s Gold with Huell Howser: https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2009/03/15/pt-fermin-lighthouse-lens-californias-gold-11005/
The History of San Pedro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pedro,_Los_Angeles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepúlveda_family_of_California
Maria Rudecinda Florencia Sepulveda de Dodson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_of_Home_of_Diego_Sepúlveda
https://sbhistoryblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/rudecinda-florencia-sepulevda-de-dodson-played-a-major-role-in-san-pedros-development/
https://sbhistoryblog.wordpress.com/2021/04/02/land-grant-heiress-fostered-development-of-san-pedros-landmark-fox-cabrillo-theatre/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudecinda_Sepulveda_Dodson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Dodson_Residencehttps://web.archive.org/web/20171101055218/
https://sanpedro.com/sp_point/dodsnhs.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pedro_Woman's_Club
The Griffith Park Tea House: https://aetherapparel.com/journal/the-griffith-park-tea-househttps://web.archive.org/web/20250707180802/
https://www.dailybreeze.com/2016/03/01/mysterious-make-a-wish-teahouse-appears-atop-knoll-hill-in-san-pedro/
The History of Knoll Hill: https://wikimapia.org/16549277/Knoll-Hill
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-26-me-55910-story.html
Obituary for a Lost Cat by Alan Hanson: https://takesurfacestreets.substack.com/p/obituary-for-a-lost-cat