Chilluminati Podcast Episode 319: 3 Horrors for Halloween
Oct 12, 2025
Join the hosts for a spooky thrill as they delve into three eerie tales perfect for the Halloween season. They explore the mysterious Mortis.com, an early internet enigma that fueled dark theories. Then, the chilling hazards of the Blue Hole reveal how divers can be lured to their doom. Finally, a haunted journey through Neues Rathaus uncovers wartime horrors and unsettling discoveries. With chilling anecdotes and wild theories, this episode promises to chill and entertain!
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The Mortis.com Internet Mystery
- Mortis.com appeared in the 1990s as a stark black login page that obsessed early internet users.
- People poured over its source code and tried brute-force hacks but never gained access, creating a long-lived mystery.
Data Size Fueled Conspiracy Theories
- Mortis hosted an unusually large amount of data for the era, prompting theories about hidden back-end uses.
- The site's size and secrecy fueled conspiracy thinking and fueled deeper forensic attempts like brute-force attacks.
The Thomas Ling Trail
- Investigators traced Mortis registrations to a name, Thomas Ling, but found conflicting identities across other sites.
- People attempted to contact him and even visited supposed locations, but results were inconclusive and confusing.