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In the late 1990s, Japan was suffering a recession and many people were desperate. Few would have put themselves through what poor Nasubi had to endure however. With ambitions of a career as a stand-up comedian, the young man entered a game show where he would essentially be tortured for over a year, all for the cameras.

It's Christmas so settle in for a suitably chilly episode as AJ and Matt dive into another maritime mystery. In the 19th Century, a northwest passage through modern day Nunavut in Canada to more easily access eastern Asia was of the utmost importance to the British navy. One such voyage, led by Sir John Franklin, was equipped with the latest technology and an experienced and able crew, and yet the two ships and all the sailors upon them vanished and were never heard from again!

On July 4th, 1928, eccentric Belgian financier Alfred Loewenstein boarded his private plane for a short hop across the English Channel, but between take off and landing the world's third richest man vanished without a trace. Join an incredibly drunk Matt and AJ as they explore the possibilities of an Agatha Christie-esque locked room mystery! If you'd like to support us, you can do so by buying us a coffee! You can also follow us on Instagram if you so desire.

What caused four men to vanish while on a routine boat trip between two of the Canary Islands? Why did they refuse assistance when they were found four days later? Matt and AJ answer all to a diminishing degree of accuracy... Sources: https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/el-fausto-the-fishing-boat-that-disappeared-three-times-54e15817c476 http://www.micinexin.net/2018/07/30/fausto-tres-desapariciones-inexplicables/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/8tbc62/the_mystery_of_fishing_boat_fausto/ https://imgbb.com/8c8zqLv

Bitcoin is known today as the ubiquitous cryptocurrency, but the identity of its creator, who owns an untouched wallet of millions of Bitcoin making them the 15th richest person in the world, has never been revealed... or has it? Join Matt and AJ for a relatively topical episode which looks at a trial that has concluded not long ago which throws some interesting light on the case. Also join us for a guide to the Australian accent, the fidelius charm from Harry Potter, and the intriguing love life of AJ's dad!

In 1968, someone in Japan pulled off one of the most audacious heists the country has ever seen. Who was this person and how did they get away with it? Matt and AJ try (and fail) to answer this question. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_million_yen_robbery https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-20216592.html https://moneyweek.com/363610/10-december-1968-the-300-million-yen-robbery

Is there any truth to the rumour of a titanic beast lurking in the depths of Scotland's largest body of water? Matt and AJ look into the murky lake and leave no stone unturned.

When the small crew of the sailing ship Mary Celeste set off for her final voyage in the mid 19th century, they could have no idea they would soon become part of the most infamous disappearance in maritime history... Sources: https://www.britannica.com/technology/ship/Shipping-in-the-19th-century https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/life-sea-age-sail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty#Bligh's_open-boat_voyage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigantine https://archive.org/details/storyofmaryceles0000fayc/page/n321/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste#Foul_play https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-celeste

In this special episode for Hallowe'en, Matt and AJ talk about their own paranormal experiences, from invisible feet tickling entities, to a speak that speaks to you, Y0Y has seen its fair share of ghosts over the years! Hopefully it will not now be too long until season 2 is ready to go, we've become much busier since the pandemic has, well not ended, but at least become significantly less bad, and so we've decided to work to an entirely different release schedule - we'll be releasing a few episodes at a time weekly and calling that a season, rather than trying to keep to one every fortnight. Obviously that means there will be longer gaps in between seasons, but it will also mean that we actually have the time to do it!

**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode contains discussions of mental health, self-harm and suicide. If you are struggling, please visit Mind who have tons of help with mental health. Please also visit Missing People to learn more about searching for people who have disappeared. In 1995, the Manic Street Preachers were planning to embark on a tour of the USA to promote their critically acclaimed and unrelentingly bleak third album, the Holy Bible. As lead singer James Dean Bradfield prepared to fly to America to do a press tour, the band's lyricist and rhythm guitarist, Richey Edwards, checked out of their hotel to never be seen by the band or his family again. What happened to Richey, and what led to a moment that has ascended into the folklore of rock and roll? In this bumper season finale, Matt and AJ are joined by Manics aficionado Shelli Le Fay to discuss the rock star's disappearance. Y0Y is created by Matt Hartless and AJ Hill. The theme tune is written and recorded by Matt Hartless. The episode art is created by AJ Hill and the Y0Y logo is created by Shelli Le Fay. All copyright belongs to the creators. Sources and further reading: Chronology of Richey's disappearance: http://www.richeyedwards.net/chronology.html Symptoms of Asperger's syndrome: https://www.everydayhealth.com/aspergers/what-are-signs-symptoms-disorder/ Withdrawn Traces by Sara Hawys Roberts: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1111795/withdrawn-traces/9780753545348.html No Manifesto documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4268850/

In 2007, the gaming world held its breath as it counted down to the release of the final episodic instalment to the main Half-Life game series. Gordon Freeman and game-developer, Valve's, story came to prominence with the release of the original Half-Life in 1998, the release of the sequel, Half-Life 2, in 2004 and then 2 more episodes continuing Gordon's story set to end with the final Half-Life 3, or Half-Life 2 episode 3, in December 2007. But that game has never been released! The story ends on a cliffhanger, press releases were made to hype the Christmas release of that final instalment, but Valve devolved into silence and not a whisper has been heard about the fabled Half-Life 3... Will it ever get released, and why hasn't it been? Where will the story go? Matt and AJ speculate... for far longer than is strictly necessary! If you like what you're hearing, please support us by buying a coffee and/or subscribing to us on YouTube or your podcast app. You can also find us on social media at Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Y0Y is created by Matt Hartless and AJ Hill. The Y0Y theme tune is written and recorded by Matt Hartless. The Y0Y logo was designed by Shelli Le Fay. The episode art was created by AJ Hill. All copyright belongs to the creators. Sources and further reading: The Half-Life Iceberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LryI-0Fe4T8 The Half-Life Iceberg part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmFuSRGogU History of Valve: https://www.gamesradar.com/history-of-valve/ Interview with Gabe Newell: https://web.archive.org/web/20111126125407/http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/story_type/site_trail_story/interview-gabe-newell/ Spanish article about Half-Life containing references to Akira: https://as.com/meristation/2018/08/29/noticias/1535543681_545901.html Article about the release of Half-Life: https://web.archive.org/web/20100308234131/http://uk.gamespot.com/features/halflife_final/part34.html Review of the original Half-Life: https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_32/page/n107/mode/2up Valve's design process: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131815/the_cabal_valves_design_process_.php Article about the release of Half-Life 2: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-final-hours-of-half-life-2/1100-6112889/ On the 10 year anniversary of Half-Life 2: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-16-half-life-2-10-years-on Article about the hacker who leaked Half-Life 2: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-21-the-boy-who-stole-half-life-2-article Another interview with Gabe Newell: https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/publishing/the-valve-manifesto/ Why HL2E3 was never made: https://www.ign.com/articles/valve-explains-why-half-life-2-episode-3-was-never-made Mark Laidlaw's "Epistle 3": https://www.businessinsider.com/half-life-2-episode-3-story-marc-laidlaw-valve-2017-8?r=US&IR=T Half-Life Alyx release: https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/18/20970733/half-life-alyx-vr-release-date-valve-announcement Cancelled Valve projects: https://www.ign.com/articles/half-life-3-left-4-dead-3-details-cancelled-valve HLA review: https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/games-apps/game-review-vr-only-alyx-is-a-triumphant-return-to-the-half-life-universe Production of HLA video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9K0eJEmMEw Article about Valve giving Black Mesa its blessing: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-20-valve-gives-black-mesa-permission-to-be-a-commercial-product

In 2015, a mysterious YouTube channel appeared and began uploading videos at an alarming rate. Some were only a few seconds long, some lasted hours. Some were silent, some had audio soundscaping, some contained the muffled voice of a man reading out numbers and letters. The sequences of images were seemingly random selections of what looks like abstract computer art... What does it all mean, if anything? What's with the connection to Greek and Roman mythology? Why does Matt sound suspiciously like the muffled voice in the videos? None of this will be revealed in the podcast, but we'll speculate about it all the same! If you like what you're hearing, please support us and buy us a coffee! We are also on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter if you'd like to follow us there. Y0Y is a podcast created by AJ Hill and Matt Hartless. The Y0Y theme tune is written and recorded by Matt Hartless. The Y0Y logo was designed by Shelli Le Fay. The episode art is created by AJ Hill.

In the Spring of 2010, the small English market town of Wisbech suffered a spate of deliberately started fires in vacant buildings. Nobody was harmed in the fires, but plenty of the buildings were listed as part of the town's signature architecture dating back to Georgian times. With most of the fires situated on main roads within the town, rumour soon started to spread that a single culprit was responsible, but nobody has ever been charged in relation to these specific fires. Join AJ and Matt in discussing the bizarre, little-known history of the town Matt grew up in and hear Matt nearly incriminate himself in the fires (if you're listening Cambridgeshire fire and rescue service, Matt was provably not present at these arsons!) Y0Y is a podcast created by Matt Hartless and AJ Hill. Please support us by buying a coffee and/or subscribing to us on YouTube or your podcast app! You can find us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and follow us for more updates... Y0Y is created by Matt Hartless and AJ Hill. The Y0Y theme tune is written and recorded by Matt Hartless. The Y0Y logo was designed by Shelli Le Fay. The Y0Y episode art is created by AJ Hill. All copyright belongs to the creators. Sources and further reading: Article about salvage volunteers at Peckover House: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8682000/8682968.stm Article about the school fire: https://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/arson-attack-fenland-school-was-just-90-seconds-from-burning-5461696 Police confirmation of fires being arson: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8678947.stm Initial article on BBC news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/low/people_and_places/newsid_8672000/8672690.stm The burned out shell of Constantine House: https://wisbech.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/wisbech-constantine-house-fireformerly-the-belfast-linen-co Article about restoration of the Phoenix Hotel's facade: https://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/new-life-breathed-into-wisbech-fire-damaged-hotel-5642406 The site of the Blackfriars Pub: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2058648 Jason Brammer jailed for arson: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-17291526 Wikipedia page for the town of Wisbech: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisbech Article about the more recent fires at Ely House on Wisbech's Lynn Road: https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/yet-another-fire-at-wisbech-historic-house-5637504

Billy Mitchell was an arcade gaming superstar, as synonymous with the craft as Pele was with football, and he held the world record for the high score on Donkey Kong for nearly twenty years. Mitchell was the poster boy for Twin Galaxies, a company organising competitive arcade gaming and paving the way for videogames to become the lucrative tour de fource we know them as today. But in the mid 2000s an unassuming man from Washington came out of nowhere to beat Billy's record. Steve Wiebe had no idea of the can of worms he had opened and in the decade and a half since, the layers have been peeled back on an industry as obsessed with status as any competitive sport. What on Earth is going on in arcade gaming? Who really holds the world records for classic games? Whom is filing litigation against whom? Will Y0Y be dragged into a defamation lawsuit for reporting on the curious and strange history of videogaming? Listen on to find out! Y0Y is a podcast created by AJ Hill and Matt Hartless. You can find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook and please become a supporter and buy us a coffee! The Y0Y theme is written and recorded by Matt Hartless, the Y0Y logo was created by Shelli Le Fay, and the episode art was created by AJ Hill. All copyright belongs to the creators.

11,000 years ago, our ancestors were still in the stone age, and had yet to develop agriculture. So, how did they come to build a massive stone structure overlooking the plains of the cradle of civilisation in modern day Turkey? Göbekli Tepe is impossibly old, given our understanding of civilisation, but there it stands for all to see. Who built it and what for? Most intriguingly of all, why was it deliberately buried about a thousand years after its construction? Support us on Buy Me a Coffee to get more content and help us make the show better! You can find us on social media - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram Y0Y is created by Matt Hartless and AJ Hill. The theme tune is composed by Matt Hartless and the episode artwork is created by AJ Hill. The Y0Y logo is created by Shelli Le Fay. The desert stock video is by Philip Chan from Pexels. All creators own the copyrights to their material. Sources and further reading: History of the Fertile Crescent: https://www.history.com/topics/pre-history/fertile-crescent#:~:text=The%20Fertile%20Crescent%20is%20the,and%20the%20use%20of%20irrigation. Periods of ancient history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_periods Smithsonian articles about the site: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-temple-shows-evidence-stone-age-skull-cult-180963877/ About the comet swarm possibly depicted at GT: https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-carvings-in-turkey-show-a-comet-hitting-earth-changing-civilisation-forever Theories on deliberate internment: https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/monumental-cover-why-did-gobekli-tepe-end-dirt-008355 Tepe Telegrams: https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/faq/ The Genesis Secret: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Genesis_Secret.html?id=1jRoSgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

For over 200 years, Japan had a strict isolationist policy where natives were not allowed to leave and foreigners were not allowed to enter. The one exception was Dejima; an artificial island off the coast of Nagasaki, built to allow traders from a select few nations to do limited business with the mainland. But why was this in place, and what was the legacy of Dejima? AJ tells Matt all about the period's politics and the hosts discuss what it's like to live in an island nation that cuts off its access to the rest of the world to its own detriment... Support us on Buy me a coffee so we can do this more often! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram too!

When football came home in 1966, England suffered international embarrassment when the Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen from an exhibition in London. The trophy was later recovered by the dog Pickles, one of history's goodest boys, but nobody knows who stole it and where it went during that time! The Trophy seems rather coveted as it was stolen again from Rio De Janeiro in 1983, never to be found. Has it been melted down or destroyed, or could it still be out there, waiting for a canine detective to discover it once more? Support us on Buy me a coffee to get bonus content and other noice stuff on the reg! Find us on social media. We can offer you flavours of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter! Y0Y is created by Matt Hartless and AJ Hill. The theme tune is composed and recorded by Matt Hartless. The episode art is drawn by AJ Hill. The Y0Y logo is created by Shelli Le Fay. All rights belong to the creators, unless stated otherwise. Sources and further reading: Guardian article about the Brazil theft: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/13/world-cup-mystery-what-happened-jules-rimet-trophy Where we did calculations for inflation: https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1966?amount=15000 Article detailing what happened when the trophy was stolen in England: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/england-loses-world-cup Guardian article from man who claims his uncle stole the trophy: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/24/world-cup-theft-gangster-and-brother-stole-trophy-in-1966 Wikipedia entry on the Trophy itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy#Jules_Rimet_Trophy

In 2012, a seemingly innocuous online puzzle blossomed into a worldwide scavenger hunt. The person, or organisation, behind the puzzles is known only as 3301 accompanied with a cicada logo, but their ability to create the puzzles with such complexity, which include an automated phoneline, real-life locations for some puzzles and a mysterious coded book has lead to people questioning who they are and what exactly are they trying to achieve with all this? Support us on Buy me a coffee, where monthly subscription will allow you to access bonus episodes and other exclusive content! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter! Y0Y is created by Matt Hartless and AJ Hill. The opening theme is written and recorded by Matt Hartless and the episode artwork is drawn by AJ Hill. The Y0Y logo was created by Shelli Le Fay. The creators hold all the rights to this recording. Sources and further reading:

If you'd like to get more bonus episodes and other cool stuff on the reg, support us on buymeacoffee.com/y0ypodcast In this bonus episode, AJ and Matt chat about their favourite representations of aliens in films, as a bonus to the Fermi Paradox episode. This episode was recorded remotely as AJ had to self-isolate and doesn't have the quite the array of recording tech Matt has, and neither host has a spectacular internet connection... Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook!

AJ and Matt attempt to answer the biggest mystery as we come up to Valentine's Day; why are we alone? Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, has been around for billions of years, and given how (relatively) quickly life was able to develop on Earth, it should be teeming with extra-terrestrial life. But despite that, we, as a species, have never seen conclusive evidence life, much less intelligent life, exists anywhere else, so what might be hiding it from view? Are they too far away, too alien, too stupid, too clever or are we really alone in the Universe? The possibilities are endless, but AJ and Matt discuss some of the main theories and argue about the best way to communicate with alien species and whether the Prime Directive is benevolent or racist. Support us on buymeacoffee.com/y0ymcr ! Follow us on Facebook.com/y0ypodcast and Twitter and Insta @y0ypodcast ! Listen to Supernovas by Matt Hartless on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1PlnX1qGld7e2A21JDTzBZ Sources and further reading: Kurzgesagt video summing up the Fermi Paradox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc Wikipedia article with concise list and links to further reading on the minutiae of solutions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox John Michael Godier video on the Wow Signal: https://youtu.be/aseyBWZa3pY Excerpts from Professor Brian Cox documentary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zdhtg Wikipedia article on the Wow! Signal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal Radio/podcast discussion between John Michael Godier and Dr Stephen Webb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8eklCtMbbc Netflix Alien Worlds series which goes in depth on what alien life might be like: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80221410 Isaac Arthur video on stupidity unlikely to be seen in alien life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWe8g0zziw NASA article on Oumuamua: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/oumuamua/in-depth/ Lemmino video on one of the more likely UFO candidates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpeSpA3e56A The Week article on Roswell Incident: https://www.theweek.co.uk/us/59331/roswell-ufo-crash-what-really-happened-67-years-ago Frontiers article on the Hessdalen lights: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2016.00017/full Unsolved Mysteries episode on people who believe they've been abducted: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11229146/ Interesting Engineering article on bizarre ancient technology: https://interestingengineering.com/7-ancient-inventions-that-were-way-ahead-of-their-time This is a Disaster Podcast episode on the Fermi Paradox: https://www.thisdisasterpod.com/episode/we-are-alone/ Playlist of Lemmino videos on space (they are excellent!): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ7XwKXhDhDhT__-GEXwlRcFSYRL-pmtF Arthur C Clarke's Space Odyssey series: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bookseries/B00JQMHHD6/ref=dp_st_0453002692

None of the 227 passengers onboard the routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing knew anything was amiss as the plane took off in the early hours of March 8th, 2014. Less than an hour later the flight disappeared from radar screens and into one of the greatest mysteries ever... Support us at http://buymeacoffee.com/y0ymcr to get bonus content and more from Matt and AJ. Find us on social media at: @y0ypodcast on insta and twitter and https://facebook.com/y0ypodcast Reading List: - MH370 Australian documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok2DTQJwqyw Lemmino overview documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd2KEHvK-q8 News article from when flaperon found: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37820122 Extensive coverage of theories in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/mh370-five-years-of-theories-about-one-of-aviations-greatest-mysteries Wild theories including Sunday Sport moon reveal~: http://bloggie-360.blogspot.com/2014/04/conspiracy-theories-of-missing-flight.html Take to the Skies podcast Air France 447 episode: https://taketotheskypodcast.com/air-france-flight-447/ Take to the Skies podcast Helios 522 episode: https://taketotheskypodcast.com/helios-airways-flight-522/ Y0Y Theme composed by Matt Hartless at https://facebook.com/matthartlessandthemaverick7 Y0Y Logo designed by Shelli Le Fay - https://facebook.com/themagickalworldofshellilefay Episode art created by AJ at https://facebook.com/crimesagainsthilarity Y0Y episode 2 was created, recorded and produced by Matt Hartless and AJ Hill. The copyright for all the original audio and media in this episode is the property of the creators.

Welcome to the first episode of Y0Y! This time we're talking about the Dyatlov Pass Incident, when a group of hikers took to the Urals in 1959 and never came back... Please support us on buymeacoffee.com/y0ymcr so we can make more episodes and make them better! Find us on social media: Twitter: @Y0YPodcast Insta: @Y0YPodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/y0ypodcast You can also listen to this episode on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/m3RO3mQ7PSw The theme music was written by Matt Hartless The CGI Graphic was created by Matt Hartless The Y0Y Logo was created by Shelli Le Fay The research for this episode was conducted by AJ Hill and Y0Y is presented, created and produced by AJ Hill and Matt Hartless.