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Episode 311 · Lights Out

311: A 3-Hour Drive. 10 Missing Days. Then Came the Visitors.

7 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 45 min

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Alec Newald was a normal guy who found himself in the midst of an extraordinary experience. One evening, during a routine drive to Auckland following a painful divorce, he experienced what he initially thought was a car crash. He soon realized, however, that he had actually been transported to an alternate reality, surrounded by unusual entities that would alter the course of his life.

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Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios · True Crime · English

Want to explore the darkest depths of humanity and horror, but don’t know how? Let the guys over at Lights Out guide you through the seedy underbelly of true crime and the mysteries of the paranormal. Kill the lights. Join the dark and twisted journey. Sit back and try to relax, as Josh and Ian take

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