About this episode

The episode explores the story of John Titor, a man who claimed to be a time traveler from the year 2036 and his enigmatic predictions.

From 1998 to 2001, a man claiming to be visiting our "world-line" on a mission from the year 2036 enthralled a corner of the nascent internet with his explanations of time travel, the world of the future, and the wars to come. While few of his "predictions" came true, his story remains haunting -- who was this enigmatic early forum poster? Why did he claim time ended in 2564? How did he know so much about early computers? And where, or when, did he go? SOURCES https://rileyraccoon.substack.com/p/time-travel-tales https://vimeo.com/11661023 https://web.archive.org/web/20170622161305/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11945420/Who-was-John-Titor-the-time-traveller-who-came-from-2036-to-warn-us-of-a-nuclear-war.html https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/john-titor-the-internets-most-mysterious-time-traveller/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260102173511/https://www.postbulletin.com/rochester-magazine/john-titor-who-was-the-time-traveler-that-visited-rochester https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/john-titor-time-traveler-predictions-story https://johntitorresearch.wordpress.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• time travel
• internet culture
• predictions
• mystery
• history

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