Get ready, observers! Because this time the mystery comes not from a shadow on the wall, but from those who try to see our faces. In an episode that promises to shake the foundations of the paranormal community in Mexico, the podcast Observador Paranormal has dropped a bombshell titled “Los Fraudes Paranormales”. HERE you can listen to the podcast.
This production brings together two of the most critical and respected minds of the genre. On the one hand, the impeccable conduction of Juan Manuel Torreblanca and Roberto Belmont, who have positioned this space as a reference of objectivity and mystery; and on the other hand, a luxury guest: Antonio Samudio, director of the Mexican Agency of Paranormal Investigation (AMIP), a man with more than three decades unmasking charlatans.
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In an unfiltered chat, Samudio and Torreblanca dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s regarding the current situation of research in Mexico.
With the rise of social networks, the “armchair researcher” has multiplied, prioritizing likes over scientific evidence.
“Paranormal investigation is not glamour or riding around on a motorcycle making a fool of yourself; it is an exhaustive, deep and often boring job because you are looking for the truth, not for applause,” Samudio said during the episode.
The expert harshly criticized how morbidity has devalued the discipline, pointing out that today any viral video is taken as absolute truth without passing through an ethical or methodological filter.
For Samudio, true research lies in the reliable source and in the ability to doubt even one’s own findings.
The fraud that involved the Government: Mummies and “Men in Black”
One of the most shocking moments of the podcast was when Samudio recounted a massive fraud attempt in Puebla during 2006.
At that time, people close to the state government tried to validate the discovery of supposed “extraterrestrial mummies” in a cave.
Samudio, who at the time was known in the media as part of the “Men in Black” along with Alfredo Adame, received an offer that few would refuse: full support (including military and federal) to validate the find.
Samudio’s condition? “If it’s false, I’ll say it’s false.”
Upon sending in their advance team, they discovered that everything was crudely sown.
“They ran into someone who wasn’t going to bend over backwards for wool,” he recalled proudly.
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But not everything is a lie.
Antonio Samudio also shared cases that have withstood scientific rigor, such as those documented in the Netflix series, “My Encounter with Evil” and “Haunted Latin America”.
He highlighted the case of the “Casa Maligna” in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, where historical and psychological research confirmed rites of “high magic” and phenomena that left real traumas in the witnesses.
“The field of vision of a person with a visual testimony does not lie; what they experienced was real,” stated the researcher, clearly differentiating between a montage for YouTube and a documented parapsychological manifestation.
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The episode closes with a call to the audience not to consume junk content.
Juan Manuel Torreblanca and Roberto Belmont reinforce the idea that professional ethics is the only thing that separates the researcher from the charlatan.
The episode is now available on all audio platforms, such as Apple Podcast and Spotify, where you can also listen to other titles promoted by QuéOnnda and Nueva Network, such as Crímenes del Más Allá.
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