Todd Luoto's guest appearances

Todd Luoto

Bizarre States

Machine of Death

Share a Slice With Sean

Craig Owens

Brad Meltzer

Erin McKean

Ryan North

Karyn Kusama

Kristian Bruun

Jesse Thorn

Randall Munroe

Kate Leth

Gerry Duggan

Joanna Penn

Bob Lazar

Jeremy Corbell

Steven Greer

Chris Medina

OwlTail

After a month long hiatus mostly due to colds and flus, I’m happy to present this conversation I had with writer, director and producer Todd Luoto from Los Angeles and previous guest Natalie Zarrelli from New York! We talk about the mysterious video game Polybius, about which Natalie wrote over at Atlas Obscura: Gamers who tried it couldn’t stop playing, and began acting oddly: they were nauseous, stressed, had horrific nightmares. Others had seizures or attempted suicide, many felt unable to control their own thoughts. It was only later that they recalled how Polybius was serviced more often than other games. Men in black suits opened the machine every week, recorded its data, and left, with no interest in its coins. Soon after it appeared, the mysterious arcade game vanished without warning—taken by the men in black suits, leaving no record of its existence.  Todd and Jon Frechette wanted to explore this mystery and set about to make a documentary with a Kickstarter project. Unfortunately, that project didn’t raise the required capital. So instead, they will be launching a podcast about mysterious American urban legends and the first season will be dedicated to the Polybius conspiracy. It will be called Unknown USA: The Polybius Conspiracy! UPDATE!: Here’s a link to the podcast: https://www.radiotopia.fm/showcase/the-polybius-conspiracy/ Here’s the trailer Todd and Jon Frechette made for the original video version of this project which will be replaced with a podcast. (http://bit.ly/1Fmp0sD) I will give you a good idea of just how spooky the urban legend of POLYBIUS is.     Todd Luoto @BringsDaRuckus @PolybiusMystery Natalie Zarrelli Atlas Obscura: The Urban Legend of the Government’s Mind-Controlling Arcade Game: The twisted tale of Polybius, the world’s most dangerous video game: http://bit.ly/2nqQi9R https://nataliezarrelli.contently.com/ @nataliezar   Music and Sample Credits Waysted – Kromatiks Music Amazing 80’s Home Arcade Game Room – Doug’s Home Arcade Collection (https://youtu.be/1I1p0ih0V0A) In the Game Part 1 – Matt McLellan (http://bit.ly/2nqLnWC) Left: Azuria Sky (http://bit.ly/2nqPNfZ) Things We Almost Lost – Azuria Sky (http://bit.ly/2ngQuti) In the Game Part 2 – Matt McLellan (http://bit.ly/2mwwN0G) Image credit: (http://bit.ly/2mdCb7M) Newsilver95

After a month long hiatus mostly due to colds and flus, I’m happy to present this conversation I had with writer, director and producer Todd Luoto from Los Angeles and previous guest Natalie Zarrelli from New York! We talk about the mysterious video game Polybius, about which Natalie wrote over at Atlas Obscura: <blockquote>Gamers who tried it couldn’t stop playing, and began acting oddly: they were nauseous, stressed, had horrific nightmares. Others had seizures or attempted suicide, many felt unable to control their own thoughts. It was only later that they recalled how Polybius was serviced more often than other games. Men in black suits opened the machine every week, recorded its data, and left, with no interest in its coins. Soon after it appeared, the mysterious arcade game vanished without warning—taken by the men in black suits, leaving no record of its existence.</blockquote> Todd and Jon Frechette wanted to explore this mystery and set about to make a documentary with a Kickstarter project. Unfortunately, that project didn’t raise the required capital. So instead, they will be launching a podcast about mysterious American urban legends and the first season will be dedicated to the Polybius conspiracy. It will be called Unknown USA: The Polybius Conspiracy! UPDATE!: Here’s a link to the podcast: <a href="https://www.radiotopia.fm/showcase/the-polybius-conspiracy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.radiotopia.fm/showcase/the-polybius-conspiracy/</a> Here’s the trailer Todd and Jon Frechette made for the original video version of this project which will be replaced with a podcast. (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Fmp0sD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1Fmp0sD</a>) I will give you a good idea of just how spooky the urban legend of POLYBIUS is. <h3>Todd Luoto</h3> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/BringsDaRuckus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BringsDaRuckus</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/PolybiusMystery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@PolybiusMystery</a> <h3>Natalie Zarrelli</h3> Atlas Obscura: The Urban Legend of the Government’s Mind-Controlling Arcade Game: The twisted tale of Polybius, the world’s most dangerous video game: <a href="http://bit.ly/2nqQi9R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2nqQi9R</a> <a href="https://nataliezarrelli.contently.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nataliezarrelli.contently.com/ </a><a href="https://www.twitter.com/nataliezar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@nataliezar</a> <h3>Music and Sample Credits</h3> Waysted – Kromatiks Music Amazing 80’s Home Arcade Game Room – Doug’s Home Arcade Collection (<a href="https://youtu.be/1I1p0ih0V0A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/1I1p0ih0V0A</a>) In the Game Part 1 – Matt McLellan (<a href="http://bit.ly/2nqLnWC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2nqLnWC</a>) Left: Azuria Sky (<a href="http://bit.ly/2nqPNfZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2nqPNfZ</a>) Things We Almost Lost – Azuria Sky (<a href="http://bit.ly/2ngQuti" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2ngQuti</a>) In the Game Part 2 – Matt McLellan (<a href="http://bit.ly/2mwwN0G" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2mwwN0G</a>) Image credit: (<a href="http://bit.ly/2mdCb7M" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2mdCb7M</a>) Newsilver95

Todd Luoto: The POLYBIUS Mystery

Jon Frechette

Jess and Bowser are kicking off 2017 with Todd Luoto and Jon Frechette! They start with preshow poop/swear stories, Charles Manson, Sinbad and the story of Polybius!

Jess and Bowser are kicking off 2017 with Todd Luoto and Jon Frechette! They start with preshow poop/swear stories, Charles Manson, Sinbad and the story of Polybius!

The Story of Polybius with Todd Luoto and Jon Frechette

Michael Wharton

The clerk set the gun on the counter. "There's a seven-day waiting period." Tommy peeled off an extra couple hundreds and slid them across the counter. The clerk hesitated, then pocketed the bills and loaded the weapon into a brown paper bag. "Some weeks are shorter than others." He added a box of bullets to the bag, then rang up the total. "You need any extra ammo?" "No," replied Tommy. "One box will be plenty."

SUICIDE : Written by David Michael Wharton + read by Todd Luoto