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Assumptions · Oct 29, 2025 · 42 min

Our Best Ghost and Cryptid Theories

Ethan is here to talk all things spooky! PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/assumptions/id1752744811 https://open.spotify.com/show/5RalNkXyU7lQNpnZkD7IyV 0:00 Intro 2:18 Ghosts are a shared delusion that we experience because we EXPECT to experience them 5:24 Ghosts are echoes from the past 6:41 Generational trauma and cultural context heavily influences your attitudes about ghosts, how you perceive them, and how you explain their existence 9:32 Spirits just like to be silly and pull pranks on the living xP 11:35 Most hauntings are the result of bad interior design 15:23 The scariest thing you could do is drink a potion at 3am 16:08 If the government actually had alien specimens, we would have seen them by now 18:10 All cryptid sightings are simply people not knowing the animal they’re seeing 25:51 Halloween is good 26:40 Trick-Or-Treating should be more accessible for adults to participate in 30:16 Chanse and Angela are both giving the vibe they still trick-or-treated well into their teens 34:42 On Halloween, if it’s a work day at Smosh, everyone comes dressed as something 36:23 Halloween was specifically made for us gays 37:58 Shayne has unironically gone trick-or-treating or to a Halloween party as The Chosen 40:39 Milky Way is the worst candy bar SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/Sub2SmoshAlike WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com WHO YOU HEAR Shayne Topp // https://www.instagram.com/shaynetopp/ Chanse McCrary // https://www.instagram.com/phatchanse/ Angela Giarratana // https://www.instagram.com/angelagiovanagiarratana/ Ethan Nestor ( @ethan ) // https://www.instagram.com/ethannestor/ WHO YOU DON’T HEAR (usually) Executive Producer: Anthony Padilla Executive Producer: Alessandra Catanese Executive Vice President of Production: Amanda Barnes Channel Director/Creative Director: Mike Criscimagna Producer/Director: Nicole Blacklock Senior Production Manager: Alexcina Figueroa Production Manager: Jonathan Hyon Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander Director of Photography: Matthew Faulkner Camera Operator: Macy Armstrong Director of Social Media: Erica Noboa Social Media Manager: Kim Wilborn Social Media Coordinator: Margaux Bernales Director of Post Production: Luke Baker Editor: Patrick Horba Sound Mixing: Lila Rowel Sound Editor: Gareth Hird DIT: Beni Kimuene Senior Manager, Channel & Strategy: Lizzy Jones Channel Operations Coordinator: Audrey Carganilla Channel Operations Coordinator: Sabrina Lieberman OTHER SMOSHES: Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh Smosh Pit: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames SmoshCast: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast FOLLOW US: TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok Instagram: https://instagram.com/smoshalike Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh

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Ethan is here to talk all things spooky!

PODCASTS:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/assumptions/id1752744811
https://open.spotify.com/show/5RalNkXyU7lQNpnZkD7IyV

0:00 Intro
2:18 Ghosts are a shared delusion that we experience because we EXPECT to experience them
5:24 Ghosts are echoes from the past
6:41 Generational trauma and cultural context heavily influences your attitudes about ghosts, how you perceive them, and how you explain their existence
9:32 Spirits just like to be silly and pull pranks on the living xP
11:35 Most hauntings are the result of bad interior design
15:23 The scariest thing you could do is drink a potion at 3am
16:08 If the government actually had alien specimens, we would have seen them by now
18:10 All cryptid sightings are simply people not knowing the animal they’re seeing
25:51 Halloween is good
26:40 Trick-Or-Treating should be more accessible for adults to participate in
30:16 Chanse and Angela are both giving the vibe they still trick-or-treated well into their teens
34:42 On Halloween, if it’s a work day at Smosh, everyone comes dressed as something
36:23 Halloween was specifically made for us gays
37:58 Shayne has unironically gone trick-or-treating or to a Halloween party as The Chosen
40:39 Milky Way is the worst candy bar 

SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/Sub2SmoshAlike

WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com

WHO YOU HEAR
Shayne Topp // https://www.instagram.com/shaynetopp/
Chanse McCrary // https://www.instagram.com/phatchanse/
Angela Giarratana // https://www.instagram.com/angelagiovanagiarratana/
Ethan Nestor ( @ethan ) // https://www.instagram.com/ethannestor/

WHO YOU DON’T HEAR (usually)
Executive Producer: Anthony Padilla
Executive Producer: Alessandra Catanese
Executive Vice President of Production: Amanda Barnes
Channel Director/Creative Director: Mike Criscimagna
Producer/Director: Nicole Blacklock
Senior Production Manager: Alexcina Figueroa
Production Manager: Jonathan Hyon
Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander
Director of Photography: Matthew Faulkner
Camera Operator: Macy Armstrong
Director of Social Media: Erica Noboa
Social Media Manager: Kim Wilborn
Social Media Coordinator: Margaux Bernales
Director of Post Production: Luke Baker
Editor: Patrick Horba
Sound Mixing: Lila Rowel
Sound Editor: Gareth Hird
DIT: Beni Kimuene 
Senior Manager, Channel & Strategy: Lizzy Jones
Channel Operations Coordinator: Audrey Carganilla
Channel Operations Coordinator: Sabrina Lieberman

OTHER SMOSHES:
Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh
Smosh Pit: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit
Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames
SmoshCast: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast

FOLLOW US:
TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok
Instagram: https://instagram.com/smoshalike
Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh
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