The crew is back in the vault for a high-stakes roundtable on the apex predators of the deep. In this episode, Corey, Devin, and Matthew each pitch their "top" submarine, moving from the terrifying efficiency of the German U-boat wolfpacks to the sheer endurance of the American Balao-class. We wrap up with a look at the Russian Oscar II-class, specifically the K-141 Kursk, analyzing the engineering and geopolitical weight behind these massive submersibles.

It’s an unscripted, blunt analysis of naval sieges, "Happy Times" for the Kriegsmarine, and the mechanical evolution that turned the ocean into a global tripwire.

This episode of The Evidence Vault covers the Part 2 of the Trojan War, from its mythic and historical origins to the destruction of Troy itself.

The discussion moves between Homeric tradition, later mythographers, and limited historical context, including the Hittite perspective on Wilusa. The hosts examine how the war begins, how it drags on for years with little resolution, how Achilles dominates the battlefield, and how divine interference repeatedly alters the course of events.

The episode culminates in the Trojan Horse, the ignored warnings of Laocoön and Cassandra, the withdrawal of the gods, and the sack of Troy — followed not by triumph, but by massacre, enslavement, and moral collapse.

The Trojan War didn’t begin with Achilles and Hector — it began years earlier, through miscalculations, broken alliances, divine interference, and slow-burning consequences.

In Part I of this two-part series, the Evidence Vault crew lays the groundwork for the Trojan War. Corey covers the origins of the conflict and how the war was set in motion, Devon explores the role of the gods and their escalating interference, and Matthew walks through the first nine years of fighting — introducing the major Greek and Trojan players, early campaigns, failed expeditions, and the long road that leads directly into the events of the Iliad.

This episode is about buildup, not payoff.
The siege, the mistakes, the foreshadowing — and why the most famous part of the war happens only at the very end.

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How do you measure the advancement of a civilization?

In this episode, the hosts of The Evidence Vault break down multiple theoretical frameworks used to classify civilizations — from the energy-based Kardashev Scale, to Carl Sagan’s information scale, to John Barrow’s hierarchy of matter control.

Rather than focusing on a single megastructure like the Dyson Sphere, this episode explores what progress actually means: energy consumption, information density, genetic manipulation, atomic control, and even theoretical mastery over space and time.

Along the way, the discussion devolves into chaos — debates over civilization collapse, AI-generated knowledge, whether humanity is advancing too fast (or not fast enough), and the unsettling possibility that progress doesn’t guarantee survival.

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In this episode, the Evidence Vault crew explores one of the strangest and most persistent phenomena in modern conspiracy culture: the Men in Black.

Who — or what — are they?
Government agents? Psychological operations? Urban legends fueled by Cold War paranoia?

From early UFO encounters and witness intimidation stories to media amplification and the blending of folklore with intelligence culture, the crew breaks down where the Men in Black myth comes from, why it persists, and what it reveals about public trust, fear, and secrecy.

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In this episode, the Evidence Vault crew breaks down one of the most infamous disasters in modern history: the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

Was the tragedy unavoidable — or the result of arrogance, bad decisions, and ignored warnings?

From design flaws and safety shortcuts to leadership failures and last-minute chaos, the crew examines what really happened on the night Titanic struck the iceberg, why so many warnings were dismissed, and how human confidence turned a luxury liner into a floating catastrophe.

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In this episode, the Evidence Vault crew takes a hard look at one of the most mythologized disasters in American military history: General George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Was Custer an aggressive cavalry genius undone by bad luck — or an arrogant officer whose ego led his men into annihilation?

Matthew breaks down the strategic and tactical failures that defined the campaign, Corey examines Custer’s personality, reputation, and decision-making, and Devin adds context to the broader U.S.–Native American conflict surrounding the battle.

This episode strips away the legend and confronts the reality behind “Custer’s Last Stand.”

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Following Germany’s lightning-fast Blitzkrieg through France, the Allied armies find themselves cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk — surrounded, outgunned, and facing annihilation.

In this episode, the Evidence Vault crew breaks down the Battle and Evacuation of Dunkirk: how over 330,000 British and Allied troops were trapped, why the German advance suddenly halted, and how an improvised civilian armada pulled off one of the most improbable evacuations in military history.

From panzer warfare and Luftwaffe attacks to Churchill’s gamble and the myth of the “little ships,” this episode explores how a catastrophic defeat became a psychological and strategic turning point in World War II.

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