Best Messed Up At Midnight Podcasts (2025)

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13 Humanoid Encounters That Will Scare You To Death 1:14:06

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Good evening Ladies & Gentlemen, welcome to yet another episode of Sir Midnight's World of Horror. New episodes release every Thursday night, EST. Please feel free to send in any of your personal stories that you would like to share to [email protected].

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Tinder’s camera roll and the Buffett deepfake 38:21

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Tinder has got a plan to rummage through your camera roll, and Warren Buffett keeps popping up in convincing deepfakes dishing "number one investment tips." Meanwhile, will agentic AI replace your co-hosts before you can say "EDR for robots"? and why you should still read books. All this, plus Lily Allen's new album and Claude Code come up for disc…

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Eclipse: Chapters 12-16 | Jacob Shoots His Shot, Bella Punches Back 1:09:14

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In this week's Eclipse reread, it's finally graduation, and you only graduate from high school for the first time once! And while that may be true, Bella is literally just trying to survive the world's most exhausting love triangle. I mean it's got more red flags, mixed signals, and emotional damage than a breakup playlist. Edward is flipflopping b…

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The hack that messed with time, and rogue ransomware negotiators 38:43

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Time itself comes under attack as a state-backed hacking gang spends two years tunnelling toward a nation’s master clock — with chaos potentially only a tick away. Plus when ransomware negotiators turn to the dark side, what could possibly go wrong? All this and more is discussed in episode 442 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity …

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Holly Jolly But Chainsaws - Terrifier 3, Messed up at midnight 1:15:15

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The final chapter of the trilogy and we’re at the best time of the year. Join the boys in celebrating Christmas early this yearBy Messed Up at Midnight

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Eclipse: Chapters 6-11 | Bella Swan, Wanted for Escaping Vampire Jail 1:34:13

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Welcome back to Forks, readers~ This week we discuss Rosalie’s backstory, the flip-flopping red flags between our two main love interests, and our growing discontent with Charlie’s bad behavior (okay, everyone’s bad behavior). No joke. Edward is controlling. Alice is chaotic, and Jacob's a walking emotional landmine. Welcome to Eclipse, where Bella…

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Inside the mob's million-dollar poker hack, and a Formula 1 fumble 40:54

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Basketball stars have allegedly joined forces with the mafia to fleece high-rollers in a poker scam involving hacked shufflers, covert cameras, and an X-ray card table. Meanwhile, researchers have found they could poke around an FIA driver portal to pull up the personal details of Formula 1 megastars. Plus: Graham’s “Pick of the Week” turns CAPTCHA…

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Eclipse: Chapters 1-5 | Edward Loses His Chill 1:24:29

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Welcome back, readers! Grab a snack and settle in for a controversial episode…Edward is on the chopping block, and we are living for the drama. Edward whisks Bella away to Jacksonville under false pretenses, and Jacob lets his bitterness about the Cullen's return known. Recently paroled Bella, whose literally just trying to survive all the testoste…

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How to hack a prison, and the hidden threat of online checkouts 44:04

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A literal insider threat: we head to a Romanian prison where “self-service” web kiosks allowed inmates to run wild. Then we head to the checkout aisle to ask why JavaScript on payment pages went feral, and how new PCI DSS rules are finally muzzling Magecart-style skimmers. Plus: Graham reveals his new-found superpower with Keyboard Maestro, and Sco…

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Nut Taps -Terrifier 2, Messed Up at Midnight 1:09:31

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Oh lord it’s a long one! The boys are taking a pit stop at the clown cafe to catch their breath on a particularly long watch todayBy Messed Up at Midnight

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Art The Clown Hates Women? - Terrifier, Messed Up at Midnight 1:14:00

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The train rolls on! Join the boys as they learn just why Art’s victims tend to skew in one directionBy Messed Up at Midnight

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New Moon: Chapters 21-Epilogue | Volturi Rizz Falls Flat 1:28:55

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On this week’s New Moon finale (thank god!), we discuss the consequences of both Bella and Edward’s actions (yikes). We finally meet the dreaded Volturi, Italy's sparkliest cult, in person and unravel their completely ridiculous backstories. HOW OLD IS JANE AGAIN?!?!?! Did I go a little overboard? Maybe a little. From culty cloaks to questionable l…

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A breach, a burnout, and a bit of Fleetwood Mac 45:17

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A critical infrastructure hack hits the headlines - involving default passwords, boasts on Telegram, and a finale that will make a few cyber-crooks wish the ground would swallow them whole. Meanwhile we dig into the bit we don't talk about enough: the human cost of defending companies from hackers - stress, burnout, and how better leadership cultur…

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New Moon: Chapters 15-20 | The Hole Only Edward Could Fill 1:33:31

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Sorry about the mixup folks. We uploaded the wrong episode. Here's the real one! Hey readers ~ This week’s episode really left a HOLE in our hearts, if y’know what I mean. A terrible, empty hole. Yeah, this week’s a doozy - Bella is in full self-pity mode, and Jacob is quickly thrown to the wayside the minute Alice makes her consequential return. T…

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Hot Art The Clown Clussy - All Hallows Eve, Messed Up at Midnight 59:58

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Good to be back! The boys are back in time for spooky season. Join them as they get back into the swing of things with an anthology that started one of the new classics in horrorBy Messed Up at Midnight

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When your mouse turns snitch, and hackers grow a conscience 42:18

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Your computer's mouse might not be as innocent as it looks - and one ransomware crew has a crisis of conscience that nobody saw coming. We talk about how something as ordinary as a web page could turn your mouse into a surprisingly nosey neighbour, and why ransomware gangs need to think carefully about their reputation. Meanwhile, Graham reveals a …

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New Moon: Chapters 10-14 | Jacob's Flu Turns Furry 1:27:06

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By Lillian Kim, Christy Crabtree, Brittany Cook

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Salesforce's trusted domain of doom 43:20

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Researchers uncovered a security flaw in Salesforce’s shiny new Agentforce. The vulnerability, dubbed "ForcedLeak", let them smuggle AI-read instructions in via humble Web-to-Lead form... and ended up spilling data for the low, low price of five dollars. And we discuss why data breach communications still default to "we take security seriously" whi…

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New Moon: Chapters 5-9 | Bella's Hot Mess Era — Motorcycles, Mixed Signals, and Movie Madness 1:30:10

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Whew, this week is a wild one, listeners. Welcome back to tomfoolery. We welcome Jacob’s character with open arms in this episode. Just as Bella is able to open back up, we are coming back from last week’s low energy! Bella is officially in a full-blown rebound era, as begins to form a close relationship with Jacob. She's discovered that acting out…

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The €600,000 gold heist, powered by ransomware 39:13

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Ransomware doesn’t just freeze computers - it can silence alarms too. And when the Natural History Museum in Paris went dark, thieves helped themselves to €600,000 worth of gold in a daring late-night heist. Meanwhile, developers have a new headache: a worm dubbed “Shai Hulud” has wriggled its way through more than 180 npm packages, quietly stealin…

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New Moon: Chapters 1-4 | Happy Birthday, Bella! Let's Break Up. 1:29:35

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Hey readers. Sorry we missed you last week. Illnesses are a bitch, but we're back, and this one is a doozy! Buckle up for some difficult conversations. Bella’s birthday should have been a nice, quiet evening at home. Instead a next level paper cut sends Jasper into attack mode, Edward into martyrdom, and makes Bella into a ghost. Her newfound reaso…

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Lights! Camera! Hacktion! 42:32

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When "bad actors" stop being hackers and start being... actual actors. This week, Graham and special guest Jenny Radcliffe play “Hacker or Ham?” (yes, Steven Seagal, we’re looking at you), before diving into a campaign which saw an Iranian gang luring Israeli performers with fake casting calls for a serious film. We unpack why positive lures can sh…

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Whopper Hackers, and AI Whoppers 44:51

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Ever wondered what would happen if Burger King left the keys to the kingdom lying around for anyone to use? Ethical hackers did - and uncovered drive-thru recordings, hard-coded passwords, and even the power to open a Whopper outlet on the moon. Meanwhile, over in Silicon Valley, one AI wunderkind managed to turn a $7 million payday into a career-e…

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Twilight: Chapters 18-Epilogue | Ballet Studio Smackdown 1:29:11

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I can’t believe we’re already to the end of Twilight, readers! It’s been a bit of a crazy ride, but we’re just getting started! The lion might have fallen in love with the lamb, but we’re still waiting to meet some of the key players in this story. This episode was a grand time~ Let us know if you have any comments, questions, concerns.. We would l…

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How hackers turned AI into their new henchman 45:27

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Your AI reads the small print, and that's a problem. This week in episode 433 of "Smashing Security" we dig into LegalPwn - malicious instructions tucked into code comments and disclaimers that sweet-talks AI into rubber-stamping dangerous payloads (or even pretending they’re a harmless calculator). Meanwhile, new research from Anthropic reveals th…

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Twilight: Chapters 13-17 | Red Flags? More Like a Whole Sparkling Banner 1:21:47

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Hey listeners! We’re back with another episode on Twilight and we’ve finally gotten to one of the most iconic chapters of the book - the meadow scene that started it all where Bella learns that Edward doesn't burst into flame in the sun...he's a human disco ball. We're talking sparkles, forever-boners, unhinged behavior, the way-over-the-top baseba…

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Oops! I auto-filled my password into a cookie banner 34:51

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We unpack how some password managers can be tricked into coughing up your secrets, with a clickjacking sleight-of-hand, what website owners can do to prevent it, and how to lock down your personal password vault. Then we time-hop to the post-quantum scramble: "harvest-now, decrypt later", Microsoft's 2033 quantum-safe pledge, and whether your print…

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Twilight: Chapters 7-12 | 20 Questions and a Terrible Dinner Date 1:26:50

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Trigger warning! Skip at around 43:25 to 45:44 to avoid sensitive content listed at beginning of episode! Welcome back readers! We’re here for part 2 of Twilight, and we’re once again discussing some questionable choices on SMeyer’s part. This week we discuss some of the things fans have brought up for years - Edward’s stalking (and absolute obsess…

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How to mine millions without paying the bill 34:20

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In episode 431 of the "Smashing Security" podcast, a self-proclaimed crypto-influencer calling himself CP3O thought he had found a shortcut to riches — by racking up millions in unpaid cloud bills. Meanwhile, we look at the growing threat of EDR-killer tools that can quietly switch off your endpoint protection before an attack even begins. And for …

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Twilight: Chapters 1-6 | Edward Cullen — Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss 1:27:27

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Hey, readers. We’re back with a new series to sink our fangs into. Yep - we’re diving into nostalgia. In honor of 20 years with sparkles and teenage angst, we’re revisiting the Twilight series. Join us this week as we discuss some of the unhinged madness that overtakes a vampire who can’t seem to shake his latest craving. I mean Forks is peak chaos…

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Poisoned Calendar invites, ChatGPT, and Bromide 33:17

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A poisoned Google Calendar invite that can hijack your smart home, a man is hospitalised after ChatGPT told him to season his food with… pesticide, and some thoughts on Superman’s latest cinematic outing. All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley, joined this week…

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🍎 Season 3 Trailer | Sparkles, Stalking, and Supernatural Teen Angst: Twilight Deep Dives Begin 🍎 28:25

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Welcome to Season 3 of The Midnight Readers Podcast--this time we're heading back to the land of sparkly vampires, confusing love triangles, and eternal high schoolers. Ick. That's right. We're rereading the Twilight saga in honor of the 20th anniversary, and we're doing it with fresh eyes, unfiltered commentary, and a lot of questions. Like...why …

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Replit panics, and the AI that will kill you 27:43

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Those of you who tuned in to last week's episode (#428) will have heard the big news from my podcast pal Carole that she's decided to move on from her co-hosting duties on the show. There have been some lovely messages of support sent through for Carole, and indeed for me too. Thank you very much to all of you - it's really heatywarming to hear how…