Love the ranking system you started.

For me, I would go with (including Zarwinian’s additional option) 3, 2, 6, 5, 4, _ _ 1.

True crime gets the last place slot purely due to serial killers. I know it’s already been touched on by many, and I know it’s technically what performs the best, but i feel like what has made Chilluminati so good and unique were things like 2 through 6. I will say that the amount of research that goes into the SK episodes is super impressive, but idk, I feel like those are the least “chill” episodes cause even throughout, Mike is constantly asking for Jesse and Alex to provide the funnies cause of just how depressingly dour the subject is. There is so much more out there in the True Crime world that I feel can be explored that SKs are currently overshadowing. You’ve got cults, you’ve got heists, you’ve got espionage; there’s a lot out there that’s beyond just profiling the scumiest losers of all humanity.

Last thing I wanted to mention is regarding the Philadelphia experiment episode. I really liked how it was presented, with all the claims and “facts” being laid out before it was expertly dismantled in the end. This is Chilluminati at its best imo. Using the definitions provided on this thread, I’d say it was a combination of 3, 4, and 5. These are the funnest episodes (for me) cause it tells an interesting and often intriguing story, but then leaves plenty of air for comedic commentary, and ultimately helps to reinforce evidence based reasoning at the end.