We're going to need a bigger boat!  Jeb and Blake head to Australia to investigate the idea that Great White sharks are immortal! Links: 1977 San Diego article about Sea World's shark exhibit Article about weird things allegedly found inside sharks. Henri Bource - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Bource Groo the Wanderer NFA - on the beach!  Sharks are famous for their teeth - and Nimoy's have improved since season one as well.  Nimoy just walking on the beach manages to attract a diver's audience.  Diving pioneer and explorer, Hugh Edwards.    Ray Keys at Sea World has lots of great shark information.    And don't forget researcher Dr. William Gladstone! (You can find him on twitter at @DrBillGladstone)

We're going to need a bigger boat!  Jeb and Blake head to Australia to investigate the idea that Great White sharks are immortal! Links: 1977 San Diego <a href="https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1977/jan/20/cover-the-better-to-eat-you-with-my-dear/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">article about Sea World's shark exhibit</a> <a href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/250718/bizarre-11-weirdest-things-found-in-sharks-stomachs.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Article about weird things allegedly found inside sharks.</a> Henri Bource - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Bource" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Bource</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groo_the_Wanderer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Groo the Wanderer</a> NFA - on the beach! Sharks are famous for their teeth - and Nimoy's have improved since season one as well. Nimoy just walking on the beach manages to attract a diver's audience. Diving pioneer and explorer, Hugh Edwards. Ray Keys at Sea World has lots of great shark information. And don't forget researcher Dr. William Gladstone! (You can find him on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/drbillgladstone" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DrBillGladstone</a>)

S04E05 - Immortal Sharks

Jeb and Blake have a look at the Season 4 episode UFO AUSTRALIA which covers the Kaikoura UFO Sighting and the disappearance of Frederich Valentich.   Retrospective of the Kaikoura UFO sighting Better version of the video than what is in the episode Westall UFO case (Blake mentioned - but is not in ep) Skeptical Inquirer (McGaha &amp; Nickell) Transcript of the Valentich air traffic discussion Psychic Hippie Lawyer article  Nimoy Fashion Alert shot on location at the San Fernando Aerospace Solar Observatory. 

Jeb and Blake have a look at the Season 4 episode UFO AUSTRALIA which covers the Kaikoura UFO Sighting and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Frederick_Valentich" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">disappearance of Frederich Valentich. </a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crew-remember-the-day-ufo-was-spotted-over-kaikoura-40-years-on/JXWELO7AJEOR6KVXCJ6OKVGUKU/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Retrospective of the Kaikoura UFO sighting</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hNmg-fXcvs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Better version of the video than what is in the episode</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westall_UFO" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Westall UFO case (Blake mentioned - but is not in ep)</a></li> <li><a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/2013/11/the-valentich-disappearance-another-ufo-cold-case-solved/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Skeptical Inquirer (McGaha &amp; Nickell)</a></li> <li><a href="https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/australia/B1497_V116-783-1047_10491375.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Transcript of the Valentich air traffic discussion</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/psychic-hippy-keeps-up-the-veil/7JUD36W5KWQKOLBPY74R3QWG44/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Psychic Hippie Lawyer article</a></li> </ul> Nimoy Fashion Alert shot on location at the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aerospace+Solar+Observatory/@34.3081647,-118.4922074,85m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2857d87ba0123:0x793f18eb58f48a53!8m2!3d34.3081138!4d-118.4919679!16s%2Fg%2F11s8snmbfj" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">San Fernando Aerospace Solar Observatory.</a>

S04E04 - UFO Australia

Jeb, Blake and Alex French go in research of The Amityville Horror! Typewriters 101 site History vs Hollywood: Amityville History of the House The Warren Omission The Calamityville Horror The Dictionnaire Infernal Nimoy gives us the calm and rational look in the midst of so much weirdness!   So many faceless re-enactors in this one!    Horror writer Jay Anson and his trusty typewriter!    And this episode is quite notable for giving us a look at Father Mancuso from the book. Aka Father Ralph Pecoraro. Aka Father Delaney.  Aka "Jimmy the Shadow" .  The Lutz couple at the table.    The two versions of Jodie the Pig:  And we gotta include the super creepy ISO doll.  Kudos to the prop dept. 

Jeb, Blake and Alex French go in research of <a href="https://amzn.to/3zvsWHa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Amityville Horror</a>! <a href="https://www.typewriters101.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Typewriters 101 site</a> <a href="https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/amityvillehorror1979.php" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">History vs Hollywood: Amityville</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/22/the-amityville-horror-house-is-for-sale-five-bedrooms-3-5-bathrooms-and-one-bloody-history/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">History of the House</a> <a href="https://www.monstertalk.org/072-the-warren-omission/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Warren Omission</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/09/16/the-calamityville-horror/3daedbf6-10e5-46cd-945c-faf52dc4db17/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Calamityville Horror</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_Infernal" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Dictionnaire Infernal</a> Nimoy gives us the calm and rational look in the midst of so much weirdness! So many faceless re-enactors in this one! Horror writer Jay Anson and his trusty typewriter! And this episode is quite notable for giving us a look at Father Mancuso from the book. Aka Father Ralph Pecoraro. Aka Father Delaney.  Aka "Jimmy the Shadow" . The Lutz couple at the table. The two versions of Jodie the Pig: And we gotta include the super creepy ISO doll.  Kudos to the prop dept.

S04E03 - The Amityville Horror

Jeb and Blake look back at the ISO team's coverage of the global manhunt for the terrorist known as "Carlos."  This episode gets an Explicit tag because of language.   Nimoy Fashion Alert:    Dr. Frederick Hacker (Obit)  Carlos - aka The Jackal  (Wiki) Raid on Entebbe (Wiki) Carnaby Street, England (Wiki) Friendship University, Russia (Wiki) News story about how Carlos got his name Nydia Toban (Obit)  Carlos's Lawyer/"wife" 

Jeb and Blake look back at the ISO team's coverage of the global manhunt for the terrorist known as "Carlos." This episode gets an Explicit tag because of language. Nimoy Fashion Alert: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/30/obituaries/dr-f-j-hacker-75-a-psychiatric-expert-on-violence-in-man.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Frederick Hacker (Obit)</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_the_Jackal" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Carlos - aka The Jackal</a>  (Wiki) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Raid on Entebbe</a> (Wiki) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnaby_Street" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Carnaby Street, England</a> (Wiki) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples%27_Friendship_University_of_Russia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Friendship University, Russia</a> (Wiki) <a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2011/1107/Carlos-the-Jackal-Who-is-the-man-behind-the-nickname/How-he-got-his-nickname" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">News story about how Carlos got his name</a> <a href="https://elcomejen.com/2022/05/19/un-viaje-a-traves-de-la-libertad-nydia-tobon/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Nydia Toban</a> (Obit)  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Coutant-Peyre" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Carlos's Lawyer/"wife"</a>

S04E02 - Carlos, The Most Wanted Man in the World

Additional background material on this episode is available for Patrons. Jeb and Blake wade into the first episode of season 4 of In Search Of... to learn a thing or two about tsunamis. (Yes, the producers actually said that they called it "tidal waves" because if they'd used "tsunami" Americans wouldn't have bothered to find out what it was about.  I remember being taught the "new" term during my basic education. -B)  Lots of good footage, interviews, reenactments, and science in this one!   Nimoy Fashion - Henley Shirt (we assume he's wearing pants below the cut?)  To me, it looked like an AARP-style drug ad.  The J.K.K. Look Laboratory (in honor of Mr. James K. K. Look - who's death in pursuit of scientific data is honored in the naming) There is shockingly little about Mr. Look on the net and he certainly seems like he deserves at least a Wikipedia page.   Hokusai's famous "wave" - and yes, he really did pioneer "tentacle porn," but I'm not linking to it - nor judging.          This is only a simulation. If this had been an actual podcast, this guy would have tried to sell you some Bombas Socks or a subscription to Wondrium.  NOAA monitoring lab   Ed Bernard     Steven Froehlich

<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/behind-scenes-78010333" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Additional background material on this episode is available for Patrons.</a> Jeb and Blake wade into the first episode of season 4 of In Search Of... to learn a thing or two about tsunamis. (Yes, the producers actually said that they called it "tidal waves" because if they'd used "tsunami" Americans wouldn't have bothered to find out what it was about.  I remember being taught the "new" term during my basic education. -B) Lots of good footage, interviews, reenactments, and science in this one!   Nimoy Fashion - <a href="https://www.heddels.com/2016/01/the-history-of-the-henley-shirt-rowing-menswear-staple/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Henley Shirt</a> (we assume he's wearing pants below the cut?) To me, it looked like an AARP-style drug ad. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=James+K.+K.+Look+laboratory+of+Oceanographic+Engineering%2C+University+of+Hawaii&amp;newwindow=1&amp;client=firefox-b-1-d&amp;sxsrf=AJOqlzXMtcFIzAl-BaLtEqD2qNTtfA0syw%3A1675179337990&amp;ei=STXZY8qXPPmqqtsPo8-3-AM&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiK4ICrkfL8AhV5lWoFHaPnDT8Q4dUDCA8&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=James+K.+K.+Look+laboratory+of+Oceanographic+Engineering%2C+University+of+Hawaii&amp;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzoICAAQogQQsAM6BQghEKABOgUIIRCrAkoECEEYAUoECEYYAFCgE1j9KWCYK2gBcAB4AIABjAGIAeYQkgEEMTcuNZgBAKABAcgBBcABAQ&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The J.K.K. Look Laboratory</a> (in honor of Mr. James K. K. Look - who's death in pursuit of scientific data is honored in the naming) There is shockingly little about Mr. Look on the net and he certainly seems like he deserves at least a Wikipedia page.   <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hokusai</a>'s famous "wave" - and yes, he really did pioneer "tentacle porn," but I'm not linking to it - nor judging.  This is only a simulation. If this had been an actual podcast, this guy would have tried to sell you some Bombas Socks or a subscription to Wondrium. NOAA monitoring lab <a href="https://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/tsu400/faculty/bernard.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ed Bernard</a> Steven Froehlich

S04E01 - Tidal Waves

Blake and Jeb discuss their thoughts on the third season of In Search Of...   Things get... weird.

Blake and Jeb discuss their thoughts on the third season of In Search Of... Things get... weird.

Season 3 Wrap-up

Jeb and Blake head out into the valley of the kings to learn more about King Tut.  History of the Valley of the Kings  Pyramid Secrets (IRO S02E09)  Significance of pyramids (Benben)  The Colossi of Memnon (the singing statue)  Nimoy Fashion - in the desert   Demotic writing  Example of Cartouche:  James Lew - martial artist &amp; actor   The complex history of the Noah's Ark Hoax (article by Jim Lippard) (featuring Gerald Larue)&lt;-different link Same story covered by LA Times  Contemporary article about mummy curse - but we've covered this before.    Jeb points out that the actor playing the priest Ay favors deceased paranormal investigator Ed Warren.  Moses, Monotheism &amp; Egypt  James Brashler of Claremont College 

Jeb and Blake head out into the valley of the kings to learn more about <a href="https://www.livescience.com/54090-tutankhamun-king-tut.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">King Tut.</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Kings" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">History of the Valley of the Kings</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/s02e09-pyramid-39212919" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pyramid Secrets (IRO S02E09)</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benben" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Significance of pyramids (Benben)</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossi_of_Memnon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Colossi of Memnon (the singing statue)</a> Nimoy Fashion - in the desert  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demotic_(Egyptian)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Demotic writing</a> Example of Cartouche: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0894187/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">James Lew - martial artist &amp; actor</a> <a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/ark-hoax/jammal.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The complex history of the Noah's Ark Hoax</a> (article by Jim Lippard) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_A._Larue" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">featuring Gerald Larue</a>)&lt;-different link <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-30-ca-51222-story.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Same story covered by LA Times</a> Contemporary article about mummy curse - <a href="https://inresearchof.libsyn.com/s01e08-the-mummys-curse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">but we've covered this before</a>. Jeb points out that the actor playing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay_(pharaoh)#:~:text=Ay%20was%20the%20penultimate%20pharaoh,other%20pharaohs%20of%20the%20dynasty." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the priest Ay</a> favors deceased paranormal investigator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_and_Lorraine_Warren" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ed Warren</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten#Akhenaten_and_monotheism_in_Abrahamic_religions" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Moses, Monotheism &amp; Egypt</a> <a href="https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/bia/search/searchterm/brashler%2C%20james/field/subjec/mode/exact/conn/and" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">James Brashler of Claremont College</a>

S03E24 - King Tut

 We're joined by Dr. Nathan French to discuss the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah and the ISO team's efforts to examine archaeological evidence supporting its actual historical existence.  Nimoy Fashion:    Dr. Avrahamm Biran (1909 - 2008)    The concept of Biblical Maximalism   The big dig at Ebla where the library of clay tablets was found.    In 1976 Giovanni Pettinato claimed tablets found at the dig contained the names of five cities of the plain including Sodom and Gomorrah.  Modern scholarly consensus is that this was incorrect.  I think this is archaeologist Paulo Matti (Pettinato's fellow researcher on the dig) alongside an unnamed female researcher.    As promised, the animated gif of the sinners in our "re-creations" of ancient Sodom.      Discussion of Baal in the episode doesn't hint that this Biblical "villain god" may actually represent an entire class of deities.   About 17 mins into the episode there's a guy who runs a hot spring and his moustache reminded Jeb of a certain someone...    Doctor Bruce Bolt sitting in front of some truly fabulous old equipment.      Finally - one more thing - the link to the Atari E.T. fiasco documentary. 

We're joined by Dr. Nathan French to discuss the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah and the ISO team's efforts to examine archaeological evidence supporting its actual historical existence. Nimoy Fashion: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avraham_Biran" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Avrahamm Biran</a> (1909 - 2008) The concept of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_maximalism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Biblical Maximalism</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebla" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">big dig at Ebla</a> where the library of clay tablets was found. In 1976 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Pettinato" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Giovanni Pettinato</a> claimed tablets found at the dig contained the names of five cities of the plain including Sodom and Gomorrah.  Modern scholarly consensus is that this was incorrect. I think this is archaeologist Paulo Matti (Pettinato's fellow researcher on the dig) alongside an unnamed female researcher. As promised, the animated gif of the sinners in our "re-creations" of ancient Sodom. Discussion of Baal in the episode doesn't hint that this Biblical "villain god" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">may actually represent an entire class of deities.</a> About 17 mins into the episode there's a guy who runs a hot spring and his moustache reminded Jeb of a certain someone... <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Bolt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doctor Bruce Bolt</a> sitting in front of some truly fabulous old equipment.  Finally - one more thing - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2vWvp8WXQI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the link to the Atari E.T. fiasco documentary.</a>

S03E23 - Sodom and Gomorrah

We are joined again by Alex French to discuss "Brain Power."  No kids were harmed, but some hosts were shaken. The ISO episode contains outdated wording about cognitive states that are now considered offensive.  Our podcast episode steers clear of that but we wanted you to be aware if you decided to watch the original episode.  Nimoy Fashion:  Discussed in this episode: The Raimondi Stele (Jeb discusses flipping it to see different interpretation) Discussion of Haeckle's Embryos (Amazon Affiliate Link) Article on controversy (New Scientist) The 1997 article that brought Haeckel back into fresh scrutiny Biorhythms (pseudoscience popular in late 70s/early 80s) Alleged Russian "psychic" Nina Kulagina     Robert Doman (brother of founder Glenn Doman)  Orville Redenbacher called and wants his look back...  Louise Emerson of The Morgan Autism Institute  Art teacher Betty Edwards     Thelma Moss   What is Kirlian Photography? 

We are joined again by Alex French to discuss "Brain Power."  No kids were harmed, but some hosts were shaken. The ISO episode contains outdated wording about cognitive states that are now considered offensive.  Our podcast episode steers clear of that but we wanted you to be aware if you decided to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h6DzPxPLxU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">watch the original episode</a>.  Nimoy Fashion: Discussed in this episode: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimondi_Stele" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Raimondi Stele</a> (Jeb discusses flipping it to see different interpretation) Discussion of <a href="https://amzn.to/3DBSLbY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Haeckle's Embryos</a> (Amazon Affiliate Link) <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530041-200-how-fudged-embryo-illustrations-led-to-drawn-out-lies/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Article on controversy</a> (New Scientist) The <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9304211/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1997 article that brought Haeckel</a> back into fresh scrutiny <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biorhythm_(pseudoscience)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Biorhythms</a> (pseudoscience popular in late 70s/early 80s) Alleged Russian "psychic" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Kulagina" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Nina Kulagina</a> Robert Doman (brother of founder <a href="https://www.domaninternational.org/glenn-doman" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Glenn Doman</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_Redenbacher" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Orville Redenbacher</a> called and wants his look back... Louise Emerson of <a href="https://morgancenter.org/our-history/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Morgan Autism Institute</a> Art teacher <a href="https://www.drawright.com/about-us" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Betty Edwards</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Moss" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Thelma Moss</a> What is <a href="https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2016/02/10/do-kirlian-photographs-show-the-soul-of-an-organism/#:~:text=Kirlian%20photography%20is%20simply%20the,patterns%20of%20the%20electrified%20air." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Kirlian Photography?</a>

S03E22 - Brain Power

Jeb and Blake drag Alex French back into the studio to endure a "ghostly stakeout" with the sultry voiced Sylvia Browne.  Haunted Lives (Tobe Hooper, Nimoy, Sylvia Browne) The Dead Files - S01E09 Scandal in the South (episode set in Blake's hometown of Cartersville, GA) 1972 Akai Video Camera Sylvia Browne - self-proclaimed psychic - and she started a church!    Site of first "haunting" in renovated farmhouse (which burned in the 1980s) Near the village of Jenner    Antoinette May, freelance journalist, who worked the episode cases and co-wrote with Browne    Adventures of a Psychic: The Fascinating and Inspiring True Life Story of One of America's Most Successful Clairvoyants Nick Nocerino

Jeb and Blake drag Alex French back into the studio to endure a "ghostly stakeout" with the sultry voiced Sylvia Browne. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M8E3VAtquY&amp;t=117s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Haunted Lives</a> (Tobe Hooper, Nimoy, Sylvia Browne) The Dead Files - <a href="https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/the-dead-files/episodes/scandal-in-the-south-cartersville-ga" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">S01E09 Scandal in the South</a> (episode set in Blake's hometown of Cartersville, GA) <a href="http://www.labguysworld.com/Akai_VC-110S.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1972 Akai Video Camera</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Browne" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sylvia Browne</a> - self-proclaimed psychic - and she <a href="https://www.novus.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">started a church</a>! <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/green/article/5-630-acre-Jenner-Highlands-saved-for-public-3181964.php" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Site of first "haunting"</a> in renovated farmhouse (which burned in the 1980s) Near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenner,_California" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">village of Jenner</a> <a href="https://www.antoinettemay.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Antoinette May</a>, freelance journalist, who worked the episode cases and co-wrote with Browne <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Adventures-of-a-Psychic-Audiobook/B002V1CO1E" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Adventures of a Psychic: The Fascinating and Inspiring True Life Story of One of America's Most Successful Clairvoyants</a> <a href="http://shanaracrystalskull.com/index.php/fr-frank-nocerino/thoughts-and-quotes-by-fr-nocerino" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Nick Nocerino</a>

S03E21 - Ghostly Stakeout

The show where we watch the 1970s TV show "In Search Of..." and look at possible explanations the producers didn't consider.

I love everything about this show! I remember watching In Search Of as a kid in the mornings while getting ready for school (years after it originally aired of course) and I loved every episode. Blake and Jeb are amazing as hosts and this show is tied with Monster Talk as my favorite podcast to listen to (I go back and re-listen to episodes all the time) plus I love the sound of Jeb&#39;s voice, it is smooth and pretty hot!

I love this!!

Blake and Jeb bring insight and entertainment in one show. Thanks guys!!

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Explicit Tag - this episode contains strong language.  We are joined by Dr. Ken Feder to discuss Mystery Hill (aka America's Stonehenge) and the idea that this New Hampshire set of stone structures might have been built by ancient Phoenicians or medieval Europeans.  (It wasn't.)  Episode on YouTube Weirdly topical, as we prepared this episode the Mystery Hill site was vandalized with #QAnon themed graffiti, carved into the stonework.   (Image source: Union Leader) Vandalism spells #WWG1WGA - "where we go one, we go all" a well known QAnon motto. Show Notes: Episode opens with visual revisit of Bimini (see Atlantis in previous episodes). Brief discussion of Nominative Determinism around the current owners of the site having the last name Stone. Re: Stonehenge  Battle of the beanfield (Hippies vs Thatcher era police) Spinal Tap perform Stonehenge  Foamhenge (and related: The Dinosaur Kingdom featuring dinosaurs vs civil war soldiers)  Hans Holzer wrote and produced (and starred in) this episode. A prolific writer about ghosts and the paranormal, he also wrote extensively about alt-archaeology. He billed himself as "Dr. Hans Holzer" but his degree appears to have come from a British diploma mill.   You can read a posthumous critique of Holzer's work here by Dr. Joe Nickell, noted skeptic.  Barry Fell was a zoologist turned amateur "archaeologist." His work on pre-Columbian North America is wildly unscientific and brutally criticized by actual archaeologists. Much ado is made of the tale of Bjarni Herjolfsson (but the timeline and story are muddled). There is a painful amount of euro-centric "moundbuilder myth" pseudo-archaeology in this episode.  This is the idea that the mound builders could not have been the Native Americans that the colonists encountered but must have been some other (read that as "white") lost civilization.  The simple stone site of Mystery Hill is compared to the ancient site of Knossos.  Visually, there is not much similarity.  Legitimate excavations at Mystery Hill were conducted by Gary Vescelius (obit). Vescelius, Gary S. 1956 Excavations at Pattee’s Caves. Bulletin of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation 15:13–14. While registered as a student at Michigan, Vescelius conducted  archaeological research that is still cited. This took place in the area  of Pattee’s Caves near Salem, New Hampshire. Patee’s Caves are also  known as “Mystery Hill” and “The American Stonehenge” because of claims  that some three thousand years ago ancient Europeans settled in the area  and created megalithic structures and astronomical alignments (Feder 1999: 113–122; Fell 2004 [1976]: 81–91).  To test these claims, Vescelius was hired by The Early Sites  Foundation, an organization that controlled Pattee’s Caves. He excavated  chambers purported to be ancient and demonstrated that the buildings  were constructed and used in the first half of the nineteenth century (Feder 1999: 117–118; Vescelius n.d., 1956a, 1956b, 1982–1983).  Although Vescelius no doubt displeased his employers, it is greatly to  his credit that he tackled a controversial problem regarding  transoceanic contacts and reported his findings frankly. He retained his  interest in debunking claims of early European colonization until the  end of his life (Vescelius 1980a; 1982–1983).    Discount Info for Ken's Archaeological Oddities book.  Code is RLFANDF30 if you order off the publisher's site and use the coupon code.

Explicit Tag - this episode contains strong language.  We are joined by Dr. Ken Feder to discuss Mystery Hill (aka <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Stonehenge" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">America's Stonehenge</a>) and the idea that this New Hampshire set of stone structures might have been built by ancient Phoenicians or medieval Europeans.  (It wasn't.) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwKRWXXfYVM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode on YouTube</a> Weirdly topical, as we prepared this episode the Mystery Hill <a href="https://twitter.com/ahtzib/status/1180669418478690305" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">site was vandalized</a> with #<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">QAnon</a> themed graffiti, carved into the stonework.  (Image source: <a href="https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/sacrificial-stone-at-america-s-stonehenge-vandalized-with-power-tool/article_f12416d6-5e7f-5796-bd18-3cbfeb32221f.html?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=user-share&amp;fbclid=IwAR1lzkjG69YCEON0gKqw1SyP0E5_syRrmanaGRB8ljPKxrWPcVSvmFNgljw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Union Leader</a>) Vandalism spells #WWG1WGA - "where we go one, we go all" a well known QAnon motto. Show Notes: Episode opens with visual revisit of Bimini (see Atlantis in previous episodes). Brief discussion of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Nominative Determinism</a> around the current owners of the site having the last name <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/americas-stonehenge-mystery-hill" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Stone</a>. Re: Stonehenge <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Beanfield" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Battle of the beanfield</a> (Hippies vs Thatcher era police)</li> <li>Spinal Tap perform <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAXzzHM8zLw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Stonehenge</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/foamhenge" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Foamhenge</a> (and related: <a href="https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-alternate-history-theme-park-where-dinosaurs-fought-5084491" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Dinosaur Kingdom</a> featuring dinosaurs vs civil war soldiers)</li> </ul> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Holzer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hans Holzer</a> wrote and produced (and starred in) this episode. A prolific writer about ghosts and the paranormal, he also wrote extensively about alt-archaeology. He billed himself as "Dr. Hans Holzer" but his degree appears to have come from a British diploma mill.  You can read a <a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2009/09/p05.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">posthumous critique of Holzer's work here</a> by Dr. Joe Nickell, noted skeptic.  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Fell" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Barry Fell</a> was a zoologist turned amateur "archaeologist." His work on pre-Columbian North America is wildly unscientific and brutally criticized by actual archaeologists. Much ado is made of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarni_Herj%C3%B3lfsson" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tale of Bjarni Herjolfsson</a> (but the timeline and story are muddled). There is a painful amount of euro-centric "<a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/moundbuilder-myth-history-and-death-171536" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">moundbuilder myth</a>" pseudo-archaeology in this episode.  This is the idea that the mound builders could not have been the Native Americans that the colonists encountered but must have been some other (read that as "white") lost civilization.  The simple stone site of Mystery Hill is compared to the ancient site of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Knossos</a>. Visually, there is not much similarity.  Legitimate excavations at Mystery Hill were conducted by Gary Vescelius (<a href="https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-588/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">obit</a>). Vescelius, Gary S. 1956 Excavations at Pattee’s Caves. Bulletin of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation 15:13–14. While registered as a student at Michigan, Vescelius conducted  archaeological research that is still cited. This took place in the area  of Pattee’s Caves near Salem, New Hampshire. Patee’s Caves are also  known as “Mystery Hill” and “The American Stonehenge” because of claims  that some three thousand years ago ancient Europeans settled in the area  and created megalithic structures and astronomical alignments (<a href="https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-588/#B20" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Feder 1999: 113–122</a>; <a href="https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-588/#B21" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fell 2004 [1976]: 81–91</a>).  To test these claims, Vescelius was hired by The Early Sites  Foundation, an organization that controlled Pattee’s Caves. He excavated  chambers purported to be ancient and demonstrated that the buildings  were constructed and used in the first half of the nineteenth century (<a href="https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-588/#B20" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Feder 1999: 117–118</a>; <a href="https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-588/#B72" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vescelius n.d.</a>, <a href="https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-588/#B76" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1956a</a>, <a href="https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-588/#B77" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1956b</a>, <a href="https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-588/#B125" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1982–1983</a>).  Although Vescelius no doubt displeased his employers, it is greatly to  his credit that he tackled a controversial problem regarding  transoceanic contacts and reported his findings frankly. He retained his  interest in debunking claims of early European colonization until the  end of his life (<a href="https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-588/#B121" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vescelius 1980a</a>; <a href="https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-588/#B125" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1982–1983</a>). Discount Info for Ken's Archaeological Oddities book.  Code is RLFANDF30 if you <a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538105962/Archaeological-Oddities-A-Field-Guide-to-Forty-Claims-of-Lost-Civilizations-Ancient-Visitors-and-Other-Strange-Sites-in-North-America" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">order off the publisher's site</a> and use the coupon code.

S01E02 - Strange Visitors (Mystery Hill, aka America's Stonehenge)

Lots of discussion as Jeb and Blake tackle a favorite topic of theirs... Bigfoot. Does a mysterious creature, part-ape, and part-man, lurk in the Pacific Northwest? Watch the Episode on YouTube   The episode opens with the Ape Canyon re-enactment. If you'd like to read Beck's extended narrative, it is available online. His extended comments include a lot of descriptions of the spiritual aspect of these creatures and sound quite a lot like John Keel's ultraterrestrials. (IMHO -Blake)   Other topics for further reading:  Ape Canyon Gigantopithecus  Bernard Heuvelmans (perhaps first to connect Yeti and Giganto) Carleton Coon (Connected Yeti and Giganto in English) legacy tarnished by terrible racist theories of white supremacy. Also firmly believed in Bigfoot. John Napier Grover Krantz  Peter Byrne (Irish birth / Tom Slick / Four Horsemen - Byrne, Green, Dahinden, Krantz)  Tom Slick Bossberg "Cripplefoot" Tracks Jacko hoax mentioned        Cranial hair and brow-ridges experiment mentioned in the show / Mankind Quarterly, 1973   [Yet another racism warning - Mankind Quarterly is a notorious journal for people making the case for a "scientific" basis for white supremacy.  Guess what? Race is a social construct. ]   You need to check out this very comprehensive article on Grover Krantz from his Alma Mater, Berkley.  You should also definitely check out Brian Regal's book Searching for Sasquatch. He covers the rich and fascinating history of early Bigfoot research including the ties to the CIA, fabulous stories and really interesting characters. More on Sheriff Bill Closner (Facebook Page)  Skamania County and its ties to Bigfoot  FBI documents released about Bigfoot hair research (related to Peter Byrnes) We mentioned Ray Wallace's famous hoax tracks (aka the Jerry Crew case). Also mentioned Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend   /&gt; Tweed and Salmon, in lovely Los Angeles

Lots of discussion as Jeb and Blake tackle a favorite topic of theirs... Bigfoot. Does a mysterious creature, part-ape, and part-man, lurk in the Pacific Northwest? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQJAYVbslIE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Watch the Episode on YouTube</a> The episode opens with the Ape Canyon re-enactment. If you'd like to read Beck's extended narrative, <a href="http://www.bigfootencounters.com/classics/beck.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">it is available online</a>. His extended comments include a lot of descriptions of the spiritual aspect of these creatures and sound quite a lot like John Keel's ultraterrestrials. (IMHO -Blake)   Other topics for further reading: <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_Canyon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ape Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantopithecus" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Gigantopithecus </a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Heuvelmans" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bernard Heuvelmans</a> (perhaps first to connect Yeti and Giganto)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_S._Coon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Carleton Coon</a> (Connected Yeti and Giganto in English) legacy tarnished by terrible racist theories of white supremacy. Also firmly <a href="http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/coon.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">believed in Bigfoot</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Napier" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">John Napier</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Krantz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Grover Krantz</a></li> <li> <a href="https://amzn.to/33yBJXs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Peter Byrne</a> (Irish birth / Tom Slick / Four Horsemen - Byrne, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Willison_Green" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Green</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Dahinden" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dahinden</a>, Krantz) </li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Slick" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tom Slick</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossburg,_Washington" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bossberg "Cripplefoot" Tracks</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacko_hoax" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Jacko hoax</a> mentioned  </li> </ul>  Cranial hair and brow-ridges experiment mentioned in the show / Mankind Quarterly, 1973  [Yet another racism warning - <a href="http://https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mankind_Quarterly" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mankind Quarterly</a> is a notorious journal for people making the case for a "scientific" basis for white supremacy.  Guess what? Race is a social construct. ]   You need to check out this <a href="https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/summer-2018-our-town/man-myth-and-legend-grover-krantz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">very comprehensive article</a> on Grover Krantz from his Alma Mater, Berkley.  You should also definitely check out Brian Regal's book <a href="https://amzn.to/2X3x4dM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Searching for Sasquatch.</a> He covers the rich and fascinating history of early Bigfoot research including the ties to the CIA, fabulous stories and really interesting characters. More on Sheriff Bill Closner <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Bigfootsightingsandencounters/photos/a.499529373545187/499529096878548/?type=3&amp;theater" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(Facebook Page)</a> <a href="http://skamania.org/experience-skamania/sasquatch-sightings-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Skamania County and its ties to Bigfoot</a> FBI documents released about <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/05/fbi-tested-bigfoot-hair-in-1970s-government-documents-show.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bigfoot hair research</a> (related to Peter Byrnes) We mentioned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_L._Wallace" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ray Wallace's famous hoax tracks</a> (aka the Jerry Crew case). Also mentioned <a href="https://amzn.to/2X0RXGm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend</a> /&gt; Tweed and Salmon, in lovely Los Angeles

S01E05 - Bigfoot

In Ancient Aviators, ISO looks into the possibility that ancient cultures either had the power of flight or were aware of it from exposure to extraterrestrial cultures.  The specifics of how are a little vague, but we return to our litany of archaeological sites for evidence that this might be the case. Episode on YouTube Sample TV Listing for the episode:  VCRs (VHS) really started to come into early adoption by the general public around 1977. Betamax appeared in 1975, VHS in 1977 - and the format wars took some time to play out.  (This is a common behavior for new, disruptive tech and has repeated for CDs, DVDs, BluRay and now the higher resolution successors. More on this if I ever finish my book. -WBS) JVC Ad from 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjXh-tNLqHQ   Swept-wing (not true delta-style) airplane design from 1936 adaptation of H.G. Wells' Things to Come   French Mirage Delta-Winged aircraft.    An example of the Ica Stones.    Museum website mentioned in show (Spanish). Report on 2014 damage to Nazca Lines by Greenpeace. News report on 2018 damage to Nazca Lines by truck driver. Maria Reiche, Lady of the Lines, who spent years studying and popularizing Nazca site.

In Ancient Aviators, ISO looks into the possibility that ancient cultures either had the power of flight or were aware of it from exposure to extraterrestrial cultures.  The specifics of how are a little vague, but we return to our litany of archaeological sites for evidence that this might be the case. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LmONZoJg2E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode on YouTube</a> Sample TV Listing for the episode: VCRs (VHS) really started to come into early adoption by the general public around 1977. Betamax appeared in 1975, VHS in 1977 - and the format wars took some time to play out.  (This is a common behavior for new, disruptive tech and has repeated for CDs, DVDs, BluRay and now the higher resolution successors. More on this if I ever finish my book. -WBS) JVC Ad from 1977: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjXh-tNLqHQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjXh-tNLqHQ</a> Swept-wing (not true delta-style) airplane design from 1936 adaptation of H.G. Wells' <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028358/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Things to Come</a> French Mirage Delta-Winged aircraft. An example of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ica_stones" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ica Stones</a>. <a href="http://www.incaland.com/MuseoFAP/HOMBRES.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Museum website</a> mentioned in show (Spanish). Report on <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3jbk7/drone-footage-shows-extent-of-damage-from-greenpeace-stunt-at-nazca-lines" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2014 damage to Nazca Lines</a> by Greenpeace. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/world/americas/perus-nazca-lines-damaged.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">News report on 2018 damage</a> to Nazca Lines by truck driver. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Reiche" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Maria Reiche, Lady of the Lines</a>, who spent years studying and popularizing Nazca site.

S01E03 - Ancient Aviators

Wherein Jeb and Blake discuss the 13th episode of In Search Of... and fail to learn any ESP.  Watch this ISO episode on YouTube. Notes: Edgar Mitchell (Wikipedia) Mitchell's Institute of Noetic Science  Phenomena by Annie Jacobson (history of Gov't research into Psi) Zener Cards   Nimoy Fashion Alert:  One possible explanation of JJ's "psychic" powers is that he may have seen the images from the lens reflection.  Joseph (JB) Rhine mentioned as creator of the experimenter.  I know this is just a TV demo but a big problem w/ these tests is controlling for stuff like that might give away the card selection.  Duke article on Rhine, including how he got involved in the Exorcist case and missing persons. SPR article on Rhine. Discussion of Rhine's motivations as being religious in style, but scientific in content. David Ossman (Firesign Theater) on Spoonbending from Lawrence Kennedy, an excerpt from Dr. Firesign's Follies.  Robert Monroe of the "Monroe Institute" - home of the waterbed farm lab. The American Society for Psychical Research.  UC Davis' Dr. Charles Tart  David Zink (from the Tiwanaku finale of the episode)   Night Gallery Commentary: Percy Rodriguez (samples of his voice power) - wikipedia entry An article discussing Rod Serling &amp; Jack Laird on Night Gallery The Sixth Sense TV show that was inserted into Night Gallery feed on syndication   Also Mentioned: Jason King - the character (and TV Show) that inspired Austin Power's fashion sense. His show was a spin-off from the series that first featured him, Department S. 

Wherein Jeb and Blake discuss the 13th episode of In Search Of... and fail to learn any ESP. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJLBjz49Hk0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Watch this ISO episode on YouTube.</a> Notes: Edgar Mitchell (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mitchell" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>) Mitchell's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Noetic_Sciences" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Institute of Noetic Science</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/2FmogHV" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Phenomena</a> by Annie Jacobson (history of Gov't research into Psi) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zener_cards" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Zener Cards</a> Nimoy Fashion Alert: One possible explanation of JJ's "psychic" powers is that he may have seen the images from the lens reflection. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Banks_Rhine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Joseph (JB) Rhine</a> mentioned as creator of the experimenter.  I know this is just a TV demo but a big problem w/ these tests is controlling for stuff like that might give away the card selection.  <a href="https://today.duke.edu/2009/03/rhine.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Duke article on Rhine</a>, including how he got involved in the Exorcist case and missing persons. <a href="https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/jb-rhine#Duke_Parapsychology_Laboratory_1935-1965" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SPR article</a> on Rhine. <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-one-man-used-a-deck-of-cards-to-make-parapsychology-a-science" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Discussion of Rhine's motivations</a> as being religious in style, but scientific in content. David Ossman (Firesign Theater) on Spoonbending from Lawrence Kennedy, an excerpt from <a href="https://amzn.to/2N0zCW5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Firesign's Follies</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Monroe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Robert Monroe</a> of the "Monroe Institute" - home of the waterbed farm lab. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_for_Psychical_Research" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">American Society for Psychical Research</a>.  UC Davis' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tart" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Charles Tart</a> <a href="https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ocala/obituary.aspx?n=david-daniel-zink&amp;pid=105210959" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">David Zink</a> (from the Tiwanaku finale of the episode) Night Gallery Commentary: <a href="https://crookedmarquee.com/the-best-of-percy-rodrigues-voice-of-a-thousand-trailers/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Percy Rodriguez (samples of his voice power)</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Rodriguez" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wikipedia entry</a> An article discussing <a href="https://www.popmatters.com/rod-serling-and-his-evil-art-2496157061.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rod Serling &amp; Jack Laird</a> on Night Gallery <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Sense_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Sixth Sense</a> TV show that was inserted into Night Gallery feed on syndication Also Mentioned: Jason King - the character (and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_King_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">TV Show</a>) that inspired Austin Power's fashion sense. His show was a spin-off from the series that first featured him, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_S_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Department S</a>.

S01E13 - Learning ESP

Watch this ISO episode on YouTube  Blake, Jeb, and guest Ken Hite talk about the search for Nazi Plunder - lost treasure and art following WWII. Thanks to Ken Hite for joining us on this episode. You can find a huge archive of Ken's excellent podcast (with Robin Laws) titled Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff. Highly recommended! Ken's also a prolific author and game designer and if you like this episode and weird war history, you might especially enjoy his Osprey (fiction) book on Nazi Occultism.  Also, if you enjoy vampires and Jason Bourne-style spy action, you should check out Night's Black Agents. Discussed in this Episode:  About this rocket Jeb was asking about: It appears to say ПО РEЙXCTAГУ "Po Ree-stah-gu" Also, it appears to be a BM-XY launch system (not sure what values go in X or Y). Apparently, like the Brits called the V weapons "buzz bombs" because of their peculiar sounds, the Germans called this Russian rig "Stalin's Organ" because of its sounds.  Per Ken, it translates into either "On to the Reichstag!" or possibly "to the Reichstag" like a package address."   Walter Horn - a "monuments man" Martin Bohrman - a Nazi. Hitler's secretary and confidant.  Jeb, haunted by WORLD AT WAR series intro. Austria's Lake Toplitz (pronounced To-Plitz-Say)  was a treasure dump - found in 1957 In Florence - Rudolpho Siviero continues the hunt... Rodolfo Siviero ( 1911 - 1983 ) Nimoy Fashion Alert  Austrian fire-men (and treasure hunters) search a lake.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMuwuXhJTW0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Watch this ISO episode on YouTube</a> Blake, Jeb, and guest Ken Hite talk about the search for Nazi Plunder - lost treasure and art following WWII. Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/kennethhite" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ken Hite</a> for joining us on this episode. You can find a huge archive of Ken's excellent podcast (with Robin Laws) titled <a href="http://www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff</a>. Highly recommended! Ken's also a <a href="https://amzn.to/2Rdt481" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">prolific author</a> and game designer and if you like this episode and weird war history, you might especially enjoy his Osprey (fiction) book on <a href="https://amzn.to/2RekSUK" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Nazi Occultism</a>.  Also, if you enjoy vampires and Jason Bourne-style spy action, you should check out <a href="https://amzn.to/2Thvsxa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Night's Black Agents</a>. Discussed in this Episode: About this rocket Jeb was asking about: It appears to say <a href="https://translate.google.com/#view=home&amp;op=translate&amp;sl=ru&amp;tl=en&amp;text=%D0%9F%D0%9E%20%D0%A0%D0%95%D0%99%D0%A5%D0%A1%D0%A2%D0%90%D0%93%D0%A3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ПО РEЙXCTAГУ</a> "Po Ree-stah-gu" Also, it appears to be a <a href="https://ww2-weapons.com/bm-13n-katyusha/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BM-XY launch system</a> (not sure what values go in X or Y). Apparently, like the Brits called the V weapons "buzz bombs" because of their peculiar sounds, the Germans called this Russian rig "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha_rocket_launcher" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Stalin's Organ</a>" because of its sounds.  Per Ken, it translates into either "On to the Reichstag!" or possibly "to the Reichstag" like a package address." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Horn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Walter Horn</a> - a "monuments man" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bormann" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Martin Bohrman</a> - a Nazi. Hitler's secretary and confidant.  Jeb, haunted by <a href="https://youtu.be/zKSOLR-LUe0?t=112" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">WORLD AT WAR</a> series intro. Austria's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Toplitz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lake Toplitz</a> (pronounced To-Plitz-Say)  was a treasure dump - found in 1957 In Florence - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Siviero" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rudolpho Siviero</a> continues the hunt... <a href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aYf1wMzh4C0J:https://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/the-heroes/first-hand-participants/siviero-rodolfo+&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us&amp;client=firefox-b-1-d" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rodolfo Siviero ( 1911 - 1983 )</a> Nimoy Fashion Alert Austrian fire-men (and treasure hunters) search a lake.

S01E14 - Nazi Plunder

[Note: Sadly, one side of the recording was lost due to massive Skype issues and some portions of this episode had to be reconstructed. This is why there are places where the audio sounds quite different. This appears to be the only episode of the season where this happened, but my apologies for the audio sounding inconsistent.  -Blake] Jeb and Blake discuss "Martians" - wherein the In Search Of team examines the possibility that the planet Mars once had (or still contains) life on its harsh surface. The Viking missions as well as many Mars-related pop-culture topics are discussed. Watch the ISO episode on YouTube.  A lot of the material in this episode dealt with the Viking program.  The surprisingly lengthy introduction to our solar system embedded in the 1953 film War of the Worlds. A Trip to the Moon (1902) - colorized, restored, 720p Space 1889 - The early "Steam Punk" roleplaying game William Graves Hoyt's book Lowell and Mars Missing from this episode (but expected) Italian astronomer:  Giovanni Schiaparelli  The Difference Engine - by Gibson &amp; Sterling (What if Babbage's Difference Engine had worked?) Fantastic Planet - French Animated Film The Silurian Hypothesis - Jeb mentions as an aside, lots to read there. Face on Mars &amp; Cydonia  (1976) Pyramids of Mars Doctor Who (1975) Pareidolia phenomena (Face on Mars is literally part of the article) Tonight Tonight Smashing Pumpkins Panspermia (directed and accidental) (I couldn't help but think about the Errol Otis' view of the Myconoids in D&amp;D when looking at A Trip To The Moon. -B)     Dr. Gerald A. Soffen (February 7, 1926 – November 22, 2000) was a Viking project scientist and Mars geologist.  Harold P. Klein (April 1, 1921 - July 15, 2001) was a chemist and microbiologist.    Leslie Orgel (January 12, 1927 - October 27, 2007) was a chemist interested in life origins.

[Note: Sadly, one side of the recording was lost due to massive Skype issues and some portions of this episode had to be reconstructed. This is why there are places where the audio sounds quite different. This appears to be the only episode of the season where this happened, but my apologies for the audio sounding inconsistent.  -Blake] Jeb and Blake discuss "Martians" - wherein the In Search Of team examines the possibility that the planet Mars once had (or still contains) life on its harsh surface. The Viking missions as well as many Mars-related pop-culture topics are discussed. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXEZd0UXu1o" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Watch the ISO episode on YouTube.</a> A lot of the material in this episode dealt with <a href="http://https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_program" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the Viking program</a>.  The surprisingly lengthy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZQTKs2YDPc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">introduction to our solar system</a> embedded in the 1953 film War of the Worlds. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFtR9bQupak" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A Trip to the Moon (1902)</a> - colorized, restored, 720p <a href="https://amzn.to/2DU2RVt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Space 1889</a> - The early "Steam Punk" roleplaying game William Graves Hoyt's book <a href="https://amzn.to/36akZXt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lowell and Mars</a> Missing from this episode (but expected) Italian astronomer:  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Schiaparelli" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Giovanni Schiaparelli</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/2rrhcpP" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Difference Engine</a> - by Gibson &amp; Sterling (What if Babbage's Difference Engine had worked?) <a href="https://amzn.to/2OZb5C1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fantastic Plane</a>t - French Animated Film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silurian_hypothesis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Silurian Hypothesis</a> - Jeb mentions as an aside, lots to read there. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(Mars)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Face on Mars &amp; Cydonia</a>  (1976) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramids_of_Mars" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pyramids of Mars</a> Doctor Who (1975) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pareidolia phenomena</a> (Face on Mars is literally part of the article) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOG3eus4ZSo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tonight Tonight</a> Smashing Pumpkins <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Panspermia</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia#Directed_panspermia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">directed</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia#Accidental_panspermia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">accidental</a>) (I couldn't help but think about the Errol Otis' view of the Myconoids in D&amp;D when looking at A Trip To The Moon. -B) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Soffen" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Gerald A. Soffen</a> (February 7, 1926 – November 22, 2000) was a Viking project scientist and Mars geologist. <a href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/klein-harold-p" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Harold P. Klein</a> (April 1, 1921 - July 15, 2001) was a chemist and microbiologist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Orgel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Leslie Orgel</a> (January 12, 1927 - October 27, 2007) was a chemist interested in life origins.

S01E09 - Martians

Episode on YouTube  Is there a mysterious force causing the disappearance of ships and airplanes in the area between Miami, Bermuda and the Bahamas?  Or just a mixture of innumeracy and a desire for the numinous? Show Notes: Larry Kusche's The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved Who was the voice on the creepy radio broadcast?  Bermuda Triangle movie based on Berlitz's book. Not covered in detail, but some additional info on collier ships in the triangle: Proteus (58 lives lost) the eponymous exemplar of the Proteus Class "collier" coal-carrier.  disappeared in the BT in 1941. sister of the Cyclops (306 lives lost) and the Nereus (61 lives lost) All three lost in the Bermuda triangle carrying large loads of ore in ships that could only travel 15 Knots and, at least in one case, were known to be overloaded.  Reminds me of the Edmund Fitzgerald.  If you are in a big ship, overloaded with ore, and hit a big storm the structural stresses are incredible and any kind of flooding would be catastrophic. However, the story of the Cyclops - which is outside the scope of this episode - has a lot of other lore around it with suspicions of mutiny and other factors.   Marine Sulfer Queen (Yikes!  This ship was a death trap!) Definitely sunk in 1963 - but may have exploded first. Frequently on fire, completely unsafe. Just reading about it freaks me out. Going to sea with a ship so routinely afire that they stopped sounding the alarms!? -Blake The Case of the Bermuda Triangle (1977) - British documentary Nimoy Fashion:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XyDNJHJtCE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Episode on YouTube</a> Is there a mysterious force causing the disappearance of ships and airplanes in the area between Miami, Bermuda and the Bahamas?  Or just a mixture of innumeracy and a desire for the numinous? Show Notes: Larry Kusche's <a href="https://amzn.to/32a5cp9" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved</a> Who was the voice on the <a href="http://www.thequesterfiles.com/html/ray_smithers_and_the_eerie_voi.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">creepy radio broadcast</a>?  <a href="https://amzn.to/2PFOf39" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bermuda Triangle movie</a> based on Berlitz's book. Not covered in detail, but some additional info on collier ships in the triangle: Proteus (58 lives lost) the eponymous exemplar of the Proteus Class "collier" coal-carrier.  disappeared in the BT in 1941. sister of the Cyclops (306 lives lost) and the Nereus (61 lives lost) All three lost in the Bermuda triangle carrying large loads of ore in ships that could only travel 15 Knots and, at least in one case, were known to be overloaded.  Reminds me of the Edmund Fitzgerald.  If you are in a big ship, overloaded with ore, and hit a big storm the structural stresses are incredible and any kind of flooding would be catastrophic. However, the story of the Cyclops - which is outside the scope of this episode - has a lot of other lore around it with suspicions of mutiny and other factors.   Marine Sulfer Queen (Yikes!  This ship was a <a href="https://archive.is/20120912115201/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,896573,00.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">death trap</a>!) Definitely sunk in 1963 - but may have exploded first. Frequently on fire, completely unsafe. Just reading about it freaks me out. Going to sea with a ship so routinely afire that they stopped sounding the alarms!? -Blake <a href="https://archive.org/details/caseofthebermudatrianglereel1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Case of the Bermuda Triangle (1977)</a> - British documentary Nimoy Fashion:

S01E04 - The Bermuda Triangle

 Sharon Hill (Scientifical Americans) joins Jeb and Blake to talk about the Atlantis episode of In Search Of...   Watch original In Search Of episode on YouTube.                      This is a kind of a disjointed mess of an ISO episode, so our notes are kind of all over the place as well.  But here's a bunch of highlights and additional reading from our own prep notes for the show:    We'll be covering Easter Island in a terrific upcoming episode, but it has nothing to do with Atlantis.   Olmec heads don't weigh anything like what is claimed.   The Tiwankau text about "long before the Pyramids" stuff comes from nazi-sympathizer  Arthur Posnansky whose "15,000 years ago" dating has been picked up by many alt-archaeology researchers.   Thera/Santorini is a beautiful place that suffered a devastating disaster ( 1642–1540 BCE ). When not being called "Atlantis" it spends a lot of time as photographs in Greek restaurants.     Antikythera Mechanism is from within 200 - 50 BCE. Plato wrote the Atlantis story more than 100 - 200 years before the device was even made. It has nothing to do with Atlantis.   Dr. Maxine Asher is a controversial choice for "subject matter expert." Her views may not have been known by the ISO producers? Weird ramblings about Catholics, Jews, 12 Noahs, Psychic Powers, and academic fraud are just some of her career highlights.   The  Piri Reis map appears again. It does not show Antarctica. Nor Atlantis.   The Edgar Cayce people make an appearance. Their group is called the  Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE).   The Bimini "Wall" or "Road" is discussed. It looks manmade but was created by natural processes. Other geological features that look manmade include  The Giant's Causeway.   We talk a bit about Peter Tompkins and mentioned:  The Secret Life of Plants  Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle  Oldest reference I found saying that Peter Tompkins might have been the voice in that weird call was from  this 2003 post by "Gian." This comports closely to  words written on The Quester Files site - by Gian Quasar, whom I presume is the same author. (Note: Blake and Jeb are both highly skeptical that Tompkins is the voice.)   The  Mochica artifacts (and the troubling assertion that their art represents proof of a post-Atlantis diaspora) are presented. There is no evidence that this is true, and Jeb is suspicious that some of those artifacts shown are forgeries.    Nimoy Fashion Alert:

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_A._Hill" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sharon Hill</a> (<a href="https://amzn.to/2Z11eiE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scientifical Americans</a>) joins Jeb and Blake to talk about the Atlantis episode of In Search Of...   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCDD76JXLKk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch original In Search Of episode on YouTube.</a>       This is a kind of a disjointed mess of an ISO episode, so our notes are kind of all over the place as well.  But here's a bunch of highlights and additional reading from our own prep notes for the show: <ul> <li> We'll be covering Easter Island in a terrific upcoming episode, but it has nothing to do with Atlantis. </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmecs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olmec</a> heads don't weigh anything like what is claimed. </li> <li> The Tiwankau text about "long before the Pyramids" stuff comes from nazi-sympathizer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Posnansky" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Arthur Posnansky</a> whose "15,000 years ago" dating has been picked up by many alt-archaeology researchers. </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thera/Santorini is a beautiful place</a> that suffered a devastating disaster ( 1642–1540 BCE ). When not being called "Atlantis" it spends a lot of time as photographs in Greek restaurants.  </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Antikythera Mechanism</a> is from within 200 - 50 BCE. Plato wrote the Atlantis story more than 100 - 200 years before the device was even made. It has nothing to do with Atlantis. </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Asher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Maxine Asher</a> is a controversial choice for "subject matter expert." Her views may not have been known by the ISO producers? Weird ramblings about Catholics, Jews, 12 Noahs, Psychic Powers, and academic fraud are just some of her career highlights. </li> <li> The <a href="http://www.badarchaeology.com/old-maps/the-piri-reis-map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Piri Reis map</a> appears again. It does not show Antarctica. Nor Atlantis. </li> <li> The Edgar Cayce people make an appearance. Their group is called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_Research_and_Enlightenment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE)</a>. </li> <li> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimini_Road" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bimini "Wall" or "Road"</a> is discussed. It looks manmade but was created by natural processes. Other geological features that look manmade include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Giant's Causeway</a>. </li> <li> We talk a bit about Peter Tompkins and mentioned: <a href="https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-secret-life-of-plants/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Secret Life of Plants</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKCCrZHlbY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle</a></li> <li> Oldest reference I found saying that Peter Tompkins might have been the voice in that weird call was from <a href="http://bermudatriangle.proboards.com/thread/3/aura-search-creepy-voice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> this 2003 post</a> by "Gian." This comports closely to <a href="http://www.thequesterfiles.com/html/ray_smithers_and_the_eerie_voi.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> words written on The Quester Files site</a> - by Gian Quasar, whom I presume is the same author. (Note: Blake and Jeb are both highly skeptical that Tompkins is the voice.) </li> <li> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moche_culture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mochica</a> artifacts (and the troubling assertion that their art represents proof of a post-Atlantis diaspora) are presented. There is no evidence that this is true, and Jeb is suspicious that some of those artifacts shown are forgeries. </li> </ul> Nimoy Fashion Alert:

S01E10 - Atlantis

Watch the ISO episode on YouTube. Jeb and Blake are joined by Dr. Carl P. Lipo to talk about "The Easter Island Massacre" episode of In Search Of. Our guest, Dr. Carl P. Lipo, is the author (along with Terry Hunt) of The Statues that Walked and conducted research that demonstrated a very plausible method for how the statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were moved from their stone quarry. (See some of the history around testing various methods at this link.) NatGeo video of The Statues that Walk presentation with Lipo and Hunt. Jump to the "good stuff" and see a Moai walk NOVA special on Easter Island (via Amazon Prime) Dr. Edmundo Edwards is profiled in the episode. Nimoy seems to be wearing a very similar outfit to the Dracula episode, and we'll be looking back at this data in our Season 1 wrap-up feature in a few weeks.  And - achievement unlocked - we've hit another image from the show's title sequence. Curiously, of the images in the title sequence (Earhart, a Galaxy, Moai, Castle Urqhart, Druids, and Crystal Skulls) I think only the Crystal Skulls fail to get their own coverage this season. I need to double-check that, but I think we cover the galaxy in the SETI episode, we'll get to Nessie and Druids too, and we've already covered Earhart.  So... we'll see what's up (if anything) with the crystal skulls.  Some of the Moai are truly massive - but calling people "flyspecks" by comparison is a bit of a poetic stretch.  There are some really great photos at the Thor Heyerdahl page on the Kon-Tiki website. The sheer mass of these things is quite stunning.    Expand your vocabulary!  The orographic effect is a change in atmospheric conditions caused by a change in elevation, primarily due to mountains.  What are the Moai? (from Wikipedia) Moai are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the island's perimeter. Almost all moai have overly large heads three-eighths the size of the whole statue. The moai are chiefly the living faces (aringa ora) of deified ancestors (aringa ora ata tepuna). The statues still gazed inland across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island in 1722, but all of them had fallen by the latter part of the 19th century. Pukao - the "hats" on the top of some Moai  Rongorongo - the still undeciphered language remnants found in the Pacific islands. Counting coup was mentioned - this is explained here but it was a way to demonstrate bravery by daring feats. Tiki Sidebar: Don's Beachcomber (the original chain) is gone (closed 1985) and as of 2018, the sites that had taken up the torch of keeping the brand alive were struggling.  Donn Beach obituary Trader Vic's Vic Bergeron obituary 1947 coverage of Kontiki Expedition Check out http://TikiRoom.com for some fascinating photos and memorabilia from peak Tiki. Begs The Question:  A couple of times in the episode the phrase "begs the question" is used. Since this is a show that caters to some degree of pedantry, it's worth mentioning that we are aware that the fallacy of "begging the question" is not the same as the colloquial usage which means "raise the question."  Raising a question has little to do with rhetorical usage.  However, leaning into the prescriptive interpretation of the phrase must be done by disregarding the vast popular tendency to use the phrase to mean "raise the question."  "Begging the question" rhetorically is a kind of circular argument wherein one's premise is unsupported within the argument save through conversational assertions.  You can read all about it over at Merriam Webster. One can be adamant about the proper usage of the phrase but would do so at the risk of being obliterated by the power of the general public to mutate the meaning of words and phrases.  It would be awfully egregious to ignore the changes that are happening to language all the time, and I'm unlikely to call for militant adherence to the Aristotelian version of this phrase. Want to try and change my mind? Go for it.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySRS1kdYqKs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Watch the ISO episode on YouTube</a>. Jeb and Blake are joined by Dr. Carl P. Lipo to talk about "The Easter Island Massacre" episode of In Search Of. Our guest, Dr. Carl P. Lipo, is the author (along with Terry Hunt) of <a href="https://amzn.to/38kckD2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Statues that Walked</a> and conducted research that demonstrated a very plausible method for how the statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were moved from their stone quarry. (See some of the history around testing various methods <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/move/past.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">at this link</a>.) NatGeo <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rut16-AfoyA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">video of The Statues that Walk</a> presentation with Lipo and Hunt. Jump to the "good stuff" and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpNuh-J5IgE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">see a Moai walk</a> NOVA special on Easter Island (<a href="https://amzn.to/3895LDs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">via Amazon Prime</a>) <a href="https://www.pacificislandsresearchinstitute.org/researchers/edmundo-edwards/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Edmundo Edwards</a> is profiled in the episode. Nimoy seems to be wearing a very similar outfit to the Dracula episode, and we'll be looking back at this data in our Season 1 wrap-up feature in a few weeks. And - achievement unlocked - we've hit another image from the show's title sequence. Curiously, of the images in the title sequence (Earhart, a Galaxy, Moai, Castle Urqhart, Druids, and Crystal Skulls) I think only the Crystal Skulls fail to get their own coverage this season. I need to double-check that, but I think we cover the galaxy in the SETI episode, we'll get to Nessie and Druids too, and we've already covered Earhart.  So... we'll see what's up (if anything) with the crystal skulls. Some of the Moai are truly massive - but calling people "flyspecks" by comparison is a bit of a poetic stretch.  There are some really great photos at the <a href="https://www.kon-tiki.no/thor-heyerdahl/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Thor Heyerdahl page on the Kon-Tiki website.</a> The sheer mass of these things is quite stunning. Expand your vocabulary!  The orographic effect is a change in atmospheric conditions caused by a change in elevation, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orographic" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">primarily due to mountains</a>.  What are the Moai? (from Wikipedia) Moai are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">monolithic</a> human figures carved by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapa_Nui_people" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rapa Nui people</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Easter Island</a> in eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Polynesia</a> between the years 1250 and 1500. Nearly half are still at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rano_Raraku" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rano Raraku</a>, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island#Ahu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ahu</a> around the island's perimeter. Almost all moai have overly large heads three-eighths the size of the whole statue. The moai are chiefly the living faces (aringa ora) of deified ancestors (aringa ora ata tepuna). The statues still gazed inland across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island in 1722, but all of them had fallen by the latter part of the 19th century. Pukao - the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukao" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">"hats" on the top of some Moai</a> Rongorongo - the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rongorongo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">still undeciphered language</a> remnants found in the Pacific islands. Counting coup was mentioned - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_coup" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this is explained here</a> but it was a way to demonstrate bravery by daring feats. Tiki Sidebar: Don's Beachcomber (the original chain) is gone (closed 1985) and <a href="https://www.lamag.com/digestblog/don-the-beachcomber-closing/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">as of 2018</a>, the sites that had taken up the torch of keeping the brand alive were struggling.  <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=33833457&amp;i=5087579" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donn Beach obituary</a> Trader Vic's <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=33833457&amp;i=5087497" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vic Bergeron obituary</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=33833457&amp;i=5087588" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1947 coverage of Kontiki Expedition</a> Check out <a href="http://tikiroom.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://TikiRoom.com</a> for some fascinating photos and memorabilia from peak Tiki. Begs The Question:  A couple of times in the episode the phrase "begs the question" is used. Since this is a show that caters to some degree of pedantry, it's worth mentioning that we are aware that the fallacy of "begging the question" is not the same as the colloquial usage which means "raise the question."  Raising a question has little to do with rhetorical usage.  However, leaning into the prescriptive interpretation of the phrase must be done by disregarding the vast popular tendency to use the phrase to mean "raise the question."  "Begging the question" rhetorically is a kind of circular argument wherein one's premise is unsupported within the argument save through conversational assertions.  You can <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/beg-the-question" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">read all about it over at Merriam Webster.</a> One can be adamant about the proper usage of the phrase but would do so at the risk of being obliterated by the power of the general public to mutate the meaning of words and phrases.  It would be <a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61876/11-words-meanings-have-changed-drastically-over-time" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">awfully egregious</a> to ignore the changes that are happening to language all the time, and I'm unlikely to call for militant adherence to the Aristotelian version of this phrase. Want to try and change my mind? <a href="mailto:doctoratlantis@gmail.com?subject=begging%20the%20question" rel="nofollow noopener">Go for it.</a>

S01E17 - The Easter Island Massacre

Jeb and Blake discuss the ISO episode The Mummy's Curse, and the strange and interesting facts behind the legend of "King Tut's Curse." Watch this ISO Episode on YouTube   Reference Books: The Mummy's Curse Spooky Archaeology TV Listing Feb 11, 1977:    Photo mentioned by Jeb of Evelyn Beauchamp with Carter. (Left to Right)   Arthur Mace (Metropolitan Museum) Richard Bethell (Carter's secretary) Arthur Callender Lady Evelyn Leonora Almina Beauchamp née Herbert Howard Carter George Herbert (5th Earl of Carnarvon) Alfred Lucas (chemist for Egyptian government) Harry Burton (photographer)  See several of his photos colorized here.    Dan Aykroyd used ASPR for Ghost Busters research Carter's "Saqqara Incident" described in The National:  "Such was Carter’s ascendancy in Egypt, where he soon cut his teeth as an archaeologist under the guidance of Sir William Flinders Petrie, that he was appointed chief inspector of antiquities for Upper Egypt in 1899. Carter was a surprising choice for the role given his limited archaeological experience and lack of formal qualifications, but he resigned six years later after French tourists  clashed with Egyptian monument guards at the sacred site of Saqqara.  “Loyal to his men and forever obstinate, Carter defended their actions  and refused to apologise,” Archaeology Magazine said of the incident in a story printed in 2005. Carter had accused the tourists of behaving rowdily and sided with the Egyptian workers. Ultimately, the incident prompted the Englishman to step down and spend time in self-imposed exile." MonsterTalk episode on the curse: The Call of Tuthulhu  The "Dramatization" text we discussed (which appears to be added in later during syndication):  I think it is safe to deduce from the palm tree that this graveyard is not in England.  Nimoy's fashion is a light blue turtleneck and (probably) blue blazer.    Most of the curse victims are indeed tied to the curse. (22 deaths "associated" with the curse at time of this show) The suicide was a real thing, Lovecraft commented on a newspaper article about it. However, there is a longitudinal study showing people lived longer if they went into the tomb.  Unlucky Mummy - 1889, Bertram Fletcher Robinson, 1904. We briefly discuss the films of Kenneth Anger. (To be clear, these are experimental movies he was making. I'm not recommending his work, but the "play" scenes in this episode definitely reminded me of some of his work.)  The actual history of the music for the film Lucifer Rising is quite convoluted but involves Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, and convicted murderer Bobby Beausoleil,  According to Time, Tut's penis is detached but not missing.  Steve Martin's song about King Tut. 

Jeb and Blake discuss the ISO episode The Mummy's Curse, and the strange and interesting facts behind the legend of "King Tut's Curse." <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUSkWZP_7g8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Watch this ISO Episode on YouTube</a>  Reference Books: <a href="https://amzn.to/34HYSay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mummy's Curse</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/37UJb1E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spooky Archaeology</a> TV Listing Feb 11, 1977: Photo mentioned by Jeb of Evelyn Beauchamp with Carter. (Left to Right)   <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Cruttenden_Mace" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Arthur Mace (Metropolitan Museum)</a> Richard Bethell (Carter's secretary) Arthur Callender <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beauchamp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lady Evelyn Leonora Almina Beauchamp née Herbert</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Howard Carter</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herbert,_5th_Earl_of_Carnarvon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">George Herbert (5th Earl of Carnarvon)</a> <a href="http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/discoveringTut/conservation/4lucasn0.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Alfred Lucas</a> (chemist for Egyptian government) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Burton_(Egyptologist)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Harry Burton</a> (photographer)  <a href="http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/discoveringtut/burton5/burtoncolour.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">See several of his photos colorized here</a>. Dan Aykroyd <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ghostbusters-is-real" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">used ASPR for Ghost Busters</a> research Carter's "Saqqara Incident" described in <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/why-howard-carter-s-discovery-of-king-tut-s-tomb-will-never-be-forgotten-1.842543" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The National</a>:  "Such was Carter’s ascendancy in Egypt, where he soon cut his teeth as an archaeologist under the guidance of Sir William Flinders Petrie, that he was appointed chief inspector of antiquities for Upper Egypt in 1899. Carter was a surprising choice for the role given his limited archaeological experience and lack of formal qualifications, but he resigned six years later after French tourists  clashed with Egyptian monument guards at the sacred site of Saqqara.  “Loyal to his men and forever obstinate, Carter defended their actions  and refused to apologise,” Archaeology Magazine said of the incident in a story printed in 2005. Carter had accused the tourists of behaving rowdily and sided with the Egyptian workers. Ultimately, the incident prompted the Englishman to step down and spend time in self-imposed exile." MonsterTalk episode on the curse: <a href="https://monstertalk.skeptic.com/the-call-of-tut-thulhu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Call of Tuthulhu</a> The "Dramatization" text we discussed (which appears to be added in later during syndication):  I think it is safe to deduce from the palm tree that this graveyard is not in England. Nimoy's fashion is a light blue turtleneck and (probably) blue blazer. Most of the curse victims are indeed tied to the curse. (22 deaths "associated" with the curse at time of this show) The suicide was a real thing, Lovecraft commented on a newspaper article about it. However, <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/325/7378/1482.full" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">there is a longitudinal study</a> showing people lived longer if they went into the tomb.  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlucky_Mummy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Unlucky Mummy - 1889</a>, Bertram Fletcher Robinson, 1904. We briefly discuss <a href="https://amzn.to/2P3vMvJ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the films</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Anger" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Kenneth Anger</a>. (To be clear, these are experimental movies he was making. I'm not recommending his work, but the "play" scenes in this episode definitely reminded me of some of his work.)  The actual history of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lucifer-Rising-Soundtrack-Bobby-Beausoleil/dp/B07XJD55JK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=lucifer+rising&amp;qid=1575287102&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the music for the film</a> Lucifer Rising is quite convoluted but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer_Rising_(film)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">involves Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, and convicted murderer Bobby Beausoleil,</a> According to Time, Tut's penis is <a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/06/29/is-king-tuts-penis-missing/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">detached but not missing</a>.  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYbavuReVF4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Steve Martin's song about King Tut.</a>

S01E08 - The Mummy's Curse

Jeb and Blake join Leonard Nimoy and a group of St. Louis clairvoyants as we go in research of psychic detectives. Watch this episode of ISO on YouTube.  A quick thanks to Shane Gower for his helpful blog post from 2015 about this episode.  1970s Famous psychic Peter Hurkos is featured during the introduction. Hurkos was vouched for by Andrija Puharich, after being challenged by James Randi.  Puharich was a major figure in Ancient Aliens, Remote Viewing, and New Age culture in the US. "Psychic Detective" has changed meaning over the 20th century from detectives who investigated the paranormal into detectives who were themselves paranormal. IMDB and Wikipedia say that Sylvia Browne is in this episode. Jeb and I could find zero evidence to support that assertion. She appeared neither on-screen, nor in the credits. Furthermore, the episode took place in St. Louis and involved local psychic investigators but Browne had left Missouri for California in 1964 according to her obituary:  "She eventually began giving readings to others and, 10 years after moving to California in 1964, she formed the Nirvana Foundation for Psychic Research."  Irene Hughes makes an appearance, already a media figure when this was shot Phyllis Deggendorf is said to attend George Washington University which is in Washington D.C. - but actually it is Washington University in St. Louis. Articles about the Sally Lucas murder case discussed in the episode: Body of Sally Lucas Found (Sep 1971) Details on Sally Lucas' Murderer's trial (Anthony Damico) Damico found Guilty St. Louis Magazine article on Bevy Jaegers Details on the Criminal Trial of Anthony Damico (no mention of Psychics)  Nimoy Fashion Alert: First Sweater Sighting!

Jeb and Blake join Leonard Nimoy and a group of St. Louis clairvoyants as we go in research of psychic detectives. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kF2gqgpYO0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Watch this episode of ISO on YouTube.</a> A quick thanks to Shane Gower for <a href="https://searchnimoy.blogspot.com/2015/04/psychic-detectives-season-1-episode-11.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">his helpful blog post from 2015</a> about this episode. <ul> <li>1970s Famous psychic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hurkos" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Peter Hurkos</a> is featured during the introduction.</li> <li>Hurkos was vouched for by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrija_Puharich" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Andrija Puharich</a>, after being challenged by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">James Randi</a>.  Puharich was a major figure in Ancient Aliens, Remote Viewing, and New Age culture in the US.</li> <li>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_detective" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Psychic Detective</a>" has changed meaning over the 20th century from detectives who investigated the paranormal into detectives who were themselves paranormal.</li> <li>IMDB and Wikipedia say that Sylvia Browne is in this episode. Jeb and I could find zero evidence to support that assertion. She appeared neither on-screen, nor in the credits. Furthermore, the episode took place in St. Louis and involved local psychic investigators but Browne had left Missouri for California in 1964 <a href="https://www.cbs8.com/article/entertainment/psychic-sylvia-browne-dies-at-77-in-california/509-bc303069-fcac-482c-9904-ea5efe829bde" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">according to her obituary:</a></li> </ul> "She eventually began giving readings to others and, 10 years after moving to California in 1964, she formed the Nirvana Foundation for Psychic Research." <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Hughes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Irene Hughes</a> makes an appearance, already a media figure when this was shot</li> <li>Phyllis Deggendorf is said to attend <a href="https://www.gwu.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">George Washington University</a> which is in Washington D.C. - but actually it is <a href="https://wustl.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Washington University</a> in St. Louis.</li> <li>Articles about the Sally Lucas murder case discussed in the episode: <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20465596/body_of_sally_lucas_identified_as_that/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Body of Sally Lucas Found (Sep 1971)</a> <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15271243/sally_lucas_murderer/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Details on Sally Lucas' Murderer's trial (Anthony Damico)</a> <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14995318/anthony_damico_guilty_of_killing_sally/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Damico found Guilty</a> <a href="https://www.stlmag.com/Second-Sight/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">St. Louis Magazine article on Bevy Jaegers</a> <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/missouri/supreme-court/1974/58153-0.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Details on the Criminal Trial of Anthony Damico</a> (no mention of Psychics)</li> </ul> Nimoy Fashion Alert: First Sweater Sighting!

S01E11 - Psychic Detectives

Jeb and Blake discuss the Season 1 episode of In Search Of... on the topic of UFOs. Watch this ISO episode on YouTube.  Mentioned in this Episode: Kenneth Arnold and the first "Flying Saucers" Mellen, Wisconsin case - covered by NICAP report. Reported by Phillip Baker (and family).  This is the artist sketch of what they reported:  (And this is the Legion of Doom headquarters from the animated Super Friends.)    You never know what kind of data you'll uncover when researching ISO eps:  Please see attached PDFs for related news stories from contemporary papers.  Ted Phillips doing serious amateur science while wearing the best outfit of Season 1 (IMHO -Blake).  Ted's Physical Trace Catalogue is online.  Obit for Edward Zeller (1925 - 1996) the scientist analyzing samples in the episode. Janet and Helen Kay's case comes from Medford, Minnesota. The artist sketch of their sighting follows.  The title card for this episode shows the dead grass associated with this case, but it doesn't seem like compelling evidence of a landing to Jeb and me. We briefly discuss the difference between ground damage from alleged landings and the geometric shapes that become known as "crop circles." The Critchfield sighting from Big Chimney, West Virginia.  According to NICAP reports for 1975: June 12, 1975; Big Chimney, WV Shortly before 10:00 p.m. A diamond shaped object landed on a gravel road in a mountainous area. It was witnessed by four members of the Crichfield family. Four landing gear imprints were found at the site. (Sources: Center for UFO Studies case files, letter dated August 3, 1975; Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing Alan Landsburg, In Search of Extraterrestrials, p. 8) Nimoy quotes a 1973 Gallup Poll about UFO beliefs.  A contemporary write-up of those findings is attached below. Jeb was familiar with the thermoluminescence research done in this episode, but we also reached out to Dr. Chris Cogswell of the "Mad Scientist Podcast" to talk about the process and I thought his explanation might further illuminate the matter.  I quote here from November 16, 2019 correspondence: Solid materials in their normal state have imperfections in their crystal lattice. Think about the grain of a piece of wood. The wood is solid, however the grain is not continuous necessarily throughout the wood sample. This is also true of solid materials. At the atomic scale these grain boundaries and other similar imperfections in the lattice of a crystal create areas where electrons cannot easily transport. Note that this isn’t true of metallic solids, where electrons have enough “space” to move freely throughout.  The essential principle of thermoluminescence is that when a solid crystal lattice is exposed to radiation some of the electrons will become trapped in an excited state, and the amount of electrons trapped in this way will correspond to the intensity of the radiation dose the sample is exposed too. Normally after excitation an electron will de-excite and release a photon after a short period of time. However, due to the defects in ceramic crystal structures some of those electrons cannot de-excite normally, leaving behind electrons trapped in the excited state as well as holes where electrons would normally sit. To fix this, we can re-heat a sample of the solid and all of those trapped electrons will de-excite, releasing photons in the process.  The test being performed in the episode is a process where a solid sample is heated in a chamber to de-excite those trapped photons. The goal is to collect the trapped photons and use those to determine the relative intensity of radiation the sample was exposed too. The relative number of photons released correspond to the intensity of some past radiation exposure, and so in this way they can tell if the soil was exposed to a high dose of some kind of radiation by comparison to other soil samples in a similar non-affected area. In archeology they can use this method and knowledge of the natural decay of trapped electrons in materials to estimate the date of the radiation exposure.  Some caveats here though. The radiation a sample is exposed to could be the kind that creates giant hulking monsters (or not…), however it could also be extreme heat. In fact it looks like it is the date of the firing of a clay pottery sample that archeologists determine using this test. Current testing looks to suggest that the type of radiation will change the “glow curve” as it's known, however at the time I don’t know if they were doing those sorts of tests.  Based on all of that, the testing can tell them if the ground was exposed to some kind of intense heat or radiation of some kind. However, there is no way to tell from the curve they showed if the data is remarkable, since we would need background curves to normalize against sunlight, heat, environmental effects, etc. Nimoy Fashion Alert: UFO Edition        PDF Attachments:   ISO_UFOs_Fergus_Falls__MI_20_MAR_1975.pdf ISO_UFOs_Racine__WI_20_MAR_1975.pdf ISO_UFOs_Kenosha__WI_24_Mar_1975.pdf ISO_UFOs_Waukesha_Daily_Freeman_25_MAR_1975_researcher_Eugene_Lunderholm.pdf UFO_Gallup_Poll_1973.pdf

Jeb and Blake discuss the Season 1 episode of In Search Of... on the topic of UFOs. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwa5KtbnKhc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Watch this ISO episode on YouTube.</a> Mentioned in this Episode: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Kenneth Arnold</a> and the first "Flying Saucers" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellen,_Wisconsin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mellen</a>, Wisconsin case - <a href="http://www.nicap.org/anreact/ar-750314.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">covered by NICAP</a> report. Reported by Phillip Baker (and family).  This is the artist sketch of what they reported: (And this is the Legion of Doom headquarters from the animated Super Friends.) You never know what kind of data you'll uncover when researching ISO eps: Please see attached PDFs for related news stories from contemporary papers. Ted Phillips doing serious amateur science while wearing the best outfit of Season 1 (IMHO -Blake).  Ted's <a href="http://www.project1947.com/47cats/phillips.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Physical Trace Catalogue</a> is online. <a href="https://www.geosociety.org//documents/gsa/memorials/v39/Zellar-E.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Obit for Edward Zeller</a> (1925 - 1996) the scientist analyzing samples in the episode. Janet and Helen Kay's case comes from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medford,_Minnesota" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Medford, Minnesota</a>. The artist sketch of their sighting follows. The title card for this episode shows the dead grass associated with this case, but it doesn't seem like compelling evidence of a landing to Jeb and me. We briefly discuss the difference between ground damage from alleged landings and the geometric shapes that become known as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">crop circles</a>." The Critchfield sighting from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Chimney,_West_Virginia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Big Chimney</a>, West Virginia. According to <a href="http://www.nicap.org/chronos/1975fullrep.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NICAP</a> reports for 1975: June 12, 1975; Big Chimney, WV Shortly before 10:00 p.m. A diamond shaped object landed on a gravel road in a mountainous area. It was witnessed by four members of the Crichfield family. Four landing gear imprints were found at the site. (Sources: <a href="http://www.cufos.org/images/cufos_warehouseR.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Center for UFO Studies case files</a>, letter dated August 3, 1975; Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing Alan Landsburg, In Search of Extraterrestrials, p. 8) Nimoy quotes a 1973 Gallup Poll about UFO beliefs.  A contemporary write-up of those findings is attached below. Jeb was familiar with the thermoluminescence research done in this episode, but we also reached out to Dr. Chris Cogswell of the "<a href="https://www.themadscientistpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mad Scientist Podcast</a>" to talk about the process and I thought his explanation might further illuminate the matter.  I quote here from November 16, 2019 correspondence: Solid materials in their normal state have imperfections in their crystal lattice. Think about the grain of a piece of wood. The wood is solid, however the grain is not continuous necessarily throughout the wood sample. This is also true of solid materials. At the atomic scale these grain boundaries and other similar imperfections in the lattice of a crystal create areas where electrons cannot easily transport. Note that this isn’t true of metallic solids, where electrons have enough “space” to move freely throughout.  The essential principle of thermoluminescence is that when a solid crystal lattice is exposed to radiation some of the electrons will become trapped in an excited state, and the amount of electrons trapped in this way will correspond to the intensity of the radiation dose the sample is exposed too. Normally after excitation an electron will de-excite and release a photon after a short period of time. However, due to the defects in ceramic crystal structures some of those electrons cannot de-excite normally, leaving behind electrons trapped in the excited state as well as holes where electrons would normally sit. To fix this, we can re-heat a sample of the solid and all of those trapped electrons will de-excite, releasing photons in the process.  The test being performed in the episode is a process where a solid sample is heated in a chamber to de-excite those trapped photons. The goal is to collect the trapped photons and use those to determine the relative intensity of radiation the sample was exposed too. The relative number of photons released correspond to the intensity of some past radiation exposure, and so in this way they can tell if the soil was exposed to a high dose of some kind of radiation by comparison to other soil samples in a similar non-affected area. In archeology they can use this method and knowledge of the natural decay of trapped electrons in materials to estimate the date of the radiation exposure.  Some caveats here though. The radiation a sample is exposed to could be the kind that creates giant hulking monsters (or not…), however it could also be extreme heat. In fact it looks like it is the date of the firing of a clay pottery sample that archeologists determine using this test. Current testing looks to suggest that the type of radiation will change the “glow curve” as it's known, however at the time I don’t know if they were doing those sorts of tests.  Based on all of that, the testing can tell them if the ground was exposed to some kind of intense heat or radiation of some kind. However, there is no way to tell from the curve they showed if the data is remarkable, since we would need background curves to normalize against sunlight, heat, environmental effects, etc. Nimoy Fashion Alert: UFO Edition   PDF Attachments: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=34741835&amp;i=5227518" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ISO_UFOs_Fergus_Falls__MI_20_MAR_1975.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=34741835&amp;i=5227519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ISO_UFOs_Racine__WI_20_MAR_1975.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=34741835&amp;i=5227520" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ISO_UFOs_Kenosha__WI_24_Mar_1975.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=34741835&amp;i=5227521" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ISO_UFOs_Waukesha_Daily_Freeman_25_MAR_1975_researcher_Eugene_Lunderholm.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=34741835&amp;i=5227594" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UFO_Gallup_Poll_1973.pdf</a>

S01E21 - UFOs

Jeb Card and Blake Smith are joined by "spooky geologist" Sharon Hill to talk about this classic season one episode of In Search Of... that considers various methods to predict earthquakes, and what we might expect if a large quake hits the San Francisco area. Watch this episode of In Search Of... on YouTube.  Nimoy Fashion - once again speaking to us from a Los Angeles rooftop.   Around the 9 min mark, we mistakenly say the Bay of Fundy is in Newfoundland. Nope - it's between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. (Does everything in Canada have to have "new" in its name??) Thanks to Stephanie J. Lahey for this correction! 1964 Alaska Earthquake (Wikipedia) 2011 Earthquake/Tsunami (Disturbing Footage) 1936 Hollywood Movie about San Francisco Earthquake Tallest tsunami ever recorded.  VLBI - Very Long Baseline Interferometry   Quasars for VLBI type research (NY Times) 1989 Double-Decker Collapse (Wikipedia) Clips from 2015 San Andreas starring The Rock Listener Darren Bennett advises us that the 1982 "Syzygy" disaster referenced in the show as The Jupiter Effect.  It was written by John Gribbin, a science writer who has apparently subsequently regretted it. (He's still alive and still writing science books - but tried to distance himself from his own book in a July 1980 issue of New Scientist.)

Jeb Card and Blake Smith are joined by "<a href="https://spookygeology.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">spooky geologist</a>" Sharon Hill to talk about this classic season one episode of In Search Of... that considers various methods to predict earthquakes, and what we might expect if a large quake hits the San Francisco area. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNypHck43EM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch this episode of In Search Of...</a> on YouTube. Nimoy Fashion - once again speaking to us from a Los Angeles rooftop. Around the 9 min mark, we mistakenly say the Bay of Fundy is in Newfoundland. Nope - it's between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. (Does everything in Canada have to have "new" in its name??) Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/StephanieLahey" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Stephanie J. Lahey</a> for this correction! <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1964 Alaska Earthquake</a> (Wikipedia) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvG8LGKyC24" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2011 Earthquake/Tsunami</a> (Disturbing Footage) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_(1936_film)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1936 Hollywood Movie</a> about San Francisco Earthquake <a href="https://geology.com/records/biggest-tsunami.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tallest tsunami ever recorded.</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very-long-baseline_interferometry" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">VLBI</a> - Very Long Baseline Interferometry   <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/05/archives/quasar-emissions-used-in-a-quake-prediction-study-accurate-clocks.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Quasars for VLBI type research</a> (NY Times) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1989 Double-Decker Collapse</a> (Wikipedia) Clips from 2015 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGon_kZAVtU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">San Andreas</a> starring The Rock Listener Darren Bennett advises us that the 1982 "Syzygy" disaster referenced in the show as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jupiter_Effect" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Jupiter Effect</a>.  It was written by John Gribbin, a science writer who has apparently subsequently regretted it. (He's still alive and still writing science books - but tried to distance himself from his own book in a <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=a9hgb5uSVF8C&amp;pg=PA260&amp;dq=New+Scientist+July+1980&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwilycLRtIXmAhVOUt8KHSkLD-QQ6AEwBXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&amp;q=New%20Scientist%20July%201980%20jupiter&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">July 1980 issue of New Scientist.</a>)

S01E07 - Earthquakes

Watch this ISO episode on YouTube The In Search Of show profiles the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and Jeb is not impressed. Blake &amp; Jeb both relate Roswell/Black-Helicopter experiences near the VLA. Unmarked Helicopters (song by Soul Coughing) Green Bank West Virginia (radio free zone) William Proxmire (senator who killed funding of SETI) The novel Contact was written by Carl Sagan, but the novel was based on a screenplay by Sagan and Ann Druyan.  Nimoy Fashion - what the heck color is his blazer?  No, seriously! What color is this?

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJM6qVlUNM8&amp;list=PLft0vOv0DuPV_h3wzWFzFsCYVTDA2Aru2&amp;index=12" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch this ISO episode</a> on YouTube The In Search Of show profiles the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and Jeb is not impressed. Blake &amp; Jeb both relate Roswell/Black-Helicopter experiences near the VLA. <a href="https://amzn.to/2ME4CLA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Unmarked Helicopters</a> (song by Soul Coughing) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank,_West_Virginia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Green Bank West Virginia</a> (radio free zone) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Proxmire" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">William Proxmire</a> (senator who killed funding of SETI) The novel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(novel)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Contact</a> was written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Carl Sagan</a>, but the novel was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">based on a screenplay</a> by Sagan and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Druyan" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ann Druyan</a>.  Nimoy Fashion - what the heck color is his blazer? No, seriously! What color is this?

S01E12 - A Call From Space (A look at SETI)

Jeb and Blake are joined by Daniel Loxton, co-author (with Donald Prothero) of Abominable Science!, and the regular author of the Junior Skeptic portion of Skeptic magazine. It's a deep dive into Loch Ness to look for the creature(s) said to inhabit the lake.  Watch this episode of ISO episode on YouTube. Discussed: Robert Rines, Inventor &amp; Lawyer Robert Rines - Appreciation from MIT  Academy of Applied Science  The Rines Photos critiqued by Darren Naish (the Tetzoo blog &amp; podcast)  The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)  The "real" Dinsdale footage    The Water Bailiff (Alex Campbell) is the first journalist who covered this story. Loch Ness A. Shine video for Google Maps  Ness Toyota commercial with Shine Jeb's own video of wake ness monster Nimoy Fashion:

Jeb and Blake are joined by Daniel Loxton, co-author (with Donald Prothero) of <a href="https://amzn.to/2Tx8Dnp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Abominable Science!</a>, and the regular author of the <a href="https://www.skeptic.com/junior_skeptic/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Junior Skeptic</a> portion of Skeptic magazine. It's a deep dive into Loch Ness to look for the creature(s) said to inhabit the lake. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzcQ607sFQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Watch this episode of ISO episode on YouTube.</a> Discussed: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/us/08rines.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Robert Rines, Inventor &amp; Lawyer</a> Robert Rines - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080911230624/http://www.eecs.mit.edu/spotlights/rines.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Appreciation from MIT</a> <a href="https://fuelthespark.org/ignite/fueling-the-spark-of-genius/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Academy of Applied Science</a> The Rines Photos <a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/photos-of-the-loch-ness-monster-revisited/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">critiqued by Darren Naish</a> (the Tetzoo blog &amp; podcast)  <a href="https://amzn.to/3cvhZZR" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</a> (1970)  The "real" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdQUbLKwCvQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dinsdale footage</a> The Water Bailiff (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/53577607612/posts/water-bailiff-alex-campbell-claimed-to-see-a-long-necked-plesiosaur-like-creatur/10156764357477613/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Alex Campbell</a>) is the first journalist who covered this story. Loch Ness A. Shine <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zZAuRR-a4w" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">video for Google Maps</a> Ness <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCe-1LYj_4o" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Toyota commercial</a> with Shine Jeb's own <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Ot6g_lQRE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">video of wake ness monster</a> Nimoy Fashion:

S01E20 - The Loch Ness Monster

In Search Of… Voodoo (YouTube) Jeb and Blake follow the In Search Of team to Haiti to learn about the mysterious religion of Voodoo. No zombies were harmed in the making of this episode. Body Ritual among the Nacarima Wikipedia on Hatian Vodou. The 1864 voodoo panic via Smithsonian, by friend of the show Mike Dash. The 1915 US Occupation of Haiti The Haitian Revolution - a deep and complicated history The New Orleans funeral scene from Live and Let Die 7-Up commercial featuring iconic actor Geoffry Holder Sugar Hill (1974) voodoo blaxploitation horror Marjoe - documentary about charismatic evangelical fraud Serpent Handling religion can be fatal Papa Legba song by Talking Heads Zora Hurston - precursor to Wade Davis's Serpent and the Rainbow ethnographic work. Serpent and the Rainbow horror movie Baby Doc Duvalier Papa Doc Duvalier Veve Designs Baron Samedi Loa Spirits Rada Loas - part of what the episode calls "White Voodoo" Petro Loas - part of what the episode calls "Red Voodoo" Ghede Loas - not included in the show Other books mentioned: Uncommon Ground (early African American archaeology) Crossroads and Cosmologies (how African Americans preserved their African religious identity)  Terms: Syncretism - the merger/combining of different beliefs Ethnogenesis - formation/origin of an ethnic group Nimoy Fashion Alert

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT-fmax_El8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">In Search Of… Voodoo (YouTube)</a> Jeb and Blake follow the In Search Of team to Haiti to learn about the mysterious religion of Voodoo. No zombies were harmed in the making of this episode. <a href="https://www.sfu.ca/~palys/Miner-1956-BodyRitualAmongTheNacirema.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Body Ritual among the Nacarima</a> Wikipedia on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hatian Vodou.</a> <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-trial-that-gave-vodou-a-bad-name-83801276/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The 1864 voodoo panic</a> via Smithsonian, by friend of the show <a href="https://amzn.to/3daXmT0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mike Dash</a>. The 1915 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Haiti" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">US Occupation of Haiti</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Haitian Revolution</a> - a deep and complicated history The New Orleans funeral scene from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZPZWZDlkaY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Live and Let Die</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRbvGdJBlVE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">7-Up commercial</a> featuring iconic actor Geoffry Holder <a href="https://amzn.to/3aYc3GU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sugar Hill (1974)</a> voodoo blaxploitation horror <a href="https://amzn.to/33lX1Iz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Marjoe</a> - documentary about charismatic evangelical fraud <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwBVcsWYJd8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Serpent Handling religion can be fatal</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skj3KFGcXVY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Papa Legba song</a> by Talking Heads <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Neale_Hurston" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Zora Hurston</a> - precursor to Wade Davis's <a href="https://amzn.to/3aWeARZ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Serpent and the Rainbow</a> ethnographic work. <a href="https://amzn.to/2wceUxl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Serpent and the Rainbow</a> horror movie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Duvalier" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Baby Doc Duvalier</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Duvalier" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Papa Doc Duvalier</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veve" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Veve</a> Designs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Samedi" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Baron Samedi</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Loa Spirits</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rada_loa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rada Loas</a> - part of what the episode calls "White Voodoo" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro_loa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Petro Loas</a> - part of what the episode calls "Red Voodoo" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%A9d%C3%A9" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ghede Loas</a> - not included in the show Other books mentioned: <a href="https://amzn.to/2w0VATM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Uncommon Ground</a> (early African American archaeology) <a href="https://amzn.to/38Ln5Oo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Crossroads and Cosmologies</a> (how African Americans preserved their African religious identity)  Terms: <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syncretism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Syncretism</a> - the merger/combining of different beliefs <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnogenesis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ethnogenesis</a> - formation/origin of an ethnic group Nimoy Fashion Alert

S01E22 - Voodoo

Amelia Earhart

 Watch this ISO episode on YouTube  Jeb and Blake fail to find Amelia Earhart.  So they've got that in common with the folks profiled in this week's episode. Discussed in this Episode: Amelia Earhart, pioneering woman pilot  Husband and publisher George Putnam Navigator Fred Noonan     AutoGyros/GyroCopters and how they are different from helicopters.  Propaganda film Flight for Freedom (DVD) which fictionalizes the story of Earhart as spy. The Lockheed Electra Model 10  The Searchers: Joseph Gervais, the obsessive guy who believed an innocent New Jersey housewife was secretly Amelia. I'm not linking to his stupid book or to the woman he stalked and harassed, though she did pass in 1982. Even when she died, he tried to get to see the body.  No.  No, no, no, no.     Elgen Long - aviator and author of Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved     Fred Goerner, author of The Search for Amelia Earhart   Nimoy Fashion!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJBspNN4VM8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Watch this ISO episode on YouTube</a> Jeb and Blake fail to find Amelia Earhart.  So they've got that in common with the folks profiled in this week's episode. Discussed in this Episode: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Amelia Earhart</a>, pioneering woman pilot Husband and publisher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Putnam" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">George Putnam</a> Navigator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Noonan" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fred Noonan</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">AutoGyros/GyroCopters</a> and how they are <a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/whats-the-difference-between-an-autogyro-and-a-helicopter/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">different from helicopters.</a> Propaganda film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_for_Freedom" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Flight for Freedom</a> (<a href="https://amzn.to/37aJGnA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">DVD</a>) which fictionalizes the story of Earhart as spy. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Model_10_Electra" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lockheed Electra Model 10</a> The Searchers: Joseph Gervais, the obsessive guy who believed an innocent New Jersey housewife was secretly Amelia. I'm not linking to his stupid book or to the woman he stalked and harassed, though she did pass in 1982. Even when she died, he tried to get to see the body.  No.  No, no, no, no.  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgen_Long" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Elgen Long</a> - aviator and author of <a href="https://amzn.to/38gLH1w" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved</a> Fred Goerner, author of <a href="https://amzn.to/38o9iNX" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Search for Amelia Earhart</a> Nimoy Fashion!

S01E15 - Amelia Earhart

 Watch this ISO episode on YouTube Was Dracula, the Bram Stoker novel, based on a real person in the form of Vlad Dracula? Jeb and Blake discuss. Discussed in this episode: Update 1/28/2020: Listener Justin Mullis spotted an error which has led to a correction in this audio and will lead to some additional material in another IRO content drop shortly. -B Bram Stoker's Dracula the novel John William Polidori's The Vampyre  Varney the Vampire, a penny dreadful Carmilla by Joseph Le Fanu Dan Simmons Children of the Night vampire book Todd Browning's Dracula &amp; Freaks Copola's movie Bram Stoker's Dracula  Hammer's The Horror of Dracula (1958) Hellsing, vampire anime Shadow of the Vampire (2000) fictionalized story of the making of Nosferatu (sort of) Remastered Nosferatu (English, Scored, and free via YouTube) Dracula (in the novel) goes to The Scholomance to become a vampire.   What's a Lich? Why did Hammer set most of its Dracula movies in Germany? It seems likely to be budget related, perhaps having sets ready? You'd have to ask script writer Jimmy Sangster to be sure, but I did uncover this passage in a book titled "Dracula Goes to the Movies," by Lyndon Joslin: "Due to the budget constraints of this version, Dracula doesn't take a sea voyage to London, not even via footage pirated from another film. Instead, he takes a hearse to the town of Karlstadt, wherever that may be. There is a Karlstadt in Germany, but in order to get there from Klausenburg in central Transylvania, Dracula would have to travel across modern-day Hungary and Austria. The movie depicts the trip as a mere overnighter, so Karlstadt is evidently a fictional town somewhere in Transylvania. There's a border crossing guard in the story, so Karlstadt must be in a neighboring 'state,' province or district. (The border crossing, we're told, is in 'Ingstadt,' itself apparently a fictional town and therefore not much help here.) Karlstadt here compares with the 'Carlsbruck' seen in the same year (1958) in Hammer's The Revenge of Frankenstein, and with the Karlstaad seen in 1964's The Evil of Frankenstein. The creation of a generic German archetypal town is what goes on here, comparable to Universal's having set part of its Frankenstein series in the never-land town of Visaria. It's ironic that in this, the first British adaptation of Dracula, the Count doesn't go to London, or even to England. In Hammer's series, he doesn't turn up in England until Taste the Blood of Dracula in 1970. Still, Horror of Dracula is so very British that articles have been written about it by reviewers who didn't notice that it isn't London Dracula invades. Seems the undertaker's address in the movie - on 'Friederickstrasse' - would've provided a clue." (Joslin, 2017) Castle Ambras - home of weird paintings and "cabinet of curiosities" Lot's Wife geological formations   Stoker was going to create his character, and then ran into a history discussing Dracula, and used that as the backstory. Also added the vampire bat aspects.  Much of this may come from Emily Gerard’s The Land Beyond the Forest. He basically lifts a number of ideas and text from her.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Gerard      She was a travel writer and novelist. Radu Florescu (obituary) co-author In Search of Dracula Vampire lore around the world varies in what the vampires do, and how they are created. The Order of the Dragon  Ceahlău Massif The story of Budu  http://www.ceah laupark.ro/en/legends/ The show calls it a megalith, but it is actually two rock outcrops, one for Budu, one for Ana  Bran Castle The Hardy Boys (and Nancy Drew) meet Dracula (part 1 and part 2) takes place in "Dracula's Castle" which I'm pretty sure features exterior shots of Bran Castle.  This episode features Lorne Greene (Battlestar Galactica and Bonanza) and also singer/songwriter/actor Paul Williams (The Phantom of the Paradise, Rainbow Connection)   The story about what was found in the church seems to be completely wrong. From Wiki on Vlad Dracula:  "According to popular tradition (which was first recorded in the late 19th century), Vlad was buried in the Monastery of Snagov. However, the excavations carried out by Dinu V. Rosetti in 1933 found no tomb below the supposed "unmarked tombstone" of Vlad in the monastery church. Rosetti reported: "Under the tombstone attributed to Vlad there was no tomb. Only many bones and jaws of horses." I think I solved this one. (-B):   In October 1974, the AP released a news story about Dracula's grave and the island. The story tells that Rosetti investigated then immediately follows with the legends around the remains of Vlad. I'm betting this is the source because it closely matches the episode narrative and would have been easy to find or perhaps remember when this episode was made. "The grave, said to be Dracula's, was discovered by Romania's eminent archaeologist Dinu Rosetti in 1931 after he followed up a folklore story known only to neighboring villagers across the lake." (see attached PDF for full article)  The famous woodcut of Vlad dining in front of impaled victims.    Nimoy Fashion Alert

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emwweolmFNs&amp;list=PLft0vOv0DuPV_h3wzWFzFsCYVTDA2Aru2&amp;index=18" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Watch this ISO episode on YouTube</a> Was Dracula, the Bram Stoker novel, based on a real person in the form of Vlad Dracula? Jeb and Blake discuss. Discussed in this episode: Update 1/28/2020: Listener Justin Mullis spotted an error which has led to a correction in this audio and will lead to some additional material in another IRO content drop shortly. -B Bram Stoker's <a href="https://amzn.to/2uwTFFn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dracula</a> the novel John William Polidori's <a href="https://amzn.to/2uC3L7F" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Vampyre</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/30RmisK" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Varney the Vampire</a>, a penny dreadful <a href="https://amzn.to/36txbSG" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Carmilla</a> by Joseph Le Fanu Dan Simmons <a href="https://amzn.to/36wWSSJ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Children of the Night</a> vampire book Todd Browning's <a href="https://amzn.to/310NFko" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dracula &amp; Freaks</a> Copola's movie <a href="https://amzn.to/3aCsfOV" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bram Stoker's Dracula</a> Hammer's <a href="https://amzn.to/2Rqt19Z" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Horror of Dracula</a> (1958) <a href="https://amzn.to/2TW1P4M" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hellsing</a>, vampire anime <a href="https://amzn.to/2tHLPZw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Shadow of the Vampire</a> (2000) fictionalized story of the making of Nosferatu (sort of) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7p3ct5hcks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Remastered Nosferatu</a> (English, Scored, and free via YouTube) Dracula (in the novel) goes to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholomance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Scholomance</a> to become a vampire.   What's a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lich" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lich</a>? Why did Hammer set most of its Dracula movies in Germany? It seems likely to be budget related, perhaps having sets ready? You'd have to ask script writer Jimmy Sangster to be sure, but I did uncover <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wZurDgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT66&amp;lpg=PT66&amp;dq=why+did+sangster+move+dracula+to+germany&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=dER-QufSYW&amp;sig=ACfU3U24Be3FSoiXD5kJ70fncM8RYNLhnQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjo8IXSuZ_nAhXSUt8KHSE3CBUQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this passage</a> in a book titled "<a href="https://amzn.to/2vpzcTr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dracula Goes to the Movies</a>," by Lyndon Joslin: "Due to the budget constraints of this version, Dracula doesn't take a sea voyage to London, not even via footage pirated from another film. Instead, he takes a hearse to the town of Karlstadt, wherever that may be. There is a Karlstadt in Germany, but in order to get there from Klausenburg in central Transylvania, Dracula would have to travel across modern-day Hungary and Austria. The movie depicts the trip as a mere overnighter, so Karlstadt is evidently a fictional town somewhere in Transylvania. There's a border crossing guard in the story, so Karlstadt must be in a neighboring 'state,' province or district. (The border crossing, we're told, is in 'Ingstadt,' itself apparently a fictional town and therefore not much help here.) Karlstadt here compares with the 'Carlsbruck' seen in the same year (1958) in Hammer's The Revenge of Frankenstein, and with the Karlstaad seen in 1964's The Evil of Frankenstein. The creation of a generic German archetypal town is what goes on here, comparable to Universal's having set part of its Frankenstein series in the never-land town of Visaria. It's ironic that in this, the first British adaptation of Dracula, the Count doesn't go to London, or even to England. In Hammer's series, he doesn't turn up in England until Taste the Blood of Dracula in 1970. Still, Horror of Dracula is so very British that articles have been written about it by reviewers who didn't notice that it isn't London Dracula invades. Seems the undertaker's address in the movie - on 'Friederickstrasse' - would've provided a clue." (Joslin, 2017) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambras_Castle" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Castle Ambras</a> - home of weird paintings and "cabinet of curiosities" Lot's Wife <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot%27s_wife" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">geological formations</a> <ul> <li>Stoker was going to create his character, and then ran into a history discussing Dracula, and used that as the backstory. Also added the vampire bat aspects. <ul> <li>Much of this may come from Emily Gerard’s <a href="https://amzn.to/2GjXwIu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Land Beyond the Forest</a>. He basically lifts a number of ideas and text from her. <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Gerard" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Gerard</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> She was a <a href="https://www.bl.uk/collecti" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">travel writer and novelist</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radu_Florescu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Radu Florescu</a> (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/books/radu-florescu-scholar-who-linked-dracula-and-vlad-the-impaler-dies-at-88.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">obituary</a>) co-author <a href="https://amzn.to/36u7NMG" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">In Search of Dracula</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_folklore_by_region" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vampire lore around the world</a> varies in what the vampires do, and how they are created. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Dragon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Order of the Dragon</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceahl%C4%83u_Massif" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ceahlău Massif</a> The story of Budu <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ceahlaupark.ro/en/legends/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.ceah</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ceahlaupark.ro/en/legends/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">laupark.ro/en/legends/</a> The show calls it a megalith, but it is actually two rock outcrops, one for Budu, one for Ana</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bran-castle.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bran Castle</a> The Hardy Boys (and Nancy Drew) meet Dracula (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td-mQMJKNmI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">part 1</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8G792Cl_Ms" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">part 2</a>) takes place in "Dracula's Castle" which I'm pretty sure features exterior shots of Bran Castle.  This episode features Lorne Greene (Battlestar Galactica and Bonanza) and also singer/songwriter/actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Paul Williams</a> (<a href="https://amzn.to/2RMIUGV" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Phantom of the Paradise</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3Lkc6Gzlk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rainbow Connection</a>) The story about what was found in the church seems to be completely wrong. From Wiki on Vlad Dracula:  "According to popular tradition (which was first recorded in the late 19th century), Vlad was buried in the Monastery of Snagov. However, the excavations carried out by Dinu V. Rosetti in 1933 found no tomb below the supposed "unmarked tombstone" of Vlad in the monastery church. Rosetti reported: "Under the tombstone attributed to Vlad there was no tomb. Only many bones and jaws of horses." I think I solved this one. (-B):   In October 1974, the AP released a news story about Dracula's grave and the island. The story tells that Rosetti investigated then immediately follows with the legends around the remains of Vlad. I'm betting this is the source because it closely matches the episode narrative and would have been easy to find or perhaps remember when this episode was made. "The grave, said to be Dracula's, was discovered by Romania's eminent archaeologist Dinu Rosetti in 1931 after he followed up a folklore story known only to neighboring villagers across the lake." (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=33449187&amp;i=5024457" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">see attached PDF for full article</a>) The famous woodcut of Vlad dining in front of impaled victims. Nimoy Fashion Alert

S01E16 - Dracula

Jeb Card and Blake Smith discuss the In Search Of episode: KILLER BEES.  Will aggressive Africanized honey bees destroy the world? Is every problem a metaphor for colonialism? Tune in and find out! Watch episode on YouTube   I've attached some relevant articles from the time, one on bees and one on ISO. Also, I've set the episode to "Explicit" because of all the sexy, sexy bee talk. Radioactive Wasps (Correction: Location was at HANFORD not HANSON site - corrected here, but I'm not cutting out my joke about Hanson. -B) Jeb mentioned Japanese Giant Wasps - those are described here. (They're wasps, only giant - and from Japan. That's good marketing in the name.) Jeb was right to bring this beastie up in conjunction with bees.  From the Wikipedia article: In Japan, beekeepers often prefer European honey bees because they are more productive than the endemic Japanese honey bees.[citation needed] However, it can be difficult to maintain a captive hive of European honey bees, as the giant hornets are devastating to the bee hives.[citation needed] Once a Japanese giant hornet has located a hive of European honey bees, it leaves pheromone markers around it that quickly attract nest-mates to converge on the hive. An individual hornet can kill forty European honey bees per minute, while a group of 30 hornets can destroy an entire hive containing 30,000 bees in less than four hours.[4] The hornets kill and dismember the bees, returning to their nest with the bee thoraxes, which they feed to their larvae, leaving heads and limbs behind. The honey and bee larvae are also taken to feed the hornet larvae. Another correction - I think I called them "hornet killers" or something similarly stupid, but I was talking about the very large American "Cicada Killer" wasps.  But that's not what Jeb was talking about (see above).  The Cicada Killer is big enough to - you guessed it - kill a cicada.  They're not as insanely beefy as the Japanese hornets, but they're big beefy units. Frequently on-screen expert Dr. Norman Gary is a Bee Wrangler for Hollywood, working on Candyman, X-Files, etc. Dr. Gary playing clarinet covered in bees.

Jeb Card and Blake Smith discuss the In Search Of episode: KILLER BEES.  Will aggressive Africanized honey bees destroy the world? Is every problem a metaphor for colonialism? Tune in and find out! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvcApBICFks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Watch episode on YouTube</a> I've attached some relevant articles from the time, one on bees and one on ISO. Also, I've set the episode to "Explicit" because of all the sexy, sexy bee talk. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090614072719/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009327345_webnukedwasps11m.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Radioactive Wasps</a> (Correction: Location was at HANFORD not HANSON site - corrected here, but I'm not cutting out my joke about Hanson. -B) Jeb mentioned Japanese Giant Wasps - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_giant_hornet" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">those are described here</a>. (They're wasps, only giant - and from Japan. That's good marketing in the name.) Jeb was right to bring this beastie up in conjunction with bees.  From the Wikipedia article: In Japan, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beekeeper" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">beekeepers</a> often prefer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_honey_bee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">European honey bees</a> because they are more productive than the endemic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_cerana_japonica" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Japanese honey bees</a>.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">citation needed</a>] However, it can be difficult to maintain a captive hive of European honey bees, as the giant hornets are devastating to the bee hives.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">citation needed</a>] Once a Japanese giant hornet has located a hive of European honey bees, it leaves <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheromone" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pheromone</a> markers around it that quickly attract nest-mates to converge on the hive. An individual hornet can kill forty European honey bees per minute, while a group of 30 hornets can destroy an entire hive containing 30,000 bees in less than four hours.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_giant_hornet#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">[4]</a> The hornets kill and dismember the bees, returning to their nest with the bee thoraxes, which they feed to their larvae, leaving heads and limbs behind. The honey and bee larvae are also taken to feed the hornet larvae. Another correction - I think I called them "hornet killers" or something similarly stupid, but I was talking about the very large American "<a href="https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef004" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Cicada Killer</a>" wasps.  But that's not what Jeb was talking about (see above).  The Cicada Killer is big enough to - you guessed it - kill a cicada.  They're not as insanely beefy as the Japanese hornets, but they're big beefy units. Frequently on-screen expert <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0308894/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t27" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Norman Gary</a> is a Bee Wrangler for Hollywood, working on Candyman, X-Files, etc. Dr. Gary playing clarinet <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddp8_5tXOhU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">covered in bees</a>.

S01E06 - Killer Bees

Jeb and Blake look into an alleged haunting in Port Clyde, Maine as we go in research of Ghosts!  The episode opens with Hans Holzer looking to possible haunting at Sunnyside, the home of Washington Irving.  Holzer was a prolific author and media figure around paranormal and fringe topics. Mentioned: The terrible, stupid "alien interview" video posted on YouTube as a "Blue Book interview." (this is not real) Sally Landsburg (producer's ex-wife) obituary  (August 18, 1933 - March 11, 2019) Hans' daughter Alexandra now has her own paranormal TV (The Holzer Files) show along with Dave Shrader, formerly of Darkness Radio (now Beyond the Darkness podcast).   Nimoy Fashion Alert:  From This House is Haunted (Holzer) - on the Ingrid Beckman problems that led to the dissolution of their partnership.    Excerpt from Bear's Guide to Earning College Degrees Non Traditionally regarding the school Holzer got his "PhD" from.   Holzer_15_mins_pt1.pdf Holzer_15_mins_pt3.pdf Holzer_15_mins_pt2.pdf Excerpt_on_Ghost_episode_from_ISO_Promotional_press_release_Dec_1976.pdf Holzer___pity_the_poor_ghost.pdf

Jeb and Blake look into an alleged haunting in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Clyde,_Maine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Port Clyde, Maine</a> as we go in research of Ghosts! The episode opens with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Holzer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hans Holzer</a> looking to possible haunting at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside_(Tarrytown,_New_York)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sunnyside</a>, the home of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Washington Irving</a>.  Holzer was a <a href="https://amzn.to/3254j2S" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">prolific author</a> and media figure around paranormal and fringe topics. Mentioned: The terrible, stupid "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ECQhLIxWTA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">alien interview</a>" video posted on YouTube as a "Blue Book interview." (this is not real) <a href="https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/sally-landsburg-obituary/115039" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sally Landsburg (producer's ex-wife) obituary</a>  (August 18, 1933 - March 11, 2019) Hans' daughter <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3613955/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Alexandra</a> now has her own paranormal TV (<a href="https://amzn.to/2uQIc3S" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Holzer Files</a>) show along with <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4403693/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dave Shrader</a>, formerly of Darkness Radio (now Beyond the Darkness podcast). Nimoy Fashion Alert: From This House is Haunted (Holzer) - on the Ingrid Beckman problems that led to the dissolution of their partnership. Excerpt from <a href="https://amzn.to/3254j2S" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bear's Guide to Earning College Degrees Non Traditionally</a> regarding the school Holzer got his "PhD" from. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=34095797&amp;i=5126537" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Holzer_15_mins_pt1.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=34095797&amp;i=5126539" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Holzer_15_mins_pt3.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=34095797&amp;i=5126540" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Holzer_15_mins_pt2.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=34095797&amp;i=5126542" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Excerpt_on_Ghost_episode_from_ISO_Promotional_press_release_Dec_1976.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/file?h=34095797&amp;i=5126543" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Holzer___pity_the_poor_ghost.pdf</a>

S01E18 - Ghosts

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