Anomalous Fascination

This week, I will be answering listener questions about past episodes, the show as a whole, and about me - Andy. Please note - this is an unscripted and lightly edited episode - so don't expect top tier quality here. Check it out!

Music:

Music:  Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". 

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad   

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Come Fly with Me". 

 You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

In episode 24, we go back in time to the late 1850s...when one man's scientific discovery...quickly turned into worldwide terror. Because sometimes...when it comes to telescopes....images can be closer than they may appear.....Lets take a stroll, shall we? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/08/carrington-event-warning/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_maximum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaic_pile https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/in-depth/#:~:text=The%20Sun%2C%20like%20others%20stars,%25%20hydrogen%20and%2027.4%25%20helium. Music:  Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".  You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad    Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Watching tower".   You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.   And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "Drown in Mirrors".   You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In episode 23, we zoom out. Taking our sights off the comings and goings of humanity and onto the map of the world. Or should I say...."Maps"...of the world. The face of the world has changed millions of times throughout history...usually through exploration and discovery....but sometimes...through "Undiscovery"....lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermeja https://www.wonderslist.com/top-10-phantom-islands/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasil_(mythical_island) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougherty_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Island,_New_Caledonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealandia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad   Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "Watching tower" and "Chod".   You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.   And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their song "The Healing".  You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In episode 22, we head south....WAY south - to explore the only known possible murder on our 7th continent...Antarctica....let’s take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/14/antarctica.robinmckie#:~:text=Mystery%20of%20poisoning%20in%20Antarctic%20deepens%20as%20suicide%20is%20ruled%20out,-Battle%20by%20New&text=In%20a%20few%20weeks%20coroner,Marks%20at%20the%20South%20Pole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marks https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/579732/mysterious-death-rodney-marks-scientist-who-was-poisoned-antarctica https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/russian-faces-antarctica-attempted-murder-charge-180970632/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Submillimeter_Telescope_and_Remote_Observatory https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/cruise/#:~:text=The%20trip%20to%20Mars%20will,at%20Jezero%20Crater%20on%20Mars. Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".  You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad  Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Watching tower".  You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.  And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "Cursed House". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In Episode 21, we will be going back to a familiar place and time...but where we go from there...isn't quite what you'd have expected. Join as we follow the lives of Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone - in their lives AFTER Lincoln was assassinated.....Lets take a stroll shall we? Promo from Octoberpod - octoberpodvhs.com.  youtu.be/Ux-mNWYo2zY (immediately following episode) Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Harris#:~:text=Harris%20and%20Rathbone%20were%20married,born%20September%2015%2C%201872). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rathbone https://blog.nyhistory.org/attending-fords-theater-with-the-lincolns-the-tragic-lives-of-clara-harris-and-henry-rathbone/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/06/07/henry-reed-rathbone/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln Music:  Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "The Loneliness" You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In Episode 20, we will be continuing our investigation into the events of December 24th, 1945. Things seemed strange enough the night of the incident...but somehow...it only gets stranger after that......lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-madriga/2018/03/35-puzzling-facts-about-the-sodder-children-disappearance/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/522074/enduring-mystery-sodder-childrens-christmas-disappearance Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "There" and "Watching tower". You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com. And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In Episode 19, we'll be diving into a subject so incredible...that I had to make two episodes out of it. Part 1 is the story of what happened...part 2...will be everything else. Hop in and learn about a family who lost more than they could bear when an early morning tragedy struck their family....Lets take a stroll shall we?

Sources:

https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-madriga/2018/03/35-puzzling-facts-about-the-sodder-children-disappearance/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Sodder_Family

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/522074/enduring-mystery-sodder-childrens-christmas-disappearance#:~:text=George%20and%20Jennie%20Sodder%E2%80%94both,toys%20they%20had%20already%20acquired.

Music:

 Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad" and their song "Idea". 

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower". 

You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com. 

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" 

 You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In Episode 18, we're headed to the great pacific northwest. Where we will be exploring a series of....unpleasant discoveries...that have haunted British Columbia and Washington for the past 14 years....Lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries - https://longreads.com/2019/04/08/the-curious-tale-of-the-salish-sea-feet/ - https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/12/18/16777724/human-feet-beach-pacific-northwest-seattle-vancouver - https://medium.com/internet-archaeology/the-macabre-case-of-the-21-severed-feet-of-the-salish-sea-71209d372a8e http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/05/18/the-strange-salish-sea-foot-mystery/ Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower". You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com. And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "The Signals" You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In Episode 17, we're getting back to outer space...with a familiar friend that seemingly shows up everywhere in this show...aliens. We'll be tackling a question that a well known physicist once posed...."where are they?"... Lets take a stroll, shall we?

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

https://www.biography.com/scientist/enrico-fermi

https://www.britannica.com/story/the-fermi-paradox-where-are-all-the-aliens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Drake

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at:

http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "White Atlantis"

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In Episode 16, we will be discussing a bizarre, but more light hearted subject. When something so frightening and alarming occurred...that thousands of sheep would go absolutely berserk... Lets take a stroll, shall we?

Sources

https://esoterx.com/2015/07/14/the-mysterious-oxfordshire-sheep-panic-of-1888/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sheep_Panic

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/08/the-strange-case-of-the-great-sheep-panics-of-oxfordshire/

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at:

http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "When You Leave"

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app