From Desert Oracle Radio, this is The Eldritch Republic, our new series that’s all about America’s strange history & uncanny folklore.

Tonight we meet William Dunbar, frontier scientist on the Lower Mississippi, and hear his weird report to longtime friend Thomas Jefferson, regarding a large, low-flying mystery object that stunned the people of Baton Rouge in the Spring of 1800.

Written and hosted by Ken Layne, with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

Desert Oracle Radio © ℗ 2017-2025 https://DesertOracle.com

From Desert Oracle Radio, this is The Eldritch Republic, our new series that&rsquo;s all about America&rsquo;s strange history &amp; uncanny folklore.
Tonight we meet William Dunbar, frontier scientist on the Lower Mississippi, and hear his weird report to longtime friend Thomas Jefferson, regarding a large, low-flying mystery object that stunned the people of Baton Rouge in the Spring of 1800.
Written and hosted by Ken Layne, with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.
Desert Oracle Radio &copy; ℗ 2017-2025 https://DesertOracle.com

From Desert Oracle Radio, this is The Eldritch Republic with Ken Layne. A collection of uncanny true tales from America's strange history & folklore.

From&nbsp;Desert Oracle Radio, this is The Eldritch Republic&nbsp;with Ken Layne. A collection of uncanny true tales from America's strange history &amp; folklore.

Ken Layne's strange true tales from American history & folklore.

The Eldritch Republic

Desert Oracle Radio is a weekly road trip through the weird American desert from the publisher of Desert Oracle, the pocket-sized field guide published in Joshua Tree, California. Hear tales of mysterious lights, missing tourists, lost mines, venomous creatures, weird history and weirder people. Hosted by editor Ken Layne and featuring a cast of intriguing mystics, oddballs, scientists and artists, Desert Oracle Radio is your soundtrack for a desert night. The program is broadcast on Friday nights at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM in the Mojave high desert, with field reports from around and across the desert lands, and is distributed by Public Radio Exchange (PRX).

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Mysterious lights, missing tourists, lost mines, strange apparitions, magical rituals, false prophets & sinister characters. Weird tales from the wild places. This is Desert Oracle Radio, by Ken Layne, broadcasting from a Mojave mountaintop since 20&17.

Mysterious lights, missing tourists, lost mines, strange apparitions, magical rituals, false prophets &amp; sinister characters. Weird tales from the wild places. This is Desert Oracle Radio, by Ken Layne, broadcasting from a Mojave mountaintop since 20&amp;17.

The Eldritch Republic: Thomas Jefferson's UFO

We're back with Midsummer Tidings from the Mojave, with solstice verse from Sam Clemens & Shakespeare, too. Plus a new campfire story from our recently concluded springtime series in Joshua Tree. 

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We're back with Midsummer Tidings from the Mojave, with solstice verse from Sam Clemens &amp; Shakespeare, too. Plus a new campfire story from our recently concluded springtime series in Joshua Tree.&nbsp;
Desert Oracle Radio (c)(p) 2017-2026 http://DesertOracle.com

Summer Solstice Verse & the Desert Doctor's Weird Bird

From our Campfire Stories in Joshua Tree on May 23, 2026, here’s a special one-hour edition of Desert Oracle Radio live from the desert behind the Joshua Tree Retreat Center, with the High Desert's own Herb Benham IV opening the campfire festivities with a couple of proper cowboy songs. Ravens, rattlesnakes and other characters appear early and often in the stories & fables that follow.

From our Campfire Stories in Joshua Tree on May 23, 2026, here&rsquo;s a special one-hour edition of Desert Oracle Radio live from the desert behind the Joshua Tree Retreat Center, with the High Desert's own <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6FnN62XtbVwOAwAyXioCvU?si=Fq7ssxEBShaac3kl-RMzKg%20https://open.spotify.com/artist/6FnN62XtbVwOAwAyXioCvU?si=Fq7ssxEBShaac3kl-RMzKg">Herb Benham IV</a> opening the campfire festivities with a couple of proper cowboy songs. Ravens, rattlesnakes and other characters appear early and often in the stories &amp; fables that follow.

Campfire Tales on a Half-Moon Night

If you love flying saucers, maybe you’ve been following the release of a bunch more UFO files. Maybe you're disappointed that E.T. isn't in there, signing a treaty with F.D.R. But it's a very interesting window on the American UFO era, which is now 80 years old! 

PLUS: A tale from Death Valley, told at our recent Campfire Stories event in Joshua Tree.

Desert Oracle Radio (C)(P) 2017-2026 http://DesertOracle.com

If you love flying saucers, maybe you&rsquo;ve been following the release of a bunch more UFO files. Maybe you're disappointed that E.T. isn't in there, signing a treaty with F.D.R. But it's a very interesting window on the American UFO era, which is now 80 years old!&nbsp;
PLUS: A tale from Death Valley, told at our recent Campfire Stories event in Joshua Tree.
Desert Oracle Radio (C)(P) 2017-2026 http://DesertOracle.com

The Eldritch Republic: Thomas Jefferson's UFO

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