Strange Arrivals
Strange Arrivals
Welcome to Strange Arrivals, where host Toby Ball unravels history's most famous cases of extraterrestrial encounters. This season three, we look at UFO researchers who developed theories to explain the phenomenon and the consequences those theories had for people who believed they had experienced the paranormal.Social links:
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Bonus Episode: Ben Zeller
In the second of two bonus episodes about the Heaven's Gate UFO group, Toby talks with Lake Forest University professor, Ben Zeller.
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Bonus Episode: George Chryssides
In the first of two bonus episodes about the Heaven's Gate UFO group, Toby talks with academic and researcher, George Chryssides.
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Bonus Episode: Sarah Krasnostein
In this bonus episode, Toby chats with Sarah Krasnostein, author of The Believer. They discuss the Creation Museum, people who cleanse houses of annoying spirits, and the two most famous UFO cases in Australian history.
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Bonus Episode: Diana Pasulka
In this bonus episode, Toby chats with University of North Carolina, Wilmington, professor Diana Pasulka about aerial phenomena in Catholic history, her book American Cosmic, and how institutionalized religion might be affected by Disclosure.
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Priests at the Ziggurat
Historically, people have looked to religious authority figures to explain occurences that seem to exist outside normal human experience. A similar dynamic is at work in the UFO world where certain people claim to have knowledge unattainable by most people. Why do we listen?
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The Ranch
The media has reported that the government has some level of interest in UFOs. But, while you might think that this would mean investigating physical crafts flying around in the sky, this is not exactly the case. What is happening is even stranger.
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Invasion of the Ultraterrestrials
John Keel lived a weird and adventurous life. He brought UFOs and other strange phenomena to a larger audience through his compelling storytelling. And he had some wild theories about what all of these phenomena were, even if he didn't necessarily believe it himself.
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The Monster in the Igloos
"What is battleship gray, five to seven feet tall, has a pair of red eyes two inches in diameter which blaze like two lasers, wings which extend to ten feet when spread and loves to chase automobiles?" It's 1966 and we're in West Virginia. The answer is: The Mothman.
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The Case of Emma Woods, Pt. 3
Emma Woods breaks off her contact with David Jacobs and tries to regain control over her life. David Jacobs responds to her allegations as she pushes Temple University to take action about his research conduct.
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The Case of Emma Woods, Pt. 2
As Emma Woods continued to work with abduction researcher David Jacobs, her hypnosis sessions turned stranger and darker. Then, Jacobs introduced a conspiracy that he said put him and others in grave physical danger.
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