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A Christmas Ghost Story Number 2: Unearthly by Paul Spencer

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Thank you all for your continued support this year. I sincerely appreciate it. 
 
Unearthly:
Story by Paul Spencer
Caitlin's voice performed by Abbie Ingham
Alex's voice performed by James Koppert
 
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Love you all. Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year
 

A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Root of it All

This is a ghost story in a poem I wrote for Christmas for you all to enjoy. Merry Christmas to you all, and thank you for supporting the show this year
 
Hope you have a beautiful one. 
 
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The FNP and Two Guys, What's Up Christmas Crossover Special

Iain and Jordan from the top ten global podcast Two Guys What's Up? join James at the Britannia Pub to have a couple of drinks and celebrate the end of the year together. 
 
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The Interview: Phantoms of Christmas Past with the author Paul Weatherhead

Paul brings a brilliant interview about hoaxes of ghosts at Christmas leading to moral panics and huge ghost hunts. Also available visually on YouTube. 
 
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Village Time Slips, Interstellar Objects Breaking Laws of Science, Hat Man and more

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This months: 
The mysterious village time-slip
The 3rd interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, to come into our solar system breaks the laws of science.
UFO over the pyramid in Egypt
Pyramid UFO in Texas
Underwater UFOs are real
Everything we thought we knew about consciousness is wrong
RIP to the UKs oldest witch
Exorcisms to try and get rid of a hex on Charlie Kirk
Is the Bissell Mansion in St Louis the most terrifying haunted mansion in America?
The holographic inter soul
Meeting Jesus in death
The most haunted road in Scotland
UAP cover up
Has the cryptid Ogopogo moved lakes?
Brocarde chats to motor heads Lemmie who is eating pizza on a black horse
Is Bruce Forsyth’s ghost joking about fire extinguishes?
Is there an ancient pyramid submerged off New Orleans
Teacher loses job spraying poop spray
Tech billionaire loser tells people regulating AI is the antichrist
Ohio mansion is most haunted
More investigation into Utah cattle mutilations
Were the Anunakki aliens?
The 13 Ghost of the Joelma Building in Brazil
S.k. Pierce Mansion sold for one million dollars
Strange UFO seen over Tulcingo de Valle, Mexico see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Uamlx-TTWtzkQ7S8&v=HE2Ih2IaaNE&feature=youtu.be&themeRefresh=1
The Nessie was a hoax all along?
San Antonio folklore stars in new paper Occulto
All living things emit a glowing aura
Have archaeologists found ancient aliens in Kuwait?
Hail so big it can be seen from space
Did we face the rapture?
V Shaped UFO over Los Angeles
The High Strangeness of the Wold Newton Triangle
Are Labubu actually things for Pazuzu to possess?
Can welcome mats invite in demons?
Is remote viewing intelligence laundering
Has Noah’s ark been discovered
Answers found for the dragon stones
The Siirt poltergeist
The UFO/UAP Coverup of reverse engineering
Who is the hat man?
The real Stranger Things, The Montuak Experiments
21 grams the weight of the soul
The Whitey river monster

Quick Hi and Yuletide Announcement

See you all soon

The Interview: Dr Paul Lee and Haunted Hospitality

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You can also catch Paul on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/drpaullee.bsky.social 
 
Interview summary: Dr Paul Lee, a nuclear physicist and paranormal researcher, discussed his latest book on haunted UK eateries and shared personal experiences with paranormal activity, including challenges in collecting data and gaining access to haunted locations. Paul and James explored various aspects of paranormal investigation, including changes in ghostly phenomena, the challenges of verifying historical claims, and the importance of thorough research to separate fact from fiction. They discussed the limitations of paranormal investigation tools, the role of psychics and mediums, and the need for maintaining accurate databases of haunted locations, while emphasising the importance of honesty and scepticism in paranormal research.
 
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Happy Samhain/Halloween Special: Your Scary Stories

Listeners send in their stories and experiences of the terrifying and unknown for your spooky listening pleasure 
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The Interview: Paranormal Ivestigator Paul Cowmeadow

A spooky Halloween special, we talk to the wonderful Paul Cowmeadow, who has been immersed in the paranormal and occult since his teenage years. Since then, he has been on a journey of discovery, both of himself and of the unknown and magical world of the paranormal and high strangeness. 
 
Listen to the interview where he tells us how he was chosen by a haunted doll named Peggy, how he has found proof of the other side,  how he was attached by spirit in a jail, leaving him with two years of damage to his body and was attacked by "Mr No Face" in his own home and much more.  
 
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Silver Aliens scare Peruvian Tribes, Ghost Girl scares Cleaners and more. All the Fortean News

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on this episode:
Tribal people are terrorised by silver aliens in Peru
Did Einstein’s theories prove the existence of ghosts?
Ghost of an 8 year old boy in a Devon cave inspires new play
A ghost girl appears on camera in the National Assembly in Ecuador
Was Jesus Christ a stoner?
Man breaks his bones to get a little bit taller
Android womb to breed humans invented
Did slo mo in Sweden capture a UFO? https://youtu.be/sE3SwlhWNYA?si=brxiJtOo4tUlpGKb
Harvard paper says aliens are living amongst up
Irish soldier becomes shaman exorcist
James’ poltergeist makes an appearance
Spanish study into the Ouija Board
The Rogue River UFO sighting
Should you have a mirror facing your bed? Or does it invite in an unwelcome presecnece?
La Lechuza, the owl witch
Ghost baby caught in a crib
Demon appears in mans crawlspace
Ouija board is all in the mind, study suggests
Big foot body to be shown at the state fair
Chinese animal psychic con
Blue fleshed pig
UFO seen in Weesp in the Netherlands
Alien bases underground debunked?
IS the moon an alien base
Hundreds of haunted dolls
The plaque ghosts of Clerkenwell Square
Can we prove there is an anti universe running parallel to ours?
More findings about the Chachapoyas
Is Machine Gun Kelly Half alien?
Loch Ness Monster Babies
The ghost of black Aggie
Near death experience and blue skinned creatures
Near death experiences and visiting hell
Woman diagnosed with having constant orgasms
In Argentina, ghost is filmed standing by the side of the tracks
Soiled nappy dumper found in wheelie bin with trousers down
Mystery surrounding dead Brazilian woman with 26 iPhones glued to her
Strange creature spotted in the Han River is South Korea
Matt Rife by the Annabelle doll