Fortean News Podcast

Tesla the ghost detectors, Pianist octopus, CIA find the Ark of the Covenant, Quantum Dimensions, Bigfoot sociology and more!!!

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Has the Loch Ness been spotted again by Eoin O’Faodhagain? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxWoE_IYPFWfEEKw2cnv2Q/featured
Haunted pram starts walking itself across the floor
Autistic boy from UK makes Bigfoot documentary
The Curse of Tutankhamun’s tomb
Our human consciousness may not be as special or unique as we once thought
An ELVE ring appears over Italy
Update on the Chicago Mothman
An astrophysicist and a sceptic make a thousand-dollar bet on alien life
A sociological look at Bigfoot hunters
Real doppelgängers from history
Has the Russian approach got more proof of the UFO/UAP phenomena and we need to stop viewing it through a Western lens?
Is consciousness actually a process of quantum collapse in the brain?
Could we create “Ego Death” and generate world peace?
Are there hidden quantum dimensions hiding in our fabric of reality?
Scientists have found new ways of searching for alien life
New Jersey Police helicopter intercepts drones way beyond USA military capabilities
Did the CIA use remote viewing to find the Ark of the Covenant?
Link to Astonishing Legends shows on remote viewing here https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/tag/Remote+Viewing
A Swedish musician trains an Octopus to play the piano
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Ed and Lorraine Warren's impact of the paranormal USA
The Mayan cities were designed to match the supernatural cosmos
Neurologists have explained the how of near-death experiences but have they explained the why?
Veterans describe how nuclear silos were shut down by UFO’s / UAP’s during the Cold War
Disc shape UFO orbs seen flying over Wisconsin USA
Are Tesla’s the new high-tech ghost detector?
New York ghost past
 
Show written and presented by James Koppert
Music by James Koppert
Logo by James Koppert
Intro and Outro Candi Godbold

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Paranormal Investigation Round Table Discussion!

James gets together with medium Pamela Heyward and author and Paranormal tour guide Liah Thorley, aka The Black Widow to discuss a paranormal investigation we did in the Market Vaults in Scarborough. Liah is a brilliant guide who runs ghost tours, and she organised and invited us along to investigate the vaults for Halloween. Tune in and see what happened
If you want to go on one of Liah's incredible tours and delve into spooky tales and history, please book on: https://blackwidowtours.co.uk/ 
My investigation with Paul here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPCIIO8BCT0
And an interview with Paul Sinclair on one of my experiences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61LkzwR-0uU
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Nurses and the Paranormal, 7Ft Shadow Figures, Jesus magic wand, UFO's shutting down nuclear bases and more

On this episode:
 
Ghost activity https://www.tiktok.com/@confessions_of_ghost_boy/video/7585921645886311702?_r=1&_t=ZN-92ZXChWjRSg
The etymology of the word ghost
The introduction gateway book for us all. Osbourne book of ghosts
Standish Church in Maine being researched by paranormal investigators
Somerset named as most haunted in UK
Top ten most haunted regions of the UKBolton’s all female ghost busters
James has his own JOTT
Meet the Basingstoke ghost hunters
Has someone caught the photo of a ghost monk at Conisbrough Castle? https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/people/paranormal-investigator-claims-to-have-spotted-ghost-of-monk-at-conisbrough-castle-5382702
Nurses and the paranormal
The Ghost Club, the worlds oldest paranormal society
The majority of Americans believe in the paranormal
What is ghost hunters Steve Gonsalves most scary moment?
Nearly half of Canadians believe in the paranormal
Jedward can see ghosts
The scariest paranormal roads in Europe are over in Ireland
A third of the English believe in the paranormal
What is behind the #HauntedAppalachia trend and is the real haunted Appalachia folklore scarier?
The Greenbrier Ghost: Zona Shue
The Screaming Skull of Burton Agnes Hall
Man marries a rice cooker
Haunted English Heritage sights at the sites
Adults share the creepiest things children have said to them
Country Living’s top ten signs your house is haunted
The real origin of the MIB
Frogs rain down in Brazil
A peer-reviewed study finds aliens may have been observing us blowing up nuclear bombs
A Dr. States ghost hunting isn’t actually about hunting for ghosts
The Ghosts of Bluebell Hill
Ghost Adventures' Aaron Goodwin won’t watch the moment his wife tried to have him killed
Does the paranormal affect house sales
Did Steve Jobs have a deathbed vision
Quantum computer passes the lie detector test
Polish pipeline digs up ancient warriors, merging the pagan with Christianity
Car picks up ghosts on its sensors?
Was Jesus the ultimate pagan sorcerer?
Area 51 road trip
Nurse sees 7ft shadow figure standing by dying patient's bed
Do aliens only “virtually” abduct you?
UFOs are shutting down nuclear bunkers and flying off
 
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A Christmas Ghost Story Number 2: Unearthly by Paul Spencer

Thank you so much for listening. If you have enjoyed it, Paul is releasing "Pocket Nightmares", a collection of 50 x 5-minute reads in 2026!
 
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

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