Fortean News Podcast

The Interview: Liah aka The Black Widow of Scarborough

If you prefer to watch the interview you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAPFQBsBOeo 
Liah is a fascinating person. She is an academic, an educator, an author, a  textile artist, historian and much more. She also researches and runs a ghost tour here in Scarborough. She has a thread of the paranormal and strange running through her family and she can sense what may be her own past lives. Join us on this fascinating discussion where we explore life in Salem after the trials, past lives, and so much more. 
 
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Here tours can be found here: https://blackwidowtours.co.uk/
Find her book "Hidden Doorways" here: https://amzn.to/46Fciqx 
Find her book "Homeward" here: https://amzn.to/4ohx7yE 
Find her awesome Vampire series "The Dark Evolution Chronicles" here: https://amzn.to/4fiA0LH 
and find out more about Liah's work here: https://liahsthorley.com/
 
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Reflections on Last Months News, The Betz Sphere and which Yokai are real

James is joined by Iaian from Two Guys What's UP podcast again to discuss the previous month's news. They also look at the Betz Sphere from the Fortean archive and fiinish with a quiz on which Yokai are real and which did James make up? Play along at home. 
 
The second official Loch Ness Sighting this year is a bit pants: https://www.lochnesssightings.com/index.asp?pageid=717286
 
Here is some info on Springheeled Jack https://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/england/black_country/article_1.shtml
 
Here is Springheeled Jack from the Skullduggery Pleasant universe https://skulduggery.fandom.com/wiki/Springheeled_Jack
 
The story of the Hammersmith ghost https://www.tiktok.com/@confessions_of_ghost_boy/video/7151915170208435462?lang=en
 
The story of the London Monster who stabbed ladies in the buttocks with a fork https://strandmag.com/the-london-monster/
 
The James Randi 1 Million Dollar Paranormal challenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge
 
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Check out Origami Nick and say hi https://www.instagram.com/paperbotherer/
 
Aliens in Compton ring door video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDk7Hc-4TWs
 
Here is some notes on the Betz Sphere https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/the-mysterious-betz-sphere-of-fort-george-island/
 
You like Yokai? Check these out
https://yokai.com/?srsltid=AfmBOor6ZP1x4LR4vRHNjvy4p0Vv_RxuMdBVhVMavURm8IDUEkhTdjqz
and 
https://bpwriter22.wordpress.com/2018/06/20/9-strange-yokai-from-japanese-folklore/
 
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Aliens on film, ghosts sleeping with the living and all the June Fortean News

In this month's episode:
 
The cryptid of the Orang Pendek
Second official sighting of Nessie in Loch Ness
Loch Ness camera found
Death Superstitions and Folklore
What is the one blob of cold water in the ocean?
Revisiting Spring Heeled Jack
Was an alien caught on a Ring doorbell in the USA look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3l95rDDXu0
What are the strange lights in Lake Nahuel Huapi in Argentina? Look here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSj7FRBDE8c
Did the USS Memphis, a nuclear submarine get shut down by a UFO/UAP?
Adele makes a house unsellable due to the paranormal goings on
Why do couples feel their new house is haunted?
The ghost of Amub-Ra on the haunted underground London Station
The vanishing ladder in Wirral
Buying your old haunted house
3D Printed gel that eats CO2
Strange urns found under a fallen tree
Huge city beneath the Egyptian pyramids
USA Military release footage of a disc-shaped UFO
Why is Wyoming a UFO hotspot?
Did Mamma Cass from the Mammas and Pappas haunt Ghostbuster Dan Ackroyd’s house?
Two men dressed as police try to steal UFO Sphere in Kazakhstan
Was a Bigfoot photo taken on Mount Washington
Strange Alien-structured staircase under the ocean
Silver sphere filmed in China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxv8DNKtXKw
Reddits unexplained stories
CIA Coverup of aliens living on far side of the moon
Man's flask kills him
Is the Chinese space station fake? The conspiracy says so.
The ghost that made love to a living human
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A Philosophical Discussion on High Strangeness

James is joined by Iain from the weekly comedy podcast Two Guys What's Up to discuss a study of UFO's/UAP's which led to seeing cryptids and poltergeist activity and more. While enjoying a few spirits of a different kind, the two gentlemen discuss the philosophical aspects of high strangeness and all things Fortean
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Fortean News for May 2025

All the UFO, Paranormal, Weird and Cryptid news for May 2025
Did Annabel the demonic Doll escape? Can you cure cancer by praying? All this and ghosyely news and more
 
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Satanic Ghost Goats, First Dates and all the Fortean News

James is joined by Iain from Two Guys Whats Up podcast to discuss James' appearance on the Channel 4 TV Show First Dates with Brocarde, Paranormal investigations and all the Fortean news from UFOs to ghosts of satanic goats and plates of peeled bananas
 
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Live Recordings of a Poltergeist

In the last episode I spoke about the poltergeist scratching after I talk about it. Now you can hear it happening

The Watch Mystery and First Dates

An immense head scratcher requires your ideas and James gives a preview of his First Date!
 
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Listen to james on BBC Upload here:   https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0kt135c?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
 
James YouTube Confessions of a Ghostboy channel here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydh2CH5E7mo 

Interview With Paul Nugent from the Aetherius Society

While the world is seemingly getting more turbulent some of us may be trying to find a way through it all to bring us peace and enlightenment. Could the Aetherius Society be the place where you find your peace? James sits down with Paul Nugent, director of the Aetherius Society to talk about his book Maya Mire for a truly fascinating conversation on how our spiritual understanding links in with UFO's/UAP's and more. 
 
If you want to purchase Paul's book the link for USA listeners is here: https://www.amazon.com/Maya-Mire-Spiritual-Journey-Dawning/dp/1803415525 and for European listeners here: https://amzn.eu/d/0wRPt3F 
 
For more info on Paul and the society please find the links here: 
 
www.aetherius.org
 
www.sedimentofmysoul.com
 
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2025 and its going to be awesome

Happy New Year dear listeners
 
Getting attacked by the Edinburgh poltergeist video here: https://www.tiktok.com/@confessions_of_ghost_boy/video/7453888641576815904?lang=en
 
Koppert ADHD Spotify link https://open.spotify.com/episode/3b8BXcz0REszyKtVn5is5t?si=92b360f3975d4e7f 
 
Koppert ADHD Apple link
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/saving-billions-the-adhd-argument-you-need-to-hear/id1788770618?i=1000682889075
Book a free ticket to the poetry event here Leon the poet and friends - online book launch
 
Date: Thu, Jan 16 • 19:00 GMT
 
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