In Research Of
114 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 222 ratingsThe show where we watch the 1970s TV show "In Search Of..." and look at possible explanations the producers didn't consider.
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The MonsterTalk Library
March 08, 2021 15:52If you want to skip the back story - just click here: http://bit.ly/monstertalkbooks Listeners have been asking for us to compile all the books we've talked about into a single page for years now. I hadn't had the time before now, but thanks to my current "non-employment" situation, I decided to try and do it right. I've designed the page to plug in Google spreadsheet and display via a Data Table. This means as we add more content, it will automatically update without having to do a...
IRO S2 Wrap Up
February 25, 2021 15:14 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBJeb and Blake stare at spreadsheet graphs - and what could be better? Fashion Forensics. A look at season 3. Tease of our next Bonus Episode. And more! Note: The fashion forensics segment needs visuals. Those are in the attached PDF but if I can make time I will knock together a little video to make it better. If I manage it, you'll know first.
S02E24 - The Garden of Eden
February 09, 2021 00:58 - 2 hours - 110 MBJeb and Blake go looking for The Garden of Eden and bring along professor Nathan French of the Miami University, Ohio to shed some extra insight during the journey. Nathan is the author of And God Knows the Martyrs (affiliate link) and is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at Miami. Meanwhile back in Eden... Nimoy walks in the Garden with a bible and his wholly white vestments. The Tomb of Eve Jedha in Star Wars Ashurban-appalling? Bahrain: ...
Brother, can you spare an iTunes review?
January 19, 2021 05:16Hey there listener! I hope you're enjoying the show. Jeb and I have several in the can and have started recording on Season 3. It would be a big help if you could take a few minutes and give us a positive review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. We'd really appreciate it. If you hate the show - we care about that too, but would prefer you send us a detailed post card with all your complaints. ;) Hope 2021 turns out to be a good year for all of us. Be safe, and stay tuned fo...
S02E23 - The Coming Ice Age
January 19, 2021 05:01 - 2 hours - 148 MBJeb and Blake are joined by climate scientist Dr. John Cook to discuss this infamous episode of In Search Of... You may have noticed that since the 1970s we did not descend into a frozen ice age. In fact - quite the opposite. Dr. Cook was kind enough to join us to talk about both the history of the science discussed in this episode, and the many challenges of dealing with science denialism. It's a treat of a discussion. In addition to his work teaching at George Mason University, Cook...
S02E22 - Deadly Ants
December 28, 2020 16:27 - 1 hour - 117 MBJeb and Blake discuss ants and the "deadly" fire ant invasion of the southern United States. Jeb struggles with ANTipathy towards the topic despite being an ANThropologist. (If you're looking for more wordplay like this in the episode, you'll find it ANTiclimactic.) It probably won't last but you can currently catch this episode of ISO on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXpM23ikcx0 Nimoy, outstanding in his field. The episode has some really nice photography, and I...
S02E21 - Butch Cassidy
December 08, 2020 05:40 - 1 hour - 122 MBYou can catch this episode of ISO on YouTube (for the moment). Warning: This episode contains major spoilers for the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Let's be honest - this episode of ISO wouldn't exist if it weren't for the classic film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. - certainly ended up with a bitter attitude towards them and accused them of all manner of shenanigans. Butch doesn't favor Paul Newman much, but it's good acting in the film. Here's Butch's mug shot: And ...
S02E19 - Witch Doctors
December 02, 2020 17:09 - 1 hour - 125 MBJeb and Blake watch In Search Of's take on the world of traditional medicine through the lens of "Witch Doctors." We were pleasantly surprised at what we found. YouTube continues to crackdown on "In Search Of" episodes. You can get the DVDs (just like Jeb and I use to make the show!) on Amazon. (Affiliate Link - a small % of sales from using this link goes to support my crippling coffee habit.) We're slapping an explicit tag on this one because we have potty mouths. If you'd like t...
S02E20 - Troy
November 12, 2020 22:27 - 1 hour - 123 MBJeb and Blake tackle the history of Heinrich Schliemann's legendary search for the ancient city of Troy. Content Warning - this episode of In Search Of contains footage that may be objectionable to some viewers. Viewers should be aware that A&E is pulling episodes of In Search Of... down off YouTube quite frequently. At the time of posting, you can see Part 1 of the episode here. Part 2 is here. Getting the DVD set is the best, legal, highest-quality route to watching these episo...
S02E18 - Troy
November 12, 2020 22:27 - 1 hour - 123 MBJeb and Blake tackle the history of Heinrich Schliemann's legendary search for the ancient city of Troy. Content Warning - this episode of In Search Of contains footage that may be objectionable to some viewers. Viewers should be aware that A&E is pulling episodes of In Search Of... down off YouTube quite frequently. At the time of posting, you can see Part 1 of the episode here. Part 2 is here. Getting the DVD set is the best, legal, highest-quality route to watching these episo...
S02E20 - Haunted Castles
October 26, 2020 12:30 - 2 hours - 170 MBWarning: This episode does discuss suicide. If you're feeling any kind of despair or hopelessness, help is available. Call 1-800-273-8255 and talk to someone. You can't listen to our fine show if you're dead - so we don't want that! SOLVED - the mystery of the unknown cemetery has been solved. It's the Trinity Church Cemetery in the Washington Heights neighborhood of NYC. Thanks to patron Donald Mundis for helping figure that out! Yes - this episode is being released out of sequence bec...
A spooky quest? Finding ISO's graveyard?
October 22, 2020 11:09As you good listeners have probably figured out, I get obsessed with trying to solve mysteries. Currently one of the most haunting to me is the question of where did In Search Of... film these cemetery shots? We know that the crew commonly shot Nimoy's footage in Los Angeles, and also in San Francisco. Occasionally they shot in New York. I've asked my Los Angeles friends to have a look and they generally all agree that this cemetery is far too lush and green to be in the L. A. area...
[SOLVED] A spooky quest? Finding ISO's graveyard?
October 22, 2020 11:09Update: Listener Donald Mundis found this was the Trinity Church Cemetery in Washington Heights, NYC. Thanks to everyone for looking into this mystery. ---------------- As you good listeners have probably figured out, I get obsessed with trying to solve mysteries. Currently one of the most haunting to me is the question of where did In Search Of... film these cemetery shots? We know that the crew commonly shot Nimoy's footage in Los Angeles, and also in San Francisco. Occasionall...
S02E17 - Hypnosis
October 19, 2020 18:06 - 2 hours - 160 MBLink to the ISO episode (YouTube) Jeb, Blake and return guest Alex French are getting sleepy... sleepy... as we fall under the spell of Leonard Nimoy discussing HYPNOSIS. Nimoy Fashion Alert: Mentioned in this episode: Trilby (novel) - the source of Svengali Dr. William Kroger (and his amazing red chair) Dr. Joseph Barber Franz Mesmer (of "mesmerism" fame) - the print is titled Le magnétisme dévoilé. I found references to it in the French national library. It's also ...
S02E16 - The Swamp Monster
October 06, 2020 12:04 - 1 hour - 127 MBWatch this ISO episode on YouTube. Jeb and Blake figuratively return to the bayou to look for the mysterious legendary monster of Honey Island Swamp. Discussed in this episode: CB Radio and TV Bleedover It's not a perfect match, but this is the closest we've (so far) come to finding a Sears entry for Nimoy's clothing. He was probably shopping at a higher-end shop but the style was out there. How to see the MK Davis narrated documentary with the footprint making too...
S02E15 - Immortality
September 28, 2020 13:28 - 2 hours - 156 MBWatch the ISO ep on YouTube Jeb and Blake take a look at research into life extension including the therapeutic value of eating live embryos and having younger life forms surgically attached to one's body to leech off of their vigor. The running boom of the 70s Jim Fixx Fitness Culture Serge Voronoff John Romulus Brinkley Documentary NUTS by director Penny Lane Adventure of the Creeping Man 1971 article about Youth Doctor Lambs to revitalize humans Dr. Ivan Po...
S02E14 - The Secrets of Life
September 21, 2020 00:39 - 1 hour - 128 MBWatch this episode on YouTube [Update: Thanks to @ClaytonFlesher for being the first to point out the weird audio issue on some of the post-mid-point audio inserts. An edit on one track nudged the audio a fraction of a second out-of-synch and caused the two tracks to make a weird echo through the rest of the episode. That's fixed in this 9/21/2020 3:15 pm modification.] Jeb and Blake are joined by Dr. Jennifer Raff (@JenniferRaff) who brings a heaping helping of DNA expertise to this l...
S02E13 - Anastasia
September 07, 2020 07:00 - 2 hours - 145 MBWatch the In Search Of... episode on YouTube. Jeb, Blake and special guest Alexandria "Alex" French discuss the In Search Of about they mystery whether a woman called Anna Anderson was really the long lost Russian Czarina Anastasia. (Narrator: She wasn't.) ***Highly recommended long-read about the lives of "Anna" and Jack Manahan.*** Russian royals not that cash-wealthy. Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, and German Emperor Wilhelm II were all first cousins of King George V of the Unit...
S02E12 - The Shark Worshippers
August 15, 2020 15:14 - 1 hour - 130 MB(Watch this In Search Of... episode on YouTube.) This episode has so much content warning. Fish heads, shark assassination, pig sacrifice, child nudity, adult nudity, and Hawaiian shirts! You've been warned. Jeb and Blake have to fin for themselves as they mako lotta discussion about one of the odder episodes of In Search Of... we've watched so far. Annual shark attacks on humans ranked by species. History of the Solomon Islands. The island of Laulasi. The Solomon Islands. ...
S02E11 - Reincarnation
August 05, 2020 11:53 - 1 hour - 103 MBHave we already done this episode before? Have you already heard it? Jeb and Blake tackle Reincarnation featuring the surprise reappearance of "Doctor" Hans Holzer! Shirley Krepp says she spent past life as a witch, and her tale is quite a cliff-hanger. Today's topic is Reincarnation. (Wiki) Dr. Helen Wambach is behind a lot of the topic in this episode. She's the hypnotist who... ...will later perform group regression sessions. Some discussion on W.E.I.R.D. and samples i...
S02E10 - Dead Sea Scrolls
July 21, 2020 00:50 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBJeb and Blake discuss the two-millennia old archaeological treasure known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Watch this ISO episode on YouTube) The Dead Sea is not strictly dead. It has bacteria and freshwater vents in the bottom act similarly to how volcanic vents promote life in the deep sea. Jeb mentioned "the Aral sea" before & after shots - 1989 compared to 2014. A list of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth. Wikipedia entry on the Essenes includes this: Josephus later gave a d...
S02E09 - Pyramid Secrets
July 13, 2020 16:58 - 2 hours - 106 MB(Watch this ISO episode on YouTube) Jeb and Blake are surprised to find no aliens and almost no magic as we pursue PYRAMID SECRETS. Shabti (aka Ushabti) servant "robots" 3D Models of Shabti (Sketchfab) 3D Model - Great Pyramid of Khufu (aka Cheops) (Sketchfab) Frit - fused "glass batch" Faience - Egyptian ceramic like Frit Flood cycle of the Nile Three seasons of Akhet (Inundation), Peret (Growth), and Shemu (Harvest) Transamerica Pyramid Stanford Research Institute (...
S02E08 - The Ogopogo Monster
June 27, 2020 11:17 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBDive into the Great White North as we look beneath the surface of Lake Okanogan to see if we can find The Ogopogo Monster. Watch this episode of ISO on YouTube. The Ogo-Pogo: The Funny Fox-trot - via Karl Shuker's blog. (Note: The lyrics listed here are not the same as in the recording, apparently due to differences between the published sheet music and the actual recording. Chiefly, in the actual recorded song, the lyrics match this version.) The music was by Ralph Butler. The ...
S02E07 - Hurricanes
June 14, 2020 20:10 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBJeb and Blake discuss the ISO episode: Hurricanes. The episode touches on some emotional memories for Jeb, who was directly impacted by Hurricane Katrina, the storm that devastated New Orleans in 2005. (Watch the ISO episode on YouTube.) (From NOAA - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) A tropical cyclone is a rotating low-pressure weather system that has organized thunderstorms but no fronts (a boundary separating two air masses of different densities). Tropical cyclones...
S02E06 - Michael Rockefeller
June 09, 2020 22:57 - 1 hour - 65 MB[Correction: I've replaced the original audio file because I forgot to insert the Nimoy Fashion Alert! I feel like mission control launching the Apollo mission and then turning to ask the astronauts how the flight was going - then doing a spit-take as I see they're not on the space ship. Sorry!] Jeb and Blake look into the mysterious (well, not THAT mysterious) disappearance of Michael Rockefeller who disappeared while researching the Asmat people of New Guinea. (Watch the ISO episode ...
S02E05 - Astrology
June 03, 2020 04:05 - 1 hour - 98 MBJeb and Blake discuss horoscopes, planets, and one of the most pervasive beliefs in human history: Astrology. (Watch the ISO episode on YouTube.) Show Notes: The episode "Astrology" first aired on January 12, 1978 . It was written and produced by Peter Rosten. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (Amazon) The Werewolves of Livonia - the witch-fighting werewolves of Italy The Witch by Ronald Hutton (Amazon) http://skepdic.com/fullmoon.html Short version is: despite anecdota...
S02E04 - Mayan Mysteries
May 25, 2020 12:15 - 1 hour - 65.6 MB[some explicit language in this episode] Jeb and Blake look at the very strange coverage of Mayan Mysteries on In Search Of season 2. (Watch this ISO episode on YouTube) The term Blake was trying to remember at the beginning of the creation story was "ethnogenesis." This is a relatively new word, coming from the mid-20th century. We mention Star Wars and Tikal. The story from David Anderson is in this ArchyFantasies episode, about 5 mins in. The De Landa Letras - how we came to unders...
S02E03 - Firewalkers
May 19, 2020 11:05 - 1 hour - 133 MBJeb and Blake whip out the marshmallows and settle down by a big hot fire to discuss the In Search Of episode: Firewalkers. (watch this ISO episode on YouTube) From Wikipedia (on heat transfer): Advection Advection is the transport mechanism of a fluid from one location to another, and is dependent on motion and momentum of that fluid. Convection The transfer of energy between an object and its environment, due to fluid motion. The average temperature is a reference for evaluatin...
Bonus Episode: Maya 101
May 17, 2020 21:08 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBTo prepare for S02E04, we present a quick overview of Maya culture we're calling Maya 101. Listen in awe as Jeb distills 3000 years of Maya culture down into 90 mins! An influential book mentioned by Jeb: A Forest of Kings Notes: Preclassic 1500 BC – 250 AD Early 1500-900 Middle 900-300 Late 300 BC – 250 AD Classic Period 250-1000 AD Early 250-600 AD Late 600-1000 AD Postclassic 900-1520 AD Early 900-1200 Late 1200-1520 AD The stunning pyramid complex of El Mirador Ex...
S02E02 - The Man Who Would Not Die
May 05, 2020 02:16 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBWatch this ISO episode on YouTube [explicit] Jeb and Blake discuss the In Search Of... episode about the mysterious character known as The Count of St. Germain. We talk a little about the I AM movement and Mt. Shasta lore, but if you want a real deep dive, check out our 2-part Shaver Mystery coverage from MonsterTalk: Shaver pt 1 Shaver pt 2 Okay - you may have wondered about that insert about William Blake? That comes from Noel Fielding's TV series and you'll just have to watch...
S02E01 - The Lost Dutchman Mine
April 28, 2020 10:50 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBWatch this episode of In Search Of... on YouTube. Jeb and Blake go prospecting for the facts behind The Lost Dutchman Mine episode of In Search Of... beginning season 2 of IRO. Yes, there was a typo in the TV listing. "Professor" should have been "Prospector" but it was funnier (for me) to read it as written. An NPR story about how the Red Tailed Hawk became the voice of the "eagle." Reenactment at the beginning based on the story of Jacob Waltz. Much of the episode revolves a...
Hangar 18 (Invasion Force)
April 20, 2020 13:04 - 1 hour - 131 MBJeb and I are still chipping away at Season 2 of In reSearch Of... but we covered this amazing 1980 movie from the people who brought you The Search for Noah's Ark and The Man Who Saw Tomorrow. Hangar 18 (aka Invasion Force) stars Darren McGavin, Gary Collins, and Robert Vaughn. If this seems like a weird thing for us to cover, I think you'll see why it fits our theme when you give it a listen. Yes, you can watch Hangar 18 in full on YouTube. See you next week with Season 2 - Episode ...
Season One Wrap-up
April 13, 2020 15:32 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBWell, I don't know about you - but for me and Jeb, Season 1 of In reSearch Of flew by. We're hard at work on Season 2 and hope you enjoy it! Those should start dropping in two weeks. Check the show notes for the attached PDF of our "Fashion Forensics" work. This is a project I'm not done with so I may drop some Patreon bonus research in the future as time allows, but we'll definitely be diving further into Nimoy's fashion and the secrets it reveals about the behind the scenes world...
Quick Update - End of Season 1
April 08, 2020 02:16 - 1 minute - 1.45 MBHey folks, we hope you enjoyed season 1 of In ReSearch Of. We've got a special oversized season wrap-up episode coming but I'm going to have to push it out a week. I just need a breather. Lots of stuff going on - but hey, the whole world's got problems right? Hang in there! Jeb's book Spooky Archaeology is on sale through April. Use code "16SPRING20" when you checkout. 25% off plus free shipping when you order through UNM Press. Want to read a story about a terrible prank I pulle...
S01E24 - The Magic of Stonehenge
March 30, 2020 21:28 - 1 hour - 100 MBWatch this ISO episode on YouTube Jeb and Blake discuss the real archaeology of Stonehenge in the final episode of Season One of In Search Of... Alexander Thom and Gerald Hawkins argue for Stonehenge as a "computer" or "observatory" but it doesn't really hold up. (We discuss in episode.) Check out these SketchFab projects for the Newgrange tomb. (Interactive 3D models.) Druids! Druids! Druids! Nimoy Fashion Alert The Battle of the Beanfield - Counterculture vs The Police Vi...
S01E23 - Inca Treasure
March 24, 2020 01:43 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBWatch this ISO episode on YouTube. The In Search Of... camera crew follows an expedition to find a lost Inca city. Jeb and Blake discover that ISO isn't quite as entertaining without the weirdness. There is a Gold Museum in Lima, Peru. However, there is some concern about some of the museum's exhibits. Saksaywaman is a temple, not a fortress Jeb mentioned the Chile Chinchorro Mummies. Inca leaders Atahualpa and Huascar (discussion of civil war) Tupac Amaru II - the namesake of...
S01E22 - Voodoo
March 15, 2020 20:55 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBIn Search Of… Voodoo (YouTube) Jeb and Blake follow the In Search Of team to Haiti to learn about the mysterious religion of Voodoo. No zombies were harmed in the making of this episode. Body Ritual among the Nacarima Wikipedia on Hatian Vodou. The 1864 voodoo panic via Smithsonian, by friend of the show Mike Dash. The 1915 US Occupation of Haiti The Haitian Revolution - a deep and complicated history The New Orleans funeral scene from Live and Let Die 7-Up commercial featuri...
S01E21 - UFOs
March 09, 2020 22:19 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBJeb and Blake discuss the Season 1 episode of In Search Of... on the topic of UFOs. Watch this ISO episode on YouTube. Mentioned in this Episode: Kenneth Arnold and the first "Flying Saucers" Mellen, Wisconsin case - covered by NICAP report. Reported by Phillip Baker (and family). This is the artist sketch of what they reported: (And this is the Legion of Doom headquarters from the animated Super Friends.) You never know what kind of data you'll uncover when researching I...
S01E20 - The Loch Ness Monster
March 03, 2020 03:14 - 1 hour - 103 MBJeb and Blake are joined by Daniel Loxton, co-author (with Donald Prothero) of Abominable Science!, and the regular author of the Junior Skeptic portion of Skeptic magazine. It's a deep dive into Loch Ness to look for the creature(s) said to inhabit the lake. Watch this episode of ISO episode on YouTube. Discussed: Robert Rines, Inventor & Lawyer Robert Rines - Appreciation from MIT Academy of Applied Science The Rines Photos critiqued by Darren Naish (the Tetzoo blog & podcast)...
S01E19 - Life After Death
February 24, 2020 14:55 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBJeb and Blake discuss Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) and the In Search Of episode titled "Life After Death." Watch this episode of ISO on YouTube. Dr. Charles Garfield: (Still involved with palliative care) https://charlesgarfield.com/about-charles-garfield.html https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-garfield-compassion-20171024-story.html https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/seven_keys_to_good_death Mentioned: Sam Parnia's AWARE study. Hypoxia and NDE link. N...
S01E18 - Ghosts
February 17, 2020 12:59 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBJeb and Blake look into an alleged haunting in Port Clyde, Maine as we go in research of Ghosts! The episode opens with Hans Holzer looking to possible haunting at Sunnyside, the home of Washington Irving. Holzer was a prolific author and media figure around paranormal and fringe topics. Mentioned: The terrible, stupid "alien interview" video posted on YouTube as a "Blue Book interview." (this is not real) Sally Landsburg (producer's ex-wife) obituary (August 18, 1933 - March 11, ...
S01E17 - The Easter Island Massacre
February 10, 2020 13:09 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBWatch the ISO episode on YouTube. Jeb and Blake are joined by Dr. Carl P. Lipo to talk about "The Easter Island Massacre" episode of In Search Of. Our guest, Dr. Carl P. Lipo, is the author (along with Terry Hunt) of The Statues that Walked and conducted research that demonstrated a very plausible method for how the statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were moved from their stone quarry. (See some of the history around testing various methods at this link.) NatGeo video of The Statues t...
S01E16 - In Search of Dracula: VLADdendum
February 01, 2020 15:18 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MBListener Justin Mullis hipped us to some groovy 1970s additional context behind the Season 1 episode In Search Of: Dracula. Much of it is based on an unmentioned book, In Search of Dracula by Raymond McNally and Radu Florescu. We also correct a mistake about the source of the idea that the fictional vampire Dracula might have been Vlad Dracula (aka Vlad Tepes). Mentioned in this addendum: Emily Gerard's 1885 article Transylvanian Superstitions and 1888 book The Land Beyond the Forest: ...
S01E16 - Dracula
January 27, 2020 12:48 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBWatch this ISO episode on YouTube Was Dracula, the Bram Stoker novel, based on a real person in the form of Vlad Dracula? Jeb and Blake discuss. Discussed in this episode: Update 1/28/2020: Listener Justin Mullis spotted an error which has led to a correction in this audio and will lead to some additional material in another IRO content drop shortly. -B Bram Stoker's Dracula the novel John William Polidori's The Vampyre Varney the Vampire, a penny dreadful Carmilla by Joseph ...
S01E15 - Amelia Earhart
January 20, 2020 17:24 - 57 minutes - 61.6 MBWatch this ISO episode on YouTube Jeb and Blake fail to find Amelia Earhart. So they've got that in common with the folks profiled in this week's episode. Discussed in this Episode: Amelia Earhart, pioneering woman pilot Husband and publisher George Putnam Navigator Fred Noonan AutoGyros/GyroCopters and how they are different from helicopters. Propaganda film Flight for Freedom (DVD) which fictionalizes the story of Earhart as spy. The Lockheed Electra Model 10 The S...
S01E14 - Nazi Plunder
January 13, 2020 13:08 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBWatch this ISO episode on YouTube Blake, Jeb, and guest Ken Hite talk about the search for Nazi Plunder - lost treasure and art following WWII. Thanks to Ken Hite for joining us on this episode. You can find a huge archive of Ken's excellent podcast (with Robin Laws) titled Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff. Highly recommended! Ken's also a prolific author and game designer and if you like this episode and weird war history, you might especially enjoy his Osprey (fiction) book on Nazi Occ...
S01E13 - Learning ESP
January 06, 2020 18:15 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBWherein Jeb and Blake discuss the 13th episode of In Search Of... and fail to learn any ESP. Watch this ISO episode on YouTube. Notes: Edgar Mitchell (Wikipedia) Mitchell's Institute of Noetic Science Phenomena by Annie Jacobson (history of Gov't research into Psi) Zener Cards Nimoy Fashion Alert: One possible explanation of JJ's "psychic" powers is that he may have seen the images from the lens reflection. Joseph (JB) Rhine mentioned as creator of the experimenter. I know ...
S01E12 - A Call From Space
December 30, 2019 00:48 - 53 minutes - 54.7 MBWatch this ISO episode on YouTube The In Search Of show profiles the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and Jeb is not impressed. Blake & Jeb both relate Roswell/Black-Helicopter experiences near the VLA. Unmarked Helicopters (song by Soul Coughing) Green Bank West Virginia (radio free zone) William Proxmire (senator who killed funding of SETI) The novel Contact was written by Carl Sagan, but the novel was based on a screenplay by Sagan and Ann Druyan. Nimoy Fashion...
S01E12 - A Call From Space (A look at SETI)
December 30, 2019 00:48 - 53 minutes - 54.7 MBWatch this ISO episode on YouTube The In Search Of show profiles the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and Jeb is not impressed. Blake & Jeb both relate Roswell/Black-Helicopter experiences near the VLA. Unmarked Helicopters (song by Soul Coughing) Green Bank West Virginia (radio free zone) William Proxmire (senator who killed funding of SETI) The novel Contact was written by Carl Sagan, but the novel was based on a screenplay by Sagan and Ann Druyan. Nimoy Fashion...
S01E11 - Psychic Detectives
December 23, 2019 18:26 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBJeb and Blake join Leonard Nimoy and a group of St. Louis clairvoyants as we go in research of psychic detectives. Watch this episode of ISO on YouTube. A quick thanks to Shane Gower for his helpful blog post from 2015 about this episode. 1970s Famous psychic Peter Hurkos is featured during the introduction. Hurkos was vouched for by Andrija Puharich, after being challenged by James Randi. Puharich was a major figure in Ancient Aliens, Remote Viewing, and New Age culture in the US. ...