301 - The Ghost in the Machine (part 1)
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English - July 17, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsNatural Sciences Science Society & Culture monsters biology criticalthinking puns science skepticism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In 1984 a group of people living in Dodleston, England, began to receive strange messages on a BBC Micro personal computer. Then things got weird...
Part 1 of our 2-part coverage of time-travel and vintage computers!
Links:
Pathological Punning - Witzelsucht
A detailed review of The Vertical Plane
Where is Dodleston?
The book (reprinted recently) The Vertical Plane by Ken Webster (affiliate link)
A segment on this topic from the TV show From Out of this World (1996)
A more detailed dive into the topic with some with notes about textual analysis
Some lengthy podcasts doing a longer-take:
The Dark Histories Podcast
Astonishing Legends (Part 1, Part 2)
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In 1984 a group of people living in Dodleston, England, began to receive strange messages on a BBC Micro personal computer. Then things got weird...
Part 1 of our 2-part coverage of time-travel and vintage computers!
Links:
Pathological Punning - Witzelsucht
A detailed review of The Vertical Plane
The book (reprinted recently) The Vertical Plane by Ken Webster (affiliate link)
A segment on this topic from the TV show From Out of this World (1996)
A more detailed dive into the topic with some with notes about textual analysis
Some lengthy podcasts doing a longer-take:
Astonishing Legends (Part 1, Part 2)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices