This week, I will be answering listener questions about past episodes, the show as a whole, and about me - Andy. Please note - this is an unscripted and lightly edited episode - so don't expect top tier quality here. Check it out! Music: Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Come Fly with Me". Y...
May 24, 2021•37 min
In episode 24, we go back in time to the late 1850s...when one man's scientific discovery...quickly turned into worldwide terror. Because sometimes...when it comes to telescopes....images can be closer than they may appear.....Lets take a stroll, shall we? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/08/carrington-event-warning/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_max...
May 19, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 24
In episode 23, we zoom out. Taking our sights off the comings and goings of humanity and onto the map of the world. Or should I say...."Maps"...of the world. The face of the world has changed millions of times throughout history...usually through exploration and discovery....but sometimes...through "Undiscovery"....lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermeja https://www.wonderslist.com/top-10-phantom-islands/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasil_(mythical_island) ...
May 11, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 23
In episode 22, we head south....WAY south - to explore the only known possible murder on our 7th continent...Antarctica....let’s take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/14/antarctica.robinmckie#:~:text=Mystery%20of%20poisoning%20in%20Antarctic%20deepens%20as%20suicide%20is%20ruled%20out,-Battle%20by%20New&text=In%20a%20few%20weeks%20coroner,Marks%20at%20the%20South%20Pole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marks https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/579732...
May 04, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 22
In Episode 21, we will be going back to a familiar place and time...but where we go from there...isn't quite what you'd have expected. Join as we follow the lives of Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone - in their lives AFTER Lincoln was assassinated.....Lets take a stroll shall we? Promo from Octoberpod - octoberpodvhs.com. youtu.be/Ux-mNWYo2zY (immediately following episode) Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Harris#:~:text=Harris%20and%20Rathbone%20were%20married,born%20September%2015%2C...
Apr 27, 2021•17 min•Season 2Ep. 21
In Episode 20, we will be continuing our investigation into the events of December 24th, 1945. Things seemed strange enough the night of the incident...but somehow...it only gets stranger after that......lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-madriga/2018/03/35-puzzling-facts-about-the-sodder-children-disappearance/ https:...
Mar 23, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In Episode 19, we'll be diving into a subject so incredible...that I had to make two episodes out of it. Part 1 is the story of what happened...part 2...will be everything else. Hop in and learn about a family who lost more than they could bear when an early morning tragedy struck their family....Lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-madriga/2018/03/35-puzzling-facts-about-the-sodder-children-disappearance/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappeara...
Mar 16, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In Episode 18, we're headed to the great pacific northwest. Where we will be exploring a series of....unpleasant discoveries...that have haunted British Columbia and Washington for the past 14 years....Lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries - https://longreads.com/2019/04/08/the-curious-tale-of-the-salish-sea-feet/ - https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/12/18/16777724/human-feet-beach-pacific-northwest-seattle-vancouver - ht...
Mar 09, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In Episode 17, we're getting back to outer space...with a familiar friend that seemingly shows up everywhere in this show...aliens. We'll be tackling a question that a well known physicist once posed...."where are they?"... Lets take a stroll, shall we? Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox https://www.biography.com/scientist/enrico-fermi https://www.britannica.com/story/the-fermi-paradox-where-are-all-the-aliens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Drake Music: Thank you to Kai Eng...
Mar 02, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In Episode 16, we will be discussing a bizarre, but more light hearted subject. When something so frightening and alarming occurred...that thousands of sheep would go absolutely berserk... Lets take a stroll, shall we? Sources https://esoterx.com/2015/07/14/the-mysterious-oxfordshire-sheep-panic-of-1888/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sheep_Panic https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/08/the-strange-case-of-the-great-sheep-panics-of-oxfordshire/ Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our...
Feb 22, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In Episode 15, we will be discussing a truly haunting unsolved and unexplainable murder case. Almost 100 years after the crime, we still can't say with any certainty what exactly happened...or who did it......Lets take a stroll shall we? Please note this episode has been marked "explicit" as there are some challenging ideas and discussions of violent events. (Nothing worse than your typical true crime show, but did not want anyone to be surprised). Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/50...
Feb 14, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In Episode 14, we will be exploring yet another unexplainable mystery. This time, on a desolate island in the south Atlantic. Isolation is a strange thing...it can be peaceful and freeing under most circumstances...but sometimes amidst the quiet of isolation...something can always show up to turn your peace against you......lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Bouvet_Island#:~:text=the%20United%20Kingdom.-,Mystery,life%20boat%20on%20that%20lagoon. https://oc...
Feb 02, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In Episode 13, we will be discussing our first "paranormal" episode...and since it is episode 13, released on the 13th...what better topic than curses. More specifically, a diamond so spectacular, that despite its centuries of tragedies brought to everyone who possesses it...people can't help but keep buying it and passing it down for generations. Lets take a stroll Shall we? Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59504/10-allegedly-cursed-objects-throughout-history https://www.mentalfloss...
Jan 13, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In Episode 12, we'll be taking a trip back to 1908 in Pre-soviet Russia...to the Taiga of Siberia. We will be focusing on one particular day in late june...when an awe-inspiring cataclysmic event rocked the Taiga...sending shockwaves all across the world..... Lets take a stroll shall we? Ep 12 Sources: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-tunguska-mystery-100-years-later/#:~:text=Exactly%20100%20years%20ago%20a,remnant%20of%20the%20impact%20body. https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/s...
Jan 05, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In Episode 11, we'll be doing a slightly shorter episode...covering events in the early 1980s...that were truly, truly haunting. A story of a people having faced so much hardship...and given one more reason to stay up at night....lets take a stroll shall we? Ep 11 Sources: https://www.history.com/news/nightmare-on-elm-street-real-inspiration-hmong-death?fbclid=IwAR3ZniYASTFl4fqhEdFWQ7t-hBKFExWzIymsauKshFY0uqn_qTcTPzTmkck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_arrhythmic_death_syndrome#:~:text=This...
Dec 29, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In episode 10, we'll be covering a topic that is not only unexplainable in and of itself...but also seems to find its way into many of history's most unexplainable and interesting events. It's time to talk about what Mass Hysteria is....and most importantly....what it isn't.... Sources: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322607#What-is-mass-hysteria? https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-controversy-of-female-hysteria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_hysteria_cases#1500%...
Dec 22, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In Episode 9, we are going to be diving into the lore and science surrounding Fairy Rings and Fairy Circles (yes, weirdly they are not the same thing). It will be a wild ride as we venture from a world of old British fantasy, all the way to modern day Alien conspiracy theorists....lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: http://www.fairyring.ca/fairyringfolklore.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_circle_(arid_grass_formation) https://www.marlabrooks.co...
Dec 15, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In episode 8, we take a short trip back to 1980 and follow the story of Jean Hilliard, a 19 year old woman who had a first hand experience with the unexplainable science of "suspended animation"....lets take a stroll shall we? Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hilliard https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/01/25/jean-hilliard-northern-minnesota-frozen-survived https://allthatsinteresting.com/jean-hilliard https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/miracle-on-ice/ https://www.lvhn.org/stories/found-...
Dec 08, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In episode 7, we go back in time to the late 1800s...a time when big things were happening all around...unless you lived out in rural America. Until one fine day, an event so bizarre happened...that it changed a small Kentucky town forever....Lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/kzkmgw/t...
Dec 01, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In episode 6, we go into more familiar territory...cats. Humans have known and loved cats for at least 4000 years...and yet despite all of that time...one aspect of cats remains shrouded in mystery...the purr. Sources https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180724-the-complicated-truth-about-a-cats-purr https://moderncat.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-purr/#:~:text=Purrrrrrrr.&text=While%20the%20purr%20itself%20happens,to%20150%20vibrations%20per%20second. https://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/...
Nov 24, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In episode 5, we go deep into a death from the 1940s that is truly so unexplainable...that it is hard to say if it belongs more on Unsolved Mysteries...or the Twilight Zone. So much so...that I had to make the episode longer in order to fit as many details as possible. Ready for a strange ride? Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-body-on-somerton-beach-50795611/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamam_Shud_case https://somerandomstuff1.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/what-letters-comprise-t...
Nov 17, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In Episode 4, we go far back in time to the Byzantine Empire. Exploring a weapon that changed the game for naval warfare.....just...only for the Byzantines...because no one else could seem to figure out...how to replicate the weapon. Sources: https://www.quora.com/Why-can-t-we-recreate-Greek-fire https://www.britannica.com/place/Byzantine-Empire https://www.britannica.com/technology/Greek-fire https://interestingengineering.com/greek-fire-the-byzantine-empires-secret-weapon-of-mass-destruction h...
Nov 09, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In episode 3, we review the research and studies of 2 researchers and their findings regarding the survival of the human consciousness after death. Since the 1950s, a Dr. Ian Stevenson had made it his life's work to bring scientific validity to studies others won't touch....and the scary thing? The research....is promising.... Sources https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/there-is-a-paranormal-activity-lab-at-the-university-of-virginia/283584/ https://www.rd.com/article/chilling-rei...
Nov 03, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In Episode 2, we search for a phantom that only shows itself to select portions of the population, leaving pain and confusion in its wake. Since at least the late 1960s, a global phenomena that started in England, the US, and Canada, has now grown to be found all across the world. It's called "The Hum", and it is wreaking havoc...but there just might be...some hope. Sources: https://thehum.info/newhummap/html_docs/ https://theconversation.com/cracking-the-mystery-of-the-worldwide-hum-60296#:~:te...
Oct 31, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In episode 1, we look upward, gazing at the stars above us and receiving more questions than answers. This weeks episode discusses an event in 1977 that was so incredible and unusual, that scientists still have no answers for how it happened. (please note that the 2017 findings, while compelling, have not been widely accepted by everyone). Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "Watching Tower" and "Convert Congregation". You can find more from them at http://secretpress.bandcamp.com...
Oct 28, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Welcome to the Anomalous Fascination Podcast, where each week I bring you a topic that defies logic. No topics are off limits, but each topic has one common demoninator: No one on earth....is quite sure...why it is what it is or how it happened. Tune in each week as Andrew Clodfelter brings you a subject that fascinates him, but presented in a way that everyone can understand it (no calculus required). Stay Tuned.... Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Watching Tower". You can fin...
Oct 27, 2020•1 min
