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So Supernatural

Audiochuck | Crime House

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Most mysteries can be solved by looking at the facts. But sometimes, the truth lies somewhere in the unknown… Enter the realm of true crime’s most bizarre occurrences, and unravel all the possible explanations. No matter how strange or surreal they get.
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They Walk Among Us is an award-winning weekly UK true crime podcast covering a broad range of cases from the sinister to the surreal. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theywalkamongus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Weekly stories across speculative science fiction, fantasy, surrealism, magical realism, and more narrated for your auditory pleasure from Foofaraw Press, a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations.
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Lost on a tiny two-tree island, hapless castaways, Jason and Bradney, struggle to make it through each strange day in this immersive improvised comedy misadventure. Every morning, boxes mysteriously wash up on shore. The items inside are pretty useless. The island is a bit weird. They have absolutely no idea where they are and very little idea of what to do. With only the junk they unbox and a few coconuts each, simply surviving is a real surreal challenge. Welcome to Cartoon Island. New epi ...
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Murder Girls

EternalTeenager

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Once, they were the “Murder Girls” — two tween sleuths turned small-town legends. Then came the fame, the fallout, and a decade of silence. Now Mags Park is back in Avalon Falls to inherit her late aunt’s curiosity shop — and to cross paths with her estranged former sleuthing partner, Amy O’Connell. In a town where the fog never lifts and the past never stays buried, curiosity might be the most dangerous inheritance of all. A stylized neo-noir mystery with heightened dialogue, banter, and a ...
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Jelly Trumpet

Jim Kinloch & Mr b

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Jelly Trumpet is the 'World's only comedy podcast about creativity.'Listen to the struggles of Jim, a struggling writer and Mr b, a musician, as they attempt to put a podcast together. Jelly Trumpet is full of tools and tips and really is a useful and insightful podcast about creativity. Give it a go eh?
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WolfCast

Woolfinius Jackson Whürl

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Literary performance, essays, and spoken-word confessions from an author known only as Woolfinius Jackson Whürl. A voice from the Dust Meridian, reading the pages he never meant to send.
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This is a podcast where I, Surreal, talks about a lot of different stuff including my observations and experiences about different things. One episode every 2 weeks. Tweet me @SurrealDotTxt
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Surreal

Surreal

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Here at Surreal, we take dates and items from history and easily break them down for you so it is much easier to understand them. Note: It is not impossible that some information could be a little off, we’re only human.
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Combat Story

Ryan Fugit

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Real combat stories from the military's elite. This podcast highlights the courageous, outrageous, crazy, and surreal experiences veterans recall from their toughest days in the foxhole, cockpit, and front lines. We interview JTACs, Special Operators (Delta), Special Forces, Jet Pilots, Combat Aviators, Infrantrymen, Marines, and vets from over 50 years of combat experience.Interviews touch on the toughest missions these vets faced, how they handled them, their first combat experiences, how ...
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Mercury's Wake

Stephanie Vlahos

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An indie fiction drama where ordinary lives collide with extraordinary forces over one apocalyptic weekend. Mercury’s Wake – Before Chaos is an indie audio drama by Stephanie Vlahos, based on her novel Mercury’s Wake – The Long Weekend. A Cadillac in the desert. A mysterious book. Eight strangers drawn to Las Vegas for a four-day reality-bending journey that spirals into UFO sightings, paranormal visions, high-stakes gambling, and a looming cosmic reckoning. Blending sci-fi, mystery, and sur ...
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A deep dive into unsettling, obscure, and often overlooked works in film, literature, and music. From body horror to haunted Americana, industrial noise to dystopian novels — it's about exploring the media that lingers in the shadows.
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Surreal Humour from Sam Langley. If you like your Absurdist Comedy served piping cold by a tired, dishevelled English man then look no further. 'It's really weird' says made up woman to made up man and he says 'Yes it's a bit like Tim and Eric on acid or Vic and Bob on acid or The Mighty Boosh on Acid or I think you should leave with Tim Robinson on acid'.
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The Strange Recital

Tom Newton and Brent Robison

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The Strange Recital is an audio forum for short fiction. We delight in perceptions of reality that twist and fold in unexpected ways. Each podcast episode runs about 30 minutes and includes a story reading (the Recital), a musical interlude, and an author interview (the Post-Recital)... with a twist. Subscribe to get a new episode once a month.
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The Unlikely Show

Markley Bros. Entertainment

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A dark, surreal sci-fi comedy podcast featuring the unlikely adventures of a forlorn man, his laptop (which is infested by a self-absorbed artificial intelligence), a cartoon alien fuzzball, and a mysterious woman with inexplicable telepathic abilities. NOTE: This podcast is a serialized story, so we highly encourage starting from the beginning!
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An improvised comedy podcast from Teesside comedian Ted Hanky and his trusty pal Mala AVAILABLE ON ALL GOOD AUDIO PODCAST PLATFORMS AND ALSO VIDEO HERE 👇 https://www.youtube.com/@TedHanky Described as ”Very Vic & Bob” by many faithful listeners, the podcast features sketch, parody, and plenty of surreal characters and offbeat discussions. Often very rude in content. *Not for the easily offended*
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Strange Country

Strange Country

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Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. Co-hosts Kelly and Beth are former newspaper reporters turned school librarians who have always had a soft spot for a good story--the stranger the better. Discover the first woman to survive a barrel ride over Niagara Falls and the man who invented "complex marriage" in one of the most successful utopian experiments. Things get weird pretty quickly around here.
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Welcome to the Nesting Zone: a surreal rim of jungle around Mt. Tahoma prowled by transdimensional reptiles. The Amanuensis catalogues his expedition up the volcano slope and records stories of explorers caught in the evolving dreamscape. Paleo-mythic lizard pyromancy. Blood whisper secrets. Carnivorous astronauts. Cursed poem hallucinations. Staying sane is not an option: a fiction podcast by Justin Hellstrom - rated M for mature.
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Follow the exploits of Jack Billings and friends through all the alternative universes, whether he succeeds in his mission or dies trying! (He's probably going to die trying) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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David Bouchier’s weekly essays are full of unexpected observations and whimsical opinions. Listeners will relish his entertaining, enlightening, and sometimes exasperated commentaries on the routines that carry us through the year, the surreal rituals of politics, the unsettling experience of foreign travel, and the confusions and comedies of everyday suburban life. You can hear David Bouchier on-air Mondays at 7:45 a.m. on all stations and at 9:45 a.m. on News/Talk or by subscribing to this ...
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Surreal Estate

Kate Osborn and Lila Shapiro

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A show about real estate. A brand new podcast all about housing and its many discontents hosted by Kate Osborn and Lila Shapiro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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🎙️ It’s a Surreal Life Not your average healing podcast. We go there and we take you with us. It’s a Surreal Life is where raw storytelling meets real transformation. Hosted by Sirel Rayburn and each episode dives into the messy, magical process of becoming; from life’s hardest spirals to the breakthroughs that change everything. Here, nothing is off limits: motherhood, identity shifts, addiction, jail time, spirituality, trauma, Human Design, and the real work of starting over. We speak the ...
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Agent Stoker

Bleav, Bleav

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AGENT STOKER is an immersive paranormal thriller -- part Raymond Chandler, part Philip K. Dick, and all macabre all the time. It's the love child of BLACK MIRROR and THE SHADOW. It's "THE X-FILES with a drinking problem." It's the unsettling saga of a wounded man working for the Night Brigade, tracking data that might indicate a coming apocalypse. Created by acclaimed genre writers and directors with award-winning sound design and a cast from series including THE DIPLOMAT, ALTERED CARBON, an ...
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Asian Uncle

Uncle Wong

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Welcome to Asian Uncle, the unfiltered dive into Asia - from the back-alley brothels to the shadowy underworld gang, from hardcore military life to the spiritual mystique of Tibet. This isn't your grandma's history lesson on sanitized travel guide. Asian Uncle pulls back the curtain on the continent's most controversial, misunderstood and surreal corners. Each episode, we explore the raw, untold stories - whether it's the truth behind Thailand's nightlife, untold life of pimping in China or ...
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The State of Synth

The State of Synth

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The State of Synth is a weekly live synthwave radio show on Nightride FM — part news, part music, and just a dash of ’80s cheese. Equal parts funny, surreal, and informative, it features exclusive interviews and tracks from some of synthwave’s most notable artists.
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David Gornoski

David Gornoski

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A Neighbor's Choice radio show and THINGS HIDDEN podcast are the two main audio programs of David Gornoski. THINGS HIDDEN is a deep-dive podcast into the world of mythology and current events guided by the Mimetic theory of Rene Girard and grounded in the personhood revolution of Jesus. Hosted by David Gornoski, A Neighbor's Choice Radio examines the role of violence and religion in society. From victims of state violence against nonviolent behaviors to public figures and contrarian voices, ...
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A podcast featuring stories from Surreal Grotesque magazine, a free online pdf mag at www.surrealgrotesque.com. They are a publisher of strange, surreal and downright freaky horror fiction. They can also be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thesurrealgrotesque or on Twitter @realgrotesque. If you like authors like Stephen King, Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, Jack Ketchum, Christopher Rice, Douglas Clegg, this is the place for you!
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Neuroses Journal

Half Hearted Productions

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The surreal and macabre mis-adventures of Neuroses; the long lost phantom of London's open-mic circuit. Follow the masked miscreant in little short form reminiscences and long form stories of murder and mayhem every October!
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One Foot in the Podcast is delighted to present to you a whole back catalogue of deep-dive discussions on every single episode of this sensational, surreal and hilarious sitcom. One Foot royalty guests include: Creator & Writer David Renwick; Susie Belbin; Chris Gernon; Art Director, Richard Drew; Richard Wilson; Doreen Mantle; Owen Brenman and Gordon Peters. Other special guests include Father Ted/Black Books/The IT Crowd writer Graham Linehan, Thin Blue Line and Gimme Gimme Gimme star, Jam ...
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SINKHOLE

Kale Brown

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SINKHOLE is a short-form audio fiction podcast presented as a collection of audio posts from a member of a community of data restoration hobbyists in a sometimes-unfamiliar future. Season three in production.
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Spare Ideas

The Very Good Network

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On each episode, Spare Ideas invites a guest inventor to pitch their inventions. Serious, surreal or just silly, the resident judges judge them all.
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CURRENT FEATURE: HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS - Terrifying tales that will haunt you forever... MINDRAKER: BACKGROUND ANGER is an eight-episode sci-fi mystery podcast – a surreal tale of love and betrayal, wrapped in an existential meditation on man’s relationship with the forces at war within himself. Mankind is under attack. Alien beings have invaded the collective unconscious, influencing unsuspecting victims to act on their darkest instincts. Maru, a seemingly average man, is burdened by his ...
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We have not yet relocated the signal transmitting from the island. While the search continues, Kurt has stepped up to make sure you, our listeners, have a little something special under the palm tree, if you will. 1:18 - Island Night, Holy Night 3:08 - O TannenPalm 5:00 - Breakroom "D" Caroling 6:07 - Little Island Drummer Boy 8:00 - Carol of the C…
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Staffordshire police officers were dispatched to an address following a 999 call on Christmas Day. In a distressed state, the caller said, "My stepdaughter just turned up at my house, and she is alleging that she stabbed her boyfriend, and he is dead. She is in my kitchen at the moment, talking to her mother.” When the operator asked for details ab…
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Mags and Amy return to Osprey Island — a place they swore they’d never see again — to find that the past hasn’t been waiting quietly. The island holds answers, but not the kind anyone was hoping for — and not in the shape anyone remembers. The girls are forced to confront a familiar realization: sometimes the most dangerous thing isn’t what you unc…
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In democratic systems, the courts are a vital check on a leader’s power. They have the ability to overturn laws and, in Donald Trump’s case, the executive orders he has relied on to achieve his goals. Since taking office, Trump has targeted the judiciary with a vengeance. He has attacked what he has called “radical left judges” and is accused of ig…
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Donald Trump has sounded the alarm, over and over again, that the United States is facing an “invasion” by dangerous gang members. He blames immigrants for the country’s economic problems and claims protesters are destroying US cities. Trump is not the first would-be autocrat to manufacture a crisis to seize extraordinary powers. As Natasha Lindsta…
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Every autocrat needs a clan of loyalists, strategists, masterminds – these are the figures behind the scenes pulling the strings. They’re unelected and unaccountable, yet they wield a huge amount of power. This is the role Stephen Miller has played for Donald Trump – he is the architect in chief for the second Trump administration. He has so much p…
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We used to have a pretty clear idea of what an autocrat was. History is full of examples: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, along with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping today. The list goes on. So, where does Donald Trump fit in? In this six-part podcast series, The Making of an Autocrat, we are asking six experts on authoritarianism and US poli…
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We wrap up the season with a full Zenith Sounds takeover, co-hosted by Von Kaiser. Dennis G and Neon Fawkes hang out with Jonah (7 Rising), Alan (Let Em Riot), Mayah Camara, and Bobby (Syst3m Glitch) to talk shop, spin new music, and debut a handful of Zenith Edition reworks. Thanks for listening. See you […]…
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In this episode of Combat Story, we sit down with Elliot Ackerman—former Marine infantry officer, CIA paramilitary operations officer, journalist, and bestselling author. Elliot takes us inside some of the most intense moments of modern warfare, from the brutal urban combat of Fallujah in 2004 to special operations deployments in Afghanistan and la…
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How to Heal Your Soil and restore life to the land from the ground up. 🌱 David Gornoski sits down with regenerative farmers Dennis and Dana Venrick to explore how soil health can be revived by feeding microbes, correcting calcium deficiencies, and detoxifying damaged ground. This conversation dives deep into the principles of regenerative agricultu…
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“I am a motorcyclist in a hailstorm, recklessly speeding by the grace of a slipstream.” — John K. Mercury John K. Mercury — the first astronaut chosen for humanity’s journey to Mars — vanished before the mission could be completed. No signal. No wreckage. No answers. Decades later, his mission journal is rediscovered in the New Mexico desert. A pri…
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Throughout history, Krampus has been seen as the dark and sinister counterpart to old Saint Nicholas. This horned, hoofed, half-human, half-goat creature is known for taking charge of the naughty list and punishing those that don’t behave. But is Krampus one of a kind? For years, legends of a similar Goatman have popped up all over the world, from …
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Send us a text This episode marks the unveiling of Black Tapes, a new weekly segment from Dark Territory. Black Tapes explores short-form horror through found recordings, folklore, and unsettling encounters where the truth is fragmented and explanations are scarce. Alongside our regular discussion, we debut the first Black Tapes story—an introducti…
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Happy Holidays from The HORROR ETERNAL -- this week, as a special Holiday treat, we present a sneak preview of MINDRAKER SEASON TWO: VIOLENCE FUGUE -- Episode One in its entirety. HORROR ETERNAL will return on JANUARY 6th with a new stand alone nightmare titled: THE MISSING TOUCH. From SPIRAL OPUS AUDIO and MONSTER FORGE RADIO ©2025 Roy Burdine…
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The recent confessions of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady aided Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Topping in narrowing down a renewed search of Saddleworth Moor. Just as Greater Manchester CID came under fire for what was believed to be a waste of time and resources, they made a discovery… (Part 6 of 6). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episo…
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David Gornoski is joined by Jean-Michel Oughourlian, Jason Jones, Jim Fitzgerald, and Shannon Braswell for a special Christmas episode of THINGS HIDDEN. What is the cause of wars in human history? Is peace possible in the Middle-East? Did Trump just call Bill Clinton an aggrieved victim? What is the anthropological significance of Christmas that we…
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David Gornoski and ALLHEART discuss the concept of ressentiment and what Nietzsche and Max Scheler wrote about it. Does Christian love rise from ressentiment? Can we discharge rivalry healthily? How do we deal with envy? Do we want a hard-to-get god? Watch the full episode to find out. Follow ALLHEART on X here. Follow David Gornoski on X here. Vis…
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Is America watching its democracy unravel in real time? In The Making of an Autocrat from The Conversation, six of the world’s pre-eminant scholars reveal the recipe for authoritarian rule. From capturing a party, to controlling the military, Donald Trump is borrowing from the playbook of strongmen thoughout history. This is the story of how democr…
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Let me know if you enjoy my content! A monkey bathing in a hotel water tank wasn’t on our itinerary. Neither was showering in the dark with brown water, or turning down a lunch with the exile prime minister. That’s how this journey went: messy, revealing, and strangely transformative. We set off for Dharamshala expecting spiritual clarity and got g…
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When a familiar nemesis returns with an impossible request, Mags and Amy find themselves pulled into a search that hits uncomfortably close to home. As a missing girl, an anxious mother, and a trail of half-answers collide, the girls follow a shadowy trail of clues — and realize how quickly curiosity can turn into something much darker. Old rivalri…
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Send us a text Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! On this festive feast of an episode we have our annual gift exchange, we hear what the celebs do at this time of year, there's a jolly bag of mail from our dear, dear listeners, it's off to Copenhagen in Far Off Foreign Affairs from Afar with Chris, Tom sees if we can avoid ruining Christmas, before Pete re…
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Season Finale Summary All the pieces on the board. All the players revealed. One final spin. Arouse concludes the Sitri Center arc and completes Deep Dream State’s five-hour narrative exploration of control, desire, and surrender. The staff and subjects of the dream research institute finally confront the true nature of their reality and the system…
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Two decades after Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were convicted of killing three children and burying two of them on Saddleworth Moor, Ian Brady made a confession that reopened the case… (Part 5 of 6). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane. Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions. Scri…
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In 1975, Dr. Raymond Moody learned that those who came close to death had experienced similar visions and sensations before returning to their bodies. He called these moments Near Death Experiences, or NDEs—where subjects spoke of travelling through a tunnel, being greeted by deceased loved ones… even encountering spiritual entities. The consistenc…
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It’s the Jelly Trumpet Christmas Special! Featuring Jim, Mr b and Queenie in festive fun with a fiend! A simple Christmas is on the cards until Queen Eleanor advertises Jelly Trumpet in the local newspaper as a detective agency. Jelly Trumpet’s first case is to find out why so many church organists have gone missing! Stuff we’ll here in this episod…
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In the latest escalation of tensions between the US and Venezuela, the US President Donald Trump ordered a "complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela. His Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, called the move "warmongering threats", and accused the US of trying to steal its resources. In this episode we speak to…
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Where is the Night Brigade? Did they stop the apocalypse only at the cost of their own lives? Agent Stoker unravels the mysteries of his missing comrades across the world in the newest season of the award-winning paranormal thriller. Get ready for all the action Jan 1st 2026. ------------------------------------------------------ Visit the website …
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Send us a text A fairy tale can feel like a soft place to land—until it throws you against the hard edges of history. We dive headlong into Pan’s Labyrinth to explore how Guillermo del Toro fuses myth with the machinery of fascism, building a world where a child’s imagination is not escape but defiance. From the cracked ritual of Captain Vidal’s wa…
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Ian Brady and Myra Hindley became the most hated people in Britain after they were committed for trial following the discovery of the bodies of several children on Saddleworth Moor. Many were furious that the crimes were uncovered too late for the couple to face the ultimate punishment, but the families of their victims just hoped that justice woul…
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Can Diet Make You More Christ-Like? David Gornoski sits down with George (8f4 on X) for a discussion on Theosis through a bioenergetic lens, the thyroid gland as an orchestra between the body and the spirit, rediscovering Christ-like wonder, finding immortality in a fallen world, the purpose of Omega-6, Ray Peat's selfless life, and more. Follow Ge…
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🔥 The Ted Hanky Podcast is here ... with BORO KIMBO! Join Ted and Mala as they reminisce on some magical nights out they've had on Teesside over the years during this festive period. 🎧 Prefer to watch? Full video episode on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@TedHanky (And don’t forget to follow the channel 🙏) 💬 Join in Comment with your best memori…
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THE HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD - CH.7 -- A down on his luck screenwriter begins receiving messages claiming to be from the future, warning of terrifying events to come. Evan encounters a woman who demonstrates a startling ability to summon the Watchers at will. From SPIRAL OPUS AUDIO and MONSTER FORGE RADIO ©2025 Roy Burdine…
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