Mysterious Universe

Super show!

Ah, i'm reading my comment and must correct it. The reflection i mean is from the top of the craft. The top of the craft reflecting in the “shield” looking like a false horizon. Phew… : ) Yeah, my english is a little rusty.

Also, wtf is my dads house doing on Mars?

Man,, thanks a lot Aaron! after listening to this episode, i went to get a bite,, and the fridge light is out.. You traveled to Southern California and not to Benjamin's.. you owe me a light bulb!
Love the show btw!!

Very enjoyable show and much less tinfoil hat feeling than last week's A Very Special Illuminatus Episode.

I was quite amused by Aaron's disbelief that such poor writing would be done by a PhD level scientist. Apparently he's not on the receiving end of technical support emails from PhD level scientists. Most of them express no writing skills when composing emails. Misspellings, poor grammar and excessive mangling of punctuation is SOP for PhD, MDs and department heads (deans are often the ones with the best written emails since they have assistants). It's only grant proposals and papers for publication that they actually start giving a damn about writing. *ahem* Not that I'm buying the Heather story for a minute.

Mystery of cattle mutilation solved: http://overcompensating.com/comics/20100225.png

I've been impressed that stargates got mentioned two weeks in a row! Of course, that seems to be the term of the day or decade instead of “portal” or just plain “gate” which were in use back in the day before, well… before the release of Stargate and its subsequent spin-offs. I'm all for going back to using “portal” and “gate” minus the star myself. Hell, let's also ditch “dimensions” for “realms” too. If we're going Lovecraftian we should stick with Lovecraftian vocabulary.

Now THAT is a story I would love to hear you guys do. Tracking the use and evolution of popular science fiction, horror and fiction terminology in claims of supernatural and extraterrestrial experiences. Popular fiction informs SO many of those claims, and you guys have certainly touched on it in some of the better interviews.

Speaking of interviews, this week's was fantastic. And last week's was equally good.

Re fairies: most readers of fantasy novels are well aware of the darker nature of fairies. Terry Pratchett in particular portrays fairies as a brutally malevolent race. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series also portrays fairies in a very similar dark manner but somewhat less malevolent. But it was great to hear Kenny talking about them.

BTW, guys, I am psyched about the Nazis on the moon! Explains a lot. A LOT! *grins*

I've read all about the case of Annaliese previously, as I tend to do alot of that kind of research out of personal interest anyway – especially when they are cases that get hyped up and presented in Hollywood (like Amityville, Exorcist [which by the way I think is a hilariously awesome movie and have never found it in the least frightening], etc).

I had concluded from the materials that I had read that it was a sad case of a mentally ill girl that was abused to death through the exorcisms. Not that I don't believe in possession, just from what I had read it sounded pretty cut-and-dry that she had been ill, not possessed. Interesting that I had never run into info that talked of her actually receiving psychiatric care prior to the exorcisms commencing. I also had never heard that video before.

I have to say that in light of hearing that she had received psychiatric care, AND those recordings, I have tentatively changed my mind. I still would like to do more research on the case, and hope to find better resources than the ones I had encountered before!

Thanks for the great story.

hi guys just come across your pod case and i must say its nice to hear you to fellas very intersting i use to listen to open minds but the lad on ther bored the pants off me good gob and very interesting

cheers neil (liverpool uk )

So you obviously found our website…

I know, I dont know why I didnt think of that. Must be because I'm so used to “Podfade” in the podcasting world, I just assumed you guys fell victim to it as well. Like I said, Im glad that isnt the case

Ben and Aaron. I'd read awhile back when researching a beer movie project called “Brew Day” ,that the Picts up in the Highlands were known for making a brew with ergot fungus that grew on the local heather plants and supposedly made them extra crazy fighters. Now, I couldn't imagine wanting to fight anyone on a psychodelic trip, but this is what I've read. Have you heard of this one? And thank you for the show. I always look forward to them. Although, I did have a UFO nightmare last night and I can't help but think it's because of all these reports. Even still, you guys rock. Favorite podcast.

wow…@ the exorcism audio clip…scare the crap out of my why don't you mysterious universe o.o

i’m a newcomer to your podcast and so have been going back listening from the begining, this episode is probably the best so far. most paranormal podcast seem to focus mostly on UFOs, which u get fed up of hearing but yours mixes things up just right.