In Research Of

Watch 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...

Watch 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 wif...

( 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 sp...

Have 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 la...

Jeb 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...

( 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 (Gro...

Dive 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...

Jeb 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 thunderstor...

[ 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 Rockefell...

Jeb 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 Ro...

[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...

Jeb 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...

To 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 Ea...

Watch 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 abou...

Watch 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." Reenactme...

Jeb 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....

Well, 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 divi...

Hey 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 ship...

Watch 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...

Watch 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 l...

In 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 hi...

Jeb 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 Su...

Jeb 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...

Jeb 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...

Jeb 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." (thi...