S01 Episode 3 Extra: Heaven's Gate / March 3, 2016 by Unexplained Podcast

For last week’s episode, Do You See What I See, we came across a story that demonstrates the sheer power of belief and how one man’s interpretation of the arrival of the Hale Bopp comet led to the death of 39 people.

Featuring the extraordinary story of Heaven's Gate.

Research, writing, music and production by Richard MacLean Smith.

Some interesting links:

(See transcript for full list of sources)

The original website of the group can still be found here:

http://www.heavensgate.com/

You can watch the final statements of the group members here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHz9it70TdI

S01 Episode 3: Do You See What I See / February 25, 2016 by Unexplained Podcast

The crash that never was... Original article in The Sheffield Star, March 25th 1997

The stories we tell can often be said to reveal certain truths about ourselves, and yet, the notion of truth is the most elusive of things.

For the residents located near Howden Moor in the North East of England, the strange events that occurred on one spring night in 1997 would test their credulity to the limit…

They say the truth is out there, but does it even exist?

Featuring the extraordinary story of The Howden Moor Incident.

Research, writing, music and production by Richard MacLean Smith.

Some interesting links:

(See transcript for full list of sources)

I’m indebted to the exhaustive work carried out on the subject of The Howden Moor Incident by Journalist and Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University, Dr. David Clarke.

You can read more about his highly sceptical interpretation of the events here:

http://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/howden-moor-incident/

You can listen to the extraordinary account of J. Allen. Hynek’s time working for Project Blue Book here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_OuoDNbjj8

And if you want to report a sighting yourself, where better than to report it to the J. Allen. Hynek centre for UFO studies:

http://www.cufos.org/org.html

Here’s a video of perhaps the most famous experiment to determine inattentional blindness, if you haven’t seen it I wont give it away…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo

Something I didn’t quite manage to squeeze into the episode but weirdly interesting nonetheless… This is the original and oddly fascinating website for the Heaven’s Gate cult preparing it’s followers for the arrival of Hale Bopp comet:

http://www.heavensgate.com/

S01 Episode 2: Resurrected Dreams / February 11, 2016 by Unexplained Podcast

Original Daily Mirror article from May 6th 1957

It could be said that all stories are ultimately about one thing – death. None more so than the stories we tell each other concerning what awaits us after life. It is a theme that can be found in stories told across every community and culture, from as far back as we can remember.

But what might our dreams have to do with it?

Featuring the unsettling story of The Pollock Twins.

Research, writing, music and production by Richard MacLean Smith.

Some interesting links:

(See transcript for full list of sources)

John and Florence Pollock discussing their daughters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhpuvUiQ2xA

K. J. Ressler and B.G. Dias’ original research paper:

http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v17/n1/full/nn.3594.html

A fascinating organization dedicated to investigating evidence of reincarnation:

http://www.iisis.net/index.php?page=reincarnation-past-lives-evidence-case-studies&hl=en_US