The Hollinwell Incident, 255 children mysteriously collapsed at a Jazzy band gala event held at the Hollinwell Showground, Kirkby in Ashfield in July 1980. Mass hysteria? Poisoned? Was there a cover-up? 40+ years on, still holds hot debate and discussion over the true events. Our...

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Claire Davy of the Society of Psychical Research, The Ghost Club and ASSAP joins an upbeat conversation talking poltergeists and exorcisms. Ghosts and legends of Ireland. Further talking a personal passion for a case in Barbados researching where coffins moved violently in a sealed tomb....

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Richard Freeman returns as our guest from the Centre for Fortean Zoology. Cryptozoological field research slowed down dramatically during Lockdown. Japanese culture and history featuring a wide variety of unusual cryptids and creatures. Lake monsters of Siberia. The Woke effect on culture. James Bond, Manga...

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Kristian rambles about being in hospital recovering from covid. In Intensive Care and on the Critical Care ward. Evac suit-wearing doctors, having no dreams, being offered laxatives. Receiving presents, letters and messages. Thank you to all those who wished me well.

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Sion-Marc Simpson – a martial artist, a teacher, spiritually following an animist pagan path, paranormal enthusiast and artist. A powerful conversation. Sion-Marc and I opening up discussing mental health. How art can be an outlet for expressing emotion. Sion-Marcs growing private one-off unique macabre art...

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“Already seen”, those who have experienced the feeling describe it as an overwhelming sense of familiarity. In September of 2013, Mark Birch, Sion-Marc Simpson and I gathered around a table with beers with a dictaphone running. Free-flowing conversation across many subjects and topics. Thoughts and...

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Sharing a conversation with Rob Dawes and Brendan Scoular of the Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society. Who operates the Sherwood Observatory. Our Curious World | Sherwood Observatory MSAS. A great conversation with Rob and Brendan. Discussing the 50 year anniversary of the Observatory driven by...

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“There can be many curious people in the world”. Sharing a conversation with Megan Shore of the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity coming up on the 8th – 17th February 2021. We discover how the festival came to be, and what activities are involved,...

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