In the 1980s, people started to come forward with their accounts of abduction at the hands, and technology, of alien beings. They were spurred on by one book to share their stories of kidnappers from the sky and the experiences on board their crafts. Communion by Whitley Strieber became a hugely successful book, thrusting alien abduction into the pop culture spotlight. The history of abductions goes back further, perhaps as far back as 1638. It undergoes evolution and transforms time and again, from the partially archaic abduction of Antionio Villas-Boas, to the strange case of Debbie Jordan-Kauble, the subject of Budd Hopkins' book, Intruders, who was implanted with an alien-human hybrid, only to have it removed during the pregnancy. The phenomenon changes. Join me tonight as we take a look at the brief history of alien abductions.

Links:

NPR's list of the 100 Greatest Horror Novels and Stories

A Brief History of Abduction Research by David M. Jacobs

Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times by Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck

The Preacher Who Believed That Flying Saucers Were Kidnapping Human Beings - In 1953 by Tony Breeden

The Georgia Stalks Case

The Mysterious Contact Memories of Herbert Schirmer by Marcus Lowlth

The History of Alien Abductions - Wikipedia

The Jesse Long Story

Michael Menkin - Thought Screen Helmet

Not Alone Podcast - Episode Twenty-Three: The Mojave Incident - Alien Invasion for Two Please

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The Conspirators Podcast

Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

Sirencide

Calling Darkness

Double Density

Throwdown Thursday

Theme song by Big Cats Art and Website by the Great Desdymona

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