But It Was Aliens

The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe Scratching Fanny, the unfortunately named ghost of Cock Lane in Central London (also known as Frances Kent and Frances Lynes). Also unfortunately (and confusingly) named were Willy Kent, Fanny’s ‘husband’ and Richard ‘Dick' Parsons, Willy’s pal. Willy and Fanny had a secret and Willy shared that secret with Dick which may not have been the best idea as Dick owed Willy money. All of this escalated as Fanny met an unfortunately premature passing but was that passing natural? Dick thought not and brought in a holy man to verify this. Willy was not happy, particularly as Fanny begun attending seances from beyond. Was Fanny using her knockers to communicate her untimely passing to the living, or was Dick stretching Fanny’s truth? It’s probably worth mentioning at this point that some of us got very confused during the recording of this episode. Apologies, folks. It all made sense in the end but we guess the moral of the story here is that you can have too much Dick and Willy. Alongside that chaotic mess, we discover that you can indeed trust a John. All that and more on this week’s file.

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Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. We closed out with the ’Staff Roll’ aka credits theme from Nintendo’s 1990-1992 Super Mario World from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, composed by Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō.

Sources:

Phenomenal The Haunted Places blog: https://hauntedpalaceblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/12/scratching-fanny-the-ghost-of-cock-lane/ 

Burials and Beyond write up: https://burialsandbeyond.com/2020/03/28/scratching-fanny-the-ghost-of-cock-lane/

The paranormal comedy podcast where we probe possibly the Most Haunted area of London’s West End (see what we did there). Theatre Royal aka Drury Lane Theatre aka Drury Lane is home to multiple spirits including 1700’s natural-style actor Charles Macklin who murdered/manslaughtered fellow actor Thomas Hallam following an argument about a wig. Is Charles being punished via being forced to relive his crime? But it’s not just Charles. Joseph Grimaldi was an actor, dancer and comedian who became possibly the most famous clown. Joey too would end up at Drury Lane. So too would Victorian era comedian Dan Leno (who had an interesting method to cover the smell of his butt produce) and 1800’s actor Charles Kean. But none would be as disturbing as the secret of Drury Lane, the Man in Grey. On the note of ghosts, has it ever occurred to you that a ghost could achieve a lot more in afterlife if they had their head severed? It turns out that we aren’t the first folks to give this theatre a thorough probing because the United Kingdom’s Most Wanted got there first. But was there a hidden room with a hidden secret that could solve the mystery paranormal energy at this theatre? All that and more on this week’s file.

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Music: 

Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. We ended with the’Staff Roll’ aka credits theme from Nintendo’s 1990-1992 Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, composed by Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō. 

Main sources:

Haunted London: http://www.haunted-london.com/haunted-london-theatres.html 

Kat Devitt write up: https://katdevitt.com/2021/10/25/the-haunting-of-drury-lane-theatre-a-murderous-ghost-the-mysterious-man-in-grey-and-disembodied-clown-heads/ 

Most Haunted Season 1 Episode 4 YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8PU9U2tGYac 

A review of the Most Haunted episode on Drury Lane above: https://www.spookyisles.com/drury-lane-theatre-most-haunted/ 

Ogden, Tom. (1999) The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings. Alpha Books. pp. 232–233.

The paranormal comedy podcast where we probe the 1957 Levelland UFO. This case is renowned by ufologist’s as one of the most credible UFO sightings of all time due to the number of independent witnesses and the number of reliable witnesses, involved. Those witnesses include officers of the law and we are about to discover what an officer of the law called to investigate a UFO does when they get there and discover that there is indeed a UFO. Alongside that we ponder what the most unusual/unsafe animal to ever be sent in to space has been… Is a car cutting out a sign of extraterrestrial activity and has Mr Moonwalker been abducted many, many times? I think we know the answer on that one. We also theorise as to whether balls were involved with this one. Anyway… We don’t have time for that science BS, we get straight to the truth. All that and more on this week’s file.

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Music: 

Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. We closed out with the ’Staff Roll’ aka credits theme from Nintendo’s 1990-1992 Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, composed by Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō.

The paranormal comedy podcast where we probe two unrelated events with allegedly true witnesses. Chard Town and Stoke on Trent, fine places in Somerset. 1986. Aliens.  These events involved strange lights, a craft with windows and a craft shooting off at ridiculous speeds. All that and more on this weeks episode.

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Music: 

Music created via Garageband. Additional music via https://freepd.com and Purple Planet via www.purpleplanet.com - thank you most kindly good people.

The paranormal comedy podcast where we probe a Wizard’s Curse. The sheriffs of Salem have been inflicted by a strange coincidence of health difficulties over the centuries since one Giles Corey was pressed, literally, for a plea during the Salem witch trials. Giles was an honourable and trustworthy man who may, or may not, have held strong for their family. But before then, was Giles born at the age of three? In probing this case, we discover that olden times law is crazy and olden times court, is absolutely wild. The things that went down in court were utterly crazy but went down they did for we have documented evidence of today’s episode. We know that Giles met a horrid demise above 80 years of age during 1692 and we know beyond doubt, that Giles placed a curse on Salem as Giles passed away. For Giles was a wizard. Alongside the case, we uncover how to create a ham monster. We also discover how the honourable and trustworthy deal with the loss of a loved one. All that and more on this week’s file.

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Music: 

Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. Near the start we included 1998’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s Market theme composed by Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō for Nintendo. We finished the episode we’d kept in our wizard’s sleeve with the ‘Staff Roll’ aka credits theme from 1990-1992’s Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also composed by Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō.

Sources:

List of Essex County (aka Salem), Massachusetts Sheriffs: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sheriffs_of_Essex_County,_Massachusetts 

Salem Ghosts source: https://salemghosts.com/howard-street-cemetery/