But It Was Aliens

The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe someone who is officially the most successful pirate in history, Black Sam Bellamy. Black Sam came from humble beginnings, a young British Navy sailor who turned treasure hunter in order to secure the marriage of Sam’s true love (Sam had to get rich or die trying). Things went a bit sideways however when Sam found that the 1715 Treasure Fleet had already been recovered (well, the easy bits at least) meaning that Sam had no quick and easy treasure to achieve his goal. What’s a skilled man of the sea to do when in need of money? That’s right, PIRATE. Black Sam Bellamy would come in to contact with famous pirates Henry Jennings, Benjamin Hornigold and Blackbeard and join the Flying Gang but Sam would become more successful than all of them, depending upon how you define success… From storming ships naked to deceiving ships with fake flags, Sam earned well over one hundred million dollars in today’s currency. At the height of Sam’s success however, Sam longed for love. Allegedly. Truthfully. At this very same moment, it is alleged that Sam’s love, who had encountered misery whilst waiting for Sam, placed a curse on Sam. Sam, unaware of the misery of his love, would one day return but this day may just have been Sam’s last. Was witchcraft responsible? Alongside that, we ask whether a pirate can be truly good if they put everything to the vote… 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. As it’s a pirate episode, we had to easter egg and include our favourite music from Rare’s formerly exclusive Xbox title Sea Of Thieves, courtesy of Microsoft and composed via the magical Robin Beanland. Those tunes included Maiden Voyage, Summon the Megalodon, Shipwreaks and We Shall Sail Together. We closed out the episode with the usual ’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: 

Wikiwand: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Samuel_Bellamy 

Historical Society of Old Yarmouth article on Mary ‘Goody’ Hallet: https://www.hsoy.org/blog/2023/3/16/mmrensabce8y1twvpa1ka6a4hfokvv 

Wicked Yankee blog detailing Mary Hallet: http://wickedyankee.blogspot.com/2011/10/mary-hallet-witch-of-eastham.html?m=1

Pirates Love Fandom stub on Mary Hallet: https://pirateslove.fandom.com/wiki/Maria_Hallet

Real Pirates podcast - 4 episode series on Black Sam Bellamy.

The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe the Voronezh UFO. 27/09/1989. This date is written in now Russian history for this was Independence Day. Well, not that type of Independence Day but a big-a** spaceship may have breached then-Soviet airspace. The smart folks (possibly the adults because those witnesses may have allegedly truthfully disappeared) ran. Those with their wits perhaps less about them, stood awestruck. Did the craft land? If a craft lands and an alien exits said craft, the first thing they teach you in MiB Academy is to not directly approach an alien. One child didn’t follow this teaching, f’d around and found out. Parallel to that, this one was witnessed by the police and with such an authentic sighting, this one quickly made it’s way to the media of the time. State media. Scientific analysis ensued. Alongside that it is pondered through the episode… What kind of potential weapon found laying around the house would be best to combat an alien invader? What could you say to an alien that would result in the alien immediately opening fire on you? 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 the episode 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:

Oddity Hive: https://oddityhive.com/ufo-phenomenon/voronezh-ufo-incident/

Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/10/10/back-in-the-ufo/bcac9950-8ea1-47d7-8539-e16aec4542e1/

Alchetron: https://alchetron.com/Voronezh-UFO-incident

The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe the most possessed/haunted house possibly ever documented, the Ammons house. Between 2011 and 2012, this house is believed to have been attacked by demons. It all starts as many a Hollywood tale have, with flies. Blankets of flies covering a house without known cause. Things only got worse from there. Soon, there were footsteps, creaks and even an unknown figure. It’s safe to say that Mr Moonwalker and Kev would’ve pegged it way before any figures made an appearance but on with the tale we must go. If you can sense otherworldly presences, but they can’t be seen or heard in general, how can you tell how many there are? Does The Vision operate like a known sense e.g. where you can perceive different tones and pitch, or perceive different levels of light? You know people always suggest that if haunted and what-not, folks should move, but that isn’t actually always a realistic option. People therefore have to look to other methods and that’s exactly what this family did. Some of those methods were pretty wild. This case may well be the most well documented (officially) events that we have ever covered. Alongside all of this, we learn of another of Mr Moonwalker’s disturbing dreams. 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 the episode 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:

Indianapolis Star Article: https://eu.indystar.com/story/news/2014/01/25/the-disposession-of-latoya-ammons/4892553/ 

Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2014/05/the-200-demons-house-a-skeptical-demonologists-report/ 

The Line Up: https://the-line-up.com/ammons-family-haunting

The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe penis-snatching. Mr Moonwalker today makes the choice that Kev in the John, never, had. Twice. In 2023 Nigeria, the most awful of pandemic’s broke out. Worse than life-ending disease, this pandemic resulted in people temporarily losing their penis. It’s not just d*cks either, for some folks were losing nipples. These incidents have resulted in much pain and suffering via mob justice. There have also been police prosecutions related to these cases of vanishing penis. Alongside these horrific events we ponder whether a micropenis is the size of a nose? If you had the power to inflict people with a micro-organ, would you use it? Ultimately we ask whether this unusual epidemic was a case of aliens, a cryptid, demons, voodoo, a ghost, or telekinesis? Then we give Mr Moonwalker a gift he will never forget. 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 the episode 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. 

Drinking rules:

Kev filled the research notes with photos and artwork of the common human penis. Many, many hogs. These hogs were not directly referenced in the research, they were just hanging around. Every time Mr Moonwalker commented on any such image, he had to do a shot aka a mini-Moonie.

Sources:

New Lines Magazine article by Kingsley Charles: https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-curious-phenomenon-of-nigerias-disappearing-penises/

Wikipedia summary (yes, we know): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_(disease) 

Strong, Y. N., Cao, D. Y., Zhou, J., Guenther, M.A., Anderson, D.J., Kaye, A. D., Blick, B. E., Anandi, P. R., Patel, H. Y. and Urits, I. (2023) Koro Syndrome: Epidemiology, Psychiatric and Physical Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options. Health Psychology Research. 11: 70165. Available online at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9946797/

Accessed: 22/01/2024