In this special episode, Brian presents a culmination of years of research outlining the Heaven's Gate cult's ultimate ending and its connection to Coast to Coast AM.

Links:

• THE MAN WHO SPREAD THE MYTH - TIME
• Art Bell, Heaven's Gate, and Journalistic Integrity
• Heaven's Gate Cult Initiation Tape Part 1 - YouTube
• Heaven's Gate Cult Initiation Tape Part 2 - YouTube
• HEAVENS GATE CULT - Exit statements - YouTube
• Heaven's Gate - How and When It May Be Entered
• Heaven's Gate (religious group) - Wikipedia
• Hale-Bopp companions?!?
• First Person: The Coutney Brown affair and academic freedom
• House Hippo - YouTube
• The 1990s Cult 'Heaven's Gate' Has Four Remaining Followers – We Spoke to Them

This week in the tech segment, Brian and Angelo talk Windows as an App, Apple adopting RCS (begrudgingly), and fun with computer networking. In the paranormal, the DD duo examine a 20/20 segment from 1991 about an in-depth exorcism review - Hugh Downs gave the Catholic church 4 stars on Yelp, Barbara Walters gave them a 3.5.

Links:

• Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs - The Verge
• Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year - 9to5Mac
• Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years - IEEE Spectrum
• 20/20 Real Exorcism - April 4, 1991 - YouTube
• Leaders Divided Over Televised Exorcism - Los Angeles Times
• The Exorcism Of Gina
• Real exorcisms on TV
• EXORCISM AND POSSESSION IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION
• The Catholic Church’s views on exorcism have changed – a religious studies scholar explains why : Newsroom : Texas State University
• Whatever Happened to Minga? | Juan Day At A Time
• Vivarium Official Trailer (2020) - Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots - YouTube
• The Bridge (novel) - Wikipedia
• Consider Phlebas - Wikipedia
• The Hydrogen Sonata - Wikipedia
• I Am the Cheese - Wikipedia
• The Magnus Archives – Rusty Quill

After a quick discussion about how A.I. made the new Beatles song poassible and a look at Apple's Scary Fast event, Brian and Angelo dig into the history of the ouija board, and discuss the origins and the dangers associated with it.

Links:

• The Dark History Behind Ouija Boards
• Ouija Board from Parker Brothers (1968) | Toy Tales
• 'Who killed you?' The jurors who used a Ouija board to find a murderer guilty - ABC News
• Ouija boards: three factors that might explain why they appear to work for some
• The Missing Woman Who Doesn't Exist - YouTube

Brian and Angelo are joined by the always great Rob Kristoffersen to discuss the divisive Mark Danielewski novel House of Leaves. Did they love it? Did they hate it? Listen in to find out.

Rob’s Recommendations (Books):

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

Brian’s Recommendations (Movies/vid):

Cube

Angelo’s Recommendations (Videogames):

Control

Special Guests: Lollypop and Rob Kristoffersen.

Links:

• Why is the internet obsessed with this book? - YouTube
• A swift desent into madness 😵‍💫 aka House of Leaves reading vlog | spoilers at the end - YouTube
• Books Like House Of Leaves: An Intro To Ergodic Fiction | Book Riot

This week, Brian and Angelo travel back in time using the patented Acme Time Machine and discuss Ed Dames' July 2004 appearance on Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell. What's the killshot? How will it affect the world as we know it. Tune in to find out.

Links:

• The Devil's Dirtstar Podcast
• Ebay Listing For Ed Dames' Killshot DVD
• Ed Dames Killshot Survival Zones 1.0 Map Remote Viewing Men Stare At Goats 17x11 | eBay
• Ed Dames Claims
• Art Bell Comments On Ed Dames (2015)

Brian flies solo to throw together a horror movie iceberg with movies available to watch for free on Tubi/YouTube.

Surface:

Level 1 - Welcome, horror fiends

Level 2 - Zombies!

Level 3 - Giallo City, Italy

Level 4 - Splattery body horror

Level 5 - Shot-On-Video Shlock

Level 6 - AWFUL FORBIDDEN TRASH

Video nasties Wikipedia entry.

Big thanks to Steph W for voicing the level transitions!

This week, Angelo is excited about macOS Sonoma, Brian has a fake news quiz for Angelo, questions about spending $500 on Tinder, Brian goes in deep to the online hoagie community, and a look into extreme caveman metal music. In the paranormal, the duo takes a virtual trip to Sedona and learns about spoon bending.

Links:

• Hoagie Gurus | Facebook
• Tinder Select is a $499 per month plan for Tinder’s 1 percent - The Verge
• Extreme Caveman Music - Rate Your Music
• ooga booga - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
• YOU’RE invited to the SPOON bending party! 🥄✨ Lightnet.org/spoontickets for details! NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Enter code SPOON10 for $10 … | Instagram
• LightNet
• Raising Our Vibration Full Day Immersion — LightNet
• Raising Our Vibration Homepage
• Spoon Bending — LightNet

This week, Angelo gets a new iPhone, Google's long forgotten Lively service, and what happens when "THEY" take away your paranormal topics for the week.

Links:

• Apple’s FineWoven iPhone Cases Just Aren’t That Good – 512 Pixels
• John Siracusa: "My wife’s FineWoven case has a…" - Mastodon
• Google Lively - Wikipedia
• One month later: Google Lively? Not so much | Ars Technica
• Google Graveyard - Killed by Google
• "Vamanos" Clip from Signs (2002) Brazilian location is not in end credits. Is this "planted" footage, as part of disclosure? I would like to find out : UFObelievers
• I think that Neil Degrasse Tyson is getting payed to lie : UFOs

This week, Brian and Angelo discuss the 2023 iPhone event, they discover they both like the videogame Vampire Survivors, and then in the paranormal segment, they look into the claims of mummified aliens presented to the Mexican senate.

Links:

• Mexican senate hears testimony on extraterrestrial life: ‘We are not alone’ | Mexico | The Guardian
• Metepec Creature | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom
• The Roswell Slides: UFO researcher apologises after admitting 'dead alien' picture actually showed the mummified body of a child - Mirror Online
• Jaime Maussan - IMDb
• UFO: The Greatest Story Ever Denied II - Moon Rising (Video 2009) - IMDb
• Exclusive: A close encounter with the 'alien bodies' in Mexico | Reuters
• NSFW Alien Painting

Brian and Angelo travel back in time to discuss the May 25, 1999 episode of Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell, with special guest Jose Escamilla, the man who invented rods, aka skyfish.

Links:

• Talk:Rod (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia
• Jose Escamilla (supposedly) dead, anyone able to confirm this?, page 1
• RIP Jose Escamilla | Linda Ronstadt Fans Discussion
• Loren Coleman on X: "Jose Escamilla died 12.12.18, on Wed. Born on March 25, 1951 (also John A. Keel’s birthday in 1930). ~@CryptoLoren /@mediamonarchy @anomalistnews @DailyGrail @UFOupdates @RadioMisterioso @DarknessRadio @AdamGorightly @MFCarrico @ecwool @cryptokubrology Family shared photos. https://t.co/X8hJ7n3rS0" / X
• Shooting Skateboarding with the SONY VX1000 - YouTube
• Skyfish - Flying rods ufo - YouTube