Dr. Joe Nickell recalls his experiences working on the Season 4 episode of In Search Of… dealing with The Shroud of Turin. note: This interview will be cross-posted to MonsterTalk. The interview contents will be identical, but the framing intro/outro will be unique to the respective shows.

In Research Of… (Patreon)

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Joe Nickell covered by The Daily Mail

That's Incredible! segment on THE AMITYVILLE HORROR. (YouTube)

Joe Nickell's website

Joe's Amazon Author's Page (affiliate link)

Jeb and Blake unwrap the mystery of the shroud of Turin! (Which might, it turns out, be neither a shroud, nor from Turin - talk amongst yourselves!) Link to ISO on YouTube: While it lasts!

The bucket brigade saves the shroud in re-creation...

NFA - A return to "the Night Gallery?"

Young Joe Nickell at work in Alan Landsburg's NYC apartment:

The Rev. Francis Filas (1931 - 1985 - NYT OBIT)

Prescriptive Linguistics

Descriptive Linguistics

Overview of use of Christ in Medieval Art

Secondo Pia, photographer who discovered the "negative effect" on Shroud. (also, dead ringer for Seth Myers)

Just saying...

Modern research suggests "blood on shroud" was applied artistically, not organically.

More on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Dr. Harry Gove (Obit)

The Shroud of Turin Research Project

Recent book that confirms Nickell's findings

The ISO team take us back to Colonial Virginia to investigate the cold-case of the lost colony of Roanoke. Jeb and Blake learn about armadas, plays, and rock diaries.

Beach Action Nimoy Fashion Alert!

The Money Shot...

Blake thinks the ISO actor is giving off Keenan Wynn vibes.

And we've already discussed the ties between Rod Serling, Leonard Nimoy, Night Gallery, and more, so the visual similarities to this scene and Planet of the Apes might not be 100% coincidence.

The famous "Dare Stones" preserved with all the decor and pomp appropriate their historical significance:

Links for this episode:

History Channel's reboot of ISO covered this.

Antiquarianism

Play Sid Meiers Colonization

Book by David Stick on topic

Park Ranger Phil Evans

The full text of the Dare Stones

We're going to need a bigger boat! Jeb and Blake head to Australia to investigate the idea that Great White sharks are immortal!

Links: 1977 San Diego article about Sea World's shark exhibit

Article about weird things allegedly found inside sharks.

Henri Bource - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Bource

Groo the Wanderer

NFA - on the beach!

Sharks are famous for their teeth - and Nimoy's have improved since season one as well.

Nimoy just walking on the beach manages to attract a diver's audience.

Diving pioneer and explorer, Hugh Edwards.

Ray Keys at Sea World has lots of great shark information.

And don't forget researcher Dr. William Gladstone! (You can find him on twitter at @DrBillGladstone)

Jeb and Blake have a look at the Season 4 episode UFO AUSTRALIA which covers the Kaikoura UFO Sighting and the disappearance of Frederich Valentich.

• Retrospective of the Kaikoura UFO sighting
• Better version of the video than what is in the episode
• Westall UFO case (Blake mentioned - but is not in ep)
• Skeptical Inquirer (McGaha & Nickell)
• Transcript of the Valentich air traffic discussion
• Psychic Hippie Lawyer article

Nimoy Fashion Alert shot on location at the San Fernando Aerospace Solar Observatory.

Jeb, Blake and Alex French go in research of The Amityville Horror!

Typewriters 101 site

History vs Hollywood: Amityville

History of the House

The Warren Omission

The Calamityville Horror

The Dictionnaire Infernal

Nimoy gives us the calm and rational look in the midst of so much weirdness!

So many faceless re-enactors in this one!

Horror writer Jay Anson and his trusty typewriter!

And this episode is quite notable for giving us a look at Father Mancuso from the book. Aka Father Ralph Pecoraro. Aka Father Delaney. Aka "Jimmy the Shadow" .

Jeb and Blake look back at the ISO team's coverage of the global manhunt for the terrorist known as "Carlos." This episode gets an Explicit tag because of language.

Nimoy Fashion Alert:

Dr. Frederick Hacker (Obit)

Carlos - aka The Jackal (Wiki)

Raid on Entebbe (Wiki)

Carnaby Street, England (Wiki)

Friendship University, Russia (Wiki)

News story about how Carlos got his name

Nydia Toban (Obit)

Carlos's Lawyer/"wife"

Additional background material on this episode is available for Patrons. Jeb and Blake wade into the first episode of season 4 of In Search Of... to learn a thing or two about tsunamis. (Yes, the producers actually said that they called it "tidal waves" because if they'd used "tsunami" Americans wouldn't have bothered to find out what it was about. I remember being taught the "new" term during my basic education. -B) Lots of good footage, interviews, reenactments, and science in this one!

Nimoy Fashion - Henley Shirt (we assume he's wearing pants below the cut?)

To me, it looked like an AARP-style drug ad.

The J.K.K. Look Laboratory (in honor of Mr. James K. K. Look - who's death in pursuit of scientific data is honored in the naming) There is shockingly little about Mr. Look on the net and he certainly seems like he deserves at least a Wikipedia page.

Hokusai's famous "wave" - and yes, he really did pioneer "tentacle porn," but I'm not linking to it - nor judging.

This is only a simulation. If this had been an actual podcast, this guy would have tried to sell you some Bombas Socks or a subscription to Wondrium.

NOAA monitoring lab

Ed Bernard

Steven Froehlich

Blake and Jeb discuss their thoughts on the third season of In Search Of...

Things get... weird.

Jeb and Blake head out into the valley of the kings to learn more about King Tut.

History of the Valley of the Kings

Pyramid Secrets (IRO S02E09)

Significance of pyramids (Benben)

The Colossi of Memnon (the singing statue)

Nimoy Fashion - in the desert

Demotic writing

Example of Cartouche:

James Lew - martial artist & actor

The complex history of the Noah's Ark Hoax (article by Jim Lippard) (featuring Gerald Larue)<-different link

Same story covered by LA Times

Contemporary article about mummy curse - but we've covered this before.

Jeb points out that the actor playing the priest Ay favors deceased paranormal investigator Ed Warren.

Moses, Monotheism & Egypt

James Brashler of Claremont College