The Archaeology Podcast Network is taking a break for the holiday season. In the meantime, please enjoy this encore episode. It’s a favorite of ours! Happy holidays!

Welcome to one of the creepiest nights of my life.  Alone on a desert highway one evening in 1998, I decided to pull over into a deserted parking lot.  The parking lot belonged to a large storage building which had a huge sign on the front proclaiming that it housed "The Thing."  Against my better judgement, I walked in...

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It’s time to reflect on the highs and lows that 2024 has brought to the world of Pseudoarchaeology.  As always, there are not any highs, but the competition to be the lowest of the lows is as fierce as ever!

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• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/153

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As the Menendez murders have gotten renewed attention in recent weeks, I thought I would tell my story about my personal interactions with one of the cast of characters involved in the trial.  I found him to be a really nice guy involved in an insane situation.

It’s funny how similar true crime is to both archaeology and pseudoarchaeology (and I’ve found that they also have very similar audiences- I bet that many of you are into true crime as well).  On one hand there’s real data and facts you can use to solve the case, and on the other there’s a bunch of shysters and liars trying to tell a fake story!

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• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/152

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I have watched all episodes of Ancient Apocalypse 2: The Americas.  It’s the same as the first one, just with different places.  Overall it makes me sad, but not for the reasons you may think….

Now you have to listen to find out my reasons!  I’m sorry for playing with your emotions.

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• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/151

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Percy Fawcett was an explorer who is famous for attempting to find a lost city that doesn’t exist, and ultimately cutting short his own existence in the process. Still, he’s a super interesting dude full of adventure, daring, and traits both good and bad, all of which leads to an unfortunate end of the road in 1925.

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For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/150

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On yet another special edition of this podcast, I’ve been asked to review “The Atlantis Puzzle,” so I did.  Is it the same old pseudoarchaeological nonsense we usually get complete with a retread of the tired and utterly debunked Richat Structure, or have they actually found Atlantis?  You be the judge.

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• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/149

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Were you hoping that the Dendera Light from the last episode was the last you would hear of “ancient electricity?”  Well too bad!  Brace yourself for another round of electric foolishness, as we energize ourselves with the Baghdad Battery!

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• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/148

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It’s time for yet another old school classic!  Today’s topic is the Dendera “light,” which is a carved image on the side of an Egyptian temple that looks like a light bulb.  Did ancient Egyptians have electric light bulbs?  The full, correct answer to this question is transcribed in capital letters here:  “OF COURSE THEY DIDN’T. PLEASE STOP BULLSHITTING ME.”

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• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/147

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• Wikipedia entry on Dendera Light

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It’s Amelia Earhart time!  What happened on that fateful day of July 2, 1937?  We’ve always been pretty sure that Earhart crashed somewhere near Howland Island, but new evidence may make us VERY sure that Earhart crashed somewhere near Howland Island!  Unlike most of our stories on this channel, this one actually has some real data that is being analyzed using good scientific protocol.  Imagine that!

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• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/146

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• Kinkella Teaches Archaeology (Youtube)
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Continuing on with the whole “I listen to my listeners so I am a good person” situation, this week I’m covering Helena Blavatsky.  Beyond the fact that several of you have asked for this one, I myself have been super curious about Helena Blavatsky, as her name crops up whenever you take a stroll in the Pseudoarchaeology universe.  Of course, if your name is “Helena Blavatsky” then membership in the occult is required.

Transcripts

• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/145

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• Kinkella Teaches Archaeology (Youtube)
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