From the half-shark, half-octopus Lusca of the Bahamian blue holes... to the tragic tale of the Pensacola monster... to the 19th Century oddities of the Cape Ann sea serpent... and the obscure man-eating horror of the monster of Serrana Cay, Mike and Martin continue their foray into the darkest depths of sea serpent and sea monster lore.

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Mike and Martin dive deep to explore the facts and folklore surrounding accounts of giant sea monster attacks. In the first episode of a two-parter, we examine the supposedly true story of a sea serpent assaulting a World War I U-boat, the case of an American warship damaged by an unknown beast, and the truth about the legendary Giant Squid and its even more terrifying cousin... the Colossal Squid.

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December 29th, 1980: On a back road outside Houston, Texas, three people had a terrifying close encounter with a huge UFO and a fleet of mystery helicopters. These witnesses later suffered unexplained sunburn, vomiting, hair loss, and a range of physical symptoms likened to the effects of radiation poisoning... effects that would result in a civil court case against the United States Air Force...

On the surface, the experience of Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum and Colby Landrum (sometimes called the Piney-Woods Incident) is one of the most well-documented and convincing UFO cases of the 20th Century. But is everything as it seems? Mike and Martin investigate.

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Further reading/sources:

Unsolved Mysteries on the Texas UFO case

BlueBlurryLines Blog

Transcript of the Bergstrom AFB interview

Brad Sparks's analysis of the "radiation sickness" symptoms 

Brian Dunning on the Cash-Landrum incident

Skeptical Enquirer article (Robert Sheaffer)

Jolly old fat men stuck in chimneys. Venerable fodder for corny Santa jokes, beloved Christmas songs... and one of the most shocking urban legends of the festive period. The movie Gremlins popularized the story (and traumatized a generation), but is there a tragic ember of truth beneath this Christmas horror story?

Mike and Martin investigate in a special Christmas mini-episode of the Talking till Dawn podcast.

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Ecuador, 1980: A flash flood on the Rio Ambato uncovers the bodies of four young girls in shallow graves, and an incident at a street market leads to the capture of Pedro Alonso López, a man who would come to be known as the Monster of the Andes, one of the most horrific and prolific serial killers in history.

Mike and Martin explore this tragic true crime case from South America, examining the shocking background to the crimes, the plight of the victims' families, and the disturbing final mystery that, even today, casts a long shadow over Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.

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This episode contains discussion of murder and sexual assault, which some listeners may find distressing.

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Talking Till Dawn takes to the airwaves to explore just a few of the strangest mystery broadcasts of history. Come with us as we deep dive into the worlds of Cold War spy "numbers stations", satellite pirates, alien signal interruptions, weird transmissions, television hijacking, and, just maybe, the sounds of mutually assured destruction...

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Further reading/listening:

Numbers Station Research and Information Center: https://www.numbers-stations.com/

Enigma 2000: http://www.signalshed.com/

The Conet Project record company site: https://www.irdial.com/conet.htm

The Conet Project recordings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExTAp...

IndustrialOne numbers station recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

MTN's Music Collection's recording of WBAB hijack (includes racially abusive material): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFC1...

UVB-76/The Buzzer (4625Khz) LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5KDE...

Priyom "The Pip" origin story: https://priyom.org/military-stations/...

Deep beneath the modern cities of Europe lie thousands of mysterious tunnels. Known as erdstalls, no one is certain who built them, but theories surrounding these strange underground labyrinths invoke everything from secret societies to cryptid creatures.

Mike and Martin explore the origins of these darkened places, and shine a light on one of the world's most puzzling historical mysteries.

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Further reading/sources:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wpkST2xMiFDrr9-bAuI4uXqiqALZHcVkPPKgfhyJcY4/edit?usp=sharing

In probably our weirdest episode to date, we take to the skies to examine persistent rumours and reports of bizarre atmospheric beasts inhabiting the skies of Earth. Join us on a journey that takes in giant floating jellyfish, levitating globs, flying rods, star jelly, living clouds, and much, much more.

Bring an umbrella for this one.

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Further reading/sources:

ShukerNature: Sky Beasts, not Spacecraft

Mysterious Universe: Atmospheric Monsters Attack!

Shetland Traditional Lore

AnomalyInfo: The Crawfordsville Monster

AnomalyInfo: The Purple Mass

Cryptopia.us: The Sky Spitter

Moscow Times: Little Green Men, A Look at the Official Soviet X-Files Investigation

In 1837 & 1838, horror was afoot on the streets of Victorian London. A strange and terrible entity stalked the lanes: Spring-Heeled Jack, a bizarre fiend who spewed flame, leapt huge distances, and stalked women and children, tearing at his victim's clothes and flesh with claws of iron. A terror that would return, time and again, for almost two centuries.

Is he a phantom, an alien monster, a vengeful aristocrat, a psychopathic sex attacker... or something even more insidious? Martin and Mike explore the facts and folklore of Spring-heeled Jack, the Victorian boogeyman who refuses to die.

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This episode contains discussion of sexual assault, which some listeners may find distressing.

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Further reading/sources:

Spring-heeled Jack, To Victorian Bugaboo From Suburban Ghost, by Mike Dash (pdf)

The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack: Victorian Urban Folklore and Popular Cultures, by Karl Bell  

The Mystery of Spring-Heeled Jack: From Victorian Legend to Steampunk Hero, by John Matthews

Spring-heeled Jack: the Original Batman?, by Alex Grand

Legends of lost gold, beast-men, and an ancient, formless evil swirl like the mists over Canada’s Nahanni National Park Reserve. Strange sightings, unexplained disappearances, and a rash of decapitated prospectors have left their mark on the geography of the region: Dead Men Valley, Headless Creek, and the Funeral Range.

Is Nahanni a serial killers’ playground? Home to an uncontacted subterranean tribe? Or something much worse. Mike and Martin discuss.

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