VYS0014 - Show Notes

To usher out the old year and welcome in the new, Hine and Buckley take a look back at a selection of the weirdest news stories of 2022 and track them against the development of Vayse throughout the year: Fish-falls, haunted AI art, dreaming arachnids and the persistent, bizarre and unfounded claims of Uri Geller - this episode has it all... and more... Recorded 27 December 2022 on location at Shireshead Studio, Lancashire.

The news stories in this episode were sourced from the incredibly wonderful website https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/

Schedule for Weird Night on BBC2 18th December 1994

X-Files – Season 1 Episode 12 - Fire

Attack of the 50ft Woman (1958)

Attack of the 50ft woman (1993)

Pee-Wee’s big Adventure

The First Episode of Fortean TV with a new introduction by Lionel Fanthorpe

Fortean Review of the Year 1994

Mysterons by Portishead

January

Fish Fall in Texarkana

Magnolia

Charles Fort

What Magic is This? – Charles Fort

The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort

New Lands by Charles Fort

Lo! by Charles Fort

Wild Talents by Charles Fort

Kentucky Meat Shower

Uri Geller claims to know where the Arc of the Covenant is

Uri Gellar - Fascinating article and video about a Stanford study and the subsequent CIA interest into his abilities

Modelling portfolio of Uri Geller

Hellier

The White Lotus Season 1

Polypores BandCamp

Curiosity rover finds possible evidence of life on Mars

Woman marries the colour pink in historic ceremony

Man receives genetically-modified pig heart in transplant breakthrough

Uri Geller claims that an alien 'mass landing' is imminent

February

Mystery 6ft creature spotted on rural road in England

Fresno Nightcrawlers Cryptid Study by Madame Macabre

Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallée

Joshua Cutchin

Brain scan captures last thoughts of a person as they died

NDE video - A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife | An In-Depth Interview with Eben Alexander

The OA

All The Things She Said by Tatu

Anthony Peake

The Lyra (synth)

Man wins $10 million lottery jackpot twice in three years

Penny Royal

'Bulging triangle' UFO appears over Islamabad for two hours

Could the Earth itself be an intelligent entity ?

March

The Greater Manchester street so haunted you had to sign a WAIVER to move there

Twin Peaks

Total number of discovered exoplanets now exceeds 5,000

Two children survive for a month alone in the Amazon rainforest

1st image snapped by iconic Webb telescope pushes limits of the 'laws of physics'

April

CIA files reveal that the Soviets were developing cybernetic telepathy

Soviet Dog-head Experiment (not for the faint hearted)

The Gateway Process - Vice Article

The Gateway Process - CIA Analysis and Assessment

What Are Binaural Beats? - WebMD Article

Strange Frequencies : The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural by Peter Bebergal

Loab – Vice Article

Loab Twitter thread by Supercomposite

CrAIyon (Formerly DALL-E Mini) interpretation of Steven Seagal eating a Piglet

Entire human genome has been sequenced for the first time

Pentagon files reveal UFO 'radiation burns' and 'unexpected pregnancies'

Europa Pools could support life

May

US Congress Open UFO hearing: is there evidence that aliens have visited the Earth?

US Congressional Hearing on UFOs

Pentagon erroneously claims that it has no data on UFOs disabling nukes

Creepy dolls found washed up along Texas beach

NASA image shows what looks like a door on Mars

Woman appears on TV with her 'alien boyfriend'

June

Scientists create living skin to use on robots

Terminator

Terminator 2

Google Engineer Claims AI Chatbot Is Sentient

The Boggart : Folklore, History, Place-names and Dialect by Simon Young

VYS0003 | Welcome to Vayse, Population 2

VYS0006 | Dreamtides - Vayse to Face with Field Lines Cartographer

It turns out that male mice are terrified of bananas

Man ends up in hospital after fish jumps down his throat

Voyager 1 glitch is due to aliens, claims Uri Geller

July

YouTuber Coyote Peterson announces 'Bigfoot' skull discovery

Man kills friend 'to stop him from summoning Bigfoot'

Global Tribe

VYS0004 | The Uncanny Vallée and the Unreal Keel - The Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis Pt.1

VYS0005 | UFOnauts and Inverted Crosses - The Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis Pt.2

Fisherman catches extremely rare blue lobster

Chess robot breaks boy's finger during tournament

Georgia Guidestones destroyed by bomb blast

August

New evidence suggests that even spiders have dreams

Michael Levin

Classified 1990 Calvine UFO photograph has surfaced 32 years on

Kenneth Arnold 'flying saucer' sighting turns 75

VYS0007 | Too Much to Dream Last Night

Weird creature with no anus was not earliest human ancestor

Possible live thylacine filmed in South Australia

Uri Geller says he will use his 'mind power' to stop a nuclear attack

September

SETI pioneer Frank Drake dies, aged 92

Weird voice whispers 'death is irreversible' during Queen's funeral

Jack Osbourne: 'US government is covering up the truth about UFOs'

Ukraine's astronomers report that they have been seeing UFOs 'everywhere'

NASA successfully smashes space probe into an asteroid

UFO appears in official logo of US aviation intelligence office

US aviation intelligence office removes UFO from its official seal

Woman heard 'fairy' laughter while lost in the woods in Ireland

October

Elon Musk unveils his new Optimus robot at Tesla's AI Day

Robotics firms join commitment to ban weaponization of robots

Videos of 'Boston Dynamics' robot dog with machine gun

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick ("Do Robots Dream of Robotic Sheep?")

One of the top costume ideas for 2022 is Avril Lavigne

Paul McCartney is dead theory

Kanye West fall from grace

VYS0008 | To Hellier and Back - Vayse to Face with Will Salmon

VYS0009 | If There's Something Weird - Halloween 2022: Ghostbusters

The Sacred Trust - UK-based not-for-profit educational organisation offering shamanic trainings and workshops on shamanism

Ghostbusters

Grandmother has Ouija boards handed out to attendees at her funeral

Man falls ill after eating live crab to 'punish' it for pinching his daughter

Scientists have spliced human brain tissue into the brains of rats

Warhammer to be made into movie and TV show, starring Superman actor Henry Cavill

November

Oculus founder builds VR headset that kills the wearer if they die in-game

11 school children pass out after Ouija board session in Colombia

VYS0010 | Astounding Stories - Vayse to Face with Dr Allen H Greenfield Pt.1

VYS0011 | Weird Tales - Vayse to Face with Dr Allen H Greenfield Pt.2

VYS0012 | Order Out of Chaos - Vayse to Face with Mark Vincent

China's top-secret spaceplane has released an unknown object into orbit

Secretive X-37b space plane returns to Earth after 908 days in orbit

NASA's Artemis I has successfully launched on its voyage to the Moon

December

Pentagon's UFO office has received 'several hundred' new reports

A DJ, a rapper and a YouTuber are set to fly to the Moon on Musk's Starship

Bill Hicks – It’s just a ride

VYS0013 | A Vayse-man Came Travelling - Yule 2022

SideVayse: SVYS001 | Numinous Melancholy

US Air Force unveils its new nuclear stealth bomber - the B-21

Santa's grotto uses polygraph to test if kids have been naughty or nice

88-year-old walks into hospital with WWI shell stuck in his rectum

Vayse BandCamp

Michael-6: The Robot Talk Show Host - from the criminally under-rated Peter Serafinowicz Show

SVYS001 - Show Notes

Welcome to SideVayse: an extra shot of weird across the bows of an increasingly incohesive reality. This is a place for the oddities that don't quite belong in the main podcast but are still certified 100% pure Vayse.

SideVayse is going to be the place where we try some things that are a bit different, perhaps a bit more experimental, perhaps even weirder than the main podcast. We honestly don't know yet. But in Vayse we trust.

In this inaugural episode of SideVayse, Hine talks about his recent musings on Numinous Melancholy, the pleasurable sadness that seems to haunt the winter months, why the feeling is particularly potent this year and what, if anything, can be done about it. Recorded 15 December 2022.

SVYS001 - Show Notes

Music

Carol of the Bells - Fleming and John's version and Hine's all time favourite. This is going to be day 24 of the Advent Calendar of Numinous Melancholy (Spoilers) on Hine's Twitter.

Snow Globe Blizzard by Smoke Fairies

Heron Blue by Sun Kil Moon

Famous Blue Raincoat by the late great Leonard Cohen

If you have Spotify, this is a playlist of Numinous Melancholy for your "enjoyment" - the link between Numinous Melancholy and music is highly subjective, as is the concept itself. This playlist was made by Hine and is entirely a product of his personal musical taste and his own experience. Yours will be different, feel free to share links to your own Numinous Melancholy playlists with us on our Twitter.

Other Links

Food Bank Statistics

The Sigil Secret by Mark Vincent

The Wim Hoff Method

Mental Health Phone Numbers (taken from the wonderful mental health charity Mind's website)

Samaritans - talk about anything that is upsetting you - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can call 116 123 (free from any phone). You can also call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line on 0808 164 0123 (7pm–11pm every day).

SANEline - If you're experiencing a mental health problem or supporting someone else, you can call SANEline on 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10.30pm every day).

National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK. Offers a supportive listening service to anyone with thoughts of suicide - 0800 689 5652 (6pm–3:30am every day).

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). You can call the CALM on 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day) if you are struggling and need to talk.

Shout. If you would prefer not to talk but want some mental health support, you could text SHOUT to 85258. Shout offers a confidential 24/7 text service providing support if you are in crisis and need immediate help.

The Mix. If you're under 25, you can call The Mix on 0808 808 4994 (3pm–midnight every day), request support by email using this form on The Mix website or use their crisis text messenger service.

Papyrus HOPELINEUK. If you're under 35 and struggling with suicidal feelings, or concerned about a young person who might be struggling, you can call Papyrus HOPELINEUK on 0800 068 4141 (weekdays 10am-10pm, weekends 2pm-10pm and bank holidays 2pm–10pm), email [email protected] or text 07786 209 697.

Nightline. If you're a student, you can look on the Nightline website to see if your university or college offers a night-time listening service. Nightline phone operators are all students too.

Switchboard. If you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, you can call Switchboard on 0300 330 0630 (10am–10pm every day), email [email protected] or use their webchat service. Phone operators all identify as LGBT+.

C.A.L.L. If you live in Wales, you can call the Community Advice and Listening Line (C.A.L.L.) on 0800 132 737 (open 24/7) or you can text 'help' followed by a question to 81066.

VYS0013 - Show Notes

In this noticeably un-Christmassy Christmas episode Hine and Buckley catch up on the events of the past few months. Occult experiments in an Air BnB in Yorkshire? Check. Contact with a mysterious and potentially angry entity on the spirit box? Check. Teaming up with a spirit buddy called Herman? Check. And what is Hine doing taking spiritual advice from frogs, salamanders and bears? Better check for yourself... Recorded 15 December 2022

If you like the music from the podcast you can get yourself a copy here: https://vayse.bandcamp.com/releases and in doing so you help us cover our ever increasing overheads.

A Spaceman Came Travelling by Chris De Burgh

VYS0012 - Show Notes

When Hine and Buckley had the idea to start a podcast about weird stuff in order to re-evaluate their reality this was the exact thing they had in mind. Mark Vincent is a man of many disciplines and much discipline - chaos magician, hypnotist, drummer, Lavey Satanist and purveyor of mind-blowing ideas. What was intended to be a discussion about chaos magic quickly spins off-track and takes a fascinating detour through the hard problem of consciousness, assembly theory, overcoming chronic pain and the pervasive nature of trance in occult practice. If you come away from listening to this episode with your idea of reality intact, then maybe you don't really exist at all... Recorded 21 November 2022.

Mark Vincent Links

The Chaos Chamber

Other Links

Treadwells Classes and Events

VYS0011 - Show Notes

In the second part of this two part interview with legendary Occultist and UFOlogist Dr Allen H Greenfield, Hine and Buckley go deep asking questions about: the Black Lodge, the Babalon Working, Hellier and the collapse of Western Civilisation. Allen also recounts unnerving tales of the UFOlogists who died too young and the dangers of research in the field... so, don't try this at home... Recorded 13 November 2022

As mentioned in the pre-amble to this episode, after the technical difficulties we experienced during the recording of this interview we have completely overhauled our recording software which we were able to do because of listeners buying the Vayse soundtrack by Polypores. 100% of the proceeds from the album are put back into the podcast. So, if you enjoy the music featured in the podcast, or if you just want to throw us some cash to keep the lights on, you can download "Music From Vayse - Volume 1" here on our bandcamp

Dr Allen H Greenfield's books

Dr Allen H Greenfield links

Twitter - Stay on top of all things Allen Greenfield

Other links

The Episode of his podcast, the Paranoia Podcast, in which Olav Philips suggests that Terry R Wriste could possibly be an Ascended Master

Local newspaper article looking back on the Todmorden UFO and the mysterious death of Zigmund Adamski

The Canadian case – “The Falcon Lake Incident”

The Brazilian Case - The Lead Masks Case

Twin Peaks - Hawk explains the Black Lodge to Cooper

Article about the death of Ron Bonds

Death of Jim Keith

Frank Edwards' Wikipedia entry

Flying Saucers - Serious Business by Franks Edwards

Article about how John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day

Penny Royal - essential podcast listening

The Re-birth of Pan by Jim Brandon - this book is referenced in both Hellier and Penny Royal BUT if you've watched Hellier and Penny Royal, you'll know that Jim Brandon is the nom de plume of William Grimstead - white supremacist, Holocaust denier, associate of David Duke and all-round piece of shit. Greg Newkirk puts it best himself.

Something in the Dirt - Excellent new film by Benson and Moorhead - if you enjoyed Hellier, there's a very good chance you'll enjoy this too.

Lullaby - Upcoming horror movie written by Allen's son, Alex Greenfield.

A Dark Song - Horror movie about the Abramelin ritual.

See Richard Gere as John Keel in The Mothman Prophecies

Special Guest: Allen H Greenfield.

VYS0010 - Show Notes

Occultist or UFOlogist? Teacher or trickster? Keeper of secrets or straight-talking raconteur? Dr Allen H Greenfield is all of these things and infinitely (or a finite very, very large number) more. In this first part of a two-part interview Allen talks about how he first uncovered the potential of the secret cipher, sets the record straight on Gray Barker and Jim Moseley, talks about the plasticity of reality and tells the story of how a single small hoax has the potential to instigate legitimate phenomena on a large scale... recorded 13 November 2022

The sound quality on this episode isn't quite where we usually like it to be - this is just due to the technical challenges of talking to the other side of the world on a shoe-string budget. Apologies but stick with it - Allen is his usual brilliant self, and we go deep.

Dr Allen H Greenfield's books

The Complete Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts

Dr Allen H Greenfield links

Twitter - Stay on top of all things Allen Greenfield

Other links

The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell - don't try this at home...

*The Absolute Elsewhere with an introduction by Andrew Stephens * - The transcriptions of the lost interviews between Kerry Thornely and Allen Greenfield were released as a limited run of 33 copies. Good luck finding one of those.

Olav Phillips on Twitter - Allen's publisher and friend

Communion by Whitley Strieber

Paradise Lost: West Memphis Three The documentary about Damien Echols and the West Memphis Three and their wrongful conviction for murder during the satanic panic of the 1980s/1990s

The X Files

Haunted Objects Podcast - The Newkirks' new podcast

Mind-reach: Scientists Look at Psychic Abilities (Studies in Consciousness) by Russell Targ and Harold E. Puthoff

The Wanaque Reservoir Flap - there was a cool photograph taken and this weird artwork from an eye witness (which we assume is from the same flap but let us know if you know differently)

Parallel Worlds: The Science of Alternative Universes and Our Future in the Cosmos by Michio Kaku

Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal by CG Jung

Ulysses by James Joyce

I Ching – The Wilhelm/Baynes 3rd edition

Special Guest: Allen H Greenfield.

VYS0009 - Show Notes

We got one! Before there was Hellier, before there was Twin Peaks there was Ghostbusters. In this special Halloween episode Hine and Buckley take a deep dive into this cherished classic - the movie that launched a thousand ghost hunting expeditions and at least one podcast about weird stuff. At the remove of 38 years and examined through the lens of Vayse, is Ghostbusters a beloved and harmless comedy blockbuster, a Lovecraftian cautionary tale, or a technicolour Reaganite super-dream? See you on the other side. Recorded 26 October 2022.

(Warning: Throughout this episode we operate on an all spoiler no explainer basis. But if you haven't seen Ghostbusters, perhaps it's time to carefully examine your life choices...?)

The Texts

Ghostbusters

Music Discussed we talk a lot about the music in Ghostbusters in this episode - here are some choice cuts:

Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr (...?)

Other References

Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History by Daniel Wallace

VYS0008 - Show Notes

If there is one common experience in the life of both Hine and Buckley that could be said to have jump-started Vayse into existence, it was watching the TV series Hellier. If there is one person alive right now who could be said to have been directly responsible for both Hine and Buckley watching Hellier, that person is writer and journalist Will Salmon. In this episode Hine and Buckley talk to Will Salmon about Hellier, Penny Royal and whether these and other 'media viruses' can be responsible, consciously or unconsciously, for re-enchanting the lives of their audience - "I think we’re at the beginning of a global awakening man..." Recorded 5 October 2022.

Download the Soundtrack to Vayse Here - We don't sell advertising, we don't do sponsorship and we don't ask for donations but all proceeds from this album go towards our running costs.

You can find more from Will Salmon here :

Twitter - https://twitter.com/evilrobotbill

Essential Texts

Warning: This episode assumes that you have watched all of Hellier and listened to all of Penny Royal - it is heavy on spoilers and light on explainers.

Hellier - "One star, no Goblins."

Other References

SFX - The World's Number One, Science-fiction, Fantasy and Horror Magazine

Special Guest: Will Salmon.

VYS0007 - Show Notes

It's been less than 2 months since Buckley and Hine recorded VYS0003 but things are quickly getting weirder. Buckley talks about his recent dreamwork, his experiments with hypnogogia and a series of synchronicities at a London gig kickstarted by sigil magic. Hine, unexpectedly grounded from practical magic by the I Ching, recounts his experiences with the Dark Man and the Goat God Pan (one and the same?) dating from all the way back in his childhood to present day. Recorded 4 August 2022.

Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep by Jennifer Dumpert

VYS0006 - Show Notes

In this inaugural Vayse interview, Hine and Buckley talk to electronic musician, creative dreamer and fellow weirdo Mark Burford aka Field Lines Cartographer. The conversation ranges from how dreams can be part of the creative process to time loops, retrocausality and their implications on the concept of free will to Mark's very own haunted house. Recorded 28 June 2022.

Field lines Cartographer – Dreamtides , Bandcamp, Twitter, Instagram

Special Guest: Field Lines Cartographer.