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Wide Atlantic Weird

Wide Atlantic Weird: an Irish podcast about why people believe weird things. Now defunct, enjoy these episodes of investigating the world of the strange, remaining critical, not cynical. And enjoy the final episodes under the guise of the Lost Valley podcast too!

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00:37:12

Hellfire Club Part 2: The Road Trip (with Victorian...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/09/23

Hi folks – this episode is part two of a two-part miniseries! To get the full story of the background of Dublin’s infamous Hellfire Club, and the site we visit in this episode, I strongly encourage you to go back and listen to the previous episode if you haven’t already– it’s rather soberly named The Hellfire Club: Lore Of Dublin’s Hell House, and it’ll fill you in on the details of the supposed black mass, the ghosts and ghouls, and the real-life bizarre characters associated with the notorious

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00:25:39

The Hellfire Club: Lore Of Dublin's Hell House

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/09/19

On a wooded hill overlooking Dublin city sits a mysterious stone lodge shrouded in legend and lore. Dubliners know it as the haunt of the Hellfire Club, a secret group of devil-worshippers who carried out ghastly and terrible rites there in times gone by. Join me as I find out the truth and learn of the strange men who once shocked eighteenth-century Dublin with their wild escapades and hard living. A world of rakes and libertines drinking and whoring to excess; idle rich who lived for absurd bets

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00:53:58

Sounds In The Sierras: Investigating Famous Bigfoot...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/09/16

In the early 1970s, two men climbed into the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. They came to a remote spot in the woods, miles from civilization. There, they recorded the sounds of a group of creatures whose existence is still debated. The sounds they captured remain to this day the most extensive collected of purported sasquatch evidence on record. At the cabin we enjoy a beer and discuss: -the ecology of Bigfoot -Bigfoot populations -the story of the Sierra Sounds -forest animal

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01:12:52

What Is QAnon And Should You Be Worried (with Dónal...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/09/12

Not a fun episode, but one that had to happen. Cian and Dónal (now a Dr of political science) talk about: -the origins of Qanon and 4chan 'fake insider' culture -what do Qanon followers believe -why did Qanon become mainstream during lockdown -a detailed breakdown of Qanon-proponents now entering the US govenrment -the so-called 'save the children' and its connections to Qanon -why Qanon is already spreading to other countries

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00:49:36

Old Stinker: English Eerie, Ecology, and the...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/09/09

In 2016, tabloid newspapers were telling tales of a werewolf-like creature sighted in Yorkshire. Variously known as 'Old Stinker' and 'The Beast Of Barmston Drain,' this creature seems to have sprung from the misty centuries of English werewolf lore. Or has it? On this episode, Cian sinks a Black Sheep ale while looking into: -what is the real history or werewolf lore in England? -is lycanthropy a curse, or something you do yourself? -links between werewolfism and early modern witch trials -21st

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00:48:58

British Israelites And The Hunt For The Ark Of The...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/09/05

In 1899, a group representing the so-called British-Israelite movement descended upon the ancient ceremonial burial site at the Hill Of Tara in County Meath, Ireland. This band of eccentric pseudo-archaeologists believed that the Anglo-Saxon British were the true descendants of the ten Lost Tribes of Israel, and that the fabled Arc Of The Covenant was hidden beneath this ancient Irish site. But they came up against some of the biggest names of the Irish celtic revival movement, then in full swing,

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00:51:37

Time And Again: Versailles And Other Timeslips (with...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/09/02

Cian welcomes Faye Sewell from Youtube's The Ghost Trail to the cabin in the woods to talk about a curious subdivision of ghost stories: Timeslips! There are various famous cases of these from around the UK primarily. Are they ghost sightings? An example of the 'stone tape?' Is it time travel? Is quantum physics involved? Trace the history of this idea with us as we focus on the famous 1901 Versailles timeslip, examine the details of the case, the reaction at the time, the analysis by the Society

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00:24:17

Cryptids In Classic Fiction: The Monster Of Lake...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/08/31

An unexpected and relatively short BONUS EPISODE about the 'weird western' short story The Monster Of Lake LaMetrie written by Warden Allen Curtis in 1899. Join us for a quick chat about this cryptozoological oddity: there's a prehistoric lake in the wilds of Wyoming, some Victorian mad science, and of course prehistoric reptiles! Sources: The eText of the story from Famous And Forgotten Fiction http://famous-and-forgotten-fiction.com/writings/curtis-the-monster-of-lake-lametrie.html Analysis Of The

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01:12:32

Budd Hopkins' Intruders: How Alien Abductions Got So...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/08/29

It's a quiet night in the woods by the cabin, and the stars are out. That means it's time for a tale of UFOs - but this one is darker than usual. Released the same year as Whitley Strieber’s influential book Communion, and spawning a TV movie/miniseries that was broadcast just a year before the debut of the X-Files, Intruders (1987) remains a key artefact in the history of the development of UFO lore. In particular, it massively popularised the idea of UFO abductions. In this episode, Cian focuses

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00:51:02

Irish Lake Monsters: The 1969 Connemara Expedition

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/08/26

In 1969, a small group of international monster-hunters came to the wind-swept west of Ireland in response to a spate of recent lake monster sightings. They were a colourful bunch, and included one Ted Holiday, a John Keel-like figure who came to believe that lake monsters were mystical symbols of ancient evil, just as UFOs were symbols of good. Join us for a romp with this monster-hunting expedition in lakes barely big enough to hold a monster, find out the weird biological theories that were

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00:54:50

Love And Other Bugs: Beyond The Mothman Prophecies

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/08/22

Mothman has been done. A lot. So here at the cabin in the woods, we said we wouldn't cover this weirdest of all cryptid creatures unless we had a personal take on it. So in this episode, we investigate extra elements associated with the Mothman mythos. In 1966 and 1967, the West Virginia town of Point Pleasant endured a 13-month period of seeming invasion by MIBs, UFOs, and a winged bird-like creature known as the Mothman. Writer John Keel immortalised this period in his 1975 book the Mothman

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00:46:42

Dawn Of The Wild - An Audiodrama About Monsters In...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/08/19

You're very welcome to the cabin in the woods once again! Usually on Wide Atlantic Weird, we investigate real-life stories of ghosts, monsters and UFOs, taking a critical, almost-academic look at the origins of these tales. This episode is something a little different, and something very special. Just this once, we’re proudly presenting a short AUDIODRAMA (an audio play) about the birth of the Bigfoot phenomena in California in the 1950s, and the various eccentric characters who first went in search

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00:39:58

Horrific Hauntings: In Search Of The Walsingham Ghosts

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/08/17

Cian cracks a can of Native IPA at the cabin in the woods to investigate a classic American haunting from Georgia, USA. The Walsingham Ghosts case has a spectacular series of dramatic elements: poltergeists break the neck of a dog, manifest invisibly in front of a mirror, drip blood onto a dinner party, and manifest as a horrifying blue floating human head! Follow the investigation as Cian traces this story from London spiritualists to expat ghost-hunters in HORRIFIC HAUNTINGS: IN SEARCH OF THE

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00:41:36

Lord Dufferin's Irish Ghost: A Victorian Urban Legend

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/08/15

Ulsterman and Victorian celebrity Lord Dufferin held the highest positions in the British Empire during its heyday, but he was most famous for a classic ghost story he told about a strange happening at Tullamore. It's a brandy-and-cigar kind of tale. Dive down the rabbithole with us as we try to find the source of the story in an adventure that involves Charles Dickens, the madness-inducing King In Yellow, and of course, various 19th century mystics and occultists (but you knew that already,

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01:16:32

Howard-Bury's Footprints: The Discovery Of The Yeti

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/08/08

In 1921, an Anglo-Irish explorer leading a reconnaissance expedition on Mount Everest reported seeing strange footprints on the slopes of that mighty peak. Newspapers around the world went into a frenzy, speculating on the existence of a race of strange creatures in the high snowy peaks of the Himalayas. It was to be the beginning of the West's fascination with the Yeti. At the cabin in the woods, Cian uses this story to delve into the fascinating worlds of 1920s Everest expeditions, 1950s

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00:57:21

For Fear Of Little Men: Voices In The Woods (with...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/08/05

Cian takes another trip into the realms of folklore. A stray Reddit tale introduces our host to the Native American legends of disembodied voices that mimic humans to trick and trap travellers in the wild. Always a fan of campfire lore, Cian investigates this idea as it turns up in contemporary legends, the original mythology of native peoples, and how folks have used the idea of malevolent forest spirits in classic fiction. And as some traits cross over with Irish mythology, Cian invites Mr Andrew

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00:39:17

The Miracle of 1985: Ireland's Moving Statues

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/08/01

In the summer of 1985, a strange phenomenon broke out all over Ireland. Statues of the Virgin Mary were seen to move, hover and speak. Whether this was an example of mass hysteria or a manifestation of the country's discomfort with modernization, it's a story that straddles the worlds of the religious and the Fortean. Join Cian for a beer at the cabin in the woods as he dusts off a classic episode on this topic!

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00:41:33

Tales Of Living Mammoths: Kind Of A Big Deal

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/07/29

It sometimes seems the human need to believe in unspoiled wildernesses full of large, overlooked creatures knows no bounds! And it feels like there's hardly an 'impossible' animal that doesn't have some folkloric core of supposed 'real life' sightings. And so it is with the woolly mammoth. At the cabin in the woods, Cian nurses a beer and investigates an almost-forgotten tale: the legend of the living mammoth of Siberia. This case is going to take a deep trek into the musty wilderness of the cabin's

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00:47:57

We Need To Talk About Chris Jericho And Joe Rogan...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/07/25

Things get a little serious at the cabin in the woods this week as Cian and Dónal talk about problematic podcast hosts Chris Jericho and Joe Rogan. Both have a tendency to showcase fringe beliefs and bad-faith actors without any critical context. Both regularly expose their huge audiences to conspiracy thinking without pushback. And neither seem to feel that wielding such influence requires them to act with any responsibility about who they platform and how they do it. In a world where media

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01:26:15

The Jewel Of Seven Stars: Bram Stoker's Spooky Egypt...

Wide Atlantic Weird ·

2020/07/22

THIS IS PART 2 OF A MINI-SERIES, MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT PART 1 FIRST! WE PROMISE IT'S GREAT. REALLY! On this episode, enter the Wide Atlantic Weird cabin-in-the-woods to find the place stuffed with mummified cats, cursed relics and forbidden idols as we delve into THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS! This 1903 book from Dublin-born Bram ‘Dracula’ Stoker affords us the perfect excuse to doff a pith helmet, drink cognac, and tell mystical tales of turn-of-the-century Gothic London and spooky, mysterious

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