Month: January 2021

Episode 18 Sources: This Is Your Brain On Aliens

We’re back on the alien train, folks! In this episode, Paige tells us about her husband’s “alien abduction” experience, and we discuss the science and psychology that may be behind your favorite ET encounter stories, from sleep paralysis to recovered memories from surgeries gone wrong. The only thing we know for sure is that your brain is a very weird place! You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or Pandora.

Here are the sources we used for this episode:

Podcasts: Strange Arrivals, Episode 11, “Extraordinary Claims”

Websites:

  1. https://www.livescience.com/20250-alien-abductions-origins.html
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_alien_abduction_claims
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_insurance
  4. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=sociology_articles
  5. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aliens/philipklass.html
  6. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-abduction-or-accidental-awareness/
  7. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-we-worry/201207/five-traits-could-get-you-abducted-aliens?page=1
  8. https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2016/06/11/why-alien-abductions-are-down-dramatically/qQ3zdBIc2tLAf3LVms8GLP/story.html
  9. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/abducted-by-aliens.aspx
  10. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleepless-in-america/201709/alien-abduction-part-1
  11. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleepless-in-america/201709/alien-abduction-part-iii
  12. https://michaelshermer.com/sciam-columns/abducted/https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/schacterlab/files/clancey_et_al._2002.pdf

Episode 17 Sources: “Soviet Union Spring Break 1959: The Dyatlov Pass Incident”

Happy New Year, Spooky People! Winter is here and since we’re hunkering down for a cold couple of months, we think there’s no better time to discuss the mysterious, snowy deaths that occurred at Dyatlov Pass. In our first episode of 2021, we challenge some of the most popular theories surrounding the demise of nine hikers on February 2, 1959. We cover a handful of possibilities, from avalanches and hypothermia to aliens and government conspiracies. If this story leaves you scratching your head, you are not alone. If you have any thoughts on this topic, drop them in the comments below or reach out on social media! You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or Pandora.

Here are the sources we used for this episode:

Podcasts: Unexplained Season 2, Episode 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3; Astonishing Legends Episodes 23 and 24; Timesuck Episode 62

YouTube: Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime, “The Strange Deaths of the 9 Hikers of Dyatlov Pass”; Morbid Mystery, “The Dyatlov Pass Incident”; The Infographics Show, “What Made Hikers Take Clothes Off In Below Freezing Temps? (The Dyatlov Pass Mystery)”

Websites:

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/SoLiOdJyCK/mystery_of_dyatlov_pass
  2. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/02/russia-dyatlov-pass-conspiracy-theory/605863/
  3. https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/europe/dyatlov-pass-incident-scli-intl/index.html
  4. https://www.rbth.com/history/332434-official-cause-of-death-of-the-dyatlov-group?fbclid=IwAR2RN5POfghNddCR2H5GrHZtqdHta7gtgU8TaNAXDsXGJ8pasQhZDAuEyu0
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/paidpost/facebookwatch/limetown-dyatlov.html
  6. http://www.museumcenter.org/the-curious-curator/2020/5/15/historys-mysteries-revealed-crystal-skulls-nazca-lines-shroud-of-turin-and-dyatlov-pass-incident-54lfg
  7. https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/12/28/dyatlov-pass-incident/
  8. https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/findings-from-new-investigation-into-dyatlov-pass-incident-announced/
  9. https://www.msrgear.com/blog/backcountry-basics-recognizing-assessing-avalanche-terrain/