Tag: Podcast
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Ep 209: Stigmata
Blurry Photos is in search of the truth behind stigmata in this episode of the podcast! A supposed phenomena where a person physically exhibits the wounds of Jesus Christ on the cross, stigmata is considered holy by some and hoaxes by others. Cases of it have been reported for centuries. Flora takes a passive observer’s…
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Ep 208: Haunted Irish Castles
Welcome to Season 7, kicked off with a fun trip to some haunted Irish castles! Lively legends, gruesome ghosts and harrowing history fill the ruined halls of haunted Irish castles, and Flora plays tour guide through 5 spooky spots. Not all Keeps sport frightening tales, but their history is fun and full of ghastly deeds…
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Ep 207: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Shut the windows and change your mask filters, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon is prowling the podcast! A WWII-era midwestern mystery, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon held a small town in a gaseous grip of fear for 2 weeks with no explanation and few suspects. Panic took hold as locals tried to figure out what…
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Ep 206: Ancient Nuclear War
Evidence faces some slim pickens as Flora fights in the war room of ancient nuclear war claims! A claim that prehistoric cultures wiped out life on the planet through ancient nuclear war has been floating around the internet and TV shows, but is it real or pseudo-history? David examines the evidence presented for the claim,…
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Ep 205: Lost Cosmonauts
Check your struts and chutes, Flora is blasting off straight into the heart of the lost cosmonaut conspiracy theory! A conspiracy involving soviet coverup of terrible atrocities, the lost cosmonaut theory deals with purported evidence of death after death in the race for space supremacy. Cries into the abyss, a faltering hearbeat, and airbrushed photos…
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Ep 204: John Titor
The time is nigh to learn about what your future may have in store as Flora tackles the tale of John Titor! An Internet legend 20 years in the making, the story of the time traveler John Titor is chock full of future claims, physics, and maybe something else. Who was the mysterious traveler that…
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BullStone 32: December 2017
Dave returns for a final BullStone before riding off into the sunset. Space talk, UFOs, and a weird humanoid photo are the topics du jour for Stecco’s last official Blurry Photos (and BullStone) appearance. With the winds of disclosure blowing stronger than ever, the recent news of government UFO research is discussed. The public reception,…
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Ep 203: The Eilean Mor Lighthouse Mystery
The fire is out, the clocks have stopped, and dread surrounds the empty interior of the Eilean Mor Lighthouse and a mystery that has persisted for over a hundred years. A desolate, weather-beaten island west of Scotland is the setting for the Eilean Mor Lighthouse mystery, where 3 men met their fate in 1900. Problem…
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Ep 202: Trolls
David and Dave brave the Scandinavian nighttime to skinny dip in the mythology of trolls! A creature of Norse folklore, the troll has morphed throughout the ages from supernatural figures to ugly giants but endures as a staple of fantasy literature. They have been around in stories since the earliest sagas and remain respected not…
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Ep 201: Colin Schneider, Cryptid Predation
Flora welcomes the Crypto-kid, Colin Schneider, in a fun and fascinating interview! One of the youngest cryptid researchers out there today, Colin Schneider already has impressive credentials and joins to discuss cryptid attacks on livestock. He shares his copious amount of research and findings on strange reports of unknown beasts and the theories about them.…
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Ep 200: The Sphinx part 2
The second half of the 200th episode is nigh and dives deep into the theories of how the Sphinx came to be. Flora and Stecco juggle some rather outlandish origin theories for how the Sphinx was built and who built it, including ties to Atlantis, aliens, and pre-history. They also examine the claim that the…
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Ep 200: The Sphinx part 1
The double hildo is upon us, and the Davids celebrate with a massive 2-part episode on the Sphinx! Buried in equal parts sand and questions, the Sphinx is a huge ancient monument in Egypt with a history as obscure as a corn dog in a sandstorm. In part 1, the boys describe its current state…
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Ep 199: Ghost Stories 6
Blurry Photober comes to a close with another edition of ghost stories! A vampire hermit, a phone that won’t stop ringing, a burning church, and a waltzing corpse are just some of the ghost stories crawling out of this open grave. David and Dave recount tales of terror that are truly terrible along with the…
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Ep 198: Hell Holes
Say your prayers, hold your breath, and grab some aloe, Blurry Photos are diving into hell holes in this one! Said to be entrances to any number of unhappy afterlifes, hell holes are pits and caves in the earth where one is said to be able to reach hell itself. Flora and Stecco take a…
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Ep 197: Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm
Blurry Photober continues with a modern maybe murder mystery that begs the question – who put Bella in the Wych Elm? A mysterious skeleton in a hollow tree kicked off an investigation in 1943, but the mystery deepened with the appearance of graffiti reading “who put Bella in the Wych Elm.” Join David and Dave…
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Ep 196: Haunted Dolls, Live
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Guest host Mark Soloff of Blastropodcast joins Flora to kick off Blurry Photober with a live show all about haunted dolls! Human figures that are said to be possessed or cursed, haunted dolls have a built-in creepiness that transcends the many stories about them. Flora and Soloff discuss what might make dolls haunted, the history…
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BullStone 31: Gettin’ Strange, September 2017
September was full of science-y stuff, and this BullStone has some fun news stories from it! David and Dave fly solo to discuss the National Quiet Zone, UFOs in the UK, and bloodstream-powered generators in this BullStone. Some questions raised including whether or not electromagnetic hypersensitivity is a real condition, how much Monsanto affects scientific…
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BP Bonus: Mothman Festival 2017
Join Flora on a wacky roadtrip to Point Pleasant, WV, and the 2017 Mothman Festival! A yearly event in the small West Virginian town, the Mothman Festival celebrates the location’s most infamous legend whilst paying homage to the victims of a real disaster. While the audio is not up to usual Blurry Photos standards, we…
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Ep 195: Mad Roman Emperors
Lace up your sandals and sharpen your gladius, David and Dave are taking you on a crazy whirlwind history lesson all about mad Roman emperors! Drinking, fornicating, spending, killing, and Jupiter-knows what else, are hallmarks of the mad Roman emperors, but were they as bad as history says? The boys take an closer look at…
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Ep 194: Campfire Ghost Stories 5
Summer draws to a close, and the best way to commemorate it is live campfire ghost stories! David and Dave set up shop outdoors for a Patreon-streamed live recording of this year’s campfire ghost stories, and the results were naturally scary! With tales that were actually somewhat legit, this year’s edition is one to remember.…
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BullStone 30: Zeng This!, August 2017
August wraps up with a visit from Justin Zenger of the Zeng This! Podcast. A show all about geekery and pop nerd culture, Zeng This! is all up on weekly news stories, and Justin shared some fun ones with the boys. This month’s edition is particularly creature-heavy, with sightings of different things from all over…
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Ep 193: Jiangshi, Chinese Hopping Vampires
Grab your spare coins and red thread, Blurry Photos are jumping across the Pacific to look at Jiangshi, Chinese Hopping Vampires! A monster of Chinese folklore, Jiangshi, Chinese Hopping Vampires are curious, sometimes creepy sometimes whimsical undead creatures with interesting origins. Not much like their western counterparts, these vampires prefer to suck the qi, or…
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Ep 192: The Bell Witch
David and Dave volunteer to take a trip to Tennessee and look into the legend of the Bell Witch! Called America’s greatest ghost story, the Bell Witch is an old southern folklore legend of paranormal activity that is said to continue even now. Poltergeist-type happenings, disembodied voices, and perhaps even death all surround this infamous…
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Ep 191: Lost Desert Cities with Ken Hite
Ken Hite and the boys kick up a righteous haboob talking about lost desert cities in this episode! Buried in sand, swallowed by sinkholes, or destroyed by divine powers, the middle and near-east is supposedly full of lost desert cities, some of which may hide hordes of treasure and other goodies. Ken joins to discuss…
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BullStone 29: Monsters Among Us, July 2017
Flora and Stecco welcome the host of the Monsters Among Us podcast, Derek Hayes, to talk crazy July news! Monsters Among Us showcases cryptid encounters from witnesses, and host Derek Hayes joins with some strange scuttlebutt from July. Cool archaeology, wacky paranormal furniture, and potential pest solutions abound in this month’s articles. Plus potential Gobekli…
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Ep 190: Indigo Children
Time to reach out with your feelings and realize the kids ARE alright, as Dave and David discuss Indigo Children! A new age concept wherein kids born in the last 20 years are more spiritually evolved, indigo children might seem nice but should carry a ‘believer beware’ tag. The boys talk about the history of…
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BullStone 28: The Cromcast, June 2017
Gather the barbarian hordes and lace up the boxing gloves, Dave and David welcome the Cromcast to BullStone! Josh, Luke, and Jon from the Cromcast join to talk some sciency news from June. Learn all about their podcast which focuses on Robert E Howard’s works, as well as other pulp literature and gaming. Also in…
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Ep 189: Animals of War
Blurry Photos cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war in an episode all about the interesting and atrocious use of animals of war. Used for millennia in all manner of warfare, animals of war have shown countless examples of historical missteps, weird experiments, and the worst of humanity. People have done terrible things…
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Ep 188: The Bizarre Death of Zigmund Adamski
The boys go back to the Yorkshire countryside as they investigate the bizarre death of Zigmund Adamski. The strange discovery of a body, odd details in a disappearance, and a UFO encounter all coalesce in the mystery of Zigmund Adamski’s death. What happened to the collier back in 1980? Why and how did he meet…
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Ep 187: Mandela Effect
Flora and Stecco try to remember a time they’ve heard such a suppositious theory as the Mandela Effect in this one! The thought that subtle changes many people are experiencing with their shared memories may be indicative of a shifting reality is the crux of the Mandela Effect. The theories don’t stop there, however. Quantum…