Tag: Podcast
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Episode 124: Rainmaking
Grab your galoshes and pop the umbrella, Blurry Photos are opening the sky up in an episode all about rainmaking! A practice that spans millennia, cultures, and techniques, rainmaking has been an important part of cultural history throughout the ages. But what exactly is it? David and Dave shower you with facts, stories, music, and…
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Episode 123: Campfire Ghost Stories 3
Dave and David serve up a silly helping of spooky stories in campfire ghost stories 3! With tales of creepy clowns, petulant pirates, and baleful books, campfire ghost stories 3 is chock-full of wacky weirdness to share on those cold nights in the outdoors. This episode has a bunch of tales including a few listener…
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Episode 122: Majestic 12 with Kenneth Hite
Ken Hite returns to talk about the clandestine secret committee, Majestic 12! A classic UFO government conspiracy, the Majestic 12 was a supposed secret committee of top government officials formed by Truman to investigate alien spacecraft. Good friend of Blurry Photos Ken Hite discusses the mythology of the conspiracy, including who was involved and what information…
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BullStone 8: Gettin’ Strange with Alcohollywood August 2015
David and Dave welcome the boys from the Alcohollywood podcast to get strange for August! Clint and Jared from Alcohollywood, a film review/drinking game podcast, join the boys to discuss some of the stranger news from the month of August. Covered in this edition are a Chinese mystery tube, a Scottish bionic wanker, footage of…
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Episode 121: Shanghai Tunnels of Portland
Flora and Stecco are pressed into service to talk about the Shanghai Tunnels of Portland! A rather legendary underground network of tunnels and rooms, the Shanghai Tunnels of Portland are a creepy, controversial location where some of humanity’s worst vice allegedly took place. Stealing people from bars and alleys of coastal cities was a popular business…
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Episode 120: Goatman: Flesh or Folklore? with J Nathan Couch
Blurry Photos welcome their first Crypto-author J Nathan Couch to talk about his book Goatman: Flesh or Folklore? A paranormal researcher and writer, J Nathan Couch has done the goat’s share of work collecting stories, articles, and legends of Goatman sightings across America. David and Dave enjoy a in-depth discussion of myths, tales, and origins…
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Episode 119: HAARP
The boys of Blurry Photos take a quick jaunt up to Alaska to check out HAARP in this one. A large scientific research facility located in Gakona, AK, HAARP has been a target of conspiracy theories since it began in the 90s. The high-frequency active auroral research project has many scientific goals in mind, but…
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BullStone 7: Gettin’ Strange July 2015
What did July have in store for Gettin’ Strange? David and Dave found a number of crazy news articles from July, though it might be moreso them gettin’ strange than news in this episode. Invisibility, new particles in physics, space conspiracy, and alien ethics are all covered, along with some random 90’s hip hop references…
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Episode 118: Charles Fort
Time for a hat tip to one of the weird and wild’s #1 guys, Charles Fort! Widely considered the grandfather of research into weird, strange, occult, and out-there subjects, Charles Fort helped usher in the era of interest into such subjects which Blurry Photos thrive on. The boys dive into his life and times including…
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Episode 117: Revolutionary War Ghosts
The spirits of ’76 are alive and well in Blurry Photos’ Revolutionary War Ghosts! In another homage to the Ken Burns style, David and Dave bring you an episode packed with info, quotes, “experts,” and tales of Revolutionary War Ghosts. The American revolution was a hard and bloody affair, and as with any conflict or…
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Episode 116: The Bloody Benders
July kicks off with a grisly bang as the boys of Blurry Photos introduce you to the Bloody Benders. Considered by many to be America’s first serial killers, the Bloody Benders were an immigrant family living in 1870s Kansas who ran a roadside murder inn. Flora and Stecco discuss the frightening family including history, victims,…
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BullStone 6: Gettin’ Strange June 2015
The boys of Blurry Photos are gettin’ strange for June! With interesting news from around the world, including crazy tech breakthroughs and spooky stuff, June was definitely gettin’ strange. Hear about the Dawn spacecraft and what it’s seeing on the asteroid Ceres, Facebook’s creepy new algorithm, a shadow person encounter, and more! And the winner…
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Miss Cryptid 2015 Week 3
The 2015 Miss Cryptid Contest draws to a close with the final week of competition! Week 3 brings us the African Adze, the Sheepsquatch from West Virginia, and the Witte Wieven from the Netherlands to wrap up this year’s Miss Cryptid Contest. Will a vampiric creature, a hairy hominid, or a ghostly spectre advance to…
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Episode 115: Legendary Weapons
Dave and David act sharp and take a swing at some legendary weapons in this epic episode! Warfare has always played a big role in the shaping of civilizations throughout history, giving rise to legendary weapons both awesome and terrifying. The boys look at weapons in culture as well as game-changing advances in weaponry through the ages. They also…
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Miss Cryptid 2015 Week 2
Miss Cryptid is in full swing, and week 2 continues the eerie excellence! Parading the Wisconsin Hodag, the French Beast of Gevaudan, and Zana from western Asia, the Miss Cryptid Contest covers the gamut for what’s real and what’s not. Plus, the winner of week 1 is announced! Cast your vote on the Blurry Photos…
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Episode 114: Remote Viewing
Empty your rice bowl and let the sensations flood in as Blurry Photos take look at remote viewing. A branch of psionics dealing with sensing distant things with one’s mind, remote viewing has had an interesting and well-tested history (in America). However, that doesn’t mean the ability is necessarily tried and true. David and Dave…
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Miss Cryptid 2015 Week 1
The time has come once again to ogle the oddities in the 2015 Miss Cryptid Contest! For week 1 of the 2015 Miss Cryptid Contest, David and Dave take a look at the Romanian Zmeu, the African Catoblepas, and the Jackalope from the western U.S. Who will capture your heart in the first week of…
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BP Bonus – 2015 Milwaukee Paracon
Time for a Blurry Photos road trip as the boys set sail for the 2015 Milwaukee Paracon! Flora and Stecco embark on their first experience at a paranormal conference, and the 2015 Milwaukee Paracon was a great success. Reporting from car, con, and casa del Bach, this episode chronicles the adventure to Milwaukee with check-ins…
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Episode 113b: Alien Taxonomy
Flora and Stecco push onward into the wacky world of alien taxonomy in part 2! First addressing the “where are they” thought, the boys explain the Fermi Paradox and Drake Equation and then delve into actual alien taxonomy. How come, in such a vast universe, mankind has not encountered hordes of ETs? What are the…
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Episode 113a: Alien Taxonomy
Flora and Stecco begin to tackle the immense subject of alien taxonomy in part one of this 2 part mega episode! With alien taxonomy (or delving into the different alien races) as the ultimate goal, the boys lay the groundwork for who/what may be in the skies and beyond. The Hynek Scale of close encounters,…
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Episode 112: Morgellons Disease
Looking for a strange, little-known, and possibly delusive disease? Let Blurry Photos scratch that itch with an episode all about Morgellons Disease! A weird, uncomfortable skin condition, Morgellons Disease sufferers claim sores and crawling sensations appear on and under their skin and sometimes colored fibers are produced. It hit the medical scene in earnest in ’02-’03,…
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Episode 111: DB Cooper
The Davids are hijacking the airwaves with the help of DB Cooper in this episode! One of very few to hijack a plane and not be caught by the FBI, DB Cooper’s motives, methods, and whereabouts are still a mystery to this day. With the lax security of 1970s airports, a man was able to take over…
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Episode 110: The Georgia Guidestones
Blurry Photos are heading south to check out one of America’s strangest destinations, The Georgia Guidestones. A mysterious monument with a mysterious message and mysterious makings, The Georgia Guidestones is a huge granite creation that inspires awe, fear, and anger in the population. Erected in 1980, the stones have endured vandalism, scrutiny, and all manner…
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Episode 109: Robopocalypse
The boys welcome robotics expert Johnny Maltby to talk about the (impending?) Robopocalypse! The theory that robots may one day rise up to destroy humanity, the Robopocalypse is a modern end-of-days scenario, but how likely is it to happen? Johnny and the Davids discuss such details as what goes into building a robot, what…
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Episode 108: Mithra
Dave and David dive into the current hot theological debate about the mysterious figure of Mithra in this episode. An ancient god whose origins can be traced to Persia, Mithra has been called the precursor to Jesus, and in some instances the exact model for him. How could a Persian god have anything to do…
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Episode 107: The Fountain of Youth
Afraid Blurry Photos is getting a bit old and stale? Fear not, here’s an anti-aging episode all about The Fountain of Youth! A mythical water source said to reverse age, cure disease, and confer a host of wonderful remedies to whomever partakes of it, The Fountain of Youth is well-known yet poorly documented. Spanish explorer…
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Episode 106: Carl Jung
The much-anticipated, probably over-rated annual drinking episode is finally here, and the boys embark on a quest to know Carl Jung in this one. A Swiss-born psychiatrist, Carl Jung was a monumental pioneer in the early days of psychological science. His theories on the mind’s workings and cultural phenomena resonate strongly today, even amidst…
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Episode 105: Druids
Season 4 of Blurry Photos is here! Flora and Stecco don their robes and beards to talk about Druids in the kickoff episode. An ancient order of learned folks, Druids have a storied and harsh history, and the current fantastical perception of them does no favors. The boys discuss their past, the belief system and…
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Episode 104: The Hinterkaifeck Murders
Season 3 of Blurry Photos closes on a creepy note with an episode all about The Hinterkaifeck Murders. A gruesome, unexplained, and ultimately unhappy incident, The Hinterkaifeck Murders is perhaps Germany’s strangest and most baffling unsolved crimes. Flora and Stecco delve into the weird events that happened on a small German farm in 1922. Who could…
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Episode 103: Psychokinesis
Dave and David embark upon a journey of the mind to find out more about the mysterious phenomenon of Psychokinesis in this episode of Blurry Photos! Comprised of such abilities as telekinesis and levitation, Psychokinesis is a form of psionics that deals in mind over matter. Can objects be manipulated purely through thought alone? Is…