Anomalous Fascination

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The mysteries of the universe are vast. Whether they are light years away, in a far off country, in things we use everyday, or even our own backyard...they never seem to have an explanation...they just ARE. This podcast seeks to bring these unexplainable phenomena to our audience, while making it easy for anyone to understand. If nothing else, by listening to this, you’ll sound a lot smarter at parties.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Anomalous Fascination episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Anomalous Fascination for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Anomalous Fascination episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Phantom Islands

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05/11/21 • 14 min

In episode 23, we zoom out. Taking our sights off the comings and goings of humanity and onto the map of the world. Or should I say...."Maps"...of the world. The face of the world has changed millions of times throughout history...usually through exploration and discovery....but sometimes...through "Undiscovery"....lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermeja https://www.wonderslist.com/top-10-phantom-islands/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasil_(mythical_island) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougherty_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Island,_New_Caledonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealandia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "Watching tower" and "Chod". You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com. And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their song "The Healing". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

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Bonus Episode - Q&A

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05/24/21 • 36 min

This week, I will be answering listener questions about past episodes, the show as a whole, and about me - Andy. Please note - this is an unscripted and lightly edited episode - so don't expect top tier quality here. Check it out!

Music:

Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Come Fly with Me".

You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

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The Carrington Event

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05/19/21 • 20 min

In episode 24, we go back in time to the late 1850s...when one man's scientific discovery...quickly turned into worldwide terror. Because sometimes...when it comes to telescopes....images can be closer than they may appear.....Lets take a stroll, shall we? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/08/carrington-event-warning/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_maximum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaic_pile https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/in-depth/#:~:text=The%20Sun%2C%20like%20others%20stars,%25%20hydrogen%20and%2027.4%25%20helium. Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Watching tower". You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com. And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "Drown in Mirrors". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

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The Sodder Children (Part 1)

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03/16/21 • 16 min

In Episode 19, we'll be diving into a subject so incredible...that I had to make two episodes out of it. Part 1 is the story of what happened...part 2...will be everything else. Hop in and learn about a family who lost more than they could bear when an early morning tragedy struck their family....Lets take a stroll shall we?

Sources:

https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-madriga/2018/03/35-puzzling-facts-about-the-sodder-children-disappearance/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Sodder_Family

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/522074/enduring-mystery-sodder-childrens-christmas-disappearance#:~:text=George%20and%20Jennie%20Sodder%E2%80%94both,toys%20they%20had%20already%20acquired.

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad" and their song "Idea".

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing"

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

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The Death of Rodney Marks

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05/04/21 • 17 min

In episode 22, we head south....WAY south - to explore the only known possible murder on our 7th continent...Antarctica....let’s take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/14/antarctica.robinmckie#:~:text=Mystery%20of%20poisoning%20in%20Antarctic%20deepens%20as%20suicide%20is%20ruled%20out,-Battle%20by%20New&text=In%20a%20few%20weeks%20coroner,Marks%20at%20the%20South%20Pole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marks https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/579732/mysterious-death-rodney-marks-scientist-who-was-poisoned-antarctica https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/russian-faces-antarctica-attempted-murder-charge-180970632/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Submillimeter_Telescope_and_Remote_Observatory https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/cruise/#:~:text=The%20trip%20to%20Mars%20will,at%20Jezero%20Crater%20on%20Mars. Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Watching tower". You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com. And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "Cursed House". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

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The Sodder Children (Part 2)

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03/23/21 • 24 min

In Episode 20, we will be continuing our investigation into the events of December 24th, 1945. Things seemed strange enough the night of the incident...but somehow...it only gets stranger after that......lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-madriga/2018/03/35-puzzling-facts-about-the-sodder-children-disappearance/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/522074/enduring-mystery-sodder-childrens-christmas-disappearance Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "There" and "Watching tower". You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com. And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

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Suspended Animation and the Story of Jean Hilliard

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12/08/20 • 16 min

In episode 8, we take a short trip back to 1980 and follow the story of Jean Hilliard, a 19 year old woman who had a first hand experience with the unexplainable science of "suspended animation"....lets take a stroll shall we? Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hilliard https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/01/25/jean-hilliard-northern-minnesota-frozen-survived https://allthatsinteresting.com/jean-hilliard https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/miracle-on-ice/ https://www.lvhn.org/stories/found-frozen-justin-smith-makes-amazing-recovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspended_animation Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "Watching tower" and "Letting Go Again" You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com. And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "By the Winds". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

The Bouvet Island Mystery

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02/02/21 • 15 min

In Episode 14, we will be exploring yet another unexplainable mystery. This time, on a desolate island in the south Atlantic. Isolation is a strange thing...it can be peaceful and freeing under most circumstances...but sometimes amidst the quiet of isolation...something can always show up to turn your peace against you......lets take a stroll shall we?

Sources:

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Bouvet_Island#:~:text=the%20United%20Kingdom.-,Mystery,life%20boat%20on%20that%20lagoon.

https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/bouvet-island-the-most-remote-island-in-the-world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island

https://excitingearth.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/the-mystery-of-bouvet-island/

https://mikedashhistory.com/2011/02/13/an-abandoned-lifeboat-at-worlds-end/

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at:

http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "True Love" and "The Healing".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone

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04/27/21 • 16 min

In Episode 21, we will be going back to a familiar place and time...but where we go from there...isn't quite what you'd have expected. Join as we follow the lives of Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone - in their lives AFTER Lincoln was assassinated.....Lets take a stroll shall we? Promo from Octoberpod - octoberpodvhs.com. youtu.be/Ux-mNWYo2zY (immediately following episode) Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Harris#:~:text=Harris%20and%20Rathbone%20were%20married,born%20September%2015%2C%201872). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rathbone https://blog.nyhistory.org/attending-fords-theater-with-the-lincolns-the-tragic-lives-of-clara-harris-and-henry-rathbone/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/06/07/henry-reed-rathbone/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "The Loneliness" You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

The Kentucky Meat Shower

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12/01/20 • 16 min

In episode 7, we go back in time to the late 1800s...a time when big things were happening all around...unless you lived out in rural America. Until one fine day, an event so bizarre happened...that it changed a small Kentucky town forever....Lets take a stroll shall we?

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/kzkmgw/the-mystery-of-the-kentucky-meat-shower

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kentucky-meat-shower

https://allthatsinteresting.com/kentucky-meat-shower

https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1870_fast_facts.html

https://www.juniorsbook.com/tell-me-why/what-was-the-mystery-behind-the-great-kentucky-meat-shower/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_rain

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "Watching tower" and "Flekkefjord"

You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their song "The Healing".

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing.

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Anomalous Fascination currently has 26 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Podcasts and Education.

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The episode title 'Phantom Islands' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Anomalous Fascination is 18 minutes.

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Episodes of Anomalous Fascination are typically released every 7 days.

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The first episode of Anomalous Fascination was released on Oct 27, 2020.

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