'SUP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOKS! This was some of the most brain melting intensive research I've done in a while! This episode covers djinn warfare, various historical instances of actual djinn warfare, cross-cultural analogs of entities equivalent to djinn, & plasma consciousness! PLUS! A look at modern & future supernatural warfare! This one infested my brain pretty hard! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

*10 Ancient Civilizations That Knew About The Djinn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Die_HjQQTwY&t=28s

*Al-Buni, Ahmad ibn Ali (13th Century). Shams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra (The Sun of Great Knowledge/Gnosis).

*Conybeare, F.C. (Translator). The Testament of Solomon (c. 1st–5th Century CE).

*Ge Hong (317 CE). Baopuzi (The Master Who Embraces Simplicity).

*The Atharva Veda & The Rigveda (c. 1300–1000 BCE).

*Al-Tabari (9th Century). Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk (History of the Prophets and Kings).

*Rashid-al-Din (14th Century). Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles).

*Topkapi Palace Archives (Istanbul, Turkey). The Janissary Manuals and Ottoman Talismanic Armor Records (c. 15th–16th Century).

*El-Zein, Amira (2009). Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn. Syracuse University Press.

*Savage-Smith, Emilie (2004). Magic and Divination in Early Islam. Ashgate Publishing.

*Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) / Project Stargate Declassified Files (FOIA release).

*Rutledge, Dr. Harley (1981). Project Identification: The First Scientific Field Study of UFO Phenomena. Prentice-Hall.

*Department of Defense / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).2016 Mosul Orb Declassified MQ-9 Reaper Footage (Released 2023).

-Ayandeh News Archive (Tehran), "Arrests in the President's Inner Circle: The Charges of Sorcery and Djinn Invocation," May 2011.

-Mashregh News Agency, "The Metaphysical Threat: How Esoteric Deviations Threaten National Security," June 2011 Middle East Intelligence Monitor.

-U.S. Army Center for Military History, Oral History Project (Tactical Echoes: Veteran Accounts of Anomalous Warfare in Al-Anbar), redacted transcripts 2014.

-The Journal of Defense Electronics & Asymmetric Warfare, "Non-lonizing Electromagnetic Anomalies and Communications Blackouts in the Sunni Triangle," Vol. 14, pp. 45–52.

-U.S. Department of Defense, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), Case File: "Mosul Orb Reconnaissance Footage (MQ-9 Reaper)," Declassified January 2023.

-Al-Buni, Ahmad ibn Ali (d. 1225), Shams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra (The Sun of Great Knowledge), Beirut Archive Edition.

-Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), FOIA Document Release: "Project Stargate: Anomalous Mental Phenomena Research and Operational Logs (1972–1995)," National Archives Record Group 373.

-Swann, Ingo, Penetration: The Question of Extraterrestrial and Human Telepathy, Ingo Swann Research Institute Papers.

-Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA), Unclassified Field Report Summary: "Persistent Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and Sensor Degradation in Sangin District, Helmand Province," 2011.

-The Pashto Lore Project, "Jinn-e-Atesh and the Modern Battlefield: Local Interpretations of Military Electronic Warfare," Kabul University Cultural Studies Quarterly.

-Mexican Federal Police (Federales) Intelligence Division, Internal Briefing Document: "Esoteric Elements in Narco-Trafficking Counter-Intelligence and Territorial Defense," Mexico City, 2019.

-Journal of Contemporary Esotericism, "The Modern Grimoire: Digital Proliferation of Solomonic Magic in Transnational Crime Syndicates," Academic Press.

-Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Counter-Terrorism Bureau, Document Cache Recovery: "The Sihr Cell of Raqqa: Tactical Invocations and Astrological War-Planning," Joint Intelligence Task Force Whitepaper, 2016.

-Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 1328), Idah al-Dalalah fi Umun al-Jinn (The Essay on the Jinn), classical jurisprudence text translation.

*Plasma Intelligence & Dark Plasma: https://www.ijisrt.com/assets/upload/files/IJISRT25NOV1576.pdf

WHAT'S UP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOOOOOOOOKS! Here's a bit of a light hearted little romp, something of a pre-dinner antacid tablet to the horrors coming around the corner. In this episode we explore [SEE TITLE]! It's got everything: the supernatural, occultism, UFOs, aliens, ANCIENT ALIENS (take a shot), weird science, cryptids, AND SO MUCH MORE! This episode is dedicated to all the cats I've ever loved and to all those who've ever loved a cat! Come on in, the litters fine! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES (lot's of neat little treats in this one!):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitley_Strieber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitley_Strieber

https://www.reddit.com/r/Experiencers/comments/18jjfys/cats_and_aliens/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Experiencers/comments/18jjfys/cats_and_aliens/

https://www.therefinedfeline.com/can-cats-see-the-supernatural-2/](https://www.therefinedfeline.com/can-cats-see-the-supernatural-2/

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Kofu_Fanged_Humanoids](https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Kofu_Fanged_Humanoids

https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Lyran](https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Lyran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakeneko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakeneko

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiby%C5%8D](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiby%C5%8D

https://yokai.com/bakeneko/](https://yokai.com/bakeneko/

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Alien_Big_Cats](https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Alien_Big_Cats

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_cat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_cat

https://www.reddit.com/r/HighStrangeness/comments/1uglta2/chris_bledsoes_2026_prophecy_i_busted_the/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35118453/

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Wampus_Cat](https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Wampus_Cat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Cat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Cat

https://nparish86.medium.com/are-ghost-cats-real-5a4e4ea945cd](https://nparish86.medium.com/are-ghost-cats-real-5a4e4ea945cd

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

https://www.japan-experience.com/prepare-trip/know/understand-japan/bakeneko-legend-of-the-monster-cat](https://www.japan-experience.com/prepare-trip/know/understand-japan/bakeneko-legend-of-the-monster-cat

https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0d05w3](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://www.google.com/search%3Fkgmid%3D/m/0d05w3

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371594488_Cat_Spirits_in_North-Western_China_Worship_Practices_Origin_and_External_Relations

https://crees.ku.edu/cats](https://crees.ku.edu/cats

http://messybeast.com/cat_talk2.htm](https://www.google.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fmessybeast.com%2Fcat_talk2.htm

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SUP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOOOOOOOOKS! This episode explores the weirdness that is the life and legacy of Ted Owens, a.k.a. "The PK Man"! Perhaps one of, if not THE MOST, well documented individual instance of a man gifted with psychokinetic abilities by space mantises who used his abilities to control the weather and gamble on sporting events. A TALE AS OLD AS TIME! As stated at the beginning of the episode, this is exactly the type of man that this show was made to cover. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

"How to Contact Space People" by Ted Owens (a.k.a. "The PK Man"...hey wait a minute? HE'S THE SUBJECT OF THIS EPISODE!)

"The PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter" by Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove

[QUICK SIDE NOTE! If you look closely at the writing in the lower right hand corner of the picture of Ted Owens used in the thumbnail, you can see that it's been made out to Dr. Hal Puthoff and Dr. Russell Targ. NEATO!]

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HEYYYYOOOOOO YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOKS! This here's a bit of a short anthology, giving you fine folks a pair of paranormal stories, while allowing me time to work on improving the show! These are two COMPLETELY TRUE tales of paranormal terror and...bad craziness! First, the tale of the Hinton Ampner Haunting! Then, the Cutun Haunting of Nicasio Torres! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

*Poltergeist Over England – Harry Price (1945)

*A Hampshire Manor – Ralph Dutton (1988)

*Lord Halifax's Ghost Book – Charles Lindley Wood, Viscount Halifax (1936)

*A Natural History of Ghosts – Roger Clarke (2012)

*Certain Nocturnal Disturbances: Ghost Hunting Before the Victorians – Brandon R. Schrand (2022)

*https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampshire/hinton-ampner/history-of-hinton-ampner](https://www.google.com/search?

*q=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampshire/hinton-ampner/history-of-hinton-ampner)

*https://archive.org/details/gentlemansmagaz313unkngoog/page/n571/mode/2up](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://archive.org/details/gentlemansmagaz313unkngoog/page/n571/mode/2up)

*https://www.lavozdelnorte.cl/2017/03/caso-cutun-41-anos-de-misterio/

*https://www.scribd.com/document/900278469/El-Aterrador-Caso-Cutun-La-Casa-Embrujada-de-Nicasio-Torres-y-Un-Misterio-Sin-Resolver

*https://www.thefortean.com/2019/04/16/the-haunting-of-nicasio-torres/

*https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/unexplained/the-haunting-of-nicasio-torres/

*https://www.reddit.com/r/relatoparanormal/comments/15b1dzw/la_casona_de_cut%C3%BAn_un_misterio_paranormal_que_a%C3%BAn/?rdt=44926

*https://crazzfiles.com/the-haunting-of-nicasio-torres/

*https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Men_in_the_hat_(Chile)

If you are currently struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, you definitely aren't the only one. If you require immediate assistance, please dial 988.

Here's that companion piece I was talking about in the other episode. This one covers (much like the title says) post-Soviet "Para-journalism", urban legends, as well as "urbex legends". It's a mixed bag of stories about abandoned Soviet bioweapons labs, weird physics defying anomalies, fish-man surgical experiments (I ain't hardly bullshittin' neither, check dat shit out!), Kozyrev Mirrors, and a whole bunch of other assorted high strangeness. This episode is brought to you by VODKA...PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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For SOURCES see last episode, or check the online archives of the various periodicals mentioned in this episode. They're out there.

If you are struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues...might I suggest...a different substance? No? Yeah, probably not the best route. But if you need immediate help, please dial 988.

SUP KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! This episode happened because I stumbled across some material I just couldn't stop reading about. So...I made an episode about it! Listen up as this episode explores the actual real life subculture of dangerous urbex mutants who breach the guarded perimeter of the poisonous radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (or just "The Zone", if you're one of the cool kids!). We'll explore the Stalker way of life, ideas, concepts, etc. and together take a guided tour of the most notable "tourist attractions" within the Zone, as well as look at some of the Stalker folklore concerning rituals and strange inhumanoid dangers one may face when traversing..."THE ZONE!" All this plus a look into post-Soviet era "para-journalism" (more on that in the companion piece to this episode) as well as examination of urban legends surrounding a former Soviet era ruin supposedly inhabited by a "Satanic black magic cult", which as I'm sure most regular listeners know...is sure to be a hoot. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES (which also count for the companion episode as well but since I like to cut every corner I can, will only post here):

Chernobyl Prayer / Voices from Chernobyl (Oral History), Svetlana Alexievich (1997).

Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment, Yablokov, Nesterenko, & Nesterenko (2009).

Post-Soviet Tunnel Folklore: Samizdat & Para-Journalism Archives (1990s) detailing the "Metrostroy Blind Ones" / "Podzemnye Zhiteli".

The Mothman Prophecies (Comparative Case Studies), John Keel (1975).

Newspaper Archives of "Komsomolskoye Znamya" & "Anomaliya" Journal Reports (Kiev, 1990–1995) on the "Podzemnye Zhiteli"

Lost Inside a Radioactive Bunker in Chernobyl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fBmDwo4ebQ

Nezavisimost Digital Archive (Komsomolskoye Znamya) - https://www.eastview.com/resources/gpa/nezavisimost/

RuFORS & UFOset Soviet Samizdat Digital Library - http://www.rufors.ru/

The National Security Archive (Chernobyl Declassified Files) - https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/

https://www.youtube.com/@paranormalresearchpaul/videos

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This is the final bits and conceptual pieces of the "Megalopolimancy" trilogy, parts that didn't quite fit anywhere else of ideas that I really, really, wanted to harp on a lot more. That, and maybe a dash of fancy foot play...but in wordplay. Wait...is it "fancy footwork"...is that the saying? Well fuck that, I prefer play over work. Anywho, give it a listen, it puts a nice little nerdy bowtie on everything else in the series. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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HEYYOOOOOOO! This one was a lotta fun! I hope you guys enjoy listening to it as much as I did researching it and putting it together! In this episode, we're closing out the big, huge, and super crazy "Megalopolimancy" trilogy, with an intense exploration of some of the stranger theories behind the infamous Whitechapel murders and the historical phantom of London, "JACK THE RIPPER!" Specifically, we look into some of the lesser known occult explanations behind the murders, as well as some of the other "ritualistic" murders that were taking place at the same time, how the Whitechapel murders are connected to "The Nephilim" (yeah, there's actually something there), and one of the absolute most wacky ass, mindbending, 4th dimensional suspects for the true identity of "The Ripper"! ALL THIS AND MORE! IT'S A GODDAMN EXTRAVAGANZA! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

Tom Slemen — Jack the Ripper: Secret Service

Ivor Edwards — Jack the Ripper's Black Magic Rituals

Spiro Dimolianis — Jack the Ripper and the Black Magic Rituals

George Bernard Shaw — Letter to The Star (24 Sept. 1888)

Robert Donston Stephenson ("Roslyn D'Onston") — "African Magic" (Lucifer, 1890)

Helena P. Blavatsky (ed.) — Lucifer

Aleister Crowley — The Confessions of Aleister Crowley

Richard von Krafft-Ebing — Psychopathia Sexualis

Alexandre Lacassagne — Collected criminological writings

The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch)

Matthew Ehret — Articles and lectures on Sir Charles Warren, Mount Hermon, and British geopolitics

Sir Charles Warren — Underground Jerusalem

George Nickelsburg — 1 Enoch: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch

Sarah Bax Horton — One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack the Ripper

Stephen Knight — Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution

Melvyn Fairclough — The Ripper and the Royals

Donald Rumbelow — The Complete Jack the Ripper

Philip Sugden — The Complete History of Jack the Ripper

Martin Fido — The Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper

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