Buried Secrets Podcast (Page 4)

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A digital drawing of a nauga (muppet-like critter with horns) with the words "I'm not real."

The Nauga, an urban legend created by marketers

The story of an imaginary animal.

A pixel drawing of a green book entitled Book of Spirits

Fluffy Ghosts: Allan Kardec's Orders of Spirits

An 1850s spiritualist classification of various spirits.

Learning Things: May 1, 2023

What I got up to last week.

a halftone photograph of blue mylar balloons with the words "use your imagination"

On mylar balloons and forgotten futures

Some thoughts about mylar balloons, what they represent in the paranormal, and what else they might mean in terms of our world and our future.

Digital drawing of an automatic writing planchette.

Following a vintage automatic writing planchette ad down a rabbit hole

Digging into the backstory of an ad in Mystic magazine.

A black and white digital drawing of an automatic writing planchette with a marbled background.

Modern automatic writing planchettes

Are automatic writing planchettes still a thing?

A black and white digital drawing of an automatic writing planchette with halftone shading and a grungy border.

The History of Automatic Writing Planchettes

The story of the planchette, a predecessor of the Ouija board.

White tree branches with grainy pink shading and a mint green background.

Tree talkin' and train tracks (Learning Things: April 24, 2023)

I wish I could say that I made a ton of progress on all of my goals this week, unlike last time. But that'd be a lie. I was a bit under the weather this week and moved very, very slowly, so it's kinda a wonder

a digital drawing of a vintage train

Spirit highways and New York City sewers

Can city infrastructure play a role in hauntings?

a sketchy digital drawing of St. John's wort

I miss the old internet (Link Roundup: April 20, 2023)

I keep saying I'm gonna do this, so at long last: here's a roundup of some online things I've enjoyed over the past few weeks! This one's a bit tech heavy, because I hyperfocused while reading about how the internet used to

a digital drawing of a Victorian mansion at night with stars in the background

Bad architecture, clutter, and hauntings

The connection between ghosts and physical spaces.

psychedelic digital drawing of a purple UFO with wavy repeated text saying "dropping into this time cycle"

Magical days for UFOs and witches

What day are you most likely to see a UFO or other magical things?

a black and white digital drawing of an owl with blank white eyes

Magnolia trees and frustration (Learning Things: April 17, 2023)

A lot of my efforts (in all areas of my life) this week have felt like trudging slowly through mud. While writing this, I paused and looked up whether a Mercury Retrograde is approaching, and sure enough, it looks like we've been in the shadow period since the

A digital drawing of a fish-shaped airship with "1897 mystery airships" as repeated text in the background.

The 1897 UFO Flap in North Texas

In 1897, a series of mysterious airships were sighted all around the United States. This is a look at the flap in general, with a particular focus on some of the North Texas UFO sightings.

A trippy digital drawing of a figure in the yellow beam of a green UFO, with the text "human or alien" swirled behind it.

Thoughts on some Victorian aliens

Musings about the appearance of the airship crews during the 1897 UFO flap.

A graphite-style digital drawing of a burning candle.

Paranormal fires and UFOs

What's the connection between fires and paranormal entities?

A graphite-style digital drawing of a Panasonic RR-DR60 recorder.

Is the Panasonic RR-DR60 worth it?

Musings on an expensive and hyped piece of tech.

A black and white drawing of a snake plant with the repeated words "love to talk to plants" in the background.

Starting the biodata sonification build (Learning Things: April 10, 2023)

Biodata sonification supplies and Erik Satie-inspired automatic drawings.

A digital drawing of a SB-7 spirit box with a swirly pattern

I asked ChatGPT to create and code paranormal investigation gear for me

I wouldn't say that it went "well."

A black and white digital drawing of a Eurasian eagle owl, rendered in a sketchy style.

Trusting your own perception

It's hard to trust yourself.

A black and white digital drawing of a barn owl, rendered in a sketchy style.

How I use Randonautica in 2023

Thoughts on randonauting, the scientific method in ghost hunting, and more.

A digital drawing of fly agaric mushrooms, with the crescent moon and stars in the background.

Bibliomancy-inspired thoughts about perception and meaning

How do our own expectations shape what we perceive as reality? How do we give meaning to the things we're presented with? As usual, I don't know, but I'm ready to speculate wildly.

A graphite-style digital drawing of a tradescantia zebrina plant.

Screaming plants (Learning Things: April 3, 2023)

Thoughts on plant communication and an attempt at automatic drawing.

Graphite-style digital drawing of a UFO on fire, about to crash into a windmill.

The UFO crash in Aurora, Texas

A look at the Aurora, Texas, UFO crash, one of many sightings during the mystery airship flap of 1897.

Graphite-style digital drawing of the airship America floating over the ocean, with land on the horizon.

Never travel in an airship without a cat: The Strange Story of the Airship America

The weird voyage of the airship America and some delightful cat superstitions.