S04E10 - Pompeii (Explicit)
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Jeb and Blake join Leonard Nimoy's search for Pompeii! (Well - is it really about finding Pompeii? Or is it about finding a possibly Christian cross in Pompeii? Tune in and find out!) Links: Nimoy Fashion Alert! Hey - it's NOT a Jumpsuit. We complain but there really is WAY too much red-shift in the majority of this episode: You need pumice? WE GOT BUCKETS OF PUMICE!
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S04E09 - The Abominable Snowman
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Jeb and Blake track the last cryptozoology episode of the original In Search Of… as we join the late Peter C. Byrne in a search for "The Abominable Snowman." NFA - "Proof of Life" Crevasse photo we mention from the episode.
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S04E08 - Mexican Pyramids
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Jeb is right at home as we go In Search Of... Mexican Pyramids! Links from research movie about the robbery - affiliate link Nimoy Fashion Alert! Jungle Cotton Blend edition: There are actually subtle stripes on that shirt! This episode has some amazing models - so cool: And - of course - it wouldn't be ISO without some reenactments...
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Bonus: Joe Nickell on The Shroud of Turin
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Dr. Joe Nickell recalls his experiences working on the dealing with The Shroud of Turin. note: This interview will be cross-posted to MonsterTalk. The interview contents will be identical, but the framing intro/outro will be unique to the respective shows. (YouTube) (YouTube) (affiliate link)
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S04E07 - The Shroud of Turin
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Jeb and Blake unwrap the mystery of the shroud of Turin! (Which might, it turns out, be neither a shroud, nor from Turin - talk amongst yourselves!) Link to ISO on YouTube: The bucket brigade saves the shroud in re-creation... NFA - A return to "the Night Gallery?" Young Joe Nickell at work in Alan Landsburg's NYC apartment: The Rev. Francis Filas () Secondo Pia, photographer who discovered the "negative effect" on Shroud. (also, dead ringer for Seth Myers) Just saying... More on Dr. Harry Gove ()
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S04E06 - The Lost Colony of Roanoke
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S04E06 - The Lost Colony of Roanoke The ISO team take us back to Colonial Virginia to investigate the cold-case of the lost colony of Roanoke. Jeb and Blake learn about armadas, plays, and rock diaries. Beach Action Nimoy Fashion Alert! The Money Shot... Blake thinks the ISO actor is giving off Keenan Wynn vibes. And we've already discussed the ties between Rod Serling, Leonard Nimoy, Night Gallery, and more, so the visual similarities to this scene and Planet of the Apes might not be 100% coincidence. The famous "Dare Stones" preserved with all the decor and pomp...
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S04E05 - Immortal Sharks
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We're going to need a bigger boat! Jeb and Blake head to Australia to investigate the idea that Great White sharks are immortal! Links: 1977 San Diego Henri Bource - NFA - on the beach! Sharks are famous for their teeth - and Nimoy's have improved since season one as well. Nimoy just walking on the beach manages to attract a diver's audience. Diving pioneer and explorer, Hugh Edwards. Ray Keys at Sea World has lots of great shark information. And don't forget researcher Dr. William Gladstone! (You can find him on twitter at )
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S04E04 - UFO Australia
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Jeb and Blake have a look at the Season 4 episode UFO AUSTRALIA which covers the Kaikoura UFO Sighting and the Nimoy Fashion Alert shot on location at the
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S04E03 - The Amityville Horror
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Jeb, Blake and Alex French go in research of ! Nimoy gives us the calm and rational look in the midst of so much weirdness! So many faceless re-enactors in this one! Horror writer Jay Anson and his trusty typewriter! And this episode is quite notable for giving us a look at Father Mancuso from the book. Aka Father Ralph Pecoraro. Aka Father Delaney. Aka "Jimmy the Shadow" <I made that last one up.>. The Lutz couple at the table. The two versions of Jodie the Pig: And we gotta include the super creepy ISO doll. Kudos to the prop dept. ...
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S04E02 - Carlos, The Most Wanted Man in the World
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Jeb and Blake look back at the ISO team's coverage of the global manhunt for the terrorist known as "Carlos." This episode gets an Explicit tag because of language. Nimoy Fashion Alert: (Wiki) (Wiki) (Wiki) (Wiki) (Obit)
info_outlineGrab your sticks and join Jeb and Blake as they go looking for water flowing underground. Same as it ever was? Not hardly.
Special content in this episode courtesy Sharon Hill. Be sure and check out her article on dowsing for water at Spooky Geology.
The "earth, air, fire, and water" idea comes from Empedocles.
Early in the episode Francis Hitching holds up a stack of paperbacks. I looked them all up (affiliate link to Amazon).
The stack of books he puts down includes:
Dowsing: One Man's Way by J. Scott Elliot
Dowsing, Water Witches, and Divining Rods for the Millions by Howard V. Chambers
Modern Dowsing: The Dowser's Handbook by Raymond Willey
Practical Dowsing by A. H. Bell
Pendulum Power (1977 edition shown) by Greg Nielsen and Joseph Polansky
And finally:
Dowsing: The PSI Connection by Christopher Hitching
- Tom Graves
Author of "The Diviner's Handbook: A guide to the timeless art of Dowsing" (1986)- Book online https://leanpub.com/needlesofstone/read
- He's still alive, still writing, and has a Twitter account.
When he's not writing fiction and new age - he's an IT and Business consultant of 30 years.
- Inner London Educational Authority
The dry well belongs to John Mitchell.
He calls in Dr. Arthur Bailey.
Former president of British Society of Dowsers
An article by Dr. Bailey
Dr Arthur Bailey was a senior lecturer in Electronics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bradford. At some point he got very interested in botanical healing and founded Bailey Flower Essences - which sold plant essences and was closely affiliated with homeopathy.
This episode really inspired me to some show-notes silliness.
The episode had some stunning visuals in it. This looked like an album cover to me.
We don't know who THIS guy is, but he probably was trying to hide from all the Muggles.
Pat Lucas was the only professional British female dowser.
The "biofeedback" device from the episode:
And then there's THIS machine - the one used by Harry Lovegrove.
New Scientist (New Scientist Feb 16, 1978) article discussing Lovegrove using child's dowsing kit for "amazing results" at "laying down dowsing lines." Whatever that means.
The SPR has a lengthy article about dowsing that includes believer and skeptical content.
Stan Shepherd - the dowser and well driller. We're of mixed opinions. I think it looks like he's having a heart attack, Jeb prefers the idea that he's having a fart attack. And Stan was just going with the flow.
We also mentioned Martin Gardner and his book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science.