In Research Of

The show where we watch the 1970s TV show "In Search Of..." and look at possible explanations the producers didn't consider.

S04E24 - Past Lives 12/09/2025

S04E24 - Past Lives Blake and Jeb go In Research Of PAST LIVES with Leonard Nimoy. Subjects include reincarnation claims, past-life regression therapy, and some truly baffling Nimoy wardrobe choices. Topics we cover include: Nimoy wandering a Los Angeles graveyard in a strange quasi-military sport coat, and Blake’s detective work tying the filming location to Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights. The famous Pollock twins case from Hexham, England, where two girls were said to be the reincarnations of their deceased sisters — and how later research complicates the story. Dr. Lucia Capacchione’s art-therapy / inner-child work and how the show uses regression narratives to explain modern psychological problems. Playwright A.J. Stewart (Ada F. Kay), who became convinced she was James IV of Scotland and wrote as if from the king’s own perspective. Whether past-life regression therapy produces evidence of reincarnation or just vivid, therapist-shaped fantasy, and why skeptics are so wary of hypnosis-based “memories.” NFA (Nimoy Fashion Alert): Cemetery Detective Work: Using the 2nd NFA shot, I was able to decipher the tex on the dark tombstone. It is a lot darker in real life with a modern shot. includes for this episode's cemetery shot. Jeb asked for an animated gif of the woman in the castle with secret doors: The cover of Robert and Loy Young's book about reincarnation: The twins at the heart of the British (Hexham!) reincarnation story: And I can't help but scream - DON'T GO NEAR THE EDGE!!! This episode is such a cliffhanger. Deeper reading & sources mentioned: Pollock twins case write-up at the (including A.J. Stewart / Ada F. Kay): (reincarnation claim & Falcon background) – history and the Japanese “Garden of the Pines” section and inner-child / expressive-arts therapy (Harriet Hall, Science-Based Medicine): General background on and why psychologists consider it pseudoscientific /episode/index/show/inresearchof/id/39336390

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S4 Bonus: The Mothman Prophecies part 2 06/08/2025

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S04E20 - In Search of John the Baptist 02/19/2025

S04E19 - Earth Visitors (Explicit) 12/14/2024

S04E19 - Earth Visitors (Explicit) Blake tries to talk Jeb off the ledge as we return to the classic theme of "ancient astronauts" in this throwback episode titled: Earth Visitors. Some links relevant to our discussion: We mention . A bunch of this episode comes from the work of Maurice Chatelain, who we shall refer to as "Shadowlane." His book Our Cosmic Ancestors sports one of the more interesting book covers we've seen while researching this show. He also wrote Our Ancestors Came from Outer Space. credentials appear to have been in the episode. We'll be talking about several "Out of Place Artifacts" or OOPAs in this episode. Let's start with the "Boot Print" aka . (pictured below) Very compelling stuff. I guess. I mean it sort of looks like show print. This interesting looking skull also sent us down some research holes. The text of the episode seems to be talking about but the image doesn't look like a close match. A lot of "shapes on the earth" are discussed. The shapes require you to do a lot of work. We'll get into that in the episode. But one is the Maltese Cross that is absolutely stunning, so long as you ignore that some of the points are hundreds of miles from the alleged anchor points and that the temples allegedly at each point were centuries apart. Also - this is supposed to be a "pyramid" but seems to be more of what geometry wonks call a "triangle." I'm trying to find the type of terminal behind our statistician. And - behind the scenes I've managed to contact him and he assures me that the episode required many takes and that his students reported they made him sound like he believes in the whole ancient astronauts thing... More on this if I hear back from a rather lengthy email I sent him today (12/13/24). Read even more about the ! Vintage ad for the The Outer Space Connection. According to the idea that indigenous Americans were here for a very long time (from across the Bering sea) really kicked off in the 1930s. Read more about This montage of Kachina dolls really impressed Blake: Nimoy Fashion Alert! Engineer Charles Ruggles Could he be LARPing J. Allen Hynek? Finally we get to And - of course, /episode/index/show/inresearchof/id/34451900