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Fortean Roundup: October - FanGhoul Sports Betting

Matt, Katie and EJ break down the latest in Fortean news for Halloween. We tackle antichrist allegations, Loch Ness Monster fishing, alien DNA, and the haunted hotel that influences baseball games. 
 
Peter Thiel and the Antichrist: 
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/palantir-founder-peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-religion-qzmpth35t
 
Jordan Peterson's Spiritual Attacks: 
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/were-not-entirely-sure-whats-going-on-jordan-peterson-taken-down-by-moldy-room-daughter-raises-possibility-of-spiritual-attack/
 
Loch Ness Monster Caught in WWII: 
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2115203/royal-navy-caught-loch-ness
 
Alien DNA in Human Genes: 
https://nypost.com/2025/10/06/science/alien-dna-lurks-inside-human-genome-scientist-claims/
 
Rare Condition Makes You See Dragons: 
https://www.livescience.com/health/diagnostic-dilemma-rare-condition-made-a-woman-see-people-as-dragons
 
Milwaukee's Haunted Hotel: 
https://www.tmz.com/2025/10/16/ghost-adventures-zak-bagans-cleanse-brewers-hotel/
 
Conjuring House Update: 
https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/northwest/the-conjuring-house-auction-canceled-after-mortgage-loan-sold/
 
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Fortean Roundup: July - An Alien BBQ Accident

Matt and EJ break down the latest Fortean news. Annabelle's reign of terror continues, a new and mysterious life form is found, Jinn go to war, an interstellar probe may signal an impending alien invasion and Area 51 is on fire - literally!
 
Annabelle's victim: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14908363/dan-rivera-dies-devils-run-tour-pennsylvania-annabelle.html
 
ShipGoo001: 
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/07/mysterious-life-form-found-on-ship-that-docked-in-cleveland.html
 
Jinn used in war: 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iranian-official-claims-israel-used-072217380.html?guccounter=1
 
Interstellar object: 
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/07/astronomers-may-have-found-a-third-interstellar-object/
https://www.newsweek.com/interstellar-comet-alien-probe-harvard-physicist-avi-loeb-2101654
 
Area 51 fire: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14911767/fire-breaks-Area-51-UFO-neveda.html
 
Smoke rings in the sky: 
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/us-news/swirling-black-ring-in-sky-terrifyingly-ooms-over-kansas-town/
 
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Fortean Roundup: April - Weirdness in Journalism

Matt, EJ and Katie break down the latest Fortean news, covering fireballs, dire wolves, leaked government documents and life on other planets. 
 
New Jersey fireball: 
https://6abc.com/post/magnolia-mystery-object-falls-sky-nj-causes-damage-automotive-auto-shop/16158463/
 
Dire Wolves: 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/science/dire-wolf-de-extinction-cloning-colossal/index.html
 
Loch Ness cameras: 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20g82y1k8o
 
Soviet alien attack: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14564689/CIA-aliens-massacre-UFO-Siberia-declassified.html
 
Ark of the Covenant found: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14534941/cia-document-sacred-ark-covenant-chest-found.html
 
Life on other planets: 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html
 
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Episode 58: Doc Shiels, Monster Hunter Part 2 - Fairies and Sea Monsters

Matt, EJ and Katie continue their investigation into Tony 'Doc' Shiels, the Wizard of the West and self-proclaimed monster hunter. Doc reignites Cornish fairy legends by turning them into an art project before setting his sights on sea monsters. Along with his drinking buddies, he creates Morgwar, the sea giant. As his surreal exhibitions continue, more and more cryptozoologists fall for the rust, including legendary Nessie hunter Tim Dinsdale. 

Episode 57: Doc Shiels, Monster Hunter Part 1 - Surreal Beginnings

In 1977, the clearest photograph of the Loch Ness monster ever taken was revealed in the Daily Mirror. A color photograph of a long neck, rising up out of the water, mouth open, rocked the Fortean world. But as strange and compelling as the photograph was, the photographer himself was on a whole other level. Behind the camera was a hard-drinking bohemian artist, a self-proclaimed magician who billed himself as the “Wizard of the West.” He claimed his occult skills had enabled him to summon Nessie, among other monsters, and he did so with the help of a cabal of witches.
 
The weird life of the Wizard known as Tony Doc Shiels, and his encounters with a host of lake monsters, witch covens and winged beasts, left an indelible mark on the world of cryptozoology. While his encounters may be of dubious authenticity, Doc Sheils is nevertheless one of the most influential Fortean figures.
 
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