BackAlley Alchemist

AlleyAlchemy
BackAlley Alchemist Podcast

Stories and analysis of folklore, history, folk history, weird history, weird folklore, and spooky stuff in general. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

  1. 11/08/2023

    ALIENS! Congressional Hearing and the Story of Stefan Michalak

    Recently, the US congress held a hearing concerning multiple sightings of unidentified flying objects around US territory spanning decades. The discussion was mostly about national defense and whether or not these aircraft pose a threat to national security. However, the witness testimonies presented during the hearing strongly suggest that these aircraft are not... of this world. I go over the important parts of that hearing, and go on to tell a story about a man who experienced something real weird near a lake in Canada. The event known as the Falcon Lake Incident. LINKS FOR ME: Patreon.com/BackAlleyAlchemist https://www.youtube.com/@backalleyalchemist6120 Tiktok: AlleyAlchemy9000 Email: BackAlleyAlchemist.podcast@gmail.com Sources: Here are the 5 most memorable moments from Congress’ UFO hearing https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/are-5-memorable-moments-congress-ufo-hearing-rcna96476 video of the hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYS5SAYM2CE https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Memorial Article for Stefan Michalak https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86572549/stefan-michalak Statement by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, June 26, 1967 https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/unusual/ufo/Documents/1967-06-26.pdf Pamphlet on the encounter: https://biblio.uottawa.ca/atom/index.php/my-encounter-with-the-u-f-o-michalak-stephen-pamphlet https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/engage-learn/podcast/Pages/ufo-falcon-lake-incident.aspx https://www.snopes.com/articles/464156/falcon-lake-extraterrestrial-encounter/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

    1h 7m
  2. 24/03/2023

    Haunted Organs!

    Ever hear of haunted organs? When people undergo drastic changes in their behavior following an organ transplant, is it because of some complicated relationship between the body and the soul, or is it just some crazy biology? Find me on youtube for the video version, and if you're into it, I'd love some patrons! Contact Email: BackAlleyAlchemist.podcast@gmail.com Youtube.com/BackAlleyAlchemist Patreon.com/BackAlleyAlchemist Twitch.tv/BackAlleyAlchemist Tiktok: AlleyAlchemy9000 REFERENCES “10 Unbelievable Organ Transplant Stories That Are Actually True.” ScoopWhoop, 13 June 2016, www.scoopwhoop.com/news/unbelievable-organ-transplant-stories-that-are-true/. De Pasquale C, Veroux M, Indelicato L, Sinagra N, Giaquinta A, Fornaro M, Veroux P, Pistorio ML. Psychopathological aspects of kidney transplantation: Efficacy of a multidisciplinary team. World J Transplant. 2014 Dec 24;4(4):267-75. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v4.i4.267. PMID: 25540735; PMCID: PMC4274596. DiMartini, A. F., Dew, M. A., & Trzepacz, P. T. (2005). Organ transplantation. Focus, 3(2), 280-303. https://focus.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/foc.3.2.280 Egyptian civilization - religion - mummification. (n.d.). Retrieved March 5, 2023, from https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/ejiereijrjrrgrgrgrg Kemp, Charlene lowe. “Organ Transplant and the Unexplained.” Paranormal Hauntings, 22 Jan. 2022, paranormalhauntings.blog/2022/01/22/organ-transplant-and-the-unexplained/. Kessler M. Aspects psychologiques de la transplantation rénale avec donneur vivant [Psychological aspects of living-donor renal transplantation]. Nephrol Ther. 2008 Feb;4(1):52-4. French. doi: 10.1016/j.nephro.2007.07.010. Epub 2007 Dec 3. PMID: 18061550. “Memory Transference in Organ Transplant Recipients - Namah Journal.” Namahjournal.com, 2011, www.namahjournal.com/doc/Actual/Memory-transference-in-organ-transplant-recipients-vol-19-iss-1.html. Pearsall, Paul, et al. “Organ transplants and cellular memories ” Nexus Magazine April/May 2005;12:3 . “Religious Attitudes about Donation.” Www.utsouthwestern.edu, 2022, www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/departments/transplant-services-center/faqs/religious-attitudes.html#:~:text=Jehovah. Sylvia, Claire, and William Novak. A Change of Heart : A Memoir. Little, Brown, 1997. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

    1h 6m
  3. 19/01/2023

    McMurder Station: Winter be Wildin'

    This is my first time recording video along with the podcast, so I apologize to audio only listeners for all of my references to the camera. This episode was supposed to come out in December, but here we are. It's about how the cold, and the darkness, and isolation make our brains and bodies all out of whack.  Look for it on YouTube in the days following the upload here if you're interested. Episode: https://youtu.be/KvC2tGeZ8Kw Also, here's a website where you can watch a live feed from Antarctica: https://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/mcmwebcam.cfm Sources: (In no particular order. Screw your format, I already graduated!) Joyner, Christopher Clayton; Chopra, Sudhir K. (28 July 1988). The Antarctic Legal Regime. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 90-247-3618-8. Zimmer, M., Cabral, J. C. C. R., Borges, F. C., Coco, K. G., & Hameister, B. D. R. (2013). Psychological changes arising from an Antarctic stay: Systematic Overview. Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas), 30, 415-423. Impact of isolation on nueroanatomy and neurobiology of the brain. Richard Smeyne. 2019. Brainfacts.org. https://www.gq.com/story/insaine-in-antarctica-excerpt Pysiological and psychological responses and adaptation to cold. By the Physiological Society. Published March 2016. The Society For Neuroscience. Links for me: Patreon.com/BackAlleyAlchemist Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE5op1wT6-RGhb2OPRlPnnw Twitch.tv/backalleyalchemist Contact Email: backalleyalchemist.podcast@gmail.com Tiktok: AlleyAlchemy9000 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

    59 min

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Stories and analysis of folklore, history, folk history, weird history, weird folklore, and spooky stuff in general. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

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