Do Geese See God

Austin Lee

A palindrome turned podcast of true stories, bizarrities, wonders, and folklore from across the world and back. Hosted by Austin Lee, former host of Lights Out Podcast.

  1. 1 day ago

    A Cult Gave Birth to a God-Machine

    John Murray Spear and his followers thought they could build a Messiah. Once a respected man in his community, John took a sharp turn into the strange world of Spiritualism. Guided by a group of spirits known as "The Electricizers," he was tasked with a divine mission: to assemble a perpetual motion machine that would change the world forever. From his genuine, life-saving work on the Underground Railroad to the cult-like scandals of his "Harmonia" commune and his disastrous obsession with mechanical divinity, John Spear believed electricity, magnetism, and hope were the answers to a nation on the verge of civil war. Out of desperation for change, he would attempt to build a mechanical God. Patreon DGSG Instagram  Host:  Austin Lee (Former Host of Lights Out)  Editor:  Kelley Waterfall Artwork:  Kelly Jaye MacCarroll Music:  Matt McBrien And Michael La Bella This channel hosts a documentary series for educational purposes (EDSA). Content features authoritative sources, including academic journals, scientific studies, interviews, and newspaper articles designed to educate. All videos include editorial context that enhances their educational and artistic value. Sources

  2. 25 Aug

    They Ate Raw Mystery Meat That Fell from the Sky

    Chunks of bloody flesh rained down from a clear blue sky across the Crouch family farm on March 3rd, 1876. A “wagonload of meat” covered an area the size of a football field in Bath County, Kentucky.  Rebecca Crouch thought it was an omen, foretelling the violent fate of her husband and son who had gone into town that day. Others thought it was a sign from God and that the meat had supernatural powers. Word spread, and some curious neighbors tasted and even ate the meat out of curiosity. Soon, the New York Herald picked up the story, initiating an investigation that has lasted over a century. Theories suggested the viscera was possibly horse lung, human infant flesh, frog spawn, or vulture vomit. But what caused it to appear from a clear blue sky? In the bizarre world of fafrotskies and objects falling from nowhere, can this paranormal phenomenon that plagued Kentucky ever truly be explained? Patreon DGSG Instagram  Host:  Austin Lee (Former Host of Lights Out)  Editor:  Kelley Waterfall Artwork:  Kelly Jaye MacCarroll Music:  Matt McBrien And Michael La Bella This channel hosts a documentary series for educational purposes (EDSA). Content features authoritative sources, including academic journals, scientific studies, interviews, and newspaper articles designed to educate. All videos include editorial context that enhances their educational and artistic value.

  3. 18 Aug

    A Dead Man's Prank Sparked a $10 Million Baby-Making Race

    A life-changing amount of money was on the line, as a dead man's prank led to a “race” to see who could have the most babies in 10 years. In 1926, eccentric Toronto millionaire Charles Vance Millar left behind a bizarre will. His final clause was the strangest of all: his entire fortune would go to the Toronto woman who gave birth to the most children in the next decade. What started as a joke collapsed into one of the strangest, most controversial sagas of the Great Depression, known across Canada as “The Great Stork Derby.” Many who entered the race were from poor, immigrant, and working-class families. Threats of extortion, kidnapping attempts, personal tragedies, lawsuits, racism, classism, and an invasive media circus followed them around for years. And amidst the chaos, as it turns out, life 100 years ago wasn’t all that different from today: the derby uncovered deep-seated xenophobia, eugenics-driven backlash, religious oppression, and courtroom battles over what legally counted as a child. Patreon DGSG Instagram  Host:  Austin Lee (Former Host of Lights Out)  Editor:  Kelley Waterfall Artwork:  Kelly Jaye MacCarroll Music:  Matt McBrien And Michael La Bella This channel hosts a documentary series for educational purposes (EDSA). Content features authoritative sources, including academic journals, scientific studies, interviews, and newspaper articles designed to educate. All videos include editorial context that enhances their educational and artistic value. Sources

  4. 11 Aug

    35 Calls from a Dead Man's Phone

    In 2008, Charles Peck died in the wreckage of the deadliest train crash in Metrolink history in Los Angeles. But over the next 11 hours, his cell phone called his family and fiancée 35 times. His phone was never recovered. The calls were never explained. Phone Calls from the Dead is a well-documented category of After-Death Communication, and they're experienced by people from all walks of life. The writer Dean Koontz once received a warning call from his dead mother that may have saved his life. An elderly couple once had a 30-minute conversation with their old friend who had already been dead for hours. And a French sociologist even received a phone call from his dog who had recently passed away. In this episode, we break down the parapsychology behind it all: Survivalist versus Anti-Survivalist theory, the "mind-ghost," and what the actual data says about grief and comfort. And with the rapid changes in technology, like AI avatars, how does this change the way we speak with the dead? Patreon DGSG Instagram  Host:  Austin Lee (Former Host of Lights Out)  Editor:  Kelley Waterfall Artwork:  Kelly Jaye MacCarroll Music:  Matt McBrien And Michael La Bella This channel hosts a documentary series for educational purposes (EDSA). Content features authoritative sources, including academic journals, scientific studies, interviews, and newspaper articles designed to educate. All videos include editorial context that enhances their educational and artistic value.

  5. 4 Aug

    Black Dispatches: The Enslaved People Who Fooled the Confederacy

    These are the stories of enslaved people that history nearly forgot. A network of enslaved men and women became the Union's most valuable spies during the Civil War, known as "Black Dispatches." The Confederacy thought their servants were too "simple" to understand the war happening in front of them. And this oversight cost them greatly. A servant, Mary Bowser, infiltrated the Confederate President's office. A recently escaped enslaved couple, Dabney and Lucy Ann Walker, turned a laundry line into a cipher hidden in plain sight. And a legend of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, crawled on her stomach through enemy lines to gather intel. She then went on to carry out the first military operation in U.S. history planned and led by a woman, while also freeing hundreds of slaves in a single night. Patreon DGSG Instagram  Host:  Austin Lee (Former Host of Lights Out)  Editor:  Kelley Waterfall Artwork:  Kelly Jaye MacCarroll Music:  Matt McBrien And Michael La Bella This channel hosts a documentary series for educational purposes (EDSA). Content features authoritative sources, including academic journals, scientific studies, interviews, and newspaper articles designed to educate. All videos include editorial context that enhances their educational and artistic value.

  6. 28 Jul

    His Cure for Death: Coconuts and Sunshine

    Nudism, nature, and coconuts. These were August Engelhardt's favorite things. Shaped by a growing cultural movement, he rejected the norms of mainstream German society and turned toward the natural world. On a remote island in German New Guinea, he set out to build a utopia he called the Order of the Sun, and for over a decade he ate almost nothing but coconuts, believing the fruit could make him immortal. It did the opposite. Engelhardt isn't alone. Cults have used diet as a tool of control for decades. And even now, in the age of social media, that same mentality has radicalized how we eat more than we'd like to admit... Patreon Special Guest: ⁠Michael La Bella⁠ DGSG Instagram  Host:  Austin Lee (Former Host of Lights Out)  Editor:  Kelley Waterfall Artwork:  Kelly Jaye MacCarroll Music:  Matt McBrien This channel hosts a documentary series for educational purposes (EDSA). Content features authoritative sources, including academic journals, scientific studies, interviews, and newspaper articles designed to educate. All videos include editorial context that enhances their educational and artistic value. Sources

  7. 21 Jul

    Falling Through the Cracks in a City of 8 Million People

    Joyce Carol Vincent does not fit the profile of someone who would die a lonely death. She was young, had a family, was sociable, and was not an addict. When her body was found in her London bedsit apartment more than 2 years after her death many wondered: in a city of millions of people, how did her death go completely unnoticed? In this episode we explore who Joyce was and how the epidemic of a lonely death affects us all. Patreon DGSG Instagram  Host:  Austin Lee (Former Host of Lights Out)  Editor:  Kelley Waterfall Artwork:  Kelly Jaye MacCarroll Music:  Matt McBrien And Michael La Bella This channel hosts a documentary series for educational purposes (EDSA). Content features authoritative sources, including academic journals, scientific studies, interviews, and newspaper articles designed to educate. All videos include editorial context that enhances their educational and artistic value. Sources

  8. 14 Jul

    A Ship Obliterated By Ice. A Crew That Refused to Die.

    An audacious expedition became the most incredible Antarctic survival story ever told. For almost 2 years, the 28 men that made up the Endurance Expedition cheated death several times. Mother nature might have stranded them, destroyed their ship, and subjected them to life-threatening weather conditions, but she also gave them just enough mercy to beat the odds… as long as their fearless leader, Ernest Shackleton, was smart enough to navigate the brutal decisions ahead. Patreon DGSG Instagram  Host:  Austin Lee (Former Host of Lights Out)  Editor:  Kelley Waterfall Artwork:  Kelly Jaye MacCarroll Music:  Matt McBrien And Michael La Bella This channel hosts a documentary series for educational purposes (EDSA). Content features authoritative sources, including academic journals, scientific studies, interviews, and newspaper articles designed to educate. All videos include editorial context that enhances their educational and artistic value.

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A palindrome turned podcast of true stories, bizarrities, wonders, and folklore from across the world and back. Hosted by Austin Lee, former host of Lights Out Podcast.

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  • Creator
    Austin Lee
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Austin Lee
  • Show Website
    Do Geese See God

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