Strange Arrivals

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Welcome to Strange Arrivals, where host Toby Ball unravels history's most famous cases of extraterrestrial encounters. This season three, we look at UFO researchers who developed theories to explain the phenomenon and the consequences those theories had for people who believed they had experienced the paranormal.

EPISODE 1

Boianai

Over three nights in 1959 at the remote Boianai Mission in Papua New Guinea, 38 people saw an unexplained craft hover over the ocean. Figures emerged from the craft and even waved to the witnesses. What happened? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

33 min
EPISODE 2

Excited and Scared at the Same Time

Outside for recess, more than 60 students at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe reported seeing an unknown craft and strange creatures in a thicket of trees beyond their playground. Soon, researchers would arrive and begin to record the children's testimony. Or were they also shaping it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

39 min
EPISODE 3

Puppets

We are still in the early days of examining the events at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe. Alternative explanations are beginning to emerge, including a particularly fascinating take from a researcher named Gideon Reid. For more information on the puppet theory, visit Gideon Reid's blog at https://gideonreid.co.uk/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

23 min
EPISODE 4

Long Road to Hacklebury

Elizabeth Anglin has had paranormal experiences her entire life. Her work with Dr. John Mack helped her try to understand these experiences. Mack was one of the three leading alien abduction researchers whose conception of the phenomenon was decidedly sunnier than his colleagues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

24 min
EPISODE 5

Unseen Realms of the Infinite

In 1992, an alien aduction conference was held on the grounds of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the goal of bringing the latest abduction research to the attention of interested scientists, therapists, and others. It exposed divisions between researchers on the nature of abductions and brought questions about the scientific validity of their endeavors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

32 min
EPISODE 6

The Case of Emma Woods, Pt. 1

A New Zealand woman who goes by the pseudonym of Emma Woods worked closely with abduction researcher David Jacobs to try to understand the strange experiences she had been through. But her sessions with him would take a decidedly dark turn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

28 min
EPISODE 7

The Case of Emma Woods, Pt. 2

As Emma Woods continued to work with abduction researcher David Jacobs, her hypnosis sessions turned stranger and darker. Then, Jacobs introduced a conspiracy that he said put him and others in grave physical danger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

32 min
EPISODE 8

The Case of Emma Woods, Pt. 3

Emma Woods breaks off her contact with David Jacobs and tries to regain control over her life. David Jacobs responds to her allegations as she pushes Temple University to take action about his research conduct. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

32 min

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Toby Ball

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931 Ratings

Very well researched but….

10/07/2024

dbvaughn

I really enjoyed listening to all three seasons of this podcast, but I think the one big flaw is that he goes in as a pretty hardcore skeptic and never really strays from that close-minded view. Just like ufo believers, skeptics tend to cherry pick evidence to fit into their worldview. For example, he uses one clip from Diana Pasulka in the last episode to fit his narrative view, when in reality she has a much more open minded view about the subject. I think some evidence doesn’t always have an answer for either side of this and it isn’t necessary to make it fit into a certain view.
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Nov 6

Jabba the Kurtz

It keeps telling me that there are new episodes and there aren’t any.
Stuck between 3 and 4 starts

05/25/2023

comomalolo

The podcast is well produced, but the thing about Toby Ball is that you always know what kind of take he will have before he gets to it. He does’t really believe anything, which is fine, but there is no mystery here at all.
Great Show, however…

05/27/2024

Ursinedream

I have one issue and it’s with the Mothman episode. The alternatives being Cranes, Owls, ect. Are pretty ridiculous and were already debunked. There were a lot of things going on and all of the “rational” explanations fall extremely-almost embarrassingly short to the point where they seem more outlandish than the claims of seeing the creature itself. I would have preferred an alternate look to the claims rather than insultingly shallow attempts at debunking.

Welcome to Strange Arrivals, where host Toby Ball unravels history's most famous cases of extraterrestrial encounters. This season three, we look at UFO researchers who developed theories to explain the phenomenon and the consequences those theories had for people who believed they had experienced the paranormal.

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56
Seasons

3
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