Do Geese See God

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

  1. 4d ago

    No Brain. No Blood. No Organs. The Real Walking Dead: Cotard's Syndrome

    Only a few Small and Medium T-shirts left! What if you were completely convinced that you were already dead? In the late 1800s, French neurologist Jules Cotard documented patients who believed they had no organs, no blood, no brain, or even a soul. Some believed they had never existed at all. Others thought they were immortal, eternally damned, or trapped somewhere between life and death. Today, this rare phenomenon is known as Cotard’s syndrome, AKA the “Walking Corpse” or the “Walking Dead” syndrome. In this episode of DGSG, we explore the strange and deeply unsettling history of this condition. We’ll hear about people who refused food because they believed they were dead, patients who believed their bodies had disappeared, and the disturbing religious delusions that accompany the syndrome. We then jump into the modern world of psychiatry and what has been learned about Cotard’s delusion and why some researchers believe these seemingly impossible beliefs might actually be attempts to rationalize profoundly altered experiences of the self and reality. We’ll also explore modern cases, including first-person accounts, and examine modern treatments such as medication and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). 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.

  2. Sep 29

    Her Dream Became Reality: The Aberfan Disaster

    Only 13 shirts in stock (S,M,L) when this episode went live! On October 21, 1966, a 111-foot coal-waste spoil tip collapsed on the Welsh village of Aberfan. The slurry engulfed several homes and the Pantglas Junior School, a tragedy that would create a cultural grief lasting decades. Beyond the tragedy, what shocked many was the number of alleged premonitions about the Aberfan disaster before it happened. One came from 10-year-old Eryl Mai Jones, who told her mother a night before the disaster that she had dreamed of the school being destroyed. Several more came forward with their unique premonitions of the Aberfan Disaster, to the point that psychiatrist John Barker opened the British Premonitions Bureau. Fully convinced they could use this information to avert future disasters, he and his team began collecting specific predictions before tragic events occurred. Two people, Kathleen Middleton and Alan Hencher, became the bureau’s “stars” after making astonishing predictions about plane crashes, RFK’s assassination, floods, earthquakes, and disasters involving astronauts. But were all of these legitimate? How much of them were coincidences, results of confirmation bias, or vague guesses? Or is there a hidden truth connected to these premonitions? Some researchers suggest they are very real… but it’s not as paranormal as we might think. 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. Sep 22

    A 7-Foot Clown Lured Two Children Into a Windowless Hut: Sam the Sandown Clown

    T-shirts (a few S,M,L left) ⁠Patreon⁠ ⁠Deep in the marshlands of the Isle of Wight, a 7-foot creature with a paper-white face, triangular eyes, and a colorful patchwork costume lured two children to his hut in 1973 — and what happened next became one of Britain's most famous cryptid legends.This is the bizarre story of "Sam the Sandown Clown" (aka All Colors Sam). It all started with a 1973 encounter and its obscure 1978 BUFORA write-up. Then it evolved into a wild string of "return" sightings through the 1980s, where Sam allegedly predicted real-world events. And finally, to a 2025 update that reignited the legend online. We trace that sudden shift in folklore, especially after the 2016 Clown Panic, while unpacking the psychology and history behind coulrophobia (the fear of clowns), and explore cryptid theories ranging from interdimensional beings, Isle of Wight Festival drifters, and a Ringo Starr prank gone wrong. 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. Sep 15

    They Called Her a ‘Chemical Weapon.’ No One Could Explain It: Gloria Ramirez

    A few shirts left! A 31-year-old mother is rushed into Riverside Hospital. The staff is alarmed by unusual smells and an oily sheen found on her body. Within minutes, nurses and doctors collapse to the floor, sending the entire ER into a frenzy. The entire floor is evacuated during one of the strangest and most-disputed medical mysteries of the modern era. This is the unexplained case of Gloria Ramirez, a woman labeled as “the Toxic Lady,” after officials tried to explain what happened in the hospital that night by suggesting that her body was somehow producing a chemical weapon. Other professionals claimed mass hysteria. Yet the family claimed that the hospital was trying to cover up a documented history of toxic gas violations in the hospital. Three delayed autopsies, sexism in healthcare, suspicious violations by the hospital, and conflicting eyewitness accounts created the most complex mystery of the 90s.  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. Sep 8

    They Sent Government Agents to Silence Him After Finding an Endless Void: Mel's Hole

    T-SHIRTS (Available only in the Contiguous 48 US states and D.C.) Elaine Page Art Elaine's Instagram The enigmatic Mel Waters calls into a late-night radio show in 1997. He says there’s a hole on his Washington property that has no bottom. It swallows everything, including appliances, cow carcasses, and thousands of feet of fishing line that Mel uses to try to find the end. Dogs won’t go within 100 feet. Birds won't perch near its edge. One day, an odd coin appears in the dirt nearby, and a beam of darkness can be seen emanating from the hole at night. Soon, seedy government agents appear at Mel’s Hole. They cause him nothing but trouble as he tries to unlock the mystery of this ominous, bottomless pit. His increasingly bizarre journey continues over the course of five years. So in this episode, we try to uncover what exactly is true about Mel's Hole despite the seemingly impossible claims. 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

  6. Sep 1

    A Cult Gave Birth to a God-Machine: James Murray Spear

    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

  7. Aug 25

    They Ate Raw Mystery Meat That Fell from the Sky: The Kentucky Meat Shower

    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.

  8. Aug 18

    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

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A palindrome-turned podcast of bizarrities, mysteries, the paranormal, 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
    28
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Austin Lee
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    Do Geese See God

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