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Birmingham, England - 18th April 1985: 17-year-old Marion Terry responds to a job listing, and within hours she is found dead under bizarre circumstances in the home of amateur filmmaker Geoffrey Jones. The tragedy would trigger a minor media frenzy, plumb the depths of one man's macabre obsessions, and fuel even darker rumours of snuff rings and murder-for-media... Support Talking Till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com This episode contains discussion of topics which some listeners may find distressing. Samaritans support network (UK): 116 123 Distress & Lifeline (USA): 1800 273 8255

Croglin, northwest England: A legend looms over this remote Cumbrian village. A harrowing tale of desecrated tombs, sinister intruders, and bloodsucking terror.  One of a very few examples of the vampire in pre-20th Century English folklore, the "Cumberland Phenomenon" is usually presented as a true event... but how much truth does it actually hold? Diving deep into the history and literature of the case, Mike and Martin aim to find out. Support Talking Till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com This episode contains discussion of topics which some listeners may find distressing. Samaritans support network (UK): 116 123 Distress &  Lifeline (USA): 1800 273 8255            

We conclude our exploration of the infamous Paisley Witch case of the late 17th Century, examining the horrific details of the trial and subsequent executions, as well as the cultural -- and some say supernatural -- aftershocks that resonate to this day. Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com This episode contains discussion of topics which some listeners may find distressing. Samaritans support network (UK): 116 123   Distress &  Lifeline (USA): 1800 273 8255

Mike and Martin take a look at one of the more obscure monsters of Scottish folklore: the Earth Hound, a mysterious burrowing animal reputed to inhabit graveyards and feast on the bodies of the dead... Support Talking Till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com

In January 1909, a wave of winged terror swept New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania. Sightings abounded of a strange, flying creature marauding its way through the settlements of the Delaware River and down to the Atlantic coast, menacing townspeople, attacking pets, and leaving impossible prints in the snow... Something strange had emerged from the wild Pine Barrens at the heart of New Jersey, something out of the mists of myth and history... Martin and Mike reach back into those mists to uncover the tangled tale of folklore, religious heresy, slander and superstition behind the legend of the Jersey Devil. Support Talking Till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com

Just a wee update for your lovely ears. Did that sound sinister? It wasn't meant to. I promise.

In myths and legends across Europe -- and beyond -- one strange scenario plays out time and time again: a spectral horde thundering across the night sky, pursuing otherworldly prey, or clamouring for battle. Monstrous creatures, werewolves, trolls, old gods and fairy folk. Their arrival foretelling war or natural disaster... the terrifying procession known as the Wild Hunt. In this special Christmas episode, we explore appearances of the Wild Hunt in legend and history, seek out its possible origins, and examine its unseen influence on modern Christmas celebrations. (The final part of The Paisley Witches will debut in January)  Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com

In 1697, the Scottish town of Paisley found itself in the grip of a witchcraft hysteria that echoed the infamous witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts four years earlier. Mike and Martin delve into the bloody and tragic details surrounding the case of the Paisley Witches. Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com This episode contains discussion of topics which some listeners may find distressing. Samaritans support network (UK): 116 123   Distress &  Lifeline (USA): 1800 273 8255

On a winter's morning in 2005, the dead body of Annie Börjesson was discovered on Prestwick beach in Scotland. The police quickly ruled her death a suicide, but on return to her native Sweden, a series of forensic clues and strange coincidences were noted that cast troubling doubts on the conclusions of the Scottish authorities, and exposed a web of sinister connections encompassing a predatory impostor, clandestine operations, and CIA torture flights... Did Annie take her own life, or was she murdered? And why?  Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com This episode contains discussion of murder and suicide, which some listeners may find distressing.   Samaritans support network (UK): 116 123   Distress &  Lifeline (USA): 1800 273 8255   References: Unsolved Mysteries: The Death and Intrigue of Annie Börjesson The Mysterious Life and Death of Annie Borjesson

September 12th 1952: After a flurry of UFO sightings, a bright light streaks across the skies of Braxton County, West Virginia, coming to Earth on a hillside near the village of Flatwoods. Witnesses set out to investigate... and experience a terrifying encounter quite unlike anything else in the annals of the weird. An alien monster, an extraterrestrial robot, a bizarre military psy-op... or the world's scariest owl? Mike and Martin discuss. Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com References: The Braxton County Monster, by Frank Feschino Shoot Them Down, by Frank Feschino Flying Saucers from the Kremlin, by Nick Redfern

Some time in 1984, a music-loving teenager recorded an unknown song from German radio onto a cassette tape. Little did he know this simple act would spark a decades-long search, and draw thousands of people into the enigma of what would become known as The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet. Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com Resources: Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGf4liO-KQ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMysteriousSong/ Spreadsheet of TMS leads: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WDtZaXuQ-XadFgS2ah0mC0lzB_xcCC6-uolcHECxi0k/edit#gid=0   Statues in Motion album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ska4lkFMTM4

Mike and Martin review and discuss the recently-released "Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" from the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence... a fascinating document detailing the findings of a special investigation into Unidentified Fl-- ahem, I mean "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" encountered by the US Navy and other branches of the armed forces. For more special bonus content like this, consider supporting Talking Till on Patreon: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Read the document: https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf

In the second of a two-parter, we dig deeper into the crimes of the World's End serial killer, Angus Sinclair.  His victims, his background, his accomplices, the chilling mysteries of his 1970s crime spree, his lasting impact on the Scottish criminal justice system, his final trial where justice for the victims of the World's End murders hung in the balance... and the stunning forensic discovery that changed everything... Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn This episode contains discussion of murder and sexual assault, which some listeners may find distressing. Samaritans support network (UK): 116 123 Distress & Lifeline (USA): 1800 273 825

The World's End Murders -- an apt name for such an appalling crime -- rattled the city of Edinburgh in October 1977.   Helen Scott and Christine Eadie, two bright, fun-loving 17-year-olds, disappeared from a busy pub in the heart of the city. The following day, miles away in East Lothian, their bodies were found strangled and coldly discarded. The girls had last been seen in the company of two unknown men…   So began a true crime mystery, and a search for justice that would span forty years. A search that would finally bring to light a hidden, twisting trail of death and misery left in the wake of one man... a serial killer whose catalogue of crimes had gone little noticed and unconnected for decades…   Website: talkingtilldawn.com   Twitter: @TalkingTill   Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com   Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn   This episode contains discussion of murder and sexual assault, which some listeners may find distressing.   Samaritans support network (UK): 116 123   Distress & Lifeline (USA): 1800 273 8255

The Writers' Mythos podcast: https://spoti.fi/3fWB9Kv FitzBeanHappenin' podcast interview: https://spoti.fi/3yS2cz9 Mike and Martin discuss several ghoulish urban folk tales that turned out to have a disturbing kernel of truth at the heart of the myth. Sewer Gator video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd_Wp... Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill

9th November 1979 began as an ordinary working day for Robert Taylor, a forestry worker for the Livingston Development Corporation. But a routine visit to a plantation near the M8 motorway led to a surreal, terrifying, life-changing encounter with the unknown... Mike and Martin examine the facts and theories around perhaps the strangest case in Scottish UFO lore; an incident that would become the only alleged alien encounter to result in a criminal investigation. Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn

Talking till Dawn investigates the horrifying medical mystery of Tarrare, an 18th Century showman, thief, and spy... a man cursed with eating habits that were almost beyond human imagination... Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn This episode contains discussion of murder and eating disorders, which some listeners may find distressing. Samaritans support network (UK): 116 123 Distress & Lifeline (USA): 1800 273 8255

From the half-shark, half-octopus Lusca of the Bahamian blue holes... to the tragic tale of the Pensacola monster... to the 19th Century oddities of the Cape Ann sea serpent... and the obscure man-eating horror of the monster of Serrana Cay, Mike and Martin continue their foray into the darkest depths of sea serpent and sea monster lore. Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn

Mike and Martin dive deep to explore the facts and folklore surrounding accounts of giant sea monster attacks. In the first episode of a two-parter, we examine the supposedly true story of a sea serpent assaulting a World War I U-boat, the case of an American warship damaged by an unknown beast, and the truth about the legendary Giant Squid and its even more terrifying cousin... the Colossal Squid. Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn

December 29th, 1980: On a back road outside Houston, Texas, three people had a terrifying close encounter with a huge UFO and a fleet of mystery helicopters. These witnesses later suffered unexplained sunburn, vomiting, hair loss, and a range of physical symptoms likened to the effects of radiation poisoning... effects that would result in a civil court case against the United States Air Force... On the surface, the experience of Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum and Colby Landrum (sometimes called the Piney-Woods Incident) is one of the most well-documented and convincing UFO cases of the 20th Century. But is everything as it seems? Mike and Martin investigate. Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn   Further reading/sources: Unsolved Mysteries on the Texas UFO case BlueBlurryLines Blog Transcript of the Bergstrom AFB interview Brad Sparks's analysis of the "radiation sickness" symptoms  Brian Dunning on the Cash-Landrum incident Skeptical Enquirer article (Robert Sheaffer)