We return to the studio for the start of a new season with tales of doom, robots, and the mystery of time.
Dr Rita Louise also joins us for a discussion on the connections between ancient mythology across world cultures and what they may tell us about our human origins.
After discussing odd Google searches in the ‘Hour of the Wolf’, and the mutated genes of ‘short sleepers’, we discuss the subliminal masterminds of the 1980s and one man’s crazed attempts to expose their symbology.
We then move to the extremes of the human experience and the medical breakthroughs that have followed along with a Dutch man’s delicious octopoid encounter.
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With the new images of Pluto dominating the headlines we decide to look at the absurd conspiracies of holograms and plutonian pyramids that have already emerged.
We also investigate history’s most eccentric people, Australia’s black mountain of doom, and the search for the illusive “Canadian Jesus”.
Best selling author Robert Kurson joins us this week to discuss his new book Pirate Hunters, a new adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and the search for a legendary pirate ship.
We also include the latest on SETIs new funding, MoD cover ups, and 17th century French psychic radar.
David and Ben Paulides join us to discuss their upcoming documentary on David’s Missing 411 research.
The work chronicles children, adults and the elderly who have disappeared, sometimes in the presence of friends and relatives. As Search and Rescue personnel exhaust leads and places to search, relatives start to believe kidnappings and abductions have occurred. The new film seeks answers to these strange unsolved disappearances of thousands of visitors in America’s national parks and forests
After a discussion on the proposed drone “superhighway”, the confirmation of the existence of ECHELON, and how drinking 28 Redbulls a day might not be the smartest dietary choice, we examine the new scientific field of plant neurobiology and the questions it raises about plant consciousness.
In the later part of the show we then switch gears to cover heart stealing dwarves, gnome abductions, and X-Games Exorcisms.
After Aaron entertains himself with Ben’s recent misfortune we examine new advances in Xenotransplants, pig hybrids, and one man’s quest to be accepted as alpha goat.
We then investigate recent reports of ‘Ghost fliers’ in the UK and unravel decades of eerie phenomenon reported on the moors, all before discovering the underground community of xenomeliacs in our Plus+ extension.
With the FDA’s approval of the new ‘Female Viagra’ we look at one urologist’s profound erectile discovery in the 1980s before investigating the hidden benefits of being bad.
We then examine history’s lost sports with Fox Tossing, Octopus wrestling and Hot Cockles. Plus+ members then get the full John Keel experience as we look at more of his investigations into high strangeness.
We continue our unravelling of the strange mysteries of the mind this week as psychologist Dr. Richard Stephens joins us to discuss the hidden benefits of being bad from his new book Black Sheep.
We then look at extreme cases of OCD and discover why sleeping with a sexsomniac can be a dangerous game.
Australian film maker Don Meers joins us on this episode to discuss his upcoming documentary ‘Australian Skies’.
The documentary follows controversial ufologist Damien Nott, a photographic contactee who claims to have the biggest collection of photos and videos of unidentified objects in the world.
We also feature mind bending tales of panpsychism and the latest in ‘doom porn’ predictions for the month of September.
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We begin with coverage of the latest in VR promises, psychedelic mishaps, and mounting evidence of the impending September stock market collapse/apocalypse/rapture/wave X/ascension/duck event.
We then move to the latest collection of M.I.B encounters, high strangeness, and a look at shape shifters and shamans from Iroquois folklore.
Veteran UFO researcher Dr. David Jacobs joins us this week with chilling insights into a possible alien agenda from his new book ‘Walking Among Us‘.
Jacobs claims that the incidents of alien abductions have accelerated, as have occurrences of alien involvement in everyday human life. A silent and insidious invasion has begun
We also include Japanese Men in Black, September Wave X updates, and the ripples of time in our Plus+ extension.
After the shock of surviving the rapture wears off we investigate the medical value of hugs, why clowns are effective IVF treatments, and the new field of sleep hacking.
We then look at the dangers of apocalyptic predictions when violent cults get involved before throwing a smorgasbord of different books at the studio wall to see what sticks.
This week we reveal the interplay between Hollywood’s UFO movies and the UFO phenomenon with Silver Screen Saucers author Robbie Graham.
Graham’s work is a close up examination of what shapes our perceptions of the UFO mystery and whether UFO stories are just fever dreams from LA screenwriters or sprung from something more tangible.
We also look at new research from Annie Jacobsen and the disturbing future of artificially intelligent weapons systems.
The long awaited sequel to 1995’s best seller ‘Fingerprints of the Gods’ is here and author Graham Hancock joins us to reveal new evidence of an ancient prehistoric civilisation that was destroyed and lost to time.
According to Hancock the few survivors travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark of civilisation burning. Everywhere they went these ‘Magicians of the Gods’ brought with them the memory of a time when mankind had fallen out of harmony with the universe and paid a heavy price.
Hysteria and Paranoia feature heavily on this episode as we look at the history of popular delusions, medieval conspiracy theories, and the watchful eye of big brother.
We then introduce a new addition to MU with tales of unseen intruders and the wonders of the dreamatorium.
Historian Thomas Hatsis joins us this week to reveal the secret history of psychedelic magic with his new book ‘The Witches’ Ointment’.
Exploring the untold history of the witches’ ointment and medieval hallucinogen use, Hatsis reveals how the Church transformed folk drug practices, specifically entheogenic ones, into satanic experiences.
We also feature the latest in biotech news, dimensional jumping, and the Mandela effect.
We add an Australian twist to this year’s Halloween show with tales of odd outback encounters, native myths that morph into urban legends, and the return of the Pilliga princess.
Bobby Cosmos then reports in from Blood Manor in NYC before we investigate the psychic abilities of Peruvian shaman.
With time travel in the headlines this week we examine the Trans Dimensional Resonator device, future visions of killer nano-bots, and the magic lucky cactus.
We then entertain extreme experiences of Shamanism with ‘Cave and the Cosmos’, mediumship in Iceland, and the case of the mystical monk of Best Buy.
Author and retired Police captain Robert Snow joins us this week to share his eye opening past life regression and his investigation of the former identity it revealed.
Setting out with the intention of disproving reincarnation Robert instead found corroboration from multiple sources revealing solid evidence that he lived a former life as a nineteenth-century American artist.
We also feature space warfare, Australia’s ancient stonehenge mystery, and future crime profiling.
This week we experience sensory deprivation at the Sydney Float Centre and compare notes with the legendary John C. Lilly and his Ketamine dreams.
We then move to secret societies and lost Sumerian technologies in our Plus+ extension before scouting the latest talent in Light Language Activations.
This week we examine the new book ‘Remote Viewing UFOs and The Visitors’ and author Tunde Atunrase’s challenge to former Army Intelligence remote viewer Joe McMoneagle.
McMoneagle is given double blind targets of some of history’s greatest UFO mysteries, including the JAL flight 1628 incident and the abduction of Travis Walton. What new information will one of the world’s greatest remote viewers be able to tell us about these classic cases?
Also featured is LSD micro dosing, cloning in China, and bizarre UFO encounters in Africa.
Author and Science journalist Matt Kaplan give us a a definitive look into the elements of mystical places and magical objects from ancient history, mythology, and contemporary culture.
From Viking Berserkers to the Egyptian cult of Horus, Matt takes us across cultures and time periods to point out that there is often much more to these enduring magical narratives than mere fantasy.
We also feature Anthony Peake’s unique video game analogy for the universe, reincarnation encounters in the psychotherapy chair, and light language techno remixes.
For our final show of the year we answer your questions and calls while looking back on our favourite moments of 2015.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone here at Mysterious Universe. Thank you for making 2015 another hugely successful year for the show. Your support is the best gift we could ever ask for!
We’ll be back soon in 2016 for a fresh new season of podcasts.