Our Hidden History
The first aerial photograph was taken in 1858 from a Parisian hot air balloon. Today, archaeologists seek hidden ancient ruins with drones. It would take thousands of Indiana Jones(es) to process and analyze of the massive amounts of satellite, GIS, thermal, LIDAR, and historical archaeological data researchers use and cross-reference. Indy didn't have AI, but we do. Buried Kiva In 2014, archaeologists surveyed an ancient Ancestral Puebloan site in New […]
What’s the difference between St. Joan of Arc’s visions of St. Michael and a schizophrenic who hears angelic voices? In Western culture, one is sainthood; the other, psychosis. Why the difference? La Pucelle First, some history. Joan of Arc (1412-1431; aka Jeanne d’Arc in her native France) - was branded a witch and burned at the stake before she was named a saint. Her heavenly visions, battles, trial, execution, and […]
Hold on to your tinfoil hats, folks. Researcher Caroline Swiger data-crunched decades of sightings into multiple charts with extensive background citations. It is staggering - and the most impactful UFO-related data summary and analysis we may have seen to date: Unidentified: 30 Years of UFO Sightings Here's a legendary, real-time eyewitness expose of Area 51 - was it a prank, or a frightening, real experience? You decide: Do you have […]
Santa, it seems, can be kinda scary. * The happiest time of the year isn't happy for everyone. Holiday Shakes If enough people fear a thing, we invent a word to describe it. Christmas has its own laundry list: Christougenniatikophobia: fear of Christmas Syngenesophobia: fear of family / family gatherings Heortophobia: fear of celebrating events Ghabhphobia: fear of receiving gifts Pediophobia: fear of lifelike dolls or toys (Annabelle, anyone?) Selaphobia: […]
‘Tis the season for tons of articles and recommendations about “the perfect gift.” We gathered up a bunch of Santa's DMT Elves from the corners of the Fringe offices and asked them for recommendations. The Facebook elves beat us to the punch this week. One of my clean-living family members was surprised when a vibrating cock ring showed up in his Facebook feed. I didn’t believe him until I saw […]
For the final episode of 2022, I am pleased to announce that both Joe Rupe and Tippy Patson are back! If you missed Tippy's last appearance on Episode #14 of Black Hoodie Alchemy, he's a strange yet affable redneck from Defuniak Springs, Florida that is absolutely and totally a real person. You can listen to Episode #30 right here! He and his cohorts (a group of rednecks that […]
The Fringe.FM News Desk comes across weird, unique, and interesting stories every single day. Most end up in our virtual "junk drawer," rattling around until we either use them or go all konmari on the mess. Some are too good for the dustbin, though - so welcome to the 1st edition of "Random Fringe!" This Week's Grab Bag of Completely Unrelated Randomness: Biopiracy: How companies are buying up nature […]
A first-millennium family of mice. Mysterious, ancient monoliths on a windswept, chilly island. Their separate discoveries overturned centuries of established history. Megaliths For hundreds of years, historians thought the Azores were discovered by the Portuguese in the 1400s. A remote and difficult to reach archipelago of 9 islands in the North Atlantic, they appeared to be completely uninhabited. Over the last decade, Dr. Felix Rodrigues has documented megalithic and […]
This week Miguel Conner and his cohort ol' Moondog join me from Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio! These guys are veterans of the game -- life, esoteric study and practice, even broadcast -- and I am always eager to have a conversation with them. And while this episode is being released on Halloween, and the holiday will be mentioned here and there, don't be discouraged to listen to this any time […]
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