Utsuro Bune: Ancient Japanese UFOs?

Even in the days of ubiquitous mobile devices, virtually everyone you know has some sort of access to a television. TV is a legendary success story, going from a tiny, unreliable, and expensive piece of pretty tech to an absolute 'must-have' for billions of people. Yet, as Ben, M ... Show More

According to the legend, the Jersey Devil was born to a Quaker named Mother Leeds in 1735 -- a hideous, deformed thing with wings, hooves and horns, it let out a blood-curdling scream after being born, and flew out the chimney and into the woods. For centuries since then, people ... Show More

As Ben, Matt, and Noel return from the high seas, they learn that a new plague may have broken out in Russia. Whistlebowers allege the CIA is searching genetic mapping companies for 'evidence of alien/human hybrid DNA'. A new kind of mega raptor is discovered in Europe. The rise ... Show More

Legend has it that a strange ship was sighted off the eastern coast of Japan in the early 19th Century. The account resembles some classic tales of Japanese folklore. But it also bears many of the hallmark signs of a UFO encounter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc ... Show More

In another chapter of our continuing mysteries of the sea theme, we deliver a truly baffling mystery involving a ship that was lost and found, which brought more questions than answers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>On a September night in 1961, in the mountains of New Hampshire, Betty and Barney Hill encountered something they could not explain. What really happened that autumn night? Welcome to <em>Strange Arrivals</em>, where host Toby Ball will unravel one of history's most famous cas ... Show More

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. 

<p>A mysterious woman washes ashore in 1800s England. She speaks an unknown language, yet still manages to share tales of her pirate-filled high sea adventures and noble lineage. Her story captivates the nation...until a figure from her past comes and ruins everything. Or does sh ... Show More

<p>Japan might not be the super futuristic place that people in other countries think it is... or is it? Check out this episode to find out!</p> 

We discuss various cryptids such as the Abarimon, a legendary race of humanoid beings. In 1975, a Japanese man captured a photograph of an Alien Cosmonaut. Airborne Frogman, a strange humanoid creature that many residents in New York spotted over 100 years ago. In 1978, a farmer ... Show More

<p>Some have speculated that Flight MH370 fell prey to Malaysia and Indonesia's own version of the Bermuda Triangle. The theory stems from a proposed connection with another equally haunting story, the disputed origin of which is almost as mysterious as the story itself... Featur ... Show More

<p>In 1959 and again in 1971—the heart of the Shōwa period—the crews of two Japanese ships encountered a pair of bizarre and utterly inexplicable sea-bound behemoths that seemed to have crawled out of a giant monster movie and into the real world.<span class="Apple-converted-spac ... Show More