Strangeness in America

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Date:	09-12-06
Host:	George Noory
Guests:	Robert Schneck, Joyce Riley

Robert Schneck, America's historian of the strange, made his debut on the show. The author of The President's Vampire(1) shared bizarre true stories that he's researched and collected. Among the incidents and accounts:

• A massive dark shape appeared outside the window of serial killer Charles Starkweather.
• Hysteria in Baltimore in 1951 over a tall thin figure making impossible leaps over rooftops (the case resembled the UK's Spring Heeled Jack).
• Phantom invaders in Gloucester, MA in 1692 (around the time of the Salem Witch Trials).
• Five young men who disappeared from Newark, NJ without a trace.
• The shooting of Everett Turley that was mistakenly blamed on a Ouija board.
• A minister in St. Louis who preached good health by leading his followers, the "Samaritans," to drink human blood.

Theories to explain some of the more mysterious or paranormal cases often tell us more about ourselves than the nature of the strange incidents, said Schneck, who pointed out that while many reports might involve mistakes, hoaxes and delusions, a certain percentage remain genuinely anomalous.

1. http://www.anomalistbooks.com/schneck.html

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'The God Machine'

One of the tales Robert Schneck has researched concerns a strange contraption he calls 'The God Machine,' built in the 1850's. Click here(1) to view illustrations and further details. 1. http://archive.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page1632.html?theme=light

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Bumper music from Tuesday September 12, 2006

1.	Back in Time Huey Lewis & the News	2.	Everybody's Talkin' Nilsson	3.	Fly Like an Eagle Steve Miller Band
4.	Inca Dance Cusco	5.	It Ain't Me, Babe Johnny Cash	6.	Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder
7.	Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder	8.	Ninety Nine Toto	9.	Stand By Me Ben E. King
10.	Stand By Me John Lennon	11.	Thank You for Being a Friend Andrew Gold	12.	Whiter Shade of Pale Annie Lennox
13.	Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum	14.	It's Just a Matter of Time Brook Benton	15.	The Longest Time Billy Joel
16.	Every Time I Think of You The Babys	17.	Time and Tide Basia	18.	Time Passages Al Stewart