By Tim Binnall
The study of facial features, the infamous Zodiac Killer, and electromagnetic dangers were among the fascinating topics explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. Meanwhile, here at the C2C website, we told you about a trio of intriguing UFO photos, a modern-day Kentucky meat shower, and misbehaving mystics in trouble with the law. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
The infamous Zodiac Killer case was revisited on Thursday night's program as author Eddie McNamara put forward the intriguing argument that the grisly crimes may not have been perpetrated by one individual. Noting that there was no hard evidence linking the crimes attributed to the serial killer together, he posited that the murders may have been the work of four different people who had their misdeeds lumped together by confounded authorities. McNamara also discussed aspects of the notorious Zodiac letters that make them rather suspect and why he does not believe that a Charlie Manson-type cult was responsible for the slayings.
Misbehaving mystics found their way into the news this past week by way of two separate cases. First, a TikTok tarot reader was ordered to pay a staggering $10 million in damages to a college professor whom she had repeatedly accused of being behind the 2022 University of Idaho quadruple murder. One can only hope that the judgment will serve as a lesson to online sleuths and true crime content creators, who are often quick to speculate about suspects. Later in the week, a trio of Ukrainian 'clairvoyants' were arrested for a particularly cruel series of schemes wherein they bilked war widows out of thousands of dollars with claims that they could bring back their lost husbands.
Electromagnetic dangers were a hot topic of conversation this past week on Coast to Coast AM, with two separate programs exploring the topic from different perspectives. First, on Sunday night's program, historian William R. Forstchen talked about the chaos that could be unleashed by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, including the decimation of our electrical grid, which would lead to widespread technical failures across the country. On Monday night's program, Daniel DeBaun, an expert in electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation, struck a similarly worrisome note about the health risks that may arise from our increasingly connected world rife with a litany of devices.
A pair of fantastic festivals celebrating strange history made headlines this past week, beginning with a gathering in Kentucky to commemorate the 150th anniversary of a legendary event wherein meat mysteriously rained down from the sky. To mark the momentous occasion, a small plane soared over the event and dropped approximately 1,800 plastic-wrapped beef sticks on the crowd of hundreds of revelers. Meanwhile, a town in Ohio is gearing up for its own unique celebration this weekend as the community of Loveland prepares for the fourth annual Frogman Festival, honoring a legendary creature spotted in the area on several occasions over the years.
Physiognomy, or the study of facial features, took center stage on Saturday night's program as Taylor G. Northcutt discussed his work using the mysterious ancient practice. He dismissed archaic claims that one can infer intelligence, moral character, or an individual's future from their visage, but did assert that one can discern personality types from the overall gestalt of the face. To that end, he detailed the concept of morphopsychology, which posits that particular patterns in facial structures can be found in cultures around the world and carry with them specific traits such as leadership or sensitivity.
Three peculiar pictures featuring puzzling aerial anomalies caught our eye this past week. First, a British family checking their vacation photos was left scratching their heads when they spotted a bizarre gray shape soaring through the sky behind them in one of the images. Later in the week, NASA's Curiosity Rover got in on the act when it snapped a picture of the Martian horizon and seemingly captured a UFO over the terrain. Finally, a British man revealed a pair of photos of what he claimed was a flying saucer seen hovering over a river before vanishing with a mysterious 'pop' that leaves one to suspect it may have been a balloon.
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