By Tim Binnall
The sounds of Sasquatch, Dorothy Kilgallen's curious demise, and the Apollo mission which gave us the legendary 'Earthrise' image were among the fascinating topics explored on Coast to Coast AM this past week. And here at the C2C website, we likely closed the book on a pair of mysteries, discovered the truth about a 'creature carcass' that had everyone guessing earlier this year, and learned about a woman tormented by a truly creepy recording. Check out our round-up of C2C highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
The mysterious death of renowned reporter Dorothy Kilgallen back in 1965 has long raised the eyebrows of conspiracy theorists and the case has seen renewed attention in recent years thanks to the work of investigative journalist Mark Shaw. He returned to the program on Wednesday night to provide an update on his work looking into the strangeness surrounding Kilgallen's passing. Shaw asserted that her death due to barbiturates was "staged" and he suggested that the forces behind JFK's assassination may have also had a hand in her death.
The short-lived mystery of the sudden evacuation and closure of the National Solar Observatory in New Mexico seemingly came to a close this week when the facility reopened. The organization that runs the site also released a statement saying that the odd incident involved a "criminal investigation" of the human variety and not anything involving aliens. Another mystery may have also been solved across the Atlantic as authorities in England announced that the suspected 'Croydon Cat Killer,' believed to be responsible for hundred of felines deaths over the last three years, was probably just a fox.
This coming December will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 moon mission, an event which is often overlooked due to the sensational nature of its successors, yet was culturally significant in its own right. On Thursday night's program, space historian Robert Zimmerman provided a fascinating recounting of the 1968 journey that took place on Christmas Eve of that year and captivated the country. Reflecting on how Apollo 8 influenced the world, he noted that this was the mission which produced the iconic 'Earthrise' image.
A fantastic story from a few months ago made headlines again this week in a disappointing fashion as the 'creature carcass' discovered on a beach in Georgia back in March was revealed to be the work of an artist. 'Zardulu' stepped forward to take credit for the Nessie-looking remains which, she says, were fashioned out of a dead shark and some paper mache. Although we're admittedly crestfallen that the 'creature' turned out to be a hoax, the artist did say that it was an homage, of sorts, to the area's resident 'monster,' the Altamaha-ha, which can be appreciated.
While purported photos and videos of Bigfoot are rather plentiful, albeit often blurry, possible sounds made by the creature are considerably rarer. That said, Coast listeners may have gotten an aural glimpse of the famed cryptid by way of researcher Ron Morehead's appearance on the program this past Sunday night. The Bigfoot expert shared some amazing audio recordings believed to have come from Sasquatch and detailed how experts who listened to the tapes noticed peculiarities that don't seem to match any known animal sounds.
Speaking of strange sounds, of all the stories we covered this week, the one that most made our hair stand on end was the tale of the woman in England who was tormented for an entire year by an eerie recording of children singing a nursery rhyme that was playing from somewhere outside her home. It's hard to imagine how unsettling it would be to wake up to that sound night after night and not know where it was coming from nor what, exactly, its purpose was. Fortunately, she finally found relief after its origin was determined and, in keeping with the creepy nature of the case, it wound up being connected to spiders.
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