By Tim Binnall
The JFK assassination, Ouija Boards, and contact with extraterrestrials were among the riveting realms explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. And, here at the C2C website, we told you about the legendary Endeavor shipwreck being discovered at last, a sacred Japanese stone that mysteriously split in half, and a series of truly bizarre smuggling busts made by border patrol agents. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
The remarkable history of the Ouija Board was explored on Monday night's program as experts and collectors Bob Murch and Rick Schreck detailed the legacy of the mysterious device that some believe can be used to talk to the 'other side.' They recounted how, in the 19th century, the spiritualist community made use of similar 'talking boards' that eventually gave rise to the now-iconic Ouija. It was often marketed as a toy, they explained, because, in that era, death was far more prevalent and, as such, the concept of attempting to talk to a departed loved one was actually fairly normal. During their appearance, the duo also shared several 'Ouijastitions' which have grown around the board, such as to never use it in a graveyard and to always say 'goodbye' upon finishing a session.
This past week saw a rather eerie story emerge out of Japan, where a sacred rock said to be something of a prison for a sinister spirit suddenly split in half. Legend has it that Sessho-seki, or the 'killing stone,' is the transformed remains of a mystical nine-tailed fox that had inhabited the body of a woman who was caught plotting against Japan's emperor nearly a century ago. In modern times, a specific rock on the country's Mount Nasu has been believed to be the 'killing stone' in question and, in turn, it's become a popular tourist attraction. However, those days may be over as visitors to the site last weekend were stunned to see Sessho-seki sitting in two pieces on the ground. Officials say that cracks formed in the rock long ago caused the break, which we hope is the case since the alternative explanation is that the nine-tailed fox has been set loose upon the world again.
For nearly six decades, questions have swirled around curious aspects of the JFK assassination and, on Wednesday night's program, award-winning director Oliver Stone and author Jim DiEugenio talked about their new documentary which delves into that infamous day in Dallas. They indicated that the film examines lesser-known incidents involving attempts on Kennedy's life as well as their revelatory research into JFK's post-assassination medical records. The pair also mused about how the war in Vietnam may have had a hand in the plot to kill Kennedy and Stone reflected on how his 1991 film JFK revived interest in the case from both the pubic and the media, though the director expressed disappointment that the movie did not result in a renewed investigation into JFK's untimely death.
In a story which should give hope to anyone who has wished for answers to longstanding and iconic mysteries, a team of researchers announced this week that they had finally located explorer Ernest Shackleton's lost vessel Endurance, which had seemingly sunk into oblivion off the coast of Antarctica over a century ago. The subject of several searches over the last few years, the 1915 shipwreck had proven to be rather elusive until the group 'Endurance22' managed to not only locate it last month. In announcing the landmark find, they marveled at how the frigid waters kept the vessel incredibly well preserved to the point that its name can still be seen emblazoned on the stern of the ship.
A fascinating tale of possible extraterrestrial communication took center stage on Tuesday night's program as cosmic channeler Lily Nova shared her story of experiencing repeated visitations and visions from UFOs and otherworldly beings over the last two years. She explained that it all began with the start of the pandemic and a newfound interest in taking pictures of the stars. However her hobby took an unexpected turn, Nova recalled, when she had a close encounter with a UFO one evening while taking photos. Since that time, she claims that she has been visited by perplexing craft of varying size and has actually begun receiving telepathic messages from beings, specifically a bald blue-skinned woman, ostensibly behind the baffling flying objects.
Bizarre border busts made big news this past week by way of two very weird stories, beginning with an arrest at the US-Mexico crossing in San Diego where officers stopped a man who was trying to sneak into the country with a whopping 43 horned lizards and nine snakes hidden away in plastic bags distributed throughout his clothing. Meanwhile, at multiple ports of entry over the span of just three days, police put a stop to people attempting to smuggle bologna, of all things, across the border. Lest one think these were small incidents, authorities say that the two busts led to the seizure of a staggering 230 pounds of the deli meat.
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