The Mind's Eye show

Returning guest, Bob Drury brings you right into the thick of the clash that became one of the bloodiest and most costly encounters of World War II. “Rudder's Rangers,” the most elite and experienced attack unit in the United States Army climbed the cliffs at Omaha Beach, captured the port of Brest, and for their final major mission were tasked with taking the war into Hitler's homeland as the tip of the Army's spearhead. The battalion was given two objectives in December 1944. Storm Castle Hill located in the hellish Hurtgen Forest, the gateway to Germany, and hold the hill by any means possible. To the last man, if necessary. Unknown to the Allied forces, the Nazi regiments were given the same exact order. Based on the book The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle that Defined WWII.     

Daniel Duke, great-great-grandson of notorious outlaw Jesse James returns to the show to reveal that his infamous relative and other well known outlaws like Billy the Kid were part of a centuries-old clandestine operation with a shocking agenda. Drawing on his famous ancestor's secret diaries, Duke unravels the evidence featured in his book Secret History of the Wild West, and exposes the outlaws, politicians, and secret societies pulling the strings behind scenes.

Stephen King's dead body of work stands the test of time, but the man and the mind behind the books is even more interesting. Bev Vincent, friend and working collaborator with the best-selling author, shares personal stories about King's life, and the events, people, and places that inspired the novels. And find out about the Master of Horror's own personal paranormal experience. The conversation touches on classic books and adaptations like It, The Shining, The Dark Tower, Lisey's Story, The Dead Zone, and more.

A celebration of beloved rock star, Sir Elton Hercules John, one of few artists continuing to gather more adulation and make great music with age. Retelling stories from her book Elton at 75, music journalist Gillian G. Gaar examines pre-fame hits under his real name Reginald "Reggie" Dwight, little known epic performances like the Shoreditch College concert, collaborations with not only Bernie Taupin, but everyone from Queens of the Stone Age to Engelbert Humperdinck, and much more. 

The extraordinary life of music icon David Bowie through the curated lens of significant career achievements and life events. Martin Popoff, author & veteran rock journalist,  delves into the life and artistic career of the beloved rock star, including collaborations with artists like Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, the Andy Warhol connection, and the impact of his brother's suicide impacted, amongst other stories.

Are we living inside a computer simulated reality like in The Matrix movies? Renowned MIT computer scientist and Silicon Valley video game designer Rizwan Virk draws from both scientific and ancient eastern spiritual texts to explain the Simulation Theory. Virk shows how all of these traditions come together to point to the idea that we may be inside a simulated reality like the Matrix. 

Legendary music manager, promoter, and producer Alan Walden talks about working with classic R&B and Rock n roll acts like his best friend Otis Redding, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sam & Dave, and Percy Sledge. Alan shares personal stories featured in his memoir Southern Man: Music and Mayhem in the American South. Including tales of backroom brawls fighting with Otis and Ronnie Van Zandt, the tragedy of loss of his dear friend Otis, and the many of lessons learned on the hard road to success.

Dr. Michael P. Masters examines the premise that aliens are human descendants from the future using UFOs, or time travel machinines, to study their own evolutionary past. His book, Identified Flying Objects: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the UFO Phenomenon, explores how trends in human evolution may ultimately result in us becoming the ones piloting these disc-shaped craft. 

Chinese ufologist Shao Ma gives insights into the Chinese UFO community, and how they survive under China's tightened political control. She also shares China's most popular UFO cases and her own contact experiences with non-human intelligences (NHI). Shao also discusses the discovery of China's lost ancient advanced civilization Sanxingdui, which rewrites archaeological and humanity's history. 

Scientist Stephan A. Schwartz was part of the small group that founded modern remote viewing research. He will tell us about his experiences and discoveries as the principal researcher studying it's usage in archaeology, as well as, his ongoing research experiment that looks into the future. Stephan will also discuss his lecture and workshop at Contact in the Desert, the biggest UFO conference in the world, where he will teach the art and science of remote viewing. 

How much of the vampire myth is based in fact? Can science explain the origins of horror's most famous fiend? Dr. Kathryn Harkup shares insights from her book Vampirology as she charts the murky waters of the vampire lore from historical and famous stories across the globe. Dr. Harkup investigates a scientific interpretation that may shed light on the fears and phenomena of the vampire myth. 

JD Kenyon reveals evidence for forgotten civilizations at the end of the last Ice Age. Based on recent archaeological discoveries, anomalous ancient maps, and Biblical evidence, he explores sites like the Stone Age high-tech at Gobekli Tepe, as well as, the myth of Atlantis. 

The great-great grandchildren of outlaw Jesse James, Dan & Teresa Duke, return to discuss their investigation into the lost treasures of their famous relative. Based on secret diaries and coded treasure maps left behind, they discuss their findings into treasures like sacred knowledge and ancient relics. Dan and Teresa share possible connections to the Freemasons and Knights Templars. 

The explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for American's frontier. Fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts, journalist Bob Drury gives a stirring chronicle of the brutal birth of the United States told through Native Americans and frontiersman like Daniel Boone.

Dr. Stephen Meyer presents groundbreaking scientific evidence about the Big Bang, DNA, and the Goldilocks Universe that makes the case for intelligent design of life and the universe. Based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology, Dr. Meyer establishes the identity behind the mind of the universe and the possibility of a God. 

If there is a heaven and afterlife, as countless Near-Death Experiences supposedly suggest, shouldn't modern science be able to identify its existence? This is the central question with which historian Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts answers though the prism of scientific research on Near-Death Experiences. 

Noted art historians Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Dr. Christopher Heath Brown take listeners on an immersive dive into the life, work, and psychology of infamous 20th century artist Salvador Dali. Together, they unlock the mysteries and meaning behind his most famous paintings like Persistence of Memory. We also discuss the historical, social, and political conditions that shaped Dalí's work, and present an unflinching view of the master's personal relationships. 

Liza Rodman's chilling true tale of her charismatic childhood babysitter, Tony Costa, aka the serial killer Cape Cod Cannibal. Featured in her new book The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer with investigative journalist Jennifer Jordan, Liza fondly remembers Tony as the handsome handyman at the motel where her mother worked, and one of the few kind and understanding adults in her life. Liza recalls her special visits to his “secret garden” in the Truro woods, the very same place where he scattered the remains of his victims. Jennifer Jordan also explores Tony's pathology and the three missing persons cases they solved with their investigation into the case. 

In a series of grisly discoveries known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident, the dead bodies of nine missing university students were found in confounding condition. What led the hikers to cut their tents from the inside of the middle of the night and trek into subzero conditions with no boots on? Svetlana Oss, Russian investigative journalist and leading commentator on the event since Moscow Times first sponsored her investigation, explains the mystery. 

The psychedelic medicine revolution was born when the FDA gave Psilocybin the coveted ‘Breakthrough Therapy' label as a mental wellness treatment. David Nikzad of E.i. Ventures discusses the scientific research and development of psychedelic based treatments for mental health disorders, and the financial aspects behind the next possible green rush. David is the co-founder of Emotional Intelliengence Ventures, a life and plant sciences company focused on bringing botanical psychedelic therapies. like medicinal mushroom products to the market. 

Brian Tuohy, game fixing expert, exposes the greedy collusion between professional sports leagues, TV networks, crooked referees, and coddled players. The sports entertainment complex generates 73 billion dollars per year for owners, players, investors, and advertisers. With that much money at stake, do you really think that the sports profiteers are leaving anything to chance? 

Richard Heath decodes the sacred geometrical science hidden in megalithic monuments like the Great Pyramid in Egypt. We explore how ancient civilizations built mathematical monuments as reflections of generational cosmological observations.

The history of the Nobel Peace Prize is littered with genocidal maniacs and warmongers, nonwinners like Mahatma Gandhi who are left in the dark, and other dumbfounding choices. Author & Lawyer Unni Turrettini examines the most controversial Nobel Peace Prize winners. Featured in her book Betraying the Nobel: The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize, Unni shares how the Nobel is awarded, and consequently upends what we thought we knew about the Peace Prize.

NYT bestselling author Eleanor Herman uncovers the bedroom secrets of America's presidents and leaders. Presented in her book Sex with Presidents: The Ins and Outs of Love and Lust in the White House, Elearnor shares the sex scandals from founding fathers like Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson to today's crop represented by Donald Trump and Bill Clinton. Herman delves into FDR & JFK's infamous sexcapades, and other horrifying stories of presidential rapists and mysterious deaths that rocked the nation. 

Journalist & musician Paul Zollo shares stories from his conversations with Tom Petty. In the early 2000s, Petty authorized Zollo for a series of in-depth interviews about the musician's life, career, and songwriting. Zollo tells us about when Tom Petty met The King, played with The Beatles, backed the Man in Black, and many more stories. Featured in the book Conversations With Tom Petty, Paul breaks down the man responsible for some of the most memorable rock anthems.   

Al Warren, true crime writer & host of NBC Radio's House of Mystery, discusses the horror of the "Wells Gray Murders" almost forty years later. The self admitted killer is up for parole soon and we need your help to stop him from obtaining freedom. Featured in his book Murder Times Six: The True Story of the Wells Gray Park Murders, Alan walks listeners through the crime, case, and trial, shares his conversations witht the surving family members, and discusses what he learned directly from the killer himself. This is the story of one family -- forever changed -- and how we can help in a tiny way.

Dennis Stone, owner of the controversial America's Stonehenge, discusses the mysterious archeological site. Did Native Americans use the site? We're pre Columbian European visitors the real builders? Or is it a twisted historical hoax? 

Katherine Chilean has studied the Shakespeare authorship question and her research indicates that he was not the man from Stratford, but someone completely different using a pen name. These two very different men merged into one identity, and it wasn't by accident. Featured in her book Shakespeare Suppressed: The Uncensored Truth About Shakespeare and His Work, Katherine unmasks the real identity of William Shakespeare. 

Space Historian, Dr. Fred Nadis tells you about the billionaires, geniuses, and crazed visionaries out to conquer the universe.  Featured in his book Star Settlers, Dr. Fred Nadis talks about the scientific, intellectual, and economic elite's zeal for space travel and settlement. He'll also give answers to your most burning space questions: Where will space exploration and tourism take us in 10, 20, and 50 years. When will we colonize Mars? How close are we to finding alien life? And more. 

Best-selling true crime author JT Hunter tells the tale of the serial killer couple known as The Lonely Hearts Killers. The price of love and passion were deadly for those surrounded by Martha Beck & Raymond Fernandez. Marthe Beck was a young nurse dedicated to healing others when her own hurting heart led her down a darker path to murder with criminal Raymond Fernandez, and ultimately the electric chair. Featured in the book Tortured with Love: The True Crime Romance of the Lonely Hearts Killers. 

Notorious outlaw Jesse James' great-great-grandchildren Daniel and Teresa Duke prove that he tricked authorities into believing he was killed and faked his own death. Featured in the book The Mysterious Life and Faked Death of Jesse James, Daniel and Teresa Duke present the results of more than 20 years of exhaustive research into state and federal records, photographs, newspaper reports, diaries, and a 1995 DNA test to show the real story behind the legend. 

Best-selling author Tom Clavin peers behind the legend of Tombstone and reveals the real story and most accurate account behind the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Left standing were Wyatt Earp, his brothers, & shotgun toting Doc Holliday after thirty bullets were exchanged in thirty seconds. Tom Clavin also digs deep into the vendetta ride that followed the tragic gunfight, when Wyatt and Holliday went vigilante to track down the cowboys who had cowardly gunned down his brothers. Featured in Clavin's book Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell, that "vendetta ride" would make the myth of Wyatt Earp complete and punctuate the struggle for power in the Wild West's last boom town. 

Hear a side of TME host BJ Turnof like never before. As a guest interview on Laura London's Speaking of Jung podcast, Brian shared his personal paranormal investigations at the Houghton Mansion and disturbing research into the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination that points the finger at the government. Brian also talks about his masonic experiences, Freemason legends, as well as, a famous 200 year old ghost story about George Washington. In addition, he spills the beans about the location of the Knights Templar treasure, the best way to solve the Oak Island mystery, and gives a historical break down of our modern superstition for the number 13. 

Dr. Gary Vikan unravels the mystery of the Shroud of Turin - one of the world's most controversial holy relics. The Shroud of Turin is supposedly Jesus Christ's burial cloth, which he was originally wrapped in after crucifixion. The haunting image imprinted makes skeptics to believers debate it's authenticity. Dr. Gary Vikan, medieval scholar, art historian, and former of Director of the Walters Art Museum discusses the real history of the shroud and how it was created. Then, author Bernie Taylor returns to show how a recent discovery has not only changed the longstanding narrative for the origin of dogs, but also our understanding of man's evolution.  

Two of New York State's finest law enforcement officers are put under the interrogation light to answer tough questions about hot button issues and to share personal stories. The LEO's will talk about police corruption, brutality, the intersection of policing and race, the impact of media coverage. Even whistleblowing information about who's really to blame for the controversial stop and frisk police strategy. They will also share their scariest and most gratifying moments, what it's like to be shot at, to save a person's life, being involved in a high speed chase, and more stories from the mean streets. 

Crystal Skulls: paranormal artifact or archeological invention? Retired anthropologist Dr. Jane MacLaren Walsh, and Brett Topping examine the real origins and mythology of the Crystal Skulls. They tell us about 'The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugène Boban' and explore how the murky world of 19th century archaeological & collecting gave rise to the legend of a fake artifact of antiquity.

Real Knights Templar William F. Mann divulges secrets about the biggest Knights Templar mysteries: the location of the last Knights Templar refuge in the New World, where the lost treasure of the Templars, and sacred knowledge of the Holy Family--the descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. He decoded this ancient knowledge from discovering authentic historical letters that were encoded with Templar and Rosicrucian secrets that were incorporated into his book: 'The Last Refuge of the Knights Templar: The Ultimate Secret of the Pike Letters.' Our discussion centers on the ancient knowledge recently discovered in these correspondences between two famous 19th-century Masonic leaders, Confederate General Albert Pike and British Colonel James Wilson Bury MacLeod Moore. William also provides a rare glimpse into the inner circles of modern-day Freemasonry, along with revelations of ancient alliances between Native Americans and the Templars.

Legendary music journalist Chris Welch shares stories from his decades spanning interviews with Eric Clapton. Stories including Chris seeing Cream's first rehearsal, Blind Faith's first practice, and real talk over j's at Clapton's own apartment. Chris will recall these and the many other stories that are also featured in Welch's book 'Clapton: The Ultimate Illustrated History.'

Did Jesus exist? What's the real date of Christmas? Was the Last Supper really at the Cenacle? Christian scholar, David Christian Clausen, provides archaeological evidence that covers these mysteries of Jesus Christ. David discusses his new book 'The Upper Room and Tomb of David: The History, Art and Archaeology of the Cenacle on Mount Zion.' The subject of intense speculation by both scholars and the faithful, the Cenacle on Mount Zion--also known as the Upper Room of the New Testament gospels and as the Tomb of David--has remained a mystery for centuries. Jesus is said to have dined there. James, his brother, is believed to have been interred there. King David may be buried beneath its floor. Claimed by Jews, Christians and Muslims, the sacred structure continues to evoke passionate controversy. David Christian Clausen share his opinions on lingering mysteries about the Cenacle: Does it date back to the time of Christ? Was the Last Supper celebrated there? Is this the place where the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles on the first Pentecost following Easter Sunday? Did King David's remains ever lie there? These and many other questions are explored reveaklng the truth about the Cenacle's history, archaeology and imagery over the past 1,500 years.

Legendary DEA agents Steve Murphy and Javier F. Peña, portrayed in the Netflix show Narcos, tells the real story of how they helped end the reign of Pablo Escobar. One of the world's most powerful drug traffickers in Pablo Escobar was supposedly controlled Eighty percent of the world's cocaine in the late 1980s and 'early 90s. We're getting down and dirty with the two men who were on the front lines fighting that fight. Steve and Javier will tell us about their battles being in the cross hairs of Escobar's army of sicarios—small-time teenage crooks who idolized him and helped turned Columbia into a war zone. They mercilessly murdered thousands of peopl—competitors, police, politicians, judges, newspaper editors, innocent civilians.

Author Keven McQueen unveils dark and disturbing historical American tales from his latest book Weird Wild West. Hear unforgettable tales about the body-snatching of Billy the Kid, the crazy Axe-wielding cult, infamous ghost stories, and more. Keven also shares other historical true crime and paranormal stories historically witnessed across the states.

Take a walk on the creepy side of North America's National Parks with retired ranger Andrea Lankford. Andrea shares such eerie tales as John Brown's haunting of Harper's Ferry, the disembodied legs that have been seen running around inside the Mammoth Cave Visitor Center, and the "wailing woman" who roams the trail behind the Grand Canyon Lodge. Lankford also uncovers paranormal activities park visitors have experienced, such as the chupacabra that roams the swamps inside Big Thicket National Preserve and the teenage bigfoot who rolled a park service campground with toilet paper. She also reports on long-forgotten unsolved murders, such as the savage stabbing of a young woman on Yosemite's trail to Mirror Lake, and the execution style shooting of two General Motors executives at Crater Lake. The witnesses to the supernatural occurrences are highly credible people-rangers, park historians, river guides, and the like-and each tale has factual relevance to the cultural or natural history of the park.

Author & Photographer John Zada sheds light on the centuries-old legends from lndigenous people who have reported encounters with the Sasquatch―a species of hairy bipedal man-apes said to inhabit the deepest recesses of this pristine wilderness. Driven by his own childhood obsession with the creatures, John Zada decides to seek out the diverse inhabitants of this rugged and far-flung coast, where nearly everyone has a story to tell, from a scientist who dedicated his life to researching the Sasquatch, to members of the area's First Nations, to a former grizzly bear hunter-turned-nature tour guide. With each tale, Zada discovers that his search for the Sasquatch is a quest for something infinitely more complex, cutting across questions of human perception, scientific inquiry, indigenous traditions, the environment, and the power and desire of the human imagination to believe in―or reject―something largely unseen.

Dr. Bruce Conforth, blues historian, paints a living, breathing portrait of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. We myth bust Robert's deal with the devil at the crossroads, as well as, talk about Robert's lifelong relationship with family and friends, his trips around the country as a traveling musician, and finally the mysterious circumstances revolving around his death. Robert Johnson's recordings, made in 1936 and 1937, have profoundly influenced generations of singers, guitarists, and songwriters. Yet until now, his short life—he was murdered at the age of 27—has been poorly documented. Gayle Dean Wardlow has been interviewing people who knew Johnson since the early 1960s, and he was the person who discovered Johnson's death certificate in 1967. Bruce Conforth began his study of Johnson's life and music in 1970 and made it his mission to fill in what was still unknown about him. In this definitive biography, the two authors relied on every interview, resource, and document, much of it material no one has seen before. This is the first book about Johnson that documents his lifelong relationship with family and friends in Memphis, details his trip to New York, uncovers where and when his wife Virginia died and the impact this had on him, fully portrays the other women Johnson was involved with, and tells exactly how and why he died and who gave him the poison that killed him. Up Jumped the Devil will astonish blues fans worldwide by painting a living, breathing portrait of a man who was heretofore little more than a legend.

Investigative Journalist Tom O'Neill's twenty-year research into the Manson murders leads to shocking new revelations about the CIA and FBI's involvement in this riveting reassessment of an infamous case in American history. Twenty years ago, when Journalist Tom O'Neill was reporting on a magazine piece about murders, he worreid there was nothing new to say. Then, he unearthed shocking evidence of a cover-up behind the "official" story, including police carlessness, legal misconduct, and potential surveillance by intelligence agents. Tom's answers to the following questions are haunting: Who were Manson's real friends in Hollywood, and how far would they go to hide their ties? Why didn't law enforcement, including Manson's own parole officer act on their many chances to stop him? And how did Manson - an illiterate ex-con turn a group of peacefull hippies into remorseless killers?

The secrets techniques and hidden messages of Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings. Quietly kept a guarded secret for over 500 years under the strict instructions of Da Vinci, this information was passed down through 21 trusted generations to Art Historian PT Lowe. Find out the hidden message behind The Last Supper, the true identity of Mona Lisa and the Vitruvian Man, and how to duplicate Leonardo's painting system.

Take a journey through the life and novels of Kurt Vonnegut on the anniversary of Slaughterhouse-Five with Gregory Sumner.   Based on Dr. Sumner's book Unstuck in Time: A Journey through Kurt Vonnegut's Life and Novels, we'll illustrate the quintessential American writer's profound engagement with the "American Dream" in its various forms. Sumner gives us a poignant portrait of Vonnegut and his resistance to celebrating the traditional values associated with the American Dream: grandiose ambition, unbridled material success, rugged individualism, and "winners" over "losers." Instead of a celebration of these values, we read and share Vonnegut's outrage, his brokenhearted empathy for those who struggle under the ethos of survival-of-the-fittest in the frontier mentality—something he once memorably described as "an impossibly tough-minded experiment in loneliness." Heroic and tragic, Vonnegut's novels reflect the pain of his own life's experiences, relieved by small acts of kindness, friendship, and love that exemplify another way of living, another sort of human utopia, an alternative American Dream, and the reason we always return to his books.

Wayne Perry. brother of Debra DeMello, a victim of the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer, talks about his sister and the murders that took place back in the spring and summer of 1988. Wayne discusses his family's experiences with the police, his issues with the investigation, and the strong possibility that a murderer still walks freely to kill again. Wayne's Facebook group page 'Shallow Graves' is devoted to the memory of these women and to make they are not forgotten.

Is Jo Ann Parks a monstrous killer or innocent mother in prison? On an April night in 1989, Jo Ann Parks survived a house fire that claimed the lives of her three small children. Though the fire at first seemed a tragic accident, investigators soon reported finding evidence proving that Parks had set several fires, and even barricade her four-year-old son inside a closet to prevent his escape. But more than a quarter century later, The California Innocence Project is challenging Parks's conviction and the so-called science behind it, claiming that false assumptions and outright bias convicted an innocent mother of a crime that never actually happened. If Parks is exonerated, she could well be the "Patient Zero" in an epidemic of overturned guilty verdicts--but only if she wins. Can prosecutors dredge up enough evidence and roadblocks to make sure Jo Ann Parks dies in prison? No matter how her last-ditch effort for freedom turns out, the scenes of betrayal, ruin, and hope will leave readers longing for justice we can trust.

Journalist & frequent guest of History Channel's 'The Curse of Oak Island,' Randall Sullivan," explores the curious history of Oak Island and the generations of individuals who have tried and failed to unlock its secrets. In 1795, a teenager discovered a mysterious circular depression in the ground on Oak Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada, and ignited rumors of buried treasure. Since then the mystery of Oak Island's “Money Pit” has enthralled generations of treasure hunters. Perplexing discoveries have ignited explorers' imaginations: a flat stone inscribed in code; a flood tunnel draining from a man-made beach; a torn scrap of parchment; stone markers forming a huge cross. Swaths of the island were bulldozed looking for answers; excavation attempts have claimed two lives. Theories abound as to what's hidden on Oak Island―pirates' treasure, Marie Antoinette's lost jewels, the Holy Grail, proof that Sir Francis Bacon was the true author of Shakespeare's plays―yet to this day, the Money Pit remains an enigma. The Curse of Oak Island is a fascinating account of the strange, rich history of the island and the intrepid treasure hunters who have driven themselves to financial ruin, psychotic breakdowns, and even death in pursuit of answers.

In the first in-depth research of its kind, sociologist and cult expert Janja Lalich interviewed sixty-five people who were born in or grew up in thirty-nine different cultic groups spanning more than a dozen countries. Actors Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close, Rose McGowan and Leah Remini. Humorist Garrison Keillor. Musician Lisa Marie Presley. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Each of these well-know people has more than fame in common; each was born or raised in a cult.