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Once upon a time, some strange objects were found by a rancher and it was reported that a flying saucer had crashed! Years later, a man claimed to have actual footage of an autopsy of one of the creatures found at the sight. It became a worldwide phenomenon – and then he said he was lying, but also that it wasn’t a hoax. I have the story of the 1995 Alien Autopsy Film on the 188th episode of Coffee With Jeff. Show notes and links: * Alien autopsy – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) * Before Independence Day: The Hoax That Captivated the World (time.com) * Roswell Alien Autopsy – 2/4 – Eamonn Investigates (youtube.com) * Welcome to Fortean Times Magazine (forteantimes.com) * Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? [HQ] (youtube.com) * Bull Shit. Regards; Don Ecker UFO Magazine (archive.org) * The Alien Autopsy – YouTube (youtube.com) * Episode 32 – Alien Autopsy Part 1 with Spyros Melaris (conman.com.au) * #32 – Alien Autopsy Interview (acast.com) * Inside the Outer Limits – Spyros Melaris (youtube.com)
Once upon a time there was a large poplar tree on the border between North and South Korea. The South Koreans, with the help the United States, wanted it chopped down. The North Koreans wanted it to stay. Not only did this disagreement cost the lives of two American soldiers, but almost started a major war. On this episode I tell a tale tell a tale of the Korean axe murder incident and Operation Paul Bunyan and the 187th episode of Coffee With Jeff. Show notes and links: * Axes of Evil — The Atavist Magazine (atavist.com) * At Korean summit in DMZ, ‘deranged’ ax murders still cast a shadow (washingtonpost.com) * Korean axe murder incident – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) * Korean Demilitarized Zone – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) * The DMZ ‘gardening job’ that almost sparked a war (bbc.com) * The North Korean Axe Murders That Almost Started a War (theatlantic.com) * A Brief History of: The Poplar Tree Incident (youtube.com)
In the early part of the 20th century, adoption was almost unheard of. However; one woman came in and changed all of that. Her name was Georgia Tann, and she did her best to provide children to those who wanted them, as long as a profit was involved – and she would get the children any way she could, by lying or by kidnapping. She was a bad woman who took babies from the poor, so she could sell them to the rich. Today I have the depressing story of Georgia Tann on the 186th episode of Coffee With Jeff. Show notes and links: * A Story of Stolen Babies (nchgs.org) * Georgia Tann – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) * The Hollywood Baby Snatcher: The sinister story of the woman who stole children and sold them to the stars (dailymail.co.uk) * How Georgia Tann Stole And Sold 5,000 Babies In The Black Market (allthatsinteresting.com) * The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption by Barbara Bisantz Raymond (goodreads.com)
Another week, another delayed episode. Sorry to those of you who caught this on the Coffee With Jeff feed earlier, looks like we made a mistake in publication and put it in the wrong place. Show notes and links: Doomsday Clock frozen at two minutes to apocalypse (bbc.com) The mystery tracks being 'forced' on Spotify users (bbc.com) Amazon made a vest to keep robots from pummeling humans (engadget.com) KFC Announces Major Plastics Pledge, Achievement Of Antibiotics Goal (forbes.com)
Just like the Terminator, but with less mayhem, Gordon is back with more crazy family stories. Who was his granddad at war with at the top of WW1? What was his dad doing in the South Pacific during World War 2 with all that pineapple juice? Tune in and find out! Show notes and links: * Coffee With Jeff #158: Story Time with Chooch: pt. 1 (csicon.fm)
This is Coffee With Jeff’s last show… of 2016. Imagine an old man who does a podcast who decides to travel down memory lane and talk about the toys of his youth? Will the younger listeners roll their eyes and listen to something else? On today’s show I am going to talk about three toys that were incredibly popular in my day; Silly Putty, The Magic 8-Ball, and the Slinky. I am sure that anyone over the age of 40 has played with some or all of these at one time or another. So, I hope all of you youngsters will forgive me for this episode, but this old man does have a tendency to ramble on, you know. Just be glad I don’t talk about my aches and pains. Show notes and links: * Silly Putty – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) * The Invention of Silly Putty (bcsd.org) * Earl L. Warrick, 91, a Dow Corning Creator of Silly Putty (nytimes.com) * Robot Check (amazon.com) * A Brief History of the Magic 8 Ball (mentalfloss.com) * Behind the Magic 8-Ball – Neatorama (neatorama.com) * Slinky – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)