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This Christmas the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland made available papers which were previously classified. Sam McBride joins Ciarán Dunbar to reveal his discoveries, including new details of Ian Paisley's relationship with developer Seymour Sweeney, an ambitious plan to dam Strangford Lough, and the DUP's discomfort with sex education booklet for children that included “activities too foul to describe”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded March 4th, 2024. Conservation and scientific specialists from the Core Partner archives within the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland at Trinity College Dublin discuss the fascinating discoveries being revealed by their latest investigations into ancient archival records. _____________________________ Long before the terrible fire of 1922 which destroyed the Public Record Office of Ireland, historical records were being slowly lost to damp, decay and vermin. Writing became obscured by soot and grime or bleached by sunlight, the written record hidden within crumpled parchment and paper too brittle and fragile to be unfurled. History became invisible. Now, research by expert conservators and heritage scientists from the National Archives of Ireland, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, and The National Archives UK, in collaboration with the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, is revealing the invisible. This fascinating conversation will discuss research on some of the earliest paper records in Ireland, medieval parchments obscured by earlier treatment or burnt in the disastrous Four Courts fire of 1922. It will also showcase the vital role of conservation in protecting our shared heritage and preserving these precious records for future generations Supported by the Trinity Long Room Hub. Participants - Ciarán Wallace, Deputy Director, Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin - Zoë Reid, Keeper of Public Services and Collections, The National Archives of Ireland: Moderator - Sarah Graham, Head of Conservation, The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: Revealing Archbishop Swayne's 15th-century register - Marc Vermeulen, Senior Conservation Scientist, The National Archives (UK): Invisible wavelengths, visible history: Shining a new light on Irish medieval records - Jessica Baldwin, Senior Conservator, The National Archives of Ireland: Virtually unwrapping: Exploring the use of X-ray microtomography The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland research programme is supported by the Irish Government through funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under Project Ireland 2024.

News You Can Use and Share! The International African American Museum (IAAM) has officially opened in Charleston, South Carolina, and is partnering with Vivid-Pix with the installation of Vivid-Pix Memory Stations that allow visitors to scan, restore, save, and share their precious photos, documents, and stories. The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has been gifted a new index containing 3.2 million searchable names to mark the centenary of PRONI. These are related to Valuation records between 1864 and 1933. The General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO) now allows you to order instant-access images of birth records from 1837 to 1922 and death records from 1837 to 1887. The digital images cost £2.50 each and can be downloaded, and then printed. (The records are images of the details from the certificate but not the certificate itself.) Drew recaps the newest records releases at FamilySearch. Listener Email Lisa wrote about her census mystery searching for her ancestor Felice Giuseppe Maturo and his brother, Liberato Maturo, in the 1910 U.S. Federal Census in New Haven, Connecticut. The Guys researched and Drew shares our findings. Tom wrote about his ancestor who served in the Revolutionary War and who he just discovered was a enslaver in Kentucky. The Guys discuss U.S. patents. For both of them, one of their great-grandfathers filed two patents for inventions. The Guys were able to search the USPTO (United States Patents and Trademarks Office) patent database at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/search or Google's Patent database, and quickly located the patent files. Each file contained a schematic diagram of the invention and text pages with detailed descriptions. (Trademarks can be searched in the trademarks database at https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search.) Please listen to the podcast for details about disconnects and reloading pages in the databases. Drew recommended acquiring a small glass desktop whiteboard that can sit between the keyboard and display and provide additional storage. An example (the one that Drew bought) can be found on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PBK52W5, but many companies sell them in a variety of colors. Don't forget to order Drew's new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (https://genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com. Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you'd like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started. Please also tell your friends and your genealogical society about our free podcasts, blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website. Let us hear from you at genealogyguys@gmail.com.

The small settlement of Port Natal had hardly grown by 1830. Dingane had moved his ikhanda which he named uMgungundlovu to the eMakhosini valley, close to Singonyama or Lion hill, just south of the White Umfolozi River. The traders around Port Natal by now had mostly married Khoekhoe or AmaZulu women and were part of the Zulu landscape, but by 1834, colonial authorities were going to become far more interested in this part of southern Africa. By now Charles Maclean aka John Ross was in his late teens - he'd arrived as a 9 year-old, Thomas Halstead had arrived as a 14 year-old in 1825, also living close to the port was were John Cane, Nathanial Isaacs and Henry Ogle. Only one dwelling in the port looked vaguely European, the fort and none had what could be called furniture. Most of the structures were the Zulu beehive design, and the traders wore a combination of Zulu costumes and basic garments sewn from skins, with homemade straw hats. The whites had taken local wives or concubines, known as iziXebe, some had Khoisan wives and servants. The traders had paid lobola for the women, handing over goods and cattle to the bride's father to pay him for his loss of labour in the family units because it was the women who did most of the work in AmaZulu society. Cape Governor Sir Lowry Cole received a report that the Americans had been trading with the Zulu and seemed to be the vanguard of a possible attempt at seizing this area for themselves. Cole wrote to the Colonial Office saying “how embarrassing such a neighbour might eventually prove…” to the Cape. So he turned to Scottish assistant Staff Surgeon at the Cape garrison, Dr Andrew Smith. There are few official expeditions in the history of South Africa about which less is known than that of Dr Andrew Smiths' visit to Dingane in 1832. The real motive for the expedition was never outlined, and its a black hole in the South African Archives, as well as the Public Record Office in London. No official report exists. While this was causing some excitement, things were happening at a place called Knysna. The good Ship Knysna was built in the Knysna lagoon starting in 1826 when her keel was laid, and she sailed on her first voyage with a cargo of timber for Cape Town in July 1831. The Knsyna was still sailing around the English coast in 1873.

The small settlement of Port Natal had hardly grown by 1830. Dingane had moved his ikhanda which he named uMgungundlovu to the eMakhosini valley, close to Singonyama or Lion hill, just south of the White Umfolozi River. The traders around Port Natal by now had mostly married Khoekhoe or AmaZulu women and were part of the Zulu landscape, but by 1834, colonial authorities were going to become far more interested in this part of southern Africa. By now Charles Maclean aka John Ross was in his late teens - he'd arrived as a 9 year-old, Thomas Halstead had arrived as a 14 year-old in 1825, also living close to the port was were John Cane, Nathanial Isaacs and Henry Ogle. Only one dwelling in the port looked vaguely European, the fort and none had what could be called furniture. Most of the structures were the Zulu beehive design, and the traders wore a combination of Zulu costumes and basic garments sewn from skins, with homemade straw hats. The whites had taken local wives or concubines, known as iziXebe, some had Khoisan wives and servants. The traders had paid lobola for the women, handing over goods and cattle to the bride's father to pay him for his loss of labour in the family units because it was the women who did most of the work in AmaZulu society. Cape Governor Sir Lowry Cole received a report that the Americans had been trading with the Zulu and seemed to be the vanguard of a possible attempt at seizing this area for themselves. Cole wrote to the Colonial Office saying “how embarrassing such a neighbour might eventually prove…” to the Cape. So he turned to Scottish assistant Staff Surgeon at the Cape garrison, Dr Andrew Smith. There are few official expeditions in the history of South Africa about which less is known than that of Dr Andrew Smiths' visit to Dingane in 1832. The real motive for the expedition was never outlined, and its a black hole in the South African Archives, as well as the Public Record Office in London. No official report exists. While this was causing some excitement, things were happening at a place called Knysna. The good Ship Knysna was built in the Knysna lagoon starting in 1826 when her keel was laid, and she sailed on her first voyage with a cargo of timber for Cape Town in July 1831. The Knsyna was still sailing around the English coast in 1873.

In today's episode, our guest is Dr. David Brown, Archival Discovery lead for Beyond 2022 and Research Fellow with the ADAPT Centre at Trinity Collge Dublin. David was part of the team at the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland who were nominated for the 2022 AI Awards. The Treasury re-imagines and reconstructs through digital technologies the Public Record Office of Ireland, a magnificent archive destroyed on June 30th, 1922, in the opening engagement of the Civil War. Together with partners across Ireland and around the world, they are democratizing access to invaluable records and illuminating seven centuries of Irish history. Topics include: The goal of the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland An insight into the types of data they work with Challenges they faced & using ML to overcome them Other applications they are focusing on Insights from the VRTI that interested him

"it would be like a miner finding the Star of India Sapphire"

Tim Murtagh completed his PhD at Trinity College Dublin. He was a historical consultant on the Dublin Tenement Museum at No. 14 Henrietta Street and a book based on this research will be appearing later next year. Since April 2020, Tim has been an Archival Research Fellow with the Beyond 2022 project, an international research project working to create a virtual reconstruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland, which was destroyed in the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War in 1922. In this interview he discusses his new book Irish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820: Apprenticeship to Revolution (Liverpool UP, 2022), a study of working-class life and politics in the major urban centers of Ireland in the years before and after the United Irishman Rebellion of 1798. Irish Artisans and Radical Politics is a comparative study of the political activities of workers in three Irish cities: Dublin, Belfast and Cork. It investigates how Ireland's journeymen and apprentices engaged in campaigns for political reform, as well as in revolutionary conspiracies, during the years 1776 to 1820. This book marks the first ever attempt to analyse the role of Irish workers in the creation of eighteenth-century republicanism, representing the careful distillation of nearly a decade of research on the topic. It argues that Irish craftsmen truly did serve an ‘apprenticeship to revolution'. In the literal sense, the experience of the workshop provided artisans with a set of traditions which shaped how new revolutionary doctrines were received. But generations of Irish workers also served a figurative apprenticeship to successive political movements: the campaigns of Irish ‘Patriot' MPs, the Volunteering movement of the 1770s, and the revolutionary campaigns of the United Irishmen. The book explores the role of urban workers within the 1798 Irish Rebellion and Robert Emmet's 1803 rising and, adopting a transnational framework, places the actions of these Irish artisans within the context of British radicalism and the creation of an industrial working class. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Tim Murtagh completed his PhD at Trinity College Dublin. He was a historical consultant on the Dublin Tenement Museum at No. 14 Henrietta Street and a book based on this research will be appearing later next year. Since April 2020, Tim has been an Archival Research Fellow with the Beyond 2022 project, an international research project working to create a virtual reconstruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland, which was destroyed in the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War in 1922. In this interview he discusses his new book Irish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820: Apprenticeship to Revolution (Liverpool UP, 2022), a study of working-class life and politics in the major urban centers of Ireland in the years before and after the United Irishman Rebellion of 1798. Irish Artisans and Radical Politics is a comparative study of the political activities of workers in three Irish cities: Dublin, Belfast and Cork. It investigates how Ireland's journeymen and apprentices engaged in campaigns for political reform, as well as in revolutionary conspiracies, during the years 1776 to 1820. This book marks the first ever attempt to analyse the role of Irish workers in the creation of eighteenth-century republicanism, representing the careful distillation of nearly a decade of research on the topic. It argues that Irish craftsmen truly did serve an ‘apprenticeship to revolution'. In the literal sense, the experience of the workshop provided artisans with a set of traditions which shaped how new revolutionary doctrines were received. But generations of Irish workers also served a figurative apprenticeship to successive political movements: the campaigns of Irish ‘Patriot' MPs, the Volunteering movement of the 1770s, and the revolutionary campaigns of the United Irishmen. The book explores the role of urban workers within the 1798 Irish Rebellion and Robert Emmet's 1803 rising and, adopting a transnational framework, places the actions of these Irish artisans within the context of British radicalism and the creation of an industrial working class. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Tim Murtagh completed his PhD at Trinity College Dublin. He was a historical consultant on the Dublin Tenement Museum at No. 14 Henrietta Street and a book based on this research will be appearing later next year. Since April 2020, Tim has been an Archival Research Fellow with the Beyond 2022 project, an international research project working to create a virtual reconstruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland, which was destroyed in the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War in 1922. In this interview he discusses his new book Irish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820: Apprenticeship to Revolution (Liverpool UP, 2022), a study of working-class life and politics in the major urban centers of Ireland in the years before and after the United Irishman Rebellion of 1798. Irish Artisans and Radical Politics is a comparative study of the political activities of workers in three Irish cities: Dublin, Belfast and Cork. It investigates how Ireland's journeymen and apprentices engaged in campaigns for political reform, as well as in revolutionary conspiracies, during the years 1776 to 1820. This book marks the first ever attempt to analyse the role of Irish workers in the creation of eighteenth-century republicanism, representing the careful distillation of nearly a decade of research on the topic. It argues that Irish craftsmen truly did serve an ‘apprenticeship to revolution'. In the literal sense, the experience of the workshop provided artisans with a set of traditions which shaped how new revolutionary doctrines were received. But generations of Irish workers also served a figurative apprenticeship to successive political movements: the campaigns of Irish ‘Patriot' MPs, the Volunteering movement of the 1770s, and the revolutionary campaigns of the United Irishmen. The book explores the role of urban workers within the 1798 Irish Rebellion and Robert Emmet's 1803 rising and, adopting a transnational framework, places the actions of these Irish artisans within the context of British radicalism and the creation of an industrial working class. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Murtagh completed his PhD at Trinity College Dublin. He was a historical consultant on the Dublin Tenement Museum at No. 14 Henrietta Street and a book based on this research will be appearing later next year. Since April 2020, Tim has been an Archival Research Fellow with the Beyond 2022 project, an international research project working to create a virtual reconstruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland, which was destroyed in the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War in 1922. In this interview he discusses his new book Irish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820: Apprenticeship to Revolution (Liverpool UP, 2022), a study of working-class life and politics in the major urban centers of Ireland in the years before and after the United Irishman Rebellion of 1798. Irish Artisans and Radical Politics is a comparative study of the political activities of workers in three Irish cities: Dublin, Belfast and Cork. It investigates how Ireland's journeymen and apprentices engaged in campaigns for political reform, as well as in revolutionary conspiracies, during the years 1776 to 1820. This book marks the first ever attempt to analyse the role of Irish workers in the creation of eighteenth-century republicanism, representing the careful distillation of nearly a decade of research on the topic. It argues that Irish craftsmen truly did serve an ‘apprenticeship to revolution'. In the literal sense, the experience of the workshop provided artisans with a set of traditions which shaped how new revolutionary doctrines were received. But generations of Irish workers also served a figurative apprenticeship to successive political movements: the campaigns of Irish ‘Patriot' MPs, the Volunteering movement of the 1770s, and the revolutionary campaigns of the United Irishmen. The book explores the role of urban workers within the 1798 Irish Rebellion and Robert Emmet's 1803 rising and, adopting a transnational framework, places the actions of these Irish artisans within the context of British radicalism and the creation of an industrial working class. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Murtagh completed his PhD at Trinity College Dublin. He was a historical consultant on the Dublin Tenement Museum at No. 14 Henrietta Street and a book based on this research will be appearing later next year. Since April 2020, Tim has been an Archival Research Fellow with the Beyond 2022 project, an international research project working to create a virtual reconstruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland, which was destroyed in the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War in 1922. In this interview he discusses his new book Irish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820: Apprenticeship to Revolution (Liverpool UP, 2022), a study of working-class life and politics in the major urban centers of Ireland in the years before and after the United Irishman Rebellion of 1798. Irish Artisans and Radical Politics is a comparative study of the political activities of workers in three Irish cities: Dublin, Belfast and Cork. It investigates how Ireland's journeymen and apprentices engaged in campaigns for political reform, as well as in revolutionary conspiracies, during the years 1776 to 1820. This book marks the first ever attempt to analyse the role of Irish workers in the creation of eighteenth-century republicanism, representing the careful distillation of nearly a decade of research on the topic. It argues that Irish craftsmen truly did serve an ‘apprenticeship to revolution'. In the literal sense, the experience of the workshop provided artisans with a set of traditions which shaped how new revolutionary doctrines were received. But generations of Irish workers also served a figurative apprenticeship to successive political movements: the campaigns of Irish ‘Patriot' MPs, the Volunteering movement of the 1770s, and the revolutionary campaigns of the United Irishmen. The book explores the role of urban workers within the 1798 Irish Rebellion and Robert Emmet's 1803 rising and, adopting a transnational framework, places the actions of these Irish artisans within the context of British radicalism and the creation of an industrial working class. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Tim Murtagh completed his PhD at Trinity College Dublin. He was a historical consultant on the Dublin Tenement Museum at No. 14 Henrietta Street and a book based on this research will be appearing later next year. Since April 2020, Tim has been an Archival Research Fellow with the Beyond 2022 project, an international research project working to create a virtual reconstruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland, which was destroyed in the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War in 1922. In this interview he discusses his new book Irish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820: Apprenticeship to Revolution (Liverpool UP, 2022), a study of working-class life and politics in the major urban centers of Ireland in the years before and after the United Irishman Rebellion of 1798. Irish Artisans and Radical Politics is a comparative study of the political activities of workers in three Irish cities: Dublin, Belfast and Cork. It investigates how Ireland's journeymen and apprentices engaged in campaigns for political reform, as well as in revolutionary conspiracies, during the years 1776 to 1820. This book marks the first ever attempt to analyse the role of Irish workers in the creation of eighteenth-century republicanism, representing the careful distillation of nearly a decade of research on the topic. It argues that Irish craftsmen truly did serve an ‘apprenticeship to revolution'. In the literal sense, the experience of the workshop provided artisans with a set of traditions which shaped how new revolutionary doctrines were received. But generations of Irish workers also served a figurative apprenticeship to successive political movements: the campaigns of Irish ‘Patriot' MPs, the Volunteering movement of the 1770s, and the revolutionary campaigns of the United Irishmen. The book explores the role of urban workers within the 1798 Irish Rebellion and Robert Emmet's 1803 rising and, adopting a transnational framework, places the actions of these Irish artisans within the context of British radicalism and the creation of an industrial working class. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

A century after the Four Courts Fire destroyed the Public Record Office, Technical Architect Gary Munnelly and Deputy Director of the Virtual Record Treasury Ciaran Wallace tell Dave how they've recreated these invaluable Irish historical records.

A century after the Four Courts Fire destroyed the Public Record Office, Technical Architect Gary Munnelly and Deputy Director of the Virtual Record Treasury Ciaran Wallace tell Dave how they've recreated these invaluable Irish historical records.

Dr Peter Crooks, Director of 'Beyond 2022: Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland' discusses today's launch of a virtual recreation of the Public Record Office of Ireland which was destroyed by fire in 1922.

Hotel owner Annie Farrington's recollections of the outbreak of the Irish Civil War; and an update on Beyond 2022, the project to virtually recreate The Public Record Office of Ireland.

Ciarán Wallace and Zoë Reid on the project to virtually recreate the Public Record Office of Ireland, which was destroyed in 1922.

26th Nov 2021 Listen back to the welcome by Professor Eve Patten, Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub followed by talks from Dr Alan Kelly PhD TCD titled ‘The secretaries before the Cecils: the foundations of an Irish policy 1495 – 1558' and Dr David Heffernan, School of History, University College Cork gave a presentation titled ‘Sir William Cecil and the shaping of English policy in Ireland, 1558 – 1598'. About the conference Not that long ago, the idea of relating the Cecils, both Lord Burghley and his son Lord Salisbury, to the history of Ireland in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century would have been regarded as marginal and insignificant. And several major studies of these great figures were produced over the course of the twentieth century without any address to Ireland at all. Such a radically reduced peripheral vision was in part ideological – the often uncritical assumption that the history of England could be entirely treated independently of its neighbours, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. But it was also considerably reinforced in the nineteenth century by archival decisions within the (then) Public Record Office to separate the massive State Paper collections into sections of Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, and Ireland in a manner that suggested that all of the problems arising in these areas could be separated into distinct and hierarchical compartments. In recent decades, however, historians, English, Scottish and Irish have broken free from such artificial divisions, and revealed the many varied and complex ways in which the thinking of the Elizabethans was richly informed by a sense of the interconnectedness of all the regions within this western archipelago. Central to this re-interpretation has been a reassessment of the policies developed and strategies deployed of the by the leading figures in Elizabethan government, notably the Cecils. Recent studies by Stephen Alford, Ciaran Brady, Jane Dawson, David Heffernan and others have revealed the way in which decisions concerning Irish policy were influenced, altered and deferred by other foreign policy considerations, and how foreign policy attitudes were conversely influenced by assessments of the state of Ireland in a manner that has never previously been appreciated. The purpose of this conference is to build on such substantial recent research, by extending both the breadth and the depth of this interrogation of Anglo-Irish relations in the early modern period. The contributors are all experts who have published widely in this field and are actively engaged in further original research. This conference is a partnership between the Trinity Long Room Hub and the Lord Burghley 500 Foundation. http://www.lordburghley500.org/

26th Nov 2021 Listen back to Session 2 – Chair: Prof Susan Flavin, Dept. History, Trinity College Dublin with guest speakers, Dr Jim Murray, Director of Development, Quality and Qualifications Ireland, presentation titled ‘William Cecil and the early Elizabethan Reformation in Ireland' and Dr Brian Jackson, Technological University of South-East Ireland, presentation titled ‘Sir William Cecil and the CounterReformation in Ireland'. About the conference Not that long ago, the idea of relating the Cecils, both Lord Burghley and his son Lord Salisbury, to the history of Ireland in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century would have been regarded as marginal and insignificant. And several major studies of these great figures were produced over the course of the twentieth century without any address to Ireland at all. Such a radically reduced peripheral vision was in part ideological – the often uncritical assumption that the history of England could be entirely treated independently of its neighbours, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. But it was also considerably reinforced in the nineteenth century by archival decisions within the (then) Public Record Office to separate the massive State Paper collections into sections of Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, and Ireland in a manner that suggested that all of the problems arising in these areas could be separated into distinct and hierarchical compartments. In recent decades, however, historians, English, Scottish and Irish have broken free from such artificial divisions, and revealed the many varied and complex ways in which the thinking of the Elizabethans was richly informed by a sense of the interconnectedness of all the regions within this western archipelago. Central to this re-interpretation has been a reassessment of the policies developed and strategies deployed of the by the leading figures in Elizabethan government, notably the Cecils. Recent studies by Stephen Alford, Ciaran Brady, Jane Dawson, David Heffernan and others have revealed the way in which decisions concerning Irish policy were influenced, altered and deferred by other foreign policy considerations, and how foreign policy attitudes were conversely influenced by assessments of the state of Ireland in a manner that has never previously been appreciated. The purpose of this conference is to build on such substantial recent research, by extending both the breadth and the depth of this interrogation of Anglo-Irish relations in the early modern period. The contributors are all experts who have published widely in this field and are actively engaged in further original research. This conference is a partnership between the Trinity Long Room Hub and the Lord Burghley 500 Foundation. www.lordburghley500.org/

Listen back to session three Chair: Prof Ruth Karras, Dept. History, Trinity College Dublin with guest speakers Dr Annaleigh Margey, Dundalk Institute of Technology, presentation titled ‘The Cecils and the mapping of early modern Ireland' and Prof Hiram Morgan, School of History, University College Cork, presentation titled ‘In war and peace: Sir Robert Cecil's /Salisbury's Irish policy, 1594 – 1612' About the conference Not that long ago, the idea of relating the Cecils, both Lord Burghley and his son Lord Salisbury, to the history of Ireland in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century would have been regarded as marginal and insignificant. And several major studies of these great figures were produced over the course of the twentieth century without any address to Ireland at all. Such a radically reduced peripheral vision was in part ideological – the often uncritical assumption that the history of England could be entirely treated independently of its neighbours, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. But it was also considerably reinforced in the nineteenth century by archival decisions within the (then) Public Record Office to separate the massive State Paper collections into sections of Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, and Ireland in a manner that suggested that all of the problems arising in these areas could be separated into distinct and hierarchical compartments. In recent decades, however, historians, English, Scottish and Irish have broken free from such artificial divisions, and revealed the many varied and complex ways in which the thinking of the Elizabethans was richly informed by a sense of the interconnectedness of all the regions within this western archipelago. Central to this re-interpretation has been a reassessment of the policies developed and strategies deployed of the by the leading figures in Elizabethan government, notably the Cecils. Recent studies by Stephen Alford, Ciaran Brady, Jane Dawson, David Heffernan and others have revealed the way in which decisions concerning Irish policy were influenced, altered and deferred by other foreign policy considerations, and how foreign policy attitudes were conversely influenced by assessments of the state of Ireland in a manner that has never previously been appreciated. The purpose of this conference is to build on such substantial recent research, by extending both the breadth and the depth of this interrogation of Anglo-Irish relations in the early modern period. The contributors are all experts who have published widely in this field and are actively engaged in further original research. This conference is a partnership between the Trinity Long Room Hub and the Lord Burghley 500 Foundation. www.lordburghley500.org/

Art Bell on his classic "Midnight In The Desert" show with Nick Redfern. Redfern (born 1964) is a British best-selling author, journalist, cryptozoologist and ufologist.Redfern is an active advocate of official government disclosure of UFO information, and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine.His 2005 book, Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story, purports to show that the Roswell crash may have been military aircraft tests using Japanese POWs, suffering from progeria or radiation effectsShow date: September 28, 2015thefacthunter.com

Annalisa Bruchi"Festival della TV e dei nuovi media"Dogliani, Cuneohttps://festivaldellatv.it/Annalisa BruchiGiornalista e conduttrice televisiva Nata a Siena, dopo una laurea con lode presso la facoltà di Giurisprudenza, si trasferisce a Londra e prosegue la sua formazione con un Master alla London School of Economics and Political Science. In questi anni lavora come ricercatrice in Relazioni Internazionali presso il Public Record Office di Londra e come Analista di Credito all'Italian International Bank di Londra. Giornalista professionista approda alla Rai nel 1997 nella struttura Format diretta da Giovanni Minoli dove collabora a Mixer. Poi il Maurizio Costanzo Show dove si occupa di approfondimenti di economia, politica e cronaca finanziaria. Nel 2005 torna in RAI dove collabora nuovamente con la struttura di Giovanni Minoli (diventato direttore di Rai Educational) e nei suoi programmi, da Economix a La storia siamo noi. Nel 2009 debutta come conduttrice e autrice, con il programma Big-La via del cuore e della ragione, in onda su Rai3 per tre stagioni poi, in occasione dei festeggiamenti del 150esimo anniversario dell'Unità d'Italia, scrive e conduce Fratelli d'Italia in onda su Rai2.Dal 2013 va in onda sempre su Rai2 il programma economico 2Next-Economia e Futuro da lei condotto e curato che verrà confermato per quattro stagioni, con importanti riscontri di pubblico e critica, poi arriva la conduzione di Night Tabloid e dal gennaio di quest'anno quella di Povera Patria il programma settimanale d'informazione e approfondimento politico di Rai2, affiancata da Aldo Cazzullo e Alessandro Giuli. Da quattro anni le è affidata la telecronaca del Palio di Siena. IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

EPISODE #614 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FATAL KIND A Noted ufologist and author reveals how the field of UFOs is rife with unsettling examples of suspicious deaths. Accounts of accidents that might not have been accidents after all, abound. Researchers and witnesses have vanished, never to be seen again. Out-of-the-blue suicides that, upon investigation, bear the distinct hallmarks of murder, are all too common. Guest: Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!!   Smile Brilliant - www.smilebrilliant.com Professional teeth whitening & oral care products customized just for you.   Use code CONSPIRACY for an exclusive Conspiracy Unlimited discount!   BetterHELP - Professional Counselling with a Licensed Therapist. You Deserve to Be Happy! Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/Unlimited   C60EVO -The Secret is out about this powerful anti-oxidant. The Purest C60 available is ESS60.  Buy Direct from the Source.  Buy Now and Save 10% – Use Coupon Code: EVRS at Checkout!   Strange Planet Shop - If you're a fan of the radio show and the podcast, why not show it off?  Greats T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and more.  It's a Strange Planet - Dress For It! BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER FOR LESS THAN $2 PER MONTH If you're a fan of this podcast, I hope you'll consider becoming a Premium Subscriber.  For just $1.99 per month, subscribers to my Conspiracy Unlimited Plus gain access to two exclusive, commercial-free episodes per month. They also gain access to my back catalog of episodes. The most recent 30 episodes of Conspiracy Unlimited will remain available for free.  Stream all episodes and Premium content on your mobile device by getting the FREE Conspiracy Unlimited APP for both IOS and Android devices... Available at the App Store and Google Play. To become a subscriber CLICK HERE or go to www.conspiracyunlimitedpodcast.com and click on Get Access to Premium Episodes

EPISODE #614 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FATAL KIND A Noted ufologist and author reveals how the field of UFOs is rife with unsettling examples of suspicious deaths. Accounts of accidents that might not have been accidents after all, abound. Researchers and witnesses have vanished, never to be seen again. Out-of-the-blue suicides that, upon investigation, bear the distinct hallmarks of murder, are all too common. Guest: Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! Smile Brilliant - www.smilebrilliant.com Professional teeth whitening & oral care products customized just for you.   Use code CONSPIRACY for an exclusive Conspiracy Unlimited discount! BetterHELP - Professional Counselling with a Licensed Therapist. You Deserve to Be Happy! Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/Unlimited C60EVO -The Secret is out about this powerful anti-oxidant. The Purest C60 available is ESS60.  Buy Direct from the Source.  Buy Now and Save 10% – Use Coupon Code: EVRS at Checkout! Strange Planet Shop - If you're a fan of the radio show and the podcast, why not show it off?  Greats T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and more.  It's a Strange Planet - Dress For It! BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER FOR LESS THAN $2 PER MONTH If you're a fan of this podcast, I hope you'll consider becoming a Premium Subscriber.  For just $1.99 per month, subscribers to my Conspiracy Unlimited Plus gain access to two exclusive, commercial-free episodes per month. They also gain access to my back catalog of episodes. The most recent 30 episodes of Conspiracy Unlimited will remain available for free.  Stream all episodes and Premium content on your mobile device by getting the FREE Conspiracy Unlimited APP for both IOS and Android devices... Available at the App Store and Google Play. To become a subscriber CLICK HERE or go to www.conspiracyunlimitedpodcast.com and click on Get Access to Premium Episodes

Conspiracy triple play - Hollywood, Politics and ETs. A perfect indoor diversion from the summer heat. Nick Redfern has long been captivated by this mystery. Diligently mapping the knowns, he outlines the supporting cast and details the significance of their presence in Diary of Secrets: UFO Conspiracies and the Mysterious Death of Marilyn Monroe, Amazon.  Decades after the untimely death of the Hollywood superstar, best-selling author, Nick Redfern revives the mystery. Doesn't hurt that he has in his possession a document - believed to be authentic - suggesting an interesting UFO correlation when it first surfaced in 1994. That document suggested Marilyn had knowledge that could put her at risk. The problem is now that so much time has passed, subsets to the main characters with significant clues to toss at us - if they do exist - may have become well camouflaged or deceased. Nick's research indicates connecting pieces of the puzzle were intentionally removed. Actions by various third parties at the time of Marilyn's death suggest purposeful scrubbing of locations and collecting of items that may have been considered incriminating.   The list of questions expands along with the body count. Nick suggests he plans to keep this file open - on the hope another clue will drop to fill in the blanks. No use signing off just yet. With luck a great-grandchild might surface with a deathbed key - timed to unlock the pertinent details when the dust has long settled - ensuring no past, present or future fallout to any of the major, minor or crypto players. Bio: British Ufologist and Cryptozoologist, Nick specializes in all things Fortean, Paranormal and Unexplained. Author of more than 60 books, he is an active advocate of official disclosure and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence files on UFOs dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office. Nick is a regular on the History Channel: Monster Quest and UFO Hunters. He can also be seen on National Geo's Paranormal and SyFY's Proof Positive. Connect with Nick on his blog: http://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com/

On 30 June 1922 the Public Record Office of Ireland was destroyed by fire in the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War. Historians have long considered the 700 years of records that the building contained as tragically lost to history. In this special podcast episode we explore how nearly 100 years later five core archival partners are collaborating on the Beyond 2022 project to virtually reconstruct the building and its contents by hunting for replacement documents around the world and using ground breaking technology. For a transcript and information about the documents used visit: https://bit.ly/IrelandLostArchive For more information about Beyond 2022 take a look at the project's website: https://beyond2022.ie/ Listeners, we need your help to make this podcast better! Visit smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ontherecord/ 

On 30 June 1922 the Public Record Office of Ireland was destroyed by fire in the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War. Historians have long considered the 700 years of records that the building contained as tragically lost to history. This special podcast episode explores how nearly 100 years later five core archival partners are collaborating on the Beyond 2022 project to create a virtual reconstruction of the building and its contents by hunting for replacement documents around the world and using ground breaking technology.

EPISODE #585 THE MONSTER FILES Government agencies all around the world have been secretly collecting and studying data on bizarre beasts, amazing animals, and strange creatures.  Guest:  Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centres around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. Books: Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order Chupacabra Road Trip The Monster Book: Creatures, Beasts and Fiends of Nature Immortality of the Gods Secret Societies The Roswell UFO Conspiracy The Slenderman Mysteries Monster Files Top Secret Alien Abduction Files Area 51: The Revealing Truth of UFOs, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies Flying Saucers from the Kremlin The Rendlesham Forest UFO Conspiracy Monsters of the Deep Diary of Secrets SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!!   C60EVO -The Secret is out about this powerful anti-oxidant. The Purest C60 available is ESS60.  Buy Direct from the Source.  Buy Now and Save 10% – Use Coupon Code: EVRS at Checkout! Life Change and Formula 13 Teas All Organic, No Caffeine, Non GMO!  More Energy!  Order now, use the code 'unlimited' and ALL your purchases ships for free! Strange Planet Shop - If you're a fan of the radio show and the podcast, why not show it off?  Greats T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and more.  It's a Strange Planet - Dress For It! BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER FOR LESS THAN $2 PER MONTH If you're a fan of this podcast, I hope you'll consider becoming a Premium Subscriber.  For just $1.99 per month, subscribers to my Conspiracy Unlimited Plus gain access to two exclusive, commercial-free episodes per month. They also gain access to my back catalog of episodes. The most recent 30 episodes of Conspiracy Unlimited will remain available for free.  Stream all episodes and Premium content on your mobile device by getting the FREE Conspiracy Unlimited APP for both IOS and Android devices... Available at the App Store and Google Play. To become a subscriber CLICK HERE or go to www.conspiracyunlimitedpodcast.com and click on GET ACCESS TO PREMIUM EPISODES.

EPISODE #585 THE MONSTER FILES Government agencies all around the world have been secretly collecting and studying data on bizarre beasts, amazing animals, and strange creatures.  Guest:  Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centres around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. Books: Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order Chupacabra Road Trip The Monster Book: Creatures, Beasts and Fiends of Nature Immortality of the Gods Secret Societies The Roswell UFO Conspiracy The Slenderman Mysteries Monster Files Top Secret Alien Abduction Files Area 51: The Revealing Truth of UFOs, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies Flying Saucers from the Kremlin The Rendlesham Forest UFO Conspiracy Monsters of the Deep Diary of Secrets SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!!   C60EVO -The Secret is out about this powerful anti-oxidant. The Purest C60 available is ESS60.  Buy Direct from the Source.  Buy Now and Save 10% – Use Coupon Code: EVRS at Checkout! Life Change and Formula 13 Teas All Organic, No Caffeine, Non GMO!  More Energy!  Order now, use the code 'unlimited' and ALL your purchases ships for free! Strange Planet Shop - If you're a fan of the radio show and the podcast, why not show it off?  Greats T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and more.  It's a Strange Planet - Dress For It! BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER FOR LESS THAN $2 PER MONTH If you're a fan of this podcast, I hope you'll consider becoming a Premium Subscriber.  For just $1.99 per month, subscribers to my Conspiracy Unlimited Plus gain access to two exclusive, commercial-free episodes per month. They also gain access to my back catalog of episodes. The most recent 30 episodes of Conspiracy Unlimited will remain available for free.  Stream all episodes and Premium content on your mobile device by getting the FREE Conspiracy Unlimited APP for both IOS and Android devices... Available at the App Store and Google Play.To become a subscriber CLICK HERE or go to www.conspiracyunlimitedpodcast.com and click onGET ACCESS TO PREMIUM EPISODES.

The sixth and final podcast in the series of the History of Emotions Podcasts 'From grief to wonder: Exploring emotions in Irish History' by Ciarán Wallace takes a surprisingly positive look at a cultural tragedy - the destruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland at the outbreak of the Irish Civil War. Peering behind the cloud of smoke which billowed up on 30 June 1922, he describes the sense of wonder associated with the establishment of the PROI in 1867 and its fifty-five years preserving Ireland's most precious records. The building, its staff and the national archive they created were marvels of 19th century Irish skill and scholarship. Despite the losses of 1922, their work is now enabling the virtual recreation of the record treasury - opening the door for a new generation to feel that same sense of wonder and excitement at the historical discoveries ahead. Dr Ciarán Wallace Ciarán Wallace is Deputy Director of Beyond 2022. He completed his PhD on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century municipal politics in Dublin at Trinity College Dublin (2010). Having lectured in Modern Irish History at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University and Liverpool John Moore's University Ciarán returned to Dublin to join the initial scoping phase for Beyond 2022: Ireland's Virtual Record Treasury. Ciarán's publications include ‘Civil society in search of a state: Dublin 1898–1922' Urban History, August 2018; Curry, J., Wallace C., (2015) Thomas Fitzpatrick and the Lepracaun Cartoon Monthly 1905-1915; Griffith L.M., Wallace, C. (eds) (2016) Grave Matters: death and dying in Dublin 1500 to the present and Wallace, C., Gallagher, S. E., (2016) ‘A Far Cry from School History: Massive Online Open Courses as a Generative Source for Historical Research.' The International Review of Open and Distributed Learning, 2016.

April 1933. Belfast Gaol. Prisoner 1192, Harold Courtney, is executed for the brutal murder of Minnie Reid. Or was he? Did the right man hang? Digging deep, journalist Gordon Adair attempts to find out*, because locally, he's heard a strange tale. Of plots, threats, deceit and cover-up. It's a trail that takes the investigation across the globe – and of people who, 90 years on, still believe this is a case that shouldn't be talked about. Was there a miscarriage of justice? Was justice not done for the young Minnie Reid? And how much of this tale is true? To unravel it takes Gordon back almost a century, and from rural Northern Ireland to urban melting-pot Australia. Tracking down witnesses like the children who found Minnie's body in a lonely Armagh lane, and uncovering secret records, maps and letters not seen since 1933, Gordon also consults police, pathology, and capital punishment experts. The results surprise him. Shining a light on a ‘lost decade' in Northern Ireland, they uncover a shadowy taboo history that's rarely explored. Assume Nothing, BBC Northern Ireland's new podcast strand goes to air before this increasingly unpredictable investigation is concluded. PRONI documents in the series featured by kind permission of the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. (PRONI)

April 1933. Belfast Gaol. Prisoner 1192, Harold Courtney, is executed for the brutal murder of Minnie Reid. Or was he? Did the right man hang? Digging deep, journalist Gordon Adair attempts to find out*, because locally, he's heard a strange tale. Of plots, threats, deceit and cover-up. It's a trail that takes the investigation across the globe – and of people who, 90 years on, still believe this is a case that shouldn't be talked about. Was there a miscarriage of justice? Was justice not done for the young Minnie Reid? And how much of this tale is true? To unravel it takes Gordon back almost a century, and from rural Northern Ireland to urban melting-pot Australia. Tracking down witnesses like the children who found Minnie's body in a lonely Armagh lane, and uncovering secret records, maps and letters not seen since 1933, Gordon also consults police, pathology, and capital punishment experts. The results surprise him. Shining a light on a ‘lost decade' in Northern Ireland, they uncover a shadowy taboo history that's rarely explored. Assume Nothing, BBC Northern Ireland's new podcast strand goes to air before this increasingly unpredictable investigation is concluded. PRONI documents in the series featured by kind permission of the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. (PRONI)

April 1933. Belfast Gaol. Prisoner 1192, Harold Courtney, is executed for the brutal murder of Minnie Reid. Or was he? Did the right man hang? Digging deep, journalist Gordon Adair attempts to find out*, because locally, he's heard a strange tale. Of plots, threats, deceit and cover-up. It's a trail that takes the investigation across the globe – and of people who, 90 years on, still believe this is a case that shouldn't be talked about. Was there a miscarriage of justice? Was justice not done for the young Minnie Reid? And how much of this tale is true? To unravel it takes Gordon back almost a century, and from rural Northern Ireland to urban melting-pot Australia. Tracking down witnesses like the children who found Minnie's body in a lonely Armagh lane, and uncovering secret records, maps and letters not seen since 1933, Gordon also consults police, pathology, and capital punishment experts. The results surprise him. Shining a light on a ‘lost decade' in Northern Ireland, they uncover a shadowy taboo history that's rarely explored. Assume Nothing, BBC Northern Ireland's new podcast strand goes to air before this increasingly unpredictable investigation is concluded. PRONI documents in the series featured by kind permission of the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. (PRONI)

April 1933. Belfast Gaol. Prisoner 1192, Harold Courtney, is executed for the brutal murder of Minnie Reid. Or was he? Did the right man hang? Digging deep, journalist Gordon Adair attempts to find out*, because locally, he's heard a strange tale. Of plots, threats, deceit and cover-up. It's a trail that takes the investigation across the globe – and of people who, 90 years on, still believe this is a case that shouldn't be talked about. Was there a miscarriage of justice? Was justice not done for the young Minnie Reid? And how much of this tale is true? To unravel it takes Gordon back almost a century, and from rural Northern Ireland to urban melting-pot Australia. Tracking down witnesses like the children who found Minnie's body in a lonely Armagh lane, and uncovering secret records, maps and letters not seen since 1933, Gordon also consults police, pathology, and capital punishment experts. The results surprise him. Shining a light on a ‘lost decade' in Northern Ireland, they uncover a shadowy taboo history that's rarely explored. Assume Nothing, BBC Northern Ireland's new podcast strand goes to air before this increasingly unpredictable investigation is concluded. PRONI documents in the series featured by kind permission of the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. (PRONI)

3/6 April 1933. Belfast Gaol. Prisoner 1192, Harold Courtney, is executed for the brutal murder of Minnie Reid. Or was he? Did the right man hang? Digging deep, journalist Gordon Adair attempts to find out*, because locally, he's heard a strange tale. Of plots, threats, deceit and cover-up. It's a trail that takes the investigation across the globe – and of people who, 90 years on, still believe this is a case that shouldn't be talked about. Was there a miscarriage of justice? Was justice not done for the young Minnie Reid? And how much of this tale is true? To unravel it takes Gordon back almost a century, and from rural Northern Ireland to urban melting-pot Australia. Tracking down witnesses like the children who found Minnie's body in a lonely Armagh lane, and uncovering secret records, maps and letters not seen since 1933, Gordon also consults police, pathology, and capital punishment experts. The results surprise him. Shining a light on a ‘lost decade' in Northern Ireland, they uncover a shadowy taboo history that's rarely explored. Assume Nothing, BBC Northern Ireland's new podcast strand goes to air before this increasingly unpredictable investigation is concluded. PRONI documents in the series featured by kind permission of the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. (PRONI)

2/6 April 1933. Belfast Gaol. Prisoner 1192, Harold Courtney, is executed for the brutal murder of Minnie Reid. Or was he? Did the right man hang? Digging deep, journalist Gordon Adair attempts to find out*, because locally, he's heard a strange tale. Of plots, threats, deceit and cover-up. It's a trail that takes the investigation across the globe – and of people who, 90 years on, still believe this is a case that shouldn't be talked about. Was there a miscarriage of justice? Was justice not done for the young Minnie Reid? And how much of this tale is true? To unravel it takes Gordon back almost a century, and from rural Northern Ireland to urban melting-pot Australia. Tracking down witnesses like the children who found Minnie's body in a lonely Armagh lane, and uncovering secret records, maps and letters not seen since 1933, Gordon also consults police, pathology, and capital punishment experts. The results surprise him. Shining a light on a ‘lost decade' in Northern Ireland, they uncover a shadowy taboo history that's rarely explored. Assume Nothing, BBC Northern Ireland's new podcast strand goes to air before this increasingly unpredictable investigation is concluded. PRONI documents in the series featured by kind permission of the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. (PRONI)

April 1933. Belfast Gaol. Prisoner 1192, Harold Courtney, is executed for the brutal murder of Minnie Reid. Or was he? Did the right man hang? Digging deep, journalist Gordon Adair attempts to find out*, because locally, he's heard a strange tale. Of plots, threats, deceit and cover-up. It's a trail that takes the investigation across the globe – and of people who, 90 years on, still believe this is a case that shouldn't be talked about. Was there a miscarriage of justice? Was justice not done for the young Minnie Reid? And how much of this tale is true? To unravel it takes Gordon back almost a century, and from rural Northern Ireland to urban melting-pot Australia. Tracking down witnesses like the children who found Minnie's body in a lonely Armagh lane, and uncovering secret records, maps and letters not seen since 1933, Gordon also consults police, pathology, and capital punishment experts. The results surprise him. Shining a light on a ‘lost decade' in Northern Ireland, they uncover a shadowy taboo history that's rarely explored. Assume Nothing, BBC Northern Ireland's new podcast strand goes to air before this increasingly unpredictable investigation is concluded. PRONI documents in the series featured by kind permission of the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. (PRONI)

Prolific author Nick Redfern joins us to talk about the possibility of life on Mars in the past and present. Did the ancient culture of Mars need to escape their dying planet? Are we able to remote view Mars in the past to get a better picture of what happened? We explore all kinds of awesome topics concerning our planetary neighbor and Nick’s newest book, The Martians: Evidence of Life on the Red Planet. There is so much about Mars that remains an intriguing mystery. — Nicholas “Nick” Redfern is a British best-selling author, journalist, cryptozoologist, and ufologist. Redfern is an active advocate of official government disclosure of UFO information and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry, and Ministry of Defence files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine.

Prolific author Nick Redfern joins us to talk about the possibility of life on Mars in the past and present. Did the ancient culture of Mars need to escape their dying planet? Are we able to remote view Mars in the past to get a better picture of what happened? We explore all kinds of awesome topics concerning our planetary neighbor and Nick's newest book, "The Martians: Evidence of LIfe on the Red Planet." There is so much about Mars that remains an intriguing mystery. --- Nicholas "Nick" Redfern is a British best-selling author, journalist, cryptozoologist, and ufologist. Redfern is an active advocate of official government disclosure of UFO information and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry, and Ministry of Defence files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine.

Join us live, this Sunday 10/18 @ 7pmPT when Beyond The Strange guest paranormal investigator, author Nick Redfern joins Dave and talks about his latest book 'The Martians'. Nick will explain why he feels their is life on Mars, what the martians may look like, how similar are they to us and much more! Do not miss this interview Stay Strange!Listen to the show below in the Spreaker player or at shows Spreaker channel https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-strange also streaming at TheFringe.FMUse the Chat tab at the top of the page to join the Strange Chat Discord channel. Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. Find Nick on his websitehttps://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com/

Join us live, this Sunday 10/18 @ 7pmPT when Beyond The Strange guest paranormal investigator, author Nick Redfern joins Dave and talks about his latest book 'The Martians'. Nick will explain why he feels their is life on Mars, what the martians may look like, how similar are they to us and much more! Do not miss this interview Stay Strange!Listen to the show below in the Spreaker player or at shows Spreaker channel https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-strange also streaming at TheFringe.FMUse the Chat tab at the top of the page to join the Strange Chat Discord channel. Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. Find Nick on his websitehttps://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com/

'Better a state without public records than public records without a state'?— state formation, archives and commemoration So said Winston Churchill in reference to the Irish Free State on hearing news of the destruction of the Public Records Office in the Four Courts in June 1922 at the outbreak of the Civil War. But in many respects, this also applies to Northern Ireland whose Public Records Office Northern Ireland (PRONI) didn't open its doors until 1924. How did these two institutions overcome this initial setback and what has been their significance in state formation, archives and commemoration?   Listen to Tommy Graham, editor of History Ireland, in discussion with Marie Coleman, Catriona Crowe, Ray Gillespie and Neil Johnston.   This Hedge School is a part of a wider digital event hosted by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, in conjunction with Beyond 2022.

What if the "aliens" are not from other planets? In THE CRYPTOTERRESTRIALS, Mac Tonnies proposes that at least some accounts of alien visitation can be attributed to a humanoid species indigenous to the Earth, a sister race that has adapted to our numerical superiority by developing a surprisingly robust technology. At the same time, this groundbreaking work attempts to reconcile the mythological and contemporary accounts of "little people" into a coherent picture. "For too long, we've called them 'aliens,' assuming that we represent our planet's best and brightest," writes Tonnies. "Maybe that's exactly what they want us to think."Mac Tonnies (20 August 1975 – 22 October 2009) was an American author and blogger whose work focused on futurology, transhumanism and paranormal topics. Tonnies grew up in Independence, Missouri, and attended William Chrisman High School and Ottawa University. He lived in Kansas City, Missouri.Nicholas "Nick" Redfern (born 1964) is a British best-selling author, journalist, cryptozoologist and ufologist.Redfern is an active advocate of official government disclosure of UFO information, and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently[when?] works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine.His 2005 book, Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story, purports to show that the Roswell crash may have been military aircraft tests using Japanese POWs, suffering from progeria or radiation effects

Unlocking the Archives: A Research Showcase from the Beyond 2022 Project Marking the anniversary of the terrible fire of June 30th, 1922, which destroyed seven centuries of Ireland's historical memory, the Beyond 2022 Project presents "Unlocking the Archives"—a virtual research showcase and panel discussion on the 98th anniversary of the fire (June 30th, 2020). Unlocking the Archives Part 1: Hidden Voices. The Beyond 2022 research team is working to reconstruct the collections destroyed in 1922 and re-imagine them in virtual reality. Join the team as we discuss our latest archival discoveries from around the world and demonstrate how technological advancements can recover voices hidden deep in the historical record. • Saved from the fire: the National Archives of Ireland Salved Record collection. As conservation and listing work funded by the Irish Manuscript Commission progresses, Zoë Reid, Senior Conservator, National Archives of Ireland, and Dr Paul Dryburgh, Principal Records Specialist, The National Archives (UK), explain the conservation challenges in these unique survivors from 1922, and uncover their fascinating content. • What would you save from the flames? Dr Sarah Hendriks, Beyond 2022 Research Fellow at The National Archives (UK), and Dr Timothy Murtagh, Beyond 2022 Research Fellow of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), tell us what one thing they wish they could have saved from the 1922 fire and why, before exploring the detective work involved in locating partial replacements. • Hidden among the data: the Beyond 2022 Knowledge Graph for Irish History Dr Christophe Debruyne and Dr Lynn Kilgallon showcase this exciting Computer Science research strand in Beyond 2022's work, demonstrating its potential for changing the questions we can ask of the recovered records.

CB alerts a Texas trucker to multiple hovering UFOs and how two hikers spot ‘Bigfoot’ in a Ohio field. Then after the break they have Nick Redfern in studio to discuss his new book “Secret History – Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order”. The talk about many things including what Nick thinks about the legendary Patterson/Gimlin Film the possible escape of Adolf Hitler and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. For the second portion of the Nick Redfern interview you need to be an Elite member. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Tower of London (White Tower). Built by William the Conqueror within the south-east corner of the old Roman walls of London as one of three fortresses intended to secure the city. As London became increasingly important as the centre both of government and of commerce, the castle was enlarged and updated by successive kings, especially by Edward I and Edward III, until it became a complex concentric fortification. But no royal castle in the Middle Ages was used solely for defence and the Tower became the site of a multitude of offices and departments. Its multifarious role was summed up by John Stow in his Survey of London in 1598: ‘This Tower is a citadel to defend or command the city [of London]; a royal palace for assemblies or treaties; a prison of state for the most dangerous offenders; the only place of coinage for all England at this time; the armoury for warlike provision; the treasury of the ornaments and jewels of the crown; and general conserver of the most records of the courts of justice at Westminster.' Even in the later Middle Ages the kings had preferred to reside when in London at their palace at Westminster Report Advertisement Traditionally, however, the new sovereign spent the night in the Tower before his coronation, going in procession to Westminster for the ceremony. The last king to make this procession was Charles II. The Tower has gradually been stripped of most of its other functions. It is still a royal castle, houses the crown jewels, and retains a small military presence but its other offices were relocated in the 19th cent.; the royal mint was moved to new premises on Tower Hill in 1811–12; and in the 1850s the documents held in the Tower were moved to the newly built Public Record Office in Chancery Lane. The historic collection of weapons in the armouries is all that remains of the arsenal, moved to Woolwich after 1841, and to Leeds in 1995. The importance of the Tower as a prison and military strong point remained. Each political crisis caused the Tower to be placed in readiness and saw it housing a crop of political prisoners Tower London Boots - Sale Now On - Up to 60% Off Unmissable Deals on 100s of Shoes, Boots and Trainers. Grab a Bargain Today! tower-london.com/Sale | Sponsored▼ Report Advertisement Even the duke of Wellington, constable of the Tower 1836–52, fearing that the country was close to popular revolution and that the Tower would be a target, had its defences repaired and strengthened and new barracks built with accommodation for a garrison of nearly 1,000 men. He also argued that the Tower was ‘the best if not the only good place of security' for state prisoners, although few were held there. During the two world wars some German spies were executed by firing squad in the Tower and prisoners were again housed there, the last being Rudolf Hess, after his flight to Britain in 1941. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/allthingsplantagenet/support

In 1928, a wealthy Protestant landowner moved his family from their ancestral home in Kilderry, County Donegal, where the family had long been associated with the area, to Ballynagard, County Londonderry. Although Ballynagard was just a few miles along the road from Kilderry crucially they crossed the border. The differences between the two homes were extensive; Ballynagard was not the luxury the family had experienced. Hart, writing in 1924 stated ‘there is no comparison between this place [Kilderry] and Ballynagard […] the latter is on a steep slope, which, […] it is safe to say that the condition of the land has been put back 100 years, & is now in much the same state in which my grandfather found it on his return from India!’ Despite this Colonel John George Vaughan Hart felt the move was necessary because he felt at home in Northern Ireland. Hart’s move holds its roots in his religion. Hart was a Southern Ulster Unionist who felt alienated by the separation of Donegal from Northern Ireland. The main primary source and focus of this paper is found in The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, and is Colonel J.G.V Hart’s carbon out letters, of which there are letter books. This paper is concerned particularly with what Hart’s letters can tell us about ordinary life as a Protestant landowner, trying to raise a family against the backdrop that is the Irish Revolutionary period. The letters are varied in nature including correspondence to family members, doctors, and fellow Unionists. Hart mentions his fear of the possibility of a divided country, his involvement with the Boundary Commission, his help in establishing a Unionist organisation as well as his anger towards the result and ultimately his decision to leave. In 1925 Hart gave evidence before the Boundary Commission, outlining the problems Unionists were facing, which Leary explains as ‘Unionist leaders in the Southern border counties had […] seen their old ties of identity, power and patronage severed in dramatic fashion. Many moved north. Leaving behind homes, farms and livelihoods.’ The Hart papers take us on a journey of how he himself decided this fate for his family, and they even have the benefit of giving us some hindsight after the move, as the letters continue until 1944. Katherine Magee is from Derry, Northern Ireland, currently completing a one year Masters in Irish History at NUI Maynooth. I studied History at Ulster University, Coleraine for my undergraduate degree and found myself becoming particularly interested in Border Protestants, especially East Donegal Unionists. I therefore wrote my dissertation entitled ‘A Feeling of Abandonment: East Donegal Unionists during the Boundary Commission.’ I decided to pursue my interest in this topic, moving to Maynooth to complete my Masters and write my thesis on the Hart family of Donegal, on which this paper is based.

Ian Montgomery, Co-chair, Antrim and Down WFA branch, talks on ‘Thoroughbred Irishmen: Black Watch volunteers in Dublin before the First World War’. This lecture was given at conference between the WFA and the Public Record Office for Northern Ireland on military traditions in Ireland.

Dr Tim Bowman, University of Kent, gives a guest lecture at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast to mark the centenary of the Battle of Messines (7 June) which involved the Irish raised divisions, 16th Irish and 36th Ulster. His talk addresses the myths which have grown up around the battle.

Piet Chielens, the Coordinator of the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, gives a guest lecture at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast on Thursday, 1st June, titled ‘The Island of Ireland and the Great War in Flanders’.

BTE Creature Features is proud to present Author and Fortean investigator Nick Redfern to the show this week to talk about his latest books, the Chupacabra Roadtrip and Bigfoot Book. Eric, Marie and Karyn welcome prolific author and well known investigator Nick Redfern to the show this week. We'll dive into the world of the Chupacabra, Bigfoot and other strange aliens, creatures and cryptids. Shawn and Maryanne Donley of Panic'D and Darkshadow Ghost Tours will be off this month but return in December for another episode of The Haunted Spotlight. This week Marie, Karyn and Eric welcome Author and Paranormal Investigator Nick Redfern to BTE Radio's Creature Features. We'll be discussing his two newest Books Chupacabra Road Trip and The Bigfoot Book. Always a great time discussing a variety of topics with our friend Nick Redfern. Nicholas "Nick" Redfern, born 1964 in Pelsall, Walsall, Staffordshire, is a British best-selling author, Ufologist and Cryptozoologist now living in Dallas, Texas, United States. Nick has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. Redfern is an active advocate of official government disclosure of UFO information, and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently[when?] works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. To learn more about Nick or purchase his latest books visit these websites: www.anomalistbooks.com/redfern www.therealmeninblack.blogspot www.nickredfernsbooks.blogspot www.nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com Tune in live this week as we welcome Nick Redfern to BTE Radio's Creature Features.

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys talk about how a CB alerts a Texas trucker to multiple hovering UFOs and how two hikers spot ‘Bigfoot’ in a Ohio field. Then after the break they have Nick Redfern in studio to discuss his new book “Secret History - Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order”. The talk about many things including what Nick thinks about the legendary Patterson/Gimlin Film the possible escape of Adolf Hitler and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. For the second portion of the Nick Redfern interview you need to be an Elite member. Thanks for listening and have a great week.   Show Notes: CB alerts Texas trucker to multiple Hovering UFOs Two Hikers spot ‘Bigfoot’ in an Ohio Field Nick Redfern’s World of Whatever Nick Redfern Books: Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story Covert Agenda: The British Government's UFO Top Secrets Exposed MAN-MONKEY - In Search of the British Bigfoot Memoirs of a Monster Hunter On the Trail of the Saucer Spies: UFOs and Government Surveillance Strange Secrets: Real Government Files on the Unknown There's Something in the Woods Three Men Seeking Monsters Science Fiction Secrets: From Government Files and the Paranormal Contactees: A History of Alien-human Interaction Monsters of Texas Final Events The NASA Conspiracies The Real Men in Black Keep Out!: Top Secret Places Governments Don't Want You to Know About The Pyramids and the Pentagon The World's Weirdest Places Alien Viruses: Crashed UFOs, MJ-12, & Biowarfare Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order Music: All music for Expanded Perspectives is provided by Pretty Lights and today The Luxembourg Signal. Purchase, Download and Donate at www.prettylightsmusic.com and http://www.theluxembourgsignal.com Songs: Starlit Skies If I could feel again Dying Star- The Luxembourg Signal

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys talk about how a CB alerts a Texas trucker to multiple hovering UFOs and how two hikers spot ‘Bigfoot’ in a Ohio field. Then after the break they have Nick Redfern in studio to discuss his new book “Secret History - Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order”. The talk about many things including what Nick thinks about the legendary Patterson/Gimlin Film the possible escape of Adolf Hitler and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. For the second portion of the Nick Redfern interview you need to be an Elite member. Thanks for listening and have a great week.   Show Notes: CB alerts Texas trucker to multiple Hovering UFOs Two Hikers spot ‘Bigfoot’ in an Ohio Field Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to The New World Order Nick Redfern’s World of Whatever   Nick Redfern Books: Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story Covert Agenda: The British Government's UFO Top Secrets Exposed MAN-MONKEY - In Search of the British Bigfoot Memoirs of a Monster Hunter On the Trail of the Saucer Spies: UFOs and Government Surveillance Strange Secrets: Real Government Files on the Unknown There's Something in the Woods Three Men Seeking Monsters Science Fiction Secrets: From Government Files and the Paranormal Contactees: A History of Alien-human Interaction Monsters of Texas Final Events The NASA Conspiracies The Real Men in Black Keep Out!: Top Secret Places Governments Don't Want You to Know About The Pyramids and the Pentagon The World's Weirdest Places Alien Viruses: Crashed UFOs, MJ-12, & Biowarfare Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order Music: All music for Expanded Perspectives is provided by Pretty Lights and today The Luxembourg Signal. Purchase, Download and Donate at www.prettylightsmusic.com and http://www.theluxembourgsignal.com Songs: Starlit Skies If I could feel again Dying Star- The Luxembourg Signal    

On this episode the guys talk with World Famous Nick Redfern. Nick Redfern is an active advocate of official government disclosure of UFO information, and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFO's dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena Magazine. He has written several books including: For Nobody's Eyes Only Monster Files The Pyramids and the Pentagon Monster Diary The Real Men in Black Keep Out! The NASA Conspiracies The World's Weirdest Places There's Something in the Woods Alien Viruses Monsters of Texas He also writes for other podcast including Mysterious Universe as well as his own blog nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com          

Our quest to examine ten classic adventure films reaches its conclusion with The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), Ray Harryhausen's fantasy epic starring John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Caroline Munro, and the six-armed goddess of death and destruction, Kali. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (25.6 MB, 1 hour 10 mins).Recorded Monday 12 December 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.Notes & Errata: Tom Baker's merchant seaman card is reproduced on page 341 of Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office (2002) by Amanda Bevan; he was discharged from service in 1958. Hammer's Rasputin film was Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966), starring Christopher Lee as Rasputin. The 'Sinbad vs. Dinosaurs' film Harryausen worked up the concept for was titled King of the Geniis (1970). The 1970s Thief of Baghdad was a made-for-TV production from 1978 (though we definitely saw it at the cinema!), it starred Roddy McDowall and also featured Terence Stamp, Ian Holm and Peter Ustinov. In his Film Fantasy Scrapbook (1989) Harryhausen describes the Kali statue as an eight-foot bronze statue (just thought I'd mention it :-))Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974).

Tonight on Whispers we welcome Nick Redfern to the show. Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. His new book, The NASA Conspiracies: The Truth Behind the Moon Landings, Censored Photos , and The Face on Mars, throws open all the doors that the Space Agency has kept closed for so long.

Nick joins me to discuss the Apollo Moon landings, were they faked? NASA's role in hiding the truth of the face on Mars, and never before told Roswell insights from a NASA astronaut. Redfern is an active advocate of official disclosure, and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine.

Tonight on Whispers we welcome Nick Redfern and Paul Hellyer to the show. Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad. His new book, The NASA Conspiracies: The Truth Behind the Moon Landings, Censored Photos , and The Face on Mars throws open all the doors that the Space Agency has kept closed for so long. Paul Hellyer was Canada's youngest Member of Parliament when he was first elected in 1949 and the youngest cabinet minister appointed to Louis S. St. Laurent's government eight years later. Although Hellyer is best known for the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces and for his 1968 chairmanship of the Task Force on Housing and Urban Development, he has maintained a life-long interest in macroeconomics. This led him to form Action Canada, a populist movement dedicated to the concepts of full employment and low inflation with an emphasis on quality-of-life issues. In recent years he has become interested in the extraterrestrial presence and their superior technology that we have been emulating. In September 2005 he became the first person of cabinet rank in the G8 group of countries to state unequivocally "UFO's are as real as the airplanes flying overhead." Show notes are here: http://www.whispersradio.com/?p=1128

This week's news includes:Ancestry.com has released enhanced digital images of the U.S. federal censuses.The Library of Michigan crisis continues with a smaller budget, effectively coming out of the collection development budget, and an anticipated 20% budget cut in 2010-2011.The national Archives (TNA) of the UK has unveiled a new look and new address for its online educational services at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education. There are more materials there, plus podcasts and booking access to videoconferences and virtual classes.The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has uploaded the Ulster Street Directories (1819-1900) at http://www.proni.gov.uk.The Irish Family History Foundation has released parish and statutory records transcriptions for County Londonderry at http://derry.brsgenealogy.com. Ancestral Atlas has released a collection of Irish Townland Maps at http://www.ancestralatlas.com.  Be sure to back up your genealogy data and insure that a copy is located outside your home!This week's listener email includes:Eiya asks about good books covering African-American genealogical research. The Guys suggest Black Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree by Tony Burroughs and A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors by Franklin Carter Smith and Emily Ann Croom.Lois suggests a podcast about the Orphan Train and the Catholic version of this at the "Catholic Under the Hood" site at http://sqpn.com/category/educational/catholic-under-the-hood/. Look for episode #209.Lee reminds listeners that they can order copies of original Social Security Applications, Form SS-5, from the Social Security Administration at https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp. You can also use the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) at RootsWeb (http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com) and generate a letter. (Listen to the podcast for details.)Michael asks about the employer number on his great-great-grandfather's SS-5 -- W.P.A. O.P. 65-44-1163 -- and where he might learn what WPA projects on which his ancestor worked. He also asks about the U.S. Employment Service (USES) and what information might be on the registration card.Blaise has switched to GRAMPS, an open source genealogy program at http://www.gramps-project.org. Blaise is using a portable version of it. (See http://tinyurl.com/GRAMPS-Portable.)Richard asks for suggestions for tracing two brothers who may have been adopted in California between 1920 and 1930.Gus shares information about "UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and research associate Dean Goodman who have won the Governor's Historic Preservation Award for high-tech mapping efforts at the Marquez Family Cemetery in Santa Monica Canyon" in California.Barb shares information for Angie (episode #188) about locating and obtaining copies of Civil War pension files. She recounts a very convoluted research scenario involving three husbands, bigamy, and more. Drew discusses Google Wave, a new facility in beta test mode.

A correction to last week's story about the death of a Confederate widow can be found in last week's show notes.The news this week includes: an update about the collapsed project to digitise the UK's GRO's Birth, Marriage, and Death records from 1837 forward; the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) will be moving its office to a new home in central Belfast; the National Archives of Australia in Canberra plans to make almost all 7 million immigration records available online in the next several years (click here to learn more); and a new genealogy social network site, Genetree, is up and running at http://www.genetree.com.This week's rich collection of listener email includes: Sharon's use of Bloglines.com to catch all of here URLs for her day's work; Valerie wrote to say she is 24 and a listener to the podcast (another young listener!); Laraine wrote to discuss her confusing marriage and birth situations for her Putnam family; Tom asked for opinions about when to prune the family tree; Betty asks about the benefits of subscribing to Genealogy.com, and The Guys ask for feedback from listeners; the Grand Traverse Genealogy Society has published a CD of cemeteries in its area at http://grandtraverseregion.com/gtags/cem_rural_flier.htm; The Guys' latest episode of "Down Under: Florida" is "The Miltons, and George's case study titled "The Milton Family Tragedy" has just been published in Family Chronicle Magazine; Michael shares information about his ancestor, John K. Zacherle, a TV horror show TV host from New York who was a candidate in the 1960 presidential election (listen to an MP3 of his campaign ad at http://www.zacherle.com/President.mp3); Gus reports that his niece, Alyssa Skalski, is possibly the youngest listener to this podcast at age 14; Rich asks about the inability to upload PDF files to the Ancestry.com famiy tree; Ben Sayer provides a terrific primer at his blof site (http://MacGenealogist.com) about secrets to digitally restoring family photos and uses one of Drew's treasured family photos as an example  (He uses iPhoto for Mac but there are certainly other excellent PC and Mac programs, but Ben provides an excellent overview.); Maureen discusses George's article for Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter titled "The Legacy of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic"; Roger (Marathon Man) discusses multimedia file usage in Family Tree Maker; and Sean shares an intensive blog article he wrote titled "10 Essential Steps to Protecting Your Family History Data".Drew discusses the genealogical stories about Today Show hosts Meredith Vieira, Matt Lauer, and Al Roker with expert genealogist Maureen Taylor.Don't miss joining us for our 150th Episode!