CLASSIC: Betty and Barney Hill: The UFO Case that Changed Everything, with Toby Ball

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In September of 1961, on an empty country road in rural New Hampshire, Barney and Betty Hill experienced the most profound, bizarre night of their lives in what would become the first widely-publicized account of an alien abduction in US history -- the case that would go on to influence hundreds, if not thousands, of abduction cases to follow. But what exactly happened that September night? Join the guys as they sit down with author Toby Ball, host of the Strange Arrivals podcast, to explore the facts, the claims, and the questions that remain unanswered in the modern day.

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0:00.0	fellow conspiracy realist, we are returning to you with a fascinating interview from several years back
0:06.7	when we asked none other than the legendary Toby Ball to teach us a little bit about Betty and Barney Hill.
0:14.1	One of the classic UFO abduction stories, borderline like one of the archetypal abduction stories. Oh, yes. And we're talking to him because
0:23.2	he made an entire podcast about it called Strange Arrivals. And it was the first season. Since then,
0:28.9	there are three seasons of that show. But it's an entire huge deep dive into this one instance
0:36.0	of a couple seeing some weird stuff or believing that they
0:40.4	experience something very strange on the road. So join us and Toby as we travel back to September
0:46.6	of 1961 right after a word from our sponsors. This is an IHeart podcast.
0:58.2	I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different.
1:02.0	What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club?
1:09.6	Answer, a new podcast called Wisecrack, where a comedian finds himself at the center of a chilling true crime story.
1:12.3	Does anyone know what show they've come to see?
1:13.6	It's a story.
1:15.5	It's about the scariest night of my life.
1:18.4	This is Wisecrack, available now.
1:25.0	Listen to Wisecrack on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:28.8	UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies,
1:31.5	history is riddled with unexplained events.
1:36.2	You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
1:51.4	A production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show. My name is Matt.
1:52.4	My name is Noel.
1:58.2	They called me, Ben. We are joined, as always, with our super producer, Paul Mission Control Deccans.
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