Across the UK, across Continental North America,

and around the world on the internet by webcast and by podcast,

my name is Howard Hughes and this is the Unexplained.

Nice to have you there, this is the online show where we have a little bit more time to ourselves.

Just reflecting on the fact that I have now been effectively locked down in isolation,

more or less apart from a few days that I had in Bournemouth,

I think it was three days in September when restrictions were eased a little.

I've been in this situation of incarceration alone for a year

and don't let anybody tell you that this does not have effects

because for me it's having physical effects,

aches and pains everywhere, terrible sleeping and mental effects as well.

I think you may find as I've found that if you do this for long enough,

it depresses you massively.

So that is an effect and I know a lot of you are telling me

you're feeling the same about all of this.

So I for one can't wait to be allowed to get on with my life the sooner the better.

Thank you very much for all of your emails.

The keep coming in through my website, designed by Adam, the website is,

The Unexplained.tv.

I'm going to do some shoutouts on a couple of listener stories,

then we'll get to two very special guests.

One from my radio show, Richard Garriott, adventurer, explorer,

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