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.

Thank you very much for being part of my show for the emails that you keep sending, the feedback and thoughts and suggestions, great fully received.

I'm going to name check a few people in just a moment here, but thank you very much. Thank you to Webmaster Adam for his work on the show too.

This time we're going to talk about hypnotic regression with somebody who did this and has been doing this for 40 years or more, Jim Alexander, more about that in just a moment.

Just to say that the weather, as I record this looking out of the window, which is rain-spattered is pretty awful, it's very gusty and blowy, and I think if the news reports are to be believed, we're in line for another pummeling from at least two more storms here.

So watch the news, and as they say, batten down the ashes, as they say in all those old films.

Oh, pirate films. It stormed me out there, we've got a batten down the ashes. I think we definitely have this week.

Okay, shout-outs before we get to the guest on hypnotic regression, Jim Alexander, Alan in Gardina, California, nice to hear from you, Alan, nice email.

Also Matt from a place in Essex called Messing, great name. You know, I have to say, and I should be ashamed of myself because I know most places.

I've never heard of Messing until now. Linnell in Michigan says, I'm sending you this message from Snowy Michigan.

I'm an avid listener of your podcast. Thank you for the hard work. I listen to the interview with Isabel Maxwell, the medium.

I love and, in fact, prefer your interviews with mediums, psychics and anything paranormal related.

I'm sending you good thoughts and positive energy. Boy, do I need it, Linnell? Thank you very much indeed, my good thoughts to you.

Hi, Howard. Just a brief message to say thanks for the podcast over the past couple of years. I've been struggling a bit.

And the podcast has helped distract me from roomy nations. I think it's kind of had that effect for a lot of people. And I'm glad that it does Chris.

Thank you for that in Sussex. And Stephen says, are you going to the ancient aliens convention in Blackpool in June?

I have to say, Stephen, I know nothing of it. I will check it out. This is all I can say. I'd love to see Blackpool again.

I was a little kid. A day out would always be a trip to Blackpool, a ride on the trams, maybe a donkey ride if they still do those on the sands.

Maybe I'm just out of date about that. And as I got older, on the fair ground with my dad and also going up the Blackpool tower, which is a kind of mini-ifor tower.

You have to see that. I love Blackpool. My very first holiday when I think I was four was to Blackpool. I still kind of remember the tram trips then.

Happy days, as they say. So maybe it's time for me to get to Blackpool. I don't know. Sorry, I'm just rambling on about my childhood now.

Sometimes in the quiet, those memories come flooding back. Do you find this? I find that as I'm getting older.

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