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 Return of Beyond Explained.

I can't tell you how good it is to be able to be back here now.

Interesting story in the last few weeks. You might remember I told you a long time ago.

I don't mean this to be, by the way, constant report on the state of my health, but I got a bit of a virus, which a lot of my colleagues at work got.

And it made me lose my voice. I couldn't speak for a while. Well, the story of that is that I didn't know this was happening, but it went to my ears.

And I've had enormous problems these last couple of weeks with my ears. I ended up going to a specialist, and I was off work for about a week or so, not on the radio in London.

And it was really, really scary. My hearing went down. It was very, very dull. And now I've got ringing in the ears.

And that's why I haven't been around for the last few weeks, because I've been so worried about this. I've been trying to get better, basically.

So at the moment, I'm well enough to do this now, which is fantastic, because I've missed you.

But you've been there through all this period. Thank you very much for the emails that you sent me. So many nice emails, and so many concerned emails from people saying,

first of all, you know, how are you, which is nice. You don't know me to be concerned about me, and also about my dad, who I can give you an update about him.

He's doing okay. He's still in the home in Southport on Mercyside. They're looking after him very well.

I spent a couple of days with him a few weeks back. And, you know, he's quite feeble now, but he's still with us.

He's a fighter, you know, in Liverpool. At the time he was born, they made him really tough. And, you know, he's a tribute to that generation.

So that's the state of play with my dad. Lots of plans for new shows very soon. We'll get on to those as soon as possible.

Please keep the guest suggestions coming and your feedback about the show if you want to give me feedback.

Just go to the website, www.theunexplained.tv, www.theunexplained.tv, and that's the website designed by Adam Cornwell at Creative Heart Spot in Liverpool.

Some really good news in the last couple of weeks I've heard from Martin. You might know if you listen to this regularly.

I often appeal for Martin to get in touch. He's the man who made that theme tune, which I think is really excellent. And that's why I've used it for the last couple of years.

He made that for me as a gift to me some while ago. And I was so touched by that at the time, and I have continued to use it.

But I kind of lost touch with Martin. So Martin, if you're listening now, it was a real pleasure to hear from you. And please don't lose touch again, because I will always be very grateful to you.

Right, this show is about conspiracy theories. I'm going to talk to Ian Sherkor, who's got a book out at the moment about conspiracy theories.

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