Hey there, constant listener.

Before we dig into another curious tour through the cabinet today,

I wanted to let you know about a brand new podcast we've put together called Strange Arrivals.

It's a ten-part journey into the weird and unusual experiences that happen to Betty and Barney Hill back in 1961.

Experiences that have given us just about every bit of alien abduction folklore we have today.

Lost time. Stopped watches.

Brightly Lits exam rooms.

Strange Arrivals is written and hosted by authored Toby Ball and produced by me and the team at I Heart.

The first weekly episode landed on March 31st, but it's such a fascinating ride that I wanted to make sure you didn't miss a moment of it.

Stick around after today's episode for the Strange Arrivals trailer. You're going to love it.

And now, let the show begin.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display, just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Island Living. Palm trees, blue waters, and coconut drinks with those little paper umbrellas in them.

It all means rest and relaxation, doesn't it? But not all islands are a sandy slice of heaven.

Most don't even exist in tropical climates. Their environments can be too harsh for humans to live there or they may just be too small.

That's not the case with the principality of Celand, though.

Residing off the coast of Suffolk, England, Celand was founded in 1943 during World War II.

The British military used it as the location for the first of four planned naval forts.

They called the Fort there H.M. Fort Ruffs, or Ruffs Tower.

It was meant to provide defense against Nazi aircraft that were dropping mines in local essuaries used by supply ships.

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