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The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio

May 19, 2024 — Paul Begg and Brian Young

The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio

The Paracast Company

News, Society & Culture, Science

3.3691 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2024

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Now with better audio and fewer ads: Gene and cohost Tim Swartz explore the legends and myths one of the most infamous serial killers of them all, Jack the Ripper. Along for the ride is Paul Begg, who has also written highly acclaimed books about mysterious disappearances, the Mary Celeste, a history of the C.I.D. at Scotland Yard, and several books examining different aspects of the Jack the Ripper case, including "Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History," "Jack the Ripper: The Forgotten Victims," "Jack the Ripper: CSI: Whitechapel," and "Mary Celeste-The Greatest Mystery of the Sea." Also joining us is Brian Young, our resident skeptic, a friend and colleague of Begg, who will share in the conversation  about Jack the Ripper. Brian is a writer, researcher, historian, cigar connoisseur, and co-hosts the Transatlantic History Ramblings podcast along with Lauren Davies, heard on Spotify and other streaming platforms. His book is "The Wrestlers’ Wrestlers: The Masters of the Craft of Professional Wrestling." Begg has a career background in newspapers and publishing as well as being a freelance writer, as he says, "For far more years than I care to think about."

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0:00.0

You're in the Paracast. You're in the Paracast, the gold standard of paranormal radio.

0:28.3

And now, here's Gene Steinberg.

0:32.6

On last week's episode of the Paracast, I mentioned very briefly the passing of our original

0:39.4

co-host, David Biedni. This happened like in late January of this year. It took a few months

0:46.2

before the word got out. He was less than 62. He was 61 years old and had been in ill health

0:53.9

over the past year or so.

0:56.8

Now, David's an interesting character.

0:59.3

It was an interesting character.

1:01.3

He helped me create the paracast.

1:04.4

He was opinionated, outlandish, kind of a performance artist, but also a really, really terrific interviewer.

1:14.8

And he's missed.

1:16.3

The other person who died recently is somebody well known in the UFO field, Dr. Bruce McAbee.

1:25.1

He was a naval photo analyst, and he also was very much involved in the UFO field.

1:31.8

He was also someone who, unlike most people, actually wrote in favor of the Gulf Breeze, Florida, UFO sightings.

1:40.9

He'd been on the paracast five times, and we always enjoyed having him,

1:46.1

and we sent our sympathies to

1:48.0

his wife and family. Tim,

1:50.2

did you know Bruce McAby?

1:52.9

Yes, yes, I did.

1:54.1

I knew him through

1:55.6

Tim Beckley. We had

1:57.8

Bruce a number of

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