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The Higherside Chats

THC+ Book Report | The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort

The Higherside Chats

Greg Carlwood

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Things emerge…and we might be property. Today we’re taking a wild ride through Charles Fort’s classic: The Book of the Damned. If you’re not a Plus Member yet, become one and enjoy: TheHighersideChats.com/plus-membership or subscribe via Patreon: http://patreon.com/thehighersidechats?fan_landing=true Check out the slides for this one here.  

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0:00.0

Today's offering on the higher side table is a plus only show, but I will give you a preview here, but first I got to pitch you.

0:08.8

With THC Plus, you get five extra hours of material every month in the form of extended two-hour interviews, solo shows, book reports, and an extra hour of the In the Weeds episodes, as well as full access to a huge archive of interviews

0:21.5

going back to 2010. You also get into the only comment section you'll find me hanging out in,

0:27.0

the rating system, and lifetime access to the private forum. But that's not all. You also get a

0:32.3

customized, individualized, RSS feed URL that works with all the major podcast players

0:37.4

without annoying

0:38.2

username and password stuff.

0:40.2

And if you were to become a member through Patreon rather than my own website, you can

0:44.3

even get Plus on Spotify, if that's your thing.

0:48.0

Help me help you, treat yourself, and get twice as much with THC Plus.

0:52.6

Use the links right in the show notes or go to the higher sidechats.com to start a free trial.

0:57.5

Here's a preview of what we got going on today.

1:02.4

So I'm sure we've all at least heard of the Book of the Damned, and I would say it's most

1:06.6

commonly known for recounting strange events of bizarre things falling from the sky specifically.

1:11.9

During a violent storm in France, a stone disc described as very regular and clearly worked

1:17.8

by human-like means fell from the sky.

1:21.0

Then comes the instance of a man, his wife, and his three daughters who were looking out

1:25.4

at their own lawn during a thunderstorm.

1:28.0

When they saw a stone fall from the sky, kill a sheep, and bury itself in the ground.

1:33.3

In Devonshire, England, inhabitants discovered a vast number of unclassifiable clawed footmarks.

1:39.9

Then we have the Vicksburg Turtle of 1894. During a hailstorm in Mississippi, a 6 to 8 inch gopher turtle fell from the sky encased in

1:49.3

ice.

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