1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Now here's a highlight from Coast to Coast AM on 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. Tim Bannal is the news director of 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: Coast to Coast AM dot com. You may know him 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: as the host and creator of the broadcast of the 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: podcast Binal of America. He also covers the paranormal news 6 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: beat for us, writing most of the original articles that 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: you see during the weekend. Every Friday, He's been joining 8 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: us here at the start of the show with a 9 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: roundup of some of the most fascinating stories from the 10 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: last weekend and helping us put like a little capstone 11 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: on those stories. Let's bring up Tim. Good evening, Tim, 12 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: It's great to be back again tonight. I've got a 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: great week. I had a terrific week, and I've been 14 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: reading this book all week. Strange Stars about this, you know, 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: the way that uh science fiction mainstream and pop music 16 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: had decided to deviate from the mainstream and become more 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: like science fiction. It's a really cool book, and we'll 18 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: be talking about some of the most fam as examples 19 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: of that and how they were directly impacted by science 20 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: fiction in a minute. But um, you like that period 21 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: of this sort of the late sixties seventies, period of music. Yeah, 22 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: I'm a big classic rock man for sure. Yeah. Absolutely. 23 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: Uh So, if you had to name a song which 24 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: you thought was based on a science fiction story, um, 25 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: one which was maybe even in and of itself a 26 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: science fiction song, a song completely like a self contained 27 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: little science fiction narrative in a in a song. Can 28 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: you think of one? Yeah, there's one that I really love. 29 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: I hope it kind of fits the bill a treat, 30 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: this clear Water Revival. It came out of the sky. 31 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, see, now that's interesting. So this is 32 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: what I'll actually I'll ask Jason, but because I'm not 33 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: sure I heard him mention that, but I do like 34 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: that story, and so that'll be one we'll get to. 35 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: But I mean, some of the things that will be 36 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: talking about coming up are songs which I have known 37 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,239 Speaker 1: always and did not realize in a way. I just didn't. 38 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: I didn't connect the dots like he does in how 39 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: the artists were reading a science fiction novel and then 40 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: decided to put that into a song. And then on 41 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: the other side of that too. I believe so much 42 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: of that influenced actual science. And we'll get back to 43 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: that coming up in just a second. But let's find 44 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: out what were the big stories this week at Coast 45 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: to Coast a M dot com tim that some people 46 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: may have missed and they need to take a look 47 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: at when they go to Coast to Coast to Coast 48 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: am dot com tonight. Yeah. Absolutely, I guess you could 49 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: call these but all these are I love that. That 50 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: sounds great. So these are these are sort of like 51 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: my three favorite and we set it up on the 52 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: Coast Coast a M website where you can go and 53 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: find these all sort of guide people as we go along. 54 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: So with the number three spot in the carousel is 55 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: a really amusing story I found. I kind of picked 56 00:02:58,639 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: this one out in the sense I thought you get 57 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: a uck a lot of it. A man in England. 58 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: He's in trouble with the law. He's he broke up 59 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: with his fiance, marriage fell apart and uh or the 60 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: planned marriage course. Um, and he's been trying to get 61 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: back together with her and she's had enough and he's 62 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: in trouble for harassing her. And the long story short 63 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: in the sense is that he sent her a number 64 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,119 Speaker 1: of anonymous letters. He's accused of all this of course, Um, 65 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: you know, so he's gonna have his day in court. 66 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: But she received a number of anonymous letters, and the 67 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: one that made headlines was one that looked like it 68 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: came from a nearby caro shop, and it got across 69 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: the message that it was a message quote unquote from 70 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: his ex fiance's late mother who was imparting her, imploring 71 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,839 Speaker 1: her to get back together with him, and and and 72 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: the message was a lot like what you would expect 73 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: someone faking a message from the other side would be like, So, 74 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: I said, you know, the man who sacrificed everything for you, 75 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: the man who loves you, the man who wants you 76 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: to be his wife. And I urge her, telling her 77 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: to call her. All you have to do is call him, 78 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: and said in the in the letter, so uh and 79 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: his his his defense for all this is, I don't 80 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: know anything about it. I must have been a friend 81 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: of ours who who's trying to get us back together, 82 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,239 Speaker 1: which to me is like, who needs friends like that? 83 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: What kind of friend like that is? You're on trial, man, 84 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: But I I will tell you, I know that somebody 85 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: that this happened to for reals, And I just talked 86 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: to her three weeks ago. Um she had never been married. 87 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: Um she her mother was was in later stages of life, 88 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: and she was lamenting to her daughter, you know one 89 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: of the things I always fear most about passing on, 90 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: and said, you're going to be alone. And she kept 91 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: bringing up a kid which my friend had known like 92 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: in third grade or fourth grade. I mean they knew 93 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: each other, but they never really dated, and she kept 94 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: bringing him up going. I kept thinking would end up 95 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: with him, and she was like, yeah, uh, I mean 96 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: yet nice. He was a nice kid. But you know 97 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: that was about it. When her when her mother died, 98 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: that guy reached out to her on Facebook. And then 99 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: what was even weirder, This was really weird. She said 100 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: when they went they were putting away some of her 101 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: things after her mother died, and she found a photo 102 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: that her mother had found of this woman friend of 103 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: mine and her fiancee. Uh they're since married. Um, when 104 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: they were like in third and fourth grade. A picture 105 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: that she had put in her scrap book prominently at 106 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: the end of her life. Now, that's just like that 107 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: gave her child gave the way she told it much 108 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: better than that, but it was still cool. Alright, So, 109 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: speaking of schoolgirls, there's this cool photo I just saw 110 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 1: the headline about this girl that took the photo of 111 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: NeSSI what's that all about? Uh? Yeah, well, I mean 112 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: it's pretty straightforward. Young girl about twelve years old. She 113 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: was visiting Locknets with her family on vacation and snapped 114 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: a pretty good picture. It's up in the number two 115 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: spot on the Coast Coast a am dot com website. 116 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: It's a it's a pretty good picture and one of 117 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: the researchers there in Scotland said it's one of the 118 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: best he's seen in years. And what sit out to 119 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: me I thought was interesting when you're when you're sort 120 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: of surfing the paranormal news wave like I do. What 121 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: I thought was fascinating was, you know, we cover all 122 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: these nasty sidings throughout the year, and since May, this 123 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: is the third schoolgirl to have a nesty siding uh 124 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: the summer. It's really weird and got me thinking. I 125 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: was wondering what that was all about, and maybe reaching 126 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: out to the to the unjaded, reaching out to kids 127 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: who have an open mind. That's exactly it. Yeah, that's 128 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: I think it is. And who else Adults don't look 129 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: right all right, and the kids are looking and they 130 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: had not to mention the kid have like a camera 131 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: in her hand, like seven anyway, so he's probably taking 132 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: eight thousand photos, you know, did you? But all right, 133 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: so then that the the Scottish hills of there then 134 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: bring us into this third story about this Heather experience. 135 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: I did not look at this story. It's at Coast 136 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: to Coast a m dot com. I saw it in 137 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: the carousel at the top of the page. But all right, 138 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: so go ahead and tell me about this. Okay, this 139 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: is my favorite story of the week. This is absolutely 140 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: mind bending. An author on Twitter, her name is Summer Heath, uh, 141 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: Summer Heacock, right, Summer hecoch So she told this story. 142 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: She says, since she was a child, people have continually 143 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: mistakenly called her Heather, not Summer um and Hecock is 144 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: her married name, and it has nothing to do with that, right, 145 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: because it has been going on since she was like 146 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: three years old. So, and it happens so often that 147 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: she said, it happens maybe once a week at least 148 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: that people call her Heather, and it's always Heather, it's 149 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: not some other name. So it became sort of a 150 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: joke to her and even not just strangers. Her doctor 151 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: slips up sometimes and calls her Heather. Her husband sometimes 152 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: slips up and calls her Heather. So she always just 153 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: kind of thought it was just a weird thing that happened, 154 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: you know. Turns out she had been adopted and shortly 155 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: before she uh, her new parents you know, took her in. 156 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: She stayed for about six weeks at a you know, 157 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: a facility where they take care of kids before they're adopted. 158 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: And uh, during that period, she didn't have a name, 159 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: so they just gave her a random name. She never 160 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: found out what it was. A couple of weeks ago, 161 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: she gets a message on social media her biological family 162 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: has found her. Uh, and they all get together for 163 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: a joyous reunion. And then while they're all hanging around, 164 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: she asks, Hey, did you ever know what my name 165 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: was during those six weeks that I was in that 166 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: facility before my parents had taught to me? You may 167 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 1: have guessed by now what they said. How spooky and 168 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: and amazingly how they found her was they found a 169 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: birth certificate, the original birthtificate name on the thing Heather. 170 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: So creepy, it'll make you weepy, man, I like that. 171 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: That's a great story. And uh, and you've got the 172 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: documentation to prove it, which makes it even better. All right, 173 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: very good? Is that everything? Then that's Eddie and I'll 174 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: be back next week with another dispatch from the world 175 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: of the weird. I love that. We'll look for you 176 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: to at Coast to Coast am dot com. Listen to 177 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: more Coast to Coast a m every weeknight at one 178 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: a m. Eastern, and go to Coast to Coast am 179 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: dot com for more