The Historian's Miscellany

Policeman Herbert Schirmer has an alien encounter/abduction on December 3rd, 1967.  He recounts his experience at UFO convention in Florida sometime later.  SourcesJasorka, Michael. December 3rd, 1967. An Alien Encounter. Bombshell Comics. Police officer Herbert Schirmer talks about being taken onboard a UFO, Nebraska, December 3, 1967.  YouTube.  Accessed March 5, 2023.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-XpymjSBo0Schirmer, Herbert. “CD Audio Recording from a Florido U.F.O. Conference with Contactee: Herbert Schirmer.” circa 1970s.Special thanks to Epidmic Sound for the intro music.Support the showCheck out our social media:Facebook: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20historian%27s%20miscellanyInstagram: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.instagram.com/the_historians_miscellany/Twitter: @SidtheHistorian

In this episode, I explore a personal haunting by multiple spirits at my former home in St. Charles, Missouri.  The entities in this one ranged from harmless children to a sinister presence.  This is a short one, but hope you enjoy it.  I really want to hear your feedback on your own personal hauntings.  Leave us that info at one of the places below:Twitter - @sidthehistorianInstagram - The_historians_miscellanyFacebook - The Historian's MiscellanySupport the showCheck out our social media:Facebook: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20historian%27s%20miscellanyInstagram: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.instagram.com/the_historians_miscellany/Twitter: @SidtheHistorian

It has been quite a few weeks since I have dropped an episode.  We will let you know what to expect in the near future.  Stay Curious!Support the showCheck out our social media:Facebook: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20historian%27s%20miscellanyInstagram: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.instagram.com/the_historians_miscellany/Twitter: @SidtheHistorian

This episode heads to Beatrice, Nebraska in 1950.  A church exploded at the planned time of choir practice.  What happened to the 15 people that were supposed to be prepping for Sunday's service?  We will tell their story. Thanks for listening.  Reach out to us on Facebook (The Historian's Miscellany) or on Twitter (@sidthehistorian) to give us feedback on the shows or suggestions on things to investigate.  I look forward to all your comments.  Remember to Stay Curious!!Resources:Thanks to EpidemicSound.com for providing the music and sound effects.Mindy.  The Lucky 15 of Nebraska.  You Tube: The Missing Link.  December 23, 2020.  Accessed January 16, 2022.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nq6-UrEfIESnopes Staff.  Church Explosion Spares Choir.  Snopes.  December 31, 1998.  Accessed January 16, 2022.  https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/choir-non-quorum/Swancer, Brent.  The Strange Miracle of Nebraska’s “Lucky 15”.  Mysterious Universe.  May 17, 2019.  Accessed January 16, 2022.  https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/05/the-strange-miracle-of-nebraskas-lucky-15/West End Baptist Church.  Unsolved Mysteries.  Accessed January 16, 2022.  https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/West_End_Baptist_Church Support the showCheck out our social media:Facebook: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20historian%27s%20miscellanyInstagram: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.instagram.com/the_historians_miscellany/Twitter: @SidtheHistorian

Episode 4 is about a serial killer in Howard County, Nebraska.  She lived only about 10 miles from where I grew up.  Who would ever imagine that there was a serial killer in Dannebrog, Nebraska?  We discuss the happenings and confession of serial killer, Della Sorensen.  Little did I know when I started looking into this story, Della was related to your narrator.  Stay Curious!Resources:Thanks to EpidemicSound.com for providing the music and sound effects.A string of mysterious deaths surrounds a Nebraska woman.  History.  July 27, 2019.  Accessed March 2, 2022.  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-string-of-mysterious-deaths-surrounds-a-nebraska-womanDella Sorensen, The tragic, grievous and mysterious 7-year story , uncovered nearly a century ago, of Central Nebraska’s most famous ‘murderess’.  Grand Island Independent.  August 8, 2015.Mrs. Sorensen Admits She Poisoned Seven.  The Phonograph Herald.  April 22, 1925.Nebraska Mother Admits Long List of Crimes to Police Following Arrest - Killed Mother-In-Law Slayer Mentally Unbalanced and Will Be Sent to State Asylum.  The Bismark Tribune.  April 20, 1925.Woman Remorseless After Taking Eight Relatives’ Lives by Poison.  The Sioux City Journal.  April 28, 1925Reach out to me on Twitter “@SidtheHistorian” or on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/thehistoriansmiscellany  for suggestions for stories, for locations to cover, or for improvements on the Podcast.  I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening.    Stay Curious!!Support the showCheck out our social media:Facebook: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20historian%27s%20miscellanyInstagram: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.instagram.com/the_historians_miscellany/Twitter: @SidtheHistorian

Episode 3 – Aliens in Rural NebraskaThis episode takes us to Dundy County, Nebraska in 1884 when they had a crazy alien sighting by a group of cowboys heading out for a local roundup.   The details of the crash landing and multiple witnesses (including a couple who were severely hurt) were documented well.   Resources:Thanks to EpidemicSound.com for providing the music and sound effects.A Celestial Visitor. A Startling and Curious Story from the Ranges of Dundy County. A Blazing Aerolite Falls to the Astounded Earth. It is Evidently a Machine of Human Manufacture.  State Journal.  June 8, 1884.Flashback Friday: “A Celestial Visitor” Revisited: A Nebraska Newspaper Hoax From 1884 - Patricia C. Gaster.”  History Nebraska.  Summer 2013.  Accessed February 22, 2022.  https://history.nebraska.gov/blog/flashback-friday-celestial-visitor-revisited-nebraska-newspaper-hoax-1884-patricia-c-gasterPatricia C Gaster. “'A Celestial Visitor' Revisited: A Nebraska Newspaper Hoax From 1884.” Nebraska History 94 (2013): 90-99.Sehnert, Walt.  Lime Jello with cottage cheese -- from the sky?  McCook Gazette.  July 13, 2009.  Accessed March 15, 2022.  https://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1554245.htmlThe Magical Meteor, It Dissolves Like a Drop of Dew Before the Morning Sun.  State Journal.  June 9, 1884.Support the showCheck out our social media:Facebook: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20historian%27s%20miscellanyInstagram: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.instagram.com/the_historians_miscellany/Twitter: @SidtheHistorian

In this episode, we are going out to the eastern part of the United States in the Green Mountain National Forest in the lovely state of Vermont to look at what some locals believe is a mystery similar to that of the Bermuda Triangle.  This area has been coined, the Bennington Triangle.  This name was first used by New England author, Joseph A. Citro.  Citro described the area as the woodlands around Glastenbury Mountain that includes the towns of Bennington, Woodford, and Shaftsbury.  There are also two ghost towns in this area, Somerset and Glastenbury.  Why call out this area?  Well, it got most of its attention when 5 people went missing in the area from 1945 to 1950.  Further investigation into this area, however, shows us that there have long been mysterious happenings in this area.  Everything from a “wild man” or bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, and of course, many missing people.  Some say as many as 40 people have gone missing in this area over the years.  Resources:Thanks to EpidemicSound.com for providing the music and sound effects.Abramovich, Chad.  The Vanished Town of Glastenbury and The Bennington Triangle.  Obscure Vermont: Stories of Vermont and Vermonters.  April 7, 2015.  Accessed January 16, 2022.  https://obscurevermont.com/the-vanished-town-of-glastenbury-and-the-bennington-triangle/ Blanchard, Fessenden S.  Ghost towns of New England: Their ups and downs.  Mean Dodd.  1960. Citro, Joseph.   Passing Strange: True Tales of New England Hauntings and Horrors.  Mariner Books.  1997. Simard, Tim.  Haunted Hikes of Vermont.  Publishing Works, Inc.  2010.SPACE.  Secrets of the Bennington Triangle.  The Earth Chronicles of Life.  September 20, 2016.  Accessed January 16, 2022.  https://earth-chronicles.com/anomalies/secrets-of-the-bennington-triangle.html Tirosh, Gur.  Unraveling the Unsolved Disappearances of the Bennington Triangle.  History by Day.  Accessed January 16, 2022.  https://historybyday.com/pop-culture/unraveling-the-unsolved-disappearances-of-the-bennington-triangle/ Weiser-Alexander, Kathy.  Bennington Triangle, Vermont.  Legends of America.  August 2021.  Accessed January 16, 2022.  https://www.legendsofamerica.com/bennington-triangle-vermont/Support the showCheck out our social media:Facebook: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20historian%27s%20miscellanyInstagram: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.instagram.com/the_historians_miscellany/Twitter: @SidtheHistorian

We will tell the tale of Faceless Fred, a ghost that haunts the Speakeasy near Sacramento, Nebraska.   Fred lived in the area in the late 1800s and was known to be a philanderer.  Well, it eventually caught up with him.  Now, he still tries to find ladies, but it a much different form. Resources:Thanks to EpidemicSound.com for providing the music and sound effects.Bebensee, Ashley.  4 places (rumored to be) haunted in Central Nebraska.  Kearney Hub.  Updated July 24, 2019.  Accessed January 15, 2022.  https://kearneyhub.com/news/local/4-places-rumored-to-be-haunted-in-central-nebraska/article_68b6b218-dd1c-11e8-8fd5-bb3fc0939996.htmlBundy, Tayden.  Faceless Fred – The Ghoul of Phelps County. Haunted Nebraska – Explore the Spookier Side.  December 28, 2019. Accessed January 5, 2022.  https://taydenbundy.wixsite.com/hauntednebraska/post/faceless-fred-the-ghoul-of-phelps-countyFaceless Fred, the Phantom of Phelps County.  History Nebraska.  Accessed January 10, 2022.  https://history.nebraska.gov/blog/faceless-fred-phantom-phelps-countyThompson, Glenn.  Faceless Fred, the Phantom of Phelps County.  Written for the Holdrege Area Chamber of Commerce.Walker, Dennis.  What Ever Happened to Faceless Fred.  Nebraska Phantasms: Investigating History as it Makes Itself Known.  Updated November 8, 2009.  Accessed January 10, 2021.  http://nebraskaphantasms.weebly.com/faceless-fred.htmlSupport the showCheck out our social media:Facebook: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20historian%27s%20miscellanyInstagram: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.instagram.com/the_historians_miscellany/Twitter: @SidtheHistorian

Welcome to The Historian’s Miscellany.  You are invited to listen to this collection of interesting tales of mystery.  The stories will involve missing persons, ghosts, strange phenomena, unsolved murders & other mystifying stories.  Most will be true.  Some will be speculation.  Others will simply be just plain ole good entertainment.  Our miscellany will focus on areas mostly off the beaten path.  You know, in those areas where you need to drive an hour to get to a Wal-Mart or where cellular service is a luxury.  The method of storytelling will vary.  On some episodes, I will do my best to convey what truth has already been uncovered.  With others, I will work to put my own twist on the tale.  Frankly, I just want to give you an easy way to be entertained about subjects that make me stop and think.I look forward to sharing these tales with you and adding some flavor to them.   The plan is for the show’s first episode to be published by March 1, 2022 with 1-2 episodes a month, depending on my work schedule and the holiday or vacation seasons.  I am going to start with a story less than 10 miles from where I am currently residing.  Reach out to me on Twitter “@SidtheHistorian” for suggestions for stories, for locations to cover, or for improvements on the Podcast.  I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening.  Support the showCheck out our social media:Facebook: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20historian%27s%20miscellanyInstagram: The Historian's Miscellany @ https://www.instagram.com/the_historians_miscellany/Twitter: @SidtheHistorian