https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-book-of-the-damned--7081817enNaturePublic domainhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7243edbb36ec63c8bd261d48b81f8e40.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-book-of-the-damned--7081817Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:30:09 +0000Charles Hoy FortJonathan Magnussonfeeds@spreaker.comWelcome to Charles Fort’s The Book of the Damned, a strange archive of falling frogs, impossible stones, vanished data, celestial anomalies, and facts that refused to fit. Learn the true meaning of the word Fortean in a world of rejected evidence,...falseserialhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-the-damned-chapter-1--72362984https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72362984Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:09:06 +0000Charles Hoy FortIn which an array of excluded and anomalous data—termed "the damned"—is assembled to illustrate the flawed and arbitrary processes by which Science, striving for order and definiteness, excludes that which resists clear categorisation. It is proposed...2069false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-the-damned-chapter-2--72362979https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72362979Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:30:04 +0000Charles Hoy FortIn which the autumn of 1883, graced with unparalleled sunsets and blue moons, invites a curious scrutiny of scientific explanations pinned to the Krakatoa eruption, challenging the firmaments of accepted knowledge and atmospheric phenomena. We observe...928false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-the-damned-chapter-3--72362980https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72362980Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:30:03 +0000Charles Hoy FortIn which the author observes the persistent strivings of science toward an elusive realness, while uncovering countless instances of coloured rains—yellow, black, and red—that defy comforting terrestrial explanations and hint at something far stranger...3254false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-the-damned-chapter-4--72362981https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72362981Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:30:07 +0000Charles Hoy FortIn which a curious catalogue of gelatinous, flesh-like, and other inexplicably falling substances is presented with meticulous care, revealing the persistent human impulse to explain such phenomena within the confines of familiar earthly origins...1671false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-the-damned-chapter-5--72362983https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72362983Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:30:02 +0000Charles Hoy FortIn which the peculiar phenomena of extraordinary and inexplicable material falls from the sky—ranging from fibrous “marsh paper” to oily and vegetable substances—are surveyed with a sceptical eye towards scientific dogma and its penchant for...2799false15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-the-damned-chapter-6--72362992https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72362992Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:30:02 +0000Charles Hoy FortIn which observations are gathered of unusual substances falling from the sky—sulphur, sandstone, salt, cinders, coal, and even what might be fossils—challenging rigid orthodoxies that exclude such data on account of their preposterousness or...2602false16full