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Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-03-14

Books mentioned on The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century

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It started with New Hampshire couple Betty and Barney Hill, who learned under hypnosis they’d been abducted and examined by aliens in 1962. Since then, possibly millions of people in the US alone came to believe they followed in the Hills’ footsteps.

Josh Clark discussed The interrupted journey by John G. Fuller, Communion by Whitley Strieber, and Abduction by John E. Mack.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The interrupted journey

    John G. Fuller · at 14:37 · mentioned 2 times

    Discussed
    “and then a guy named John G Fuller uh made it into a book in 1966 called the interrupted Journey colon two lost hours aboard a flying saucer”
    Josh Clark The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century 2024-03-14 Listen at 14:37
    Where to get it
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  2. Communion

    Whitley Strieber · at 27:01 · mentioned 2 times

    Communion by Whitley Strieber is a striking account in which the author details his personal, unsettling experiences with alleged non-human entities and alien abduction.

    Discussed
    “but he was a horror and science fiction writer and in ' 87 published the book communion which had if you if you look up the cover of communion”
    Josh Clark The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century 2024-03-14 Listen at 27:01
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  3. Abduction

    John E. Mack · at 34:18 · mentioned 2 times

    Abduction by John E. Mack is a provocative non-fiction work by a Harvard psychiatrist that investigates close encounters and alleged alien abductions through the lens of subjects studied via hypnotic regression.

    Discussed
    “he had a book in 94 about 13 different abduction cases called abduction colon uh human encounters with alien uh parenthesis”
    Josh Clark The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century 2024-03-14 Listen at 34:18
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
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