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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I hadn’t heard about it until a couple of days ago. I’ll have to look into it!

Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

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We live in a time when the federal government considers it taboo to name officers. I asked @sergioolmos.bsky.social about his team's decision to identify five Border Patrol officers who spent last year traveling the country and violently arresting people -- and the inevitable criticism they'd face.

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Sarah Carradine @sarahcarradine.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

It was huge fun having @tobyballnh.bsky.social back on the Seen for a member-only bonus episode @maritalks2much.bsky.social & I cannot apologise enough to Toby for what we subject him to 🔎 Fun episode though with heaps of fantastic recommendations #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #crimesky #truecrimesky

Poster for the docu-series The Hillside Strangler on MGM+

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I think you're thrown off by my newly acquired Spanish accent. 😂

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

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for the weekend crowd: I dug into a new podcast that pins a bunch of notorious murders on a long-dead Jewish man from San Diego. It's the ugliest true crime property in recent memory. [gift link] defector.com/michael-conn...

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Michael Connelly Should Stick To Fake Crime | Defector

The origin of Michael Connelly’s new true crime podcast, Killer in the Code, was a rather far-fetched tip fielded by Rick Jackson, a retired detective from the Los Angeles Police Department. A self-de...

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Well, if I find myself really missing brass band dirges during this year's Fallas, I'll know where to go! And I don't know what to say about that ad but I guess in this day and age, we should just be glad someone will purchase an ad in a print newspaper!

Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

August Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story by Rich Cohen September Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder October The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston 3/3

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

May The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City by Nicholas Dawidoff June Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser July The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us by John Lennon 2/3

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The Deep Dive books - 2026! February The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart Reid March This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial by Helen Garner April Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill 1/3

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Amber Hunt @reporteramber.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

For six years, I’ve reported on the Elwood Jones case and raised questions about an incomplete investigation. Today, the prosecutor agreed — and dropped all charges. New episode is up. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... #truecrime #podcasts #wrongfulconvictions #elwoodjones #WhatIfTheyreWrong

Elwood Jones Finally Free: Prosecutor Says He’s ‘Excluded’ As Rhoda Nathan’s Killer

Podcast Episode · What If They’re Wrong? After the Accusation · 12/15/2025 · 31m

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Lost Coast Outpost ran a nice review of Rip Current. You can read it here: lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/dec/8/t...

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There’s a New Podcast About the Timber Wars and the Judi Bari Story, and It’s Pretty Darned Good

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Here's a fun article from @nytimes.com about UFO tourism in New Hampshire. It mentions the Strange Arrivals podcast and movie. Great visuals, too. You can hear the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... The Betty and Barney Hill story is told in season one. #nytimes #podcasts #UFO

History Podcast · Biweekly Series · Welcome to Strange Arrivals, where host Toby Ball unravels history's most famous cases of extraterrestrial encounters. This season three, we look at UFO researchers...

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I think so. As I explained in the episode, even the people who increased the criminal penalties for tree spiking couldn't find examples beyond George Alexander. It feels like a propaganda effort, to be honest.

Heather Hill @hhreader.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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@tobyballnh.bsky.social 1) DnD resurgence came with Stranger Things 2) you ABSOLUTELY need to do the reading of the Book of Enoch with former guests! 3) Brandon falling into his Texas roots with his “y’all” near the end of the ep - classic! Loved this episode! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Aliens and Bigfoot with David Farrier

Podcast Episode · More Like Ancient FAILiens · 11/28/2025 · 1h 2m

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Maggie Rahr @maggierahr.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I had so much fun talking with @tobyballnh.bsky.social and @brandorey.bsky.social on More like Ancient Failiens podcast 🛸🛸🛸🛸 Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/4SJU...

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Mysteries of the Sphinx with Maggie Rahr

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Thanks Valerie! Glad you're enjoying it. Thanks for listening!!

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Feels Like ‘98 @feelslike98.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

@tobyballnh.bsky.social I’ve lived my entire life without watching a single episode of Ancient Aliens. Well, more like Ancient FAILiens… Podcast life RIP to my Tubi recommendations

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Josh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

At the start of Rip Current ep. 2, hear me describe an encounter with visionary environmentalist Judi Bari one year after the vicious car-bomb attempt on her life. #Judibari @tobyballnh.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The first episode of Season 2 of the Rip Current podcast is in your podcast feeds! This season: radical environmental activist Judi Bari - her battles with the timber industry and the pipe bomb that nearly killed her. Listen on any podcast app or here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Josh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

New podcast about visionary environmentalist Judi Bari comes out Nov 5 -- Rip Current by @tobyballnh.bsky.social. Judi overcame polarization and exposed divisive tactics used to break social movements. We'll see where Rip Current takes this important story. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

History Podcast · Series · On the morning of May 24th, 1990, a pipe bomb exploded in the car driven by Judi Bari, a leader in the radical environmental group, Earth First!. She was critically injured,...

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I’m actually rooting for the Blue Jays and LA

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Vincent van Gogh, Dutch (1853-1890), The White Cottage Among the Olive Trees, 1889, oil on canvas, 70 x 60 cm, private collection

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Sara Jane Moore's 18 months as an informant became increasingly fraught . By the time she pulled the trigger she had reason to fear for her life. I put out a podcast about both Sara Jane and Lynette Fromme's attempts on Gerald Ford. It's called Rip Current and you can find it here: shorturl.at/SeaqU

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History Podcast · Series · California, September 1975. Within a span of 17 days and less than 90 miles, two women, working separately, tried to assassinate the president of the United States, Gerald R...

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate Pres. Gerald Ford in 1975, died today at age 95. A divorced housewife, she'd spent 18 months as an informant for the FBI on San Francisco's radical underground. A wild story and the subject of my podcast Rip Current. You can listen here: shorturl.at/SeaqU

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Amber Hunt @reporteramber.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

MAJOR RULING: Appeals court tosses key evidence from Elwood Jones case. Officer who found victim's pendant can't be cross-examined (he's dead), so his testimony is OUT of the retrial. Prosecutors once called this evidence 'better than a fingerprint.' #TrueCrime #Podcasts #Journalism

Dead Men Can’t Testify: A New Ruling in the Elwood Jones Case

Podcast Episode · What If They’re Wrong? After the Accusation · 09/16/2025 · 24m

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Amber Hunt @reporteramber.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The Slocum Massacre is such an important story. This week’s Crimes of the Centuries: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

The Massacre Texas Tried to Erase

Podcast Episode · Crimes of the Centuries · 09/15/2025 · 46m

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

All the best people say food store

Amber Hunt @reporteramber.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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We really do need some silliness in our lives right about now. Here’s one way to find some. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... #MLAF #morelikeancientfailiens #podcasts #grabbagcollab #GBC @tobyballnh.bsky.social

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I knew there must be some explanation!

Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Hey Toni! The next Deep Dive recording is this Wednesday at 8. We are discussing Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista. It is pretty intense. Next is The Art Thief, I think, which will almost undoubtedly be lighter.

Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I had a fun interview with Michel Gagne on Paranoid Planet, focusing mostly on the Hill abduction case. It actually ended up being a two-parter! You can hear part 1 on any podcast app, or here: www.paranoidplanet.ca/podcast/epis...

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PARANOID PLANET is a podcast about conspiracy theories, paradigm shifts, and critical thinking that offers serious and lighthearted conversations with people who believe in conspiracy theories, and wi...

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

There's a new episode of More Like Ancient Fail-iens, with guest @danagould.bsky.social ! Available on any podcast app.

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Thanks Doc! Here's a clip from our latest episode:

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

It ended up being the last of the first “season.” Many more to come starting next Friday!

Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 25/06/2025

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CLIP: Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social discusses the limited picture typically portrayed by biased UFO archivists & investigators with guest Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social & Jack Brewer @jackbrewer.bsky.social on Expanding Frontiers. WATCH: youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8Cn...

Expanding Frontiers Research Executive Director Erica Lukes shares her thoughts on partisan UFO research with guest Toby Ball and fellow EFR board member Jack Brewer.

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 23/06/2025

WATCH: Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social explains to Erica Lukes & Jack Brewer how his assessments of the Hill case & alleged alien abduction developed as he conducted research into regressive hypnosis & evolving narratives for his Strange Arrivals podcast series. CLIP: youtube.com/clip/UgkxZYC...

Podcaster and author Toby Ball guests with Erica Lukes and Jack Brewer on Expanding Frontiers.

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I haven't done anything UFO-related in a while, but I just had a great conversation with @ericalukesuap and @Brewerblogs on their Expanding Frontiers podcast. You can check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vecU...

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Examining Alien Abduction and UFO Research with Toby Ball

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Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I have! Will vet it for Deep Dive 2026.