301 - The Ghost in the Machine (part 1)

In 1984 a group of people living in Dodleston, England, began to receive strange messages on a BBC Micro personal computer. Then things got weird... Part 1 of our 2-part coverage of time-travel and vintage computers! Links: Pathological Punning - Witzelsucht  A detailed review of The Vertical Plane Where is Dodleston? The book (reprinted recently) The Vertical Plane  by Ken Webster (affiliate link) A segment on this topic from the TV show From Out of this World (1996) A more detailed dive into the topic with some with notes about textual analysis Some lengthy podcasts doing a longer-take: The Dark Histories Podcast Astonishing Legends (Part 1, Part 2)

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