Toby Ball

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

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

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...

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...

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!

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Definitely do if you can!!

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

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

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

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

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.

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#truecrime #podcasts #wrongfulconvictions #elwoodjones #WhatIfTheyreWrong

S2 E6: Threats Podcast Episode · Rip Current · S2 E6 · 28m

Great episode!

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

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

More Like Ancient FAILiens TV Reviews Podcast · Did aliens build the pyramids? What's with all the abductions? And why do they like gold so much?In More Like Ancient FAILiens, journalist Brandon R. Reynolds and podcaster Toby B...

This season of More Like Ancient Fail-iens with Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social included a 2-parter on Skinwalker Ranch with Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social & a Prototypes episode with Jack Brewer @jackbrewer.bsky.social. Check out the podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Strange Arrivals 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...

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

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.

Thanks Heather!

S2 E5: Spotted Owl Week Podcast Episode · Rip Current · S2 E5 · 32m

@tobyballnh.bsky.social another great Rip Current ep!

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Aliens and Bigfoot with David Farrier Podcast Episode · More Like Ancient FAILiens · 11/28/2025 · 1h 2m

@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!

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Mysteries of the Sphinx with Maggie Rahr

I had so much fun talking with @tobyballnh.bsky.social and @brandorey.bsky.social on
More like Ancient Failiens podcast 🛸🛸🛸🛸
Check it out!
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Thanks Valerie! Glad you're enjoying it. Thanks for listening!!

I’m entranced @tobyballnh.bsky.social

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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

S2 E2: Arrival Podcast Episode · Rip Current · S2 E2 · 27m

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...

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...

Rip Current 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,...

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...

I’m actually rooting for the Blue Jays and LA

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

Rip Current 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...

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

Rip Current 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...

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

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

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