Just finished 'Strange Frequencies' - what a load of nonsense

Spent the better part of a tenner on this new podcast series about unexplained radio broadcasts throughout British history. Started listening last week thinking it'd be properly interesting, but honestly it's just the host banging on about coincidences and treating every bit of interference like it's contact with aliens.

Episode 3 about the Rendlesham Forest incident nearly had me in stitches - they're claiming the military's night vision equipment malfunctions were 'proof' of non-terrestrial presence. No, mate, that's just... how technology works sometimes. They could've interviewed actual physicists instead of some bloke from a UFO Facebook group.

The production quality is nice at least, and I'll grant them the research is thorough, but it's all confirmation bias dressed up in atmospheric music and dramatic pauses. Anyone else been listening or is it just me that finds it frustrating?

Disagree! I found it refreshing actually. Not everything needs to have a rational explanation, and the podcast wasn't claiming definitively that aliens landed - just exploring weird events that don't fit neat categories. Also, the host does interview skeptics in episode 5, they're just edited out apparently according to the subreddit.

The Rendlesham episode was the weakest one IMO, but episodes 1, 2, and 4 about the pirate radio stations are genuinely brilliant. There are some proper unexplained transmissions from the 1970s that even radio enthusiasts can't account for. Worth sticking with it, skip episode 3 if it winds you up.

I listened to the whole series and thought it was decent background material while doing housework but nothing groundbreaking. If you want actually good paranormal media try 'Our Fake History' - similar premise but the host actually admits when something's probably bollocks instead of playing spooky violin music over it.