238 | The Premonitions Bureau: Chasing The Impossible

Join the Tall Tale Social Cult! Pull up a log and gather around the campfire that never goes out. Cult members enjoy Exclusive Monthly Shows, Early Access to Episodes, Extended Episodes & More. Click the Link to Join on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ishortn.ink/TallTaleSocialCult ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscriptions also available on Apple Podcast & YouTube Platforms. ----- October 21st, 1966. A sleepy Welsh village named Aberfan lies hushed beneath a gray dawn. At 9:13 a.m., the earth itself betrays it. The colliery spoil tip, swollen with rain, collapses in a roar of black sludge. It swallows Pantglas Junior School whole. 144 lives vanish—116 of them children. Their voices are silenced beneath the weight of coal waste. The nation mourns. The National Coal Board shrugs off blame. But amid the grief, whispers begin to surface. Whispers of dreams. Of warnings. A girl who saw the blackness coming. A boy who drew the end. A woman miles away who felt it in her bones. Could this tragedy have been foreseen? Could it have been stopped? Today, we step into a strange corner of history—a tale of two men who dared to ask that question, and the shadowy experiment they built to chase the impossible. This is the story of The Premonitions Bureau. TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - Take #2419 of the Opening Monologue 2:14 - THE EPISODE STARTS AT 8:00 MARK 2:32 - The Show Almost Ended (More On This After Outro) 8:00 - The Episode Starts Here (Chill Out..) 8:10 - Dr. John Barker 8:48 - Can Fear Itself 'Kill'? 10:18 - Dreaming of Disasters 11:11 - A Lesson in Coal Mining 13:00 - The Music/Old People Tangent 14:42 - A Headline and a Mission 15:30 - Dexter v. Dexter's Laboratory 16:14 - The Evening Standard 17:36 - A Call To Action & A Flood of Response 18:45 - Nevermind, They Banned it in 1988 21:24 - End of the Smoking/Patience Tangent 22:26 - ADHD The Podcast 23:18 - A Spacecraft & A Cosmonaut 24:48 - Ms. Middleton & The Flying Egg 27:55 - Christian Brags About Being on a Bus 28:13 - October 20th, 1966 32:31 - Death of a Doctor 34:22 - The Premonition Bureau Shuts Down 35:24 - Everything Comes Down to Power 38:02 - The Oracle of Delphi 43:13 - Was The Premonition Bureau a Moral Idea? 50:50 - The Close Out 55:49 - Discussing The Future of The Show 70:39 - Christian Has Derailed My Goal for This Info..I'll Explain Better Later. -------- If you want to become a producer, visit this link: http://bit.ly/3WZ3xTg Episode Producer: Eric Long -------- The Twilight Zone meets Mystery Science Theatre 3000 meets an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner conversation with your in-laws. TFD is a weekly paranormal comedy podcast featuring real ghost stories, Cryptid lore discussions, and true paranormal experiences catering to the week’s theme. Fresh episodes drop every Thursday across all podcast platforms, and feature perspectives from both believer and skeptic sides of the aisle. So if you’re a fan of haunted places, terrifying paranormal activity, and true ghost stories from real people, you’re in the right place, friend. Recorded in an undisclosed location somewhere in the beautiful woods of Wasilla, Alaska. ++SUBMIT YOUR STORY FOR OUR LISTENER STORY EPISODES++ Email: [email protected] Voicemail: 801-997-0051 ++WEBSITE & MERCH++ Website: www.thefreakydeaky.com Merch: www.thefreakydeaky.com/store ++FOLLOW OUR SOCIALS FOR EXCLUSIVES++ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3goj7SP Instagram: https://bit.ly/2HOdleo Facebook: https://bit.ly/3ebSde6 TFD Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/tfdfb TikTok: https://bit.ly/35lNOlu