EPISODE · Jul 16, 2025 · 26 MIN
GHOST IN THE MACHINE: The Dodleston Messages | True Scary Stories
from Obscurata | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories
In the quiet English village of Dodleston, a borrowed school computer became the epicenter of one of the strangest documented mysteries of the 1980s. Without internet or any external connection, messages began appearing—written in archaic English, claiming to be from a man living in the year 1546. The bizarre files described the house in perfect detail and responded to questions typed by the owners. Was it an elaborate hoax… or something far stranger? This is the true story of the Dodleston Messages—one of the eeriest cases of electronic communication ever recorded.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESource Information:https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/dodleston-messages.htmhttps://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/ghost-in-the-machine/https://historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/dodleston-messages/31501/https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23766https://zerothly.wordpress.com/2021/11/22/the-haunted-bbc-micro/https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/95iuyz/unexplained_phenomena_the_dodleston_messages/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In the quiet English village of Dodleston, a borrowed school computer became the epicenter of one of the strangest documented mysteries of the 1980s. Without internet or any external connection, messages began appearing—written in archaic English, claiming to be from a man living in the year 1546. The bizarre files described the house in perfect detail and responded to questions typed by the owners. Was it an elaborate hoax… or something far stranger? This is the true story of the Dodleston Messages—one of the eeriest cases of electronic communication ever recorded.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESource Information:https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/dodleston-messages.htmhttps://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/ghost-in-the-machine/https://historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/dodleston-messages/31501/https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23766https://zerothly.wordpress.com/2021/11/22/the-haunted-bbc-micro/https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/95iuyz/unexplained_phenomena_the_dodleston_messages/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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