The Analogue Haunting

2019

(Part I)

Deutorom: Hello my name is Deutorom, and you are listening to our October 2019 edition of ‘UnEarthly’.

Our programmes investigate paranormal phenomena. And our aim is, ‘to know the unknown!’

Today, we’re investigating a phenomenon that occurred near Manchester, and a road named Chorley St.

We’re speaking to the Randolph family. They were living in that street back in 1991, and they’re going to tell us of their unearthly experiences.

(Spooky music sounds for the scene change)

Interview I - 2019

(Part II)

Deutorom: So, now, I’m with Jeremiah and Stef Randolph. And, well, Jeremiah, you can begin, what was it that you witnessed some 30-years ago?

Jeremiah: Well, Deutorom, we were living next-door to Geoff and his family. I can’t remember their surname, but they kept a quiet home. And… we’d often have a cuppa and a chat over the garden fence with them.

Stef: Yeah, nice neighbours.

Jeremiah: Well, one day, Geoff told us that there were queer goings-on in his house, every now and again, that is.

Stef: That’s right, so we asked if we could go into their house, to see what was happening.

Jeremiah: Yeah, we started visiting them, just for a chat, a few drinks, and watching the footie.

Stef: But, really, we were interested to see if anything odd truly was going on there.

Jeremiah: And… things were going on. One evening, we paid them a visit, and the weirdness began.

Stef: That’s right. Me, Jeremiah, and our two kids, were all sat in Geoff’s place with their family.

Jeremiah: They also had a couple of kids of a similar age to ours.

Stef: Yeah, nice kids.

Jeremiah: When, suddenly, there was a high-pitched hissing, or screeching, kind of sound.

Stef: Yeah, and next the objects around the room started, like, vibrating.

Jeremiah: And that was only the start of it, “here we go again,” said Geoff.

Stef: And we watched on as everything in the room rattled away.

Deutorom: What? The windows? The doors? Was everything juddering?

Jeremiah: Nope, it was just the household accessories.

Stef: Yeah, they were leaping away and clattering, unbelievable.

Deutorom: And, how about the lights, were they swinging?

Jeremiah: I didn’t really look up at the lights, but if they were swinging I’m sure we’d have noticed it.

Deutorom: Hmm, so, how about your house? When you were at home, wall-to-wall with Geoff’s place, did your house start shaking?

Stef: No. In our place, nothing.

Jeremiah: And, as we said, Geoff’s place wasn’t shaking, it was the items, dotted around room, that were racketing away.

Deutorom: So… those objects, were they shifting from left-to-right, or back-and-forth, or something?

Stef: Hopping. Everything was hopping up-and-down, and at a rapid beat.

Jeremiah: Yeah, it was like, the cutlery, the cups, cans of beer, glasses, and… everything.

Stef: Yeah, they were all wildly jumping.

Deutorom: Was it noisy?

Jeremiah: Yes, indeed. And the family said that that had happened a number of times before.

Deutorom: And when you were in your home, could you hear that?

Stef: No, not a thing. But, that wasn’t all. As we said earlier, before the rattling began there was a kind of harsh, hissing, sound.

Deutorom: A harsh, hissing, sound?

Jeremiah: Erm, well, it was kind of like wild scratching, I guess, kind of.

Stef: Yeah, it’s not easy to describe it but it was noisy.

Deutorom: Could the rattling objects have caused those sounds?

Jeremiah: No. As we said, the sounds happened before everything started moving.

Stef: Also, as this went on, there came like, beeping sounds.

Jeremiah: That’s right, kind of like, musical notes, or something, were heard them, but just for a short time.

Deutorom: What, a trumpet or something?

Stef: It was more like something electronic, beeping,

Jeremiah: Yeah, and the weirdness just grew and grew.

Deutorom: Really? So, what happened next?

Stef: Well, we could hear distant sounds, like voices.

Jeremiah: Yeah, but the words were very choppy, hissy, and had a Dalek-like tone. It wasn’t possible to understand what was being said.

Deutorom: And, did those voices occur once the rattling had stopped?

Stef: No. The rattling and the hissing continued all the while. It didn’t stop. And the, crunching-like, Dalek voices were heard at the same time.

Deutorom: And when the rattling stopped, did the voices also stop? Did everything fall still and quiet?

Jeremiah: No, no, the chain of phenomena hadn’t ended yet.

Stef: Yeah, eyes, we all saw eyes. They suddenly appeared.

Deutorom: Eyes?

Jeremiah: Yep, Geoff said that that was usual, and we froze all the more.

Deutorom: And, what were the eyes like? Angry, wild, devilish?

Stef: They were wide-eyed, staring, unblinking.

Jeremiah: And they moved around as if they were a part of an invisible body.

Deutorom: Was it two eyes, like a person?

Stef: Well, yes, like a person, or rather, people.

Deutorom: People?

Jeremiah: Yes, because the number of the pairs of eyes varied.

Deutorom: Varied?

Stef: Yeah, at the most, there were four pairs of eyes.

Jeremiah: And often, two pairs of eyes were floating higher up, and two, lower down.

Deutorom: Did they speak?

Stef: Well, as we said, we heard what sounded like grating clipped voices.

Jeremiah: Yeah, but they were all very indistinct.

Deutorom: Hmm…? This is all very odd.

Sceptic Vs Believer

(Part III)

Deutorom: Well, that was a fascinating interview with Stef and Jeremiah. So, now we’ll move on to our two expert professors. One is a sceptic of the paranormal, Mike. The other, Jane, is a believer.

So, we’ll begin with our sceptic first. Mike, what do you make of Stef and Jeremiah’s account of the cutlery, etcetera, noisily clattering?

Sceptic Mike: Well, there could be several explanations as to what was going on there. For example, the house might have been built on soft ground. Juggernauts, trains, and buses might occasionally trundle by, and hence, everything starts rattling.

Deutorom: Ah, the condition of the land, hmm, yes. Now, Jane, our non-sceptic, what do you think about that?

Believer Jane: As Mike says, these kinds of events could be caused by soft ground, but the question is, why only that house?

Geoff’s house is wall-to-wall with two other houses. And just across the road, within metres, is a row of similar terraced houses. Surely, soft land would have caused a degree of movement in those other houses too.

And don’t forget, Stef and Jeremiah said that their building wasn’t shaking.

Deutorom: Hmm, and Mike, what about the grinding, scratching, noises?

Mike: Well, again, it could have been due to the sudden movement of the land, perhaps caused by vehicles or tremors etcetera.

Deutorom: And how could that have made a hissing noise?

Mike: Well, the sounds might have come from waterpipes or drainage systems.

The water in the pipes might have started sluicing about, due to land movement, and that could have made a kind of splashing, sound.

The families may well have mistaken splashing water for a kind of hissing.

Deutorom: Hmm… Jane?

Jane: Piped water can make echo-ey sluicing sounds. But why didn’t Stef and Jeremiah’s home, or their other neighbours’ homes, cite the same sounds?

Also, the report of loud scratching, hissing, noises, doesn’t seem to associate with water sluicing around in a pipe.

Deutorom: Hmm, this is all so interesting. But... now, let’s move on. Mike what about the musical notes, only they weren’t described as musical notes?

Mike: Again, movement. We’re talking about 1991. The majority of waterpipes were made of metal at that time. If certain metallic pipes knocked together, they might have sounded like instruments.

Deutorom: Jane?

Jane: Well, yes, there are always possibilities, but as Stef and Jeremiah said, the building, the land, they weren’t moving. It was the cutlery, the glasses, etcetera, only, that were shifting.

So, that puts in doubt the theory that land movement had the pipes sounding by banging together.

Deutorom: Hmm, and Mike, some kinds of voices were heard. Can you think of any explanation for that?

Mike: Yes, sound can move in unexpected ways. It might be to do with a building’s design which can catch and channel sounds into certain directions throughout a building.

In fact, I once read a ghost story about footsteps walking across a room, in a Victorian home, in Victorian times. They occurred at 9pm every evening.

But, finally, it was realised that a police officer patrolled outside that house every evening, pacing up-and-down, at 9pm.

It was discovered that the sound of his footsteps entered into the chimney pots and sounded out from the fireplace.

The inhabitants had thought that it was an invisible ghost walking across the room, but, of course, it wasn’t. It was the movement of sound. It was the policeman striding back-and-forth outside.

Deutorom: Hmm, interesting, and that is worth thinking about. Anything else Mike?

Mike: Another possibility is wind flow. Wind can carry quite distant soundwaves far over flat stretches of land. Perhaps the voices came from a nearby park or a sport’s field.

Deutorom: Yes, indeed… and Jane, any other possibility?

Jane: Mike is right concerning those possibilities. But, the question, again, is why was it only in Geoff’s family home?

Those terraced houses in Chorley St. are all of the same size and design, why weren’t those sounds heard in those other houses too?

Deutorom: Yes? Indeed, indeed? Well… finally, we come to the eyes, what could have caused the appearance of those eyes? Mike.

Mike: Yes, there needs to be research into what kind of chemicals were used in that area, at that time. For example, could pollutants have drifted in and through the house?

Deutorom: Pollutants?

Mike: Yes, from nearby factories, perhaps, emitting chemical brews of gases and fumes. And was the exhaust from passing traffic included in that mix?

Also, do certain natural gases arise from the ground in that area? Did the family use paraffin? Could a multi-concoction of drifting chemicals have caused hallucinations?

Deutorom: Jane?

Jane: Well, it is a fact that certain chemicals can cause the brain to hallucinate. The problem with that is that Geoff’s family, and their visiting neighbours, were all seeing the same thing, pairs of eyes.

If they had all been reporting different illusions, then yes, that might be because of airborne chemicals. But how do we explain that they all saw exactly the same thing?

Deutorom: Hmm, and so the mystery continues.

Well, listeners, that’s our programme for today. If you have any possible explanations, then please email us. And I promise that I will look further into this perplexing haunting.

Now, in our next episode, we’ll be investigating a haunting in deep vaults under an East London library.

So, thank you for listening to ‘UnEarthly!’ And, until next time… ‘to know the unknown!’

The Year is 2026

(Part IV)

Deutorom: Hello, I’m Deutorom, and your listening to ‘UnEarthly,’ a programme that investigates the paranormal.

Today, we’re going to Edinburgh. We’re speaking to the Dalglish family. They say that they experienced the same phenomenon as a programme that ‘UnEarthly’ reported back in 2019.

Unfortunately, we can’t find a recording of that programme, and I can’t remember it too. Getting old I guess. Anyway…

Interview II

(Part V)

Deutorom: Now I’m with Dan Dalglish and his wife Carol. So… can you tell us about your story and how it connects to 2019.

Dan: Well, 3-years ago we we’re living in Candlemas St. We had been living there for about 2-years. And soon after we moved in we started experiencing the same phenomena as we heard in your 2019 documentary.

Deutorom: Yes, we can’t find that recording and I don’t remember it.

Dan: Well, that programme was about a family living in Manchester, Chorley St. I think.

Carol: Yes, and at the start of the interview, they told of sudden, inexplicable, hissing, scratching, sounds.

Dan: That’s right, and we experienced the same thing at our Candlemas St. address.

Carol: Then, after that, our household’s items began trembling.

Dan: Yes, and that also happened in Chorley St.

Carol: Exactly.

Dan: Our room’s objects juddered away while the building remained stable.

Carol: Also, the terrace houses adjacent and opposite to ours didn’t experience the same phenomena.

Dan: And again, that was the same as your report about Chorley St.

Carol: Next, we heard kind of musical bleeps, followed by clipped Dalek-like voices.

Dan: Then, and finally, the oddest thing of all, eyes.

Deutorom: Eyes?

Carol: Yeah, eyes floated around our room, just as was reported in your 2019 episode.

Deutorom: Floating?

Dan: Yes, pairs of eyes, staring, hovering, wide-eyed, unblinking.

Carol: Perhaps some of those eyes were adults and some children.

Dan: For a brief moment in time those eyes gazed into our world, seemingly bewildered.

Deutorom: Wooh, that is all very interesting and I don’t know why I don’t have any recollection of that. Anyway…

What differences occurred between your story of living in Candlemas St. and the story of Chorley St.?

Carol: It’s as we said, our experiences were exactly the same as your Chorley St. investigation.

Dan: That’s right. So, with that knowledge, we quickly moved out.

Deutorom: Hmm, that is an interesting account, but I don’t know if it’s possible to find a recording of the 2019 programme? So, there might well be a strong lack of evidence.

Dan: Well, we’ve always been very interested in ‘UnEarthly’ and, at the end of that 2019 episode, you interviewed a professor and he gave a theory.

Deutorom: Oh yes, was it the sceptic or the believer?

Carol: Neither, you contacted a university, you told about the goings-on, and a professor of science gave a possible answer.

Dan: Yeah, it was a possibility, there are always possibilities.

Deutorom: Really? I don’t remember at all. Can you remember what he said?

Carol: Well, we taped it.

Deutorom: Taped it? And does the recording still exist?

Dan: Yes, here’s our cassette. We’ve always liked using the old tape recorders.

Carol: That’s because, as you know, AI can copy your voice perfectly these days. The old tape recording of you is a fact and not an online fabrication.

Deutorom: Well, can we hear it?

Dan: Erm, unfortunately, we didn’t tape the whole episode.

Carol: Yeah, we only got around to recording the ending.

Dan: Yes, and that’s your interview with the professor.

Deutorom: Well, are you able to play it.

Carol: Yes, here it is. I’ll put it on.

The 2019 Tape Recording

(Part IV)

Deutorom: …and professor, we’ve been given differing theories about the Chorley St. mysteries, do you have any other possible explanations?

Deutorom: (whispering - 2026) That’s me talking, and I don’t remember it!?!

Professor: Well, that was some time back, the early 1990s, and then analogue signals were widely in use. So, at that time, an interesting idea arose from the nature of analogue signals.

Deutorom: Ah, yes, the effects of soundwaves.

Professor: Well, let me explain, on the old radio sets folk would turn the dials to tune into a particular radio station.

In the process they would pass through a series of other radio stations, then they’d reach their desired station, stop, and listen.

Deutorom: Yes, I remember, and how can we connect radio-sets to the events that occurred in Chorley St?

Professor: Well, occasionally, for some reason, analogue radio wavelengths would shift. Interference could be heard from a collision with soundwaves from other radio stations.

A hissing sound would occur, and other radio stations music, or voices, usually clipped and sometimes Dalek-like, would be heard.

Normally, this would last for a short period of time only as the analogue signals, mostly, shifted their way back to their original wavelength.

So, back then, another theory developed. Could it be that this planet, or this universe, rather, could it be positioned similarly to that of an analogue wavelength?

Could it be that occasionally, and at certain locations, those differing universal wavelengths drift into each other?

And, as a result, might wavelength interference, such as sound, vision, and movement, arise from contact with a neighbouring universe?

If this were to be so, then the oddness experienced by the folk living in Chorley St. would have been astounding and inexplicable.

Deutorom: But, how do we explain the objects moving? That didn’t happen with the old radio-sets.

Professor: Yes, that’s because we’re not talking about an Earthly atmospheric analogue signal.

We’re speculating on a universal wavelength which, if it exists, would certainly have differences to that of a radio signal.

Deutorom: So, is it possible that the Chorley St location sometimes merge with a parallel universe?

Professor: It’s pure speculation, it’s one theory, but it can be considered as one of several possibilities.

Deutorom: Well, that is a very interesting theoretical explanation. Thank you very much professor.

And listeners, we’ll keep looking into this. If we learn anything new, we’ll let you know. So, thank you for tuning in to ‘UnEarthly,’ and… ‘to know the unknown!’

(The tape-recording ends.)

Deutorom: Wow… I… I don’t remember that whatsoever.

Dan: No, and we’re wondering that… if that was you… you existing in another wavelength, a parallel universe, perhaps, and presenting UnEarthly from somewhere… beyond?

Deutorom: What?!? Well, you’ve got me spinning out of orbit now.

Carol: Yes, we’ve been wondering about how that unknown episode came about?

Dan: And, we’re questioning the location that we previously stayed at.

Carol: Yes, Chorley St. and Candlemas St. could their locations occasionally drift into a parallel wavelength?

Dan: And was it the collision of universal wavelengths that caused those odd events?

Carol: And could there be other beings, exactly the same as ourselves, existing in multi-universal wavelengths?

Deutorom: Phew! That is something to speculate on. Well, we will look into that. Plus, we’ll visit those Chorley St. and Candlemas St. addresses. And we’ll analyse your 2019 recording.

So, thank you Carol, thank you Dan, for recounting your fascinating experiences. It’s food for thought.

(Part IV)

Ending…

Deutorom: This has been ‘UnEarthly,’ and you’ve been listening to the intriguing, inexplicable, mysteries of Chorley St. and Candlemas St.

Could it be possible that our universe exists within a wavelength? Could it occasionally collide with other universal wavelengths? And as a result, is that how odd sounds, sightings, and movements materialise?

Do you know of any similar accounts? If you do, then please get in contact at Walffle-Blag.com.

And, again, thank you to Carol and Dan for their mind-bending interview! So… until next time… ‘To know the unknown!’

THE END

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