Dan Snow's History Hit
The Mummy's Curse, Nazi Gold Train & Other History Mysteries
Nov 30, 2023
Dan Schreiber, polymath and author, joins Dan Snow to discuss historical mysteries and strange events. They talk about a landlady hiding a dead body while showing an apartment, the commodification of brain space, a train full of Nazi gold, lost treasures, missing historical manuscripts, fascination with relics and curses, ball lightning, and challenges of filming underground installations for archaeology.
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- Ball lightning remains a perplexing natural phenomenon, with no consensus on its cause or explanation.
- The human fascination with relics, lost treasures, and curses reflects our enduring belief in the supernatural.
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Ball lightning: A mysterious natural phenomenon
During a recent podcast episode, it was discussed how ball lightning remains a perplexing natural phenomenon. There have been numerous accounts of ball lightning throughout history, which describe luminous balls of energy that move randomly and can even enter buildings. Scientists and historians have studied these accounts and the phenomenon itself, but there is still no consensus on what causes ball lightning or how to explain it. While there are theories, such as electromagnetic interactions or plasma formations, none of them fully explain the mysterious behavior of these balls of lightning. It remains an intriguing and unexplained phenomenon waiting for further research and investigation.
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