https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/ en-us Weird, true, and told without blinking. Short dispatches from the edges of the real, in the Wolfman's voice — Paul Harvey meets Art Bell from a station that shouldn't exist. From GZS and Niche of One. Weird, true, and told without blinking. Short dispatches from the edges of the real, in the Wolfman's voice — Paul Harvey meets Art Bell from a station that shouldn't exist. From GZS and Niche of One. J.D. Forrest episodic false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/cover.jpg https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/ J.D. Forrest joe@joeforrest.com © Niche of One https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/25/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-25 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Nine experienced mountaineers cut their way out of their own tent from the inside, and ran barefoot into a Siberian night at forty below. Not one of them made it back to it. Nine experienced mountaineers cut their way out of their own tent from the inside, and ran barefoot into a Siberian night at forty below. Not one of them made it back to it. J.D. Forrest 00:04:41 25 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/24/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-24 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 For about ninety seconds one night in nineteen eighty-seven, someone reached up, took hold of the airwaves over a major American city, put on a rubber mask, and to this day not one soul knows who it was. For about ninety seconds one night in nineteen eighty-seven, someone reached up, took hold of the airwaves over a major American city, put on a rubber mask, and to this day not one soul knows who it was. J.D. Forrest 00:04:18 24 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/23/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-23 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Five bombers went out over the water and never came back. Then they sent one plane to find them, thirteen men in a flying boat, and a tanker crew watched that one become a pillar of fire on the sea. Five bombers went out over the water and never came back. Then they sent one plane to find them, thirteen men in a flying boat, and a tanker crew watched that one become a pillar of fire on the sea. J.D. Forrest 00:04:22 23 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/22/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-22 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A small-town radio newsman got to the woods before the Army did. He took photographs, he recorded the witnesses, and about a week later two men in suits made sure you would never hear any of it. A small-town radio newsman got to the woods before the Army did. He took photographs, he recorded the witnesses, and about a week later two men in suits made sure you would never hear any of it. J.D. Forrest 00:04:25 22 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/21/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-21 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A deputy base commander of a United States Air Force installation walked into an English forest at three in the morning with a tape recorder running, and half a lifetime later you can still hear his voice climb. A deputy base commander of a United States Air Force installation walked into an English forest at three in the morning with a tape recorder running, and half a lifetime later you can still hear his voice climb. J.D. Forrest 00:04:35 21 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/20/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-20 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 On a winter night in twenty twelve, a message appeared on the internet looking for a very particular kind of person, and the people who solved it were never heard from again. On a winter night in twenty twelve, a message appeared on the internet looking for a very particular kind of person, and the people who solved it were never heard from again. J.D. Forrest 00:03:24 20 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/19/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-19 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 There is a book six hundred years old that no one alive can read, and the people who tried hardest to crack it were the best codebreakers their countries ever produced. There is a book six hundred years old that no one alive can read, and the people who tried hardest to crack it were the best codebreakers their countries ever produced. J.D. Forrest 00:03:22 19 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/18/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-18 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 There is a satellite that has been circling the Earth for thirteen thousand years, watching us, and the truth about it is stranger than the lie. There is a satellite that has been circling the Earth for thirteen thousand years, watching us, and the truth about it is stranger than the lie. J.D. Forrest 00:03:35 18 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/17/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-17 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 In the autumn of twenty seventeen, something came in out of the dark between the stars, rounded the sun, and left, and it is the first such thing we have ever caught in the act. In the autumn of twenty seventeen, something came in out of the dark between the stars, rounded the sun, and left, and it is the first such thing we have ever caught in the act. J.D. Forrest 00:03:13 17 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/16/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-16 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fourteen hundred light years from here, in the constellation of the Swan, there is a star that keeps going dark for no reason anyone has been able to prove. Fourteen hundred light years from here, in the constellation of the Swan, there is a star that keeps going dark for no reason anyone has been able to prove. J.D. Forrest 00:03:35 16 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/15/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-15 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Somewhere in the North Pacific there is a voice that has been calling for more than thirty years, in a register no other whale will answer. Somewhere in the North Pacific there is a voice that has been calling for more than thirty years, in a register no other whale will answer. J.D. Forrest 00:03:02 15 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/14/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-14 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Every story on this show so far has been us, down here, listening to the dark. This last one is the other direction. This is what we sent back. Every story on this show so far has been us, down here, listening to the dark. This last one is the other direction. This is what we sent back. J.D. Forrest 00:03:12 14 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/13/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-13 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 In nineteen seventy-four we shouted one sentence at the stars. Twenty-seven years later, something wrote an answer in a field of wheat. In nineteen seventy-four we shouted one sentence at the stars. Twenty-seven years later, something wrote an answer in a field of wheat. J.D. Forrest 00:03:07 13 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/12/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-12 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Of all the coded voices that lived on the shortwave dial, the one that frightened people most sounded like a little girl. Of all the coded voices that lived on the shortwave dial, the one that frightened people most sounded like a little girl. J.D. Forrest 00:02:58 12 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/11/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-11 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 In the summer of nineteen ninety-seven, the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a noise so big it broke every rule we had for what is down there. In the summer of nineteen ninety-seven, the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a noise so big it broke every rule we had for what is down there. J.D. Forrest 00:02:58 11 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/10/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-10 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A young pilot flew out over the water at dusk, started describing something to the man on the radio, and got about as far as a person can get before the sentence stopped. A young pilot flew out over the water at dusk, started describing something to the man on the radio, and got about as far as a person can get before the sentence stopped. J.D. Forrest 00:03:05 10 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/9/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-9 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Most people in the world have never heard it. The ones who have cannot make it stop. Most people in the world have never heard it. The ones who have cannot make it stop. J.D. Forrest 00:02:50 9 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/8/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-8 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 There is a valley in central Norway where the lights come down into the hills, and for once the scientists went up to meet them instead of laughing them off. There is a valley in central Norway where the lights come down into the hills, and for once the scientists went up to meet them instead of laughing them off. J.D. Forrest 00:02:51 8 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/7/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-7 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 On a Saturday evening in southern England, the news was running, and then for about six minutes the news was not in charge of the channel anymore. On a Saturday evening in southern England, the news was running, and then for about six minutes the news was not in charge of the channel anymore. J.D. Forrest 00:02:48 7 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/6/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-6 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Out in the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and the Malay coast, two ships caught the same distress call on the same night, and what it said was worse than silence. Out in the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and the Malay coast, two ships caught the same distress call on the same night, and what it said was worse than silence. J.D. Forrest 00:02:53 6 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/5/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-5 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Somewhere a tape deck clicked on, played a few bars of an old hunting song, and then a woman started counting. Somewhere a tape deck clicked on, played a few bars of an old hunting song, and then a woman started counting. J.D. Forrest 00:02:48 5 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/4/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-4 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The universe has said exactly one word to us, and it said it in the summer of nineteen seventy-seven. ...you're tuned to G Z S, one ninety-seven point seven, and this is Transmissions from the Fringe. August fifteenth, nineteen seventy-seven. A field outside Delaware, Ohio. Ohio State University ran The universe has said exactly one word to us, and it said it in the summer of nineteen seventy-seven. ...you're tuned to G Z S, one ninety-seven point seven, and this is Transmissions from the Fringe. August fifteenth, nineteen seventy-seven. A field outside Delaware, Ohio. Ohio State University ran J.D. Forrest 00:03:05 4 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/3/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-3 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 There is an hour of the night when the television stops talking to you and starts talking to itself. There is an hour of the night when the television stops talking to you and starts talking to itself. J.D. Forrest 00:03:06 3 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/2/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-2 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Some nights you talk to the sky. Some nights it talks back. ...you're tuned to G Z S, one ninety-seven point seven, and this is Transmissions from the Fringe. Late summer, nineteen twenty-seven. A Norwegian civil engineer named Jorgen Hals sits at his receiver outside Oslo, listening to a shortwave Some nights you talk to the sky. Some nights it talks back. ...you're tuned to G Z S, one ninety-seven point seven, and this is Transmissions from the Fringe. Late summer, nineteen twenty-seven. A Norwegian civil engineer named Jorgen Hals sits at his receiver outside Oslo, listening to a shortwave J.D. Forrest 00:03:09 2 1 full false https://nicheof.one/shows/transmissions-from-the-fringe/1/ nicheof-transmissions-from-the-fringe-1 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Somewhere in the forests west of Moscow, a machine has been clearing its throat for fifty years. Somewhere in the forests west of Moscow, a machine has been clearing its throat for fifty years. J.D. Forrest 00:02:58 1 1 full false