We bring a Yuletide celebration on tonight's episode, discussing how Dark Energy is fake, the Solstice Witch is real, the longest night of the year is over, and we report on true encounters of Pan and the Green Man. All of this and then after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Our Haunted Planet," by John A. Keel.

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Notes:
- Dark Energy Debunked!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/astronomy/dark-energy-debunked-scientists-claim-accelerated-expansion-of-the-universe-is-just-an-illusion/
- The Real Green Man: Pan Lives??
https://www.utne.com/community/thegreatgodpanisalive/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wiccan/comments/17txpdg/sighting_of_the_green_man/?rdt=43787
https://www.scarlettofthefae.com/paul-and-charla-devereuxs-green-man-sighting/
- Solstice Folklore and Legends
https://www.threeriversparks.org/blog/winter-solstice-stories-and-traditions-around-world
https://www.mentalfloss.com/winter-solstice-celebrations#inline-text-6
- Our Haunted Planet
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Haunted-Planet-John-Keel/dp/1517343119
https://archive.org/details/Our_Haunted_Planet

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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