Coral Castle: Women Always Be Wanting You To Make Megaliths

Coral Castle: Women Always Be Wanting You To Make Megaliths

A Latvian immigrant, barely five feet tall, builds one of the strangest tourist attractions in North America out of coral stone, and Ancient Aliens can only think to credit aliens with it. In this role-reversed birthday episode, Scott takes the research chair to investigate Coral Castle, the sprawling stone garden in Homestead, Florida that features astronomical alignments, stone rocking chairs, and a nine-ton gate a child can push open. Ancient Aliens made seven claims about it in seven minutes. Only one of them is true.

Along the way, we discover that the show's romantic "jilted lover" narrative was invented by a jeweler in the 1950s, that the "mysterious black box" was just the top of a tripod, that there's literal video footage of Ed using pulleys (which Ancient Aliens apparently didn't watch), and that Ed's own book contains some of the most unhinged things we've ever read on this podcast; and we've read Chariots of the Gods. We close by examining the "lone genius" myth, why romanticizing isolation is dangerous, and why community is, dare we say it, communing-ism.

Get new episodes early and support the show on Patreon and Nebula!

Subscribe to It's Probably (not) Aliens for weekly episodes about cool ancient history! And give us a 5-star review if you have the time. It really helps us out!

Tristan Johnson Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube

Scott Niswander Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube

Follow the show on Bluesky or Twitter for more updates!

Ask us questions and send us topics to talk about at ProbsNotAliens.com

Music by Rod Kim | Cover art by Skutch | Edited by Stanford

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episoder(152)

Chariots of Liar: The Truth About Ancient 'Spaceships'

Chariots of Liar: The Truth About Ancient 'Spaceships'

From fiery chariots in the Bible to flying turtles in Native American mythology, ancient stories are full of fantastic flying vehicles and creatures. But while Ancient Aliens insists these are proof o...

26 Nov 20241h 5min

Beer, Pizza, and Big Rocks: How Ancient Buildings Were Actually Made

Beer, Pizza, and Big Rocks: How Ancient Buildings Were Actually Made

From the Great Pyramids to Baalbek, ancient astronaut theorists claim that mysterious acoustic levitation technology was used to move massive stones. But what happens when you actually look at the phy...

19 Nov 20241h 11min

Jericho: Aliens Love Their Bass Drops ft. Tom Nicholas

Jericho: Aliens Love Their Bass Drops ft. Tom Nicholas

Ancient Aliens claims the walls of Jericho were destroyed by advanced alien sonic weapons powered by the Ark of the Covenant. Plus: The best Veggie Tales songs, medieval siege tactics, and why aliens ...

12 Nov 20241h 12min

Why Ancient People Could Actually Art

Why Ancient People Could Actually Art

From Egyptian sun disks to Mayan turtle sculptures, watch in horror as Ancient Aliens transforms religious symbols into spaceships, completely ignoring centuries of cultural context and artistic expre...

5 Nov 20241h 1min

We Goofed: The Sandwich That Didn't Start World War I

We Goofed: The Sandwich That Didn't Start World War I

Gavrilo Princip probably wasn't munching on a sandwich when he decided to kick off World War I. This, along with other thrilling things we did wrong, is in this one. We'll also explore how we managed ...

29 Okt 20241h 11min

Is The City Of Teotihuacán A Literal Computer?

Is The City Of Teotihuacán A Literal Computer?

Teotihuacán is a city that "millions of people around the world" believe looks like a computer chip. So it must be, apparently. We're joined by Quintin Smith who is much more generous than we are.Get ...

28 Aug 20241h 1min

Die Glocke: The Nazi Time Machine

Die Glocke: The Nazi Time Machine

This is the big one! Was Die Glocke real? What did it do? And is "anti-gravity" the bad boy of physics?Get new episodes early on Nebula!Subscribe to It's Probably (not) Aliens for weekly episodes abou...

18 Apr 20241h 1min

No, The Swastika Isn't An Alien Symbol

No, The Swastika Isn't An Alien Symbol

I can't believe we even have to say that.Get new episodes early on Nebula!Subscribe to It's Probably (not) Aliens for weekly episodes about cool ancient history! And give us a 5-star review if you hav...

10 Apr 20241h 2min

Populært innen Fakta

fastlegen
mikkels-paskenotter
dine-penger-pengeradet
relasjonspodden-med-dora-thorhallsdottir-kjersti-idem
foreldreradet
treningspodden
rss-strid-de-norske-borgerkrigene
jakt-og-fiskepodden
takk-og-lov-med-anine-kierulf
sinnsyn
hverdagspsyken
rss-bisarr-historie
gravid-uke-for-uke
rss-kunsten-a-leve
tomprat-med-gunnar-tjomlid
rss-sunn-okonomi
rss-kull
hagespiren-podcast
fryktlos
rss-var-forste-kaffe