{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bowie, Ep. 26 - Strange People by Frank Edwards & Is "Freak" Really The Right Word?","description":"A \u201cmonkey girl\u201d, sleepless people (one named David Jones - not our David Jones), water diviners, an author who was a channeled spirit, psychic detectives, and so many more \u201cStrange People\u201d. This collection of stories relayed by Frank Edwards will entertain, will make you wonder, and will sometimes tug at your heart.  Perhaps the most heart wrenching story, and the story with the biggest Bowie connection, is that of Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Boy. Bowie played this character beautifully on Broadway in 1980. In subsequent books, Frank Edwards tackled the subject of UFOs. In the 1960s, Bowie went UFO-spotting quite often. With a fondness for \u201cfreaks\u201d and the paranormal, Frank Edwards seems a logical author to have made Bowie\u2019s list. On the pod, we're sharing some of the stand out stories from this fun, and strange, read.  ","author_name":"75 Reads","author_url":"https:\/\/www.75reads.com","html":"