{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Dodleston Messages","description":"In 1984, a schoolteacher in the English village of Dodleston borrowed a BBC Micro computer from work and took it home. Then messages began appearing on it that nobody in the house had written. Most came from a man named Tomas Harden, who claimed to live in the same cottage in the 1540s, under Henry VIII. Then a group calling itself &quot;2109&quot; joined the conversation. In this episode, we look at one of the strangest paranormal stories of the computer age \u2014 and test it against the historical record, from Oxford college archives to the way people really spoke in Tudor England. \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f History Shorts is a daily history podcast hosted by historian and author of Eight Days in August, Peter Zablocki. New episodes every day. \u2b50 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts:  https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/history-shorts\/id1717345209?action=write-review  \ud83c\udfb5 Follow on Spotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4CnKo8pKZNR63aMyNuRz4D  \u2615 Support on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/c\/HistoryShortsPodcast  \u25b6\ufe0f Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HistoryShortsPodcast ","author_name":"History Shorts","author_url":"https:\/\/www.historyshortspodcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/43463874\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/208088759"}