Arizona

EPISODE #241: THE VANISHING BOY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA

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Here’s how the Channel 12 news in Phoenix began the story, Thursday night on the 10 o’clock news: “God sent that dog to rescue my son.” These words were spoken by the toddler’s father, Corey Allen, outside the family’s home on the west side of rural Seligman, Arizona. Corey Allen says he was working on the roof, Sarah Allen was inside with their youngest. And two-year-old Bodin Allen went outside to play.

But when Bodin Allen’s mom called for him, he didn’t answer. He wasn’t there. And after an hour of frantic searching beneath a darkening sky, the Allens called the Yavapai Sheriff’s Department and before long there were dozens of search-of-rescue volunteers and deputies searching the area. Helicopters with spotlights scoured the plateau, the pilots reporting two mountain lions prowling the territory. A rancher named Scotty Dunton discovered the blond-headed toddler in pajamas, seven long miles away from home in the backcountry to the west. The boy was coming up the driveway, along with Scotty Dunton’s big ranch dog, Buford the Anatolian Pyrenees. This is EPISODE #241: THE VANISHING BOY with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Written & hosted by Ken Layne.

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#117: ARMADA OF THE DRAGOONS

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Dragoon Mountains

Do you know about the mysterious Dragoon Mountains of Cochise County? Well get in the truck, we’re taking a night drive to Arizona. Now is the time for Episode #117, so get ready for the weird times. New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver as we cover some difficult terrain with the Apache leader Cochise, the strange granite of his stronghold, and the mystery craft seen on many nights around these mysterious 78-million-year-old mountain spires to this day.

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Tonight at 10 p.m., from Amboy to Zzyzx on Z 107.7 FM, or streaming from Z1077FM.com or streaming via Tune In or get the free podcast. Did you know we’ve got a new hardcover book?

#101: MOUNTAIN OF THE STARS

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We are back in the scorching hot radio studio with an all-new episode of the radio show that Palm Springs Life magazine named the “Best Freaky Radio Program.” Sure, fine, we’ll take it.

Tonight, it’s all about the mysterious place names of the desert southwest, in particular the 1.6-billion-year-old 30-mile-long slab of rock called Sierra Estrella. The Estrellas. Home of the “Estrella Lights.”

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Listen on the radio tonight at 10 p.m., KCDZ 107.7 FM in the Mojave High Desert, or stream from the station.

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#079: THESE ENCHANTED LANDS

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Sedona Meditation Retreat

Tonight on the radio in the High Desert at 10 P.M., hear our new episode: “These Enchanted Lands.”

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New musical atmospheres tonight by RedBlueBlackSilver. Thanks especially to our patrons. And that’s all we’ve got to say about it. The podcast went out a little early (?!). Sedona is a character in this episode.

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