My name is J.W. Ocker. For more than a decade, I have sought out odd sites and artifacts. I believe that within a tank or two of gas of any point in the country are oddities worth trekking to on a Saturday afternoon. And I have the stories as proof.
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My name is J.W. Ocker. For more than a decade, I have sought out odd sites and artifacts. I believe that within a tank or two of gas of any point in the country are oddities worth trekking to on a Saturday afternoon. And I have the stories as proof.
Episode 29: The Man Who Built a Mechanical Messiah
Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast
15 minutes 44 seconds
4 years ago
Episode 29: The Man Who Built a Mechanical Messiah
We visit High Rock Tower Park, where nineteenth century spiritualist John Murray Spear built his New Motive Power, aka, the God Machine, aka, the Infant Motor, aka, the Mechanical Messiah, all based on plans that the ghosts of Benjamin Franklin and Socrates gave him. Then the story gets weird.
Photos from my visit to High Rock Tower Park
Address of High Rock Tower Park: 30 Circuit Ave, Lynn, MA.
A book about John Murray Spear.
My Cursed Objects book is out now!
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I also write other spooky books.
Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast
My name is J.W. Ocker. For more than a decade, I have sought out odd sites and artifacts. I believe that within a tank or two of gas of any point in the country are oddities worth trekking to on a Saturday afternoon. And I have the stories as proof.
