https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Granger_Taylor

One of the new cases on the Official Unsolved Mysteries Podcast. What do you guys think? Firstly I think the new Podcast is really great and far surpasses the new version of the show. Why didn't they get this narrator to do the TV version?

Granger was intelligent but I think it's obvious he let his wild dreams get the best of him and he did die in that explosion accidentally. As opposed to be taken on a voyage by aliens.

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Granger_Taylor

One of the new cases on the Official Unsolved Mysteries Podcast. What do you guys think? Firstly I think the new Podcast is really great and far surpasses the new version of the show. Why didn't they get this narrator to do the TV version?

Granger was intelligent but I think it's obvious he let his wild dreams get the best of him and he did die in that explosion accidentally. As opposed to be taken on a voyage by aliens.

I like to think that the aliens accidentally launched their destroy beam instead of their transport beam and accidentally destroyed Granger and the truck, but ultimately I think he was suffering from a mental illness and killed himself.

It’s convenient that his alien voyage wouldn’t return him to earth for hundreds of years, so no one who knew him would be able to verify his story.

All that being said, suicide by explosion is a very uncommon, albeit effective, means of killing oneself.

Without the bone fragments being DNA tested, I’ll always have some lingering doubts, but the massive explosion would explain why the bright pink truck was never seen again.

And yes, the podcast is way better than the new series, which is why it makes no sehse that hardly anyone is talking about it.

Some of the complaints from the first episode boiled down to listeners simply not having the imagination to envision what is being described. Considering many people who watched the original series are in their fifties or sixties now, this is not surprising. They seem to have thrown in the title despite getting what they wanted. Too bad for them.

And yes, the podcast is way better than the new series, which is why it makes no sehse that hardly anyone is talking about it.

Some of the complaints from the first episode boiled down to listeners simply not having the imagination to envision what is being described. Considering many people who watched the original series are in their fifties or sixties now, this is not surprising. They seem to have thrown in the title despite getting what they wanted. Too bad for them.

I'm guessing those types of people don't read books either for exactly the same reason. :lol:

Thank you for posting about the podcast!

I really enjoy it and think it's well-done. (I actually like the new Netflix version of the tv show, too. It's not perfect but I'll take it!)

The Granger Taylor case would have been so perfect for the old UM tv show, though. Can you just imagine the cheesy explosion reenactment and the bad acting? Oh, if only.

That being said, this case is pretty interesting. As with many UM cases, it's clear Mr. Taylor had some mental health issues, and it's a little frustrating to me that this was so obvious yet no one in his life seemed to take them seriously. That being said, this happened in 1980 so I understand that many might have thought (in those days) that he was just the local eccentric.

What do I think happened to him? He slipped further into extreme mental health issues (delusions, etc.) and then followed the voices in his head and either intentionally blew himself up or did so accidentally.

If he did so intentionally, I do wonder if it was because he truly believed he was receiving messages from aliens, or if it was a suicide because he knew he was experiencing delusions and felt there was no cure.

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Granger_Taylor

One of the new cases on the Official Unsolved Mysteries Podcast. What do you guys think? Firstly I think the new Podcast is really great and far surpasses the new version of the show. Why didn't they get this narrator to do the TV version?

Granger was intelligent but I think it's obvious he let his wild dreams get the best of him and he did die in that explosion accidentally. As opposed to be taken on a voyage by aliens.

I'm really digging the new Podcast, too. Steve French needs to be the narrator and make the segments like they do these cases and it would be so much better.

And yes, the podcast is way better than the new series, which is why it makes no sehse that hardly anyone is talking about it.

Some of the complaints from the first episode boiled down to listeners simply not having the imagination to envision what is being described. Considering many people who watched the original series are in their fifties or sixties now, this is not surprising. They seem to have thrown in the title despite getting what they wanted. Too bad for them.

I listened to Ball Cemetery while walking through a woods laden trail on my lunch hour and the sound effects alone make me stop and look back.