SBR 1.22: Solipsism

"'Sam receives a letter about an accidental Spirit Box reading, and an unexpected call from Regular Caller Beth...'"

Events of Note

 * Sam reads a letter from a faithful listener regarding a notebook her father annotated with the phase "he is coming" in various languages, due to a repeated message he received through the radio.
 * Beth calls in unexpectedly regarding an unusual feeling..

Summary
Sam begins the episode by reassuring the listeners that they are fine, and that forgetting what happened is perfectly normal. He moves swiftly onto the letter from Amy Jeremy, who talks about her father who had been listening to different radio channels and writing phrases in a book over and over again. The words are in multiple different languages, many that neither Amy nor her father knew, but her father inexplicably knew the meaning: 'He is coming'. Amy also found a drawer of item her father had somehow collected, including fishbones, spider legs, buttons, and scraps of cloth. Along with the items, there is an envelope containing Amy's deceased mother's rings, that were supposedly buried with the mother. Amy's father confesses that her mother is buried in the garden, under a rose bush.

Sam is confused by some aspects of the letter, as they are familiar (such as the the roses), but aren't enough to be a direct connection to the Man in the Flat Cap. Sam begins to talk about how to interpret messages from a Spirit Box when the phone rings. Sam immediately welcomes Regular Caller Beth, despite them not having said a word. She is surprised at this, and expresses that they have had a great sense of unease. She mentions that despite Sam saying that there hasn't been a live episode for several weeks, she was convinced that they were listening to the show just a day or two ago. She trails off, and professes to hear some sort of scratching on the line. There is static, and Beth cuts out for a moment. The static stops, and they return. Sam asks if she is alright, and Beth sounds uncannily normal. Sam finds this quite peculiar, but moves on anyway.

He returns to the interpretation of spiritual messages, talking about how they can become ambiguous and illogical, as arcane forces cannot be rationalised. Sam explains that you need to be led by your metaphorical heart in such situation. They remind listeners to use the forums to arrange usage of the services, and bids the audience a restful night,

Characters Featured

 * Sam Enfield
 * Madame Marie (Mentioned)
 * Regular Caller Beth (Phone Call)
 * The Flat Cap Man (Mentioned)

Listeners writing in/mentioned:


 * Amy Jeremy, a letter regarding her father, and an accidental spirit box connection

Trivia

 * Sam reveals that his favourite animal is a mouse (specifically discusses American Grasshopper mice).
 * Solipsism is define as "the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist".