Show overview
Friday Spark has published 6 episodes during 2023. That works out to roughly 2 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 13 min and 23 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. Roughly 50% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language True Crime show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 2.4 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by artie474.
From the publisher
Friday Spark illuminates topics that slipped through the cracks of mainstream media. We’re blowing the dust off long-forgotten missing persons cases, social injustices, and both current and historical oddities – giving you the facts, not sensationalized attention grabs.
Latest Episodes
Ep 6Missing: James Yoblonski
E13-year old James Yoblonski went missing June 12, 2023. He abandoned the family van near Devil's Lake State Park, and soon after, a makeshift campground was discovered with some of James' belongings. No other signs of James have been found since. Sources: https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP104625 Richgels, Jeff. 2023 June 13. “Search Continuing for 12-Year-Old Boy Who Took Family Vehicle, Made Campsite in Sauk County, Authorities Say.” Wisconsin State Journal. https://madison.com/news/local/crime-courts/search-continuing-for-13-year-old-boy-who-took-family-vehicle-made-campsite-in-sauk/article_e776f024-09f7-11ee-b182-230016252b13.html State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation. https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/teen-driver/yr-frst-lcns/permit.aspx#:~:text=Be%20at%20least%2015%20years,the%20date%20signed%20on%20MV3001. Gittings, John. 2023 August 3. “FBI Joins Sauk Co. in Search for Missing Boy.” La Crosse Tribune. https://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-regional/james-yoblonski-search-fbi/article_0c88856b-6903-53d1-9999-1b22a9903c0a.html Griffin, Allie. 2023 August 3. “James Yoblonski’s Dad Passes Polygraph Test 2 Months After 13-Year-Old Disappeared to Possibly Live ‘Off the Grid’: report.” New York Post. https://nypost.com/2023/08/03/james-yoblonskis-dad-passes-polygraph-2-months-after-13-year-old-disappeared/ Martinez, Steven. 2023 August 11. “What We Know About James Yoblonski, the Wisconsin Boy Who Went Missing Near Devil’s Lake State Park.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/08/11/james-yoblonski-missing-person-case-wisconsin-what-we-know/70574766007/ Devil’s Lake State Park Area Visitor Guide. https://www.devilslakewisconsin.com/ Lewis, Chelsey. 2022 July 7. “Your Guide to Devil’s Lake State Park, from the Best Hiking Trails to Camping Information.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. https://www.jsonline.com/story/travel/wisconsin/outdoors/2022/07/07/devils-lake-wisconisn-hiking-trails-camping/7767307001/ Garbaciak, Joyce. 2023 November 1. ““I Just Feel That In My Heart That He’s Alive,” Says Father of Boy Missing Since June.” WISN ABC. https://www.wisn.com/article/wisconsin-missing-boy-james-yoblonski/45704095 Gittings, John. 2023 November 10. “What Happened to James Yoblonski? Wisconsin Father Consults Psychics to Find Missing Son.” Wisconsin State Journal. https://madison.com/news/state-regional/james-yoblosnki-missing-wisconsin-teen/article_8b4f149f-69be-5512-befb-aacab5daf80c.html 2023 August 17. “Sauk County Officials Confirm August 15 Death at Devil’s Lake State Park Due to Accidental Fall.” Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/newsroom/release/82151
Ep 5UAP Congressional Hearing
ERecap of the 2023 UAP Congressional Hearing. The U.S. government is in posession of crashed UAPs and non-human biologics? Servicemembers and pilots are at risk of negative repercussions for reporting UAP sightings? Donate to Galileo Project: https://community.alumni.harvard.edu/give/51696636 Sources: PBS News Hour. “Watch Live: UFO Congressional Hearing Explores Unexplained Aerial Phenomena.” Youtube, uploaded July 26, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glw76YKuWCY U.S. Government Publishing Office. 2021 December 27. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. 117th Congress. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1605/text Tennyson, Teresa. 2022 November 9. “How to Get a TS-SCI Security Clearance.” https://veteran.com/how-to-get-ts-sci-clearance/ U.S. Department of State. Diplomacy in Action. Archived Content FAQs from 2009-2017. https://2009-2017.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10977.htm#:~:text=There%20are%20three%20levels%20of,and%20Confidential%20is%20the%20final The Galileo Project. “The Galileo Project for the Systematic Scientific Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts.” https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/home Pearce, Carla. “What’s the maximum speed a human can withstand?” BBC Science Focus Magazine. https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/whats-the-maximum-speed-a-human-can-withstand Johnston, Matthew. 2023 August 3. “How High Do Commercial Planes Fly?” California Aeronautical University (CAU). https://calaero.edu/how-high-do-commercial-planes-fly/ Seligman, Laura. 2023 November 7. “Pentagon UFO Boss to Step Down Next Month.” Politico News. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/07/pentagon-ufo-boss-00125883 Office of the Director of National Intelligence. “What is Whistleblowing?”https://www.dni.gov/ICIG-Whistleblower/what-is.html#:~:text=A%20Whistleblower%20is%20any%20individual,wrongdoing%20to%20an%20authorized%20recipient.
Ep 4What is Witchcraft?
EWhat is witchcraft? Uncontrollable women casting spells and luring children to their death? Or is it misunderstood? 2023. Concepts of Witchcraft. encyclopedia.com. 2022. Witch Trials in the 21st Century. nationalgeographic.org 2019. Wiccan Witchcraft: Is it Real, or Nearly a Fad? osu.edu 2022. Why Paganism and Witchcraft are Making a Comeback. nbcnews.com 2023. Beyond Salem: 6 Lesser-Known Witch Trials. history.com 2023. The Salem Witch Trials. salemwitchmuseum.com
Ep 3The Truth About Native American Boarding Schools
The truth about Native American boarding schools-the abuse children endured and the steps the government took to force attendance. The Guardian. 2023. "Archeologists dig for children who died at Nebraska Native American Boarding School." US Dept of the Interior. May 2022. Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report. September 2023. Interior Dept Launches Effort to Preserve Federal Indian Boarding School Oral History. boardingschoolhealing.org/oral-history-project
Ep 2Missing: Phillips Siblings, Clinton Blakely, Althedia Vaught
Four siblings disappeared in the early 1990s. Two other disappearances may also be related. Do you have any information about these cases? If so, please contact the Tulsa Police Department at (918) 596-9143. References: NamUS: namus.org Charley Project: charleyproject.org The Vivid Faces of the Vanished. 2022. Four Members of the Same Family Vanished from Tulsa, Oklahoma and Family Searching for Missing Tulsa Mother.
Ep 1Friday Spark - Coming Soon
Welcome to the Friday Spark podcast! I'm your host, Artie, and in each episode I'll be lighting a fire under your to ask, "Why didn't I ever know about this?" "How did this happen?" "How can we bring more awareness?" We'll talk about missing persons cases, social injustices, and present-day and historical oddities - all with one thing in common - you've probably never heard about it, and if you have, you might not know the whole truth.