Russell Brand and Richard D Hall

 

You may wonder what this article is about. Why am I mentioning those two names in the same breath? I have very different opinions of both men, obviously. The reason I bring them both up together is because of an element of both of their cases that is disturbingly similar. Brand has just been sentenced to ten and a half years in prison due to four counts of rape and sexual assault. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckzd6dl18dmyo. See here for background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/10/russell-brand-trial.html. That might not be the end of it; he is currently under investigation because of yet more suspicions. What's interesting is something happened a number of years before the criminal case began that is directly relevant to both it and the lawsuit against Richard D Hall. In June 2014 Russell Brand visited a masseuse called Sylvie Berki together with his then wife Jemima Goldsmith. Ms Berki subsequently went to the police and accused Brand of sexually assaulting her during the massage. The police investigated and did not consider the accusation valid for action so Berki went to the papers. Brand and Goldsmith then took out a court case against Berki to shut her up. The obvious claim would be that of defamation, but they decided not to try that and went on to accuse Berki of harassment instead. This is for several legal reasons. Firstly, the courts are far more likely to grant injunctions based on this charge than that of libel; but also with harassment there's no need to prove veracity... The truth is no defence. Source: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DfYJIkXo4lf/. Sounds familiar? See the background link below. The claimants against Richard D Hall also did not choose to sue him for libel; if they had done so Richard would have been able to plead fair comment and then the claimants would have had to prove that he was lying. Instead they chose harassment, I think for the same reason as Russell and Jemima. They won the case and Ms Berki was not only gagged for life over this matter, she was forced to pay the Brands £50,000 is costs and damages. She failed to pay so she was then declared bankrupt. It's incredibly dishonest and, indeed, honesty is a handicap in the modern legal system, it seems. I'm pleased to say there is a now a movement in the judicial profession to close this loophole, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlJHtEgb9pI. If this drive succeeds it will hopefully set up a common law precedent in opposition to "Eve's Law". Richard's trial is not the first time the legislation has been abused. It's a pity nobody thought of campaigning on this issue years ago.
See here for more background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2024/07/rdh-lawsuit-mini-portal.html.

US Midterms

 

The US Midterm elections have been a full spectrum wipe-out for the GOP. To begin with a background story, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/10/re-elect-uap-congress.html, voters have generally been kind to UAP Congress. Luna, Burlison, Burchett and Moskowitz have all kept their seats. Lauren Boebert has been defeated by her Democrat rival Eileen Laubacher after an extremely close race. At one point the two were within a fraction of a point apart with just five percent of the vote left to count. Boebert's lawyer is filing a legal challenge and there will be an automatic recount anyway under Colorado electoral law. Interestingly Mike Turner lost his re-election bid for Ohio's 10th Congressional District. He was defeated by a political newcomer with the amazing name of Ms Knickerbocker... Looks like Lockheed-Martin don't need him anymore. Did he expect gratitude for his subservience? Can't say I'm gutted. However, if I were American I would not be a single issue voter anyway. There's more to life than aliens. It's normal in American political dynamics for the opposition to gain an advantage in the Midterms, but this swing is exceptional. It is a massive landslide against the Trump administration. He has lost seven senators and forty-two House representatives. In the Gubernatorials, the Republicans lost five states. Kansas now has its first Democrat senator since 1932. Texas' purple hue has now gone distinctly blue as the state got a new Democrat senator and governor along with an array of representatives. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-eb5702ee-a7ac-4445-8942-456df0e95f0f.

Donald Trump has nobody to blame for this but himself. He was a president who had everything and threw it all away. He once said that Boris Johnson was "Britain's Trump", well now Trump is America's Bojo, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2022/07/boris-is-finished.html. He came back into the White House last year facing a number of challenges; to get the economy under control and reduce the US' notoriously high cost of living, to "build the wall" and stop mass immigration, and to keep the country out of foreign wars. He also pledged to improve democracy and address issues such as the Epstein files and other conspiracy theories. These were all promises he made and his voter base expected him to keep them. To begin with Trump 2.0 looked good. He met the majority of his targets during his first few months, see the background link below, but then he suddenly and radically changed. His resolve collapsed on all his core issues. He ceased to be a populist and merged seamlessly with the establishment. I know backslappers are going to tell me: "He was always establishment, Ben; but you were too naiiiiiiiiiive to see it! We were so streetwise and superior to everybody else that we could!" I disagree for reasons I've already detailed, but it doesn't really matter. We all agree on what he is now. So many people thought Trump was the beginning of a glorious new age. High fuel prices, flag draped coffins and sleazily suits were a part of history soon to be forgotten. Trump has failed the American people and has betrayed those who believed in him. His deceit will have repercussions across the entire world. What is in store for Trump during the next two years, the remainder of his presidential term? Well, unfortunately for him he will be something of a lame duck. The United States is a far more honest, democratic and functional federation than the European Union, and it has constitutional safeguards to prevent the rise of a dictator. Without the support of the legislative branch, the executive's power is very limited, even with all the Supreme Court judges the president has on his side. The Democratic Party now has the power to wreak the revenge they have been longing for, along with their Republican never-Trumper allies. Trump is going to be impeached again, along with more than one member of his cabinet. The American people have delivered a major "F.U." to the president and none are louder than those from the people who used to support him. Generally speaking the future right now is pretty unpredictable, but it's not going to be rosy for the orange man.  
See here for more background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2021/01/donald-trump-portal.html.

Ben Emlyn-Jones on On The Track 2

 

I have been featured again on On The Track with Jonathan Downes, see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jquchSOWBSE.
Subjects discussed include: The Cornish Owlman, the life and works of Tony "Doc" Shiels, aquatic primates and much much more. The programme has a magazine format and also covers the latest happenings in the world of strange animal research.
See here for my HPANWO Radio interview with Jon: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/10/ben-emlyn-jones-on-on-track.html.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/cryptozoology-portal.html.

UFO Truth Magazine- Issue 81

 

UFO Truth Magazine Issue 81 is now available. It can be purchased on this page as a single copy, but please subscribe and save money if you want to read it regularly, see: https://www.ufotruthmagazine.co.uk.
Issue 81 includes an article in my column entitled Out of the Shadows by Jay Stratton- Book Review.

Also you will find in Issue 81: More commentary of Jay Stratton's new book, more orbs in Brazil, did the USA attack UFO's? and much much more.
Also in this HPANWO Show programme I interview the UFO Truth Magazine's editor Gary Heseltine: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2023/06/hpanwo-show-514-podcast-gary-heseltine.html.
See here for details on UFO Truth Magazine Issue 80: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/09/ufo-truth-magazine-issue-80.html.

"Help! I'm a Prisoner in a Sardine Cannery!"

 

When I was young I loved the children's novel Help! I Am a Prisoner in a Toothpaste Factory by John Antrobus. It tells the story of a young boy who is brushing his teeth one day when he sees the message in the title marked on a line of toothpaste. This cry for help sets him off on an adventure. The novel was dramatized in the children's TV series Jackanory, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RScW_gCsGZs. Now I have found a disturbing real life example that reminded me of it. It doesn't involve toothpaste, but sardines. Customers in Egypt who recently bought cans of sardines from the Janzour company had a bit of a shock. Tucked in amongst the processed fish were pieces of cardboard with messages crudely written on them in biro. Soon afterwards other people in other countries across the Middle East and North Africa reported the same thing. These messages were written in Arabic and varied in their verbatim content, clearly being left by a number of different people; but their meaning was always the same. They were written by individuals claiming to be prisoners of the company. They had allegedly been kidnapped and incarcerated in the cannery and were being forced to work as slaves. Their captors had forbidden them to use telephones or the internet and so they were begging for help in the only way they could. Source: https://x.com/Imposter_Edits/status/1421729971798695939.
 
The Janzour company is based in Libya, a country notorious for using slave labour; at least since Muammar Gaddafi was deposed. (To be accurate he was beaten to death in the streets by a lynch mob organized by Western intelligence.) Of course the term "slave labour" is often used as a pejorative word for any unpleasant and low paid drudgery, even in my own country, the UK; but in this case the term could be applied more literally. I am already aware that Libya employs an entire sector of cheap immigrant workers, mostly from other parts of Africa, but up until now it was assumed that these people were free agents who could come and go as they pleased, and were only putting up with the appalling wages and conditions in Libya because it was comparatively better than what they could achieve at home. This is different. The workers accuse their employers of forcing them to work for them against their will and physically preventing them from leaving. How? Do they have to sleep in locked cells? Are their ankles chained up? Are there warders there with whips? You might wonder why I care, after all I am not a "refugees welcome" person; and I have called repeatedly for immigration to the UK to be stopped by any means necessary, for example see: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2026/05/third-rail-radio-programme-240.html. But this does not mean I am a monster. I do not condone the abusive treatment of migrants. I really hope these prisoners are freed at some point, but who is going to do it? Hillary Clinton? MI6? The CIA?... I wonder how much more of this kind of thing is going on in the world. Is it even happening in Wales? My interviews with Alan Tait leads me to suspect so, see: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2023/03/programme-498-podcast-alan-tait.html. Will this kind of slavery become more common around the world, even universal? It's a worrying possibility.
See here for more background about Libya: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2012/10/programme-19-podcast-david-shayler.html.

Ben Emlyn-Jones on On The Track

 

I have been featured on On The Track with Jonathan Downes, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39GbFi1u2G4.
Subjects discussed include: My trip to the Isle of Man, Richard Freeman's lard tournament, warm stones appearing in midair and much much more. The programme has a magazine format and also covers the latest happenings in the world of strange animal research.

See here for my previous appearance on On The Track: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/10/ben-emlyn-jones-on-on-track.html.
See here for my HPANWO Radio interview with Jon: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2026/09/hpanwo-show-647-jonathan-downes.html.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/cryptozoology-portal.html.

Capturing Bigfoot Fallout

 

Capturing Bigfoot is a new documentary film by Marq Evans claiming to have "Exposed!" the "Truth!" about the Patterson-Gimlin film. The movie is based on several books about the subject that have been around for a while. ("There's always a book!") There have long been accusations against Roger and Bob that have been going on in one form or another almost continuously ever since their film was published, but this new one is different; it supposedly reveals definitive proof that the 1967 "Bigfootage" is a hoax. Capturing Bigfoot was unexpectedly put on general release a couple of days ago on the 20th, National Bigfoot Day. I'm curious to watch it, but unfortunately it is not yet available in my country. As soon as it is I will; however, although I try to avoid reviews of films I have yet to see, I have not been able to avoid the blowback on social media. The film has been harshly criticized from many experts in the Bigfoot research community while other former believers in the PG film have lamented that their dreams have now been shattered by reality. The backslappers bolted desperately in a race to be the first one to agree. As I've noted before, one thing backslappers cannot bear is naiveté in themselves; or, more accurately, to be regarded as naive by others. Conversely they love naiveté, or perceived naiveté, in others; in fact that is their oxygen, sustenance and lifeblood. In themselves though it is anathema. Being taken in by anything false is their worst nightmare, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/04/pie-andrew-dominae.html. Some began posting even before the film dropped. Patrick from Vetted did not win the coveted race, but he made a valiant effort. He Tweeted: "I saw the film too. I'd say the case is closed on the infamous footage." Source: https://x.com/VettedPodcast/status/2112548225790124195.
 
I've stopped watching Patrick of late. This is a pity because I generally like him and we got on well when we met; and I really enjoyed his film Psionics, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/06/psionics-movie.html. However, I've started to find his bottomless negativity irksome, to say the least. He uses the word "bombshell" in all his video titles ironically; because, according to him, there never is a real bombshell. I wonder if Patrick has also studied the critics of Capturing Bigfoot as well. The problem is that backslappers always feel uncomfortable doing that because it might be regarded as "naive!" or "hope porn!" I see this obstacle all the time in UFOlogy; in fact the Travis Walton fiasco is a good example, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/03/travis-accused-again.html. When it comes to a mysterious phenomenon case, in order to maintain their street cred it only takes the tiniest briefest whisper of the word "fake" and they drop it like a hot potato and run. It never occurs to them that a claim of something being faked can itself be a deception. The documentary premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival and it was revealed then that somebody had found an old 16 mm film reel. Its content was allegedly shot by Roger Patterson in 1966 and shows an actor wearing a Bigfoot costume. This is supposedly a rehearsal for the real hoax the following year. The man in the suit was somebody who has always been regularly accused of being an accomplice, Bob Heironimus. I have seen a clip of this found footage on Twitter and I do not find it at all convincing. That being said, I've yet to learn the full context and so shall reserve judgement until I've watched the movie; but from what I've heard from people whose opinion I've always found reliable, Capturing Bigfoot is not the great skeptic exposé it boasts to be.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/cryptozoology-portal.html.
And: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2021/08/skeptics-portal.html.