# Middle Aged Mini #265 - The Dodleston Messages

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Podcast: [Middle Aged And Creeped Out podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/middle-aged-and-creeped-out-podcast-2099321)
Published: 2026-08-08T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8934100
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## Resource

We are joined by our special guest co-host, William Layman! The Dodleston Messages are a series of enigmatic texts that appeared on a BBC Micro computer in 1984 in the village of Dodleston, Cheshire. They were allegedly received by schoolteacher Ken Webster. The correspondence began with messages from a figure claiming to be Lukas Wainman (or Thomas Harden), a man living in the same house in 1546, who expressed confusion over modern technology and accused the residents of stealing his home!!! https://foxtechnologies.co.uk/the-mystery-of-the-dodleston-messages-a-timeless-puzzle-with-an-eerie-twist/ https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/dodleston-messages/31501/ https://medium.com/@gaurav_krishnan/the-dodleston-messages-did-the-time-rift-actually-happen-f85118162596 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aXG5R4HRlgs&ra=m

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