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This week We take a closer look at my all time favorite Play Station franchise Uncharted. We start by taking a deeper look at game 1 Drake's Fortune.    This game not only pushed the limits on what the newly released play station 3 could do but on what a newly released video game could do. Uncharted drake’s fortune was nothing short of a technical masterpiece that paved the way for countless other games. It also utilized motion capture unlike anything that came before resulting in a cinematic experience that was unlike anything seen before.     Now we aren’t a video game show. We’re not here to talk about how advanced Unchsrtes was for its time; plus I certainly wouldn’t be gushing over it if it wasn’t for the story line. And it’s because of that story line that we’re talking about it tonight. Uncharted Drake’s Fortune isn’t just an action adventure, story driven game, it’s an Indiana Jones fan’s wet dream! This game involves everything from lost gold to lost cities to  nazis and even supernatural monsters.     So tonight we’re going to take a deeper look at the real life lore behind the story of Unchsrted Drake’s Fortune.      1realize this episode is slightly different than what we usually cover, but ever since I started Almost Canon I’ve wanted to find a way to share my love for this specific video game franchise. There aren’t too many games out there that can combine action/ adventure with history and treasure hunting, all while delivering a coherent and compelling fun story. Uncharted delivered this with all five games. I’ve been religiously playing uncharted since 2012 and even though it’s nearly 20 years old and the newest game is almost 10, my hope is to introduce it to another fan of video games and the the paranormal

This is a short preview of Bonus Episode #3 from Almost Canon +. thanks to Dendrochronologists and Astrophysicists, We are able to go over some new evidence, found right in L'Anse aux Meadows itself, that almost certainly proves Vinland is located in the south somewhere. We then go over several other supposed viking rhinestones found throughout the east coast. This is entirely new stuff and Nick even has an epiphany! so sign up for Almost Canon+ and become part of the family!

On this Bonus episode we look deep at the evidence pointing to Vinland being somewhere other than Newfoundland. We go over some evidence found in the Meadows that points to Vinland being in New England as well as several other rune stones we didn't cover in our original viking episode.

As part of our unofficial strange stone structures in New England series, I've decided ti reedit and remaster one of my favorite episodes, episode 9, Vikings in America. Officially, we know vikings landed in Newfoundland around 1000 AD but the history books say they didn't stay long and this has never sat well with me. We know vikings were great explorers, always looking to the horizon for something new. so I find it hard to believe they found a vast new world and choose to only stay a few years and there seems to be countless pieces of evidence supporting the fact that L'Anse aux Meadows was only the first stop in this new world. If you enjoyed this episode please join out Almost canon +. We'll be dropping a viking centric bonus episode beginning of next week, that looks at more of these artifact left behind by the vikings as they traversed the wilds of the north east.

*Due to technical difficulties on this weeks episode I’ll be releasing the newest bonus episode from the Almost Canon + catalog. If you’re a Plus member keep your eyes out for the next week or so for a new bonus episode!*On this second, official bonus episode of Almost Canon, we take a deeper look at some of the stone structures me and Mark talked about over the past several weeks. We’ll read excerpts from the awesome books "Weird New England" by Joseph Citro and "Field Guide to Mysterious Places of Eastern North America" by Salvatore M. Trento all while throwing in my own two cents on the different sites.We thank you for your support, it makes what we’re doing here worth doing! Thank you!!Here’s a link forWeird New England: https://www.amazon.com/Weird-New-England-Englands-Legends/dp/1402733305Field Guide to Mysterious Places of Eastern North America : https://www.amazon.com/Field-Mysterious-Places-Eastern-America/dp/0805044493

This we we talk with Heidi who grew up in what could possibly be New England's most haunted city Lowell, Mass. The fires of Industry burned more than oil and coal in Lowell as the Industrial Revolution kicked off and those fires very well could have produced the first entity our guest ran into at a very young age. the figure of a charred body would sit next to Heidi's bed at night and some time hit and beast her resulting in a trip to the hospital. but it didn't stop there! Heidi would end up meeting another dark entity several years later in a house that was rumored to once be a church. If your looking for scares then you won't want to miss this incredibly frightful episode of Almost Canon.

This week we talk with Vance, who had rented a house with his wife in Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania. Every seemed to be going great but it didn't take long for them to notice something wasn't right. Things would quickly escalate and the couple who thought they had found great deal on a beautiful little home would up and leave one morning after a frightening revelation. But before we talk with Vance Nick goes over a handful of recent listener stories that had been sent in. This may be one of the creepiest episodes of Almost Canon yet!

This week we talk with Mark from My Family Thinks Im Crazy podcast. As we're both from New England, we figured talking about a New England mystery would be best.Stone walls are often over looked. There are countless miles of them and their literary everywhere you look here in New England. But were they really been built by farmers in the 1800's and what about all the stone chambers, who built those? if not farmers then who? Was it Vikings? Maybe the Celts or Phoenicians? Or what about giants or an ancient unknown race of indigenous peoples? These are all questions we consider on this weeks episode of Almost canon podcast!