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Sam Knight's bestseller about the true reported premonitions of disasters in the 1960s.

Richard Goulding reads the bestselling book by New York Times journalist and author Sam Knight about the true reported premonitions of disasters in the 1960s.

Richard Goulding reads the Sunday Times bestselling book The Premonitions Bureau by New York Times journalist and author Sam Knight, which accounts the true reported premonitions of disasters in 1960s Britain.

The story follows the real life establishment of a Premonitions Bureau by Dr John Barker in the 1960s to scientifically record and investigate the claims of those who believed they had the power of foresight and could predict an impending disaster. From coal mining disasters, to the largest train and plane accidents ever recorded (and also to the prediction of Barker's own death) The Premonitions Bureau is an enthralling and eerie true story of psychology, science and the supernatural - a journey to the most powerful and unsettling reaches of the human mind.

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The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight: The Politician

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Is history set to repeat itself in America?

Is history set to repeat itself in America? Read by Richard Goulding.

Richard Goulding reads the Sunday Times bestselling book The Premonitions Bureau by The New Yorker journalist and author Sam Knight, which accounts the true reported premonitions of disasters in 1960s Britain.

The story follows the real life establishment of a Premonitions Bureau by Dr John Barker in the 1960s to scientifically record and investigate the claims of those who believed they had the power of foresight and could predict an impending disaster. From coal mining disasters, to the largest train and plane accidents ever recorded (and also to the prediction of Barker’s own death) The Premonitions Bureau is an enthralling and eerie true story of psychology, science and the supernatural – a journey to the most powerful and unsettling reaches of the human mind.

In this final episode, the publication of the identities of the Bureau’s two most successful seers starts to cause problems, and a prediction of history repeating itself is linked to one of America’s most famous families.


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