In this episode of Paranormal Tonight, Dan Harary has a vibrant and deeply personal conversation with Debbie Gendler—TV producer, Beatles superfan, and alleged UFO witness—recounts her incredible journey from being one of America’s first Beatles fans to possibly hosting extraterrestrials in her Beverly Hills backyard. Gendler shares detailed, behind-the-scenes stories of her historic encounters with the Beatles, including being in the studio audience for their Ed Sullivan debut and interacting with Brian Epstein. The conversation takes a paranormal turn as she describes a mysterious 1996 incident involving a perfectly circular burned patch of grass, unusual illness, and a neighbor’s alarmed dog—suggesting a close encounter of the third kind.

Topics Discussed

• Debbie’s early childhood and Civil War-obsessed father
• Her discovery of The Beatles via a British import album
• Meeting Beatles manager Brian Epstein in 1963
• Attending the Beatles’ first Ed Sullivan Show appearance
• Being ridiculed and then celebrated as a Beatles fan
• Organizing Beatles fan events and sleep-ins
• Meeting the Beatles in 1965 at the Warwick Hotel
• John Lennon’s “rubbish girl” nickname for her
• A potential UFO landing in her Beverly Hills backyard
• Physical symptoms following the sighting
• SETI using her Polaroids on national television
• Her mysterious missing photos
• Possibility of abduction or altered consciousness
• Hypnotherapy and body scanning to recover lost memories
• Debbie’s book I Saw Them Standing There

Quotes

“My Dad was a Civil War aficionado... and I have a cannonball from Gettysburg in my living room.” – Debbie Gendler

“They weren’t known yet, but they must’ve gotten my address from the fan club in London.” – Debbie Gendler on meeting Brian Epstein

“He goes, ‘It’s rubbish.’ I said, ‘No, it’s for my collection!’ ‘No, it’s rubbish—and you are rubbish girl.’” – Debbie Gendler quoting John Lennon

“I went from being shunned to the day after Ed Sullivan, my basement became Beatles central.” – Debbie Gendler

“I looked out and there was a perfect burned-out circle in my backyard. It wasn’t there the night before.” – Debbie Gendler on the UFO sighting

“I developed a terrible cough and was sick for three months. It felt like long COVID years before COVID.” – Debbie Gendler

“SETI used my Polaroids on a national show, and they were never returned.” – Debbie Gendler

“John Lennon gave me a nickname. That’s why I wanted to title the book Rubbish Girl.” – Debbie Gendler

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