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Franklin Ruehl was an American actor,[1] ufologist and cryptozoologist.[2][3] He has appeared on such shows as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Roseanne Show and Tom Green Live among others. Ruehl's own show, Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion,[4] started on a public-access television cable TV channel in the Los Angeles area in the late 1980s, and then became the first Sci Fi Channel original series in 1992. In 2006, he hosted several new episodes of the show on TomGreen.com.
Ruehl auditioned for America's Got Talent in 2009 with an act that encompassed sticking straws into a potato, he was rejected by the judges. In 2010, he appeared on several episodes of 1000 Ways to Die, as an expert, portraying a cryptozoologist, a conspiracy expert and a deathologist/thanatologist. His show Professor Weird debuted at 9pm on August 18, 2012 on the Science Channel.
Ruehl has been a regular on "A Current Affair" (2005), "9 On The Town" (with a UFO segment), "Strange Universe," "Weird TV," and Ancient Aliens (on the History Channel). He co-hosted a radio program on Blog Talk Radio, "Hypergalactic Enigmas." Ruehl has a series of videos entitled The Realm of Bizarre News..
On his biography page for the Contributor platform published by The Huffington Post Ruehl wrote that he held a Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics from UCLA.[5]
Ruehl died in November 2015, of natural causes.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Franklin Ruehl". imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ Ruehl, Franklin (Jun 7, 2012). "Is Bigfoot Possibly an Alien Entity?". HuffPost Contributor platform. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "Ancient Aliens (2009– ). Franklin Ruehl: Self - Cryptozoologist, Self - Theoretical Physicist". imdb.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ Cruz, Nancy (2014-10-31). "Our Fascination With Zombies Featuring Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D." (Press release). Los Angeles: ktla.com. KTLA. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D." HuffPost Contributor platform. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "RIP, Dr. Franklin Ruehl". Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker. May 12, 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
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