Strange News: Hacking into Your Water, Naked Mole Rat Accents and the Cop who Hired a Hitman
The small town of Oldsmar, Florida barely escapes disaster when a hacker remotely compromises the system, creating dangerous levels of chemicals in the drinking water -- implying potential for other d...
15 Helmi 202153min
The Philadelphia Experiment
Here's the story: In October of 1943, hundreds of people watched a top secret experiment go horribly wrong. The US Navy, attempting to create a kind of invisibility cloak for ships, accidentally trans...
12 Helmi 20211h 4min
Listener Mail: Radioactive Brine, Australia's Stolen Generation, and an Inside Scoop on Fracking
Why are there billboards warning about radioactive brine in parts of the US? What exactly is Australia's Stolen Generation? What's the insider scoop on the fracking industry and earthquakes? All this ...
11 Helmi 202150min
Mystery, Mayhem and Nukes: The Story of the Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a relatively tiny, remote place -- it's about halfway between Hawaii and Australia, with nothing but ocean on the horizon. And, for decades, this nation has bee...
10 Helmi 202158min
CLASSIC: Was Thomas Henry Moray the Next Nikola Tesla?
You've probably heard about Nikola Tesla, but what about Thomas Henry Moray? Join Ben and Matt to learn why some people believe this little-known electrical engineer may have discovered a revolutionar...
9 Helmi 202138min
Strange News: The Myanmar Coup, Solving the Mystery of Dyatlov Pass and Saying Goodbye to Adobe Flash
The military of Myanmar institutes a coup (and later internet blackout). Scientists believe they may have finally solved the mystery of Dyatlov Pass -- and their argument is pretty convincing! More an...
8 Helmi 20211h 6min
What is the Latitude Society?
For many, the story began with the receipt of a mysterious card, which led them to a nondescript address in San Francisco. From there, new members of the Latitude Society found themselves living throu...
5 Helmi 20211h 1min
Listener Mail: How to Talk About QAnon, The Mattress Store Conspiracy, Private Contractors and the Military
One listener explains ways to communicate about QAnon with relatives and friends. Another writes in to explore the difference between private contractors and US soldiers. And someone finally asks a qu...
4 Helmi 20211h 1min
