Strange News: Wordle Saves Lives, Cybercrime, and Qanon Hates Butterflies
An elderly woman may well owe her survival to Wordle. Another recent Bitcoin scam is called the 'heist of the century.' Over in Texas, Qanon has found a new target... a non-profit butterfly center. Fi...
21 Helmi 20221h 1min
Does junk food target children?
While it may not be especially great for you, there's no denying that junk food is delicious. Nowadays, all the salty, fatty, sweet and savory stuff humans evolved to covet is both cheap and easy to a...
18 Helmi 20221h 13min
Listener Mail: Mysterious Fishing Club, Terrorism in the Metaverse, Trouble in Ottawa
Smitty relates a strange childhood story from his time growing up near the Pisgah National Forest. Kyle notes the metaverse offers tremendous potential for terrorists. Canadian trooper calls in to ask...
17 Helmi 202258min
What is ecoterrorism?
Most people can agree the proverbial writing is on the wall: Earth's climate is in trouble, and its degradation will have profound consequences of later generations. However, no one seems to have figu...
16 Helmi 20221h 9min
CLASSIC: Ghosts and Infrasound
While humanity has yet to generate any universally-accepted proof of ghosts or hauntings, millions of people around the world report seeing apparitions or experiencing ghostly encounters every year (a...
15 Helmi 202258min
Strange News: China Censorship, Robots on the Border, One Guy Hacks North Korea
In a rare decision, China reverses an earlier act of censorship. Those dogbots Ben and Matt are so concerned about are deployed on the US-Mexico border. One anonymous hacker claims he, in a fit of res...
14 Helmi 202257min
Project Azorian, or: the CIA Steals A Submarine
When the USSR lost a powerful submarine, the US scrambled to make the most of a grisly opportunity. In today's episode, the guys explore the strange series of events that led Uncle Sam to, in secret, ...
11 Helmi 202250min
Listener Mail: Grandfathers on America's Most Wanted, North Korean Museums, and... is Facebook in your head?
A listener learns their grandfather was on America's Most Wanted. Will shares his adventures at museums in North Korea and Tehran. Anon calls in to relate her own spooky experience with Facebook someh...
10 Helmi 20221h 9min
