Strange News: Amazon is Snitching, Heists in LA, and "Mutant" Soldiers in Ukraine?

Strange News: Amazon is Snitching, Heists in LA, and "Mutant" Soldiers in Ukraine?

Amazon has been giving Ring videos to law enforcement, without the consent of the owners. Someone in LA stole millions' dollars worth of jewelry from a Brinks armored truck. Over in Russia, two politicians are claiming the government of Ukraine, with the help of the US, is experimenting on soldiers. The West keeps calling these alleged supersoldiers 'mutants' -- problem is, that's not what the Russians said, at all. Tune in for all this and more in this week's Strange News.

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Strange News: Mysterious Deaths, Farts, Chimera and Theseus

Strange News: Mysterious Deaths, Farts, Chimera and Theseus

A mysterious illness plagues New Brunswick. An internet celebrity sells NFTs and farts. The first full transplant of a pig heart into a living human prompts international legal and philosophical conce...

18 Jan 202259min

The Death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Decades after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a vast swathe of the American public still doesn't buy the government's official conclusion. Why? In today's show, the guys sit down wit...

17 Jan 20221h 2min

Havana Syndrome. Part II: Global Controversy

Havana Syndrome. Part II: Global Controversy

The story started in 2016, when US and Canadian embassy staff in Havana began reporting mysterious medical symptoms -- headaches, vertigo, strange sounds and more. As time went on, more employees in o...

14 Jan 20221h

CLASSIC: Serial Killers on the Loose

CLASSIC: Serial Killers on the Loose

TV, film and fiction have given the public a set of stereotypes about serial killers -- one of the biggest being that they always get caught. Join Ben, Matt, Noel and special guest Christian Sager as ...

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Robots in Court: China's AI Prosecutor

Robots in Court: China's AI Prosecutor

Most people agree that no system of justice is, in practice, perfect -- courts are often backed up with cases, officials are overworked, and human bias all too often affects a verdict. The government ...

12 Jan 20221h

CLASSIC: What is the Highway of Tears?

CLASSIC: What is the Highway of Tears?

For decades women have been abducted, murdered and forgotten along an isolated stretch of Canadian highway. Join the guys and special guest CarStuff's Scott Benjamin as they explore the terrifying his...

11 Jan 20221h 7min

CLASSIC: Superstars and Satan: Music and the Occult

CLASSIC: Superstars and Satan: Music and the Occult

Why have rumors of dark arts so often dogged musicians? Have any of the rock stars of yesteryear ever actually believed they contacted the underworld? Join Ben, Noel and Matt as they explore the murky...

10 Jan 20221h

Workplace Surveillance

Workplace Surveillance

Of course your bosses keep tabs on you -- it's an old idea, and not, in itself, a sinister thing. Yet critics allege the rise of continually connected technology, combined with a pandemic forcing mill...

7 Jan 202253min

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