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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Flame Witches and the Will O’The Wisp

Flame Witches and the Will O’The Wisp

Have you ever followed a ghostly light into the woods? For many, it sounds like a story straight out of the world of folklore -- yet these strange lights have been reported across the world. In Mexico...

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Listener Mail: Ghost Stories, Santa Claus and the New Chronology

Listener Mail: Ghost Stories, Santa Claus and the New Chronology

What if part of known history never actually happened? What can Santa teach us about the power of language in folklore? Multiple Conspiracy Realists write in with their own otherworldly, sometimes dis...

28 Okt 202147min

Is 'witchcraft' on the rise?

Is 'witchcraft' on the rise?

Nowadays, the word 'witch' conjures a few common images for most people: a crone, clad in all black, perhaps wearing a pointed hat, astride a broomstick in the dark of night. However, this image is mo...

27 Okt 202150min

CLASSIC: Who killed Robert Kennedy?

CLASSIC: Who killed Robert Kennedy?

Assassins murdered President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Five years later, his brother Robert was assassinated. Coincidence? On the anniversary of RFK's murder, Ben, Matt and Noel take a closer look at t...

26 Okt 202142min

Strange News: Robo-dog Snipers, New Zealand Just Fired Their Wizard

Strange News: Robo-dog Snipers, New Zealand Just Fired Their Wizard

New Zealand has officially fired its state wizard after the 88 year-old made a series of controversial comments that finally crossed the line. Over in the US, critics are both vindicated and disturbed...

25 Okt 202147min

Spies and Spying Part II: The Present and the Future

Spies and Spying Part II: The Present and the Future

How do people become spies -- and why do some people end spying against their will? In the second part of this two-part series, Ben and Matt dive into the present state of spying, along with the troub...

22 Okt 202157min

Listener Mail: Planned Obsolescence, the Cow Urine Surplus and Ghosts

Listener Mail: Planned Obsolescence, the Cow Urine Surplus and Ghosts

A caller asks for more information about the infamous Phoebus cartel. Road Dog asks about what people are supposed to do with all that urine collected from potty-trained cows. Mario, Schneider and Kev...

21 Okt 202146min

Spies and Spying Part I: The Past and Present

Spies and Spying Part I: The Past and Present

Most people know the life of a real-life spy bears little resemblance to the stories of fictional agents like James Bond -- but what exactly is spying? In the first part of this two-part series, the g...

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