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The Bolt Mar 02, 2021

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Edwin Robinson, a Falmouth, Maine resident who’d been in a serious 18-wheeler accident, experienced a bizarre series of events after being struck by lightning--all because he’d wanted to rescue his pet chicken, TukTuk, from a storm.

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Researched by Bryan Worters, with additional research by Laurah Norton

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The Rays Feb 16, 2021

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Roy Beebe was a Long Beach agricultural scientist with a predilection for giant vegetables — and, apparently, harnessing the power of cosmic rays — all in the name of optimal health. Whatever that means. And, in post-WWII America? People were ready to give his inventions a go.

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The Thief Feb 02, 2021

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A very unusual vigilante captured the attention of Melbourne, Florida in in the mid-1970s; this “Robin Hood of the Space Coast” set out to right the wrongs of the world the best way he knew how. With bread.

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The Tree Jan 19, 2021

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In Athens, Georgia, a favorite city landmark is “The Tree That Owns Itself.” But how, exactly, did this self-actualization come to pass?

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The Trucker Jan 05, 2021

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In 1979, a Virginia trucker named Harry Joe Turner set out on a routine delivery. But a run-in with an apparent UFO led to a number of unforeseen complications.

Thanks to Steven Ray Morris of Purrrcast/See Jurassic Right!, Alvin Williams of Affirmative Murder/Down by the Creek, A Concerned Citizen of Swindled, Bradley George of WUSF, and Emma Currie for lending their voices to this episode.

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Additional Research by Jessica Ann

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The House Dec 15, 2020

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Will and Minnie Winston lived out their retirement quietly, in a little house in Atlanta’s West End--that is, until a night in September of 1987, when the house began--against all rational explanation--to bleed.

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The Gas Dec 01, 2020

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In September of 1944, the townspeople of Mattoon, Illinois, began to experience a mystifying series of random chemical attacks.

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The Hum Nov 17, 2020

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In cities across the world, the last decades have brought reports of mysterious hums, vibrations, and trumpeting noises--loud enough to disrupt the lives of those that hear them, and resisting easy explanation. Only some people can hear the humming--and no one knows why.

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The Soda Machine Nov 03, 2020

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In Seattle, Washington, the Mystery Soda Machine stood for decades, doling obscure and rare soft drinks at the press of two special buttons. But as with so many things, the digital age brought on. . . complications.

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The Whistler Oct 20, 2020

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In “The Whistler,” we cover the 1950s engagement of Jacqueline Cadow, an 18-year-old from the tiny Cajun town of Paradis, Louisiana--and the persistent, eerie stalker who was determined to put a stop to her nupitals.

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