True Weird Stuff

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Hammer Time Sep 15, 2023

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Hammer Time

Love is a beautiful thing, but jealousy is an ugly monster. That's why American showgirl Clara Phillips stalked her imagined rival and beat her to death with a hammer...because she loved her man so much.

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Moon Struck Aug 25, 2023

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Moon Struck

Ever look up at the night sky and wonder, what is the moon? Has the moon always been there? That humble, dusty little satellite that hangs in our night sky and has inspired everything from love songs to werewolves to snack cakes, but until fairly recently, we had no real idea what the moon really is, or why it’s even here.

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Wild West Pearl Aug 18, 2023

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Wild West Pearl

Forced to work in a brothel as a young girl, Pearl Hart rebelled and ran away. She broke all the hearts and she broke all the rules, and once she even broke out of jail. And then she got an idea…let’s rob a stagecoach.

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Don’t Let Them In Aug 11, 2023

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Don’t Let Them In

A child you’ve never met – a complete stranger – approaches you and asks for help. What would you do? In 1996, reporter Brian Bethel encountered two children whose presence consumed his soul with fear. Some believe it’s paranormal; others believe it’s a prank. But one glance is all it takes..from the black-eyed kids.

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Killer Crush and the Incel Aug 04, 2023

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Killer Crush and the Incel

Bryan Kohberger is sitting in a jail cell awaiting trial on charges of first-degree murder in the horrific stabbing deaths of four college students at the University of Idaho. And he’s at the center of two perplexing and bizarre phenomena: one, the adoration and infatuation of female fans. As crazy as that sounds, right? And two, Kohberger is an incel – as in, involuntarily celibate. Forensic psychologist Dr. Carole Lieberman breaks it down for us.

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Ice Pick to The Brain Jul 28, 2023

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Ice Pick to The Brain

What if there was a quick and easy outpatient procedure that promised to cure whole list of ailments? Insomnia, post-partum depression, a nervous stomach, headaches…All easily fixed with the minimally invasive tap tap tap of an icepick hammered into an eye socket. Not a Saw movie – it was medicine in America.

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Pig Lady Haunting Jul 21, 2023

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Pig Lady Haunting

Forbidden love, deception, murder…and a mystery that has remained a mystery for more than a hundred years. The double homicide of a married preacher and his equally married mistress. From the eerie crime scene to the complete circus that was the trial, this is a story where there can be no justice.

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Talking SETI with Dr. Seth Shostak Jul 14, 2023

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Talking SETI with Dr. Seth Shostak

When it comes to aliens, you probably either think an invasion is imminent, or that the government is running a massive disinformation campaign to conceal military technology. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Seth Shostak, the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute. SETI as in, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. No tinfoil hats, no wild theories…just the facts.

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We The People Jul 07, 2023

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Today's True Weird Stuff - We The People

If you had to shout out some of the founding fathers of the United States of America, chances are your go-to guys would be George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Franklin. But there was another architect of American independence...the guy who coined the phrase, “We the people”.

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The Bone Wars Jun 30, 2023

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Today's True Weird Stuff - The Bone Wars

Once upon a time, there were two men who lied and tricked and undermined each other every chance they got. They weren’t warriors or soldiers...kings or conquerors. They were a couple of paleontologists...both hellbent on being the world’s authority on dinosaurs.

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