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Thanksgiving Special: Just Add Arsenic Nov 22, 2022

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Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywhere from Alabama to ancient Rome. Brine your turkey, knead your dough, and listen to our Thanksgiving Special on the regime-changing, assassination-aiding King of Poisons.

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Time Travel Pt. 2 Nov 17, 2022

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How would a time machine work? Physicists have been engaging the question for decades — and building theoretical frameworks to make it happen. From designs like the Tipler Cylinder, to the paradoxes that imply time travel's improbability, how close are we really to folding the fabric of space-time back on itself... and breaking free from the constraints of time as we know it?

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Time Travel Pt. 1 Nov 15, 2022

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Is it possible… and has it happened already? Today we’re investigating the most famous — maybe even most credible — timeslip in history (involving two respected academics and Marie Antoinette!), and the alleged time traveler from 2036 who’s connected to a mystery no one’s been able to crack.

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DB Cooper Pt. 2 Nov 10, 2022

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For years after his daring hijack, there was no sign of DB Cooper or even any evidence that he made it to the ground alive. But a chance discovery in 1980 breathed new life into an old case, and for the first time, the FBI had real hope that they'd find their man. As it turned out, there were far more twists and turns than they could possibly have imagined. Today, DB Cooper isn’t just a name. It’s a legend. One that has taken on a life of its own. But who was the man who hurled himself out of a plane all those years ago, and how did he stay ahead of the law for decades? This episode originally aired on Deathbed Confessions.

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DB Cooper Pt. 1 Nov 08, 2022

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In 1971, a man calling himself DB Cooper boarded a flight bound for Seattle. The plane reached its destination safely, but not before Cooper had threatened to blow it up unless his demands were met. What followed was one of the largest manhunts in US history, as the FBI threw the full weight of their resources at answering one question: Who was DB Cooper? This episode originally aired on Deathbed Confessions.

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British Big Cats Pt. 2 Nov 03, 2022

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From cardboard cutouts to DNA matching, British Big Cat hunters have tried to pin down exactly what kinds of felines haunt the British Isles. They’ve also offered some believable explanations about where they came from and how they ended up in the U.K. But some researchers don’t think they’re cats at all. They believe the animals could be spirits… from another world.

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British Big Cats Pt. 1 Nov 01, 2022

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The British Isles were once home to a diverse population of powerful cats like lions, leopards, and lynxes. Scientists believe humans wiped them out more than a millennium ago. But… maybe we didn’t. Since the 1500s, British people have sporadically seen huge felines on their home soil. Experts claim they shouldn’t exist. Those who have survived their attacks disagree.

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Zombies Pt. 2: Poison & Antidote Oct 27, 2022

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Ethnobotanist Wade Davis returned from Port-au-Prince with the ingredients for a zombie potion that made people appear dead. But this only completed half his mission — he needed the antidote. But no matter how much Davis studied, he couldn’t explain how one would work. At least, not scientifically. For that, he would need to infiltrate Haiti’s most dangerous secret societies… in search of spells.

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Zombies Pt. 1: The Living Dead Oct 25, 2022

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In 1982, Canadian ethnobotanist Wade Davis flew to Port-au-Prince, hoping to find the ingredients for a poison said to turn the living into the living dead. If real, Davis believed the potion would revolutionize science. But in order to attain it, he would first need to immerse himself in voodoo traditions, accept the existence of magic, and come face-to-face with a real-life zombie.

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The Mummy's Curse: The Lost Tomb of Nefertiti Pt. 2 Oct 20, 2022

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Secret doors, a cast-off wig, mummified arms — strange and exhilarating clues have peppered the search for Nefertiti’s final resting place. What happened to the famed leader, once branded a heretic? The evidence uncovered by archaeologists isn’t definitive. The debates rage on…

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