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What exactly is ectoplasm?
If you're a fan of ghosts and spirits -- not to mention the Ghostbusters franchise -- you've heard of ectoplasm. According to the true believers, thi…
1 year, 6 months ago
CLASSIC: The Race to the Arctic: Who will control the poles?
Across the span of modern human history, the Arctic has been a desolate, dangerous wasteland of freezing ice, inaccessible waters and more than a bit…
1 year, 6 months ago
Strange News: Disney Goes Full Supervillain, Food Monopolies, Glitter on Mars and More
Imagine your wife dies on a Disney vacation, and their lawyers try to get your wrongful death lawsuit dismissed... because you signed up for a Disney…
1 year, 6 months ago
Hostile Climate: The Home Insurance Crisis
Home insurance. Yeesh! For most folks, it's somewhere between a necessary evil and a snoozefest. If you're like most homeowners, you have insurance o…
1 year, 6 months ago
Listener Mail: Plastic Bottle Sabotage, Blackstone and DNA, Is Stockholm syndrome made up?
Sveriges baffles the crew when they ask whether the infamous Stocholm syndrome is entirely made up. Frederick wonders whether European manufacturers …
1 year, 6 months ago
Leon G. Turrou: The Nazi Hunter
In tonight's episode: a strange, twisting tale of hidden history. While most people these days associate the Nazi party with the horrors of World War…
1 year, 6 months ago
CLASSIC: Who Killed Artemus Ogletree?
On January 2, 1935, a man checked into room 1046 at the Hotel President in Kansas City. He gave his name as Roland T. Owen, and listed his a home add…
1 year, 6 months ago
Strange News: Crickets Are Back on the Menu, RFK and Bear Corpse Litter, the EPA versus Herbicide, and More
Singapore approves insects as a food source -- and the reasoning behind this may surprise you. The EPA (finally) bans an incredibly dangerous herbici…
1 year, 7 months ago
CLASSIC: How did North America's largest city disappear? The Mysterious Collapse of Cahokia
Four centuries before Columbus reached the western hemisphere, Cahokia was a prosperous pre-American city with a population similar to London’s. In f…
1 year, 7 months ago
Listener Mail: Big Bug, the Fuyao Factory Raid, Irish Perspective on Speed Limiters and The Great Last Meal Debate
Conspiracy Realist scbuggeek writes in with an inside look at Big Bug. Lauren writes in for more information on the raid of a Fuyao factory raid in D…
1 year, 7 months ago