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Strange News: Superorganisms in Your Mouth, the Overview Effect, and Police Making Dangerous Portraits with DNA
New research shows cavity-causing microbes can form superorganisms able to ‘crawl’ and spread on teeth. William Shatner experiences the Overview Effe…
3 years, 7 months ago
Creatures of the Night: Alleged Monsters Around the World, Part II
For many people, monster stories are just that -- stories. Tall tales and folklore meant to entertain an audience. However, you might be surprised to…
3 years, 7 months ago
Listener Mail: On the Frontlines of Iran, Peanut Allergies on the Rise, and Holy Land, USA.
Unwilling Stardust writes in with a harrowing account of Iran's growing protests. Coinkydink asks why peanut allergies seem to be on the rise. Agent …
3 years, 7 months ago
Creatures of the Night: Alleged Monsters Around the World, Part I
For many people, monster stories are just that -- stories. Tall tales and folklore meant to entertain an audience. However, you might be surprised to…
3 years, 7 months ago
CLASSIC: Grimoires: Fact and Fiction
From fictional works like the Necronomicon to the all-too-real Key of Solomon, humanity has long been obsessed with the idea of ancient tomes holding…
3 years, 7 months ago
Strange News: Plants Swing Machetes, Cheating Fishermen, Possible Serial Killer in California
The United States has created a new Ambassador exclusively for plants -- and good thing, too, because plants just learned to use machetes. The world …
3 years, 7 months ago
Who's Buying All The Glitter?
When most of us think of glitter, we think of arts and crafts -- not a conspiracy. But, as it turns out, the glitter industry has a strange, enduring…
3 years, 8 months ago
Listener Mail: Conspiracies About Conspiracies, Shotspotter, the Nature of Fact
A-Frame asks whether the wildest conspiracies are, themselves, part of a larger conspiracy to bury stories those in power would prefer we ignore. A c…
3 years, 8 months ago
A Monster in Belgium: The Dutroux Affair, with Matt Graves
In 1996, hundreds of thousands of Belgian citizens marched in public protest against an apparent conspiracy of the highest order -- the kidnapper and…
3 years, 8 months ago
CLASSIC: The Hemp Car Cover-up
Make no mistake: the United States is a car culture, and the extreme sprawl of the country means the vast majority of citizens can’t realistically li…
3 years, 8 months ago