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We’re in the betwixt and we still have a few drops of festive cheer in us. We talk about crazy New Years traditions around the world, we laugh at a video of a toxic karaoke substitute teacher, and we try to beat the world record for the worlds loudest belch. 

Watch along on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1vkiAHpZdAQ 

Rob and Tom get us in the festive mood with some Christmas themed weird news stories and a detailed description of the worst Christmas film ever. 

Watch along on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp8uJj7BQEc 

This week we talk to Brian, who was on Series 7 - Episode 1 of the Channel 4 UK dating show ‘Naked Attraction’. 

‘Naked Attraction’ is a dating show that is centred around the human body and sexual attraction. Listen to EP51 of the Curios Cast to hear us talk more about the show. 

Thanks to Brian for joining us. 

Tom tells the boys about the Wetherspoons Paltry Chip Count Facebook page. A page where pub goers upload photos of their meals, counting the amount of chips on their plate. We stumble across a reoccurring character of the page who is not all he seems. 

Watch along on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pKqHuiiKqq0 

Special guest Faz Brown joins us for another episode recorded from the Curios Studio.

This is a classic episode of Weird News! Expect to hear about TikToking from the future, a hungry footballer from the past and a ghost story submitted from a fan, which got the willies right up Tom.

Watch along on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S0MJo3fllE 

During the wild and stormy December of 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished without trace from the remote Eilean Mor lighthouse, located on an inhospitable rocky island on the north west coast of Scotland. With food left uneaten on the table, coats still hanging on their hooks, cryptic journal entries scattered throughout the compound and a lack of obvious reasons for their disappearance, their story remains unsolved to this day. 

Was it aliens? Mermaids? The Kraken? What did the rescue party find amongst the mists of the far-flung Flannan Islands? George talks you through the spooky and evocative events of 12th - 15th December, 1900 in this weeks maritime episode.

Watch along on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZdE_ISQV6Zw 

TAR BARREL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__9Ht5SNDgY 

It's the first episode back in the Curios Studio for over a year, and what a way to kick things off. Tom and Rob go barrelling off into the streets of Ottery St Mary to make friends with locals, enjoy funfairs, down local pints and experience the thrill of flames up in yo' grill. November 5th is the one night a year that the residents of this quaint Devon town go a bit crazy, packing the streets, lighting barrels on fire and running through crowds with them on their backs. 

Watch Rob and Tom narrowly avoid being singed in the YouTube video linked above!

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7702mZf3KFU 

Rob and Tom are on a road trip and are bringing you with them! This episode is recorded live from inside Tom's car while driving down the M3 motorway. Buckle up for this unique episode all about roundabouts, service stations and bridge graffiti. Rob loses his mind about a Co-op and Harvester being in the same spot, and the boys view the mystical Stonehenge from a respectable and free distance.

Watch along on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJlWrnBYpCg 

Tar Barrel video coming soon here: https://www.youtube.com/curiosnews 

In episode 55 of the Curios Cast Tom tells us about the foolish internet prankster known as Ken M. An unknown user who leaves witty and seemingly idiotic responses on message boards and news articles all around the internet. The ultimate troll? The man the internet needs in this modern age? I don't know, but does Tom?

Watch along on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1R8qOpjUTU 

What's that unbearable noise in my head? Is it the Russians? The Chinese? - Those goddamn Aliens? This week, Rob talks you through the mysterious and worrying Moscow and Havana signals, an increasingly common mystery illness affecting US diplomats and service personnel around the world. 

Is it audio warfare? Microwave signals? Bigfoot? or... Aliens? Who the heck knows. Rob sure doesn't.