Have you ever gone looking for something weird… just to see what would happen?

In 2020, an app started trending that promised adventure through randomness. You set an intention. It sends you coordinates. You go exploring.

But what happens when curiosity collides with real tragedy?

This week on Spirits with Crime, we’re diving into intention, coincidence, and our very human need to believe that randomness means something. We’ll explore the cultural obsession with manifestation, the science of pattern-seeking, and the unsettling moment when a digital scavenger hunt turned into something very real. Was it fate? Or just the uncomfortable truth that when you drop enough pins on a map, eventually one of them will land somewhere you wish it hadn’t?

Do you believe intention can shape reality? Or is randomness just randomness?

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