Episode 114: It’s a Death-Defying Cocktail Hour!

Let’s do another near-hour of weird news, ya’ll! We’ve gathered a hefty harvest of the strangest real-life happenings from around the world, plucked up the very best, shined them up, picked off the nits, ate the crusts, and now it’s ready for YOU to get the super-ultra-highlights!

            First! Phil has another bundle of Train Wreck Headlines: spot the phony story amidst his flurry of effed-up current events! And remember, the fake one will give us a peek into some bizarre event in the good doctor’s sordid past!

            Next, it’s off to the darker corners of our podcast, as Shaun takes into his Cabinet of the Macabre: and this time around, a very special and very deadly day in entertainment history celebrates a macabre-aversary. It’s a real high-flyer this one!

            Oh boy, and we’ve got your thirst for knowledge covered in SCIENCE! this week, as Phil discusses still another strange-but-true bit of data about everyone’s favorite cause of joyful staggering: alcohol! See what our resident physicist has mixed up for us this week, and find out how it actually contributes to making a woozy Shaun EVEN DIZZIER!

            Last but not least, it’s a mad dash through six MORE strange news stories told at top speed in our fastest, pedal-to-the-metal segment ever, Three for the Road!

            CHOO-CHOO, the WEIRD is coming through! So sayeth Dr. La Porta, anyway, right here on…THE WHIPAROUND!

LINKS:

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Local Man Arrested After Blaring “Benny Hill” Song Near People Slipping On Ice

'Penis Man' Graffiti Artist Arrested by '25 Heavily Armed SWAT Officers'

Hindu holy man pulls van along with his PENIS at festival in India

Hawaii: Scuba diver hospitalized after his penis gets stuck in giant clam

GSP: Woman looking for cookie in purse hits man, throwing him into Savannah River

Man arrested with 30 phones in cycling shorts

Nuclear fallout reveals fake 'antique' whisky | Live Science

Vintage Scotch whiskies found to be fake

Most Expensive Bourbon Whiskey

The World's Top 25 Most Expensive Whiskies

TOP 10 DRINKS WORLD RECORDS

5 DRINKING RECORDS YOU’D NEVER BELIEVE EXISTED!

The rich, tragic history of daredevil Wallendas

TAGS: Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, circus, acrobatics, liquor, booze, trivia, stranged

**Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com**

***Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music. Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at http://www.danosongs.com**