Without an ounce of exaggeration you need to listen to this episode to save your life. Grapefruit, sexy pineapples, wine and eggs, hooves and horns, drinking only milk. Here are some of the craziest fad diets of the past and a few of the hottest today.

CONTENT WARNING - This episode is about fad diets and we discuss some very restrictive and dangerous diets which may make this episode one to skip for some people.

Episode 282 - Losing Your Mind Along With Your Pounds

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Sure, Osama Bin-Laden was popular in some quarters in the early 2000s, but action figure popular? And would the CIA make that Osama action figure? And send them to kids in Afghanistan? There has to be more to that story. There is.

Weird Bit 62 - Osama Bin Laden Action Figure!

He has a receding hairline over a round face and thick dark eyebrows. You don't know him and have never seen him - except in your dreams. He is "This Man," the dream invader who might calm you or guide you - or terrify you. And thousands of others have seen the same man in their dreams too.

Episode 321 - Mr. Dreamy

Episode 320 - Vampire Dog of Cumberland

George Kenney was a school principal who thought he could help troubled kids through hypnosis. If that sounds like a bad idea you're wrong. It was a horrific idea.

Episode 319 - George Kenney and the Principles of Hypnosis

In 1968, the Fausto and its crew disappeared on a routine run between two Canary Islands.  Their rescue four days later was a miracle.  But that was just the beginning of the inexplicable saga of the boat that was found, lost,  found, and finally lost again.

Episode 282 - Losing Your Mind Along With Your Pounds

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