This is probably our last episode, so for a show with no more future, we are looking at some outlandish prognasticators. From the film franchise shaped by Nostradamus and psychic butt cheeks to the band launched by and nearly killed by an ignored doomsayer, this week Off Key looks at how predictions changed musician's lives. Nobody knows what the future holds, but we have a pretty good idea what kind of bizarre stories the next hour is going to bring. 

Conspiracy theories get a well deserved bad rep, but they're not always technically wrong. From the Apollo mission NASA really did fake to the one Shakespeare play we know he did not write, this week, Off Key uncovers the seeds of truth within outlandish lies. The real stories are even stranger than the legends.

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About this time each year, families everywhere come together to binge the same old holiday favorites. Some films cause warm feelings of Christmas cheer. Others cause people to lunge for the remote. This holiday season, Off Key looks at the strange folks behind some of the more polarizing entries in the holiday canon. From the Love Actually star who went searching for aliens to the famed caroler who became an action star on and off screen, these people straddled the naughty and nice list.

REUPLOAD: Hitting #1 is a hard thing to do. Hitting #1 with a song that absolutely sucks butts is even harder. Hitting #1 with a song that absolutely sucks butts and somehow turns the world into a better place is arguably more impressive than just being a good musician. From the murderous terrorist behind the worst #1 of all time to the disgraced opera singer who’s string of disastrous marriages inspired the greatest movie ever made, this week Off Key tries to find the silver lining in a couple gold-plated turds.

REUPLOAD: Music is already a form of immortality. These artists tried to take it even further. From the delusional séance that launched the British Invasion to the song so good it nearly caused the apocalypse, this week Off Key takes a trip to the other side to see the ghosts behind the world's and afterworld's biggest hits.

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Chance guides our world. From the lazy cultist writer who bounced around the 70s like a pinball to the long strange journey of hip-hop's national anthem, this week Off Key looks at how a few serendiptious choices here and there changed the world in ways no one could have planned.

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You can’t spell alien without “a lie.” From the accordionist who tricked a town into thinking they were being invaded to the conspiracy theorist who rewrote rap’s future, This week Off Key looks at the disastrous ways true believers were duped into thinking Martians live among us. The truth is out there, because its definitely not in here.

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Necessity is the mother of invention. These are its dead beat dads. From the mad scientist who conned the Beatles to the literally raving lunatic responsible for one of the most clever bank heists in British history, This week Off Key looks at the inventors that prove there is no science behind a hit song.

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They say that crime does not pay, but it turns out the royalties can be pretty great. This week Off Key looks at famous musical careers unintentional launched by outrageous criminals. From the superfreak who hid on the lam in the spotlight to the band broken up by the longest airplane hijacking in the American history, justice takes many forms.

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Once a song is put out in the world, it belongs to everybody. Following the weird connections linking The California Raisins to NWA, Neil Diamond to Rihanna, and the Chipmunks to Drake, this week Off Key looks at how covers and samples morphed songs from their original context and turned them into something brand new.