Episode 103: Sippin’ on Gin and Noose

Hey hey! Welcome to the latest round of weird news from your favorite purveyors of all things back page and funky, the merry kiddos at the Whiparound! This week is a sheer delight, ya’ll. Feast your eyes on what’s in store for your ears!

First up, Phil has a brand new take on his brand new, less-trainwreck-all-the-time segment…Headlines! See if you can spot the fake news story Phil sneaked among all the bizarre pieces too strange to make up, and whether or not Shaun can spot the faux strangeness!

And speaking of Shaun, his Cabinet of the Macabre is one for the ages this week, with a centuries-spanning tale of beheadings, hangings, innovation, and technology! The road to success is paved with death; you’ll see!

In SCIENCE! this week, Phil found the very latest trend in alcohol…a type of gin made from some of the finest sh*t on earth! And…it’s all very scientific. Listen and learn, Citizen!

And the good doctor brought us all a brand new edition of REAL OR BS: this time, it’s all about dat booze, dudes! See if you know your hogwash from your hooch, huh? Huh??

And, in Three for the Road, we’ve got speedy bites of strangeness ranging from a backpacker who’s WAY too well-armed to a porcine drug conspiracy theory you’ll (thankfully) never believe!

Don’t delay, listen today! TO THE WHIPAROUND!

LINKS:

Why Silicon Valley workers are avoiding food, TV, sex, music, exercise and eye contact

Woman's arms found in Russian professor's bag

Scottish tourist's hand found inside shark

27 Bizarre Alcohols That Are Way Beyond Absinthe

Get Weird With These 13 Unusual Liquors

The 7 Strangest Spirits You Can Buy

Special South African gin is infused with elephant dung

Actual Motherfucking Snake Found on Actual Motherfucking Plane

Sleep may trigger rhythmic power washing in the brain

God of death enforces railway safety rules

Drunken Clearfield man  placed in jail with his vacuum

Feral hogs find and destroy cocaine worth $22,000 hidden in woods

Twinkie on display at Maine school for 43 years

France clears beaches after bricks of ‘very pure’ cocaine wash up daily, puzzling investigators

Derrick, From Gothic King to Cranes and Oil Rigs

TAGS: Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, execution, etymology, drinking, gin, alcohol, trivia

 **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**