Something Offbeat

We’ll hear about some researchers who have looked into stories that might be more fantastical than they are real. One is an author who looked into a UFO story from the 1940s and podcasters trying to get to see if there’s any truth to folk tales about creatures supposedly lurking in American forests….

Featuring audio from Paranormal 360 out of WCCO News Talk in the Twin Cities and The Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis.

This is Halloween weekend, and here on Something Offbeat, our theme today is campfire stories. Sit back, relax imagine toasting some marshmallows and listen in to a story about a famous inventor working in laboratory housed on a moving train and twist on the goldilocks tale that ended with an arrest… and yes, these are true stories.

Featuring audio from Own the Road with Kelli and Bob on KRLD 1080 in Dallas and the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City.

This is Halloween weekend, and here on Something Offbeat, our theme today is campfire stories. Sit back, relax imagine toasting some marshmallows and listen in to a story about a famous inventor working in laboratory housed on a moving train and twist on the goldilocks tale that ended with an arrest... and yes, these are true stories. Then, we’ll hear about some researchers who have looked into stories that might be more fantastical than they are real. One is an author who looked into a UFO story from the 1940s and podcasters trying to get to see if there’s any truth to folk tales about creatures supposedly lurking in American forests.

Special thanks Own the Road with Kelli and Bob out of KRLD 1080 in Dallas, The Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City, Paranormal 360 out of WCCO News Talk in the Twin Cities and the Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis.

Today we continue our series celebrating the centennial anniversary of Route 66.

WBBM's Lisa Fielding continues her road trip down the Mother Road through Illinois and takes us to a place that's been around longer than the road itself.

We’ll listen to an interview with a woman who brings her 26-pound bunny to an airport to help nervous travelers and about the woman who claims she found a cow tooth in her taco. Special thanks to Christine & Salt out of WTIC News and Talk in Hartford and the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City.

This week, we’re going to hear about the adventure one of our news teams had at a haunted car wash in California and about the heist of nearly $1 million worth of Pokémon cards. Special thanks to Daniella DeRobbio from KNX News in Los Angeles and A New Morning out of WBEN in Buffalo.

This week, we’re going to hear about the adventure one of our news teams had at a haunted car wash in California and about the heist of nearly $1 million worth of Pokémon cards. Then, we’ll listen to an interview with a woman who brings her 26-pound bunny to an airport to help nervous travelers and about the woman who claims she found a cow tooth in her taco.

Special thanks to Daniella DeRobbio from KNX News in Los Angeles, A New Morning out of WBEN in Buffalo, Christine & Salt out of WTIC News and Talk in Hartford and the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City.

Route 66 is celebrating it's centennial anniversary this year. Illinois has more attractions along the "Mother Road" than any other state.

Today, WBBM's Lisa Fielding takes us along the way as she stops in Dwight.

We’re diving deep into bigfoot lore. First we’ll hear about a new film that has apparently debunked famous bigfoot footage from the 1960s, as well as current expeditions to find sasquatch and other cryptids.

Featuring audio from the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and the Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis.

This week, we’re going to hear about a study that claims to have determined what the scariest movie of all time is – scientifically. Then, we’ll hear about the one of the recent real-life creepy stories of artificial intelligence going rogue and reporting a fake tip to police.

Featuring audio from Chad Benson from KRLD 1080 in Dallas and A New Morning out of WBEN in Buffalo.