Tonight we descend into a prehistoric horror that has sat silence for eons waiting be seen. So turn the volume low, lock every door, and follow me into the amber. This is Episode 6: The 99 Million Year Old Zombie.

Disclaimer: These are creative stories. The discoveries are real, and I weave in a lot of the facts, but most of the story is made up fiction. Links to sources included for a deeper dive into the real facts and research.

Sources

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/zombie-fungi-infecting-ants-fossil

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/science/amber-insect-zombie-fungi-fossil

https://www.sci.news/paleontology/paleoophiocordyceps-fungi-14025.html

Today we’re jumping into a special double episode. Two tales of invisible Demons; One true-yet-haunting tale where the science feels like uncovering something that was never meant to be seen, and another of a mythical cryptid that stalks the Alabama hills of California. 

Grab your flashlight and follow me into then dark mist of this double doozy.  This is Episode 5: The Tale of Two Demons.

Disclaimer: These are creative stories. The discoveries are real, and I weave in a lot of the facts, but most of the story is made up fiction. Links to sources included for a deeper dive into the real facts and research.Sources:

Part 1

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06318-8

https://doi.org/10.1139/p56-154

https://mitrano.physics.harvard.edu/news/discovering-demon

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-demon-physicists-year-old-massless-neutral.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pines%27_demon

Part 2

http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=292

https://www.calexplornia.com/california-urban-legends-monsters/

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Lone_Pine_Mountain_Devil

Music from #Uppbeat

https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/darkest-child

License code: AUQSUJC6EXBADCXE

In this episode we dive into the dark abyss with a wild deep-ocean voyage. So follow me into the depths of Davey Jones’ Locker with Episode 4: The Death Ball Sponge.

Disclaimer: These are creative stories. The discoveries are real, and I weave in a lot of the facts, but most of the story is made up fiction. Links to sources included for a deeper dive into the real facts and research.

Sources:

• https://oceancensus.org/press-release-carnivorous-death-ball-sponge-among-30-new-deep-sea-species-from-the-southern-ocean

• https://e360.yale.edu/digest/southern-ocean-new-species

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/carnivorous-death-ball-sponge-among-new-species-found-in-depths-of-southern-ocean

• https://utmsi.utexas.edu/science-and-the-sea/print-article/startling-new-death-ball-sponge-discovered

• https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/armored-worms-and-death-ball-sponges-among-array-of-life-newly-documented-from-the-deep-sea

Music from #Uppbeat

https://uppbeat.io/t/torus/alienation

License code: FURY6AL0ZXQEWMGI

Today, we’re unraveling a cosmic puzzle that’s got science and mystery entangled in ways that defy explanation. A tale of elusive photons, timeless philosophy, and a haunting photo that blurs the veil between ancient wisdom and forbidden discovery.

Now, let’s slip into the duality with Episode 3: The Quantum Yin-Yang Whisper.

Disclaimer: These are creative stories. The discoveries are real, and I weave in a lot of the facts, but most of the story is made up fiction. Links to sources included for a deeper dive into the real facts and research.

Sources

https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/quantum-entanglement-visualized-for-the-first-time-ever/

https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/quantum-physics/quantum-yin-yang-shows-two-photons-being-entangled-in-real-time

https://thequantuminsider.com/2023/08/23/yin-yang-researchers-capture-the-mysterious-dance-of-entangled-photons-in-real-time/

Welcome to Strange Bites, the podcast where we stir up the world’s weirdest, wildest, and most mind-bending new discoveries and serve them up in a piping hot 15 minutes or less.  Today we’re diving into a fresh discovery. A wild tale of music and mushrooms that will have you saying, That’s Groovy Baby..

This is Strange Bites.  Episode 2: Orchestra of the undead…  trust me, it’s weirder than whatever’s growing in your fridge right now.

Disclaimer: These are creative stories. The discoveries are real, and I weave in a lot of the facts, but most of the story is made up fiction. Links to sources included for a deeper dive into the real facts and research.Here are some cool links to check out about making music from mushrooms.

https://youtu.be/hASCAGgZNZ0?si=vk1dY1poW0ZGrDaO

https://www.tiktok.com/@modernbiology/video/7024251051389865221?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/13/artists-making-music-from-mushrooms

Welcome to Strange Bites, the podcast where we stir up the weirdest, wildest, and most mind-bending new discoveries and serve them to you in a piping hot 15 minutes or less. Today, like every day, we’re diving into a fresh discovery that’s equal parts “whoa” and “wait, really?

Episode 1.

A Bone Collector in the House of Death

A fun story about the discovery of the Bone Collector Caterpillar.

Disclaimer: These are creative stories. The discoveries are real, and I weave in a lot of the facts, but most of the story is made up fiction. Links to sources included for a deeper dive into the real facts and research.

For more info you can check out https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carnivorous-bone-collector-caterpillars-wear-corpses-as-camouflage/

#Weirdscience #science