Today Laila tells us about Gwen Shamblin and her unique methods of weight loss that gained her quite the following.

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Laila's sources this week were

    •   The Weigh Down on HBO Max 

Music: Posteriosis by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Welcome to the Tangent Files! This week we launch our new format with 1 story per episode, and boy is it a doozy!

Sidney tells us the roller coaster story of two men brought together by a leg, and the complicated question of can you claim custody over someone else's body part?

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This episode, Sidney's sources were:

• The documentary "Finder's Keepers"
• The Let's Go to Court episode "That's My Foot and the Tyneside Strangler"
• NPR's "The Deeper Meanings of a Leg, Lost and Found - And Fought Over"
• NPR's "Two Men, One Foot, One Film: 'Finders Keepers'"

Music: Posteriosis by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Lawsuit, Crazy Stories, Leg, Deep Dive, Stories, Tangent Files

This week, Laila tells about the fairy tale romance of America's most eligible bachelor. Then Sidney tells about the radical lesbians who built Womontown!

NOTE: Episode 19 has been removed due to audio issues. We will re-cover the stories in the future!

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Music: Posteriosis by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

JFK, JohnJohn, Pop Culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ, Activism, Womontown, Kansas City, Love Stories, Deep Dives, Funny, Tangent Files

This episode Laila tells us about an iconic early 2000's reality show, then Sidney tells us about a mysterious plane hijacking.

AUDIO DISCLAIMER - We had to record virtually this week and it's rough! We'll be back next week with our higher quality audio.

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This episode, Laila's source was Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model

And Sidney's sources were

• The documentary "The Mystery of D.B. Cooper"
• FBI Page "D.B. Cooper Hijacking"

America's Next Top Model, Tyra Banks, Reality TV, Pop Culture, Early 2000s, Y2K, ANTM, DB Cooper, Hijacking, Plane Hijacking, Mystery, Unsolved Mysteries, True Crime, Funny, Stories, Storytelling, The Tangent Files

This week, Sidney tells us about some cringey criminals that pulled off an insane bitcoin heist. And Laila tells us the tragic story of a man with a love for bears.

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Sidney's sources this week were

• The documentary "Biggest Heist Ever"
• "Biggest Heist Ever: How Law Enforcement Used Blockchain Intelligence to Take Down 'Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde' and crack the Bitfinex case'" by TRM

Laila's Sources this week were

• The documentary "Grizzly Man"
• Nick Jan's "The Grizzly Maze"
• "Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 2003 Fatality Investigation Report"

True Crime, Heists, Bitcoin Heist, White Collar Crime, Bitfinex, Grizzly Man, Grizzly Attack, Animal Attack, Comedy Podcast, Funny, Story, Stories, Crazy, Interesting, Fun

This week, Laila tells us about a mysterious real estate heir with a secret or two. Then Sidney breaks down the McDonald's coffee spill lawsuit and the strings being pulled behind the scenes.

NOTE: Episode 16 has been removed due to audio issues. We will re-cover the stories in the future!

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Sidney tells us about a mall with a secret tenant, and Laila tells us about a festival that failed so bad it was criminal (lol).

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This week, Laila tells us about a crappy cruise that didn't go quite as planned. Then Sidney tells us about Sheryl Walker's Doomsday Cat Cult!

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This week, Sidney tells us about a reality show gone wrong! What started as a show about moms fighting crime got derailed by...crime!

Then Laila tells us about a couple of dummies that decided to pull the heist of the century!

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This week, Sidney's sources were:

• The documentary "Trainwreck: P.I. Moms"
• NBC Bay Area's "Sentencing Day for Christopher Butler"
• Time Magazine's "The Wild True Story Behind Trainwreck: PI Moms"

We're back!! On this episode, Laila covers a horrible mortician. And Sidney explains Gwenyth Paltrow's controversial ski accident.

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