Get ready to learn about the strangest, most novel-worthy scam you’ve never heard of. Join Chyaz Samuel as she tells the story of Thierry Tilly, the man who conned an aristocratic French family out of almost everything they owned, using techniques so chilling this ends up feeling like the plot of a Dan Brown book.

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What caused hundreds of children to collapse during a Nottinghamshire Marching Band Festival in the summer of 1980? Join Chyaz Samuel as she tells the story of the ominously-titled Hollinwell Incident, and explores the possibly explanations for this strange but true episode of apparent 'mass hysteria’. The more you know, the more questions you’ll have…will we ever know the truth about what happened at the ‘Fainting Field’?

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In this episode, Chyaz Samuel explores the unbelievable survival story of Vesna Vulović, the flight attendant who holds the Guinness World Record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: over 33,330 ft. From her early life to the incident and her experiences afterwards, this strange but true story is not to be missed. Listen until the end for three bonus stories about people who miraculously survived falls from astonishing heights.

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‘Vesna Stjuardesa’ by Miroslav Ilic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF7AEgwjqGM

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In the very first episode of Things Are About To Get Weird, Chyaz Samuel tells the astonishing story of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, and the events that unfolded in May 2008 as a result of the condition the twins were suffering from: Folie à Deux, otherwise known as shared psychosis or shared psychotic disorder.

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More about Folie à Deux: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2919794/

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