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Cruise passenger jumps overboard with $14K to avoid taxes but owes casino $16K! Celebrity chef arrested for robbing 3 banks in one day using BB gun. British woman flies to Spain just to demolish 40-item breakfast challenge that stumped all the men. Plus: Lincoln statue loses his hat to mysterious thieves.

Hosts Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes bring you the most bizarre true news stories that sound too crazy to be real - but they are! From gambling disasters to culinary crimes and competitive eating victories, this episode has it all.

Featured Stories:

• Cruise ship passenger's epic gambling fail leads to overboard escape attempt
• Rising star chef's bank robbery spree goes horribly wrong
• British woman conquers massive Spanish breakfast challenge in under 7 minutes
• Abraham Lincoln statue vandalized in Louisville

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Volkswagen actually sells more currywurst sausages than cars! Plus a Kentucky nurse performs CPR on a drunk raccoon found floating in moonshine peaches, and the FBI accidentally gets an entire animal shelter high during a drug burn. These bizarre but TRUE stories and more on This Is True Really News Episode 997 with hosts Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes.

In this episode you'll hear about:

• How Volkswagen became Germany's biggest sausage maker (outselling their own cars!)
• Ghana's incredible fantasy coffins that celebrate people's lives in amazing ways
• The heroic nurse who saved "Otis Campbell" the raccoon from alcohol poisoning
• When burning confiscated meth accidentally hotboxed 75 shelter animals and 14 workers

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All the news you're about to hear is true... really! As far as you know.

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This Is True Really News Mailbag Episode 198 brings you the strangest stories that didn't make the main show! Hosts Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes dive into AI robots getting too smart for their own good, bizarre historical deaths that will make you question everything, and Ghana's incredible fantasy coffins that are almost too wild to believe.

From a screaming goat mistaken for a woman in distress to inventors who really should have tested their parachutes more thoroughly, this mailbag episode delivers the perfect mix of weird news and genuine laughs. Plus, hear about the guy who married a stranger after yelling at him in a parking lot - because sometimes the best love stories start with a good argument!

The hosts also share their ongoing battles with aging, lost keys, and why Constitution Day matters more than you think. It's 30 minutes of pure entertainment that proves truth really is stranger than fiction.

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Canadian man Casper Lincoln gets arrested for DUI while cruising in his kid's pink Barbie Jeep on a busy highway! Plus, meet Ned the lonely left-coiled snail searching for love, and engineers who think giant airbags can make planes crash-proof. Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes deliver the most bizarre real news stories you won't believe actually happened.

Episode Highlights:

• Drunk driving in a toy car leads to real charges
• Rare snail's unusual anatomy ruins his love life
• Scientists propose wrapping planes in airbags
• Secret WWII German weather station discovered decades later

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A slug with a Napoleon complex brings chaos to a Bavarian apartment complex, terrorizing residents with late-night doorbell pranks that had police stumped! Meanwhile, Emil the moose becomes Austria's newest celebrity immigrant with 10,000 Facebook followers after shutting down a major railway line. Plus, a million-dollar yacht's 15-minute maiden voyage ends in disaster off the Turkish coast, and we hear a Navy story that proves some sailors will go to extreme lengths for privacy!

Hosts Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes deliver the strangest true news stories from around the world that make you question reality itself. From Germany's most wanted gastropod to Austria's unexpected tourism boost courtesy of one wandering moose, these stories prove truth is definitely stranger than fiction.

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Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes dive into your mailbag comments in episode 197! From Vikings-Bears football analysis and WNBA MVP predictions to the legendary ice cream cone guy who climbed a 14,000-foot peak just to hand out ice cream sandwiches to fellow hikers. Plus updates on that influencer stuck in Antarctica for two months, Denzel Washington's name pronunciation revelation, and why the UK's first Karen convention was an epic fail with only one attendee.

The hosts break down why the Vikings looked worse than they are and the Bears looked better than they'll be, debate whether Asia Wilson or MVP (Napheesa Collier) deserves the WNBA MVP award, and celebrate the dad energy of Colorado's summit ice cream hero. We also get updates on Chilean authorities finally releasing that 19-year-old pilot who landed in Antarctica without permission - after paying $30K in fines and promising to donate to childhood cancer research.

Whether you're here for sports takes, weird news, or just want to hear Tony and Scot riff on everything from Canadian crime policies to Worcestershire sauce pronunciation, this mailbag episode delivers the laughs and commentary you love.

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Woman tries to steal $700 worth of merchandise at Walmart during a "Shop with a Cop" event with 75 officers present! Plus a massive 6-foot lion's mane jellyfish with 100-foot tentacles washes up in UK, and we cover bizarre prison stories including an inmate who quit his transport job mid-delivery and a romantic New Year's Eve prison break attempt.

Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes deliver the strangest true news stories that sound too weird to believe, but they're all real! From Michigan shoplifting fails to Australian prison romance and Montana police blotter comedy gold.

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The Zimmer Frame Bandit has been caught! This elderly airport thief used his walking frame to steal £1,700 from tourists at Mallorca airport before his crime spree came to an end. Plus, a couple's argument about getting off a plane takes a dangerous turn when the B-word gets mentioned, forcing an emergency landing in Jacksonville.

Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes bring you the wildest true news stories, including a dog that came back from the dead (spoiler: he was just knocked out), incredible coincidences that'll make you believe in fate, denture cleaner mishaps in Germany, and why you should never use a toaster to warm your electric car battery.

From British hospitality gone hilariously wrong to airport security nightmares, this episode of This Is True Really News proves that reality is stranger than fiction. All the news you're about to hear is true... really, as far as you know!

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Heartwarming special needs couple on their first date, John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls-Royce that'll blow your mind, and Vancouver's bizarre swimming lesson ban for parents! Hosts Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes dive into listener mail with hockey fun facts, Gretzky trivia, and the weirdest medical story involving a tooth-in-eye surgery. Plus college pet policies, family updates, and political commentary that'll keep you thinking.

Highlights:

• Sweet special needs couple's restaurant date story with amazing coincidence
• John Lennon's incredible painted Rolls-Royce (you have to see this!)
• Vancouver bans parents from teaching kids to swim during public hours
• Hockey season prep with Gretzky facts and superstitions
• Tooth-in-eye surgery follow-up discussion
• Family updates and grandkid college planning

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🎙️ This Is True Really News Episode 992 - The wildest true stories you won't believe actually happened!

What's in this episode:

• Billy the Tire-Slashing Dog - How one Italian village's mystery vandal turned out to be a four-legged menace with gingivitis
• Austrian Army's Epic Fail - The 1788 friendly fire disaster where drunk soldiers fought themselves thinking they were Turks
• Chipotle Food Fight Justice - Judge gives woman creative sentence: work fast food after throwing bowl at manager
• Flight Bathroom Biohazard - Woman's 2-hour airplane toilet emergency cancels entire United flight

Hosts Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes dive deep into these bizarre but true news stories that prove reality is stranger than fiction. From historical military blunders to modern-day restaurant justice, this episode has it all!

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