For our fourth episode in our Bizarre Experiences season, we’re talking about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a Japanese marine engineer who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II.

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https://www.history.com/news/the-man-who-survived-two-atomic-bombs

For our third episode in our Bizarre Experiences season, we are going to talk about Roy Sullivan, a United States park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was hit by lightning on seven occasions and survived all of them.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan

For our second episode in our Bizarre Experiences season, we are going to talk about Vesna Vulović, a Serbian flight attendant who holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute, just about 33,330 feet out of the sky.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87

This Strange World is back with our third season! Season three is going to be a little different than our normal seasons, a little more…bizarre. It’s so bizarre it even gets its own subtitle:

This Strange World: Bizarre Experiences

Every episode this season we are going to be doing a deep dive into a person who experienced something truly bizarre. Our season premiere starts the season with Frane Selak, known for his frequent brushes with death. He has been described as either the world’s luckiest or unluckiest man, depending on how you look at it. (Hint: Listen to decide for yourself!)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frane_Selak

Double surprise! Another bonus Season 2 episode! Just in time for Halloween! This week, Gavin bring’s in some of the most popular urban legends, like The Vanishing Hitchhiker, Bloody Mary, The Bunny Man, and more! (Hint: Don’t listen to this too late at night.)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend

Surprise! A bonus Season 2 episode! Maura Murray was a college student who disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on Route 112 near Woodsville, New Hampshire, a village in the town of Haverhill. This week, Chris brings us the story of the disappearance of Maura Murray, which has been described as the “first crime mystery of the social media age”, having occurred days after the launch of Facebook. (Hint: Don’t go out on a school night.)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAZtQe0NJ30

For our Season 2 finale, Gavin, Leah, and Chris look back on Season 2, get nostalgic for their childhoods, learn about the science of nostalgia, and more! (Hint: You do not want to miss this one!)

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https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/g28471716/things-only-90s-kids-remember/

Hey! Get your head out of the gutter. Hundreds of roadside attractions around the world consider themselves to be the “world’s largest.” They aren’t all verified, some are outright wrong, but each makes its claim with the gusto of a carnival barker. This week, Chris brings in some of the world’s largest roadside attractions, while Gavin and Leah play a game to guess where they are. (Hint: Things get heated.)

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https://blog.batchgeo.com/worlds-largest-roadside-attractions/

A parody religion or mock religion is a belief system that challenges the spiritual convictions of others, often through humor and satire. This week, Gavin brings in some famous examples of parody religions, while Chris and Leah help to come up with their own parody religion. (Hint: It gets pretty deep.)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody_religion

In 1994, Italian police officer and former Olympic pentathlete Mauro Prosperi was looking to push his physical limits. He decided to enter the Marathon des Sables (French for Marathon of the Sands, also known as Sahara Marathon), a six-day, 251 km (156 mi) ultramarathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons. The multi-day race is held every year in southern Morocco, in the Sahara Desert. It has been regarded as the toughest foot race on Earth. What followed was a near deadly experience that pushed Prosperi to his breaking point. This week, Chris guides us through the ultramarathon that almost killed Mauro Prosperi. (Hint: Do not try this at home.)

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