Prohibition was such a weird and terrible idea that it’s hard to believe it really happened. But this is the story of Daisy Dell Simpson, one of only 12 female Prohibition agents hired by the IRS to help bust bootleggers, gangsters, and speakeasies.

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Medicine has come a very long way since the early days of bloodletting and leeches. But once upon a time, human beings trusted a very different kind of cure…the kind that doesn’t come from a fancy laboratory or a big chain drugstore. Some of our ancestors opened wide and swallowed the stuff of nightmares: blood. Bone. Human flesh.

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Scientists are increasingly using AI and machine learning in their search for extraterrestrial life, and one man’s algorithm may be the biggest breakthrough yet…leaving us one step closer to the biggest question a human gazing at the infinity of the stars can ask: Where is everybody?

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Who doesn’t love a bunny rabbit? Especially the ones that tote baskets of candy. But rabbits are so much more than the cotton-tailed critters of fairy tales and cartoons. Being all cute and harmless and fluffy has helped them keep their freaky secrets…secret. Until now.

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Bloody Prankster (Airdate 3/31/2023)

Are you one of those people who cook up a successful April Fools’ prank? If you’re lucky, the worst that happens is a little embarrassment, maybe some hurt feelings. But if you’re unlucky, terribly unlucky, that prank can end in bloodshed. In murder.

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Today's True Weird Stuff - That's A Bigfoot!

Vast, seemingly empty landscapes…not a road, not a house, not a cell tower in sight. People have experienced things that we don’t have simple explanations for. I can’t convince you Bigfoot is real. But it’s not such an impossible idea…just a weird one.

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We head to the Emerald Isle for a St. Patrick’s Day tale of marriage and murder, fairies, and folklore. It’s a story that changed Irish law and, 100 years later, still reeks of mystery, magic, and the unmistakable stench of burning flesh.

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Witches, serial killers, and Paul Revere all team up in a story of why a very standard kind of courtroom evidence that could help condemn you to prison might actually be total garbage. Oops! So much for taking a bite out of crime.

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Owning a small business can be super tough. Sometimes you have to get creative just to make ends meet. Maybe that’s why a mother/daughter funeral business got into the illegal body parts game. Gruesome – but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.

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The 90’s amirite? While the world was fixated on a certain blue dress, a couple of humans were bolted by their boots to the outside of the space shuttle, zooming around the planet at more than 17,000 mph, trying to capture a rogue satellite with their hands. Because the company wanted to save some money. Oh my GOD.

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