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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Bet you think your DNA is, well, you. Think again. You might have started life as a twin and never knew it – and your vanished twin’s DNA just might be riding shotgun alongside your own.

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Bright Lights, Big Sleepy (Airdate 2/10/2023)

A late night, a twisting mountain pass – blinding lights ahead. A traffic stop? Maybe. But explain the 12+ hours of lost time…the sickness…and why no one in Sheri’s family will talk about it. This one gets personal – and very, very weird.

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Tripping Johns (Airdate 2/3/2023)

Nothing to see here – just the government slipping unsuspecting men LSD and luring them back to surveillance brothels. Welcome to the early days of the CIA.

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Wax On, Head Off (Airdate 1/27/2023)

One of the world’s most famous tourist attractions has a very dark past. Every artist and entrepreneur has to start somewhere – why not with a basket of freshly guillotined heads?

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