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Web Crawlers episodes

  • MAILBAG: Ali the Renaissance Woman

    EMAILS: Web Crawlers used in a USPTO filing. Local cannibal. Spooky visitor in the house. The Shawshank reformatory is open for tours. 

    VOICEMAILS: Listening to our cruise episode before a cruise. Feeding an apple to a bat. Youtube family channel drama. A lovely song for Maria. Trying to find a roommate in NYC. Ali is an inspirational Renaissance woman. Covid immunity. Poppy. Becky has news about her driving test. A web crawlers inspired question for students. 


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    41 min
  • Dirr Family Hoax

    A man named J.S. Dirr posted on Facebook asking for prayers for his wife who had been in a terrible car accident. She was a trauma surgeon who was 35 weeks pregnant. Hundreds of well wishes started pouring in. The Dirr family had been well known for over a decade, updating their followers on their intense family drama- including their son who had battled cancer four times. Turns out, none of it was real. 


    Sources:

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/18/cancer-cons-phoney-accidents-fake-deaths-internet-hoax-buster-taryn-wright


    https://www.gawker.com/5914621/the-long-fake-life-of-js-dirr-a-decade-long-internet-cancer-hoax-unravels


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    37 min
  • MAILBAG: Nothing Worse Than A Hot Doctor

    VOICEMAILS: Roommate left apartment a total mess. Another Life Saver stuck in a throat. Episode suggestion for Kim Wall. More pleads for Maria. Sticking bells up your nose. Ear piercing synchronicity. Is it okay for your partner to fuck your doppelgänger? Grandma saw Judas. Serial killer at LSU. 


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    31 min
  • Wollaton Gnomes

    In 1979, kids playing at the Wollaton Park in Nottingham saw thirty small cars each with two gnomes in them. The encounter lasted about fifteen minutes, as the gnome cars chased them around the park. The children were interviewed for the Nottingham Post, and many more people claimed to have spotted these gnomes over the years. 


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    33 min
  • Israel Keyes

    Israel Keyes was one of the most calculated serial killers the FBI ever encountered. He was also a bank robber, arsonist, kidnapper, rapist, and necrophile who murdered a minimum of three victims across the United States from 1996 to 2012. He stashed “kill kits” throughout the country years prior to his crimes that contained guns, ropes, and chemicals to dispose of bodies.


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    38 min
  • MAILBAG: Kidnapping Scam & Fake Birds

    VOICEMAILS: Listener’s husband works in Antarctica. Getting misgendered at work. Birds aren’t real. A real life magician calls. Jeb is still out there looking for Maria. What constitutes a “monster.” Mormon lore about Bigfoot. A kidnapping scam targeting Mexican-Americans. Another call for the chief of police regarding Maria. 


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    41 min
  • Quantum Immortality

    Multiverses. Parallel Universes. Multiple realities. Suicidal thought experiments. Are we immortal? Well, some Nobel prize winning scientists say that we just might be, due to quantum physics. 

    Also: a new Where is Maria song!


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    34 min
  • MAILBAG: If We Were Minions

    VOICEMAILS: How the hell do you spell Amberly. Constructive criticism. A witch grandma on the ceiling in a dream. Orthodontist in a leather jacket. Jeb is on the hunt for Maria. A real life Final Destination accident. If we were Minions. “I’m gonna cum my pants.” Has Ali seen Interstellar? Quantum Multiverse. 


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    32 min
  • Michael Rockefeller

    In 1961, Michael Rockefeller (the youngest son of the very wealthy Rockefeller family) disappeared off the coast of Dutch New Guinea during a boating accident. His death was initially ruled a drowning, but some believe he was actually eaten by cannibals on a nearby island. 


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    38 min
  • MAILBAG: Night Birds & Open Can of Beans

    EMAILS: Update from 737 mechanic. 

    VOICEMAILS: Would we want to be super famous? Jordan with the bats in their house calls with an update. Dark legends of songs. SCP Foundation. Listening to podcasts at 3x speed. Failing driving lessons. Schnitzel food truck. Nightmare roommate leaving an open can of beans in the pantry.


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    40 min

About Web Crawlers

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Ali Segel and Melissa Stetten discuss pop culture, TV, viral stories, unsolved mysteries, creepy cults, scammers, and everything unsettling in between. “They maintain a loose, upbeat dynamic as…

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