Another grab bag of strange news ripped from the headlines. We have a website for assassins, some weird fish and worms, a president who apparently thinks elves are real, dumb criminals, then one terrible story from a plane and one uplifting story from a plane to balance it out.

Episode 290 - Weird News 8-18-23

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He has a receding hairline over a round face and thick dark eyebrows. You don't know him and have never seen him - except in your dreams. He is "This Man," the dream invader who might calm you or guide you - or terrify you. And thousands of others have seen the same man in their dreams too.

Episode 321 - Mr. Dreamy

Episode 320 - Vampire Dog of Cumberland

George Kenney was a school principal who thought he could help troubled kids through hypnosis. If that sounds like a bad idea you're wrong. It was a horrific idea.

Episode 319 - George Kenney and the Principles of Hypnosis

In 1968, the Fausto and its crew disappeared on a routine run between two Canary Islands.  Their rescue four days later was a miracle.  But that was just the beginning of the inexplicable saga of the boat that was found, lost,  found, and finally lost again.

Episode 318 - Found and Lost: The Mysterious Fate of the Fausto

It's been a while, but we have some good ones. Flying snakes, the shocking number of gay animals (personal trigger warning for Ron DeSantis), getting high on snake venom, AI turned on its masters, brain worms, the music police of Chechnya, the coming insect invasion, and the dangers of minor earthquakes in New Jersey coinciding with total eclipses of the sun.

Episode 290 - Weird News 8-18-23

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