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Ep. #186 - What If People Are Mostly Good?

We ask strange, hilarious, paranormal, tough, and mysterious questions — then laugh our way to the best answers we can muster. Join us for the ride.

Society & Culture

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Places & Travel

In the last 30 years, more than 1,000 people have attempted the Barkley Marathons, but only 20 have finished under the 60-hour time limit. 
Sources: 
Hallucinations and no sleep: Jasmin Paris on her historic ultramarathon
Jasmin Paris first woman to complete grueling Barkley Marathons race
The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young

Ep. #247: What If You Ran Until You Hallucinated?

In 2018, Mickey Barreto checked into a hotel. Over the next five years he refused to leave, briefly owned the hotel, tried to take down an international cult, and got arrested. 
Go help our guy Bear!
Sources: 
The Hotel Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave
The History of The New Yorker Hotel
A loophole got New York City man a free hotel stay for five years until he claimed to own the building
How to Fake-Own the New Yorker Hotel

Missing 411 David Paulides Presents Missing Person Cases from Montana & Oregon



Ep. #246: What If You Stole a Hotel?

Our guy bear needs some help! He was in a bad motorcycle accident and won't be able to work for a few months while he recovers. Bear's brought us many, many joys over the years and it's the least we can do to give back a little. If you can afford to spare a couple bucks please do! 
Ok, thank you, we love you. Bear loves you. We love Bear. And we'll be back with a full episode next Saturday (4/6). See ya soon! 

What If We Helped Bear?

Hi! We're catching up about the past 5 months and discussing David Grusch's UAP claims. 

Ep. #245 - What If David Grusch Is Right?

We've got a bunch of topics today and we kinda get to all of them. Miley Cyrus saw a flying snowplow, Jeremy Corbell started a podcast, somebody's cutting off the internet, Ruby Tuesdays are popping up outta nowhere, there's a mysterious celebrity on some curtains, and Ryan's buying more websites.  

Ep. #186 - What If People Are Mostly Good?

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