A police major in Russia dies falling out of a window, adding another tragic event in the strange pattern of Russians mysteriously dying in the same manner. A 100-year old home in Pennsylvania begins leaking honey. Scientists have finally determined just how many hot dogs a person can eat in 10 minutes -- or have they? Join Ben Bowlin and Dylan Fagan for mor ... Show More
Jul 2020
Episode 83: Borders Closed To US Residents, Summer Growing Too Hot For Humans, Opening Of Infectious Disease Museum Delayed By... Infectious Disease
Countries across the world are reopening, but borders remain closed to US residents. Science indicates coming summers may, one day soon, literally be too hot for human beings. A European infectious disease museum found its opening delayed by... oddly enough, an infectious disease ... Show More
27m 54s
Jul 2020
Episode 81: Fertility Rates Crashing, AirB&B Wants Customers To Donate To Hosts, Online Protest Sweeps Iran
Fertility rates across the planet are dropping at an unprecedented rate, causing experts to raise serious concerns about the state of humanity in 2100. AirBnB has infuriated customers by asking them to donate to hosts of the short-term rental platform. Online protests have swept ... Show More
13m 30s
Jul 2020
Episode 80: Elephants Hate Disco Lights, New Wave Of Robots Headed To Mars, 80 Corporations Using Forced Uygher Labor
Researchers in Botswana have found a new solution to deterring elephants -- something very much like disco lights. Three separate countries are sending new robots to Mars -- but the clock's ticking, and if they don't launch soon, they'll have to wait until 2022. An Australian rep ... Show More
15m 55s
Mar 2022
Strange News: Bringing Brains Back From The Dead, Deep Fake Update, Benzene Is In Everything
<p>Scientists partially resurrect the brains of long-dead pigs, paving the way for potentially astonishing (and terrifying) breakthroughs in neuroscience. Hackers post a deepfake video that appears to show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky surrendering. A comprehensive study ... Show More
46 m
May 2020
The 2001 Anthrax Letter Attacks: Who was actually responsible?
<p>Mere days after the horrific events of 9/11, someone began sending letters laced with anthrax spores to senators and the offices of major media outfits -- by the time the attacks ended, seventeen people were seriously injured, and five victims had died. Today the FBI maintains ... Show More
1h 2m
Aug 2021
Strange News: OnlyFans, A Hiking Murder Mystery, and The Real Reason Fast Food Ice Cream Machines Are a Pain
<p>OnlyFans announces it will no longer allow explicit content on the platform, prompting a massive outcry. A family of hikers is found dead, with no discernible cause of death -- prompting authorities to wonder whether algae blooms may be the culprit. And it seems there's a surp ... Show More
58m 16s