Weird As F*ck

Proving that we, once again, cannot manage to get our shit together, we're releasing our glitchy episode a week early.  Why you ask? Because we're us! And because we mastered the wrong file without realizing what day it was.Our mistake is your gain!  Sit back and delight in these weird tales while we scramble to get a new quality episode into your earholes next Wednesday!

By most accounts, stories of black-eyed kids, at least as we recognize them today, stem from an article written in 1996 by Texas reporter Brian Bethel. In it, he describes two encounters with odd children who seemed out of place, and out of sorts, possessing poor social skills and eyes as black as coal.  But are the stories real?  We'll explore a few of the more famous tales and discuss whether these demonic cherubs are a real threat or simply a figment of the Internet's collective imagination.https://listverse.com/2016/06/15/10-bizarre-but-chilling-encounters-with-black-eyed-children/https://texashillcountry.com/black-eyed-kids-legend-abilene/https://web.archive.org/web/20151208221117/http://www.reporternews.com/news/columnists/brian-bethel/brian-bethel-recounts-his-possible-paranormal-encounter-with-beks-ep-384772497-348207271.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_childrenhttps://web.randi.org/swift/behind-black-eyes-reports-of-spooky-black-eyed-kidshttps://www.news.com.au/technology/science/black-eyed-children-real-or-just-a-creepy-myth/news-story/988409b3f5a67b3592a09159e1b31ba0https://web.archive.org/web/20121217034359/http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/dec/14/legend-spurs-filmhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/everything-you-need-to-know-about-black-eyed-ghost-childrenhttps://www.dailyedge.ie/black-eyed-ghost-children-1703721-Oct2014/

Florida man gets a lot of grief, probably because the crimes committed by folks in the sunshine state are a matter of public record, while other states protect your dignity until after the trial. At least to a degree. Inspired by a recent Crime Countdown episode that chronicled the 10 most epic Florida Man tales we thought we would do a deep dive into the crimes committed around this great nation of ours to prove to ourselves, and any soul who thinks they might be better off relocating here, things are pretty messed up all over the U.S,https://www.policemag.com/518045/suspect-passes-gas-so-loudly-his-hiding-spot-is-revealed-to-searching-officershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO3iI0DwmIA&ab_channel=TheInfographicsShowhttps://www.theodysseyonline.com/funniest-crimes-reportedhttps://www.boredpanda.com/hilarious-florida-man-headings/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organichttps://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/florida-man-headlineshttps://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/12/10220968/real-true-crime-stories-cases-2020https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-weird-crime-stories-2019-20191231-jry2sso7wnexzjnm5dh4v7ekau-story.htmlhttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/10-most-wtf-crime-stories-of-2017-126987/https://thoughtcatalog.com/january-nelson/2018/07/true-crime-stories/https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/franchise/weird-crimeshttps://www.ranker.com/list/weird-crimes-no-motive/jacob-sheltonhttps://popculture.com/trending/news/8-bizarre-crime-cases-tiger-king-netflix-casey-anthony-oj-simpson/https://www.parcast.com/crimecountdown

Do you think your life is weird? These people not only had a bad day, they experienced a shift in reality that changed the way they view everything, including the world and their place in it. Join us as we slide further down the rabbit hole and explore potential evidence that everything we see, hear, think, and do is programmed by some sadistic twat in his mother's basement.

Recently, it was revealed that the Navy had received a patent for a fusion reactor. This free energy source (and favorite of sci-fi writers) hasn’t been proven to actually work, but just in case, they wanted to make sure they had full rights to it - you know to avoid another Space Force-type debacle.This got us to thinking about the other weird patents out there that some poor clerk actually had to review and submit the paperwork for - all while maintaining his or her composure.We dove into the patent office’s website (and stopped by Mental Floss - thanks guys!) and found a few devices that had us scratching our heads and laughing out loud while we pondered just how much free time these people had on their hands, and whether they might find a better way to use it.https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/89517/10-delightfully-strange-patentshttps://www.ipwatchdog.com/obscure-patents/

Dorothy Eady was born into an average, lower-middle-class Irish family in the UK in 1904. By all accounts, her very early childhood was unremarkable. The only child of Reuben Ernest Eady, a master tailor, and Caroline Mary Eady, a homemaker, Dorothy enjoyed a comfortable life in her quaint coastal town, that is until the age of three when Dorothy suffered a horrific accident at home that would change her life and the lives of those around her forever.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Eadyhttps://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/omm-sety-british-woman-whose-life-was-lined-reincarnation-and-connected-020877https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/26/books/she-had-her-life-to-live-over.htmlhttps://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/eady-dorothy-1904-1981https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/dorothy-eadyomm-setyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EadvNnSGrQg&ab_channel=DarkHistories

We all have our kinks. Some Of us are driven wild by latex, others desire a little pain with our pleasure, while for some sexual gratification only comes when someone’s watching from the shadows.Whatever. If it happens between consenting adults, we say live and let live.But there are certain sexual desires that go beyond the norm, to the point of being a danger to oneself or others. These paraphilias, or abnormal sexual desires, often take the sufferers into dark territory, forcing them to choose between their physical and/or emotional health, and take them well beyond the world of sexual fantasy on a collision course with real-life horror.We’ve rounded up a list of some of the most disturbing paraphilias around - and one that your host may on some level suffer from, for your listening entertainment. But beware, if you have a weak stomach, some of these stories might be a bit more than the weird, light content you signed on for.https://www.advocate.com/sexy-beast/2017/4/21/22-terrifying-sexual-fantasies-must-be-talked-about#media-gallery-media-24https://www.ranker.com/list/serial-killers-who-had-fetishes/alisha-garzahttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/sexual-fetish_n_4144418https://www.thrillist.com/sex-dating/nation/kinky-sex-fetishes-strange-fetishes-explainedhttps://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/weird-fetishes-exist-article-1.2436730https://thoughtcatalog.com/sylvie-quinn/2018/05/sexual-fetishes/https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5407933/man-filmed-having-sex-with-a-bmw-amid-coronavirus-lockdown-in-switzerland/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiweshttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51204/8-real-life-vampire-crimes

OK, we know we just did one of these, but we were really discombobulated in January and everything was out of order. I guess that means we had our very own set of glitches to enjoy - just not the fun ones. Now we're back on track and ready to give you your monthly dose of weird, wild glitchiness - at the beginning of the month, as it was meant to be.So, sit back, enjoy, and wonder at the further evidence that we live in a simulation and the programmers are really, really high.

Shared death experiences are profound, sometimes life-changing events wherein a survivor feels as though they have been visited by or in some way touched by the spirit of the recently dead or dying. These experiences are cross-cultural, with accounts reported in every society on every continent for as far back as we’ve recorded such things. These experiences could be part of what has driven the rise of religion, giving us a brief glimpse of a possible world beyond our own and a higher power within it.https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/12/us/shared-death/https://www.guideposts.org/inspiration/life-after-death/the-divine-power-behind-shared-death-experienceshttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/swoon-detroit-shared-death-experience-art_n_57fbf9f8e4b068ecb5e10432https://www.themonastery.org/blog/the-mystery-of-empathic-and-shared-death-experienceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2LtgeWVCk0&ab_channel=CJLiuhttps://www.sharedcrossing.com/shared-death-experience.htmlhttps://www.monroeinstitute.org/blogs/blog/new-evidence-for-life-after-deathhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/health/feeling-loving-paranormal-presence-at-death/2020/12/31/50a0dfbe-2833-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html

The phenomena of a sudden awakening by a terminally ill patient in the hours, days, or even weeks prior to death. In many cases, patients who were completely incapable of coherent conversation are suddenly reverted to their prior selves. While the phenomena aren’t new, anecdotal tales exist as far back as Hippocrates and probably further, the term is. It was coined by Dr. Michael Nahm in the Journal of Near-Death Studies in 2009.Today, we talk about this bizarre surge of awareness immediately preceding death in some patients and the comfort it brings to those who love them.https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/one-last-goodbye-the-strange-case-of-terminal-lucidity/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_lucidityhttps://www.crossroadshospice.com/hospice-palliative-care-blog/2019/july/16/end-of-life-rallying-what-is-terminal-lucidity/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167494311001865https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-grief/201909/terminal-lucidity-revisitedhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/well/the-mystery-of-end-of-life-rallies.htmlhttps://www.agingcare.com/articles/when-loved-ones-rally-before-death-185452.htmhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167494311001865?via%3Dihubhttps://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2016/12/OTH28.pdfhttps://blog.usejournal.com/terminal-lucidity-b37ae520841f

And now, for your listening pleasure, more glitches in the matrix and just for shits and giggles, some family dysfunction, politics, and questionable work practices to boot!Come along with us while we lament the state of the world and the weirdness that proves either we're all on the verge of losing it, or we really are caught in a faulty simulation that's destined to crash.

In 1901 Charlotte Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain claim to have stepped through the veil and back into 18th Century France. Is it possible they slipped through a thin spot in time, or were these well-educated, rational ladies delusional? It's a difficult question and one posed not only to them, but others who have claimed that for them, the concept of time was momentarily suspended sending them forward, or back, to another time altogether.https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/08/versailles-time-slip/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moberly%E2%80%93Jourdain_incidenthttps://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/2qu5zs/moberlyjourdain_incident/

2020 has been a shit storm of epic proportions. Everything that could go wrong for us has gone wrong, but at least we made it to the end with our faculties (mostly) intact. The same could not be said for the unlucky crew of the Navy's L8 blimp. They disappeared on routine patrol in the summer of 1942, with their craft returning unmanned.The men's remains were never found and, while speculation as to their final moments has run rampant over the years, we may never know what really happened to them.This is their story.https://www.historynet.com/mystery-of-the-ghost-blimp.htmhttps://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1970/march/mystery-l-8https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nnam/explore/collections/aircraft/l/l-8-ghost-ship.htmlhttps://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/that-time-a-navy-blimp-crew-mysteriously-disappeared/https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Ghost-blimp-s-enduring-mystery-How-did-crew-13267309.phphttps://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/The_Crew_of_the_L-8https://jalopnik.com/reddit-lays-70-year-old-unsolved-blimp-mystery-to-rest-883224308https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-class_blimp

Ready for another round of your wild stories? Explore more crazy Glitches in the Matrix brought to you by you, yourselves. Is it further evidence we live in a simulation, or has 2020 driven us all collectively crazy?www.weirdasfuck.com

The story of Alfred Bielick is as convoluted and confusing as it is fascinating. If true, it represents the most compelling evidence recorded of man’s ability to master time. If not, it’s still one of the weirdest government conspiracy stories ever written and one well with the time it takes to tell it.https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/stranger-things-true-story-montauk-project-philadelphia-experimenthttps://www.gaia.com/article/has-the-government-already-achieved-time-travelhttps://nypost.com/article/camp-hero-montauk-project-conspiracy/https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/camp-hero-montauk-conspiracy-theories/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experimenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Projecthttp://www.bielek.com/ab_albielek.htmhttps://ocghostsandlegends.com/al-bielek-the-man-who-traveled-through-time-and-space/https://historybyday.com/human-stories/the-philadelphia-experiment-and-the-story-of-a-time-traveler/37.html?br_t=ch&fab=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumannhttps://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/archives-air-61-philadelphia-experiment-carlos-allende-papers

We all have our favorite programs. In addition to shows like Supernatural (love those boys) and CSI, I found myself quite attached to the character portrayed on Dexter. What a novel idea, I thought, a serial killer who preyed not on defenseless women, but on other predators. Such a unique concept.Except, it wasn’t. The idea for Dexter had already been explored - and in depth - by a real-life killer named Pedro Rodrigues Filho whose chosen victims were rapists and killers.Just the kind of people we all want to suffer a little more than the law allows.https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Pedro_Rodrigues_Filhohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Rodrigues_Filhohttps://allthatsinteresting.com/pedro-rodrigues-filhohttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/south-americas-8-scariest-serial-killers-112761/https://rare.us/people/pedro-rodrigues-filho/https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/wiseup-news/brazils-greatest-serial-killer-is-a-hit-on-youtube-as-a-crime-commentator/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrZ1Rw2SsS8&ab_channel=CrimeVault

Finland is well known as one of the happiest, most satisfied countries to live in. And why wouldn’t they be? In spite of a Socialist government the intrudes perhaps a bit too much into the daily lives of the people, they enjoy low-cost education, exceptional maternity benefits, medical care that doesn’t bankrupt them, and more. But not all of Finland’s people are laid back and happy. Some, seemingly, remember they have Viking blood and a thirst for the extreme. At least, these two crazy bastards did when they went in defense of their people during Finland's Winter War.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/white-deathhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/simo-hayhahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9haN3XohoQhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimo_Koivunenhttps://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/high-on-speed-and-delirious.htmlhttps://expresstonowhere.com/aimo-koivunen/

Let’s wander back in time a bit to the 16th Century (or 15th depending upon which version of the tale you prefer) or to the time of King James. Whatever works for you. In those olden times, people were known to wander the land, making their homes where they could and plying what trades they could to survive. It was a hard time that bred a robust sort of people capable of existing in a world that would see most of us dead by the weekend.Into this world was born one Alexander "Sawney" Bean - and Scotland would never be the same.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Beanhttps://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Sawney-Bean-Scotlands-most-famous-cannibal/https://www.scotclans.com/scotland/scottish-myths/heroes-villain/sawney-bean/https://allthatsinteresting.com/sawney-bean

It's election week and you need entertainment! We had planned on releasing this at the end of the month, but we know you love the Glitch in the Matrix stories as much as we do, so we're bringing it to you early. Enjoy some weird tales brought to you, but you and forget the dumpster fire that is the American Electoral process!Our Sources:https://vocal.media/futurism/10-terrifying-glitch-in-the-matrix-storieshttps://www.awesomeinventions.com/real-life-doppelgangers-glitch-in-the-matrix/https://www.georgetakei.com/people-share-the-creepiest-glitches-in-the-matrix-that-theyve-ever-experienced-2643666228/i-mean-its-a-great-moviehttps://www.metaspoon.com/wd1-glitch-matrix/https://didyouknowfacts.com/9-times-people-swear-glitch-matrix-moments/

Our house is haunted, and apparently, we're not alone! Tune in for tales from our spooky abode, as well as a few carefully curated stories from around the web and give yourself a little spoopy goodness this Halloween! It has fewer calories than that Reses cup and you won't have to worry about catching COVID.You will, however, have to endure listening to us laugh hysterically at our own jokes because, damn it, we're funny.

We're wrapping up our three-part series on the Vile Vortices with a quick summary of what the 10 lesser-known locations have in store and why we think you should avoid visiting there at all costs.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomalyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-darohttps://www.ranker.com/list/vile-vortices-facts/laura-allanhttps://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/unexplained-mystery-the-devils-sea-the-dragons-triangle/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_T._Sanderson#:~:text=Vile%20vortices,-Sanderson%20has%20been&text=In%201968%2C%20Sanderson%20introduced%20the,UFO%20sightings%2C%20or%20poltergeist%20activity.https://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/v/vile-vortices/https://curiosmos.com/mysterious-planet-heres-a-list-of-earths-12-vile-vortices/http://www.expandedperspectives.com/vile-vortices/https://podtail.com/en/podcast/expanded-perspectives/vile-vortices/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMJBwHiJUkhttps://paranormal.lovetoknow.com/about-paranormal/energy-vortexeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5YR0uqPAI8https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Zimbabwehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quzjmZ-7s6w&ab_channel=TED-Edhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/dragons-triangle-devils-sea

We told you what might happen, now we're going to tell you where. In this second of a three-part series, we'll discuss the Bermuda Triangle and Easter Island and why these out-of-the-way destinations, might also be out of this world.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomalyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-darohttps://www.ranker.com/list/vile-vortices-facts/laura-allanhttps://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/unexplained-mystery-the-devils-sea-the-dragons-triangle/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_T._Sanderson#:~:text=Vile%20vortices,-Sanderson%20has%20been&text=In%201968%2C%20Sanderson%20introduced%20the,UFO%20sightings%2C%20or%20poltergeist%20activity.https://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/v/vile-vortices/https://curiosmos.com/mysterious-planet-heres-a-list-of-earths-12-vile-vortices/http://www.expandedperspectives.com/vile-vortices/https://podtail.com/en/podcast/expanded-perspectives/vile-vortices/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMJBwHiJUkhttps://paranormal.lovetoknow.com/about-paranormal/energy-vortexeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5YR0uqPAI8https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Zimbabwehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quzjmZ-7s6w&ab_channel=TED-Edhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/dragons-triangle-devils-sea

Ivan T. Sanderson believed there were places of power on the earth that invite industry and disaster, places where the world's great civilizations were born and places where vast collections of humans were lost forever. In these "Vile Vortices" human evolution might make great leaps, or the planet might open up to swallow you whole. Come with us as we explore where and why this might happen and listen as Patricia continuously tries to get Lee to stop whispering "anal probe" into his microphone.One of them might end up in a vortex by the time it's all over.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomalyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-darohttps://www.ranker.com/list/vile-vortices-facts/laura-allanhttps://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/unexplained-mystery-the-devils-sea-the-dragons-triangle/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_T._Sanderson#:~:text=Vile%20vortices,-Sanderson%20has%20been&text=In%201968%2C%20Sanderson%20introduced%20the,UFO%20sightings%2C%20or%20poltergeist%20activity.https://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/v/vile-vortices/https://curiosmos.com/mysterious-planet-heres-a-list-of-earths-12-vile-vortices/http://www.expandedperspectives.com/vile-vortices/https://podtail.com/en/podcast/expanded-perspectives/vile-vortices/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMJBwHiJUkhttps://paranormal.lovetoknow.com/about-paranormal/energy-vortexeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5YR0uqPAI8https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Zimbabwehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quzjmZ-7s6w&ab_channel=TED-Edhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/dragons-triangle-devils-s

For most of us, the idea of dying isn’t one we think of fondly. It’s a frightening leap into the unknown, one we anticipate will come with a lot of pain, a loss of dignity, and a surrender of any illusion of control we may have thought we had in life. But for the right to die advocates, the idea that we should be allowed to take charge of our passing, particularly those with terminal, debilitating illness, is long overdue - as is the idea that death should be something terrifying or painful.Enter the Euthanasia Roller Coaster (or Coaster of Doom, as I like to call it) a purpose-designed structure meant to kill its riders with a sense of fun and euphoria that is often lacking in assisted suicide.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coasterhttps://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-roller-coaster-designed-to-killhttp://thescienceexplorer.com/technology/euthanasia-roller-coaster-ride-designed-deathhttps://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2013/designandviolence/euthanasia-coaster-julijonas-urbonas/https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/euthanasia-roller-coaster-the-movie.htmhttps://www.funeralwise.com/digital-dying/euthanasia-roller-coaster-yes-real-thing/https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/destinations/theme-parks/10-deadliest-roller-coaster-accidents.htmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEklVDlqwbQ&ab_channel=FinnXuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKmKLZOAT38&ab_channel=PurpleCat

What if you could see the future? Not in your mind, or abstract flashes like a psychic medium, but actually see it and share it with others? What if you could view the past events and those yet to be as quickly as switching TV channels?Imagine traveling through time - actual time - without worrying about changing the past or present through inadvertent contact?That was the premise behind a project that Father Pelligrino Ernetti claims to have been a part of back in the 1950s. But, could it be true, or was it just a clever fake put forward by a man desperate for his place in history?On our latest episode (literally!) we're looking at this storied device and the implications of having a machine that could show you the secrets of the past, present, and future.https://www.gaia.com/article/the-chronovisor-the-vaticans-mysterious-time-travel-devicehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronovisorhttps://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/87eehh/have_you_ever_heard_of_the_chronovisor/https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-chronovisorhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/jun/09/farouthttps://play.history.com/shows/ancient-aliens/videos/the-nazi-bell

You loved hearing other people suffer confusion and discombobulation when they experienced glitches with the Matrix - so we thought we'd bring you a few more! This month we see what happens when the programmers get surprised and find out how a man dealt with his ebullient doctor being re-written as a physician with no bedside manner.Buckle up folks, it's about to get weird!https://www.metaspoon.com/wd1-glitch-matrix/https://www.ranker.com/list/glitch-in-the-matrix-stories/bailey-brownhttps://www.indy100.com/article/glitch-in-matrix-creepy-stories-reddit-9290991https://thoughtcatalog.com/juliet-lanka/2017/11/25-people-give-their-glitch-in-the-matrix-story-that-made-them-believe-in-the-supernatural/#:~:text=Glitch%20in%20the%20matrix%20stories,they%20were%20in%20a%20simulation.https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/https://www.boredpanda.com/look-alikes-doppelgangers/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organichttps://www.distractify.com/trending/2018/08/28/nht2E/glitch-in-the-matrixhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/christopherhudspeth/glitch-in-the-matrix-stories-creepy-and-unexplainablehttps://www.buzzfeed.com/shelbyheinrich/glitches-in-the-matrixhttps://www.quora.com/Have-you-ever-experienced-a-glitch-in-the-matrix-What-are-some-glitch-in-the-matrix-stories-in-which-something-inexplicable-happened

Why has anal probing become such a part of the American UFO abduction experience? Is it crowd mentality? Abductees finally braving the potential backlash that comes with such claims? Something more insidious?We explore three of the first - and arguably most famous cases of alien anal probing and explore the reasons why aliens might find out butts interesting enough to cross the vast reaches of space for.https://www.kenrockwell.com/analprobe/dissent.htmhttps://www.wired.com/2010/12/pl-column-alieninvasion/https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/06/26/i-floated-inside-man-returns-site-ufo-abduction-it-gets-historical-marker/https://www.perihelionsf.com/1611/article_1.htmhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-06-vl-9121-story.htmlhttps://www.syfy.com/syfywire/world-ufo-day-9-alien-encounters-that-will-make-you-believehttps://www.bustle.com/p/9-creepy-things-people-have-said-after-allegedly-being-abducted-by-aliens-2775932https://www.redbull.com/au-en/alien-encounters-australiahttps://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2018/06/alien-abduction-stories/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4u3wqe/how_did_anal_probing_become_associated_with_alien/https://www.salon.com/1999/07/30/abductions/https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/jackson-county/article219679955.htmlhttp://www.jasoncolavito.com/aliens-and-anal-probes.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hillhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascagoula_Abduction

Think that serial killers are a modern phenomenon? Think again. 130 years ago, what was perhaps the first recorded serial killings occurred in Austin, Texas. Killings so brutal they defied description and have left the police stumped for more than a century. Did gentleman Jack practice his trade in the United States before he stalked White Chapel, or was this the work of another fiend whose name is yet unknown?Join us as we explore the brutal murders of 8 Austinites near the turn of the 19th Century and ponder why the names of his victims were nearly lost to time and history.This is the story of the Servant Girl Annihilator.https://the-line-up.com/servant-girl-annihilator-austinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant_Girl_Annihilatorhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/94680/how-servant-girl-annihilator-terrorized-1880s-austinhttps://www.servantgirlmurders.com/the-servant-girl-annihilator/https://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/10-10-18-servant-girl-murders-history/https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/texas-servant-girl-murders/https://truecrimesociety.com/2019/09/28/the-servant-girl-annihilator/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56sNy0_UTdohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S42sofAPnBAhttps://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/The_Servant_Girl_Annihilatorhttps://www.historicmysteries.com/servant-girl-annihilator/https://www.servantgirlmurders.com/

Spontaneous human combustionSpontaneous human combustion, (also called preternatural combustibility, or auto-oxidation), happens when living or recently deceased human body erupts into flames without any apparent external ignition source. Description of this phenomenon has been around since the 7th Century occurring in both literature and popular media, including a notable death in Dickens’ Bleak House in which the Slimy Mr. Krook bursts into flames and is reduced to ashes - presumably as a sort of karmic payment for his misdeeds. It’s thought that he received the information to write the passage from a book popular at the time, the Anatomy of Drunkenness by Robert Macnish which cites 30 cases and a list of authorities that claim that SHC is possible when one consumes too much liquor.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion#:~:text=Spontaneous%20human%20combustion%20(SHC)%20is,apparent%20external%20source%20of%20ignition.&text=Current%20scientific%20consensus%20is%20that,overlooked%20external%20sources%20of%20ignition.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woy4tYS5x1Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DJ_2qWrqs4https://www.livescience.com/42080-spontaneous-human-combustion.htmlhttps://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/unexplained-phenomena/shc.htmhttps://www.britannica.com/story/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-realhttps://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/spontaneous-human-combustion-woman-who-suffered-burns-in-germany-spurs-debate-about-controversial-a6722166.htmlhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8200790/spontaneous-human-combustion-real-burns-incendiary-bomb-scientist-claims/https://io9.gizmodo.com/10-cases-of-spontaneous-human-combustion-5855700https://u.osu.edu/vanzandt/2019/03/21/its-gettin-hot-in-here-a-look-into-spontaneous-human-combustion/Ablaze!, by Larry E. Arnold, published 1995https://www.cremationresource.org/cremation/how-is-a-body-cremated.htmlhttps://www.newsweek.com/medical-mysteries-can-people-spontaneously-combust-750035https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i7OtSFGInI&has_verified=1

There are a small, but very vocal group of individuals who fervently believe we are all living in a computer simulation and that all of our actions, relationships, feelings and experiences are the result of a programmer with a twisted sense of humor.Judging by how 2020 is going so far, I’m inclined to think they might be onto something.As evidence, they hold up what they call “glitches in the matrix.” Events where what we expect to happen and what we should be seeing are not in place or are just “wrong.” In the series, we’ll be covering our own experiences with this bizarre phenomenon and sharing stories from around the world of when the bugs in our programming were, for a moment, on full display.https://thoughtcatalog.com/juliet-lanka/2017/11/25-people-give-their-glitch-in-the-matrix-story-that-made-them-believe-in-the-supernatural/#:~:text=Glitch%20in%20the%20matrix%20stories,they%20were%20in%20a%20simulation.https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/https://www.boredpanda.com/look-alikes-doppelgangers/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organichttps://www.distractify.com/trending/2018/08/28/nht2E/glitch-in-the-matrixhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/christopherhudspeth/glitch-in-the-matrix-stories-creepy-and-unexplainablehttps://www.buzzfeed.com/shelbyheinrich/glitches-in-the-matrixhttps://www.quora.com/Have-you-ever-experienced-a-glitch-in-the-matrix-What-are-some-glitch-in-the-matrix-stories-in-which-something-inexplicable-happened

Have you ever stopped to ponder your place in the universe? Wondered what God had in mind for you, or if He/She even existed? You’re certainly not alone. Most of us have, at one time or another have questioned our place in the grand scheme. While for most of us this concerns either a long evolution from some primordial being to the complex creatures we are today, or an omnipotent creator responsible for making everything we see, hear, think and feel, there are a growing number of high-minded thinkers who believe that, rather than a supernatural beginning for our species, we were born of something more high-tech. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virkhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesishttps://builtin.com/hardware/simulation-theoryhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/opinion/sunday/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation-lets-not-find-out.htmlhttps://www.vulture.com/2019/02/15-irrefutable-reasons-we-might-be-living-in-a-simulation.htmlhttps://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/are-we-living-simulated-universe-here-s-what-scientists-say-ncna1026916

Massive land dinosaurs and flyers like pterosaurs perished when an enormous asteroid struck the earth some 65-million years ago. Of this, scientists have no doubt. But there is a growing number of witnesses who insist that massive winged creatures continue to haunt the skies in remote parts of Africa, Indonesia, and even the US, flying almost unseen above the chaos of modern life.And the evidence they offer is compelling enough to give even the most hardened skeptic pause to consider if what we believe to be true is all there is to this story.https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2020/04/thunderbird-pterodactyl-sightings.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_(mythology)https://www.newsobserver.com/news/technology/article194148849.htmlhttp://www.ropens.com/https://ccheadliner.com/opinion/a-rare-flying-pterodactyl-sighting-over-texas-county/article_a72fd00a-c95f-11e7-9d2c-c72964f9760a.htmlhttps://www.rdrnews.com/2019/09/09/history-coboys-saurians-and-the-serpent-of-san-marcial/https://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/video-shows-pterodactyl-like-creature-flying-over-boise/article_99587b42-ced2-587e-8e8b-53a2cef2852f.htmlhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1993385/massive-game-of-thrones-style-dragon-spotted-soaring-over-mountains-in-china-but-is-everything-as-it-seems/https://www.charlottestories.com/flying-dinosaurs-sightings-rise-north-carolina/https://www.live-pterosaur.com/Prodigy/Africa/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20131018/LIFE/310180307https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/evidence/cryptozoological/pterosaurs/ropen/http://www.livepterosaurs.com/inamerica/blog/?p=1203http://www.unmuseum.org/quet.htm

The Himalayas are beautiful - and deadly claiming hundreds of lives every year. But the bodies you see in the Rainbow Valley tell only a time portion of the grand peaks macabre tale. Join us as we explore Roopkund Lake (Skeleton Lake) and the mysterious remains of hundreds found there then, stick around as we tell you why the entire world decided to go hunt for the yeti in the 50's. It's a 70-year obsession with the world's most famous cryptid that shows no signs of letting up. SOURCEShttps://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/uttarakhand-roopkund-skeleton-lake-mystery-solved-bones-9th-century-tribesmen-died-of-hail-storms-165083-2013-05-31https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/science/skeleton-lake-archaeology-roopkund.html?fallback=0&recId=1Pjl26KcWDSOLcSvsxzh2ZOwWqx&locked=0&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=NY&recAlloc=control&geoCountry=US&blockId=home-discovery-vi-prg&imp_id=301371102http://natgeotv.com/asia/riddles-of-the-dead/abouthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkundhttps://www.newsweek.com/skeleton-lake-india-hundreds-bodies-mystery-1455443https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/100-wonders-the-mystery-of-skeleton-lakehttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/11/yeti-legends-real-animals-dna-bears-himalaya-science/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yetihttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/08/yeti-abominable-snowman-bear-daniel-taylor/http://anomalyinfo.com/Stories/1951-november-8-shipton-photograph

What happens to us when we die? That could depend on your faith. But what happens t our bodies id largely left up to nature and our environment. Depending on where you live and how you've been preserved, that could mean wildly different things. Join us as we explore two of the most famous natural mummies in the world, and what they teach us about ourselves and the world we live in.Sources:https://allthatsinteresting.com/guanajuato-mummies https://maps.roadtrippers.com/mx/guanajuato-guanajuato/attractions/museo-de-las-momiashttp://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/08/26/see_the_silent_screams_of_a_hundred_mexican_mummies_at_museo_de_las_momias.htmlhttps://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/guanajuatos-beautiful-and-terrifying-mummies/https://travelswithtalek.com/mummies-guanajuato-mexico/https://allthatsinteresting.com/guanajuato-mummieshttps://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/08/13/the-mummies-of-guanajuato-mexico-have-a-sad-history-that-dates-back-to-a-cholera-outbreak-in-1833/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanajuato_City#Twin_towns_%E2%80%93_sister_citieshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208306/https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cholerahttps://www.britannica.com/place/Atacama-Deserthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tiny-alien-skeleton-found-chile-was-likely-result-genetic-mutations-180968576/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-oldest-mummies-get-ct-scan-180961578/https://www.museumsilkeborg.dk/welcome-to-the-story-about-tollund-manhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/ https://www.museumsilkeborg.dk/welcome-to-the-story-about-tollund-manhttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/tolland-man.htmlhttps://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/tollund-man-preserved-face-prehistoric-denmark-and-tale-ritual-098888

On March 11, 2011, a massive 6.6 earthquake in the Pacific ocean resulted in a series of tidal waves that ravaged the east coast of Japan. Arguably one of the worst-hit areas was near the Fukushima nuclear powerplant. Not only did the massive tsunami flood local farmland and level towns, but it cut power to the plant putting it at risk for one of the worst nuclear disasters the world had ever seen. If not for those who stepped up to control the aftermath, it could have been exponentially worse than the bombs that hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII, even surpassing the Chernobyl disaster 25 years earlier.But a few brave souls did step in, though they knew it would undoubtedly mean a short life and painful end, even if they did manage to prevent a meltdown. Together, they stopped an even worse disaster and, in doing so, saved the world.This is the story of the Fukushima 50.Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_50https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13598607https://www.npr.org/2011/09/12/140402430/japanese-seniors-send-us-to-damaged-nuclear-planthttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-20707753https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30165403/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/03/07/books/what-fukushima-50-can-teach-us-about-crisis/#.XsvNAGhKjcchttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/why-the-fukushima-disaster-is-worse-than-chernobyl-2345542.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/science/japan-fukushima-nuclear-meltdown-fuel.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-nuclear/special-report-japans-throwaway-nuclear-workers-idUSTRE75N18A20110624https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/fukushima-daiichi-accident.aspx

Imagine taking a relaxing (or dare we hope, romantic?) stroll on the beach only to find detritus on the shore. It happens even on the nicest stretches – trash is bound to wash up with the current from time to time. Most of the waste is plastic, some leftover garbage that made its way into the water and over time, to where people gather. But off the coast of Vancouver, B.C. and Washington State, USA, something grislier has been making its way onto the sand since 2007 and its left residents horrified for more than a decade.Sources https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11647204 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries#cite_note-Vancouver_Sun_May_24,_2008-60https://globalnews.ca/news/4192777/feet-washes-ashore-bc/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/19/bc-feet-mystery-coroner_n_1020772.htmlhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mysterious-feet-may-be-linked-to-single-accident-b-c-forensic-expert-1.706413https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/13/a-14th-human-foot-this-one-in-a-hiking-boot-washes-ashore-in-canada/https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/12/18/16777724/human-feet-beach-pacific-northwest-seattle-vancouverhttps://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2008/07/10/two_mystery_feet_from_same_person_bc_police_say.html

Living in the time of COVID, we’re all getting a valuable lesson in personal responsibility. Whether that means closing the doors to our businesses for weeks and risking economic disaster Or simply wearing a mask so our at-risk neighbors stay healthy until this is all over, each and every one of us are, doing our small part to make the world a safer place.Some are even doing it with grace.Still, others risk their health and safety every day to treat those who are ill. These legends take the chance they too might fall ill (many have) because they feel they are called serve others in any way they can.They are heroes, for sure, but there are rare individuals, for whom civic responsibility goes far beyond the use of disinfectants or even caring for the gravely ill. They put their very existence on the line because to do nothing is unimaginable.Such a crew answered the world’s call in 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine when a damaged nuclear reactor put the lives of every man woman and child in Europe at risk. These men were asked to walk into a situation that would likely mean either an immediate end, or, at best a long, painful decline and eventual gruesome death. They could have walked away – hell they should have run - but, because they understood how much was at risk if they didn’t step up, they did it anyway. In doing so, they prevented thousands of deaths and may have even saved the world as we know it.This is the story of the Chernobyl Suicide squad. Sourceshttps://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/the-true-story-of-chernobyls-suicide-squad-the-3-men-willing-to-die-to-save-millions/ar-AACep7T?li=AAgfYrC&c=2858119459731642264&mkt=en-us https://www.mamamia.com.au/chernobyl-deaths-suicide-squad/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3557634/Suicide-squad-risk-lives-Chernobyl-DAY-trying-seal-killer-radiation-nuclear-disaster-site.html https://www.upworthy.com/you-probably-dont-know-their-names-but-30-years-ago-they-saved-europe https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/4h6sqx/the_true_story_behind_the_chernobyl_suicide_squad/ https://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-volunteers-divers-nuclear-mission-2016-4

Weird as F*ck is an entertaining podcast that aims to share tales of the truly bizarre wherever we find them. Have you heard the one about the general who convinced an enemy force that vampires were stalking his men? How about the one about the lake filled with unidentified bodies in the Himalayas? No? What about the time traveler who disappeared from a locked room when authorities tried to verify his identity?If you’re curious, or simply looking for a way to while away 30 minutes of your day, then tune in every Wednesday as we cover these stories, and many, many more. Just head on over to weirdasfck.com to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform then sit back and enjoy the show.Because we’re gonna make it weird.