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The FDA concludes the primary active ingredient in over-the-counter decongestants may be nothing more than the placebo effect. A retired secret service agent goes public with his recollection of the JFK assassination in advance of his upcoming memoir. Ben dives into the news from Mexico, asking: Why did the Mexican Congress hold a hearing to examine purported alien corpses, knowing the people making these claims have an established track record of hoaxing the public? All this and more in this week's strange news segment.
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CLASSIC: The End Of The World with Josh Clark
CLASSIC: Italy's Satanic Murders
Listener Mail: One For The Witches, Cochlear Implants and Hearing Voices, The Hidden Lithium War
Mysterious Inventors, Part I: Crazy Cars and Creepy Islands
CLASSIC: The Control Group with Bret Wood
Strange News: Alabama's Fast Food Slave Trade, US Sweets Banned, Congress Draws A Line
What Happened to Glenn Miller?
Listener Mail: UK Disaster Prep, Airplane Safety, and North Sentinel Island
Ghost Minds and Grief Tech: Should We Bring Back The Dead?
CLASSIC: The Hollywood Sex Cult - NXIVM
Strange News: Long-term US Official Exposed as Cuban Spy, QAnon Queen Trolled, the 23andMe Hack
Extraordinary Rendition: Yes, The Government Can Kidnap You
Listener Mail: Did OpenAI Build a Non-human Entity? Water Treatment, Mandela Effect and Google Maps
What is Exercise Flintlock?
CLASSIC: Henry Kissinger, America's Darth Vader
Strange News: The UK Has A Monster Problem, Saudi Arabia Conspires to Hook You on Oil, A Naked Guy at Disney.
CLASSIC: What is Agent Orange?
CLASSIC: Stanley Kubrick: The Man and the Myths
Hypnosis: Fact and Fiction
CLASSIC: The Mystery of North Sentinel Island
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