#07: Weekly World News w/ Tim Smith

2024-07-05

"Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby", "First Photos of Heaven", "Osama Captured by Rednecks!" These are some of the bizarre headlines that you'll see on the cover of 'Weekly World News' -- a parody of magazines like National Enquirer. From its inception, Weekly World News stood out from its competition with it's hilarious and sometimes true headlines. They claim to have discovered a half-human, half-boy being called 'Batboy' and they've run with that for years. So popular there was an off-Broadway musical made about him. Join Tim and I as we discuss WWN...

"Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby", "First Photos of Heaven", "Osama Captured by Rednecks!"

These are some of the bizarre headlines that you'll see on the cover of 'Weekly World News' -- a parody of magazines like National Enquirer.

From its inception, Weekly World News stood out from its competition with it's hilarious and sometimes true headlines. They claim to have discovered a half-human, half-boy being called 'Batboy' and they've run with that for years. So popular there was an off-Broadway musical made about him.

Join Tim and I as we discuss WWN's influence, impact, cover stories and more on this week's episode!

Original Title: Nightmare News Stands: The Bizarre Headlines from Weekly World News

Editor's Note: There may be times where we called this magazine 'World Weekly News' instead of 'Weekly World News'...apologies!

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