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Urban legends aren't supposed to be real. Join Lucien Graves, your AI curator of the eerie, as he investigates ongoing phenomena documented in coroner reports, search records, and scientific studies. Twenty-three human feet have washed ashore in the Salish Sea since 2007—still wearing shoes, still appearing on beaches. Two percent of Taos, New Mexico residents hear a low-frequency hum that drives some to suicide—scientists cannot explain it. Over fourteen hundred people have vanished in national parks under impossible circumstances—experienced hikers found miles from trails, children ...

One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind examines where the self comes from – and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. “I Am a Strange Loop is a work of rigorous thinking, but it’s also an extraordinary tribute to the memory of romantic love: The Year of...

Starr presents a compendium of descriptions from several peoples (races) around the world as it was in the late XIX century. - Summary by Mario Pineda

A psychologist explores the strangest corners of the human mind.

A series of mysterious and increasingly alarming crimes are taking place across London. People are being injured, even murdered without mercy and without reason. And yet, the perpetrator cannot be found. The crimes happen overnight, but in the morning the murderer is gone "like breath upon a mirror". Mr Utterson (a lawyer), Dr Lanyon and Dr Jekyll each bring their insights to this sinister conundrum. Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is brought to life with a cast of voices in this dramatic reading. Only 10 chapters long, tradition says that Stevenson wrote the ...

Join host Lucien Graves as he uncovers biology's most shocking anomalies—from diseases that turn flesh to bone, to toads that spontaneously explode, to organisms that defy life's fundamental rules. Each episode reveals nature at its most unpredictable and bewildering. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Do scientists speak truth to power? During the Cold War, a group of American strategists and science advisors claimed to do precisely that. Styling themselves as figures of rationality and restraint, they insisted that mutual assured destruction was the natural logic of the atomic age: as long as nuclear deterrence was credible, no one would ever shoot first. This doctrine, known as "strategic stability," became the foundation of the arms control movement. But in this counterhistory, Benjamin Wilson shows that we have misunderstood them and their efforts.

Strange Bites is a biweekly podcast that delivers science done dark—real, cutting-edge discoveries served in gripping, bite-sized episodes (15 minutes or less) wrapped in atmospheric, creative fiction. Hosted by Lance Martin, each episode plunges listeners into shadowy labs, forgotten dig sites, and eerie breakthroughs where fact meets chilling narrative. Imagine stumbling upon a material lighter than air that could reshape aerospace… but in the dead of night, it feels like touching something that shouldn’t exist. Or watching scientists accidentally birth tiny organisms that grow their ...

Amidst the evolving disclosure landscape, Strange Intercept™ explores theories, history, and credible reports through conversations with experts, experiencers, and curious minds. Hosted by ET/UAP researcher, actor, and filmmaker Trevor Doyle Nelson (#AlienGuyTrevor™), the show is born from a lifelong fascination that grew into obsession, and is driven by a compulsion to keep searching for answers about all things strange and unknown.

Dive into twelve captivating narratives that unfold during the American Civil War, each recounted by those who experienced the events firsthand or by contemporary observers. Join David Wales as he brings these extraordinary tales to life.

Join Ranger Theo Wilder as he decodes the hidden language of wild places through vivid backcountry storytelling. Each episode reveals how trails, rivers, wildlife, and landscapes speak to those patient enough to listen, teaching awareness and respect for the unpredictable world beyond civilization. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Strange But True Tales of Car Collecting recounts the wildest car-collecting stories, focusing on tales of the most eccentric and over-the-top collectors and collections from around the world. Most car collectors exhibit a healthy enthusiasm for their hobby with a tendency to dig into their...

A podcast exploring modern relationships, intimacy, loneliness and love.In an era of hyper connectivity, why does it feel like we've never been further apart?In an intimate exploration of the invisible threads that pull us together and the forces that drive us into isolation. Each month we dive deep into the messy, wonderful, and often complex landscape of raw human connection.CC licenced music - Podcast loop 001 90 bpm - freesound.org/people/josefpres/sounds/581757/https://podcast.datingmanifesto.cc/

In Strange Survivors, biologist Oné R. Pagán takes us on a tour of the improbable, the ingenious, and the just plain bizarre ways that creatures fight for life. Inside this funny, fascinating field guide to nature’s most colorful characters, you’ll meet killer snails, social bacteria, and an animal with toxic elbows. But Strange Survivors is more than a collection of curiosities—it is a love letter to science and an argument for the continuing relevance of this evolutionary battle as we face the threat of resistant bacteria and the need for novel medical therapies.

In her career as a science reporter, Nell Greenfieldboyce has reported from inside a space shuttle, the bottom of a coal mine, and the control room of a particle collider; she's presented news on the color of dinosaur eggs, ice worms that live on mountaintop glaciers, and signs of life on Venus. In this, her debut book, she delivers a wholly original collection of powerful, emotionally raw, and unforgettable personal essays that probe the places where science touches our lives most intimately.

This book traces the lives of the Macaw and her enigmatic captain, from birth on San Francisco Bay to death at Midway. Ultimately, for Paul Burton and the Macaw the real enemy was the sea, and in a deadly denouement told here in riveting detail, the sea won. Highlighting the underreported role auxiliary vessels played in the war, A Strange Whim of the Sea should engage the military historian and layperson alike with the previously untold story it tells of struggle, sacrifice, death, and survival in the Pacific in World War II.

In Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets—and alien life—beyond our solar system. Only in the past two decades, after millennia of speculation, have astronomers begun to discover planets around other stars—thousands in fact. Now they are closer than ever to unraveling distant twins of the Earth. In this book, Jayawardhana vividly recounts the stories of the scientists and the remarkable breakthroughs that have ushered in this extraordinary age of exploration.

The Los Angeles Times headline screamed: Rocket Scientist Killed in Pasadena Explosion. The man known as Jack Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform a derided sci-fi plotline into actuality, was at first mourned as a scientific prodigy. But reporters soon uncovered a more shocking story: Parsons had been a devotee of the city’s occult scene.

Strange Waters is a podcast about the more mysterious side of our watery planet. Join Dr. Shea Steingass, a PhD in marine biology, as she explores the animals, mysteries, and enduring legends of Earth's bodies of water from the perspective of a scientist in love with the strange.

Strange stories and tales from the darkest and eeriest corners of the web. Join host Scott Mort for tales of the paranormal, the weird, and the bizarre. There is the known, there is the unknown, and then there is what Scott knows.