Extra! Extra! Listen all about it! This week Alex uncovers Washingtons first UFO sighting! The Maury Island Incident of 1947. It starts with a quiet day on Puget Sound and ends with falling white lava goo and the very first appearance of the infamous Men in Black.

Happy Worm Moon from your favorite podcasters. After your pals discuss moonly matters, Harlie dives headfirst into the swamp. This week's topic is about big foots little cousin from Florida, the Skunk Ape. Who may or may not have Napoleon Complex. But what we do know is he's smelly, likes lima beans, and has mystic powers.

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Yes, we are the problem. You can fact check us on that, because sometimes Alex genuinely can’t remember whether a story happened in real life or in a Simpsons episode. This week’s episode is chock‑full of scams, butt lifts, condom taxes, and a few questionable conversations about AI.

But the real story? Seattle’s beloved Monorail. It arrived as a gleaming promise of the future but ended as one of the city’s most spectacular transit scams.

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Thanks for holding tight, listeners! After a week off, we’re back and immediately causing emotional damage by discussing the tragic, and frankly preventable death of Charlotte the Groundhog.

But the main event this week is the Bandit Who Wouldn’t Give Up: Elmer McCurdy. His life was chaotic enough, but the real story begins after he dies.

Because Elmer didn’t just leave a legacy… he left a corpse that went on a decades‑long tour of carnivals, sideshows, movie sets, and haunted attractions.

This is the strangest post‑mortem career in American history.

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This week Harlie surprises Alex with not one but two hot Alien destinations in Mexico. Why are they here? Are they here to protect us, dig for sparkly minerals, or maybe they just needed a beach day? Whatever it may be, these towns fully embrace their out--of-towners, or should I say their out-of-planeters.

This week, your favorite podcast pals dive into the eerie world of post‑mortem photography, the Victorian trend that turned death into a final family portrait.

Listeners, have you put thought into what you want to happen to your body when you die? How do you want to be memorialized? Will your ashes be pressed into a vinyl record? Will you donate your body to science? Become fertilizer for someone’s favorite weed plant? Or will your cats eat you?

It’s exactly the kind of after‑life planning you didn’t know you needed.

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This week, Harlie tells us the story of a cryptid.....? Maybe an ape, or an alien, or possibly a kangaroo. Whatever it was, it bounced through the forests of Enfield, Illinois, leaving chaos, claw marks, and confused locals in its wake.

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Happy Episode 15! In this week's episode, Harlie uncovers the most dangerous spy of World War II. Virgina Hall, a woman whose legend is still hiding in the shadows. She was a one‑legged, no‑nonsense spy who outwitted Nazis. Expect danger, deception, STDs, and a wooden leg with more grit than half the men in the war.

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