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Mother & Baby Homes, Notre Dame Vs The Klan & Bizarre Brain Of Barbara Baekeland

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African Genital Theft, British Pet Massacre Of 1939 & Tractor Attacker

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Oysters Rockefeller, Icelandic Insulation, No Mo PoPo

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Death By Badminton, I Don’t Like Mondays, Nellie Bly & Children For Sale

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Ep 121 – The Ant Hill Kids, Obsessive Repulsive, Big Trouble For Tiny & For The Want Of A Blue Cup

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Ep 120 – Texas Style Injustice, Dyatlov Pass Incident & Heroic Rats

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Fire In The Hole, GG Allin & Whisky War

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Satanic Panic, What’s In A Username & The Wrong Boy

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Cowardly Coppers, Naked Lunch & Freezer Geezers

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From Dublin To Mr T, Flower In The Attic, Burning Sensation & Bumble Black Widow

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Down Under Self-Checkout, Ellen Greenberg, Half Hangit Maggie & “Bring A Gun!”

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Mid-Air Check Out, Cyborg Beetle, Alive In The Morgue & 12 Years A-Standing
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Micromanaging, Golden Boy, Hungry In Hungary & Nut Shot

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Open Heart Botchery, Cosmetic Roulette, Cookie Crumble & Saroo’s Incredible Journey

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255 At Seven, “Toxic Lady”, The Unsolved Murder Of Karina Holmer & Mutant Rodents

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My Lai Massacre, Twin Dads, Powderfinger & Springfield Three

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Out In The Outback, Mushroom Magic, Hiking Horror & Crow Bro

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Burnt Snake On A Plane, Falcon Sex Hat, Rosemary Kennedy & Project Graham

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Boozy Belly, Burger King Doe, Lost In The Woods & Two Of A Kind

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Denis Lortie, Mullet Mania, Monster Mom & Robot Wolf

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Mystery Bag, Smokin’ Vag, Disarmed Survivor & Unit 684

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Mayhem’s Mayhem & Lottery Misfortune

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Love Canal, Bring In Your Dead, What If We Never Die & Don’t Mess With Mama Bear

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Seven Years In Three Weeks, Missing Scientists, A Father’s Anger & Mortuary Monsters

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It Was Just A Prank, Hickey Of Death, Sky Heroine & An Eel-Conceived Plan

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Bonus Ep 10: Woman With The World’s Widest Tongue, Madame LaLaurie & Listener Q&A

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Chimp Wars, Bloody Nose Nightmare, Lottery Loser & Cat Flap

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Mexican Corpse Bride, Are We All Infected?, Lobster Boy & Jonestown

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The Life and Death of Noelia Castillo, Skeletons In Dijon, Illegal Baby Names & Four Finger Discount

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Eyes Out Tongue Off, Adrift For 48 Days, Swallowed A Chopstick & Doggy Suicide Bridge

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Ant Smuggling, Maltese Mystery, Sad Case of Rahma Haruna & Veni, Veni, Veni

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Bug In The Butt, Deadliest Blizzard, Rent-To-Solve & My Lovely Camel Hump

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Smallest Man In The World?, Double Arm Transplant, Bodily Absurdities & Sand Trap

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Little Girl Lost, Seatbelt Stupidity, Hypnosis Horror & In The Deep End

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Dead Holiday, Fart You!, Mushroom People & No Swimming

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Four Loko Loco, Head Cook, Maid Disorder & Afghan Absurdities

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Felony Fries, Pickering Lost Boys, Anti-Slackism & Bum Bomb

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The Discovery Of Steve Carter, Love In Stereo, Orphaned On The Ocean & Brain Fart

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Bonus Ep 9: The Amazing Mary Vincent, Chimney Horror, Physician Heals Himself & Felt Presences

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Rat Pack, Brave Boy, Chip Wreck & Homer’s Homage

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Skeletons In The Closet, Fifth Of Five, Swill Milk & Whack Job

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Best of 2025 - “Mel Has A Cold” Edition.

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Best of 2025 - Party Like It’s 1694, Hedviga Golik, Flight Unattendant & Absurd Baby Names

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National Lampoon’s Christmas Squirrel, Mel’s Christmas Q&A, Jólakötturinn & The Mistletoe Bride

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Whale Of An Explosion, One Woman Town, Frasier The Lion & For The Want Of A Snake

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A Bit Of Absurd, Sniper Safaris, Giggling Granny, The Girl Who Sneezed & Hellooo Dolly!

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Banco Rio Breakout, Lois Gibson: Forensic Artist, Nightmare Fuel & Exam Day In Korea

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Thirteen Years Found, Elementary Car Thief, Dirty Teddy & Haiti The Hard Way

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Religious Nut Jobs, Crying Boy Curse, Corgi Cop & Dead In A Dinosaur

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Larry Flynt, Greatest Web Designers, Zippity Sting Sting & Circleville Letters

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Unit 731, Travis Goes Ape, DUCK! & Train Crash Ghosts

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Villisca Axe Murders, Robert The Doll, Dungarvon Whooper & Murder Castle

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Ball Boy Cousin, Canadian Dexter, The Most Kissed Face Ever & Nico-less Cage

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Wrinkles The Clown, Dr Giggles, Ghost Dog & Locked In The Trunk Of A Car

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Tylenol Terror, Getting A Leg Down, Have They Found Amelia’s Plane & Skin Glove

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Wash Your Hands, Doc, Coming And Going, Stone Baby & QAnon Shaman For President

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The Soap-Maker of Correggio, Russian Dolls, Million Dollar Baby & Grizzly Dude

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Chainsmoking Baby, Surgical Sex, World’s Luckiest Unluckiest Man & Sluglife

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Algonquin Remains, Plaster Caster, Argentinian Weirdness & Basketball Bottom
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Turkish Basket Job, Radioactive Rhinos, A Mother’s Love & Singing Search and Rescue

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Best Rub Around, Bat To The Mouth, Tanning Death Bed & Angel On The Beach

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Ant Wars, DIY C-Section, I Scream You Scream We All Scream For Breast Milk & Buddy Beluga

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Italian Mummies, Encephalitis Lethargica, Sleepless In San Diego & Three Parent Super Babies

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Ornamental Hermits, 50 Years On A Bike, Boozey Apes & Hungry Humphrey Hippo

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Wild Rites of Passage, Fire Ant Free Fallin’, Where Was Annabelle? & Tonga Boys Are Tough

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Ed Gein, 18 Years At The Airport, On All Four Legs, Worst Traffic Jam Ever

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A Hand On His Leg, DIY Botox, Island Of Dolls & Classroom Rave

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Bonus Ep 8 - Gwada-Negative, Cultural Sleep, Load Of The Flies & Sweary Parrots

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He Blowed Up Good, Baby Tossing, Battle Of The Joshs & Liam’s Day Out

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Butterbox Babies, Halifax Explosion, One Carrot Ring & Phantom of Winnipeg

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School Bus of Terror, The Shame Flute, Richest Dog in the World & Fork You, Heretic

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Xerxes The Dumb, Battle Of The Bulge, Drunkard’s Cloak & Freak Diving

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The Book That Kills, Murder Shrooms, Up Yours! & Trapped Between A Rock And A Rock

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Party Like It’s 1694, Hedviga Golik, Flight Unattendant & Absurd Baby Names

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Cold Turkiye, Wandering Womb, The Evaporated & We Looked Everywhere

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Bonus Ep 7: 1st Anniversary Listener Q&A

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Preemies At The Circus, More Attic Antics, She Is You & The Eunuch Maker

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The Rhinoceros Party, Lions Gonna Lion & Kafka’s Doll

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Imaginary Lover, Couch Potato, The Great Imitator & Aloha, Mr Plane

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Life In An Elevator, The Elephant Poop In The Room, Smalltown Takedown, Shipwreck Kelly

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A Cornucopia of Absurd, This Water Tastes Funny, Family On All Fours & Poop Needle

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Hooked On A Feeling, IVFu%k-Up, Big Belly Binary & Dem Bones

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Teddybären Picknick, Dire Consequences, Humans For Harvest & Food Horrible Food

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Under The Bed?, Grandma’s New Baby, Rabid Kidney & Swiss Spaghetti Tree

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Old Timey Quackery, Big Money Dog, Eternal Snickers & Denver Spiderman

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Chinese Truman Show, When Babies Were Brave, Ancient Worms & Werewolf Syndrome

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In-Flight Nudie, Three Days In A Box, Cave Grave & Ice Cream 911

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Taxidermied Philosopher, Strange Tale of Phineas Gage, Living Skeleton & Big D Empathy

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Scratch Ticket Shenanigans, Pontiac Prison, She Pees Freely & Shot By A Tree
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Parenting: Doggy Style, Bald Is Gold, Whale of a Whale Tale & Is Paula Abdul’s Plane Is Missing

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Ghost Ships, Twin Jims, Bullet Dodge, Tiktok Tool, & Ohio Money Shot

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Mel’s Rock Talk, Swiss Cheese Pervert, Blood Countess & Bonehead Wings

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Bonus 6: VB Hooker, German Spanking Island, Very Superstitious & Bad Ink

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Running On Lego, Lawn Chair Larry, Call Me Bro & Butt Plug MRI

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Real Groundhog Day, Career Turnover, There’s Waldo & Dog Sitting Side Hustle

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Dexter (not that one), So You Think You’re Dead, Niagara’s Screaming Tunnel & A Fistful of Absurd Pt 2

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Penis Poppers, Old World Christmas Traditions, That One Song & Christmas Toy Crazes

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HoJo Mojo, These Are Your Eyes On Drugs, DNA WTF, Dr Amputation & Freaky Family Photos

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Window To The Soul, Girl In The Basement, DIY Parachute, No Sex Pregnancy, & Renegade Roo

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Rat-A-Chewy, St Olga Don’t Play, The Dog With Two Barks, & Meat From Above

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