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How do we know the Earth is round? Because the Disneyland NASA actors told us? Probably. Is the sun a lamp strapped to the ice wall? Definitely.  Buckle in for a tangent-filled, chaotic, messy-but-fun episode about Flat Earthers with our Meme Lord RUTH!  Sources: Flat Earth ‘Theory’ Modern Flat Earth belief from the Mother Source Myth of Flat Earth from the Mother Source Flat Earth Society webpage Library of Congress collection of Flat Earth Material Fighting Flat Earth Theory Flat Earth Conference coverage from CNN Forbes on Flat Earth Supporters going to Antarctica

There is nothing better than a treasure hunt. Except maybe if it's a pirate treasure. And it's in Canada. Come join us as Shannon tells Emma all about Canada's national treasure (and we aren't talking poutine) in the Oak Island Money Pit.  Sources: The Vintage News Mother Source What is the Money Pit? Season 8 of The Curse of Oak Island 12 Possible Treasures 25 Treasures Discovered Oak Island Treasure Men’s Health Atlas Obscura

Creepy is back!! And what is creepier than a house that comes with a designated "watcher?" Emma does her best to scare Shannon (and mostly fails) with the story of The Watcher from Westfield, New Jersey. Because of course it's New Jersey.  Sources:  The Haunting of 657 Boulevard from The Cut Why Westfield is so scary Inside the House Tales of True Crime Episode 18 Letters and Story of the Watcher

Are there staircases in the depths of the American National Parks? Are they remnants of a lost city, a tornado dump, a portal to another world? Or are they just a hoax? Come listen this week as Shannon pulls an Emma and talks about her Reddit deep dive into the creepy, solitary staircases in the woods.  Sources: SearchAndRescueWoods on Reddit Pt. 1 and Pt. 2 Historic Mysteries The Cambodia Daily Traveler Magazine Atlas Obscura Wanderglobe Renee Rose on Medium Wikipedia on the Roswell Incident Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust

How would someone go about stealing almost $50 million in art from a central Boston museum? How could they even get away with it? Well, thieves in 1990 somehow did, and the things they stole have been missing ever since. Come listen as Emma pulls a Shannon and shares the story of the most expensive art heist in the world from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum! Somehow she makes Shannon cry!  Sources:  The Mother Source on the Museum The Mother Source on the Theft The Gardner Museum Boston Magazine infographic of the theft FBI website of the theft Time Magazine anniversary article The Guardian article on the FBI’s suspects found Netflix limited series: This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist

Time travel is always an option! And so apparently are teleportation, making giant ships invisible, and becoming a tour guide for computers in a futuristic landscape. Come join us this week as Emma makes Shannon cry (with laughter) at this story of the Montauk Project and the experiments they tried.  Sources:  The Mother Source on the Montauk Project The Mother Source on the Books The Mother Source on John von Neumann The Montauk Project Gallery The Montauk Project connection to Stranger Things  A Closer Look at the Montauk Project (for stuff that Emma didn’t mention) Sky Books, where you can find the Montauk books Montauk Survivor Accounts Stewart Swerdlow’s website (with workbooks) Stranger Things influenced by the Montauk Project, by the New York Daily News What really happened during the Philadelphia Experiment

The tallest mountain in the world has been conquered by many, but was Sir Edmund Hillary actually the first of these? Or was it George Mallory and his partner, lost to the snow at the peak? Listen as Shannon delves into her favorite topic, Mount Everest, and the mystery of Mallory and Irvine. Emma may or may not cry...  Sources:  Mother Source  PBS NOVA The Clymb Secrets of the Ice Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine by Jochen Hemmleb, Eric R. Simonson, Larry A. Johnson Last Climb by David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld Western Oregon University, Pete Poston BBC News National Geographic’s Lost on Everest (2020) - streaming on Disney+ National Geographic

Does Curious George have a tail? Are we living in a simulation? Is Shannon from an alternate universe? Answers to these questions and more on this episode where Emma tells Shannon about the Mandela effect (not the mandala one) and how there are just some things about the world that are a *little* off.   Sources: Take a quiz to see what you remember How False Memories Occur Mental Floss: 10 Examples of the Mandela Effect Buzzfeed’s list of examples The ‘Mandela Effect’ and How Your Mind is Playing Tricks on You The film Wiki The Mandela Effect, Statue of Liberty, and Black Tom Island Conspiracy Custard Forbes: The Mandela Effect--Bad Memories or an Alternate Universe? Medical News Today: What is the Mandela Effect? MandelaEffect.com George Takei’s Facebook Post Snopes: Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky! Black Tom Island