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But have you heard about the “Where are the bodies, Garth” conspiracy theory? The theory that while Garth Brooks tours, he's also a serial killer. Yeah… the everyman country singer could be a serial killer. Is there truth to this? Well…some people really think so. We go through the origin of this theory and the possibility of it. Check out this week's most recent conspiracy theory...

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I would say this is the beginning of a plethora of episodes, but we aren't trying to lie to all you good people. 

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We are starting off with one of those glossed over points in American history. When I think about witch hunts in America, I immediately think of the Salem witch trials. However, there are other points in time, a lot more recently, that had a similar i...

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Young and sweet, only from fifteen eighteeeeeen!

Who doesn't like a little ABBA tie-in?

But have you heard about the Dancing Plague of 1518? In 1518, a 'dance plague' saw citizens of French city Strasbourg reportedly dancing uncontrollably for days on end – with fatal results. It's a bizarre event that continues to fascinate those that have happened upo...

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Have you heard about Juliane Koepcke? At only 17 years old, she became the sole survivor of one of the worst aviation disasters. Juliane Koepcke was aboard LANSA Flight 508 on December 24, 1971 when it was struck by lightning, causing her to plummet 10,000 feet to the Amazon rainforest below. The plane was enroute from Lima to Pucallpa in Peru. Juliane was flying with her mother the day aft...

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On this week's episode of But Have You Heard About Conspiracy Theory Edition, Matt and I discuss how the power outage that delayed Super Bowl XLVII (47) wasn’t an accident, but an intentional way to inject life into a game that was turning into a blowout.

Super Bowl XLVII was played between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers on February 3, 2012. The Ravens defeated t...

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Well hey there listeners, did you miss me? Probably not, but I'll pretend that you've been in a void of interesting history factoids. It's been a literal year plus since I uploaded an episode. And I am starting this party off with some fun history. 

On today's first episode back in 2024, Trisha and I discussed the MOVE bombing in Philly--who is MOVE, why did eve...

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On this week's episode of But Have You Heard About, Matt and I talk about Starseeds, or star people. Have you heard about this awakening? There’s a growing group of people on Earth who believe they’re aliens, or descendants of former alien interactions with humans.  They are awakening to their Starseed origins and are here now to help in the transition of earth, where earth changes wil...

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But have you heard about the Lager Beer Riot that occurred on April 21, 1855 in Chicago? Maybe not, unless you're really into Chicago beer or politics. On this week's episode, we are talking about an interesting combo–politics and beer in Chicago. 

With rising immigrants settling in developing Midwest cities like Chicago and bringing much of their home country culture and...

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Picture it: a 30 year old Michael Jordan has just won his third championship in as many years with the Chicago Bulls. He doesn't look to be stopping--and yet, he retires on October 6th, 1993 to the shock of so many. Why would the greatest athlete at that time retire? His father was murdered that summer, he had taken a physical beating in those playoff games, and emotionally he wasn&apo...

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On this week's episode  we are taking a little detour from fun, gripping, or little known history to dive into something a bit more…creepy?  We are talking about the history of haunted and creepy dolls. What makes so many of us shiver in fear of raggedy Anne and Andy? How long have creepy dolls been...a thing? And not just dolls being creepy…but things in general being creepy. 
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Maybe you have heard about the face on Mars, or maybe this is your first time...just like Matt. Whatever the case may be, this week we cover the idea of intelligent design, aka aliens/lonely left on Mars human, in regards to the face on Mars photos. If you've never seen the photos, check out this link with a story from NASA. There are also other photos that many claim to see OTHER imag...

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When we think about the Vietnam War, most Americans think of the at home protests, Forrest Gump and other movies after the 70s that showed the war through different angles, the casualties of soldiers, forced draft and draft dodgers, PTSD and more that came with the conflict. And cue Fortunate Son by CCR with the montage.

But…why was the US even involved in what was going on with V...

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On this week's episode of But Have You Heard About Conspiracy Theory Edition, Matt and I go through a boat load of theories over the Titanic. From Did the Titanic sink or was it #shiptrapped and switched, to even more scientific ones like If the watertight doors had been used correctly, the Titanic would have settled on an even keel and perhaps remained afloat long enough for rescue sh...

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But have you heard about divorce ranches? Well, they were all the rage in Reno, and helped make Vegas a vacation destination and usher in the start of casino resorts we now know Vegas for.

But...what is a divorce ranch? Before the 1960s, divorce was VERY uncommon and was NOT easily obtainable for most. The time frame to go through with a divorce legally was long--about a year--and ...

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On this latest episode of But Have You Heard About, Matt and I discuss the more recent conspiracy theory that birds...aren't real. They're just decoys from the government to spy on us. Does it sound a bit far fetched? Well...it should. In 2017, Peter McIndoe created this preposterous idea. This came to life while at a Trump Rally; memes upon memes came from this photo. While holdi...

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The partition of India is the largest and quickest mass migration of individuals, and glossed over in history.  As many formal subjects of the British Empire in what is now modern day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh navigated to boundaries they didn't know about before August 15th of 1947, violence that many in Britain never expected erupted across the area. Many families were forever ...

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On this latest conspiracy theory episode, Matt and I discuss a two part theory:
Was Walt Disney frozen? And did the Disney company create the Frozen movie franchise intentionally to mess up the algorithm from individuals searching online so when they type "frozen Disney" they see the movie, not the rumors and theories about Walt's body being frozen back in 1966?

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Many know the story about Emmett Till; a 15 year old Black child visiting Mississippi where he was kidnapped, tortured and abused by two men for supposedly offending a white woman. His body was recovered three days later in the Tallahatchie river, barely recognizable. His mother then held an open casket funeral back home in Chicago so the world could see what happened to her child. The two ...