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BREAKING NEWS: Anne Hathaway was NOT killed by giant crabs. Some individuals, however, have been allegedly killed by the Ya-te-veo... a blood-thirsty, man-eating plant!
 
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Sources:
8 Great Trees That Come to Life in the Movies | Fandango
The Giving Tree - Wikipedia
Whomping Willow | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom
Fighting Trees | Oz Wiki | Fandom
Ents | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom
SCARY CRYPTIDS - IfOnlyUKnew
Sea and Land: Dreaded and Grotesque Natural World Illustrated (cultofweird.com)
Sea and Land by J. W. Buel, 1889 | Flickr
Ya-Te-Veo | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom
1874: Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar | Anomalies: the Strange & Unexplained (anomalyinfo.com)
Man-eating tree - Wikipedia

The 1991 murder of four teen girls in an Austin, Texas yogurt shop left the city shaken to its core. Although numerous suspects have been questioned and confessions have been given in previous years, the case remains unsolved. 
 
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Sources:
1991 Austin yogurt shop murders - Wikipedia
Confrontation Clause - Wikipedia
The Unsolved Austin Yogurt Shop Murders – The True Crime Files

With the massive crowd that turned out for the 2014 Shanghai New Year's Eve celebrations came an unexpected tragedy. The excitement turned into panic when a stampede broke out, killing 36 and injuring 49. 
 
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Sources:
Why Is Celebration of New Year So Important? (newyearsparty.in)
The Biggest New Year's Eve Celebrations Around the World - WorldAtlas
The Most Terrifying Things To Happen On New Years Eve (ranker.com)
2014 Shanghai stampede - Wikipedia
Shanghai new year crush kills 36 - BBC News
Shanghai: dozens killed and injured in stampede at new year celebrations | China | The Guardian
Sequence of errors led to Shanghai stampede - The Washington Post
Why do stampedes happen? (livemint.com)
Stampede: What to Know (webmd.com)

What's the dill with Christmas pickle ornaments? Join us as we get down to the bread and butter of the theories surrounding this holiday tradition!
 
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Sources:
The Christmas Pickle's History - WhyChristmas.com
404 whychristmas?com - WhyChristmas.com
Christmas pickle
Santa and the Pickled Children 
 

When a well-respected dairy farmer had an encounter that was out of this world, things turned utterly ridiculous in a small Wisconsin town.
 
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Sources:
The William Bosak UFO Occupant Encounter - UFO Insight
1974: Occupant Case In Wisconsin (William Bosak Encounter) (thinkaboutitdocs.com)
BOSAK HUMANOID: (WISCONSIN, USA) | Cryptopia - Exploring The Hidden World
The Bizarre Tale of the Bosak Encounter | Mysterious Universe

We're letting it all go this week as we discuss the conspiracy that Disney's Frozen was strategically named in order to cover up the cryopreservation of the company's founder.
 
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_animated_films
https://screenrant.com/frozen-theory-walt-disney-death-conspiracy/
https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/g37145075/top-conspiracy-theories/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_esq_d_bm_g37145075&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIramrxYz78wIVPQaICR33vwWcEAMYASAAEgIoHvD_BwE&slide=5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-a-strange-rumor-of-walt-disneys-death-became-legend
https://www.alcor.org/what-is-cryonics/

Travis the chimpanzee may have been raised as a human, but his raw strength and wild temper shocked his community back to reality when he attacked a family friend. 
 
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Sources:
Chimpanzee - Wikipedia
Chimpanzee Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Chimpanzee, facts and photos (nationalgeographic.com)
Chimpanzees as Pets | Save the Chimps
Travis (chimpanzee) - Wikipedia
Travis the Chimpanzee – Dark Tales
Owner Shared Bed and Took Baths With Chimpanzee From Connecticut Attack | Fox News (archive.org)
The horrifying story of Travis: The face-eating chimp raised as a human (sinisterisles.com)
Connecticut Exotic Animal Laws (uappeal.org)
CT - Exotic Pets - § 26-40a. Possession of potentially dangerous animal; Chapter 490. Fisheries and Game | Animal Legal & Historical Center (animallaw.info)
Laws on Exotic Pets for Each U.S. State (thesprucepets.com)
Map of Private Exotic Pet Ownership Laws | Animal Legal & Historical Center (animallaw.info)

This turkey might be too big to cook! Are you team Gobblesquatch or Gobbledygook?
 
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Sources:
https://visitcryptoville.com/2013/11/28/gobblesquatch-legendary-creature-or-holiday-hoax/
https://urbanlegendsonline.com/gobblesquatch/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Thanksgiving_Turkey_Presentation

A grand resort built in paradise. A suspicious suicide. A ghost that haunts the halls. Join us at the Hotel Del Coronado!
 
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Sources:
Historic Hotels in San Diego | The Famous Hotel del Coronado
Coronado, California - Wikipedia
Is Coronado an Island, Peninsula or a Tombolo? - Coronado Times
Tombolo - Wikipedia
Coronado, San Diego, CA
The True Story Of Kate Morgan, The Ghost Of The Hotel Del Coronado (allthatsinteresting.com)
At the Hotel Del, a Deadly Obsession | Voice of San Diego

Drowning, saltwater crocodiles, cannibals out for revenge... all totally reasonable ways for the heir to the Rockefeller legacy and fortune to have died. But the question we are all left with is... where exactly is the Chesapeake Bay?
 
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catamaran
https://historyofyesterday.com/michael-rockefeller-ba42d5f245f
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_river_shark
https://www.sfzoo.org/salt-water-crocodile/#:~:text=The%20saltwater%20crocodile%20is%20the,years%20old%20in%20the%20wild.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rockefeller
https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/collection-areas/the-michael-c-rockefeller-wing