SYSK Gets Weird Playlist

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Saddle up your emu, turn your eyelids inside out, and grab your theremin because Stuff You Should Know has assembled some of our oddest episodes into the SYSK Gets Weird Playlist. It’s high time you shook off that normie vibe, so get going pardner!

18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What is Collective Hysteria?

Throughout the history of the world, there have been many cases of what is known as collective hysteria - groups of people, usually young women, who all exhibit the same physical symptoms of non-existent conditions. Is it psychosomatic? Is it group think? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?

The Philadelphia Experiment is a bad movie from the 1980s, and also the conspiracy theory that refuses to die, despite virtually zero evidence of its occurrence. Learn all about this strange non-event in today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Mermaids: Not a real thing

Mermaids aren't real. That much we know. But the history and lore of these magical and sometimes menacing creatures of the sea is pretty interesting stuff. Learn all about these half women/half fish today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?

In 1960 physicist Freeman Dyson suggested that in the hunt for alien life, we should search for evidence of massive engineering projects that encapsulate stars with solar arrays to harness their energy. Could we humans ever make one ourselves? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

When the Mary Celeste was discovered floating and abandoned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean one day in 1872, the legend of the ghost ship was born. Why did the Mary Celeste’s crew disappear? Was it pirates? Mutiny? UFOs? Well, probably not that last one. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Max Headroom Incident

In 1987, a very strange broadcast intrusion occurred in the city of Chicago. For just a couple of minutes, the odd TV character Max Headroom appeared onscreen in the middle of an episode of Dr. Who. He spoke in garbled tones, brandished a marital aid, and was spanked on the rear with a fly swatter by a person dressed in Annie Oakley garb. If this sounds weird, it is. It's the Max Headroom Incident. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Dragons: As Real as Mermaids

Dragons are like mermaids in that they're not real. And that's about where the comparison ends. Learn all about dragons today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Creepy Legacy of the Hotel Cecil

The Hotel Cecil in downtown Los Angeles has had no less than 16 unnatural deaths, from suicides to murders and everything in between. Listen in to the history of this decidedly creepy hotel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What's the deal with blue people?

The famous blue people of Kentucky are no longer blue. But why were they like that in the first place? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me!

Seeing your near twin is probably pretty weird. But could there be a genetic commonality as well? You bet there could! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 sep

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout

David Hahn was a kid who was really into science. So much that he built a nuclear reactor in his mother's potting shed. And it worked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 episodios

Saddle up your emu, turn your eyelids inside out, and grab your theremin because Stuff You Should Know has assembled some of our oddest episodes into the SYSK Gets Weird Playlist. It’s high time you shook off that normie vibe, so get going pardner!

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2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist