This Mysterious World

Bob and Alice

A weekly deep dive on the more obscure, strange, and mysterious things of this world.

Episodes

  1. The Vegetarian Bear Mistaken for Dragons

    Jan 28

    The Vegetarian Bear Mistaken for Dragons

    sources consulted: https://iceagemuseum.com/exhibit/cave-bear-3/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2206582/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018212006591 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2741261/

    13 min

  2. 06/01/2025

    Concurrent Discovery

    A deep dive into new discoveries made by different people at difference places at the same time

    15 min

  3. 05/25/2025

    Tarrare - The ultimate binge eater

    A deep dive into the fascinating live of Tarrare

    13 min

  4. 05/18/2025

    Mass hysteria

    A deep dive into historical outbreaks of mass hysteria

    14 min

  5. 05/13/2025

    I see dead people

    A deep dive into Cotard syndrome

    17 min

  6. 05/04/2025

    Understanding Foreign Accent Syndrome

    Sources consulted: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/mysteries-of-foreign-accent-syndrome/ https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/03/american-man-developed-irish-accent-prostate-cancer-foreign-accent-syndrome-explained https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4746356/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4746356/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_accent_syndrome https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/foreign-accent-syndrome https://www.livescience.com/italian-womans-rare-foreign-accent-syndrome-caused-her-to-sound-canadian https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02687038.2011.573857 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30606457/

    20 min
  7. How to rewrite history

    04/27/2025

    How to rewrite history

    Sources consulted: https://www.forbes.com/sites/briankoberlein/2016/12/12/astronomy-charlemagne-and-the-mystery-of-phantom-time/ https://www.medievalists.net/2020/04/why-phantom-time-hypothesis-wrong/ https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/foucaults-pendulum-and-other-prophetic-texts-september-2022/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2mkve2/is_there_any_credibility_to_the_phantom_time/ https://www.factualamerica.com/conspiracy-critic/dark-ages-or-deleted-ages-unmasking-the-medieval-time-warp-theory https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/phantom-time-hypothesis-conspiracy-theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYOzuTa0654 https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-is-the-truth-behind-the-controversial-phantom-time-hypothesis https://bigthink.com/the-past/phantom-time-hypothesis/

    15 min
  8. The football war of 1969

    04/20/2025

    The football war of 1969

    Sources consulted: http://www.columbia.edu/~vpf4/WP%20pk%20text.pdf https://sites.duke.edu/wcwp/research-projects/the-soccer-war/ https://www.mexicohistorico.com/paginas/the-impact-of-the-1969-war-on-honduras-f8e4b12b.html https://adst.org/2014/06/the-1969-soccer-war/ https://adst.org/2014/06/the-1969-soccer-war/ https://www.reddit.com/r/acecombat/comments/islc7v/the_100_hour_war_between_el_salvador_and_honduras/ https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/soccer-war https://www.icj-cij.org/case/75 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War

    21 min
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A weekly deep dive on the more obscure, strange, and mysterious things of this world.

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  • Creator
    Bob and Alice
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Bob and Alice
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