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Something Offbeat

Something Offbeat

By: Audacy
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What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc Politics & Government
Episodes
  • OFFBITES: NYC's mystery sewer people and the woman who posed as an orphan to get adopted

    OFFBITES: NYC's mystery sewer people and the woman who posed as an orphan to get adopted
    Jun 14 2026
    We're going to the streets of New York City , where dangers lurk beneath pedestrians’ feet. We’ll also hear about an unsettling adoption scam involving a 37-year-old woman who allegedly posed as a 12-year-old girl using pacifiers and baby bottles. If that sounds especially offbeat to you, you’re not alone. Featuring audio from 1010 WINS in New York City, the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and the Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis.
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    11 mins
  • OFFBITES: Funeral director makes urns 'fun' and a team goes to the bottom of Lake Superior looking for zombie fish

    OFFBITES: Funeral director makes urns 'fun' and a team goes to the bottom of Lake Superior looking for zombie fish
    Jun 14 2026
    This week’s episode is taking us from a funeral home where people can get unique urns to the dark depths of the Great Lakes – where there was recently a research expedition to find out what's going on with the zombie fish phenomenon. Featuring audio from Mike Rogers and the Other Side of the News out of KRLD 1080 in Dallas, WWJ Newsradio in Detroit,
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    11 mins
  • Wacky urns, the bottom of the Great Lakes, NYC’s sewer people and a freaky adoption scam

    Wacky urns, the bottom of the Great Lakes, NYC’s sewer people and a freaky adoption scam
    Jun 12 2026
    This week’s episode is taking us from the dark depths of the Great Lakes – where there was recently a research expedition – to the streets of New York City and Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, where dangers lurk beneath pedestrians’ feet. Featuring audio from Mike Rogers and the Other Side of the News out of KRLD 1080 in Dallas, WWJ Newsradio in Detroit, 1010 WINS in New York City, the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and the Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis.
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    22 mins
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