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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

CLASSIC: Is someone using sonic weapons in Cuba?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

A few years back, employees at the US Embassy in Cuba reported a strange and disquieting phenomenon. They complained of vertigo, nausea, hearing loss and more accompanied by a strange hum and whine that followed them into their homes. The State Department refused to comment on the cause of these symptoms even as they shipped employees back home to the States. However, some anonymous government officials stated that the employees fell victim to an unorthodox, top-secret, sound-based weapon. Could it be true? You can turn back now, or learn The Stuff They Don't Want You To Know.

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0:00.0

Picture Miami. Picture its beaches. Picture three radio journeys.

0:05.8

Assassinated in cold blood. This is silenced. The radio murders.

0:12.0

They left the body there for reason. It was the calling card. It's like the mafia is to do.

0:17.3

The mastermind has never been caught. To find him, we had to go deep into a world of drugs and darkness.

0:24.7

And there were these hints of a much bigger conspiracy.

0:28.7

This year I clearly gave a green light.

0:31.4

I'm Osvaloshan. Listen to silenced. The radio murders. Wherever you get your podcasts.

0:36.7

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0:41.5

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0:45.3

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0:50.5

Just a few miles off the Thailand coast. The island of Kotao looks like a postcard.

0:57.6

I'd underneath the surface lies something sinister.

1:01.2

In the last 20 years, dozens of tourists have died mysteriously on the island.

1:06.5

A dark cloud who's come over the island. Death, mystery, and danger.

1:12.8

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1:17.9

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1:23.1

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1:27.8

Available exclusively on Apple Podcasts.

1:30.6

CrimeLab analyst Mary Jane Burton was hailed as a hero for saving evidence

1:36.1

that resulted in DNA exonerations for 13 men.

1:40.8

But what I uncovered when I took a closer look was a very different story.

1:46.4

There was a cover up.

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