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Today's story centers around one of the dumbest criminals ever.

It will be confusing at first, but trust me, at the end, everything will fall into place,

and you'll be left wondering how in the world people like this actually exist. But before we get into today's story, if you're a fan of the

strange dark and mysterious delivered in story format, then you've come to the right podcast because that's all we do and we

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Okay, let's get into today's story. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

and oh, oh, oh, oh,

Oh, oh, oh, I'm Dan Tabersky. In 2011, something strange began to happen at a high school in upstate New York

A mystery illness bizarre symptoms and spreading fast. What's the answer and what do you do if they tell you it's all in your head?

Hysterical, a new podcast from Wundry and Pineapple Street Studios.

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At around 9 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 1988, a 33-year-old woman named Cheryl Petrie grabbed the candy bar off the rack inside of

PJ's market.

PJ's market was a little convenient store in the city of Port Orchard, Washington, and it was

where Cheryl worked.

She was the cashier.

And without ringing this candy bar up, Cheryl simply handed it across the counter to a female college

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