Strange News: Cremation Scams, Infrastructure Terrorism, Japan Begs People To Move

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

It's 2023 -- and more shady companies are selling body parts on the sly. Infrastructure attacks continue across the United States, prompting questions about a larger pattern at play. Canada is banning foreign homebuyers, and Japan is begging people to move out of Tokyo. Join Ben and Matt for all this and more in this week's Strange News.

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0:00.0	You have a dark obsession.
0:02.4	You love True Crime.
0:04.0	An I Heart podcast has gathered the best True Crime all in one channel, I Heart True
0:08.8	Crime Plus.
0:10.1	It's packed with podcasts about murder cases, missing persons, serial killers, and more.
0:15.2	So there's always something disturbingly good to binge and share.
0:18.5	I Heart True Crime Plus subscribers also enjoy ad-free listening, early access to select
0:23.2	episodes, and exclusive bonus content.
0:26.3	Subscribe to I Heart True Crime Plus today, exclusively on Apple podcasts.
0:54.7	Hello, welcome back to the show.
0:56.3	My name is Matt.
0:57.3	Our colleague Noel is not here today, but we'll be back soon.
1:00.7	They called me Ben.
1:01.9	We're joined as always with our super producer, Alexis Codembe, Doc Holiday Jackson.
1:07.0	Most importantly, you are here, and that makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.
1:14.4	It's 2023.
1:16.8	It's strange news.
1:19.1	One of at least our favorite segments on the show.
1:22.3	We hope you feel the same way Matt, Matt, and were you one of the guys who was politely,
1:32.3	yeah, 100%.
1:33.3	It was politely responding to happy new year messages by saying the calendars cartoonish
1:41.3	and arbitrary, but I feel you and I believe in you.
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