Strange News: 'Death Cap' Mushroom Poisoning, Criminal Bear Apprehended, Mysterious Leprosy Outbreak in Florida

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Three people have died under mysterious circumstances, apparently due to ingesting 'death cap' mushrooms in Australia. Hank the Tank, a bear known for repeatedly breaking into home, has been apprehended. In Florida, experts remain unable to explain exactly how leprosy seems to spiking in a specific area of the state (and possibly spreading). Additionally, environmental chaos may be making the 'perfect storm' for diseases once thought to be under control. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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0:00.0	A new podcast from The Creators of Up and Vanished.
0:05.3	Louisville police are searching for a missing 24-year-old woman.
0:09.5	When I read about Alana Chen's disappearance, I couldn't look away.
0:14.0	A shy girl from Boulder, who wanted to be a nun since she was a teenager.
0:19.0	So Alana was like sneaking out to go to church?
0:22.0	But she kept a secret, one that was slowly tearing her apart.
0:26.0	I didn't know she was attracted to girls, no, she didn't tell me.
0:29.5	Yes, some other says her daughter first opened up to a priest at her church
0:33.0	when she was just 14 years old.
0:35.0	However, the church denies any conversions therapy was done.
0:38.0	She didn't tell me, she told me.
0:40.0	I have.
0:41.0	She confessed to him.
0:43.0	From Tenderfoot TV comes a new podcast about the price we pay to belong
0:48.0	and the systems that pay no price at all.
0:51.0	This is Dear Alana.
0:54.0	Listen for free on the iHeartRadio app or Apple Podcasts.
0:58.0	For an exclusive binge of the whole season, subscribe to TenderfootPlus at TenderfootPlus.com.
1:29.0	I'm Noemi Udiba.
1:38.0	I was a part of Hillsong Church, but I left.
1:43.0	And now I'm telling my story.
1:45.0	False profit stives into a world of star preachers and we investigate Hillsongs well.
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