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Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction, and today's podcast features three stories

that demonstrate that. The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main

YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode.

The links to the original YouTube videos are in the description.

The first story you'll hear is called Doctor Who, and it's about a family's dark secret that is revealed in a fire.

The second story you'll hear is called Drunk, and it's about a woman with a condition so rare

that was documented in scientific journals. And the third and final story you'll hear is called

identical strangers, and it's about a chance encounter that reconnects two long-lost relatives.

But that's only the beginning of this insane story. But before we get into today's stories, 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 upload twice a week, once on Monday and once on Thursday.

So, if that's of interest to you, please invite the Amazon Music Follow button over to play

Mario Kart on your N64, and when when they say yes force them to play with your

broken Mad Katz controller okay let's get into our first story called dr who The

The In 1974, Jean-Claude Romand enrolled in medical school in Leone, France.

He was a model student who excelled despite the notoriously brutal course load.

In 1980, he married his girlfriend, and shortly after that,

they had two kids, a boy and a girl. In 1983, he officially became a doctor and landed a great

job as a researcher at the World Health Organization in Geneva. His focus was on finding new

medicines to treat arterioschlorosis, also known as heart disease. His wife would

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