Happy anniversary, strangers. Thanks for four wonderful and weird years. And now, here's one of your

most requested topics and the anniversary episode chosen by our patrons. We hope that you enjoy it.

I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing.

The show where we search the nation's news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.

We all remember that famous line from Star Wars, where Darth Vader reveals to Luke Skywalker his true parentage, right?

It was uttered by the late, great James Earl Jones, who voiced Darth Vader. So, come on, say it with us.

No, I am your father.

Does that sound a little off to you?

It should be, Luke, I am your father, right?

Well, wrong.

And if we're wrong, so are a lot of other people, including dozens of

actors who've quoted that line over the years in parodies and in speeches and in cartoon

remakes, in just about everything. But according to the script, as it was quoted by Snopes, the scene actually went like this.

Vader, if you only knew the power of the dark side, Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.

Skywalker, he told me enough. He told me you killed him. Vader, no, I am your father.

Now, that does make sense, at least in the context of the scene. So why have so many of us been saying,

well, something else entirely?

Strangers, we are pretty sure that you, as listeners of this particular show, have heard of the Mandela effect.

It's basically the widespread belief in something that just doesn't seem to be true.

An event, a historical artifact, like an advertisement or a movie, even the details of a logo.

Some call it a false memory.

Others chalk it up to widespread misconceptions caused by errors in the media, little things that just build up over time.

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