Strange Realm - Ep. 113 - May 25th, 2025

Tonight, we bring you a startling and subterranean episode as we take another look into the weirdest and wildest stories we could find this week, including the report of a very mysterious planet that should not exist found in the Draco constellation, news that underground tunnels have been found underneath Sforza castle, a study that says an AI chatbot will resort to blackmail when threatened with replacement, and film star Jeremy Renner talks about his near-death experience. All of this and then after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Our Haunted Planet," by John A. Keel.

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Notes:
- Mystery planet breaks all the rules
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/nasa-finds-frozen-sphere-space/14970/
- Archaeologists find secret tunnels under Sforza castle
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/archaeologists-followed-a-sketch-by-leonardo-da-vinci-it-led-to-secret-tunnels-under-an-ancient-castle/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visconti-Sforza_Tarot
- AI system resorts to blackmail when it's threatened
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ai-system-resorts-blackmail-developers-150052543.html
- Jeremy Renner had a near-death experience
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/387571/jeremy-renner-speaks-candidly-about-his-near-death-experience
- Our Haunted Planet
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Haunted-Planet-John-Keel/dp/1517343119
https://archive.org/details/Our_Haunted_Planet

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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