SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 202648 min
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The Philadelphia Experiment is a bad movie from the 1980s, and also the conspiracy theory that refuses to die, despite virtually zero evidence of its occurrence. Learn all about this strange non-event in today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is an iHeart Podcast, Guaranteed Human. Hi there, friends. It's Josh. Finally, I'm here and I'm presenting first our episode on the Philadelphia

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experiment. It's a bizarre conspiracy theory that in 1943, the USS Eldridge, which is a real destroyer from the real U.S. Navy suddenly disappeared from port and instantaneously reappeared miles away.

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And that when it did reappear, things weren't quite right with it. I'll leave it to past me and Chuck to give the details in this fascinating episode. Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from HowStuffWorks.com. Hey, and welcome to the podcast.

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