Shipped High In Transit
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingShipped High In Transit: a podcast, the aim of which is to prove wrong commonly believed myths and urban legends spread by misinformation on the internet.
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Episode 6 – Abu Azrael & the Disappearance of Ashley
May 26, 2017 09:24 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBIt's been almost another year without an episode of the Shipped High In Transit podcast, but Tom and Steven are back to look into some more myths. Tom begins this episode by looking into the 'ISIS hunter', Abu Azrael, who came to prominence after the 2015 terror attacks in Paris. Reportedly, he has single-handedly killed around 1500 members of the terrorist organisation using not only automated weaponry, but also swords and axes. But is the tale bigger than the man? In the Quick S.H.I.T.s s...
Episode 5 – The Curse of Superman & A Bloody Mystery
June 09, 2016 18:06 - 1 hour - 70 MBIt's been over 18 months since the last episode of this podcast was released, so thank you so much for your patience while other things were allowed to take precedence. In this episode, Tom is joined once more by Steven from A History of Misunderstanding Podcast. Steven is here to discuss the curse of Superman, a theory that various actors who have played the titular superhero and various co-stars have died after being involved with the character. We come to the conclusion that far more peop...
Episode 4 – The Penny Myth & Spontaneous Human Combustion
October 31, 2014 21:05 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this brand new episode of Shipped High In Transit, Ant debunks the myth that you could kill a person by dropping a penny from the top of a tall building - in this case, the Empire State Building. Here are the websites Ant used for reference. jaypinkerton.com howstuffworks.com The Quick S.H.I.T.s section carries on from the Penny Myth in that Ant also debunks the myth that, if you were to throw yourself off a tall building - let's say the Empire State Building - you wouldn't die of a he...
Episode 3 – Crystal Skulls & the Death of The Elephant Man
August 19, 2014 18:13 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBThis episode of the Shipped High In Transit Podcast features the first guest host, Steven, from A History of Misunderstanding Podcast. And, boy does he bring the goods with a fascinating story about Crystal Skulls, giving us the history of their discovery, the mystical powers it's claimed they possess and the impossibilities of their manufacture by primitive tribes in Central America. Tom's feature this time round is the mystery surrounding the death of Joseph Merrick, a.k.a. The Elephant Ma...
Episode 2 – Creepy, Blinking Mummies & KFC Name Changes
July 05, 2014 23:01 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBIn the second episode of Shipped High In Transit, Ant & Tom reunite to debunk more stories from around the world. Tom kicks the episode off with a claim that a perfectly preserved 2 year old girl, mummified in 1920, opens and closes her eyes on a daily basis in a Sicilian catacomb. See the link below: Why does this mummy appear to open and close her eyes? Ant brings a story about why Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to KFC back in the 1990s which sparks some debate, disputing the ver...
Episode 1 – The Bloop & The Bluebell Hill Ghost
March 30, 2014 14:30 - 42 minutes - 49.6 MBThis special pilot episode is the first in, what is hoped, to be an on going series looking into strange stories from the internet that may not be as mysterious as they are believed to be. Either these stories have been debunked but may still be presented as true by the internet or they are utterly unsolvable. Ant brings the big international story this time and it's called The Bloop. The Bloop is a sound recording taken in 1997 by the NOAA (the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ...