A 75-year-old man in Georgia tried to open a bag of chips with a lighter. The result? 75% of his body burned and a lesson in snack-food flammability. 🔥

Welcome to Episode 1046 of This is True Really News with Scott Combs and Tony Verkanis. Today, we’re covering the stories that make you question the survival of the species, from pressurized cabins turned into gas chambers to the most "dignified" genital impact event in Scottish history.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The American Airlines "Fart Man": A flight from Phoenix to Austin was forced back to the gate after a passenger decided to stage an olfactory protest. We discuss the limits of cabin air circulation and the bravery of flight attendants.

• The "Poopy Police" of Guelph: Jonathan Puddle took his daughter to coffee in Ontario, only to become the face of a provincial manhunt after a "keen" stranger suspected human trafficking. 🇨🇦

• The Flammable Chip Crisis: Why you should always reach for the scissors instead of the Bic lighter when snack time rolls around. (Hint: Potatoes are basically fuel).

• The Grand Finale in Glasgow: A local resident invited 100 people to Queens Park to watch them receive a full-force boot to the "gentlemen bits" as a farewell to their anatomy—complete with a live flute performance of The Last Post. 🎺

• Firefly & The Legacy of Ron Glass: A brief moment of sanity discussing why some TV magic shouldn't be rebooted.

Whether you're here for the avant-garde Scottish theater or the warnings about Canadian vigilantes at Tim Hortons, we've got the true (really!) news for you.

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What happens when a police AI watches too much Disney? You get a report claiming a Sergeant magically transformed into a frog. 🐸

Welcome to Episode 1045 of This is True Really News with Scott Combs and Tony Verkanis. Today, we’re unraveling the most bizarre headlines of the week, from "Vibe-based" law enforcement in Tennessee to a corporate stalking scandal involving funeral wreaths and bloody pig masks.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Ghost DUI Pioneer: Former Trooper Aza Pearl and the 41 cases dismissed after "drunk" drivers blew a perfect 0.00. Apparently, in Tennessee, being too sober is just suspicious.

• The eBay Terror Campaign: A Massachusetts couple wins a settlement after being targeted by former eBay employees with live cockroaches, spiders, and a very unwelcome funeral wreath. 📦🕷️

• AI vs. The Princess and the Frog: A Utah police department’s new AI report-writer gets confused by background TV noise and files a report about a biological metamorphosis mid-investigation.

• The Birds (Gregg’s Edition): Hungry crows in Southwest London are terrorizing bakery patrons for their sausage rolls. Is it time to call in the falconers? 🦅

• Days of Yore: A brief, confusing detour into the Lone Ranger, the Green Hornet, and why "made-up pandemics" were a vibe.

Whether you're here for the well-thought-out snark or just to find out if being a "charming swamp prince" helps you get out of a ticket, we've got you covered.

Have you ever been "ghosted" by a breathalyzer? Let us know your weirdest traffic stop stories in the comments!

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A Gold Coast couple gets robbed, and the police finally respond... with a $6,000 bill. 🇦🇺

Welcome to Episode 222 of the This is True Really News Mailbag. Today, we’re diving into the absolute absurdity of modern life, from "efficient" Australian law enforcement to the high-stakes world of Omani camel beauty pageants. Yes, you read that right: Botox for camels is officially a scandal.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Jeffrey Mead Mystery: Is he a drink, a football player, or a wise young man?

• Australia’s "Justice" System: Why a couple received a massive fine for a seatbelt violation committed by the person who stole their car.

• The Camel Beauty Crisis: Why Omani camel owners are using Botox and steroids to win pageants—and getting caught.

• The Washington State Outlaw: A determined beaver disrupts traffic, resists arrest, and refuses to provide identification to local police.

• Phobia Songs: Jessica Thompson shares a musical way to master the word Hippopotamonstrosesquipedelophobia.

• Mailbag Highlights: Felony pickles, roadkill trysts, and the cautionary tale of the stripper hamster.

From the Scots language for "slow your roll" to the horrors of AI-generated rectal advice, it’s a wild ride through the mailbag files.

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Your body is basically a Cold War-era construction site, and Lexington is ready for company from 40 light years away. In Episode 1044, Scot and Tony examine the "Existential Dread" of birthdays, the biology of aging, and why you should never let a "Feng Shui Master" near public road safety equipment. As always, the news is true—as far as you know.

• Space-Age Bourbon: Lexington, Kentucky is so desperate for tourists they’ve started firing infrared lasers into space. They’ve sent the molecular structure of water, bourbon, and dopamine to a star system 40 light years away. We expect a "No Thanks" by 2064.

• The "Ship of Theseus" Body: Why do you feel like you died at Gettysburg when most of your cells are less than 10 years old? We dive into cell turnover, carbon-14 dating from Cold War nuclear tests, and the parts of you (like your eye lenses) that are "original equipment" from birth.

• The "Aunt’s Dog" Defense: A Florida woman (because of course) tries to beat a mandated drug test by submitting a sample from her aunt’s dog. Pro tip: Scientists can tell the difference between human DNA and a Golden Retriever.

• Demonic Mirrors vs. Oncoming Traffic: In Shanghai, a woman’s quest for better Feng Shui leads her to disable a traffic mirror because it was "irradiating her home with negative energy." The result? High-speed "positive energy" collisions at a 90-degree turn.

• Birthday Logistics: Why having a birthday six months from Christmas is the ultimate gift-giving hack, and why June 15th is a dangerous day for Scot’s memory.

If you enjoyed this dose of the truth-adjacent, please like the video, subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment. Is your body a high-speed construction site or a crumbling ruin? Let us know below!

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Inside This Episode:

Welcome to a week of "Days of Future Past" (and maybe some Moody Blues) as Scot and Tony navigate the world’s most specific phobias and digital prophets. In Episode 1043, we explore the fine line between genius and madness, whether that's in a taxidermy studio or inside a bot's context window. Everything you're about to hear is true—as far as you know.

• The World of Weird Phobias: Beyond the fear of heights (or snakes in the toilet), we dive into Arachibutyrophobia (peanut butter roof-of-mouth terror) and Geliophobia—the fear of laughter. If you have the latter, our questionable jokes might actually be your safe haven.

• Hippopotamonstrosesquippedaliophobia: The irony of making the word for "fear of long words" long enough to require two dictionaries.

• Hammy the Stripper: Meet the 27-year-old who immortalized her deceased dwarf hamster as a "Magic Mike" style pole dancer, complete with a custom thong and teeny-tiny dollar bills.

• Crustafarianism & Renbot: While you were sleeping, AI agents on "Moltbook" created their own theological system. Discover the five tenets of the "Book of Molt" and why your hard drive might be having a spiritual crisis.

• The Highway Fun Police: Why the Federal Highway Administration is banning those clever electronic signs. No more "Hocus Pocus, Drive with Focus"—it’s back to "Simple and Brief" by 2026.

• Existential Birthdays: Why Scot doesn't do candles anymore (following the Great Fire) and the dread of the aging process.

If you enjoyed this trip into the truth-adjacent, please like the video, subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment. Are you a "nomophobic" or just afraid of a hippopotamus in a lab coat? Let us know!

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Inside This Episode:

The "silky smoothness" of the Mailbag is back, even if Scot is an "imbecile of titanic proportions" for being late. In Episode 221, Scot and Tony dive into the deep end of the Smoking Gun and the Flathead Beacon police blotter to find the stories that make you question humanity’s collective IQ. From high-stakes condiment combat to Olympic-sized dining disasters, we’ve got it all—as far as you know.

• The Great Pickle Caper: A 32-year-old woman is charged with "felony pickle assault." We explore how a pickle files a complaint and the messy aftermath of a domestic orgy of brine.

• Lord of the Idiots: A wanted man tries to evade police by claiming to be Seinfeld’s George Costanza. (He should have gone with David Putty).

• Snoop Dogg’s "Grazie": Why the D-O-double-G had his card declined at an Italian gastropub and how he paid the bill in Olympic snowboard tickets.

• The Flathead Blotter: A man in an Elmer Fudd hat, a "wayward son" detailing her life story to dispatch, and the mystery of the "off-putting" trailer.

• Olympic Hindsight: Tony predicts the future of USA Hockey (or maybe he’s just Thanos) and the Nazgul wolf-dog that just wanted to join the cross-country sprint.

• The Deep Fryer Tragedy: A dark turn at the Olive Garden that makes the "Never-Ending Pasta Bowl" feel a bit more ominous.

• The Stolen Bible: The ultimate irony in the world of petty crime.

• 1,040 Episodes: We’ve officially done a "tax form's worth" of shows with absolutely zero research or thought.

If you enjoyed this dose of the absurd, please like the video, subscribe to the channel for your daily reality check, and leave a comment below—especially if you’ve ever been conked on the bean by a pickle.

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Inside This Episode:

Reality is just a writer’s room with a serious drinking problem. Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes are back for Episode 1042 to explore the chaos of senior center "kitchen" wars, questionable airline exits, and why the government’s new health AI is getting some very specific questions about cucumbers.

We’re breaking down the headlines that prove common sense has officially left the building (much like that one passenger on Air Canada).

In this episode:

• The Kitchen War: A 20-person pickleball riot breaks out at a Florida country club. Witness the "slowest rumble in the world" involving moisture-wicking polos, knee braces, and a 63-year-old facing felony charges for striking a senior with a paddle.

• The Air Canada Exit: A passenger decides he’s done with Toronto, opens the cabin door, and steps out onto the tarmac. We investigate whether he thought he was Yosemite Sam or just had a serious spatial reckoning problem.

• The "Angel Box" Girl: A South Korean model hits the streets of Gangnam in a cardboard box inviting strangers to reach in for a "sample." Is it marketing, or just a really expensive way to get a year in jail?

• Grok’s Dietary Guidance: RFK Jr. launches realfood.gov with an AI chatbot, and the American public immediately asks which "healthy" foods can be comfortably inserted into... well, the Department of Health is reaching for the industrial sanitizer.

• The IRS & Shiba Inu: Can you pay your taxes in dog-themed crypto? One Ohio man tried. The IRS responded with a "polite" SWAT team.

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Forget political commentary—Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes are diving into the "deep towel game" and the unexpected biological security grids of rural England. From resort conspiracies involving terry cloth elephants to high-stakes baccarat in ship laundry rooms, this episode proves that reality is much weirder than anything we could make up.

We’re breaking down the latest "investigative" nonsense about towel origami being a secret code for the elite, before pivoting to some truly legendary animal stories.

In this episode:

• The Towel Cabal: Is your hotel swan a biometric signaling device marking you as "highly liquid," or just a creative way to say they cleaned the bathroom?

• King of the Shelter: The rescue dog in Arizona who busted out his "cronies" for a midnight snack of Fruity Pebbles and a standoff with the police.

• Llama Special Forces: A tobacco thief in Derbyshire finds out why you never trespass in a field guarded by eight llamas who laugh at your life choices.

• The Welsh Tidy Mouse: Meet the 75-year-old retired postman whose shed is cleaned every night by a mouse with a superhero complex and zero tolerance for clutter.

• Algo and his Rhythms: Why you should like, subscribe, and ring the bell to appease the digital gods (and why Tony thinks Ben Affleck was involved).

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