David Weiss: Flat Earth and the Globe Lie

David Weiss: Flat Earth and the Globe Lie

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The Unsolved Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

John and Jamie from the True Crimecast return for a true crime first…the first non-murder case they’ve ever covered on the show! It’s one of the most famous unsolved mysteries of all time: D.B. Cooper! They break it down from the beginning – the night before Thanksgiving 1971, wh ...  Show more

Q Talks Impractical Jokers, Hypothermia & Humiliations

Brian “Q” Quinn from Impractical Jokers makes his first-ever TIJ video appearance! He revisits the infamous ice-bath punishment that left him with real hypothermia, explains how close things came to going seriously wrong, and admits which punishments still mess with him years lat ...  Show more

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