Old Bay's Secret History, Midwestern Hells, Mad Gasser of Mattoon

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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Ologies' Alie Ward hops on Weirdest Thing this week to divulge the incredible underdog story of the guy who created Old Bay. Jess returns to talk about how Chicago and the greater Midwest has been suffering from corn sweat, and Rachel explains the (literally) hysterical story of Mattoon's mad gasser.

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