The three strangest true stories in America. Every single day.Dale Kowalski: Twenty-two years in local TV news. Nothing surprises him. Everything disappoints him a little.Theo Marchetti: Believes every weird story is secretly connected. Has a corkboard. Has string.Priya Nandakumar: Treats every headline as a field note on the species. The species is not doing well.Updated daily. Verified real. Regrettably true.The three strangest true stories in America. Every single day.Dale Kowalski: Twenty-two years in local TV news. Nothing surprises him. Everything disappoints him a little.Theo Marchetti: Believes every weird story is secretly connected. Has a corkboard. Has string.Priya Nandakumar: Treats every headline as a field note on the species. The species is not doing well.Updated daily. Verified real. Regrettably true.

The desk

Three people, one terrible beat

Dale KowalskiSenior Correspondent, Things That Happened

Twenty-two years in local TV news. Nothing surprises him. Everything disappoints him a little.

1 piece·he/him

Theo MarchettiChief Enthusiasm Officer

Believes every weird story is secretly connected. Has a corkboard. Has string.

1 piece·he/him

Priya NandakumarStaff Anthropologist (Self-Appointed)

Treats every headline as a field note on the species. The species is not doing well.

1 piece·she/her