Valid Source?

Did you know one investigator traced the first big chupacabra eyewitness description back to a movie that had just opened in theaters? ...We looked into it. 🐐 Welcome to Valid Source? The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you’ve been thinking about but haven’t had time to research. We’re not experts. We’re just two friends willing to do the extra d...

Did you know the night before Halloween has its own name, and that one of America's most notorious unsolved murders happened on it? ...We looked into it. 🎃 Welcome to Valid Source? — the podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra di...

Did you know a single liter of bottled water can contain up to 700,000 microscopic pieces of plastic? …We looked into it. 💧 Welcome to Valid Source? The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. This episode: it's Ashley a...

Did you know a debt collector can only chase you for six years in Colorado before your debt is legally untouchable? …We looked into it. Welcome to Valid Source? The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. This episode: Ha...

Did you know a stranger can legally end up owning your house if they just live in it for 18 straight years? …We looked into it. Welcome to Valid Source? The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. Ashley takes golf lesson...

Did you know Ellis Island never changed a single immigrant's last name? The clerks never even wrote names down. …We looked into it. Welcome to Valid Source? The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. This episode: Ashley...

Did you know a company can decide its own chemical is safe, put it in your food, and never tell the FDA it exists? …We looked into it. 🧂 Welcome to Valid Source? ... the podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. This episo...

Did you know the viral panic about 11 dead or missing scientists started with a case that was already solved , a murder with a named killer and a motive that had nothing to do with any of it? …We looked into it. Welcome to Valid Source? The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not exper...

Did you know Fruit of the Loom has never had a cornucopia in its logo, not once since 1893 even though more than half of Americans swear they remember it? ...We looked into it. And we're still not over it. 🍎 Welcome to Valid Source? The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts....

Did you know cities have been deliberately planting male trees for decades and your allergies might be the result? ...We looked into it. 🌳 Welcome to Valid Source? The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. This episode...

Did you know some people are literally born without the ability to feel pain, and it's actually terrifying? ...We looked into it. Welcome to Valid Source? the podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. This episode: Ashley c...

Did you know your brain might be gaslighting you once a month on average and scientists consider that completely normal? ...We looked into it. Welcome to Valid Source? The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. This epis...

Did you know the company that made your childhood baby powder kept selling the asbestos-contaminated version overseas after pulling it here? …We looked into it. Welcome to Valid Source? The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra...

Did you know Alaska has double the national missing persons rate ~ and a military plane carrying 40 people once vanished there without a single piece of wreckage ever found? ...We looked into it. Welcome to Valid Source? ~ the podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just...

Did you know there are microscopic animals living on Earth right now that can survive the vacuum of space? …We looked into it. And also bears. And beets. This one really went places. Welcome to Valid Source? — the podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends...

Did you know the bacteria in someone else's mouth could be quietly destroying your teeth right now? ...We looked into it. Welcome to Valid Source? — The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. This episode: Harley gets a...

Did you know the clothes you're wearing right now could have gotten you arrested 100 years ago? ...We looked into it. Welcome to Valid Source? — The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. This episode: Harley hits us wit...

Did you know the vanilla flavoring in your ice cream might come from a beaver's butt? ...We said what we said. 🦫 Welcome to Valid Source? — The podcast where we investigate the internet myths, viral claims, and trending gossip you've been thinking about but haven't had time to research. We're not experts. We're just two friends willing to do the extra digging. This episode: Harley almost loses a...