Tonight, we bring you a slightly scary but full-sized show as we roll deeper into spooky season, looking for the strangest and most uncanny news stories of the week! Some astronauts delayed by Boeing's mishaps have returned, but not the Starliner crew. And in Saudi Arabia, they have broken ground on building a giant cube which will be the largest building in the world when completed. Then, we discuss a currently living giant carp spotted in the Mekong River, and also a long extinct gigantic 50-foot long snake has been uncovered in India. All of this and then after the break, we take a spooky break from our reading series as Frobisher reads from the collected horror stories of Arthur Machen!

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Notes:
- Astronauts delayed by Boeing returned to Earth
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/four-astronauts-of-spacex-crew-8-return-to-earth-after-months-of-delays/
- Saudi Arabia to build giant cube city
https://nypost.com/2024/10/24/world-news/construction-begins-on-worlds-largest-building-in-saudi-arabia/
- Tokyo scientists turn air pollution into fuel
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/tokyo-scientists-develop-game-changing-104504610.html
- Giant fish spotted in Mekonh river
https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2024-10-22/giant-fish-thought-to-be-extinct-is-spotted-in-the-mekong-river
- Colossal prehistoric snake found
https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/colossal-snake-measuring-50-feet-long-discovered-in-india/
- Arthur Machen
https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Stories-Classics-Hardback-Collection/dp/0198813163
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Machen

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Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
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