875: I Hate Mysteries

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What’s in the box? What’s in the $%&ing box?!?

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What’s in the box? What’s in the $%&ing box?!?

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Prologue: A class of second graders is handed a sealed box
with a mystery object inside. They are supposed to guess what it
is, but the lesson goes off the rails. (8 minutes)

Act One: A man is hired along with a crew to dig a mysterious
hole on the slopes of Mt. Shasta. The hole goes sixty feet down.
But what are they looking for? (24 minutes)

Act 2: A sparkly mystery. One woman hopes the
military-industrial complex is involved. (4 minutes)

Act Two: What happens when the full force of the federal
government arrives on your block? (14 minutes)

Act Three: A comedian finds himself trapped in an
uncomfortable mystery in the backseat of a cab. (4 minutes)

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