When Markus's good friend died suddenly, he went online to get more information. What he found was several AI written obituaries on dodgy looking websites with a litany of factual inaccuracies. Who is making these, and why? And is there anything that can be done to stop them?

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LINKS:

• Joe Supan on fake obituaries
• Craig Silverman's Newsletter, Indicator
• Joshua Braun on fake news and ad technology
• Check My Ads

Alex has a new podcast called Amityvilleville, on which he and his friend Caroline Thompson watch all 92 movies in the Amityville Franchise, interview people involved in the making of these movies, and hopefully some people involved in the true life amityville case! On this episode, we watch Amityville 3-D, the third entry in the series, starring a young Meg Ryan and Lori Laughlin.

Amityville 3-D: Here's how my mom and dad fell back in love after my dad bought a haunted house that killed me and then exploded.

As of this writing, Amityville 3-D is available (lamentably, in 2-D) on the following streaming services:

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Our most popular bonus episode ever, now unlocked for you. Sometimes, we bite off more than we can chew here at Hyperfixed. This is one of those times.

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This week - Chris is a movie lover, and there are dozens of classics he's desperate to watch. But he can't. Alex tries to help him.

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LINKS:

• Audio Description Project: https://adp.acb.org/
• https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/215510667-Audio-Description-Style-Guide-v2-5
• Descriptive Video Works: https://descriptivevideoworks.com/
• You Describe: https://ydx.youdescribe.org/home
  
  
  
  
  

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This week, the story of a man who is bound and determined to make his city safer, even if it means breaking the law.

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Miguel wants to get off Spotify to be more deliberate about how he listens to music. But one of his favorite bands doesn't sell any albums, they don't perform live , and they may not even exist.

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• Bad Bad Hats: https://www.badbadhats.com/
• Where to buy Sjowgren's music off streaming: https://sjowgren.bandcamp.com/
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In the summer of 2022, several dozens of residents of Birmingham, Alabama disappeared without a trace. This week, the Hyperfixed team breaks the story of what happened to them.

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• Joe's story about the ducks: Avondale Park ducks, geese disappear before The World Games
• Subreddit discussing Joe's piece: https://www.reddit.com/r/Birmingham/comments/vkq61r/avondale_park_ducks_geese_disappear_before_the/
• AL.com story about World Games debt: World Games $14 million shortfall; ‘We have every intention...to pay our vendors,’ says CEO
• Story about geese removal in Pike Road, AL in 2019: Nearly 150 geese removed, ‘humanely euthanized’ from Ala. community

This week, Bob's Burgers has Matt questioning his sanity.

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LINKS:

• Brain Bridge Lab: https://brainbridgelab.uchicago.edu/