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AI Police Fails, Stolen Mozarts & The Hospital Grim Reaper | This is True Really News Ep 1093

This is True, Really News··2 September 2026·18 min

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Welcome to your momentary respite from the "real" news! This week, Scot Combs and Tony Verkinnes dive into the bizarre, the hilarious, and the utterly ridiculous stories you didn't know you needed. Make sure to like, subscribe, and follow so we can keep the almighty algorithm happy.AI Gone Wild: How Flock Safety's automated license plate readers are sending squad cars after innocent drivers over typos and missing digits.The Salzburg Heist: The baffling disappearance of 210 polymer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart statuettes from his Austrian hometown.The Brown Danube: Record droughts reveal long-lost prehistoric mammoth bones and a ghost fleet of scuttled WWII Nazi battleships.The Welsh Grim Reaper: A 26-year-old man gets arrested and fined for the highly questionable prank of dressing as the Grim Reaper on a hospital roof.0:00 - Welcome, algorithm banter, and papal missives2:12 - AI license plate readers terrifying innocent people7:20 - Who stole 210 Mozart statues?11:59 - History revealed at the bottom of the shrinking Danube River15:23 - The bizarre Welsh hospital Grim Reaper prankGot a comment, conundrum, or snarky tome? Email us at titr@netradio.comHit that subscribe button to catch every episode of the news that is true... really!