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The human brain is an exquisitely complex organ, and it\u2019s capable of some pretty bizarre stuff. Take couvade\u2019s syndrome, otherwise known as sympathetic pregnancy\u2014where a non-pregnant partner is so in tune with their pregnant one that they start showing signs of pregnancy themselves: morning sickness, weight gain, mood swings. I can relate to this\u2014whenever my husband has a kidney stone, I always feel pain in exactly the same place. Then there\u2019s the whole wide world of wild stuff that can happen to people when they come out of comas. People can wake up with totally different accents than they had before. People have been known to wake up speaking foreign languages that they never actually learned. My point is, our minds are amazing, and they\u2019re not always on our team. There\u2019s a lot we still don\u2019t understand about them, and sometimes they can sabotage us pretty spectacularly. Are you wondering why I\u2019m telling you this? Well, you\u2019re about to hear one of the oddest true crime stories you\u2019ll ever hear, and it raises some fascinating questions about the capabilities of the human mind.

Sources:
Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs by John Bloom and Jim Atkinson
Investigation Discovery's "The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade," episode "Friday the 13th"

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