Do you mean me specifically? If so, then the answer is ânoâ Iâm afraid. I must also say that given the state of pop music these days, Iâm actually very glad of it!
So…Awkward question time: are you hearing radio broadcasts through your teeth mate?
Lol. Just kidding.
Whilst it sounds like utter nonsense, there have actually been quite a few reported cases of people âpicking upâ radio broadcasts through their fillings/dental caps over the years.
Our oft-quoted friend Cecil Adams, of The Straight Dope.com, actually answered this question back in 1992. In his answer, Adams highlighted two particularly interesting case studies. Iâll reprint them here, along with a link to the site in question.
Actress Lucille Ball even claimed to have helped the allies by intercepting radio signals in this, frankly rather bizarre, way. This story is widely re-told and was even used as part of the plot of the musical âSomething For The Boysâ.
Adams goes on to mention a piece on Snopes.com about the incident, which appears to feature the testimony of the actress herself, who says,
According to the Snopes account, after she related this strange story to Buster Keaton, he told her that it had happened to a friend of his.
If youâre interested, hereâs Lucilleâs account of âcatchingâ the Japanese spies, which allegedly transpired about a week later.
As entertaining as Lucilleâs story is, Snopes could find no record of the event, which surely would have been heavily featured in the local, if not the national, news. A cover-up to prevent mass panic? Personally, I donât think so, as Snopes goes on to mention a Japanese submarine being spotted off the coast of Santa Barbara on February 23rd 1942, which was obviously an extensively covered event.
A discussion on Skeptics Stack Exchange.com uncovers another major flaw in this story (and all others like it). The users suggest (rightly) that any radio signal must first be demodulated in order to make any sense at all. As far as I know, dental fillings have no demodulation circuits.
So, is it possible or not?
Probably not. A demodulation circuit is not and has never been a part of a dental fillingâs mix-up.
There is some compelling âevidenceâ out there, as well as a couple of cases that have been looked into somewhat scientifically and featured in various respected journals, but then again, according to certain statistics, 3.7 million Americans have been abducted by aliens. That alarming statistic, in and of itself, ought to be enough to make you skeptical of anything.