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Weird World Podcast

A podcast that explores the unknown, the unexplained, the mysterious, the unsolved and the just plain strange. Bizarre crimes, disappearing people, odd creatures, creepy phenomena, it's all here. We won't solve every mystery, but we'll try to separate truth from fiction and let you decide.

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#414
Sunday · 48 min
Episode 414 - Scary Fairy Tales
Tinkerbell wasn't scary. Even Puck wasn't that scary. Mischievous maybe, but not dangerous. But real fairies could do terrible things. They might steal your baby, trap you in their world, and even drink your blood. You will never look at a fairy the same way again.
#412
October 23 · 52 min
Episode 412 - Zozo The Ouija Demon
As long as you don't actively call forth a demon via a Ouija board, you should be safe, right? Usually. But if some unguided hand begins to rapidly spell lout Z-O-Z-O across the bottom of the board, end the game and leave the room. And hope that Zozo doesn't follow...
#4135
October 5 · 28 min
Weird Bit 76 - Wolves and Werewolves
We kick off Hallow Weird World 2026 with a brief history of wolves that got a taste for us. Were any of them actually werewolves? If so, they are still with us, because wolves are still, on occasion, not our best friends.
#410
August 31 · 1 hr
Episode 410 - Oreo-Gate: When Cookies Kill
Remember the peanut allergy craze, when every other kid felt their throat constrict at the sight of a Snickers bar and Southwest Airlines had to switch to pretzels? Well, we've found something worse. Oreo-Gate is the tale of a heroic mother making sure her precious little one doesn't twist and die. Or is it?
#408
August 15 · 1 hr 11 min
Episode 408 - Betty and Barney Hill's Long Drive Home - Part 1
The Hills figured they would get home to Portsmouth, NH no later than 3 a.m. after their late honeymoon in Canada. They would not. A strange light in the sky, a strange object hovering above the road, strange marks and strange wounds led to strange dreams. What happened to the Hills during those three missing hours?
#407
July 17 · 1 hr 10 min
Episode 407 - Culinary Craziness
Remember when we all used to eat things laced with radium? No, of course, you don’t, because you’re alive. But people used to eat irradiated everything, including chocolate and beard. They also chowed down poisonous weeds, vinegar pie, and something called a cannibal sandwich. Food is weird.
#405
June 29 · 59 min
Episode 405 - Why Dogs Should Wear Pants and Other Bold Ideas of G Clifford Prout
Who hasn't been embarrassed at a friend's house when their dog licks its balls right in front of you. Or their ca brazenly showing off its butthole. Disgusting. G. Clifford Prout agreed, but he did something about. He founded SINA, the Society for Indenency to Naked Animals. Maybe he needed to work on his acronyms, but it was about time.
#4065
June 29 · 23 min
Weird Bit 75 - Mail Babies
Have you ever seen your postal carrier walking around with that big bag over their shoulder and thought - I wonder if I could mail my baby? Sure, we all have. You will be happy to know that not only are you were not alone in that thought, but people have actually done it.
#404
May 15 · 51 min
Episode 404 - Divorce, Alpine Style
What's the best date for a new couple? Dinner and a movie? A concert? A rave? Maybe something cultural like a museum? Or perhaps a steep climb up a rugged Alpine mountain. In Winter. At night? And, it turns out, your date is kind of an a-hole.
May 10 · 13 min
Weird Bit 74 - Weird World Weird News Weird Bit: The UFO Files
In our first Weird World Weird New Weird Bit (WWWNWB, rolls off the tongue), we report on the recently released UFO files. Some puzzled astronauts, some grainy pictures, and some pretty odd red hot orbs highlight the declassified files. Let's explore.
#403
May 8 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 403 - Winning the Nobel Prize for Murder: The Missing Scientists Conspiracy
What if it wasn't just RFK, Jr. driving away the best scientists in America? What if someone was abducting or killing the nation's best brains? The leading researchers on nuclear power, space technology and, let's say, plasma physics? Well maybe someone is.
#402
May 1 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 402 - This is Zodiac Killing - Part 2
Part 2 of the Zodiac case focuses on the the potential additional victims of the killer that may have gone unnoticed. But Zodiac is probably most famous as the serial killer who was never caught. Or was he? Let's discuss.
#401
April 24 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 401 - This is Zodiac Killing - Part 1
America’s most famous monster cemented his status as much with his attention-seeking toying with press and police as he did with his demented deeds. In part 1, we explore both Zodiac’s actions and his incessant calls to be noticed.
#400
April 9 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 400 - First Zodiac?: The Cheri Jo Bates Murder Mystery
Was there a Zodiac murder before we knew the name? The method was similar, the victim, and then the boasting letters to the police and papers. But this was years before Zodiac claimed his first victims… That we know of.
#399
April 2 · 1 hr 23 min
Episode 399 - When Your Dad Starts A Sex Cult
Content Warning: There is talk of suicide, sexual assault, coercion and manipulation. Please skip this episode if you need to. Maybe he had done a stretch in prison, but Talia's Dad Larry was still awesome. And maybe it was weird when he started crashing in her dorm. Her roommates loved him. And maybe some people misunderstood those strange things he was asking your roommates to do - Oh, wait. This is Larry Ray's story, and if Billy Zane plays you in a movie, you know you have made some bad decisions.
#398
March 27 · 1 hr 2 min
Episode 398 - Flashpoint: The Trinity UFO Crash - Part 2
The two boys who had seen the UFO crash in the New Mexico months before Roswell waited until they were old men to tell their story. They had dates and names and even a piece of the alien craft made from this exotic, unearthly metal called "aluminum." But at least their story was consistent-- Oh, wait...
#397
March 13 · 59 min
Episode 397 - Flashpoint: The Trinity UFO Crash - Part 1
Most folks date the modern UFO era from 1947. Kenneth Arnold saw those skipping saucers in Washington and Roswell became extraterrestrial crash landing central. But what if an alien craft smashed into the New Mexican desert two years before Roswell? And what if it was right after, and right next to, the first atomic explosion?
#396
March 5 · 55 min
Episode 396 - EBay's Revenge
In 2019, a niche website focused on e-commerce made a passing reference to some minor legal trouble the head of eBay was in. Months of surveillance, harrassment, and death threats later, and the world knew not to mess with eBay. This is not so much of David vs. Goliath story. This is more the story of Goliath jumping David in a dark alley and David left wondering what the hell he did to piss off Goliath.
#395
March 3 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 395 - Oak Island Treasure - Part 3
The money pit seems a perfectly devised trap - dig tantalizingly close to the treasure and the sea fills it yet again, wrecking your dreams. We end the Oak Island story with a deep dive into its history and if the money pit was devised by man or God.
#394
February 23 · 25 min
Episode 394 - Chalino's Last Note
Chalino Sanchez had left behind a dangerous life in Sinaloa and by the early 1990s had become a narcocorrido singing star in the U.S. He had killed, had been shot, and sang of the exploits of the cartels. In May 1992 he returned to Sinaloa for a tour. Halfway thru his performance at a sold out club in the state capital he received a note from a fan. Chalino's face went white...

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