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We're doomscrolling straight to hell in this one bros. We've got our guy, comedian Jake Velazquez, in studio because he's an expert on the subject and not because Max and Ben were having lunch with him before this and wanted to extend the hang. We spend an egregious amount of time trying to define doomscrolling but we get there don't worry. It's when you get sad reading the news and then it ruins...

Christmas...scary? We've got a good cop, bad cop situation on our hands folks. Santa and Demon goat guy Krampus are partners in crime and we've got the half baked story to prove it. We also take a tour around the world exploring the wildest Christmas traditions Ben could find when he was researching for exactly 8 minutes. Happy holidays from the bottom of the bottle from last time that we continue...

More hard-hitting journalism from the ONLY team you can TRUST. Up first though: Casey Anthony...hot? Then Mae breaks down weird facts she found on the internet. Stuff like rollercoasters were invented to distract Americans from sin. Corn was the OG toilet paper?? Listen, we popped a magnum bottle of pinot greeg and let loose, god forbid.   Please support the show and our hosts!   We Were...

The franchise that convinced an entire generation they could die at literally any moment is actually based on true stories. We break down the real life Final Destination-esque tales that are even more unsettling than the films. What happens when folks narrowly escape death? Well, according to 5 Hollywood movies and these sadly true events, Big D comes a knocking anyway.  Please support the sh...

This well oiled machine has done the unthinkable and stumbled through 100 red hot episodes. To mark the momentous occasion, we're buying an apocalypse bunker. They're luxury "survival condos" and we want in. But can we get past the most difficult obstacle of all? It's filling out a simple form as a team and it takes about 12 minutes. Bonus: Max is in character as Gypsy Rose. Sincerely though, than...

The google maps cars have been driving around the world for years, are you surprised they've found some strange stuff? Frankly, we thought the images they caught would've been even weirder. From giant pentagrams to phantom poopers, this list has a little bit of everything for you freaks. Can you zoom in on NYC and see us recording our podcast with pigeon masks on? Tune in and find out if We Were H...

Gather round folks (in a circle) and listen to a tale "croppies" have been spinning for decades. There are a few known facts when it comes to crop circles. First of all, they're dope as hell. Second, a lot of them are man made. Third, there are some that straight up might have come from the supernatural. Was it aliens? Witches? Hedgehogs doing the nasty? Tune in and find out if We Were Had! ...

The local news had so much fun with this one. Working up the townspeople in a frenzy - it's ON SIGHT with these pesky lil guys. If you catch a lantern fly on our side of the border, go ahead and make an example of 'em folks. It's for science. Tune in and find out if We Were Had! Please support the show and our hosts!   We Were Had Podcast instagram.com/wewerehad   Mae Planert instagram.c...

Do birds really exist or have they been replaced with drone replicas created by the US government to spy on American citizens? We peel back the layers on one of the biggest conspiracies in the game. Each feather we pluck answers one question but asks ten more. Will the CIA bury this hard hitting, investigative episode? Tune in and find out if We Were Had!   Please support the show and our hos...

Nothing brings the world together like analyzing famous people's terrible decisions. Add in a dash of Halloween and some pop culture references from hell, and ooo baby you've got yourself a problematic stew. What were these celebrities thinking when they chose their costumes? How did no one in their lives maybe raise a lil flag? Is this how society ends, because of a sexy lion? Tune in and find ou...

The big question of this episode is are we doing Son of Sam? And that does get settled. But also, did serial killer David Berkowitz work alone during his murder spree? Using a .44 Special caliber Bulldog revolver, he killed six people and wounded seven others by July 1977, terrorizing New Yorkers and gaining worldwide notoriety. Berkowitz eluded the biggest police manhunt in the city's history whi...

From Twitter memes to parental warnings, we're frequently reminded that there might be something murderous in our chocolate bars. And certainly do not take a loose apple from someone on all hallow's eve because that is chock full of razor blades. But why do people think Halloween candy might be poisoned? Much of the urban legends can be tied back to this horrific murder case from 1974. Tune in to...

Let's take a trip to what some consider the evilest place on earth, Dudleytown, CT. This small abandoned village nestled between mountains is creepy and off putting even before you learn about all the cursed stuff that happened there. Legend says that an ancestral Dudley made a shady play for the throne of England in the 16th century and everything went downhill from there. It would appear the cur...

This week on the pod, Ben's got five creepy lil cryptids just in time to kick off spooky szn in NYC. These monsters come from all over the world with origins as diverse as they are unbelievable. We've got an evil Native spirit known as a Wendigo (shout out Supernatural), the Chinese Big Foot known as Yeren, a carnivorous South American tree called the Ya-Te-Veo, an adorable winged German bunny cal...

Terri Lee Hoffman was an American religious cult leader known for the unexplained deaths of some of her followers, including two husbands, shortly after they had willed their possessions to her. The devotees in her Dallas-based new religious movement, Conscious Development of Body, Mind and Soul, fought against the "black lords" on various planes of existence and protected themselves with powerful...

We're entering Clifton, New Jersey's infamous Gates of Hell and telling the tale. For real though, Producer Crazy Chris Metcalfe actually did go in but turned around and left almost immediately. The longtime urban legend posits that these now abandoned sewage tunnels are actually a pathway to hell itself. Nine layers of dark, ominous caverns have been home to all sorts of satanic rituals, ominous...

You'd think being $2 billion over budget would be the most controversial bullet point in the story of a travel hub and yet the Denver International Airport has been plagued by conspiracy theories since its conception. Stories of hidden messages from the illuminati, underground tunnels & doomsday bunkers beneath the sprawling structure, and even apocalyptic predictions have followed DEN for yea...

It's the question on everyone's mind: is Glee star Lea Michele illiterate? This is an actual conspiracy theory that's gained so much traction she's actually addressed it. Can she read? Has she just memorized a bunch of words? Is there a difference? Tune in and find out if We Were Had!  We Were Had is a podcast of Murder, Mystery, and the Unnatural!  Your hosts, Comedians Mae Planert, Max...

The Guidestones have been the subject of controversy since their erection in 1979 by an anonymous individual known only as R.C. Christian. Known to some as the American Stonehenge because of their striking resemblance to England’s famous monument, the Georgia Guidestones were a granite monument that served as a celestial clock of sorts, recording the passage of time through special features. Myste...

The mysterious legend of the green children of Woolpit starts during the reign of King Stephen, in a rather tumultuous time in England’s history called ‘The Anarchy‘ in the mid 12th century. In this town named after a wolf pit in around 1150, a group of villagers came across two young children with green skin, apparently speaking gibberish and acting nervously. The children were taken to the nearb...

This is the wild tale of Andrew Carter "Drew" Thornton II, an American narcotics officer and lawyer who became the head member of "The Company", a drug smuggling ring in Kentucky that ended with a bear eating $15 Million worth of coke. The story was immortalized in a bestselling book by Sally Denton called The Bluegrass Conspiracy. Just how far up did this one go? And why did that bear eat so much...

There are many reasons why football matches have stopped over the years, but this one might be the wildest. In 1954, Ten-thousand fans were watching in the concrete bowl of the Stadio Artemi Franchi. Suddenly everyone, even the players, were transfixed on cigar shaped aircrafts in the sky raining down silver, glittery material. To this day, witnesses swear it was certainly an extraterrestrial enti...

In July 1518, residents of the city of Strasbourg were struck by a sudden and seemingly uncontrollable urge to dance. The hysteria kicked off when a woman known as Frau Troffea stepped into the street and began to silently twist, twirl and shake. By August, the dancing epidemic had claimed as many as 400 victims. In a surprise twist, the town government thought it was a good idea to fight the dise...

Kurt Cobain was heralded as a spokesman of Generation X and is considered one of the most influential musicians in the history of alternative rock. His band, NIrvana, found global success defining a genre of music known as grunge. During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, depression, and a tumultuous relationship with his wife, Courtney Love. Famously a member of t...

Is there really $90 Million worth of gold, silver and jewels buried somewhere in Bedford County, Virginia? This is the story of the three ciphertexts originating from an 1885 pamphlet called The Beale Papers, detailing treasure being buried by a man named Thomas J. Beale in a secret location in about 1820. Amateur treasure hunters, mathematicians, and even the NSA have been trying (and failing) to...