It Gets Weird

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, Nile tells Kyle all about Dorothy Martin and her 1950s UFO cult. What happens when a bunch of Space Brothers believers all get together and prepare themselves for abduction by their alien saviors? What happens when that group is infiltrated by plants? And wildest of all, what happens when the police crack down on your UFO cult recruitment disguised as a...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, Kyle decided to once again investigate some New Age-y, alternative medicine-y stuff. Specifically, we're talking about Igor Charkovsky, the Russian midwife who "invented" water birthing. We dig into Charkovsky's, uh, "methods" utilizing the sea, dolphins, and deranged "baby yoga." Be warned: there is some messed up stuff in this one, so we understand if...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we finally talk about an incredibly famous UFO event...somehow after 280 episodes, we're discussing the Battle of Los Angeles! How is it that the Battle of LA hasn't factored into more modern conspiracies? What UFO caused the military to unload a significant portion of its budget in ammunition into the skies that fateful night? Was it an alien craft? A w...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, Kyle regales Nile with tales of the Patagonian cryptid simply known as "El Cuero," which translates to "the leather hide." What in the world is this creature? Well, it looks quite a bit like leather animal hide that's come to life! This may be one of the weirdest cryptids we've ever heard of. Is it some sort of giant manta ray? An octopus? Are they roman...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, friend of the show Jules joins the Weird Boys to discuss a bizarre haunting - this is the tragic story of Lady Mary Howard and her unearthly procession! What would you do if a carriage made of rot and bone, driven by a headless horseman, accompanied by a black dog of death, were to approach you? We learn of the many untimely deaths of Howard's husbands a...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we take a trip out to Italy to explore an alien mass contact event you might compare to the Space Brothers phenomenon in the US of A. This is the so-called Friendship Case, wherein some Italian guys meet up with humanoid aliens they call the W56 who are spreading peace and love throughout the galaxy. We're left with questions, however...why do they need...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, Nile introduces Kyle to what might be the absolute weirdest...thing discussed on the show so far. Is the Sam of All Colors, aka the Sandown Clown, a cryptid? An alien? A creepy man in a costume? Is he a Man in Black? We just don't know. What bizarre entity lurks in the town of Sandown, and will we ever have any answers to this mystery? Listen and theoriz...

Hey there friends and weirdos! Garrett returns for a BIG TIME episode: the Philadelphia Experiment! Yes, we're finally talking about that infamous conspiracy theory that may or may not have been long debunked as a hoax. But a hoax by who? Well, that would be one Carl Allen aka "Carlos Allende." Did Allen really see an entire naval vessel teleport hundreds of miles away? Did we really collab with E...

Hey there friends and weirdos! Welcome to our Halloween special, in which Nile tells Kyle all about the storied history of werewolves. Why is humanity so fixated on the idea of transforming into a ferocious wolfman? Why did we leave behind belts and lotions as a means of werewolf transformation? Will Kyle ever stop being weird and horny about werewolves? No, never! Happy Halloween, ya freaks!

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one we visit the capital city of the United States, Washington DC, to peek inside a historical site that's absolutely teeming with ghosts. We're talking about the Octagon House, building erected in the earliest days of the 19th century, housing a rich-as-hell plantation owner. However, many...odd deaths and negative energies plague the place, resulting in som...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we have another installment in the FYD series of fringe documentary reviews. The Weird Boys watched Beyond the Spectrum: The Underground, one of a series of documentaries on, well...weird stuff. In this one, we learn the story of Phil Schneider, a UFO and Deep Underground Military Base whistleblower. We discuss his tragic and suspicious death, low budget...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week, Jules joins the Weird Boys to return to the forever conspiracy: the global takeover of the Illuminati. This time, we get into the hierarchy of the shadowy cabal and the families that rule the world from behind the curtain. We talk the reptilian and political versions of this conspiracy, dragon tips, and Nile does a whole lot of tilting at windmills. All th...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, Kyle brings Nile some ancient aliens theories from China. Was the legendary Huang-Di, the Yellow Emperor, actually an alien from the star system housing Regulus? Were depictions of "dragons" actually ancient people misinterpreting a space ship? Was the Yellow Emperor actually trying to do a civilization any percent speedrun here on Earth? We answer all t...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we spend some time with an old cryptozoological favorite. You know him, you love him: it's Bigfoot! We explore some of the unique sasquatch sightings of the southwestern United States. We talk about a Bigfoot who hangs out around concrete in the Mojave, plus a bunch of sightings of a Bigfoot variant that's come to be known as...the Yucca Man! Listen and...

Hello there friends and weirdos! We've finally come to the end of the Alex Jones saga. This is the final installment of our three-part coverage of the life and times of notorious conspiracy grifter, Alex Jones. We covered a whole hell of a lot, and would you believe it - there's so much more! We discuss the major points in Alex's contemporary life, from divorce to Ivermectin. Does Jones turn into...

Hey there friends and weirdos! After a brief break, we've returned to talk about the infamous conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones. We cover about a decade of his life as he kicks off his media empire with the launch of InfoWars.com. We also talk about Jones and his battling lawsuits, his penchant for schlockumentaries about 9/11 and the police state, and whether or not one of the weird boys is an alie...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this episode, friend of the show Jules steps in for Nile as the substitute teacher to wrangle third-grader Kyle who won't stop going on and on about...a mongoose. A mongoose named Gef who can talk, specifically. Is this mongoose a cryptid? A poltergeist? The devil himself? Or is he the imaginative fabrication of a bored young girl, trying to find something to do o...

Hey there friends and weirdos! Well, it finally happened. We're doing an Alex Jones episode. In part one, we learn about Jones's early life, in particular his tumultuous high school career. We also talk how he bust onto the scene with Austin, Texas radio and public access television. Despite a few conflicting stories, we're gonna dig deep and get to the bottom of this, uh...ya know, deranged consp...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we learn about the bizarre and detailed 1989 Russian encounter with a UFO and its occupants. What in the world happened in the Russian city of Voronezh? What does the resignation of a pope have to do with the presence of this strange UFO? What happens when you VOIP a boy?! We...attempt to answer all these questions and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we're learning about the history and hauntings of the HMS Queen Mary! What spirits lurk in the dark corners of a ship that saw lots of death during WWII? We have a whole rogue's gallery of creepy spirits, with names like Sarah, Jackie and, uh...Grumpy. Can you simply laugh off mixing up gin and poison? Is Kyle going to turn into a boat guy? We answer all th...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, Nile tells Kyle all about the story of the Ummites, alien beings from the planet Ummo. We learn the story of Ummites who came to Earth and how their remarkable story and shockingly deep lore was published and disseminated through Spanish zines throughout the 1970s. We also talk about how the Ummo story may have inspired an insidious cult, and discover Um...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we learn about the synthesis of fairy mythology and the UFO phenomenon! Was a 17th century minister whisked away to the realm of the fairies for divulging their secrets? Why might so many historical tales of fairies appear eerily similar to the experiences of contemporary UFO abductees and exeriencers? We turn to some familiar names of ufology to explore...

Hey there friends and weirdos! We can hardly believe it, but it's been five whole years of It Gets Weird Podcast! To celebrate, we got Garrett on the show to discuss a "documentary" covering the topic from episode one: the Dyatlov Pass. Does the Discovery Channel do the story justice? Is this thing even a real documentary?! What does Dyatlov Pass fanfiction look like? Also, we bring up WikiFeet fo...

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, Kyle teaches Nile all about the legendary Dr. William Sadler. We get into Dr. Sadler's life story, his experience with a sleeping man dictating him prophecies from another planet, and how these prophecies came to form a religious text followed by a small number of devout believers. We also talk about how a couple of these believers get into the health fo...

Hey there friends and weirdos! We're back this week discussing a funny little cryptid you might know as a gnome! Or, if you're in Argentina, we call them the 'duende.' Who are these mischievous little creatures and what are their origins? Are the malevolent little freaks or funny little pranksters? Why do Argentinians keep capturing extremely crappy footage of these guys running across their kitch...