It Gets Weird

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we're discussing a famous alien encounter known as the Socorro UFO! Also referred to as the "Lonnie Zamora incident," this is the story of a New Mexico cop named Lonnie Zamora stumbling into one of the most well-documented and evidence-heavy UFO cases in American history! What did Lonnie see that day that caused the FBI, the military, and Project Blue Bo...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! In this episode, Garrett joins us to discuss the cryptid known as the Dover Demon! What secrets does this rough-skinned, creepy, alien-esque cryptid hide? What's his typical breakfast order? Wouldn't it be fun if the Dover Demon was actually, like, a type of dragon? Like, maybe a baby dragon? Or like, maybe history really screwed up the whole idea of dragons? List...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! In this episode, we have a spooky paranormal anthology of stories brought to you by Kyle! We discuss three different stories of hauntings brought on by human heads of various kinds. Does a haunted skull torment the residents of Bettiscombe Manor to this day? Did two young boys discover supernatural Celtic sculptures in their family's garden? How do these bizarre f...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! This week, Nile brings us a conspiracy not unlike the Phantom Time Hypothesis from one of our early episodes. This is a new historical chronology put forth by a Russian scientist named Anatoly Fomenko. He offers an alternate timeline we quickly discover has Russia coming out on top pretty often. Do you track your historical records primarily through the stars? Eve...

Hello friends and weirdos! This week, Kyle tells poor Nile all about the horrors of the cryptid the Congolese people call "j'ba fofi," aka "giant spider." Full disclosure: this episode is not for the arachnophobically faint of heart. Does an enormous spider hunt large animals and occasionally people in the forests of the Congo? Can Nile handle Kyle's new spider girlfriend? Will Nile get his reveng...

Hello friends and weirdos! In this episode, Nile tells us all about another lost continent, following up on his Atlantis episode. This time, we're talking about Lemuria! We get to talk about the original lemur-people of Lemuria, high school punk rock stories, theosophy (again), and the Lemurian people's love for prog rock. Does an entire lost civilization live inside a mountain, hoarding advanced...

Hey there friends and weirdos, welcome back! This week we decided to watch a fun lil' documentary known as "Supernatural Assault." If you guessed this was about spirits and entities attacking people, you'd pretty much be right. This documentary covers a lot about a number of topics - sleep paralysis, shadow people, angels, the usual. However, the most important topic: Djinn. Are Djinn the true cau...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! In this episode, Kyle talks about a legendary figure in ufology: the UFO cult leader, George Adamski! Everybody get comfy for this one, because we're talking about cults making Prohibition wine profits, chicken brooders, and peaceful space brothers from the planet Venus! Look forward to future Comfy Reports down the road as well. Did Adamski really visit Venus and...

Welcome back! We hope everybody had a happy Thanksgiving and are ready to jump back into the weird and unexplained! This week Garrett is back to talk with the boys about the mythology and legends of the Fearsome Critters! We talk about all kinds of stories told by lumberjacks and woodsmen, such as the Hidebehind, the Sidehill Gouger, and even the Squonk! That's right, the Squonk! We've got the Squ...

Hello friends and weirdos and welcome back. This week, we start off with the long-awaited apology from Nile. It's been a long time coming. We talk about the most infamous hauntings and ghostly encounters on the island, as well as the absurd and violent history of the island of Alcatraz itself. We cover the Battle of Alcatraz and the ghosts left behind by the fight, the spirit in solitary confineme...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! In this one, Nile tells Kyle all about two cephalopod-esque entities: the Octopoids and the Octosquatch! These creatures "do what they say on the tin," in that they are cryptids (or possibly aliens) that look like octopuses. Just what are these unidentified, hairy octoguys? Can we harness the power of the Octosquatch to solve hair loss? Do you ever get the sense a...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! This week Kyle and Nile are joined by friend of the show Collin to talk about a sorta-cryptid, sorta-UFO phenomenon called "atmospheric beasts." We discuss the idea of bizarre, alien-like creatures that swim through our atmosphere. We talk flying jellyfish and whales, as well as bone broth, a new Mothman story from Israel, and beautiful sky-bloggin'. All this and...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! In this episode, Nile tells Kyle all about an infamous mountain range known as the Kongka La Pass! Located smack dab in between the Chinese and Indian borders, this area is more than just heavily disputed territory - it not only carries religious significance, but a hefty amount of strange UFO sightings! What lies within the "Indian/Chinese Area 51?" It's hard to...

Hello friends and weirdos, and happy Halloween! This week we continue our embracing of the spooky season and discuss the Celtic Pagan origins of Halloween! Where do Jack-o'-Lanterns come from? How do you trick Satan himself? How do you protect yourself from the evil spirits that wander door to door on Halloween night? What are Nile and Kyle's favorite candies? All these questions answered and more...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! In this one, we're finally tackling the big question on everybody's minds: what happened to Atlantis? We have a few people who have some ideas about what happened to the lost continent, people like Plato, Ignatius Donnelly, and Charles Hapgood. Was Atlantis dragged to the bottom of the sea by a geological event? Were aliens involved? Did we somehow lose it all the...

Hey there friends and weirdos! Welcome to a new It Gets Weird: F*** Your Documentary! This week we check out the listener-recommended documentary, "Sasquatch Speaks!" We learn about the spiritual and interdimensional nature of our good friend Bigfoot and the Sasquatch people. Led by a man named Jack 'Kewaunee' Lapsiritis, a number of Sasquatch enthusiasts gather to explain their spiritual takes on...

Welcome back to a brand new It Gets Weird! In this one, Kyle walks Nile through the groundbreaking article by Otto Binder called "Liquidation of the UFO Investigators." We detail the secret plot to kill off UFO researchers who got too close to the truth... We talk Jim Moseley, Frank Edwards, George Adamski, and many other important players in the 1940s to 1960s UFOlogy community and whether their...

Hello friends and weirdos, welcome back to It Gets Weird! In this episode, Nile tells Kyle all about a pious man known as Dr. Barry Downing! Dr. Downing is a religious man who has written a number of texts, but he's most famous for his belief that most events in the bible can be explained away...as aliens. Now don't get it twisted, the good Doctor does believe in God and follow the teachings of Ch...

Welcome back to It Gets Weird, fair listeners! It's getting to be that spoooky time of the season, so this week Kyle brings you a creepy tale of many ghosts! We're discussing the Stanley Hotel, famous for its association with Stephen King and The Shining... How did a steam-powered vehicle mogul's early 1900's hotel inspire the horror of the Shining? When every room of your hotel is the most haunte...

Hello friends and welcome back to It Gets Weird! In this episode, Nile tells us all about a cryptozoological-adjacent import from Down Undah! We're talking about Phantom Kangaroos - the phenomenon of people witnessing kangaroos hangin' out in extremely unexpected places, like the Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. How did these 'roos get there? Are they making a living in data collection? We need to know...

Welcome to episode 164 of It Gets Weird! We're back at it again as Kyle brings some song lyric-based conspiracies to the table. We talk all about a K. West prophecy, if there is a chance of a Longbottoming, and what the actual lyrics to American Pie (which are not at all what we had expected)! We also try to get a reference point for Kyle as to who Sia is, find out that Don McLean was not in the E...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! In this one, Nile goes straight for Kyle's jugular with a story filled with UFOs, furries, cults, and anime. We're talking about a new religious movement called Happy Science! Founded by a man named Ryuho Okawa, Happy Science is all about love, happiness, and right-mindedness! There's...also some weird anti-Chinese and anti-Korean sentiment tossed in there...but a...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! In this one, we cover one of the most famous cryptozoological cases of all time: the Loch Ness Monster! Just what is Nessie? An ancient dinosaur? A misidentified fish - or perhaps a pipe? Nessie's pious origins are revealed and a big game hunter turned mythical monster researcher is put on blast. We discuss the original legend, the stories, and the many hoaxes sur...

Welcome back friends and weirdos! On this episode, Nile tells us all about a terrifying case of haunting and possession that took place in our home state of Indiana. This is the Ammons Haunting, aka House of 200 Demons, aka Demon House. Now, we didn't watch the documentary, but don't you worry - we fit some time in for Zak Bagans. We discuss how our respective 2011s went, the taste of ectoplasm, a...

Welcome back to It Gets Weird! In this episode, Nile and Kyle discuss a mystery that's been kicking around since the late 1980s: the secret of Ong's Hat, New Jersey. What even IS Ong's Hat? A charcuterie? Ye Olde Hat Shoppe? Ah, wait, says here in our notes it's a town. Turns out some shamans and mystics and chaos scientists got together to conduct some pretty zany experiments, things like transpo...