It Gets Weird

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we take a little vacation to Indonesia to learn about some "entities." We're talking dark sorcerers, cryptids, and mythological creatures! Can a sorcery adept from Bali gain dark powers that summon nails into the stomachs of their enemies? Are there Javanese fireball ghosts that swoop from trees in the dead of night shooting flames? Does a mythical elephant...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Jules joins the Weird Crew to discuss Australia's bizarre haunted past! Why were so many people in 19th century Australia so into throwing on bedsheets and going around spooking folks? We discuss Dr. David Waldron's "supernatural" history of Australian pranks and folklore, the connections to Spring-heeled Jack and the Mad Gasser, and make plenty of referenc...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we conclude the investigation into MK-ULTRA subproject 54, aka MK-DECOY. To finish the story, we learn about another, lesser-known subproject only known by number 61. While it's impossible to conclusively link MK-DECOY and subproject 61, the goals look very similar: how can we manipulate a target through a form of brain damage? We discuss all this and much...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin our investigation into some recent revelations about the mysterious MK-ULTRA subproject, MK-DECOY! Did the CIA try to develop a covert weapon that can induce the "perfect concussion" in a victim? Who are the scientists who have been roped into working on this project? Was the development of such a weapon actually successful? We discuss all this and...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile brings two tales of bizarre UFO sightings in Spain. What in the world was "in the air," so to speak, in 1976 around the Canary Islands? What happened that same year at a an Air Force Base in Badajoz? With hundreds of witnesses watching strange lights in the sky for over forty minutes, you'd think we'd have some answers, but alas, not even declassified...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we learn about some difficult new ideas: Gaia consciousness, the Planetary Poltergeist, and the parapolitics of ParaCryptoUFOlogy. Guiding us through these ideas is a man named Stephen Miles Lewis, aka SMiles Lewis. How can we synthesize what we know about UFOs, cryptids, the paranormal, and the covert operations of intelligence agencies into an overarching...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile asks the real big question: what exactly was the lost continent of Mu, who were its inhabitants, and who were the intrepid explorers who uncovered proof of its existence? Turns out we owe what we know to a couple adventurers who, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, discovered artifacts and writings uncovering Mu's mystical secrets [citation need...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we explore some guys made of or living in plant life. Does a sasquatch-gorilla-alligator hybrid lurk in the murk of the Honey Island Swamp? Did a cryptid hunter capture concrete evidence of this beast? Also, did a UFO researcher come in contact with a cryptid-like alien made of vegetation? Was his blood transfused by this freak B-horror beanstalk? We discus...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile dives deep into the history of the infamous occult artifact, the ouija board! What are the origins of ouija and how did it become the hit, mass-marketed method of contacting the dead that it is today? Was the development, manufacturing, and selling of the board cursed, perhaps? Will Kyle survive his new horse pill health regiment? All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we get back into some classic conspiracy stuff. Have you ever checked out the website Truthism dot com? You're going to need the internet archive to check it out. In this lengthy conspiracy screed, we learn about the reptilian agenda, the truth about sleep paralysis, cube sun theory, and much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Jules joins the Weird Crew to discuss the story of Stefan Denaerde and his life-changing contact with extraterrestrial beings from the planet known as Iarga. Can this heroic Dutchman's story help usher in a new, upgraded society that's at peace? Or will the aliens bind him to his word: that Stefan can never actually provide proof of his contact and his two-...

Hey there friends, weirdos, and lovely Patrons! On this episode's topics of discussion: paranormal and ufological manga DanDaDan, Anne Rice's personal collection of conspiracy theory books, horny vampire smut, the latest slasher horror movie, memories of James Patterson, the media world of Stephen King, and the state of the comics industry. All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we conclude the story of Ernest Bryant and the Scoriton UFO Incident! With BUFORA investigators getting deep into small-town Britain to dig up clues on Bryant's story, bizarre things begin happening...mysterious messages superimposed on tape recordings and psychic messages warning investigators of the future. Did Bryant tell the truth or did any chance of u...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin to tell the tale of Ernest Bryant and the so-called "Scoriton Incident." Or perhaps it's the Scoriton Mystery? Did a small-town Brit get abducted by aliens, beings bringing him a message of warning? Did he also meet a famous, now reincarnated contactee? What really happened here? We discuss all this and much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we learn the terrifying stories of a couple lake monsters from around North America. Does a lizard-like beast live in the depths of Lake Thetis? Did a swamp-thing creature attack some prankster kids all the way up in Canada? Is there a confluence of cryptozoological energy around central Ohio? We discuss all this and much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we return to the top secret MK-ULTRA program and one of its most die-hard soldiers: hypnotism and brainwashing specialist, Dr. Louis Jolyon "Jolly" West. Who is Jolly West and how did he come to be involved in the CIA's clandestine network of academics doing research on mind control? How did Jolly get involved with so many ridiculously shady moments in hist...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we take a look at an obscure alien encounter from Conil, Spain. How did this story stay afloat among all the UFO reports during a 1989 flap? How did two UFO researchers looking into the same case make the timeline very confusing? Are these playful aliens who love tossing the ol' ball around? Or is there a better terrestrial explanation? All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we conclude the confusing story of the murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer and begin the story of James Jesus Angleton. What is the "Wilderness of Mirrors," and how does it play into the strange things that occur around the investigation and trial of Ray Crump? Is poetry the answer? Is it communist counter-intelligence? What the hell is going on here? This won't b...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin a journey we're going to call the "Wilderness of Mirrors." In part one, we officially dip our toes into JFK conspiracy for the first time by investigating the story of Mary Pinchot Meyer and how her murder unfurls a massive web of strange conspiracy. We also touch on the man who may be responsible, at least in party, for how confounding this story...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile decided to get to the bottom of the damn thing. What exactly is adrenochrome and how did it become wrapped up in some of the most deranged conspiracy theories of the era? Is Hunter S. Thompson really who's to blame for all these absurd stories? Or is there any actual merit to adrenochrome as a drug used exclusively by the shadowy elite? We discuss all...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Jules joins the podcast to discuss three bizarre cryptids all connected by a theme — a theme that everybody but Kyle will have to guess at the end of the episode! Did an underwater welder witness a living firehose in the Gulf of Mexico? Is there a mutated octopus monster living in the walls of a haunted London townhouse? How did an unknown squid creature en...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we decided to watch and discuss another installment in the "Shock Docs" series of documentaries. This one is called Demon in the White House, an exploration of the strange paranormal happenings in America's most sacred of politics buildings. Do ghosts of tragically dead children roam the halls of the White House? Or is it something far more sinister — a dem...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we indulge in a Thanksgivingtime haunting, discussing the ghosts of the Dock Street Theater! How is it that both John Wilkes Booth and his father Junius Brutus can't seem to escape bad vibes in theaters? And how did Nettie Dickerson become a vengeful spirit dressed in red? Do Nile and Kyle finally have a business idea that's going to make them the big bucks...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we conclude our coverage of the history of the CIA and UFOs! Does the CIA's history amount to anything more than a series of flubs and total exasperated disinterest? Why does the Majestic-12 hoax keep coming back over and over again? Is it all just a grift after all? We also talk HomeGoods, the infamous Joker-Batman boner situation, and much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin an overview of the CIA's strange history with the UFO phenomenon. We've heard a lot about the US military and Air Force intelligence's relationship to UFOs, but what the hell has the CIA been up to with all this UFO stuff? Are they also involved in the cover-up? How did the CIA bungle the interception of a mysterious morse code signal recorded from...