It Gets Weird

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we enter part one of a discussion about one of the most famous psychics in history, Ingo Swann. How did Ingo Swann enter the infamous CIA-funded and US military-backed research project into psychic powers, now known as Stargate? What kind of influence did Swann have on this project and did it produce results, or was it all a buncha bull? And why do all thes...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile tells Kyle all about a man named Mike Adams, a guy who refers to himself as the "Health Ranger" and runs a number of conspiracy theory websites. What would you like: some Y2K doomsday prepping? Sandy Hook denial conspiracy? "Alternative" medicine? 9/11 trutherism? Mike's got it all, baby! And he'll spew it all loud and proud on the hundreds of absurd w...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we explore the Ozarks to learn the story of the so-called "Blue Man," a man-like cryptid that has some Bigfoot bonafides. Is there a hairy man-like guy hiding out in one of the thousands of caves in the Ozarks, or is her just a tall tale told by weird old 19th century racists? We talk blue fur, our new sponsor (MEN ONLY), and Rob Lowe's 2017 hit TV show enc...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile and Kyle watched the 2023 documentary "Beyond The Light Barrier," about the story of South African contactee Elizabeth Klarer! Written, directed, and produced by Uga Carlini with narration by Dr. John Kani, its name is derived by a book written by Klarer with the same name. What do Elizabeth's believers and skeptics have to say about her legendary stor...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we wrap up our overview of Cassiopean channeler and savior of the universe, Laura Knight-Jadczyk. We learn more about Laura's odd hodgepodge of conspiracy beliefs, all of which seem to point to her being perhaps the most important person in the entire universe - nay, all of reality! We also learn some pretty bizarre conspiracy ideas surrounding psychopaths,...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin part one of our exploration of the exopolitics of Laura Knight-Jadczyk, the Cassiopean aliens, and the Fellowship of the Cosmic Mind! Do you ever look at the big world of nutjob conspiracy theories and think to yourself, "Well, I can't just choose one!" If so, you may have some kinship with Laura Knight-Jadczyk, a "jack of all trades" of conspiracy...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Kyle takes Nile on a trip to Spain for some spooky season hauntings at Palace de Linares in Madrid! Did one obscenely wealthy family's terrible tragedy fuel the flames for a ghost-filled palace? Or is this just a cautionary tale about the bourgeoisie flaunting unbelievable wealth? What spirits lurk in the underground,  bedrooms, and life-size dollhouse of P...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile tells Kyle all about a very special kind of cryptid lovingly referred to as a "globster." What is a globster, you ask? It's an awful lot like what you may already be imagining - a goopy, limbless, mostly featureless unknown creature. How did these weird blob-like animals mystify people for years and years as they washed up on shores around the world? W...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we finish (for now) the story of Ed Walters and his family's close and frequent encounters with UFO spacecraft. After twenty visitations by UFOs buzzing through Gulf Breeze, Florida, do Ed and Frances Walters get any answers about the phenomenon? Do we come to understand why these beings seem to focus on Ed? And after a $200,000 book deal, does Ed Walters's...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we continue the story of Ed and Frances Walters and their experience with a deluge of UFOs in the Gulf Breeze area during the 1980s. In this third episode, Ed continues to have absurd and up-close encounters with UFOs. This time, however, other people near Ed get to see the objects as well. With investigators from MUFON officially getting in on the story, w...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we continue the story of Ed and Frances Walters and their experience with a deluge of UFOs in the Gulf Breeze area during the 1980s. In this second part, Ed continues to be harassed by persistent UFOs and more bizarre details are tacked on with these experiences. Locals in the area also continue to write in to the newspaper with their own sightings and as t...

Hey there friends and Weirdos! This week Jules steps in while Kyle is away as we talk about a documentary currently available on Shudder about the making of The Exorcist. The whole doc is an interview with Friedkin about his creative process and digging in to how he made various choices and where he found inspiration for this movie. We talk inspiration, the soothing power of organizing, and Friedk...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week, Kyle begins the journey through the tale of the Gulf Breeze UFO encounters of Ed Walters starting in the 1980s. We talk the Oprah interview, some tactics for dealing with aliens, and try to figure out what daytime talkshow hosts are alive. All this and much more in this week's It Gets Weird!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week on It Gets Weird Nile recounts the tale of an Arizona hotel and how it went from speakeasy and lounge to one of the most haunted locations in the state. The hotel (which just so happens to be located off of the infamous Route 66) has a veritable grab bag of spooky stuff - spectral mafia men, disembodied crying babies, and the souls of two murdered women who...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week on It Gets Weird Kyle tells Nile the story of Frank Edwards, a pioneer of news radio and an important figure in the early days of ufology. How did Edwards go from traveling with a snake oil salesman around Illinois to becoming a prominent UFO reporter and in the top three radio shows in the nation? We talk his involvement in the Kenneth Arnold sighting of 1...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile takes Kyle and Jules on a journey to the East India Trading Company to tell the tale of ghostly ship captain, the Flying Dutchman! Was a remarkable but overly ambitious Dutch sailor become cursed with undeath? Was he approached by an angel when he wouldn't chill out? Will he ever be able to deliver his letter to his loved one? The big lesson of this ep...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Kyle guides us through the various giant mosquito cryptids from around the world. From creatures the size of an eagle, to blood-suckers the size of a human man, we talk big bugs bugs doing big bug things. Can you keep all that tasty blood inside your body? We also discuss our favorite bugs, to-scale weapons, and how a mosquito deals with The Thing of John C...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we continue the exploration of alien implant research with the story of badass alien hunter, Derrell Sims! Is Derrell Sims the hero in the fight against evil extraterrestrial forces humanity needs, or is he simply the hero humanity deserves? How did one man rule over the Houston UFO Network and eventually end up a mainstay of Discovery channel alien televis...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile experiences the 2013 documentary 'Mirage Men' for the first time with Kyle revisiting it alongside him. Directed by John Lundberg and written by Mark Pilkington (author of the book by the same name), Mirage Men explores the mythology of UFOs in America, focusing on the relationship this mythology has to a man named Richard Doty. We talk UFO disinformat...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we are joined by friend of the show Jules as Nile dives into the world of alien implants and their removal. We talk feet doctors, an old episode of Penn and Teller: Bullshit! and some alien implant researcher drama. All this and more on this week's It Gets Weird!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Kyle investigates another "living dinosaur" cryptozoological conspiracy theory. Does a crocodile-like dinosaur still stalk the deep, open ocean, attacking and killing whales as its prey? What is this mysterious creature that's come to be called "Whale Eater," and is this enormous predator the perpetrator behind a whale crime that occurred on the English coa...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week, Nile continues to tell the story of the mysterious airship sightings at the turn of the 20th century. In part two, we focus on the Aurora, Texas "airship" crash and learn how these sightings have been brought into the continuity of ufology. Also, Kyle pitches himself as a really good youth pastor, and we learn all about his steampunk airship garage. All th...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week, Nile begins part one of an investigation of  a slew of mystery airship sightings between 1896 and 1897 across the United States. Were eccentric wannabe aviators causing a ruckus, or was it all a big, elaborate prank performed by a prankster society? Or was it, like many UFO enthusiasts such as Jacques Vallée claim, some of the earliest recorded sightings o...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week, Kyle teaches Nile about the history of Pennsylvania, how that history led to the localized practice of a Christian mysticism called "pow-wow", and how pow-wow is used to defend against a mysterious entity known as Trotterhead. What the hell is Trotterhead and how can you defend your livestock and farmhouse from him? Is he a Bedgoblin? A Night Hag? Does he...

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week, Nile tries to get to the bottom of the real life story that inspired the 1973 horror film, The Exorcist! Did one "Roland Doe" undergo a harrowing exorcism as a young boy, or were some of the details fudged? Did Jesuit and Catholic priests do battle with the Devil, resulting in a badass epic fight between Saint Michael and Satan himself, or is The Exorcist'...