That Would Be Rad

October's getting darker. And the deeper we venture into The That Would Be Rad October Spooktacular , the stranger - and more terrifying - things are becoming. It all started with a castle. When Tyler was researching for Episode 20: The Most Haunted Castles in the World , he stumbled upon one location so disturbing, so bizarre, and so far beyond your typical ghost story that we intentionally l...

The Bunny Man Bridge: The Terrifying True Story Behind the Legend Some legends are born from nightmares. Others are born from something terrifyingly real. Hidden along a lonely stretch of road in Fairfax County, Virginia, sits an old railroad overpass known as Bunny Man Bridge . For decades, locals have whispered stories of escaped asylum patients, mutilated rabbits, gruesome Halloween murders, an...

October is here. And that means one of our favorite annual traditions has officially returned: The That Would Be Rad October Spooktacular. To kick off spooky season, we’re exploring some of the most haunted castles in the world : places filled with centuries of war, betrayal, tragedy, curses, ghost sightings, underground passages, and dark history. In this episode, we visit: Dalhousie Castle in Sc...

We made it to Volume 5. Somehow. And for the final installment of The Ultimate Conspiracy Theory Ranking (at least for now) we’re closing this series with celebrity deaths, mind control, secret societies, hidden power structures, frozen legends, and one of the strangest Michael Jackson theories we’ve ever talked about. Same rules. Same scale. One last trip down the rabbit trail. 1 — Not in a milli...

We thought Volume 3 got weird. Volume 4 apparently took that as a challenge. Welcome to The Ultimate Conspiracy Theory Ranking | Volume 4 . Same rules. Same scale. Even stranger questions. 1 — Not in a million years. 5 — Absolutely. I’d bet my life on it. This time, we’re digging into some of the biggest historical mysteries, internet-era conspiracies, ancient legends, and one Titanic theory Woody...

At this point, there may be no finding our way out of the rabbit trail... Welcome to The Ultimate Conspiracy Theory Ranking | Volume 3 . Same rules. Same scale. Even stranger questions. 1 : Not in a million years. 5: Absolutely. I’d bet my life on it. And somehow, three volumes in, Tyler still has conspiracy theories left. A LOT of them. This time, we’re jumping from Hollywood mysteries to paranor...

We thought Volume 1 went off the rails. We were wrong. Welcome to The Ultimate Conspiracy Theory Ranking | Volume 2 . Same rules. Same scale. Bigger rabbit trails... 1 — Not in a million years. 5 — Absolutely. I’d bet my life on it. This time, we’re getting into some of the theories that sit at the crossroads of UFOs, ancient mythology, religion, history, government secrecy, education, and the unc...

After a little time away... THE BOYS ARE BACK. And apparently Tyler decided the best way to celebrate our return was to completely blindside Woody with a list of conspiracy theories and force him to rank them on the spot. Welcome to The Ultimate Conspiracy Theory Ranking | Volume 1 . No prep. No research. No warning. Just Woody, Tyler, a pile of conspiracy theories, and one simple scale: 1: Not in...

In this episode of That Would Be Rad, we travel deep into West Africa for a chilling cryptid story, a strange eyewitness account, and one of the most unsettling monster legends we’ve ever covered: The God in the Water. In Burkina Faso, there is a place called Dafara. A hidden chasm in the earth. A rocky ravine. A murky pool. And according to the people who lived near it, something was waiting bene...

In this episode of That Would Be Rad, we dive into one of the darkest, strangest, and most infamous werewolf stories in recorded history: The Werewolf of Bedburg. In 1589, a farmer named Peter Stumpp was accused of terrorizing the German countryside for decades. According to the accounts of the time, Stumpp had made a pact with the Devil, received a mysterious belt that allowed him to transform in...

In this special ad free Summer Rewind episode of That Would Be Rad, we're revisiting one of our favorite road-trip rabbit holes: the strange creatures, bizarre legends, unexplained lights, haunted waters, and forgotten mysteries of Michigan. What started as a family vacation to Northern Michigan quickly turned into an obsession. Between the endless forests, crystal-clear lakes, tiny logging to...

In this episode of That Would Be Rad , we dive headfirst into one of the strangest intersections of religion, history, folklore, and the modern UFO phenomenon. For decades, reports of mysterious craft and non-human intelligences have captured the imagination of millions. Governments investigate them. Fighter pilots report them. Entire belief systems have formed around them. But long before congres...

In this episode of That Would Be Rad, we accidentally tumble headfirst into one of our favorite kinds of episodes. The kind that feels like staying up too late with your best friend talking about all the weird, nostalgic stuff that shaped your childhood. After an unexpectedly chaotic week of migraines, broken computers, school events, sports, and life generally trying to body slam us through a fol...

In this episode of That Would Be Rad, we sink our teeth into one of the weirdest and most unsettling true stories we’ve ever covered: the Southend Werewolf. Picture this: a regular, easy-going guy from Essex named Bill Ramsey who spent almost forty years fighting something vicious that lived inside him. Out of nowhere he’d get hit with freezing cold chills, see a wolf staring back at him in the mi...

Thanks to all the listeners who’ve been sending in tips and links on this one, this topic blew up fast!! In this gripping episode of That Would Be Rad , we dive into one of the most disturbing patterns of 2025–2026: the growing wave of scientists (many tied to advanced propulsion, nuclear, aerospace, and fusion research) who have turned up dead or simply vanished. From Huntsville, Alabama to Los A...

Thanks to Listener Matt Armstrong for sending in this absolute banger of a submission! In this epic episode of That Would Be Rad , Woody takes you on one of the wildest journeys in early American history - the true survival odyssey of Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Shipwrecks, slavery, starvation, cannibalism, miraculous healings… and then the story gets really weird. Around 1534, th...

Forty years ago this month, a scrappy little creature feature crawled out of New Line Cinema and straight into cult status. This week, we’re throwing it a proper 40th birthday party and no full plot recap, just the good stuff: the wild trivia you’ve forgotten (or never knew), the behind-the-scenes practical effects magic, how it held its own in one of the craziest movie years ever, and the gloriou...

What if someone went missing… and actually came back? This week, we head into the mountains of Wyoming to look at a case that starts off simple - just a guy taking a day off to go elk hunting -and turns into something that doesn’t fit neatly into any explanation. Because at some point during that hunt… something happens. Something that affects the environment around him. Something he can’t explain...

What if some of the strangest moments in alien movies weren’t plot holes at all? This week, we dive into the weird world of alien movie fan theories - the kind of ideas that start off sounding ridiculous… and then slowly start to make a little too much sense. Because if you’ve watched enough sci-fi over the years, you’ve probably had that moment where something in a movie makes you pause. A strang...

What if one of the strangest mountains in Europe wasn’t just a mountain? This week, we head to the border of Germany and Austria to explore the mystery of Untersberg - a massive limestone mountain looming over the city of Salzburg that has been surrounded by strange stories for centuries. At first glance, Untersberg looks like any other peak in the Alps. But beneath the cliffs and forests lies a v...

What happens when you look down at a crosswalk… and the street looks back? This week, we dive into one of the strangest urban mysteries ever embedded into public space: the Toynbee Tiles - handmade plaques hidden in plain sight with a message that feels like a code, a prophecy, and a dare all at once: “TOYNBEE IDEA / IN MOVIE 2001 / RESURRECT DEAD / ON PLANET JUPITER.” We trace how these tiles sta...

What starts as a random music discovery turns into a full-on time capsule. When Woody stumbles onto “Sit Still” by Christopher Stopa, he’s convinced it’s a long-lost Radiohead track - until a deep dive reveals a whole other story behind the voice, the song, and the artist who stepped away from music entirely. That rabbit hole leads us to a bigger conversation about forgotten songs, near-misses, an...

What happens when you step away for a while… and then come back to the microphones? This week’s episode isn’t about one mystery. It’s about the space between them. After taking some time off, we finally sit back down, shake off the rust, and catch up on life, burnout, and the weird in-between season feeling of being away from the show longer than we meant to be. We talk honestly about why the brea...

What if the greatest mysteries of the year…weren’t just the stories we covered,but the moments we shared along the way? As the year winds down and the lights glow a little softer, we’re closing out the season by looking back, looking ahead, and leaning fully into the feeling that makes this time of year special. This week, we’re trading deep dives for deep reflection. We talk about our favorite ep...

What if one of the most famous monsters in the world… wasn’t just a legend of the mountains - but the centerpiece of a secret Cold War operation? High in the Himalayas - where the air thins, the snow never melts, and the mountains feel ancient and alive - Sherpas whisper about screams echoing across the ridgelines. About something powerful enough to snap a yak’s neck with a single blow. About a cr...