Bring On The Questions

A Wendigo is not some cryptid creature that can just be done away with like modern media likes to portray. Succumbing to the Wendigo spirit or going Wendigo is more of a breakdown of one's spirit due to harsh physical conditions, but again that’s an oversimplification of the idea of the Wendigo. It begins with hallucination and paranoia, then moves into seeing regular food as something non-consuma...

Why is it called “Black Friday”? Well it’s not because the retailers go from not making profits to suddenly making profits on that day. The insane amount of consumerism certainly helps profits, but in reality the profits were already there.  When someone started playing with gold standards in 1869 it made lots of days dark for the stock market. However, in the 1960s the day after Thanksgiving evol...

The early concepts of a Homunculus or Homunculi is absolutely unreal to us as modern people. They were attempting to create a human outside of the body via alchemical razzle dazzle. The whole idea really threw us for a loop for a chunk of the episode. It got weird for awhile. The modern Homunculus makes a bit more sense to us in this day and age, but things are starting to skew into moral quandari...

Foennix's oldest sibling wanted to know Are Youngest Siblings Always The Tallest, because Foennix is rapidly catching up to her even though she is over 10 years older than her. Genetics, it turns out, is only a part of the factors that determine overall height in humans. One suprising factor that can effect overall height is the time the parents give to any given offspring.  #BringOnTheQuestions #...

We're finishing up our impromptu two part episode on Samhain/Halloween. We finished Part 1 by starting to talk about Mischief Night and we started this episode with a positive spin on it. The toilet paper in a tree and throwing eggs was/is more like malicious donations. It's Malicious Donation Night!  We actually learned those last few days of October and first few days of November can be used to...

Samhain that liminal time of year when the veil between the living and the dead spirits thins and we can commune with or attempt to protect ourselves from the otherside. It's a time for the community to thank mother earth for her bountiful harvest to sustain us through the cold that is to come. Oh and there's that whole dressing up and begging for treats door-to-door thing we do to.  #BringOnTheQu...

The deeper narrative of what a Skinwalker actually is goes much deeper than just some shape shifter that can transform into an animal. The Navajo or Diné people continue to believe that a medicine man or woman can become a skinwalker if they were to commit an atrocity on their own family or clan. It’s not some myth, it's part of their continued religion that things can and do happen.  As for Skinw...

Phun with Phobias! Of course we start with a history lesson on what phobia means and where it came from. The Greeks did it again! Then we get into a bunch of rational and irrational fears. As irrational as some sound people do get diagnosed with them, because they actually exhibit fight or flight response to some of these things. 

Something spooked the Suttons and their guests so much that they fled their home to alert the local authorities on the night of August 21, 1955 and into the morning of August 22. The simplest explanation is a Great Horned Owl doing owl things, but would an owl really cause so much chaos at one place for hours and hours? Maybe this incident was a bit more out of this world. 

Ahhh Teletubbies those lovable technicolor creatures with screens in their bellies that would dance around on your television and entertain young children. They look and sound innocent enough, but what if we told you they allegedly have some seriously dark inspirations? This week we’re asking What Are Dark Theories Of The Teletubbies?

A creature of cryptozoology? A hoax? Some kind of hybrid of real life animals that was trained to kill? Possibly an out of place animal just surviving? Or more simply than that a larger version of an animal that is native to the region? Regardless of any out of this world or fully within the realms of possibility theories something or multiple somethings was/were killing people, not animals, in th...

“Mr. CrowleyWhat went on in your head? Oh, Mr. CrowleyDid you talk to the dead? Your lifestyle to me seemed so tragic With the thrill of it all You fooled all the people with magic Yeah, you waited on Satan's call” Mr Crowley by Ozzy Osbourne This week we’re asking Who Was Aleister Crowley? In our abbreviated history of his life we touch on a few moments that defined who the man was. I started lis...

Happy September....that is if you heed the warning "Do not let them in" then your September will be happy. In this episode we're asking Who Or What Are The Black-Eyed Children? Maybe they just want a ride to their mom's house to get money to see a movie. Maybe they just need to call their parents to come pick them up. Maybe they just need a snack. Whatever excuse they give you Do Not Let Them In,...

Why Did The Salem Witch Trials Occur? The Puritans couldn’t stand non-conformity! You needed to be a good little automaton for that society or you would likely be branded a witch….by some teenage girls who dreamed you were a witch?! What!? Yup the powers that be in Salem, MA in 1692 believed teenage girls who claimed people were witches when they dreamed about them. People died because of “spectra...

We finished up our unintentional two part episode asking What Is Witchcraft. Foennix referenced Hocus Pocus plenty of times. Definitely some spoilers if you haven’t seen either movie. In our witchcraft spell crafting ignorance we attempted to explore what it would take to make a spell to have someone make spaghetti come from their fingers, which of course turned into trying to make an entire spagh...

What Is Witchcraft? Well it turns out Foennix is pretty passionate about witchcraft and magic type interests. She really gets into movies and shows about witchcraft and magic users. She's so passionate in fact we had to turn this episode into a two parter! You gotta listen to all the things she's talking about related to witchcraft! A production of the Wayward Things Network

“An ye harm none, do what ye will” - The Wiccan Rede. Wicca is a flavor of witchcraft where harming no one is largely practiced. The Threefold Law posits whatever energies one sends out will return threefold. Harming someone will result in harm to you threefold. Sending good intentions will result in good intentions times three returning to you. There are also many different varieties of Wicca as...

As usual there’s WAY more to this topic than we originally thought. In modern times the Thunderbird is more of a cryptid creature, but for thousands of years it existed in Native American stories as a protector and judge of mortal humans. This episode will also be a jumping off point for future episodes on Native American Mythologies.  A production of the Wayward Things Network

Ah the 4th of July, the American Independence Day. We dig a little bit into the history of the American holiday. We could have surely gone deeper with that topic, but we just wanted to skim the surface for the time being. The United States Of America is not the only country that has an independence day, as far as we understand it is the first country to have one. We discovered 195 countries have i...

We learned just a little bit more about Norse Mythology. The sun and moon are being chased by wolves. #GodStuff Odin is in an eternal pursuit of knowledge and some of his deeds makes him a bit of a hypocrite. Go figure. We’re pretty Frigg and Freyja are different beings in the Norse realms and stories. They each have different kids. Thor is not a son to either woman! A production of the Wayward Th...

In the first part we told you the story of how we came to be. In this part we’re talking about the nine realms that make up the Norse Mythology cosmos and their inhabitants. The humans of Midgard. The Aesir of Asgard. The Vanir of Vanaheim. The Jotnar of Jotunheim. The Muspells of Muspelheim. The Dark and Light Elves of Alfheim. The Dwarves of Nidavellir/Svartalfheim. Niflheim, but nobody lives th...

This is Part 1 in our deep dive into all things Norse Mythology. This series will take us from Creation to Ragnarok. First, we had to start somewhere and that somewhere is in the void known as Ginnungagap (gee-noonga-gap) where there was nothingness until ice and fire met. We talk about one my favorite bands, Brothers Of Metal, as well. A production of the Wayward Things Network

From Siberian peasant to the Romanov's inner circle, Rasputin's scandalous life captivated, and ultimately doomed, Imperial Russia. Discover how this "mad monk" became the ultimate scapegoat for a collapsing dynasty. A production of the Wayward Things Network

Join us as we dive deep into the fascinating world of the Mandela Effect! From misplaced monocles on the Monopoly Man to Darth Vader's infamous "misquote," we're exploring why millions of us share the exact same false memories. Is it parallel universes or just our brains doing what they do best? We'll uncover the surprising truth behind cognitive biases, how the internet amplifies these shared "gl...

Ever wondered how much the Earth "weighs"? Prepare to have your mind blown (and your scientific vocabulary expanded!). In this episode, we dive deep into the mind boggling mass of our planet, what a "ronnagram" even is, and how brilliant scientists like Henry Cavendish figured it all out without a giant scale. Plus, we tackle the burning question: are humans making the Earth heavier? The answer mi...