Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast

Grab your bamboo sticks, weirdos! It's time for another episode for the LADIES!  This is part two of our WOMEN IN HISTORY series where we cover stories about women that we didn't hear about in our history or social studies courses that PROBABLY should have been covered. Joined once again by Miss Patreon herself- Amy Hanselmann- this week Lauren is starting us off with some FEMALE VIGILANTES!  It's...

Guten Tag, weirdos.  Are you ready to burn your bra and kill some Nazis? This week we are revisiting our hit series from 2020 - the SNACK PACK IS BACK as we learn about some AMAZING WOMEN from history that our history books just forgot to mention. Ashley and Lauren are joined by Keep It Beard host AMY HANSELMANN as we discover some ladies who changed the world.  This week we're focusing on some ba...

Everybody get off your feet!  Cause we got the Meat! Anyway hey kids.  We've got the meats.  Welcome to part two of our EVOLUTION series!! There's less wackos, less drugs, and no Joe.  But wait-- let me tell you why you SHOULD listen! This week Ashley starts us off by telling us where white people came from.  Ok... rough start... Lauren teaches us about a VERY plausible theory involving our evolvi...

Mmmmm Pudding Bones... It's time to EVOLVE, weirdos!  This is part ONE of our series on evolution and naturally we had to invite Mr. Anthropology minor himself HANDSOME JOE on the show to come teach us about some of the things he learned when he was hard at work NOT earning a degree in anthropology. This week Joe starts us off discussing a major SOCIAL evolution that made us the human beings we ar...

Take me to your leader.. Oof, wrong time for that wouldn't you say?  Mmmm our leaders are busy can we take you to our favorite musical artist instead?  This week we are fired up for another EXTRATERRESTRIAL EXTRAVAGANZA as we continue our discussion on ALIEN INVASIONS!!  Only this time around we are posing the question-- what if they are already here?  What if we're so busy looking for their ships...

We come in peace, weirdos. We're revisiting one of our all time favorite topics this week.  This is PART ONE of another two part EXTRATERRESTRIAL EXTRAVAGANZA.  This time we are focusing on the idea of INVASION.  We've seen it in a hundred movies, presented in a hundred different ways-- are any of them accurate?  Will they show up guns-a-blazin' turning us individually into ash?  Will they sneak i...

This fall on House Haunters! Ashley Casseday and Lauren Ogle are taking their talents to the HOME IMPROVEMENT realm and taking their SPIRITS with them! Wouldnt that be a great show?  Hey kids, welcome to one of your all time favorite episodes LISTENER GHOST STORIES!!  This week Ashley and Lauren are sharing EIGHT creepy tales sent in by YOU; we've got ghosts, bogeymen, alien abductions, strange cr...

Hey Weirdos! Welcome to our first full YouTube episode! (Only this is the audio version.  Hit up our YouTube channel if you'd rather WATCH this episode-- it's full of photos, clips, and most importantly- our faces!) And just as a treat for those of you who DID already watch the YouTube version-- this one includes ALL the clips that got cut. This week we are answering YOUR questions for another edi...

Hello, Dark Passengers, Welcome to PART TWO of our defendable criminals series!  We've been taking a look at people who have committed crimes that are... totally understandable?? We are joined once again by the amazin TREVIN from SERIOUSLY SINISTER as we go a *tad* darker this week with Lauren at the helm.  Lauren tells us the tale of the Alaskan Avenger! Jason Vulkovich was a very angry man and h...

Hey kids, welcome to a different kind of true crime episode!  Usually when we discuss true crime we think "HOW?! HOW could someone do this?" "WHY? WHY would someone do this?!!"  This week we think... "I mean... I kind of get it" Join Ashley, Lauren and special guest TREVIN from Seriously Sinister: A True PETTY Crime Podcast" as they look into crimes with likable criminals and totally understandabl...

M-O-O-N, that spells WEIRDO! Beep Beep, Weirdos, it's finally time to head into the Dead Zone and talk about Stephen King! This week Ashley & Lauren are joined by one of the hosts of "The Losers Club: A Stephen King Podcast" - RANDALL COLBURN! In what is essentially a love letter from us to Stephen; this week we are discussing our favorite characters, stories and movies and trying to get to the bo...

Blessed be, witches! Welcome to our first official witchcraft AMA with our resident green witch Laura Lareau! This week we are answering a ton of questions sent in by YOU the listener on how to be a better witch.  Ashley, Lauren and Laura cover several aspects of their craft, we find out how they became witches, how they feel about calling themselves witches, and even how to hide... or flaunt... y...

Call in the spirits, wherever they are at! It's finally here!  Our paranormal investigation of the LEMP MANSION in St Louis MO! Our lovely friend, past guest and deep sea expert MELANIE VARTABEDIAN accompanied me.. who are we kidding... TOOK me to stay at this historical landmark in Benton Park to see if we could speak to any ghosts.  And believe it or not... we did. After listening to our Lemp Fa...

Come in, come in! Welcome to LEMP MANSION!  Built in 1868 and still standing in St Louis MO only blocks away from what remains of the LEMP BREWERY.  Both buildings are rich with history, scandal, tragedy and secrets-- and we got to stay there. This episode is ALL about the Lemp family.  William J. Lemp and his wife Julia, along with their eight children- Billy, Louis, Frederick, Charles, Hilda, Ed...

Hey kids, I know this wasn't what you were expecting.  You were expecting me to introduce our latest paranormal investigation!  But it's not done... its SO CLOSE... but it's not ready. SO, next week you'll be getting TWO long episodes all about the history, legends and lore of the Lemp family along with our investigation in the mansion.  But this week we're giving you Halloween in May! Russian For...

We're back with some more BURNING HOT biology questions and hopefully this time we don't have to talk about.... you know who. This week Ashley and Lauren are joined once again by their good friend and future biologist RACHEL FULLER and they each get to bring one biology question that they just HAD to have the answer to. Ashley starts us off this week pondering the similarities between the human bo...

No Heart?  NO BUTTHOLE?!  BIG PROBLEMS! Hey weirdos, today we're going back to Biology 101 to be reminded of all the things we immediately forgot in high school and learning SO much more.  We are joined by our very first guest of the season RACHEL FULLER and each of us are asking a biology question we just HAD to have an answer to. We ask pretty basic questions like "Why do we hate the sound of na...

Go into the light!!  Or stay away from the light?  Are we supposed to go towards the light or run away from it?  Welcome, weirdos to the second half of our NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES series!!  This week we're trying to answer even more questions about elements of NDEs that have been experienced by millions of people all over the world. Is there a scientific explanation for why dying people usually rep...

I'm gonna let it shine!! This week Ashley and Lauren are asking the BIG question.  What happens when we die?  We want to know where that tunnel leads.  Should we go into that brilliant, bright, beautiful light?  And who the heck is this tall, dark, handsome drink of water calling himself Jesus? This is the first part of a two part series where we examine the scientific and spiritual aspects of DYI...

Hi Weirdos! Welcome to a sneak peek into our fabulous PATREON!!  This week Lauren and I are swamped with work, potty training, day care and prepping for our Near Death Experience series starting next week.  So instead of leaving you BORED and LONELY we are releasing a previously released Patreon Bonus episode! This episode is very special to me because it features not one, but TWO, of my best frie...

Hi Weirdos! Welcome to our favorite time of the year!! Time to tell GHOST STORIES!    This is another edition of LISTENER GHOST STORIES-- where Lauren and Ashley tell each other REAL LIFE spooky stories either sent in by YOU, the listener or found on different online forums we are a part of.     This time 'round we are encountering a LOT of different oddities-- ghost children, haunted sheds, astra...

Welcome to the jungle, weirdos! This week we are leaving the human world and entering the ANIMAL KINGDOM!  It's been a while since we had an animal/nature focused episode and theres just TOO MUCH crazy going on out there for us to not bring it to your ears. This week Ashley is joined by a very special cohost- his first appearance in season six- HANDSOME JOE!!  Ashley and Joe share a myriad of anim...

H i  w e i r d o s, you know that feeling when you get a rush of nostalgia but you're also creeped out?  When the hairs stand up on the back of your neck but you aren't in any danger?  Ever get goosebumps thinking about a dark school hallway lined with lockers? YEAH SAME!! Today we're continuing our discussion on weirdly haunted locations and Ashley is starting us off with the concept of LIMINAL S...

Are you ready to find some ghosts, weirdos? Well you may want to look at your local convenience store.  This week Lauren and Ashley are looking for ghosts in ALL the wrong places as we research haunted locations that just shouldn't be haunted. What happens when there is paranormal activity in your office building?  A skyscraper?  A book store?  Or even the 7/Eleven on the corner??  What are those...

THE END IS NIGH WEIRDOS!! Welcome to part two of our APOCALYPSE SERIES!! It's been fun but it's time to head into the bunkers and say our prayers because it's the end of the world as we know it and we feel FINE. This week Ashley starts us off by telling us THE TRUTH about the antichrist-- at least according to the bible itself.  And Lauren takes the reigns of this runaway train by teaching us abou...