mike lucht
KOOKS, CRANKS, AND ICONOCLASTS!
Greetings & Salutations! We're here to cover various interesting/infamous/inexplicable living enigmas & anomalies from across all of time, space, maybe even beyond, & from history BOTH ANCIENT & RECENT! Basically it's "BIOGRAPHY!" but focused solely on WEIRDOS! Listen then repeat what you hear to sound smart at parties! STOP being MYOPIC! START being ESOTERIC! (Mmm! Yum!) Stay tuned True Believers! NEW EPISODES POSTED UP ON HUMPDAYS! Clear The Hump w/us as we provide Weekly Bios on strange/insane/shameful/lost/forgotten Misfits of History! Comedy/Conspiracy/True Crime/High Strangeness! Support...
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Episodes
OCCULT CRIME ATLAS-CHINA! (+ HONG KONG & TAIWAN AT NO EXTRA CHARGE!) - "BIG WORM!' 27.03.2026 3:11:06
THIS IS IT YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOKS! We wrap up our week in China w/ an addition to the "OCCULT CRIME ATLAS" series! We've got alien abductions, kung fu, ritualistic crime, feng shui wars, Chinese bigfoot, ya mutha, BIG WORM, hauntings, black magic(k?), "telebortions", exorcisms, spirit possession, zombies, vampires, mirror beings, AND SOOOOO MUCH MORE! HOLY SHIT! I AM FUCKING EXHAUSTED! Take THAT! "Pr...
CHINESE UFOLOGY 2 - CHENGDU BOOGALOO 25.03.2026 1:28:14
MORE! MORE! MORE! This one breaks down all the "starseed" stuff, amongst other things. PLEASE TO ENJOY!Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com SOURCES: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/reddit-explodes-over-alleged-chinese-ufo-crash-retrievals-hair-covered-alien-survivors-1771173 https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1012934 https://thechinaproject.com/tag/china-unsolved/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_...
CHINESE UFO CULTS (& OTHER ASSORTED HIGH STRANGENESS) - "CCP, YEAH YOU KNOW ME" 24.03.2026 2:16:29
Sup kooks! This is the first in a short series of what was essentially me being pulled further and further down a Chinese rabbit hole of high strangeness that just kept on spiraling deeper, and deeper...and deeper. (Till I came out on the other side in China. C'mon! You know I had to use that some where!) PLEASE TO ENJOY! Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com SOURCES: https://gaodawei.wordpress.com/...
LOS PELACARAS! a.k.a. "THE FACE PEELERS!" - "PROJECT: BLUE BLEEP" & "LARD LORD LORE" 13.03.2026 2:46:12
Sup all you beautiful kooks! Here's another piping hot podcast, fresh out of the fat rendering...device? Sure, why not. So in this one we've got South American folklore, flying humanoids, alien imposters, miners with jet packs (or so THEY would have you believe!), stargates, psyops, organ theft/fat extraction, BOSCO!, "The Boys from Brazil", megalithic sites & ritual landscapes, alleged "alien...
AMBROSE BIERCE - "THOSE YELLOW BASTARDS!" 03.03.2026 1:51:38
HOOOOOO BOY! What's up you beautiful kooks! This here's another big'un for ya's! This episode is largely concentrated on the mysterious disappearance of Ambrose Bierce as well as his less discussed life of service in espionage and military intelligence! (Thanks largely in part to my primary source for this episode, author/investigator Walter Bosley's "Secret Missions 3: Destination Carcosa")! Not...
BLACK GOO PHENOMENA - "TURDSCAPING" 28.02.2026 1:48:17
HEYYOOOOO! What's up you beautiful kooks! It's back to classic form, I think, I hope! This episode we're delving into several explanations behind the strange "black goo" phenomena, whether they be scientific, supernatural, ufological, etc. I promise I'm like...60% less angry and shouty on this one. GET YOU SOME! (Thens puts its alls ups ins yous!) Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.comSOURCES:* Bases...
EPSTEIN BABY CEVICHE-THE LAST EPSTEIN EPISODE...PROMISE! 25.02.2026 1:34:58
There's quite a lot of bullshit out there. I release this against my better judgement, cuz pretty much fuck these people. But after consulting with one of my war time consiglieres, here it is. Back w/ new episodes soon! P.S. I yell a lot in this one, fair warning. Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com All music from Pixaby.com used under a creative commons license.
OCCULT CRIME ATLAS Vol.4:DISNEYLAND! 04.02.2026 1:07:53
HOOOOOOOOO BOY! Okay, so this ones got Disney (obvs), Nazis, NASA, Freemasons, Project Monarch mind kontrol, murder, mayhem, family annihilation, the 33rd parallel, AND SO MUCH MO! Give it a listen...don't cost nothin'. (But when I do figure out a way for you people to give me your monies that doesn't involve me doing a shitload more work...ohhh, you better believe that's a paddlin'!) BY THE WAY.....
MORE EPSTEEZ - "FRANKEN(EP)STEIN!" 03.02.2026 28:51
Here's another Epstein related drop while I'm working on actual real episodes (and hopefully getting my voice back to it's full unholy power). Thanks to you all for listening and (as far as I know) being decent human beings. Love y'all muthafuckas! Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail SOURCES: 1The Jewish paedophile network of Epstein and Maxwell | by Dylan Evans | Mediummedium.com 2Epstein Library | U...
PEEP THE EPSTEEZ! (a.k.a. "The Recent Epstein Files Dump For People Who Ain't Got Time For That Shit!") 31.01.2026 20:18
This started out as 3 (or 4?) different quick "Top X# of Epstein Files Shit" but they all got mixed up into just as much of a convoluted clusterfcuk as the files are themselves. It's all pretty bad. Anyways, I'm working on other shit...REAL SHIT! about shapeshifting sorcerers and mysterious orbs of light. See y'all on the other side! Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com SOURCES: 1Millions of Jeffre...
BONUS EPISODE: SEX & THE SUPERNATURAL - "YEAH...'ECTOPLASM', THAT'S WHAT THAT IS!" 24.01.2026 2:41:36
SPECTROPHILIA? PARANORMAL SEXUAL ASSAULT? SLEEP PARALYSIS DEATHS? PENIS THEFT EPIDEMICS? GHOST MARRIAGES? ALL THIS & SOOOOO MUCH MORE! This is the final episode capping off one goddamn WEIRD-ASS month and a half of perverse paranormal studies. Have at it folks! Thanks for listening! Love you guys! I think I'm gonna take a short break after this episode so I don't burn out (plus...all the weird...
HUMAN/NON-HUMAN ENTITY SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS - FINALE 23.01.2026 3:21:13
Taking a break...need to find the where with all to continue to give a shit. Anyways, this one's got orgone vampires, The Babalon Working, Christopher Walken on coke, plus tons of other stuff. Also feel free to check out the doc below. Enjoy. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO12/20241113/117721/HHRG-118-GO12-Wstate-ShellenbergerM-20241113.pdf
CATTLE MUTILATIONS, RITUAL SACRIFICE, & MEAT PUPPETEERS! 09.01.2026 1:24:01
Exactly what it says in the title! All that AND!: Goat-Man, The Chupacabra, organic black helicopters, "black goo", "Moo-loch!", The Minotaur, milk carton kids, and all kinds of other crazy shit! PUT IT ALL UP IN YOU! (Preferably via the ears. But I don't wanna tell ya how to live your life. Do what you do.) Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com SOURCES: Unless specifically mentioned within the epis...
SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS W/ NON-HUMAN ENTITIES: TANTRA, TAO, & SEX MAGICK - "DEE-SETI" 03.01.2026 2:27:02
MERRY NEW YEAR! Have some more theoretical pontificating upon "xenophilia"! You're welcome...HUMANITY! Also, btw... JUSTICE! WILL! PREVAIL! Love all y'all! Love yourselves! Love each other! (Cuz WE are all WE got!) Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com SOURCES: Unless specifically mentioned within the episode, all will be revealed at the end of this series. Music derived from https://pixabay.com and...
SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS W/ NON-HUMAN ENTITIES: DEMONOLOGY, ABDUCTIONS, NDEs, & CONSENT - "HALF DEAD MOFOS!" 23.12.2025 2:38:53
I think the material pretty much speaks for itself. I come pretty close to getting pretty furious-ish once or twice, so for that...I apologize. BUT GOSHDARNIT! I'M JUST SO PASSIONATE IN MY BURNING NEED TO REVOLT AGAINST THE HEAVENS! Anyways, please to enjoy! Emails us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com SOURCES: Unless otherwise noted within, the rest will be given at the end of the series, so as not to ti...
SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS W/ NON-HUMAN ENTITIES Pt.1: SCIENCE, MYTH, & FOLKLORE - "SKYDADDIES!" 12.12.2025 2:13:23
HOOOOOOOOOOO! BOY HOWDY! THIS IS GONNA BE A BIG'UN! AND...ONE HELLUVA WEIRD'UN! This episode is but the first in a multi-part series in which we'll be doing a DEEP ASS DIVE! right into the most complete & total possible history of humanity's many various sexual encounters with non-human entities! We got gods, spirits, ghosts, angels, demons, aliens, sex magick, freaky rituals, alien abductions...
REV. ROBERT KIRK - "PEEP DAT SECRET COMMONWEALTH YO!" 01.12.2025 1:43:18
Fairies and Elves...AND ALIENS! Oh my! This episode we peep into the life and works (and mysterious afterlife?) of Reverend Robert Kirk, especially his manuscript "The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, & Fairies"! We'll take a look at the many parallels between the lore of "the kindly folk" with modern day UFOlogy and alien abduction lore, and close out with an examination of another, more...
OCCULT CRIME ATLAS VOL. 3 - ANTARCTICA - "CRYSTAL MYTH" 18.11.2025 2:04:53
That's right folks...we're taking it back...FOR THE PEOPLE! Think of all of the post-global warming real estate opportunities! It's so cold in "The A"! This one gets HIGH & DEEP folks! "High Strangeness" and "Deep Weirdness"! Please to enjoy! Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com *Go to Liqure.com & use promo code "ICON" for 20% off your entire purchase! *Go to Shimmerwood.com and use promo...
WILLIAM SEABROOK - "ZOMBIE-D-S-M!" 10.11.2025 1:24:02
It's the weird wide world of Willie Seabrook! Proto-Gonzo journalism! Absinthe for breakfast! Occultism! Alcoholism! (Maybe in relation to the whole "absinthe for breakfast" thing? Listen & find out!) Insane Asylums! Travelogues! BDSM! AND SO MUCH MORE! Willie Seabrook is exactly the type of man who was born and lived for the sole reason of providing content for exactly this type of show! GIVE...
LEILAH WENDELL: QUEEN OF THE NECROPHILES? - "DEAD SERIOUS" 06.11.2025 53:05
Here's what was originally intended to be my primary Halloween episode, detailing the life and works of Leilah Wendell, so called "Queen of The Necrophiles". It's a straight up read of my original script, no punch up, just...DEAD SERIOUS! Enjoy...or not. No sweat off my corpse! Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com SOURCES: "Encounters with Death: A Compendium of Anthropomorphic Personifications of...
MORMONS & TRUE CRIME...WHAT UP WITH THAT? 06.11.2025 32:19
Here ya go folks, a dash of coverage on a question that not enough people seem to be asking. Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com If you are struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, please dial 988.
"WHEN JUNKO MET FUTOSHI - A ROMCOM APOCALYPSE" 31.10.2025 9:30
Yet another "Halloween Hotdog!" (I've been celebrating/ rewarding/ punishing myself for each upload by eating a hotdog, but that's okay...I'M...oh...kay.) Alright HOLLYWOOD! Where's THIS romcom! (Besides the movie that's already based on this..."The Forest of Love"...c'mon, isn't time for another lackluster American re-make of a great Japanese film? Here ya go!) (Actually, while I'm thinking about...
THE PSYCHIC DID IT (SPOILERS) 31.10.2025 26:34
Another Halloween Hotdog! In this one I relate a story in which there are no heroes. Somewhat heavy on the editorializing, as I discuss some things which I view as exemplifying just about everything wrong with true crime. Also...there's a curse. Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com SOURCE: https://www.dominionpost.com/2022/10/15/the-overlooked-confession-morgantown-man-thinks-he-knows-who-killed-tw...
4 MYSTERIOUS DEATHS - "MOMENTO MORI MYSTERIOSO" 31.10.2025 40:43
MORE HALLOWEENIN"! This episode covers a "quadrilogy?" (sure, why not) of four mysterious deaths with potentially "otherworldly" details surrounding them. While the actual cause of death may seem evident at first glance, it's the circumstances surrounding them that leave both us, and investigators, scratching their various itchy bits. Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com SOURCES: https://medium.com...
SIGVARD THURNEMAN & THE MAGIC CIRCLE MURDERS - "HENBRAINED" 30.10.2025 21:58
Round 2 of Halloween (mini?) episodes! This one covers the exploits of Sigvard "Manhunter" Thurneman & The Sala Gang, an under the radar influence on Nordic black metal's intersection between crime & the occult! Email us: kooksandcranks@gmail.com SOURCES:*https://www.bardomethodology.com/articles/2021/06/30/wulvaricht-interview-manhunter-the-story-of-the-swedish-occultist-and-serial-killer...
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