That Doesn't Happen Every Day

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you love hunting ghosts, but you're also a skeptic? What happens when you finally do see a ghost, or at least you think you might have, but again, you're a skeptic? What would it take for you to believe your own eyes?  We hear some of Jake Warga's scary stories and try to find out why he's still not convinced. Here's a link to Jake's...

Send us Fan Mail In 1854, violence broke out in what today is a corn field in Eastern Wyoming. A dead cow, a new West Point Lieutenant, a drunken translator, and an entire village of Lakota Sioux came together in the greatest defeat of US Soldiers to a native force west of the Mississippi to that date. Today we visit the site of the battle and learn about the odd and unusual elements that kicked o...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wanted to quit you job and just go someplace where you can listen to the waves crashing on a tropical beach? On this episode we hear the story of two cousins and what happened to them when they did.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Salt Lake City's Avenues District is the oldest neighborhood in one of the oldest cities in The Mountain West. From polygamists, to golf promotors, a house that was used as the set of a horror movie, to a rumored rental of Ted Bundy, this old neighborhood played host to some of the strangest and most quirky stories in SLC. On this episode we hear Cevan LeSieur, author of two...

Send us Fan Mail From Mark Twain to Saddam Hussein, Curt Cobain to John Wayne, Presidents, Dictators, Outlaws, and Artists have kept pets and on this episode we talk about some of the weirder ones.  Sources: The Presidential Pet Museum Drunkard and Satan   Presidential Cow Jefferson's Ram killed a little boy Tiger cubs The Coolidge Pets Presidential Alligators? The Yuki Johnson Duets The Cart...

Send us Fan Mail Do you remember a house that you were warned to stay away from? On this episode we explore the truths of a legend that turned one unfortunate woman into a "witch" in the minds of her neighbors at the mouth of Parley's Canyon in Utah. Please check out Jennifer Jones' Blog: The Dead History If you'd like to visit Parley's Hollow Nature Park here's...

Send us Fan Mail In 1972 Mike Shay hitchhiked from Texas To Berkley, CA. He shares the odd, funny, and frightening things that happened to him on his trip and what he learned about being an American.  NOTE: I do not condone hitchhiking, but I think this is a good story. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Putting the same amount of energy and passion that most artists reserve for marble or metal, Catherine Morris sculpts what she sees in her mind's eye into sand. If that wasn't hard enough, she lives thousands of miles from the nearest ocean. To find out how this Wyomingite who'd never even taken an art class got so good at sculpting sand in one of America's win...

Send us Fan Mail In the early 1960's when it was believed that "only crazy people saw UFO's,"  psychologist Leo Sprinkle began to interview alleged UFO witnesses, but when he started to share his findings, many of his fellow scientists proved to be anything but inquiring or open minded. Find out what happened to a man who tried to use what he had learned about examining the wor...

Send us Fan Mail What's it like living 30 minutes from a nuclear missile site? What's it like working in one? On this episode we explore working 60 feet underground waiting for Armageddon along with the dark humor and odd conditions that coincide with being able to turn keys and send nuclear firepower over the north pole in thirty minutes or less. Visit the Quebec 01 Missile Alert Facili...

Send us Fan Mail While Laramie, Wyoming doesn't seem like a hot spot for ska or punk, a handful of Wyomingites came together in the 90's to form a blistering, crisp ensemble of fast and hard ska that rivaled what was being played by bands from much bigger places. Here is the story of Charlie Pathetic... Please check out their website You can also listen to their album here Support the sh...

Send us Fan Mail The story of a blue figure rumored to haunt The Kane Cemetery and surrounding area in Northern Wyoming seems harmless enough until you really start to look into local history and a tragedy from the last century. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please text or call 988 or call 911. Casper Daily Tribune Article about the tragedy Follow up coverage from The Tribun...

Send us Fan Mail Over the decades 16 human skeletons have been found near Badwater Creek in Wyoming. Some were murdered and some we're not sure what happened. From homesteaders, to soldiers, to one who apparently came back to haunt a local family's root cellar, you're going to like this one! Jackie Dorothy's Original Article About The Wailing Skeleton Jackie Dorothy's Podc...

Send us Fan Mail You usually don't think of the arts when you think of marines, or marines when you think of artists. However, in this episode we interview a beret-wearing artist and former recon marine who went on to teach people how to print their photographs onto gold and ask if there is any crossover between the artistic and the militaristic. Check out Barrie's Art at Merglennstudios...

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when the people in charge of stopping crimes try to get you to commit them? In 1940's Cheyenne, Wyoming, police approached African American Business Owner, Lola West, and told her she needed to change what she was selling at her boarding house and cafe and give them some of the profits. What followed was a story of corruption, extortion, race, and one woman who...

Send us Fan Mail From the skeleton of a teenaged girl, to a castle, to a railway shooting, I take you to all the odd little places in my own town where rumors have abounded and try to get to the bottom of them. Enjoy! 100 Things To Do In Cheyenne Before You Die - Andi Jaspersen Haunted Cheyenne - Jill Pope The Slaying of CC Bernard The Execution of Paul "Perry" Carroll Tom Horn's Ex...

Send us Fan Mail How did someone who grew up in a Wyoming town better known for railroad workers and the world's largest outdoor rodeo become an Oscar-winning filmmaker? We find out about Dan Junge's journey from The Magic City of the Plains to the podium at the academy awards. Please check out Dan's films: Chiefs Saving Face Being Evel Fight Church A Lego Brickumentary To learn mor...

Send us Fan Mail In 1862, a man was caught robbing so many graves in Salt Lake City, Utah that he was banished to a small island in The Great Salt Lake before disappearing entirely. Jennifer Jones of The Dead History Blog shares this story involving grave robbing, reassurances to families of the victims by Brigham Young, and a possible tattoo or branding the culprit was supposedly given. Please vi...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a biker, ultralight enthusiast, and scuba diver overcomes his wild past and opens a drive through known as "The Home of The Roadkill Burger" in Pinedale, Wyoming? AKA "The King Cone" Learn how Tommy Harkness kept his lights on for years despite joking about how his burgers were made from animals scraped off of Wyoming's endless highways a...

Send us Fan Mail In 2021, Cheyenne, Wyoming honored a local teenager who helped his community in a very, very Wyoming Way. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In the late 1980's, Carmen Singleton tried out for her tiny high school's football team in Hulett, Wyoming -just 10 miles away from Devils Tower. She describes what it was like going to her first day of practice including how some people made bets about how soon she would quit the team after being tackled and teased by the team. She describes what four years of football...

Send us Fan Mail In 1987, a town known more for refinery workers and antelope herds saw a Hollywood production company arrive to make a horror movie in it old penitentiary. After finding out that the 300 real inmates the filmmakers were planning on using were not going to be available, railroad workers, accountants, and roughnecks showed up to be in Renny Harlin's film Prison about the ghost...

Send us Fan Mail In 1988, Anne Arden McDonald took her portrait in Wyoming's Gas Chamber in the old Penitentiary in Rawlins, WY (see episode's icon).  We ask her about the picture, why she took it, how she took it and how the scary old prison inspired the other photos she took there. Click Here to See More of Anne's Photos from The Prison Click Here to See Anne's Website and Mo...

Send us Fan Mail From the early 1900's until the early 1980's Wyoming's only maximum security prison was just half a dozen blocks away from downtown. The site of murders, arson, many executions, and even a lynching, Mark Setright walks us through the creepy old building on Walnut Street and describes the brutal and surreal events that happened within its walls.  From an escape of al...

Send us Fan Mail In tiny Wheatland, Wyoming, Herschel "Tricky" Riggle had  a successful rodeo act involving a three legged horse and knife throwing. However, Wheatland's idyllic main street was rocked by violence in 1953 when Riggle shot two people to death in the town's small café. We hear what happened and how some people still believe Governor Milward Simpson's reaction...