That's Bonkers, Bruh

In this episode, you better buckle up! We are gonna laugh, be scared , and engage in spiritual and scientific realms of sleep paralysis, lucid dreaming and the unhinged stories of taking Ambien.

Do you ever feel like someone is listening to your conversations? Watching? Suggesting something out of the ordinary? Well today, we've got stories for you about Amazon Alexas behaving badly and even suggesting very sinister ideas. You'll laugh, and end this segment very concerned about whether you want smart technology in your home. If that doesn't give you pause, well buckle up because the newes...

The Alaskan frontier is full of mystery due to its size and the rugged terrain that keeps so much of the state uninhabitable. Makes you kind of wonder what lies within these vast landscapes... In this episode, we bring you a story of a man who claims to have seen short, hairy-faced men in the Alaskan wilderness that the locals call Inukuns that he somehow avoided, and when approached by some local...

It's the most wonderful time of year - Merry Christmas & Blessed Yule! Not sure what Yule is? Well, sit down for a little history lesson as we talk about some of history and traditions of Yuletide, including a yule tree, mistletoe, gift giving and feasts. Sounds a lot like modern day Christmas, right? Except Yule predates Christianity and the Christmas holiday. Last December we covered Krampus...

"There is fine line between paranormal and psychosis." - Kelsey Since its spooky season and Halloween is this week, we put together some stories of creepy encounters of the paranormal and non-human kind. We start off with a story from a person in Oregon who was commuting through the forest on a dark night when someone jumps out in front of the car. After contact and the vehicles comes to a halt, t...

On this week's episode, we discussed the recently released Netflix documentary about the teen girl who was relentlessly bullied online for almost 2 years and it took the FBI to figure out who the culprit was - HER MOM! Although its a heavy story, you'll want to stick around to the end to listen to submitted, found, and personal embarrassing stores that keep things light hearted and serve as a remi...

We're baaaack! After a little hiatus over the summer, we are back and talking about the survivors - lightning strike survivors. The inspiration came because Kelsey's grandfather, who is 93 years old, has been struck by lightning TWICE. Oh, and he has seen a UFO. We start things off by talking about the lightning hotspots in the US(Tampa Florida) and the #1 spot in the world(Venezuela). Then share...

"Trust me"......This can either be a phrase to gain collaboration or used by manipulative people and corporations to deceive. Unfortunately, those words proved fatal for dozens of people in New Jersey when they were hired to paint watch faces with radium, a highly toxic compound that made the face glow in the dark - although each was assured that it was 100% safe. Oh, and by the way, it was a requ...

Back with another episode about haunted places you need to visit!. The haunted bootlegger house found in the 4th ward of Charlotte NC has a special hideaway closet for their 'spirits' to keep them hidden away during Prohibition. It's even on the market for sale if you can afford to purchase a million dollar home downtown. Its been updated to give a modern feel, but the ghosts of the past are still...

"You look just like someone I know." Have you ever been told that you look like another person or that you have a doppelgänger running around town? In this week's episode, we take things back to the early 1900s where a young Bobby Dunbar went missing. After months of searching, the Dunbars 'think' they found their missing son a few states away. Turns out that it was never their son at all but none...

Back by popular demand, we read more hilarious Amazon reviews of sugar free candy. Buyers beware! But before we get to those, we need to get you up to speed on what the hell is going on in Colorado. On this weeks episode, we share a few stories about funeral homes who were caught up in everything from selling body parts on the black market, to giving mourning families concrete in lieu of ashes, an...

Even in a world where medicinal advancements have come so far, there are still unexplained miracles that people experience where the end seems all but certain and still they slipped out of the jaws of death. John was a normal 18 year old farm kid who had BOTH arms cut off while working the fields. He managed to call 911 using a pencil and nestled in the tub as not to get any blood on his mom's new...

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals! Although we hope Santa found you this year, we're here to inform you of what REALLY happens if you're not a good girl or boy. FORGET a lump of coal. These stories will actually scare kids into being good. Krampus is a half-man, half goat monster used as leverage for centuries to frighten children into being good, or he will come get them. This counterpart to St N...

Episode 16 takes a light hearted approach with Bonkers stories of animals big and small. Monkey Island is a lush tropical habitat off the coast of South Carolina where more than 1400 animals reside. It is not open to the public but plenty of people take their boats out to try to catch a glimpse of the monkeys in the trees. But what are they doing there? Ken Allen, or the 'Hairy Houdini', is a 250...

It's still spooky season folks so let's squeeze in another set of stories about ghosts. Once again, we are going from Utah to North Carolina to talk about hauntings and the darker sides of history. First, we visit the now demolished, via TNT, Kay's cross in Kaysville Utah. Not much is known but the lore takes us from fundamentalist cult leaders to werewolf conspiracies. Then we head to Asheville N...

It's spooky season, y'all! What better way to get into the Halloween, spooky spirit than to talk about ghosts. As we start things off, we reminisce about the time we visited a Charlotte cemetery in October where all our technology went haywire and feelings of sadness washed over. It was BONKERS! Then we get right into the phantom ghost of Grandfather Mountain. An older man, bearded and rough appea...

We discuss the very "badass" female figure Judith Love Cohen, who helped solve NASA's Apollo 13 debacle, while in labor and, ultimately, birthing a modern day celebrity - you'll never guess who. So listen to find out. Advances in DNA technology have lead to the exoneration of over 375 people for wrongful convictions. We cover a few of these cases, as well as the very sad story that was the inspira...

We have an array of news stories for you this week that include a mysterious flood at a Titanic museum, a fatal rollercoaster accident, and bones found in Ben Franklin's London garden. If you love the podcast and want to help us grow, leave us a 5-star review on all our steaming platforms! AND Follow us on Instagram @thatsbonkersbruh.pod

We're back in the desert for part 2 of Las Vegas hauntings and history, where dead bodies are being covered in Lake Mead as the water level rescinds, premonitions disappear after leaping off the Hoover Dam and spirits want answers from the Boulder City Hospital. Then we visit Zak Bagans' museum which is full of artifacts like the van of Dr. Death and a stair case from an Indiana home knows as the...

Las Vegas is one of the top 5 most haunted cities in the US. It's easy to understand once you look back at the history and the tie to organized crime. There is so much that we had to break it into 2 parts. Most of the hotels still operating on the Las Vegas strip are haunted and we dive into a few of the stories. We also cover the killing of Tupac, the haunted Wolfpack tattoo shop, a look at the l...

This week we'll be diving into the topics of mysterious creatures of the sea, and the Alaskan triangle where over 20,000 people have gone missing since the 1970's. Take a trip under the ocean's surface to help us determine if mermaids, krakens and other sea monsters actually exist, or if it's nothing more than folklore.

Quick and dirty episode about haunted dolls. Think back to when you were a kid and the nostalgia of a new toy, an innocent doll. Now, what if that toy was haunted - giving you nightmares, choking you in your sleep or showing back up on your front porch after it was buried.

We are heading on a trip down the longest hiking trail in the world - the Appalachian Trail. This week we share stories of entities and lore from the white haired Bigfoot to the Mothman, and a few other cryptid creatures you probably have never heard of. Follow the rules of the trail and cover up your windows at night.

When the justice system doesn't seem to be making a difference, sometimes people take things into their own hands.....We kick off this week's episode by jumping into the lives and tales of real life vigilantes - includes the Brazilian man who became the inspiration for the hit Showtimes series Dexter. We follow it up with ghost stories heard on a horse drawn carriage ride during our vacation to Ch...

In this episode we talk about a YouTube mommy blogger with over 2M subscribers who gets involved with a manipulative therapist who convinces her that her husband and children are riddled with sin and takes her down a dark path of child abuse and neglect before her 12 year old son escapes and helps brings them to justice after years of enduring their punishments.