True Weird Stuff

Today's True Weird - Time Travel   Time. We always seem to be giving it, taking it, and running out of it. We always, always want more of it. And we dream of being able to control it. We dream of machines that would let us skip through time as easily as we move through space, in our cars, trains, and planes. What if time travel was possible? There are people who claim THEY are time travelers…do yo...

Today's True Weird Stuff - Sea Demon You’re at the beach, standing at the water’s edge. Shielding your eyes from the sun glaring off the water, you gaze out at the far horizon. Did you see it? Was it a trick of the light or was it...a fin? You’re about to hear a shark tale unlike any other. One that makes Jaws look like Finding Nemo. This is the terrifying true story of...the Sea Demon. See omnyst...

Today's True Weird Stuff - Talking to Heaven   What happens when we die? Are you a person who believes that we flicker into and out of existence like earthbound fireflies, here and then gone? Or maybe you believe in an eternal soul that recycles itself lifetime after lifetime? What if you could know, what if you did know what happens when we die? In this episode, you’ll hear from internationally a...

Cattle mutilation stories are all weird. And all sound kind of similar, don’t they? There’s the dead animal, missing various body parts – with no blood or tracks or footprints or evidence of any kind. Something is happening to these animals. Something we can’t explain. 50+ years, 10,000+ cattle…that’s no load of bull. So, what is it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's True Weird Stuff - Bloody Benders  You’re heading west, with big dreams of staking your claim to one of those parcels of land promised in the Homestead Act. Word has it there’s a family up the road yonder that takes in travelers. Nothing fancy, just a simple cabin over in Labette County. They say the daughter talks to the dead, but you know how folks like to gossip about their neighbors. J...

Today's True Weird Stuff - Weird Taxidermy   Ever looked around your house and thought, what this place needs is a taxidermied rat wearing a Victorian frock coat? Maybe sporting a couple of human teeth? There’s a whole world of taxidermy beyond mounted deer heads and crouching bobcats. In this episode, you’ll meet a guy who turns roadkill into weird, strange, make-believe creatures…and you’ll also...

Prohibition was such a weird and terrible idea that it’s hard to believe it really happened. But this is the story of Daisy Dell Simpson, one of only 12 female Prohibition agents hired by the IRS to help bust bootleggers, gangsters, and speakeasies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Medicine has come a very long way since the early days of bloodletting and leeches. But once upon a time, human beings trusted a very different kind of cure…the kind that doesn’t come from a fancy laboratory or a big chain drugstore. Some of our ancestors opened wide and swallowed the stuff of nightmares: blood. Bone. Human flesh.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scientists are increasingly using AI and machine learning in their search for extraterrestrial life, and one man’s algorithm may be the biggest breakthrough yet…leaving us one step closer to the biggest question a human gazing at the infinity of the stars can ask: Where is everybody? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who doesn’t love a bunny rabbit? Especially the ones that tote baskets of candy. But rabbits are so much more than the cotton-tailed critters of fairy tales and cartoons. Being all cute and harmless and fluffy has helped them keep their freaky secrets…secret. Until now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's True Weird Stuff - Bloody Prankster (Airdate 3/31/2023)   Are you one of those people who cook up a successful April Fools’ prank? If you’re lucky, the worst that happens is a little embarrassment, maybe some hurt feelings. But if you’re unlucky, terribly unlucky, that prank can end in bloodshed. In murder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's True Weird Stuff - That's A Bigfoot!   Vast, seemingly empty landscapes…not a road, not a house, not a cell tower in sight. People have experienced things that we don’t have simple explanations for. I can’t convince you Bigfoot is real. But it’s not such an impossible idea…just a weird one. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to the Emerald Isle for a St. Patrick’s Day tale of marriage and murder, fairies, and folklore. It’s a story that changed Irish law and, 100 years later, still reeks of mystery, magic, and the unmistakable stench of burning flesh.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Witches, serial killers, and Paul Revere all team up in a story of why a very standard kind of courtroom evidence that could help condemn you to prison might actually be total garbage. Oops! So much for taking a bite out of crime.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Owning a small business can be super tough. Sometimes you have to get creative just to make ends meet. Maybe that’s why a mother/daughter funeral business got into the illegal body parts game. Gruesome – but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 90’s amirite? While the world was fixated on a certain blue dress, a couple of humans were bolted by their boots to the outside of the space shuttle, zooming around the planet at more than 17,000 mph, trying to capture a rogue satellite with their hands. Because the company wanted to save some money. Oh my GOD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bet you think your DNA is, well, you. Think again. You might have started life as a twin and never knew it – and your vanished twin’s DNA just might be riding shotgun alongside your own. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's True Weird Stuff - Bright Lights, Big Sleepy (Airdate 2/10/2023) A late night, a twisting mountain pass – blinding lights ahead. A traffic stop? Maybe. But explain the 12+ hours of lost time…the sickness…and why no one in Sheri’s family will talk about it. This one gets personal – and very, very weird. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's True Weird Stuff - Tripping Johns (Airdate 2/3/2023)   Nothing to see here – just the government slipping unsuspecting men LSD and luring them back to surveillance brothels. Welcome to the early days of the CIA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's True Weird Stuff - Wax On, Head Off (Airdate 1/27/2023)   One of the world’s most famous tourist attractions has a very dark past. Every artist and entrepreneur has to start somewhere – why not with a basket of freshly guillotined heads? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's True Weird Stuff - Not Easy Being Green (Airdate 1/20/2023)   Kids get lost, so when a couple of children turned up at the edge of an English village speaking a strange language, wearing odd clothes it was weird, but no big deal. Except – these kids were a very bright green…     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's True Weird Stuff - A Killer Pool (Airdate 1/13/2023) Anyone can snap…even the nice man down the street. The one you babysit for, the one who has a smile for every kid in the neighborhood. Until that terrible bloody night that ended in murder and a manhunt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teasing True Weird - (Airdate 1/6/2023)   Something truly weird is coming. Sheri will have more details in the next Oddcast, but here's a little preview of what we've been working on in the shadows.   True Weird Stuff is a podcast hosted by Sheri Lynch about very true and very weird stuff!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

True Weird Stuff is a podcast hosted by Sheri Lynch about very true and very weird stuff!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.