Waywut

Mount Shasta: a beautiful, snow-capped volcano tucked into Northern California—or a magnet for missing people, ancient civilizations, crystal-powered spaceships, and government coverups? In this episode of Waywut , Darrell and Jason explore the wild intersection of science and conspiracy behind one of the strangest places in North America. You'll get: A crash course in pyroclastic flows, Lahars, a...

Get ready to open wide—because this week on Waywut, we’re talking about legendary eating challenges, buffet gluttony, and the strange subculture of competitive consumption. Hosts Darrell and Jason take a full-belly dive into their own teenage buffet conquests, Texas all-you-can-eat haunts like Pancho’s and CiCi’s, and the modern-day madness of Major League Eating. From steak-stacking marathons to...

Did John Wilkes Booth really die in that burning Virginia barn? Or did he escape justice and die under a different name in Texas? In this episode of Waywut , Darrell and Jason explore the long-running conspiracy theory that Lincoln’s assassin survived and lived out his days under an alias—culminating in a deathbed confession, a carnival mummy, and a whole lot of questions the government never seem...

Can drugs or alcohol actually improve athletic performance? Probably not. But these legendary stories might make you wonder. In this episode of Waywut , Darrell and Jason dive into the unbelievable world of athletes who performed while intoxicated —and in some cases, better than ever. From major league baseball players sneaking substances into stadiums, to wrestling icons with bottomless beer tole...

Welcome to Centralia, Pennsylvania—a town that’s been literally on fire since 1962. In this episode of Waywut , Jason and Darrell dig into one of the strangest and most overlooked environmental disasters in U.S. history: the Centralia mine fire . It started as a simple landfill burn and turned into a permanent underground blaze that forced nearly the entire town to evacuate. Streets collapsed, gas...

The Stanley Cup has been peed in, lost in canals, and used as a baby baptism bowl. Jason celebrates the 1999 Dallas Stars win and uncovers wild Stanley Cup misadventures — from Pantera goal songs to players kicking it into canals. Brett Hull’s skate was not in the crease. 1999 Stars beat Sabres in triple OT Cup used as dog bowl, urinal, baby font Lost in canal, left on roadside Darrell remembers T...

Wooden planes + gasoline = fiery death in 1908. Darrell rants about fat-guy plane seats , then dives into the first fatal plane crashes — from a 1908 army demo to a 1913 Italian fireball that roasted passengers alive for several minutes . 1908: Orville Wright’s passenger dies in crash 1913: Italian dirigible burns mid-air Passengers cooked alive in wooden fuselages Jason jokes about prairie women...

Why are the LA Lakers named after lakes… in a desert? Jason drags Darrell down the rabbit hole of insane high school & pro mascots — from Somali Pirates to Oolala French Ticklers. No water in Crandall, Texas, but we’re the Pirates. Waywut? LA Lakers: Minnesota import (land of 10,000 lakes) UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs: Students voted it in Yuba College 49ers: Gold Rush fever Darrell recalls fall...

Before anesthesia, surgeons used a hammer, whiskey, and a prayer. In the very first episode of Waywut?, Darrell drags Jason down the bloody rabbit hole of medical horror stories — from 1800s “ether frolics” to secret plutonium injections in 1945. No lectures, just two middle-aged dorks asking: How the hell did we figure this out? Patients bit through leather straps during amputations Dentists turn...