Weird Around Illinois

In this video, the Weird Around Illinois team discusses the good, and not so good parts of 2025.

In this video, the Weird Around Illinois team talks about 10 celebrities that believe in bigfoot!

Is it ever too cold for Bigfoot? Too rainy for Dogman? Too foggy for aliens and ghosts? The Weird Around Illinois team takes a look at how weather can affect cryptids and other paranormal phenomenon and the people who investigate them.

There's an interstellar object called 3i Atlas hurtling through our solar system at incredible speed. Is it an alien spacecraft or alien probe? A weapon? An asteroid that will eventually kill us all? The Weird Around Illinois team tries to separate fact from fiction with the visitor from beyond the solar system known as 3i Atlas.

For thousands of years, people have told tales of fearsome canine cryptids known as hellhounds acting as guardians, guides or harbingers of evil. The Weird Around Illinois team takes a look at the lore surrounding hellhounds, and examines how the stories of these hounds of hell compare to modern day stories of Dogman. Is Dogman a hellhound? You be the judge...

In this episode, the Weird Around Illinois team reads viewer comments that tell interesting bigfoot stories that you may find no where else!

What caused one of the most famous ship disappearances in the history of the Great Lakes? Was Le Griffon cursed? Taken by aliens? Sent through a portal to another dimension? The Weird Around Illinois team discusses the mysteries that surround the disappearance (and perhaps reappearance) of this ghost ship and the efforts to find her.

It's not a surprise that governments have gone to great lengths to spy on each other. What may be a surprise is that their methods of spying include psychic activity like remote viewing. The Weird Around Illinois team tells the story of remote viewing projects conducted by the United States government, including projects Grill Flame, Center Lane, Sun Streak, and the most famous, Project Starga...

Over the last several months, the Weird Around Illinois team has received many interesting comments and sighting reports from listeners. This episode is devoted to giving these listener comments the spotlight and going over what they have to say about black panthers, dogman, cemeteries and more.

There are many stories about Bigfoot going back all the way to Native American legends. Some of these stories portray Sasquatch as a heroic guardian of the forest, others portray the cryptid as a horrific monster that attacks or even kills people. The Weird Around Illinois team takes a look at these stories and tries to sort out once and for all, is Bigfoot good or evil?

In this episode, the Weird Around Illinois team talks about the hauntings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and their experience investigating these areas.

Dogman doesn't exist! At least that's what some people say. For true dogman believers, those are fighting words. The Weird Around Illinois team takes a look at the arguments against the existence of this canine cryptid and talks about whether or not some of them could be valid.

Southwestern Illinois is a hotbed of unusual activity, from cryptid reports to parananormal encounters to UFO sightings. The Weird Around Illinois team tours Alton, Illinois and the surrounding area, investigating sightings of bigfoot, dogman, thunderbirds and more.

The Weird Around Illinois team visits Alton, Illinois, the most haunted small town in Illinois in search of ghosts, spirits, specters and general weirdness.

The Weird Around Illinois Team talks ghosts, Illinois legends and general weirdness with author and paranormal reporter Sylvia Shults.

The Weird Around Illinois Team talks ghosts, Illinois legends and general weirdness with author and paranormal reporter Sylvia Shults. Check out her latest book! - https://bookshop.org/p/books/gone-on-vacation-endless-summer-sylvia-shults/23081737?ean=9781958589267&next=t

UFO's over southwestern Illinois? The Weird Around Illinois Team looks into several reports from law enforcement officers about an unidentified flying object appearing in the skies over Shiloh, Illinois and several neighboring towns. Is it aliens, or something less sinister?

In this second part of the interview with Lon Strickler, Lon and the Weird Around Illinois team shares their stories of the paranormal and unexplained!

Lon Strickler, author, paranormal investigator and creator of the "Phantoms and Monsters" podcast and website, joins the Weird Around Illinois Team to share some of his past experiences and talk about the Chicago Mothman, as well as other cryptids and paranormal phenomenon.

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." And maybe Bigfoot. And Dogman. And ghosts. And aliens. Are you afraid of these things? The Weird Around Illinois team discusses the fear that the paranormal can generate and how it can affect their cryptid, ghost and alien hunts.

In part two of Weird Around Illinois' interview with paranormal expert Chad Lewis, the acclaimed author and researcher describes what it's like to go out into the field looking for cryptids, ghosts and paranormal phenomenon, even sharing stories about his journey through the Seven Gates of Hell.

World famous paranormal investigator and author Chad Lewis joins the Weird Around Illinois team to share his thoughts on winged cryptids and other Midwestern weirdness in part one of a very enlightening interview.

Back in the day, all you needed to hunt ghosts was a flashlight, a camera and a lot of courage. Now there are dozens of devices designed or repurposed to help paranormal investigators find the odd lingering spirit. Some are great, some are...questionable. The Weird Around Illinois team takes a look at some of the tech the average ghost hunter may not need.

In this final conversation with Shetan Noir, she shares her thoughts with the Weird Around Illinois team on various cryptids of the Midwest. The accomplished cryptozoologist and author once again displays the depth of her knowledge of the natural world and the cryptids that live in it.

The Weird Around Illinois team welcomes cryptozoologist and author Shetan Noir to the podcast to discuss Canadian wildfires, lake monsters and cryptids of all kinds.