John E.L. Tenney and Jessica Knapik

What's Up Weirdo?

Society EN ↓ 198 episodes

Listen in on John E.L. Tenney & Jessica Knapik's real phone calls. Paranormal, weird, witchy, alien, human, & more! No script, no filter, pure chaos. We are your new best friends. John E.L. Tenney is one of the most well-recognized investigators of Paranormal and Occult phenomena in the world. The author of over a dozen books, John has worked on numerous TV shows including Unsolved Mysteries, Sightings, Very Scary Stories, Paranormal State, Ghost Stalkers, Paranormal Lockdown, and Kindred Spirits. Jessica Knapik is a noted cosmetic tattoo artist and has been featured by Cosmo, Vogue, Elle, MTV...

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John E.L. Tenney and Jessica Knapik

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Society

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whatsupweirdo.libsyn.com

Latest episode

Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

Codependent Vampire Friends 13.04.2023

This week we give a spoiler-free review of new gory wonderful NICOLAS CAGE AS DRACULA horror, vampire comedy Renfield! And while we're putting dead things in coffins TENNEY GOT A NEW PHONE, lol. We talk Shark Week, the Bermuda Triangle, Spontaneously making a haunted location's power turn back on, A masterful description of new cozy ghost show School Spirits on Paramount+, Mystery words, Goodfella...

Creature Ambassadors 04.04.2023

This week we give a spoiler-free review of the new culty, gory, nightmarey horror film Malum! We discuss our newly released FIRST listener voicemails episode aka EVPs! Jess tells us about her bday weekend in Cincinnati at the HorrorHound Horror Convention, and another visit to see the famous Cincinnati Zoo hippos, Fritz and Fiona! Tenney stayed home to be the goodwill ambassador at Detroit's annua...

EVPs: How To Get On A Terrorist Watchlist 30.03.2023

During this EVP session mysterious messages came through about scary dolls who light fires, Throwing ducks at people, Haunted historical fort ghosts, Aggressive Billy Zane, Bloody Leonardo DiCaprio, Backseat driver Tenney, Oscar Isaac, The Behavior Panel, Clarification on what an Eruv is, and much more! If you are dead (jk) and can conjure enough energy to send us an EVP,(Electronic Voice Pal), ca...

I'm The Color, You're The Facts 19.03.2023

Happy 2-ish? Year Anniversary to What's Up Weirdo! We did it! We discuss the highs and lows of The Academy Awards, Oscar winners from the horror community, Jessica losing sleep over Austin Butler, It's demons again, True crime and the death penalty, UFO sighting anniversaries, Swamp gas facts, Narfa, and much more! We've got a McDermott Mulroney situation… Follow us! Twitter: @johneltenney @Jessic...

A Date With Ghostface 09.03.2023

Our Win A Date With Tenney contest winner flew to Detroit to hang, what did we all get up to?? Plus a spoiler-free review of the much anticipated Scream VI with SURPRISING RESULTS, And bonus reviews of awards season sweeping films Everything Everywhere All At Once and Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, Police interrogation tips, The Macdonald Triad, Does your state have a secret mystery zone hiding in plain si...

Death Photo Flex 27.02.2023

Inspired by one of our FAVORITE podcasts Web Crawlers, we're rolling out Mailbag episodes! Leave us a question, comment, or weird story: Call 313-444-5170. Aside from that announcement we talk ice storms and neighborhood fires, Jessica reviews polarizing new found footage horror movie The Outwaters, and another new horror film Huesera: The Bone Woman, We discuss the BAFTA's, What is a dying declar...

Boats and Beans 19.02.2023

This week drum roll TENNEY FINALLY SAW TITANIC!! A truly momentous occasion. We talk about our most recent Wuwpod and Friends Live YouTube show and reveal the winner of our drawing for a date with Tenney! We discuss recent horror movies Skinamarink and Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool, Jess flips out about Hulu's new documentary Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence, Then there's Plant...

Jess and Tenney meet Fiona and Fritz 09.02.2023

The greatest moment of our lives has officially happened. We met the world's most famous hippos, The Cincinnati Zoo's Fiona and baby Fritz! We are still mentally recovering. A recap of our weekend, Plus infamous fake doctor Dean Faiello, Adrian McKinty's un-put-downable book The Chain, Italian curses, Dog babysitters, Cute hotels, Baaaad food, and much more! FRITZZZZZZZZZZ! Win a Date with Tenney...

Hate Pills 03.02.2023

This week we give a spoiler-free review of M. Night Shyamalan's new horror movie Knock At The Cabin, Get emotional about Oscar nominee for best picture The Banshees Of Inisherin, Manifestation and the law of attraction, We discuss the possibility of connections between vivid dreams and UFO abductions, Tattoo client ghost stories, Synced up happenings between friends, Biscuits, Blankets, and much m...

Hand Magic 26.01.2023

This week we are fresh off two amazing, magical, live events here in Detroit, one at a haunted mansion! We tell ya all about those, Gush about our biggest obsession the Cincinnati Zoo's hippos Fritz and Fiona, Spill a bunch of weird secrets, Then there's magic shops, Car crashes, True crime, Horror movies Deadstream and The Menu, Saliva facts?? Synchronous fireflies?? Threesomes?!? All that and mo...

Go Fonz Yourself 16.01.2023

This week we talk Eraserhead, Lizard babies, Doctor Sleep, Updates on the Win A Date With John E.L. Tenney contest, Jess is stoked about the new Peacock slasher film Sick, and M. Night Shyamalan's Servant Season 4 on AppleTV+, Tenney went to see Shin Ultraman, More about gray/trauma hair streaks and human fish gill marks, What types of presents do Tenney and Jess like to get? Is Titanic back in th...

Killer Robots, Demons, And Josh 09.01.2023

Who tf is Josh?? This week we talk Catfish, If Tenney is an old tyme giant, We give a spoiler-free review of new Blumhouse horror/comedy M3GAN, Jess tweaks out about megaslasher Terrifier 2, We give our thoughts on the new trailers for Evil Dead Rise, and Nic Cage's upcoming Dracula movie Renfield, More deets on our Win A Date With John E.L. Tenney contest, Jessica hates comedy, There's a demon ep...

Win A Date With John E.L. Tenney 01.01.2023

Greetings!! This week we discuss our super happy and fun What's Up Weirdo and Friends FIVE HOUR holiday live show we had over on YouTube, and allll the special guests who popped up! And we reveal the secret contest we've been dying to tell y'all about. We talk Christmas with the fams, Horror movies Pearl, Nope, and The Black Phone, and circle back to Babylon with an elephant ass-sized coincidence....

UFOs And Headstones 20.12.2022

This week our interview with Bloody Disgusting dropped! Dreams do come true! We talk HBOMax's new documentary Call Me Miss Cleo, Cute alien flick Slash/Back, Surprise horror road trip movie Bones And All, and finally Jessica's new favorite UFO documentary ever, Ariel Phenomenon, about a UFO in Zimbabwe that was witnessed by SIXTY TWO schoolchildren. We wrap up by talking again about our trip to Co...

When Hooper Met Toady 12.12.2022

This week we're back from Galaxy Con Columbus! We stayed at a haunted hotel, Jessica's Jaws dreams came true, Tenney punished Jess with bad jokes again all weekend, Toad draws blood, Schwartz Castle, Naked ghosts, Old bars, Cat cafés, Magical caves, Pez, Sinkholes, Narwhals, Empty presents, and much more! Have yourself a sad little Christmas… Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik Insta: @johnelten...

Deck The Halls With Dad Jokes 03.12.2022

We attend a Christmas party for the ghosts of a haunted hospital, Give a spoiler-free review of new super satisfying horror/comedy Violent Night, and in turn learn about Jess's lifelong crush on John Leguizamo, We go late night plant shopping at Walmart, We talk Sasquatch books, Protecting your bubble, Netflix's Wednesday, Shudder's new bonkers surrealist nightmare horror movie A Wounded Fawn, new...

Old Man Of The Mountain 26.11.2022

This week Tenney is freshly back from another Strange Escape at the haunted Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire, We talk hangin' with weirdos, Being kind to strangers, Jess raves about Discovery+'s spooky new show We Bought A Funeral Home, & about Hulu's The Patient. Is Jess a fairy? Is Dunkin' for serial killers? Wtf do we have to do to the bee hole?? All that and more… Twitter: @johneltenne...

I Wanna Hold Your Hand 15.11.2022

Greetings pukemeisters! This week we rave about our sold out live event here in Detroit with the incomparable Dean Haglund from The X-Files, Give a rundown of our weekend at the Mid-Michigan Paracon, We talk people with demons, Tenney's socially awkward secrets, Spirit Paintings, Olestra, Potato diets, Anal leakage (I'm sorry), Making people break up with their boyfriends, Twitter is exploding, Ou...

Operation Halloween Surprise: The Conjuring House 07.11.2022

We came, we saw, we almost gave a dear friend a medical emergency. We hopped a plane to surprise our friend Andrea Perron at one of the most haunted places in the country and we're taking you with us. Did we cry? Did we stay awake for 28 hours? Did Jessica shove a ghost with a door? Did we dance in the streets? Plus Boston accents, Paul Revere, Dunkin' sucks, Don't Worry Darling, Tasty Burger, The...

Masonic Midnights 28.10.2022

This week we're back from a What's Up Weirdo weekend in Whitewater, Wisconsin! We chilled in an old haunted Masonic Lodge, heard screams at The Fuzzy Pig, watched a haunted train movie, and threw food on the highway. We talk UFOs, UAPs, skinwalkers, bigfoots, interdimensional beings, Unsolved Mysteries, Love is Blind 3, NASA, Thai insurance commercials, Blacula, record stores, and did we BOTH buy...

Strangers With Mushrooms 21.10.2022

Travel bug Tenney is back from another convention in Nashville, Jess is stabbing people in her dreams, New Netflix Unsolved Mysteries episodes have dropped and one is a Michigan UFO story! Jessica is a Billy Zane-iac once again, We talk Demon Knight, Secret plans, New books, and more! Don't say Cooters… Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik Insta: @johneltenney @openmyeyestoblue @wuwpod Be a dummy...

Stealing from Jesus 13.10.2022

This week we give a spoiler-free review of Halloween Ends, Hulu's new Hellraiser movie, and total surprise thriller Significant Other on Paramount+. We talk getting Knighted by Tenney, Bird Buddy, Blink 182, Olive Garden UFO sightings, Suuuper weird dreams, Robbing churches, Cute lunches, and much more! These really are Star Wars… Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik Insta: @johneltenney @openmye...

Mutant Anarchy Baby 06.10.2022

This week Jessica is sick and Toad is at his most demonic. We talk new horror movies Smile, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Hellbender, The weirdness of doing paranormal-based interviews, A couple stories about human teeth, Hocus Pocus 2, Never-ending pasta bowl is back at Olive Garden, Jessica's head is scaring people, Spooky October songs, Travel bug Tenney, and much more! There is no greater friendsh...

Beaverton Gladwin 28.09.2022

This week Tenney and Jessica attend a metal show, Zeal and Ardor melted their faces off, Runaway Toad part 3, Josh Malerman's spooky book release party for his new nightmare "Daphne", Tenney lectured at the 2022 Michigan UFO Convention, Jessica talks the new Jeffrey Dahmer Netflix miniseries, Hot tubs, Mashed potatoes, Olive Garden, and much more! *insert terrible Chewbacca impression* Twitter: @j...

Bleeding Tooth Fungus 18.09.2022

This week Tenney is back from another one of Amy Bruni's Strange Escapes, he talks haunted lighthouses and Universal's Halloween Horror Nights! Jessica freaks out about the new unpredictable horror movie Barbarian, then we cover the Delaware Catman, tonsil stones, talking to bees, witchcraft cocktail bars, scattering ashes, bloody mushrooms, and much more! Is it watery or sticky… Twitter: @johnelt...

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