John E.L. Tenney and Jessica Knapik

What's Up Weirdo?

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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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Latest episode

Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

Weirdos Unite 07.09.2022

This week we did our first ever FIVE HOUR YouTube streaming show called What's Up Weirdo and Friends LIVE! We had many special guests, we drank, we talked to plants with machines! So we chat allllll about that. We mix in some remote viewing discussion, cemetery ducks, the Ramones, fish with transparent heads, cat birthday parties, and more! Pommes frites! Pamplemousse! Twitter: @johneltenney @Jess...

Of Mice And Moncla 01.09.2022

Hello friends!! We're freshly back from Michigan Paracon, and boy are we raspy and exhausted. We talk Sketchy hot tubs, Secret haunted locations, How we stopped to investigate the famous UFO sighting known as The Kinross Incident, Paranormal convention debauchery and friend hangs, Tenney's birthday, Saved By The Bell, Hallucinating Looney Tunes characters, The Michigan Cheese House, and much more!...

Bee Hole 21.08.2022

This week Jessica has another weird problem and Tenney comes to the rescue (per usual), We talk Amazon Prime Video's new unhinged Astrology-based dating show Cosmic Love, Dog cloning and the sad pay rate of TV shows, Do we need to help our friend rid her house of a spirit/Djinn? Is Jessica going to do a shot with dead human toe in it? Should we talk about a guy who was exposed to more Uranium than...

Speed Bag And Meat Shot 13.08.2022

Hello friends! This week we talk Tenney's secret ghostly trip, Time slips, The brilliant Apple TV+ limited series Black Bird, Jessica finally watched a horror movie Tenney has been bugging her to watch, was it good? Amphibian brains, Sad plant smells, Estate sales, Alaska, Hot sink neck water, Turkey infused liquids, and so much more! This episode sounds gross, lol … Twitter: @johneltenney @Jessic...

Allegedly 02.08.2022

This week we give a spoiler-free review of the new Jordan Peele UFO movie Nope, and how Nope ties into a wild true story about Travis the chimp and how he mauled a lady named Charla Nash's face and hands off, the fabulous Katie Webb visited Jess here in Detroit and got shocked by an antique violet ray machine, we talk alien abductions, Baker-Miller Pink (again), new evidence that the Loch Ness Mon...

The Unforeseen And The Bigfoot Queen 22.07.2022

So we're back a little sooner than expected, and our dear Tenney is bummin' hard. In double worm voices we talk about The C Word (again), the Extraterrestrial Highway, the famous black mailbox, the Little A'le'inn, The Twilight Zone, Tenney appearing on Rob Huebel's latest Twitch show episode, highlights from more of Jessica's western adventure, Harriett McFeely the owner and founder of the Bigfoo...

The C Word 10.07.2022

This week Jessica calls Tenney from the road again, where is she? Has the trip hit a snag? National parks, Dog babysitters, Hot springs, Vegas, Drinking, Fighting, Fanboying, Concerts, Tenney trip planning, Whining, Laughing, and much more! This will be the last episode for a couple weeks while Tenney is in Europe so soak it in! In the meantime, Patreons of the podcast have some exclusive road tri...

Zombie Disco And A Moose 03.07.2022

Greetings weirdos! This week we road trip a little together, and a little apart, so Jessica calls Tenney from the road! We go over what has happened so far, the strange hotel from Tenney's ghost diner story, Belvoir Winery, Lincoln's Tomb, Mark Twain country, Kansas' Stull Cemetery and the Gateway to Hell, ghost hitchhikers, the Stanley Hotel, Jess's run-in with a Colorado sheriff, and much more!...

Zip-Tonz 22.06.2022

Hello fellow sweaty weirdos, we're here to cool you down! This week we talk Tenney's nephew's graduation dinner and lecturing his nephew's friends on the occult in the parking lot, Jessica gives a spoiler-free review of the new SUPER satisfying horror movie The Black Phone, Tenney talks about the fun show he did with everyone's favorite actor/comedians (and weirdos in training) Paul Scheer and Rob...

Honorary Doctorate 15.06.2022

Hi friends! This week we talk Tenney attending his nephew's graduation, How we celebrated Toad's birthday, What has the psychic told Jessica now?!, More unhinged 90210 stuff, Did a clothing company trademark "UAP"?, Are filters ruining how we actually feel about ourselves? Chaotic geography, the Nain Rouge, and much more! The Doctor is in…. Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik Insta: @johneltenne...

Furry Trout 05.06.2022

Let's get weird! This week we talk muscle man Tenney and the Jessica Yardwork Massacre, Ti West's new super fun slasher "X", delightful rom-com "The Lost City" and how Tenney still doesn't know the difference between John Cena and Channing Tatum, What is Baker-Miller Pink? What is Haint Blue? Is Tenney writing a spooky children's book? What is the U.S. Military Active Denial System? All this and m...

Pirate Vision 29.05.2022

What's Up, Weirdos! This week we talk about our sold out live event that happened here in Detroit, and how that night got kind of crazy… Then we talk about about how Toad ran away, AGAIN. Is there an update to one of Tenney's Realm of the Weird tales? A psychic told Jess she was WHO in a past life?!? Weird facts about the 1988 unhinged Nic Cage film Vampire's Kiss, Jess's tattoo client is in medic...

Clueless At Comic Con 19.05.2022

Hi Weirdo friends!! This week we chit chat about our weekend at Motor City Comic Con, Which celebs did we meet? Did Tenney teach a large group of people about weird Michigan stuff? We also played with power tools this week, Jess watched a terrible/amazing Billy Zane mermaid movie, We also talk Detroit's famous haunted asylum Eloise, What are doom piles?, Bad alien movies, Robots, River otters, Los...

Nightmares 09.05.2022

Hiya pals! This week we discuss how Toad Houdini'd himself out of the yard and ran away, Mr. Fix It Tenney, Messages from passed over loved ones, Fun upcoming things and appearances, Tenney was a WHAT in a past life?!?, The Met Gala, Kim Kardashian, Marilyn Monroe, Locks of dead hair, Ghost horses, and much more! Sometimes ya just feel like a marshmallow… Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik Inst...

After Light Creatures 01.05.2022

Hello friends! We're excited to see you! This week we talk (and happy cry) about our amazing night of teaching local middle schoolers how to be paranormal investigators, How we did indeed attend a Juggalo convention and visited with the Guardian of Gremlins Zach Galligan and very nice, very evil AEW wrestler Danhausen, Another round of weird tattoo client stories from Jessica, Adventures in lawn m...

Sauce Freak 22.04.2022

It's us again! This week we give a spoiler-free review of the new Robert Eggers Viking epic The Northman! Is it gory enough? Or is Jessica's brain broken? Would you do a whiskey shot with a dead human toe in it? Can you construct a building in Cancun, Mexico without asking the Mayan elves first? Are we accidentally going to a Juggalo convention this weekend? These answers and more, strap in. Twitt...

Poop Trance 17.04.2022

What's up, Weirdos?! This week we talk strange dreams, haunted Michigan locations, synchronicities aka fun syncs, ripping your own organs out, the Hiroshima Shadow, the Jefferson County Worm Shower of 1897, Netflix's new documentary about super creep Jimmy Savile, upcoming Robert Eggers Viking flick The Northman, fairies, gnomes, homemade murder submarines, and much more! Is Toad a werewolf? … Twi...

Two Dinner Dinner 10.04.2022

Hi again, friends! This week we talk psychic medium powers, Bezoar stones (again), Did Tenney speak to the ghost of Elvis?, Who the heck is Tate McRae? Who the heck is Howard Jones?, Why the American healthcare system is garbage, Cute videos from Adam Berry, Big Bird, Beards, and much more! Get ready for Toad squeaks… Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik Insta: @johneltenney @openmyeyestoblue @wu...

Future Sky Jellyfish 01.04.2022

What's Up, Weirdos! This week we give you a spoiler-free review of the newest folk horror witch movie offering You Won't Be Alone, AND a very early spoiler-free review of the new chaotic yet wonderful Nicolas Cage love letter film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Tenney talks about Disney+'s Moon Knight and Jess tries to understand, but also just how hot is Oscar Isaac?, Jessica spills ano...

Bar Tabs And Giant Crabs 26.03.2022

Ahoy Weirdos! This week we talk Showtime's new series Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tenney's time at Detroit's Marche du Nain Rouge, the strange reason Johnny Cash and Ozzy Osbourne knew each other, robot dogs, cryptids, Psychic Medium Tyler Henry (again), Amelia Earhart, and much more! Doc, my arm is sick Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik Insta: @johneltenne...

Bizarre Bezoar 16.03.2022

Howdy Weirdos! This week we talk Netflix's new series Life After Death with psychic medium Tyler Henry, the spiritual meaning of seeing a deer, some theories on Ghost Bean and Toadnado, is daylight saving time over?, the secret animals and cryptids hidden in Jeeps, giant sturgeons and possible lake monsters, psychomanteums, sad carnivals, magical stomach stones, and much more! Don't go swimming at...

One Year Of Weird 12.03.2022

Happy Anniversary, Weirdos! This week we celebrate one year of What's Up Weirdo?! We discuss the Motor City Tattoo Expo, old horses, haunted houses, Jessica's new horror movie obsession Hellbender on Shudder, giant mantises, how Tenney rejects technology, a viral video of buried backyard skulls, life advice with Jessica's dad, werewolves, cryptids, our favorite moments over the past year, and much...

Vulcan 04.03.2022

Good day, Weirdos! This week we talk Monster Jam and the legend of Civilian Tenney, Netflix's Love is Blind 2 (again), Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the good or badness of some recent horror remakes, buried neighborhood missiles, UFO-shaped Futuro houses, Ecto Cooler, alien ceiling portals, the 2005 cinematic classic paranormal rom-com Just Like Heaven, and much more! Let the cry-laughing begin… Twi...

Are Boobs Annoying? 25.02.2022

Hello friends! This week we talk about how people think we need a paranormal TV wrap-up chat show, Netflix's new surprisingly good Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Do boobs get in the way?, Peaky Blinders, our secret outing this weekend that Tenney bought a trucker hat for, Danhausen (again), UFO videos, ways to calm and ground yourself, talking to the universe, Paranormal Investigator Stormy Daniels and...

Big Red Hot Tijuana Bahama Mama 18.02.2022

Greetings Weirdos! This week we talk Tenney's appearance on the season finale of Travel Channel's Kindred Spirits and how we creeped around an abandoned asylum for a few days, Jessica's professional breakdown of Netflix's Love is Blind 2, jackalopes, sausages, dog harbingers, getting drunk off bread, adventures in babysitting, and much more! Toad Halloween Costume Baby! Twitter: @johneltenney @Jes...

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