Did a French engineer stationed on a tiny island in the middle of the Indian Ocean discover a way to predict the approach of ships with stunning accuracy days in advance? If he did, it's gone now. Uncover the lost science of nauscopie.
Episode 11 - Otto in the Attic
What to do when you don't want your husband to find out about your lover? Sure, you make him live in your attic for a decade! Also, a special little weird bit at the end.
Weird Bit 6 - The Suicidal Dogs of Overtoun Bridge
What is it about a little stone bridge in the Scottish countryside that makes dogs want to jump over its side to their deaths?
Episode 10 - Mary Toft and the Dead Bunnies
You never had dead and mutilated bunny rabbits come out of your vag? Meet someone who has!
Episode 9 - Reincarnation and Past Lives
We discuss reincarnation and wonder if cats have souls, do they get reincarnated nine times?
Episode 8 - Real (Kind of) Locked Room Murders
A locked bedroom, a speeding train, a laundry with windows nailed shut from the inside. Let’s explore some murders that could not have happened, but did.
Weird Bit 5 - Have We Seen the Last of the Thylacine?
The "Tasmanian Tiger" or thylacine - the last of the big marsupial predators - supposedly went extinct in 1936. A rash of recent sightings, however, has sent a university team searching for them in the Australian Outback.
Episode 7 - A Walkabout Gone Wrong - The Lost Leichardt Expedition
A well-stocked expedition goes into the wilds of Australia and is never seen again. What happened to Ludwig Leichardt and his 7 men, 50 cows, 270 goats, 20 mules and 10 horses? Plus a bonus Weird Bit!
Weird Bit 4 - Automaton for the People
The Turk was a chess playing automaton that beat chess masters across Europe - in the 18th century. WTF?
Episode 6 - The Strange Case of the Eriksson Sisters
Beware of psychotic sisters from Sweden, especially when they run onto freeways. We look at this case in England from 2008 that involves identical twins, motorway cops and murder....
Weird Bit 3 - Nan Madol - The Other Mysterious Island
Episode 5 - Weird World Murder Mystery: Swinging in Sydney - The Bogle-Chandler Deaths
A swinging couple in 1960s Sydney head out for a late night New Year's rendezous. If only they'd got a room.