When five fighter jets mysteriously disappeared in 1945, the Bermuda Triangle wasn't even an idea yet. When it became one, this was why. But is the real mystery why this was ever a mystery in the first place?
Episode 67 - William Calcraft: Hangman Extraordinaire
He didn't mind if his victims suffered a little before they died. Or a lot. He also got drunk before executions, sold pieces of the hanging rope, and went for swings on the legs of the hanging. Meet William Calcraft, world's worst hangman.
Episode 66 - The Circleville Letters
When someone started writing nasty letters that revealed dark secrets in Circleville, people started dying. Well, one guy died. Still, things got pretty ugly. Let's try to solve the mystery of the Circleville Letters.
Episode 65 - A Killer Gone Quiet: Capturing the Golden State Killer
There was a horrific string of home invasion assaults and murders that terrorized California in the 1970s and 80s - then nothing... Until a smart and hunky detective figured out a clever way to catch a retired serial killer.
Episode 64 - The Swiss Miss Vs. Satan
When you're the only one standing between the Prince of Darkness and world domination, you might do anything to win. Anything. 19th Century Swiss savant, Margaretta Peter did terrible things to save the world, and apparently she won. Didn't she?
Episode 63 - Close Encounters of the Incompetent Kind: The Valentich UFO Incident
Fred Valentich wanted to be a pilot. He also wanted to battle the aliens about to invade Earth. Did he? And did it cost him his life?
Episode 62 - The Korean Axe Murder Incident
Ah, the simpler times when the Korean DMZ just gave us bloody axe murders and not the threat of nuclear war. Tune in for the incident that could have started World War III.
Episode 61 - The Ratcliffe Highway Murders
Two mass killings so shocked 1811 London they stuck a suspect with a stake and buried him at a crossroads. But did they really catch the culprit? Find out now.
Episode 60 - The Flu That Nearly Killed the World
We just made it through a bad flu season - barely - but it could have been worse. At the end of World War I, it was. The Spanish Flu killed as many as died in the war - and we still don't fully understand why.
Episode 59 - The Juanita Nielsen Disappearance
Did the king of crime in Sydney murder a journalist with a ton of gumption and a spectacular 1970s updo? Or was it the developer she was fighting to save her home? Or someone even closer to home?...
Weird Bit 17 - Global Warming: Big Academia's Big Hoax
Forget the so-called "experts" and their precious "science" - global warming is a vicious lie. Or at least some people think so, and not all of them can work for Exxon or Fox News. Can they?
Episode 58 - The Coronado Mansion... Murder?
Did Rebecca Zahau tie a rope to her neck - with hands and feet bound - then hurl herself over a balcony? Or did someone else? Impossible murder or the weirdest suicide ever. You decide.
Episode 57 - The Great Galveston Flood of 1900
What was the worst natural disaster in U.S. history? Wrong! It was the Galveston Storm of 1900 when a 15-foot storm surge washed over an 8-foot high island and left an entire city with nowhere to run.
Episode 56 - The Wrong Turn That Cost 20 Million Lives
Nothing was going to stop Gavrilo Princip from killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand if he got the chance. And a pre-Google Maps wrong turn gave him that chance - and led to the death of 20 million people.
Episode 55 - Top 10: Animal Man-Eaters
Weird World's first Top Ten! Join us for some creatures that thought we were a tasty snack - again and again and again.
Episode 54 - Serial Killer or Coincidence? The Bennington Triangle
Was there a serial killer stalking (mostly) young women in Vermont in the 1940s and '50s? Or was the area around Bennington just an unlucky place to go for a hike?
Episode 53 - The Versailles Time Slip
In France, sometimes the time can just slip away - all the way to Marie Antoinette if you're not careful.
Episode 52 - The L-8 Ghost Blimp
Most of the time, when a military blimp crash lands near San Francisco you will find the two pilots onboard. Most of the time. Not this time. Find out what happened.
Episode 51 - Conjuring BS: The Real Story of Ed and Lorraine Warren
Their exploits brought you The Conjuring, Annabelle, A Haunting in Connecticut, Conjuring 2 and 3, Annabelle prequel, Conjuring v. Annabelle: The Grudge Match. We're getting ahead of ourselves. Join us as we explore the truth behind the "true" stories.
Episode 50 - The Radium Girls: Who Needs Equal Pay When You Have Cancer?
The radium girls were told that there was no danger painting little glow in the dark numbers on watches with radium. And licking their brushes. And painting their teeth.