Two horrible events lead to two remarkable mysteries from the 1950s. The Babes in the Woods were found long dead in a Vancouver park and haunted Canada when no one - ever - came forward to claim them. The Boy in the Box repeated that horror in Pennsylvania four years later.
Weird Bit 13 - Yellowstone Park's Zone of Death
If someone asks you to go hiking in Yellowstone, make sure you stay out of Idaho. Because that part of the park is 50 square miles of lawless hellscape. Welcom to Yellowstone National Park's infamous "Zone of Death."
Episode 30 - The Shag Harbor Incident and USOs
Unidentified Submersible Objects - USOs - are just like UFOs, only wetter. Join us as we explore USOs, particularly the Shag Harbor Incident in Nova Scotia that is tough to explain away, mainly because Canadians would never lie about a thing like that.
Episode 29 - Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Not only do we not know who put Bella in the Wych Elm, we are not completely sure what a wych elm is. Still, someone stuffed Bella in a hollow tree and immortalized her with graffiti. Let's figure out who.
Episode 28 - Yog'tze! Or, How I Learned to Stop Fearing the People Out to Get Me and Run Naked Down the Autobahn
Why would a man run naked down the Autobahn and get run over by a car? Because "they" were out to get him, obviously YOG'TZE!
Episode 27 - The Wolf Family Massacre - A Weird World Murder Mystery
No one knew who slaughtered seven people on a farm in North Dakota in 1920. That included the state Attorney General, but it didn't stop him from hanging a neighbor for the crime. Find out more about the Wolf Family Massacre - if you dare.
Episode 26 - Born Evil - A Study of Psychopathy
Psychopaths are special, and they will tell you so. They might also murder you. Join us in a study of the psychopathic brain. Who knows, maybe you're a psycho too!
Weird Bit 12 - Goopidity
Look, we all love the Goop website. Who doesn't need $315 ultra high rise skinny jeans or a $32 jar of patio oil moisture mist (if you don't know what it is you can't afford it). But a $66 egg that goes where? And will those stickers really "re-balance my energy frequency"? We call it "goopidity." And it's really goopid.
Episode 25 - The Missing Teens of Toronto and Setagaya Murders - A Weird World Murder Mystery Double Feature
First we examine what happened to three seemingly "good kids" who went missing in Toronto at the same time - did it have anything to do with their friend found murdered a year before? Then we explore the Setagaya murders in Tokyo where the killer left behind his clothes, his backpack and his ... well, you'll see.
Episode 24 - Cage Match - El Chupacabra v. The Jersey Devil
Two of the greats of cryptozoology square off in the grudge match of the century! These two don't like each other!! Join us as we explore the Chupacabra and the Jersey Devil and decide who would kick whose ass!!!
Episode 23 - Mysterious Dead - Peter Bergmann
In the third part of our Mysterious Dead series, we end with the end of Peter Bergmann. When he walked into the Atlantic Ocean off Sligo in Ireland, did this mystery man mean to leave the world guessing?
Episode 22 - Mysterious Dead - Isdal Woman
Part 2 of the mysterious dead finds the charred remains of an unknown woman burned alive in Norway. We know she spoke many languages, traveled to many countries, and had many names, but we don't know which, if any, were real.
Episode 21 - Mysterious Dead - Tamam Shud
In the first of a three part series of mystery corpses, we start with Australia's Tamam Shud case. When a well-dressed man is found dead on the beach, police can't identify who he is or what killed him. Then it starts to get weird.
Episode 20 - Astrology
Do the Stars Align?
Astrology says the shape of the stars at the time of your birth makes you who you are. Millions of people can't all be wrong. Right?
Episode 19 - Tom Slick, Actual Monster Hunter
Tom Slick was a millionaire Texas oilman fascinated by undiscovered animals. He went to Nepal to find a yeti, but could only find a yeti's hand. Maybe. Join us for the true adventures of a real life monster hunter.
Weird Bit 11 - Weird Ass Animals
A poisonous bird? A spider that eats plants? A butterfly that eats meat? A bee that kills wasps and a hornet that can kill you? Meet some of the weirdest creatures in the world on this savage Weird Bit.
Episode 18 - The Harpe Brothers - America's Actual First Serial Killers
H.H. Holmes in his White Palace was America's first serial killer, right? Wrong! The hideous Harpe brothers have him beat by over a century, leaving a bloody trail of death and decapitation through the backwoods of a young nation.
Episode 17 - False Confessions
You think you would never confess to a murder you didn't commit? Think again.
Weird Bit 10 - The Mandela Effect
Are there alternate realities in which Oscar Mayer is Oscar Meyer and Pikachu has a black tail? Do you remember Darth Vader saying, "Luke, I am your father."? If so, then you are a victim of the Mandela Effect.
Episode 16 - Weird World Murder Mystery: The Axeman Cometh
New Orleans loves jazz and axe murderers, or at least one guy thought so in 1919. Join us on a gruesome journey through one of the most compelling unsolved murder sprees of the 20th century.