It's one thing to vanish off the face of the earth. It's more impressive to do so from inside the most prestigious military academy in the U.S.A. No one saw Richard Colvin Cox leave West Point and no one ever saw him again. Was he a spy? A murder victim? Both?
Episode 44 - Who Are You? Who, who? Who, who? Fugue States
Do you know who you are? Not everyone does. Here are some stories about people who experienced the horror of a fugue state - a sudden, complete amensia that starts your memory clock all over again.
Weird Bit 15 - How a Bunch of Antennae in Alaska Control the World
Does the nefarious HAARP program in Alaska control the weather, cause earthquakes and hurricanes, control minds, and "rape the sky"? Maybe, maybe not, but someone needs to tell HAARP that no means no.
Episode 43 - Nuclear War Part 2 - Dave Bocks
Did Dave Bocks swan dive into a white hot furnace in the worst suicide ever? Or did he have help? Once again, a mysterious death at a nuclear plant has us wondering if Big Nuke did bad things to hide worse things.
Episode 42 - Nuclear War Part 1 - Karen Silkwood
Did Karen Silkwood take some Quaaludes and fall asleep at the wheel? Or did Big Nuke have someone run her off the road to hide their dirty deeds? And how did Meryl Streep not win Best Actress for the movie? At least Cher won Best Supporting Actress, so that's something.
Episode 41 - Flight 401 - Ghosts on a Plane
Did the crash of Flight 401 send ghosts out to haunt planes? Was there a ghost head in the microwave? Did a young Kim Basinger really play someone named "Prissy Frasier" in the made for TV movie? Find out now.
Episode 40 - The Havana Sound Machine
What is causing American diplomats in Cuba to get sick, lose their hearing, and forget how to speak? A Bond villain weapon? A natural phenomenon? Iggy Azalea? Ghosts? Let's find out.
Weird Bit 14 - Worst Art Thief Ever? Or Best?
Why did the old English guy steal a famous painting? To get free TV for other old English people, obviously.
Episode 39 - The Tunguska Fireball
What was the fireball from the sky that destroyed a massive chunk of Siberia in 1908? A meteor? Comet? Nuclear missle? Wait, this was 1908. Ok, then maybe a black hole, alien spaceship or time travel? Let's explore.
Episode 38 - Grace Marks Murder Mystery
Margaret Atwood wrote a novel. Netflix did a series. But if you want the real story of Grace Marks and the murder that stunned 19th century Toronto, you come to Weird World.
Episode 37 - Mercy Brown and the Vampire Children
When did we stop believing vampires were real? Maybe not as long ago as you think. Mercy Brown was a poor Massachusetts girl with tuberculosis and small-minded neighbors - or she was a blood sucking vampire. You be the judge.
Spooky Stories Halloween Special 1
Here are our own favorite creepy stories in time for Halloween, though why Carey obsesses over how many phone lines her sister's work has is maybe the scariest part of the podcast. Enjoy.
Episode 36 - 50 Berkeley Square - The Most Haunted House in London
Would you believe the house at 50 Berkeley Square is home to ghosts that can scare people to madness and even death? How about a land octopus that is impervious to bullets and-- Wait, did you just say "land octopus"? Yes. Yes I did. Tune in.
Episode 35 - The Murder of Julia Wallace - The Most Baffling Murder Mystery of All Time, Period
William Wallace can't possibly have murdered his wife Julia in 1931 Liverpool, but he probably did. Join us for one of the most baffling true life whodunit's ever, I don't care what those damn kids say.
Episode 34 - Heaven's Gate and the Cult of Doomsday
Who doesn't love a good end of the world story? From the current Nibiru scare to Heaven's Gate's mass Nike-clad suicide, join us as we delve into doomsday prophecies. One of these days they're going to get it right and then who'll have the last laugh?
Episode 33 - Forensic Science Follies
Lie detectors can tell if you're nervous - like, you know, when you're being grilled by the police. Fingerprints, ballistics, blood spatter - it's all a lot more iffy than you might think. Except DNA, but don't tell O.J. that.
Episode 32 - Unidentified Dead Part 2 - Metal Drum Murders and Little Lord Fauntleroy
In Part 2 of the unidentified dead, we first tackle the metal drum murders in which someone dumped decades-old corpses in the same spot 15 years apart. Weird, right? Then the case of Little Lord Fauntleroy, a rich little boy abandoned and never found.
Episode 31 - Unidentified Dead Part 1 - The Babes in the Woods and The Boy in the Box
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.