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.
Weird Bit 16 - Chemtrails: Skywriting - of Death!
Are those puffy things you sometimes see trailing jets really poisonous death clouds? Are the airlines and the government and, well, lots of other people trying to kill us or control us through chemtrails?
Episode 49 - The Eight Day Bride - A Weird World Murder Mystery
What man wouldn't want to spend his honeymoon with his wife and best friend? Okay, but what if the friend is super helpful? He even offers his cottage for the honeymoon. But when the bride drowns in nine inches of water people start to talk…
Episode 48 - The Shutter Island Shuffle
Lobotomies were trendy for longer than you might think, and not just for Kennedys and Ken Kesey. We explore the history of lobotomies with a focus on the showman who used to do them two at a time.
Episode 47 - Albert Ostman's New Sasquatch Daddy
Once upon a time, Albert Ostman was kidnapped and/or adopted by a family of sasquatches. He got along with the other kids, but his stepmom was a bitch. Let's learn more about his amazing adventure.
Episode 46 - The Watergate Kidnapping - The Mouth from the South Gets Shut
It would be a big story if the White House ordered the drugging and kidnapping of the wife of the president's campaign manager to prevent her from spilling their secrets. Wouldn't it? Then why have we forgotten about this? Let's remember together.
Episode 45 - West Point Has Lost A Cadet
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?