She was a young, pretty mother of two, so when Sherri Papini disappeared while out jogging, naturally it was big news. But was she really kidnapped? Or is there more to this mystery than who stole Sherri Papini for three weeks?
Weird Bit 18 - The Greatest Foreign Language Translation Book Ever
Please to be listening to our podcast upon this book of translation greatness. English as she is spoke! Wherein Pedro Cavolino doesn't let the fact that he knew no English stop him from writing the greatest foreign language translation book of all time.
Episode 71 - The Lizard People of Los Angeles
No, we don't mean Harvey Weinstein and his ilk. We mean an actual civilization of Lizard People that built a maze of tunnels beneath L.A., the gold they hid there, and the geophysicist genius who found them.
Episode 70 - Stalin's Ape-Man Army
Joseph Stalin, a mad scientist, and hybrid ape-men super soldiers. This plan went bad fast.
Episode 69 - The Ex-King and the Murdered Billionaire
Harry Oakes was one of the richest men in the world. When he was found beaten and burned in his home in the Bahamas, did the ex-King of England cover up the crime? Spoiler - yeah, he probably did.
Episode 68 - Bermuda Triangulation: The Disappearance of Flight 19
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.