Part ghost, part poltergeist, part demonic possession, and all scary, the Bell Witch terrorized an early American family for years and didn’t rest until she killed John Bell. At least that’s how the story goes…
Episode 100 - First Ever Weird World Quiz Show!!!
For our 100th episode we have a quiz show culled from all the weird stuff we’ve talked about over the last almost two years. Get your #2 pencil and see how weird you are. (I bet you do better than Emma.)
Episode 99 - The Dangers of Babysitting - Evelyn Hartley
Blood and footprints and little else told the story of what happened to 15-year old Evelyn Hartley when she disappeared from the house where she was babysitting. Ed Gein, the inspiration for Psycho, was right down the street…
Episode 98 - The Dangers of Babysitting - Janett Christman
13 year old babysitter Janett Christman was murdered while calling the police, screaming for help. Was it the classic urban legend of the killer calling from inside the house? Or was it someone closer to home?…
Episode 97 - Oozing Death: The Great Boston Molasses Flood
Molasses: the silent terror. Or at least it was for 21 Bostonians who were killed by a massive flood of the sticky ingredient for cookies and rum in 1919.
Episode 96 - When Florida Had a 100-Foot Octopus
What was the massive tentacled heap that washed up on the shore of St. Augustine, Florida in 1896? The local expert thought it was the biggest octopus the world had ever known. Was it?
Episode 95 - Blame It On The Gator: The Disappearance of Jerry Michael Williams Part 3
We complete the Jerry Michael Williams story with the truth - according to the man who murdered him.
Episode 94 - Blame It On The Gator: The Disappearance of Jerry Michael Williams Part 2
In Part 2 of the disappearance of Jerry Michael Williams, we explore the suspicions aimed at a wife who married her husband’s best friend - the same friend who sold him nearly $2 million in life insurance.
Episode 93 - Blame It On The Gator: The Disappearance of Jerry Michael Williams Part 1
When a man went missing in Florida, they saw the empty boat and waders and blamed it on an alligator. But was it something more sinister? Join us for the first part of a case that is still twisting and turning to this day.
Episode 92 - Strange Criminal Coincidences Part 2
We bring you more of the most remarkable coincidences in the annals of crime, including an unlucky nurse who may have been a serial killer, the very unlucky Palmer Brothers, and the story of Liquid Matthew who may or may not have been boiled in oil.
Episode 91 - The Last Tribe: North Sentinel Island
The Stone Age society on North Sentinel Island has been isolated for thousands of years - and will do anything to keep it that way. One American missionary just tragically found that out the hard way.
Episode 90 - Criminal Coincidences Part 1: The Whit Monday Murders
There have been too many weird coincidences in crime to fit into one episode, so we did two. First we bring you the infamous Whit Monday murders - two women murdered, their bodies found 300 yards apart, same age, both out dancing, both allegedly murdered by men named Thornton. The catch? The murders happened 157 years apart.
Episode 89 - Burn, Baby, Burn! Spontaneous Human Combustion
What can burn a body to cinder in hours without damaging flammable objects right next to it? Nothing, that’s what. Nothing except Spontaneous Human Combustion.
Episode 88 - Top 10 Scary Halloween Games
Do you like to conjure demons and evil spirits? Do you have an endless supply of candles and mirrors? If the answer to these questions is not just “Yes,” but “Hell yes!” then you need to listen. But first go get a candle and stare into a mirror.
Episode 87 - The Man Who (Almost) Killed Halloween
Halloween is Weird World’s favorite holiday. One sick man and his giant Pixy Stix almost ruined Halloween forever back on a dark day in Texas in 1974.
Episode 86: Black Eyed Kids: Teenagers Scare the Living Sh*t Out of Us
You’ve heard of Children of the Damned. You’ve heard of Children of the Corn. You’ve heard of Sweet Child of Mine. Now we have kids with soulless black eyes who invade your personal space - and want to inside your house.
Episode 85 - The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack
He could scratch you and spit blue flame in your face, then run away really fast and leap moderately high walls in a single bound. He was Spring-Heeled Jack and he terrorized England in the 19th century.
This is the first in our (almost) month long celebration of Halloween. Let’s face it, it’s the funnest holiday we have.
Episode 84 - In Flight Part 2: A Boy and His Balloon
Was there a little boy trapped in that giant UFO-shaped balloon racing through the Colorado sky? We could ask him, but he will probably just flub his line and puke on live TV.
Episode 83 - In Flight Part 1: Lawn Chair Larry, American Dreamer
One man, one dream, one bottle of Coke, one sandwich, one lawn chair, one pellet gun - and 40 giant weather balloons. There was no way this plan could go wrong.
Weird Bit 19 - Santiago Flight 513: The Flight That Time Forgot
Did Flight 513 bound for Santiago, Chile finally land - 35 years after it took off? If so, did the airline’s on-time record ever recover? And wait until you find out what happened to the passengers…