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Weird World Podcast

Weird World Podcast

A podcast that explores the unknown, the unexplained, the mysterious, the unsolved and the just plain strange. Bizarre crimes, disappearing people, odd creatures, creepy phenomena, it"s all here. We won"t solve every mystery, but we"ll try to separate truth from fiction and let you decide.

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01:24:15

Episode 313 - If You Are What You Wear And You Wear...

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2024/02/22

If you bought a pair of JNCO jeans in 1998 you probably bought a pair of Google Glasses in 2013, but hopefully skipped the thong jeans fad a few years later. From bustles to bullet bras to window pants, we take a tour of some of the strangest fashions to ever humiliate a willing public.

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00:38:36

Episode 312 - Devil Monkeys Among Us

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2024/02/15

Everyone knows there are no monkeys native to North America. But what if everyone is wrong? Wouldn't that monkey be able to run fast, leap far, attack moving cars, eat sheep and occassionally people? Of course they would. And we would call them Devil Monkeys.

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01:03:57

Episode 311 - The Strange Tale of the Colombian Twins

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2024/02/08

When a woman saw a butcher at a grocery store in Bogota that looked eerily like a co-worker, it would set in motion a chain reaction that would end in a shocking revelation. And a certain hospital would have some explaining to do.

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01:11:57

Episode 310 - Kasper Hauser: The Boy Who Fell To...

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2024/02/01

Kasper's story that began with such mystery ends even more strangely. Was he assassinated? Or did the footsteps in the bloody snow tell a different story? And who was Kasper Hauser?

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00:55_23

Episode 309 - Kasper Hauser: The Boy Who Fell To...

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2024/01/25

Before Nuremberg was known for war trials it was the place where a teenage boy suddenly appeared from nowhere with a remarkable story to tell. Soon he was the toast of Europe and many wondered if he might even be someone very special.

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01:05:24

Episode 308 - How to Save Two Lives: The Japanese SOS

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2024/01/18

What would you do if you got lost on Japan's rugged Mount Asahi with no help in sight? Night coming, temperature dropping. If you were a fan of Gilligan’s Island or Astro Boy you might use tree trunks to build a huge SOS sign visible from the sky. But that's when the plot twists start in the story of the Japanese SOS.

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00:20:57

Weird Bit 59 - Black Like a Murder of Crows

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2024/01/15

Cannibalism? Necrophilia? Kidnapping children who thought they were their friends? Join us for a view of the dark underbelly of the world of crows - oh, wait, no that’s right - Carey’s doing this episode so it’s going to be all “feel good.”

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00:51:00

Episode 307 - Trummerkind: The Ultimate Mall Rats

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2024/01/04

Look, who wouldn't want to hit the Hot Topic or H & M or Aeropostale at every available opportunity. You gotta stay on trend. But how far would you go? Would you actually move into a mall? Before you answer we have two words for you: Spencer's Gifts.https://trummerkind.com/mall/What_Happened.htmlhttps://trummerkind.com/theone/Home.htmlhttps://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-accidental-room/

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01:11:05

Episode 306 - The Mysterious Murder of Charles Bravo...

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2023/12/22

Who murdered Chares Bravo? Was it Florence ridding herself of a brutish husband? Was it the well-paid companion preserving her positiong? Was it even murder at all? Or was it something far stranger still?

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01:04:54

Episode 305 - The Mysterious Murder of Charles Bravo...

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2023/12/18

Charles Bravo was (probably) murdered on April 18, 1876, but it just took him 3 agonizing days to die. Since he refused to tell anyone what had really happened to him, the rumors took over. Had Charles been murdered? Or, more likely, who had murdered him?

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01:01:40

Episode 304 - The Murder Mystery of Charles Bravo -...

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2023/12/07

Florence Bravo weathered scandal and ruin in Victorian England by marrying a chinless but respectable lawyer named Charles Bravo. Then she murdered him. Or not. If he knew who poisoned him, Charles would take that knowledge to the grave. Let's begin the remarkable story of the possible murder of Charles Bravo.

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00:14:50

Weird Bit 58 - Quick Cryptid Corner: The Giant Toad...

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2023/12/03

Cane toads that had overrun parts of Australia get big and nasty. But at least they can't swallow you whole. Is there a toad in Hubei province of China with a mouth six feet wide?

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Episode 303 - Roar: The Scariest Movie Ever Made (But...

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2023/11/17

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00:51:47

Episode 302 - Are Octopuses Aliens?

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2023/11/10

Octopuses are strange. They have too many arms and each has its own brain. They can instantly change color, pattern, and texture to match their surroundings. They are shockingly smart. They are so different from other life on earth that some people think they weren't origianlly from here. Did an ocotopus ancestor crash-land here on the tail of a comet?

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00:26:48

Weird Bit 57 - Where Are The Bodies Garth?

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2023/11/06

A lot of people are asking if Garth Brooks might be a prolfiic serial killer. If people in the cities he tours should feel safe. Should we, like most media, treat this with a weird sense of seriousness? Maybe, but don't get us started on if Ted Cruz is a serial killer...

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00:46:40

Episode 301 - A Brief History of Halloween

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2023/10/31

Why do we trick and/or treat? Why are black cats so big this time of year? Why do we even have halloween in the first place? We answer all the questions you were too afraid to ask about Halloween because, frankly, you're kind of a baby.

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00:56:36

Episode 300 - The Vampire of Croglin Grange

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2023/10/26

Dracula may have been an immigrant but England had a home grown vampire of its own up in the little town of Croglin. He picked his way in through a window with long, clawed fingers, he sucked blood, and he fled back to his coffin in his secret tomb. That sounds like a vampire to us.

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00:28:08

Weird Bit 56 - Digging Up The Dead

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2023/10/23

It wasn't just Mercy Brown when tragedy turned to paranoia turned to gore as the dead were exhumed to stop their vampiric depradations. Here are some other stories of digging up the dead to stop them from feasting on the blood of the living.Please go watch this short film even though it has nothing to do with the podcasthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stFX_0CzivA

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01:00:57

Episode 299 - Elmer McCurdy: A Modern Day Mummy Tale

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2023/10/20

We take a quick trip through oddly real-looking bodies in haunted house attractions, but then rediscover Elmer McCurdy, the best corpse ever. Elmer found fleeting fame as a Wild West outlaw who died in a shoot out, but his body would long outlive his fame.

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00:29:10

Weird Bit 55 - The Skeletons in Disney's Closet

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2023/10/16

Pirates of the Caribbean was the most expensive ride built at Disneyland when it opened in 1967. Walt wanted everything to be as realistic as possible. Real-looking pirates, real-looking flames, real stories of comedic sexual assault. And real skeletons. Very real.

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