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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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Episode 262 - Have A Weird New Year

Weird World Podcast ·

2023/01/02

Celebrating the start of a new year is global. Some of us do so in weird and wonderful ways. Here is a taste of strange new year traditions from around the world.

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00:33:54

Episode 261 - The Actual War on Christmas

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/12/26

Before there was Walmart telling their greeters to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" there were the Puritans. Those guys followed their anti-Christmas bias all the way to banning observance of the holiday in public and private in England and America. Now that's a war.

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00:52:15

Episode 260 - Dying to Sleep: Death by Nightmare...

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/12/15

The premise of horror hit Nightmare on Elm Street was that you could die in your dreams. That can't really happen, can it? For over 100 new immigrants to the U.S. in the 1980s, it could. This is the story that inspired a classic horror franchise.

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01:05:51

Episode 259 - Judge Crater and the Greatest Vanishing...

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2022/12/08

Before there was Jimmy Hoffa, there was Judge Joseph Crater. How could a well-known New York Supreme Court judge vanish without even a suggestion of a trace? And when Judge Crater disappeared, he stayed disappeared.

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00:30:40

Weird Bit 50 - The Boy in the Box and the Unknown...

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/12/05

We will soon know the identity of the mysterious Boy in the Box, but another unknown murder victim remains a mystery. Who was the well-dressed woman found with her throat slit in Rahway, New Jersey in 1887? No one knows because, despite her obvious wealth, no one ever came forward to claim her.

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01:00:01

Episode 258 - Weird News #3

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/11/25

This time we bring you killer whales and kangaroos, a real life Winnie the Pooh who gets high on honey, splooting squirrels, cloning a thylacine, and sleepy chicken that is not what you think. And yes, we realize this has become pretty animal-centric so we promise noanimals next time. Maybe.

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00:44:23

Episode 257 - More Free Range Kids

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/11/18

The “Pony Boys” wanted to take their Shetland pony to the Montreal Expo, 350 miles from home. Sure, said their mom, knowing her kids were ages 9 and 11. And shouldn’t little Lennie ride his horse Ginger Mick to Sydney on a 2,500 kilometer round trip alone? He was 9 years old after all. Heartwarming or horrifying? You decide.

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01:10:38

Episode 256 - The Irish Vanishing Triangle

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2022/11/10

Did a serial killer stalk Irish women through the 1990s? If so, no one ever found their remains or the monster who did it. Or was there never any connection at all?

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00:20:02

Weird Bit 49 - Erwin the German Who Thought He Was in...

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/11/07

See TitleSourceshttps://www.futilitycloset.com/2021/01/11/podcast-episode-327-the-misplaced-tourist/Bangor Daily News article by Kent Ward, December 4, 2009

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01:04:59

Episode 255 - Evil Kids: Top 13 Horror Movies with...

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/11/03

More terrible kids scary movies, ending with the number one bad-kid movie, a mostly forgotten classic with the most monstrous baby to ever go on a killing spree.

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00:50:06

Episode254 - Evil Kids: Top 13 Horror Movies with...

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/10/31

We bring you the “best” horror movies where children do horrific things to people. From classics to little known gems, these are kids behaving badly.

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00:47:21

Episode 253 - The Legend of the Dark Watchers

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/10/27

They lurk along the high ridges of the Santa Lucia Mountains on California’s Central Coast. Ten foot tall faceless things in black cloaks that silently monitor those who travel through their rugged territory. Who - or what - are the Dark Watchers?

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Episode 252 - The True Story Behind The Exorcist

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/10/20

The Exorcist is the scariest movie ever made. You probably know about the levitating victim, flying objects, twisting heads, bad words, tons of projectile vomit, and crucifix abuse. But did you know this horrifying story was based on actual events? You do now.

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00:48:36

Episode 251 - The Fresno Nightcrawler

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/10/13

It’s a super creepy something that struts across a meadow or your backyard in the dead of night in billowy pajama pants. It’s two long legs jutting straight from a tiny head and it moves in an odd, jerky motion. If this thing wasn’t caught on tape we wouldn’t believe it was real.

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00:15:08

Weird Bit 48 - Malawi Terror Beast

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/10/10

What terrorized the Doha region of Malawi in 2003? Whatever it was left three dead and 16 more injured, most horrifically disfigured. Though authorities blamed a rabid hyena, locals weren’t so sure…

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00:38:33

Episode 250 - Ghost Tape #10

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/10/06

Say you’re a Viet Cong soldier fighting the U.S. in 1969. In the dark of night you hear eerie sounds. Screaming wind. Screeching voices telling you they are your child, your brother, your father. They are dead. They are ghosts. And they want you to lay down your arms and go home. What would you do? This actually happened, so let’s find out.

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00:41:59

Episode 249 - Scary Stories Told in the Dark With a...

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/10/03

The Ouija board has been scaring people for over 130 years. Today we discover where it came from, its use and misuse through the years, and the six things you should NEVER do to a Ouija board.Sources:https://www.cultofweird.com/paranormal/ouija-board-rules/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-strange-and-mysterious-history-of-the-ouija-board-5860627/https://victorianweb.org/victorian/religion/spirit.html

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01:00:21

Episode 248 - The Secret Lives of Tarot Cards, Part 2

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/09/30

Are tarot cards a relic of a more magical time gifted to us by the ancients to divine the future? Or do we know exactly when, where and who turned them into what they are today? Let’s find out. And even though some of the techniques many tarot readers use to make their magic might not be what they seem, we still think they’re fun.

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00:48:29

Episode 247 - The Secret Lives of Tarot Cards, Part 1

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/09/22

Millions of people use tarot cards to foretell the future or discover their inner selves. Let’s find out how that works. In Part 1 we start with everything you wanted to know about the cards and what they mean but were afraid to ask. Then armed with this knowledge, we do not one but two live tarot readings!

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01:23:57

Episode 246 - The Thrilla in Chowchilla

Weird World Podcast ·

2022/09/15

Content Warning - Crimes involving childrenWhen a group of drug-addled privileged rich kids decide they want to make movies, they know they need money. Their plan - kidnap a bus full of school children and hold them for ransom. Genius.

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