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What the Heck?

Welcome to the podcast! Join me, Glen, as we dive into the world of mysterious creatures and occurences! Every week, I"ll look at something unexplainable, tell a story, and look at reasons that could explain them! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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13:31

Episode 160- The ABCs of Murder

What the Heck? ·

2025/05/21

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at the Rochester Alphabet Murders. In the early 1970s, 3 young girls were abducted and murdered, presumably by the same person. The modus operandi (MO)

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13:23

Creature Feature 104- Evil in the Ravine

What the Heck? ·

2025/05/17

Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.This week we're looking at the Lake Tota Monster. In the Colombian Andes Mountains, Lake Tota can be

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10:37

Episode 159- Missing in a Time of Unrest

What the Heck? ·

2025/05/14

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at the disappearance of Zelim Bakaev. Zelim grew up in Chechnya and, through his love of music, became a popstar. He moved to Russia in 2012 and lived

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7:11

Creature Feature 103- When a Hare Falls in Love With...

What the Heck? ·

2025/05/10

Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.This week we're looking at Wolpertingers. Found in the forests off Bavaria, these German creatures

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9:18

Episode 158- A Town of Culprits

What the Heck? ·

2025/05/07

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at the murder of Ken Rex McElroy. After dropping out of the 8th Grade, Ken became a criminal, terrorising the town of Skidmore, Missouri. His list of

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7:44

Creature Feature 102- Four Legs or Two?

What the Heck? ·

2025/05/03

Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.This week we're looking at Wyverns. These symbols of heroism and power were once symbols of war,

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17:39

Episode 157- 1000 Years of Discrimination

What the Heck? ·

2025/04/30

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at the Cagots. First appearing in French documents around 1000 CE, these people were discriminated against for almost 1000 years. The problem is that

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9:57

Creature Feature 101- Mountain Menace

What the Heck? ·

2025/04/26

Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.This week we're looking at the Tatzelwurm. First appearing in the 17th Century, these creatures are a

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29:59

Episode 156- Integrated Into Society

What the Heck? ·

2025/04/23

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at Feral Children. This episode is a bit different to usual, because the mystery isn't about how or why they exist. Instead, it's about how they affect

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6:45

Creature Feature 100- Another Short Episode

What the Heck? ·

2025/04/19

Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.This week we're looking at Black Stick Men. Another short Creature Feature episode, due to the way I

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11:51

Episode 155- A Specific Illness

What the Heck? ·

2025/04/16

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at Havana Syndrome. As early as 2016 officially, maybe even 2007, US officials have been affected with a debilitating illness. This illness starts with

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12:09

Creature Feature 99- The Summer of '72

What the Heck? ·

2025/04/12

Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.This week we're looking at the Missouri Momo. Appearing during the Summer of 1972, it plagued the

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12:07

Episode 154- Rhythms of Sleep

What the Heck? ·

2025/04/09

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at why we sleep. It's always fun to look at something we think we know. Sleep is one of those. There is a long list of things that happen while we

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10:23

Creature Feature 98- Other Mothers and Forest Girls

What the Heck? ·

2025/04/05

Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.This week we're looking at the Beldam. Appearing in at least 2 different folklores, this one is a bit

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9:16

Episode 153- Seeing the Forest for the Trees

What the Heck? ·

2025/04/02

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at the Dancing Forest. Found in Russia, it was a forest that had been planted to protect a bay from the wind that had been destroying it. There is

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20:51

Episode 152- Double Exposure

What the Heck? ·

2025/04/01

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at ghosts that can appear in photographs. We're going through the history of photography beforehand too. The first ghost photographs appeared in the

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28:47

Episode 151- Young Blood, or Simply A Menace?

What the Heck? ·

2025/02/26

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, in the last episode before a mid-season break, we're looking at the Watcher House. In 2014, the Broaddus family purchased 657 Boulevard. Soon afterwards, they began

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12:36

Creature Feature 97- GEF!

What the Heck? ·

2025/02/22

Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.This week we're looking at Gef the Mongoose. Gef lived in a farmhouse on the Isle of Man. Way back in

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8:42

Episode 150- Down on Skid Row

What the Heck? ·

2025/02/19

Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at the Skid Row Stabber. In the 1970s, a killer was on the loose. They stabbed 13 men, killing 11 of them in the area of Los Angeles known as Skid Row

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7:11

Creature Feature 96- Back to the Beginning

What the Heck? ·

2025/02/15

Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.This week we're looking at Barghest. Way back in Creature Feature 3, I covered Black Shuck. This

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