True Weird Stuff

81:29

The Morlok 4

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/05/15

Today's True Weird Stuff - TheMorlok4 In 1930, four identical baby girls were born against impossible odds. The medical marvel of the Morlok quadruplets brought hope to a society ravaged by the Great Depression. But what the world didn't seewas the strict, authoritarian home lifebehind closed doors. As their fame grew, so did their father’s control, transforming their celebrity into captivity.

en-us

83:07

The Hello Girls: The Women Who Helped Win WWI...and...

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/05/09

Today's True Weird Stuff - The Hello Girls:The Women Who Helped Win WWI...and Were ForgottenBefore women could vote or officially serve in the Army, 223 American women were sent to the front lines of World War I to run battlefield communications. They worked under bombardment, wore gas masks at their desks, and connected 26 million calls that helped secure Allied victory. They were sworn in as soldiers...and then denied recognition for 60 years. This is the story of the

en-us

89:56

The Angel Makers: The Village That Poisoned Its Husbands

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/05/02

Today's True Weird Stuff - The Angel Makers In a quiet Hungarian village with no doctor and no escape from abusive marriages, the women found salvation in a midwife called Auntie Suzy. She delivered babies by day and, by night, brewed arsenic from flypaper. Husbands, lovers, parents, even children began to die. For nearly twenty years, no one asked questions. Mysterious deaths in the community became the status quo, creating the murderous legacy of the Angel Makers.

en-us

72:58

Revisiting Beavers On The Moon

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/04/24

Today's True Weird Stuff - Revisiting Beavers On The MoonClaims that the Apollo 11 moon landing was a hoax have existed for decades. Meet thegrandaddyof moon landing conspiracy theories, Bill Kaysing. He believed the Apollo Moon landings between 1969 and 1972 were faked. However, this isn't the only lunarconspiracy...TheGreat Moon Hoax of 1835 went as far as to trick people into believing that animals lived on the moon.

en-us

99:54

Amelia's SOS

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/04/18

Get 15% off OneSkin with the code TRUEWEIRDSTUFF athttps://www.oneskin.co/trueweirdstuff #oneskinpod#sponsoredToday's True Weird Stuff - Amelia's SOS In 1937, the world was told that Amelia Earhart simply vanished — swallowed whole by the Pacific, leaving nothing behind but silence. But what if there wasn’t silence? What if, in the days after her disappearance, faint and frantic distress calls crackled through the static? Amateur radio operators claimed they heard

en-us

46:00

Revisiting Tripping Johns

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/04/11

Today's True Weird Stuff - Revisiting Tripping JohnsOne of our first episodes of True Weird Stuff was about the CIA dosing unsuspecting men with LSD and luring them to surveillance brothels. We're doing something a little different in this episode; we're providing live commentary as we listen back to "Tripping Johns."

en-us

56:01

Revisiting Talking To Heaven

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/04/03

Today's True Weird Stuff - Revisiting Talking To HeavenWhat happens when we die? Are you a person who believes that we flicker into and out of existence like earthbound fireflies, here and then gone? Or maybe you believe in an eternal soul that recycles itself lifetime after lifetime? What if you could know, what if you did know what happens when we die? In this episode, you’ll hear from internationally acclaimed spiritual medium James Van Praagh.

en-us

86:09

Killer Ouija Board

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/03/28

Today's True Weird Stuff - Killer Ouija BoardSome say the Ouija board is just a game. A toy. A harmless way to pass the time. But in 1933, Dorothea Turley—once celebrated as America’s ideal of beauty—found herself trapped in a life she no longer wanted. Isolated, restless, and searching for answers, she turned to a Ouija board. What she got back was a sinister command: kill your husband.

en-us

103:31

Cursed Bread

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/03/21

Today's True Weird Stuff - Cursed BreadIn 1951, a quiet French village descended into chaos after people began hallucinating, screaming about monsters, and even jumping from windows—all after eating bread. Officially blamed on contaminated grain, the case took a darker turn when connections to CIA LSD experiments and the mysterious death of a government scientist surfaced. Was this a tragic accident… or a secret test on an entire town?

en-us

73:12

The Jumper

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/03/14

Today's True Weird Stuff - The JumperOn November 28, 1953, a man crashed through a tenth-floor window at New York City’s Hotel Statler. His name was Frank Olson — a scientist working on some of the most disturbing top-secret programs of the Cold War.Days earlier, the CIA had secretly dosed him with LSD. The official story? A troubled man had a breakdown and jumped. But decades later, new evidence raised a terrifying possibility: Frank Olson didn’t jump...he

en-us

96:09

Open Wide

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/03/07

Today's True Weird Stuff - Open WideIn the early 1900s, psychiatrist Dr. Henry Cotton claimed he could cure mental illness by removing hidden infections in the body. His theory led to a shocking medical practice at the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane in Trenton—patients had all of their teeth pulled, tonsils removed, and even parts of their intestines surgically removed in an attempt to eliminate bacteria believed to cause insanity. What started as a

en-us

91:38

Scarlett Sisters

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/02/28

Today's True Weird Stuff - Scarlett SistersBorn into Southern privilege, sisters Ada and Minna Simms escaped violent marriages, stumbled into show business, and eventually pivoted into running what became the most luxurious brothel in America. The Everleigh Club catered exclusively to millionaires, politicians, gangsters, and royalty. Ada and Minna transformed prostitution into an elite, curated luxury experience that also brought controversy to their front door.

en-us

91:19

Jeffrey Epstein, Vampire

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/02/21

Today's True Weird Stuff - Jeffrey Epstein, VampireHow do you build a conspiracy theory? Start with a villain. Add power. Stir in mystery. True Weird Stuff examines the internet's bizarre claim that Jeffrey Epstein is an immortal vampire who once lived as President Andrew Jackson. We trace the ingredients: the suspicious timing of press releases, strange digital footprints after Epstein’s death, the uncanny resemblance to the face on the $20 bill — and society's

en-us

90:10

Swing Your Partner

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/02/15

Today's True Weird Stuff - Swing Your PartnerFrom 17th-century folk traditions to 20th-century propaganda, the square dance traveled a long road before landing in your elementary school gym. What looks like homespun Americana hides a secret: a powerful man’s fear that jazz was a threat to white America. Sometimes the most wholesome traditions carry the darkest fingerprints.

en-us

84:40

Chronovision

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/02/07

Today's True Weird Stuff - ChronovisionIn 1972, a Vatican priest claimed he built a machine that could watch past events like a television...everything from ancient Rome to the crucifixion of Christ. Father Pellegrino Ernetti called his invention theChronovisor, and Ernetti claimed the Vatican saw the machine, feared it, and hid it away forever.The Chronovisor promised answers that no religion or government could survive. Was it the greatest secret ever buried, or a warning

en-us

90:18

Internal Sunshine

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/01/31

Today's True Weird Stuff - InternalSunshineWilliam J.A. Bailey wasn’t a doctor, but he convinced the public to trust him anyway—selling radium-laced water as a cure for nearly everything. One of those believers was Eben Byers, a wealthy athlete who drank more than a thousand doses, slowly poisoning himself until his jaw disintegrated and his skull began to rot before his death. The death of Eben Byersforced the world to finally confront the cost of pseudoscience

en-us

85:59

The Perfect Baby

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/01/24

Today's True Weird Stuff - The Perfect BabyIn 1919, a toddler known as one of America’s “Perfect Babies” vanished from his New Jersey home. Searchers scoured the woods. Accusations spread. Theories multiplied. When his remains were found deep in the swamp, they answered nothing. The disappearance and death of 2-year-old Billy Dansey spun a web of fear, superstition, prejudice, and failed justice.

en-us

77:36

Lynnewood Hall

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/01/17

Today's True Werid Stuff - Lynnewood HallLynnewood Hall was built as a monument to wealth, power, and permanence—an American Versailles, commissioned by the Widener family, meant to last for generations. But tragedy struck the Widener family at the height of their fortune, tying the mansion forever to the sinking of the Titanic and a grief no amount of money could undo. As decades passed, the house was stripped, sold, misused, and left to decay, becoming a silent witness

en-us

72:06

Tiny Pedro

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/01/10

Today's True Weird Stuff - Tiny PedroIn 1932, a prospector blasting for gold in Wyoming uncovered something no one expected:a tiny mummified human seated upright in a cave.Scientists examined it. Crowds paid to see it. And then—like so many pieces of ancient history—it disappeared. Join us as we uncover the legend of Tiny Pedro.

en-us

93:08

The Award Winning "Doomsday Clock"

True Weird Stuff ·

2026/01/03

Today's True Weird Stuff - The Award Winning "Doomsday Clock"True Weird Stuff is currently on hiatus, but Sheri and Max will be back with a brand new episode next week. Until then, we present to you another one of their award winning episodes. Winner of two Signal Awards for best history episode and best editing, "Doomsday Clock" explores the origins of the clock, and its lingering flirtation with striking midnight.

en-us

All Episodes

Similar Podcasts

Today In History with The Retrospectors

The Retrospectors

pplpod

pplpod

The Old Front Line

Paul Reed

This Day in Disney History

ATIS Products

Blues Moments in Time...

The Blues Hotel Collective