Keep It Weird

We come in peace, weirdos!! But do THEY?!?!!   TW: aliens, psychosis & delusions, death by statue   Welcome to Keep It Weird, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, extra & extraterrestrial, wiry & wooley and everything in between.  Everytime we get together we chat about something WEIRD!!    This week is a wild one so hold onto your butts (cheeks and cigs)    Ashley starts us off with BREAKING NEWS out of Buga Colombia where a strange metallic orb was not only filmed zipping through the sky but also crash landed and was collected by witnesses in the area and turned into our buddy JAIME MAUSSAN and if this is not a hoax it's a BFDY (Big Freaking Deal, Yo)  According to the scientists studying the sphere- it is cold to the touch, it's WEIGHT FLUCTUATES & it's covered in inscriptions and you won't believe what AI has to say about the meaning behind them.   And speaking of AI we have a quick TERRIFYING TECHNOLOGY to counteract how pumped we were to be friends with ChatGPT last time around.  Ashley tells us about a new phenomenon people are calling "ChatGPT Induced Psychosis" wherein users of AI Chat Bots are losing their grip on reality, falling into spiritual rabbit holes, and destroying all the human relationships they have left.   Lauren takes us into a segment we call WHERE IN THE WORLD where we travel to just outside of Hong Kong to a city that used to exist called KOWLOON where over 33,000 residents lived in only 350 buildings covering only .01 miles of space........... HOW?!   Then we finish off with a very special DECLASSIFIED where Ashley takes us through the CIA  DOC_0005517761 - Declassified back in 2000, this report describes a 250 page KGB file that contains photos, drawings and witness testimonies about a run in that soviet soldiers had with a UFO back in 1990 wherein 23 men were TURNED TO STONE.   You heard me.  I told you to hold on to your butts.     Check out some LINKS below if you want to read up about any of today's topics.   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast SUBSCRIBE to our channel youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast JOIN OUR PATREON www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast BUY OUR MERCH www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch BUGA BUGA (SPHERE) https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/1klukvi/material_science_engineer_alejandro_fonseca_mar%C3%ADn/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14687737/spherical-UFO-discovered-alien-technology-colombia.html   AI DESTRUCTION BEGINS AT HOME https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1kalae8/chatgpt_induced_psychosis/   STRAY CITY https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kowloon-walled-city https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/kowloon-walled-city-history   STONE SOLDIERS https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005517761.pdf https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/declassified-cia-file-claims-aliens-attacked-soviet-soldiers-sparks-buzz-8175002        

H-h-h-hi W-w-w-weirdos.  Is it cold in here?  Or am I just CRYOGENICALLY FROZEN?!   TW: death, desecration of a corpse, near death experiences, suicidal ideation & mental health struggles, mention of Hitler, murder trial chat, real gross body stuff   Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, frigid and freaky, pleasant and possessed and everything in between!   Everytime we get together we talk about something WEIRD and this week is bursting at the seams with strangeness.   First we tackle some "old business" and check in with each other on the KAREN READ RETRIAL-- boy is that getting juicier and juicer by the day-- and Lauren shares a recent strange experience she had with a stick of eyeliner.   Lauren kicks off the main event with A THOUGHT she had about time.  Are there different times of the year, months-weeks-days, that harbor darkness? Why does it pour when it rains?  Why is April the most cursed month in recent human history?  Why do wars begin in August? Our ancestors had rituals to get us through these tougher months-- are we self perpetuating the fear and therefore the trauma?  Could we benefit from ancient rituals to aid us in living through the tougher times?    Then Ashley bursts through the door along with MISS FRIZZLE for some human body mysteries!  Starting off with a phenomenon known as the "Returning Soldier Effect" and we question why more male children are born directly after war.  Several theories have been presented, but it's still quite the mystery.    Then we move on to FROZEN PEOPLE starting with the story of Jean Hillard who spent 6 hours freezing in the snow back in 1980 and SURVIVED!! Then we wrap up the episode discussing CRYONICS and the dangers of cryogenically freezing your body in the hopes of being reanimated when the technology catches up to the theoretical science in the future.   Don't miss out on the end of episode TAROT CARD reading for more insights in today's show. Check out some LINKS below if you want to do further reading on any of the topics we discussed today.   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweird podcast - you get discounts on merch, two bonus episodes every month and free tarot card readings!   SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   Check out our WEBSITE www.keepitweirdpodcast.com for extra goodies, links to merch & book recommendations!    Dark Time Clusters https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/k8cwrw/why_do_so_many_tragedies_happen_in_the_middle_of/?rdt=50108   https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/2025/04/18/cruelest-week-14-historical-tragedies-that-happened-april-15-21-columbine-titanic-lincoln-shot/83158072007/   https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/does-april-usher-in-the-start-of-the-killing-season   Baby Boy Boom! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Returning_soldier_effect   https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/200802/the-returning-soldier-effect-i-why-are-more-boys-born   https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200611/The-egg-decides-which-sperm-fertilizes-it.aspx   F-f-f-freezing! https://vocal.media/families/frozen-in-time-the-miraculous-survival-of-jean-hilliard   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-12/cryopreservation-dilemmas-social-financial-legal-concerns/104061896   https://cryonics.miraheze.org/wiki/Bredo_Morst%C3%B8l   https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete

Do the Dew, weirdos!   Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, mysterious and maddening, freaky and "freakay" and everything in between.     Everytime we get together we chat about something WEIRD and this week is DOLPHIN FREE!!    The gals start off with some current events as they discuss HBO's "Hollywood Demons" series and share their opinions on the Blue Origin all female space flight that took place earlier this month.  Spoiler: We're not impressed.   Then Ashley takes us into some CONSPIRACY THEORIES involving our favorite alphabet overlords-- the NSA and the CIA.  First on the chopping block is the NSA and their involvement with 33 Thomas St NYC New York-- supposedly just a simple AT&T building until Edward Snowden leaked highly classified information back in 2014.  After some pretty simple math it was discovered that that enormous spooky building was actually the largest NSA surveillance building on United States soil.  Codename: TITANPOINTE.    If you think AT&T being in cahoots with the NSA is bad... wait until you hear about Pepsi's connection to the CIA.  Because next we discuss the conspiracy theory that MOUNTAIN DEW releases its new wacky flavors right before major disasters.  Why, you ask? Well... that's... not an easy question to answer.  But we sure try.   Finally Lauren takes us into a REALITY TV CORNER and teaches us about an epic fail of a reality tv show called "Eden."  It's also called "Eden: Paradise Lost" for a very dumb reason.  Actually almost everything about this show was dumb, especially the part where they took it off the air and FORGOT TO TELL THE CAST AND CREW.   Check out some LINKS below if you want to do some extra reading on today's topics.   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast for TWO BONUS EPISODES every month, discounts on merch, a chance to sponsor a segment and free TAROT CARD readings!   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our channel www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   SPY HUB NYC https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/the-nsas-spy-hub-in-new-york-hidden-in-plain-sight/ https://www.atomic-ranch.com/retro-road-trip/33-thomas-street/ https://nypost.com/2023/10/05/what-its-inside-at-33-thomas-street-nycs-mystery-spy-hub/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street   DO THE DEW IF YOU DARE https://ksisradio.com/ixp/341/p/new-mountain-dew-flavor-conspiracy-theory/ https://www.theguardian.com/Columnists/Column/0,,305870,00.html https://www.theguardian.com/business/1998/nov/08/observerbusiness.theobserver https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1193755188/chile-coup-50-years-pinochet-kissinger-human-rights-allende   NOT QUITE PARADISE https://collider.com/eden-reality-tv-show/ https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2021/07/12/eden-the-survival-show-that-didnt-tell-contestants-it-was-canceled/    

TW: foul language and real tears   Are you eating a well balanced regular human diet, weirdos?   Welcome to KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, hair-raising and blood-curdling, riveting and READY To RUMMBLEEE and everything in between.    Each episode we get together to chat about something WEIRD and this episode is no exception.    Today Lauren is asking is it REAL OR HOAX as we look into the medieval legend of the Green Children of Woolpit.  Legend has it that two strangely dressed children speaking an unknown language wandered into the village of Woolpit wayyyy back in the 12th century and not only were they out of place but they were also GREEN!  That's right.  Green.  WTF?   Then Ashley takes us into a new segment called SUPER SYNCHRONICITIES where we will be chronicling the strange entanglements and meaningful coincidences in our lives and surrounding our show.  This first foray is all about THE TELEPATHY TAPES - a podcast produced and hosted by Ky Dickens exploring the idea of consciousness, the possibility of psi-powers and the unbelievable experiences of non-verbal autistic children and their families and teachers.   Check out some links below if you want to do more reading (or listening!  Looking at you, Ky!) on the topics we discussed in today's episode.   FOLLOW US @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   JOIN OUR PATREON www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast   LEAVE US A REVIEW wherever you listen to your favorite pods Raw Bean Freaks https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2019/09/28/who-were-the-green-children-of-woolpit/   Telepathy Tapes https://thetelepathytapes.com/ https://douglasdolphinus.blogspot.com/2012/08/kates-dolphins.html   https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/03/telepathy-tapes-facilitated-communication-autism/681930/   https://drdianehennacy.com/  

TW: drug use (the fun kind) murder (the not fun kind) self castration (yikes spikes) sexual assault (theres a happy ending) mention of suicide (sorry) and laughter at really inappropriate times (not sorry)   Happy Birthday, Weirdos!!    Technically it's only Ashley's birthday and TECHNICALLY technically her birthday was a week ago but her birthday is your birthday is OUR birthday so lets P A R T Y!   Once a year we record an episode after imbibing in THC gummies and share mind blowing stories and facts with each other.  Are these episodes fun?  Yes.  Are they chaotic?  YesX2.   This special brownie, er, episode is full of strangeness including but not limited to - The latest Ghost Adventures drama, what the International Space Station smells like, the DNA we share with Bananas, the brain that exists in our guts, Carrie Fisher standing up for women everywhere, a Peanut Butter Jelly Bad Time, aliens in our oceans (yes, again) and an American hero that cut off his own testicles.   ALSO, this episode contains the PREMIERE of our new monthly segment MIND BODY SPIRIT(S) with our very favorite psychic medium AMY GOLDENBERG!! Just a snippet of the episode will be included here, but check out our YouTube Channel for the full 37 minute chat about ANXIETY.   Check out some links below if you want to learn more about the topics we talk about in today's episode.   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   JOIN OUR PATREON www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast for HUNDREDS of hours of bonus episodes, behind the scenes videos, discounts on merchandise, FREE TAROT READINGS and a chance to sponsor a segment of our show. Ghost Adventure from Hell https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/wife-ghost-adventures-star-aaron-goodwin-allegedly-hired-hitman-kill-rcna195784   Stank Station https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/03/smelly-noisy-and-awash-with-dead-skin-cells-life-on-board-the-international-space-station   Banana Cousins https://knowyourdna.com/humans-same-dna-as-bananas/   Tummy Brainn https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/gut-brain-connection https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/the-gut-brain-connection   Chicken Soup for the Celebrity's Soul https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-aug-14-na-snoop14-story.html   https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-aug-14-na-snoop14-story.html   https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-eunuch-who-killed-john-wilkes-booth_b_10164890#:~:text=Corbett%20dutifully%20took%20a%20pair,study%20groups%20and%20prayer%20meetings.   https://www.cracked.com/article_26512_the-insane-life-man-who-killed-john-wilkes-booth.html    

Don't Panic, Weirdos!   TW: photos of mummified remains, death, possible murder & torture, stillbirth, depression, animal abuse   Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD the podcast for all things strange & unusual, beautiful & batty, creepy & cringe and everything in between!   Everytime we get together we chat about something WEIRD and this week we've got quite the adventure for you.     Lauren is going to start us off with an UNSOLVED MYSTERY straight out of the BOG.  From as far back as the 17th century we have been discovering strangely preserved BODIES in the bogs of Europe, some of which date all the way back to 8000 BC, and no one knows why they are there.  The unique physical and biochemical composition of the peat bogs have kept some of these bodies preserved to the point that they still have hair, internal organs and even FOOD (and drugs) in their stomachs.   Was this a popular dumping ground for murderers?  Was it a holy place used for ritual sacrifice?  Did these folks just wander into the bog?  We may never know...   Then Ashley is taking us DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE for a quest that takes us from Marine Mammal Law all the way to NHI (Non-Human Intelligence) theories as we read some stories about cetaceans, specifically DOLPHINS, and their potential to have special abilities far beyond our understanding.  Can they communicate telepathically?  Help heal the sick?  Act as your doula? Control UFOs?  It may sound crazy, but that's because we live in a crazy world. ALSO this episode features our very first WITCHY WEATHER FORECAST hosted by Laura Lareau!! Laura will pop in to every other episode to give us a look at that month's celestial energies, moon phases, and all around witchy festivities to teach us how to celebrate our woo-woo side and get in touch with our inner witch.  The FULL forecast will be posted on our YouTube Channel as a separate video if you want to hear the whole thing.   Check out some LINKS below if you want to do some more reading on the subjects we discussed today.   SUBSCRIBE to our channel  - youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   FOLLOW our socials - @keepitweirdcast   JOIN OUR PATREON -- patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast - this is how we continue to produce the show, pay our small business taxes and make our merch.  You can donate as little as $1 and as much as $50 to get some really cool perks like TWO BONUS EPISODES every month, DISCOUNTS ON MERCH & even SPONSORING A SEGMENT!   BOGGY BODIES https://scienceworld.scholastic.com/issues/2017-18/103017/mystery-of-the-bog-bodies.html?language=english#1120L   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_body   DOLPHINS ARE ALIENS  https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/just-how-intelligent-are-dolphins   https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Communication-With-Dolphins-Telempathy   https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-went-on-a-spirit-quest-with-a-guru-who-believes-dolphins-are-telepathic-aliens/   https://dolphins.org/marine_mammal_law?aid=2#:~:text=Many%20people%20seek%20the%20opportunity,wild%20can%20be%20particularly%20harmful.   https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/gbmfoo/cmv_mushrooms_are_our_alien_ancestors/   https://douglasdolphinus.blogspot.com/2012/08/kates-dolphins.html   https://www.gentlebirthmethod.com/press/press-cuttings-dolphins/i-gave-birth-with-dolphins?srsltid=AfmBOoqen8ibrl3GpsOO3hlg2k6XE3e7p6kQVD6wGcIxsa3P6IHEieqc   https://dolphinmatrix.com/Endolphin.html   https://www.bashar.org/

Take Us To Your Leader, Weirdos! Actually... on second thought... pass lol. TW: missing people, suicide, government conspiracies, anti-vax propaganda Welcome to episode 2 of Season 9 and this week we have a VERY special guest! Her name is Justine Binx, she's been a listener of our show for YEARS, she quickly became a friend of the pod AND she's so dang good at Halloween she won a guest spot on our show! And what an amazing guest she was as she joined us to have a long chat about ALIENS!! At least once a year we try to dedicate an episode to our little grey friends in the sky and try to answer some of our most burning questions:  What are they?  Extraterrestrials? Interdimensional beings? Ultra-terrestrials? Our own government? Why are they here? Are they harvesting our organs? Studying us like an endangered species? Hoping to bring us into a higher consciousness? Do they want to save us or enslave us? And where do they come from? Most people assume its outer space, but maybe it's inner space? Another dimension? The ocean? A cave? Our own minds? Today we're going to try and find answers to these questions by examining UAP disclosure files, reading a sci fi novel from 1953, pondering the missing persons case of GRANGER TAYLOR from 1980 and even checking in with a former intelligence officer who goes by AÑJALI has seen a secret alien base with her own eyes.... allegedly. Check out some links below if you want to do some further reading on today's topics! Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast Join our PATREON for a monthly WEIRD REPORT + a spooky bonus episode + discounts on merch + free tarot card readings at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel so you can be the first to know when a new episode is uploaded! www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast  UAP DISCLOSURE  https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2024/09/02/timeline-of-major-ufo-uap-events/ https://avi-loeb.medium.com/schumers-uap-disclosure-request-to-trump-9d6476aa8e94  https://deadline.com/2025/01/the-age-of-disclosure-trailer-1236263551/ GRANGER TAYLOR - STAR MAN  https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/bcs-granger-taylor-left-a-note-saying-he-was-boarding-an-alien-spaceship https://www.unilad.com/news/granger-taylor-note-alien-abduction-spaceship-013648-20230427  AÑJALI & THE SECRET ALIEN BASE https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/muvn85/anjali_a_message_from_higher_beings/?rdt=53185 https://dakotawarcollege.com/remember-angelia-schultz-a-k-a-anjali-and-her-ufo-presser-apparently-it-has-gotten-a-bit-of-attention/  https://www.unknowncountry.com/dreamland/what-in-the-world-happened-to-anjali-schultz/  

TW: Faith, references to hell, references to murder, sexism Welcome to HELL weirdos! And welcome back to KEEP IT WEIRD-- the podcast about all things strange and unusual, haunted and hellbound, paranormal and posiTIVELY creepy, and everything in between.   And this is SEASON NINE of our show!! Wow. Another year of weird and the best part is we get to spend it with you!   This episode starts with Lauren sharing some interesting facts about VALENTINE'S DAY- easily the worst of our holidays.   Then Ashley takes us into WHAT IF GOD WAS ONE OF US where we research the origins of H E Double Hockeysticks and find out, whoopsie daisy, it's not even IN THE BIBLE. So where did the idea of eternal suffering in a realm of flames even come from?   And Lauren finishes us off with a BIT O' BIOLOGY as we look at the incredible biological discoveries that 2024 brought us. From fingerprint technology (thanks jellyfish!) to natural fiberoptics (thanks heart cockles!) and even to new potential new plant medicine (thanks monkeys!) Check out the links below if you want to do some further reading on today's topics!   SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE  www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episodes and free tarot readings  www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast   FOLOW US ON SOCIALS @keepitweirdcast    WHAT THE HELL? https://medium.com/christianish/what-the-hell-finding-out-hell-isnt-in-the-bible-7028acb3ecee   https://ehrmanblog.org/heaven-and-hell-in-a-nutshell/   BIT O' BIO https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/seven-scientific-discoveries-from-2024-that-could-lead-to-new-inventionsfrom-indestructible-tardigrades-to-body-merging-comb-jellies-animals-can-teach-humans-so-much-about-medicine-robotics-aging-and-survival-180985741/   https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/36948-intriguing-science-discoveries-of-2024/      

Yuletide Greeting's Weirdos! Welcome to our season 8 FINALE episode featuring special guest medium & healer AMY GOLDENBERG!! Join us as we discuss life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness (and aliens, of course) as we move into a new year full of new fears & more beers.  We'll see you in 2025! Twas the week before Yule and all through the pod Not a creature was stirring, except maybe the gods The Yule log was burning up the chimney with care In hopes that Mabon soon would be there The girls were all nestled with headphones on their heads While visions of Gaia danced in their… heads oh boy I'm losing it And Ashley in her elf hat and Lauren with her night cap Had just settled in for a long winters chat When out on the lawn arose such a clatter We ran out into the snow to see what was the matter Blah blah blah When what do our wondering eyes should appear The epitome of yuletide gay had entered our sphere With rosy red cheeks and a dash of magnesium We knew right away it was our favorite medium She spoke not a word but went straight to her work She was speaking with the dead as she turned with a jerk She sprang to our side to discuss life on the planet And of course we had issues with technology, damnit But in the end, your girls had a great time, So join us won't you?  I'm running out of rhymes Let us ring in the new year with a new set of dreams Happy Yule to all, and to all a good scream…s.     TW: Death, Politics, Aliens, Suicide, Depression, Child Abuse, Trauma FOLLOW US @keepitweirdcast JOIN OUR PATREON www.patreon.com/keepitweirdcast BUY OUR MERCH www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast

TW: Murder, racism, war, mention of rape   Welcome back, Weirdos and WATCH OUT FOR VOORHEES!! it's another Friday the 13th episode!   Every time we get together we chat about something WEIRD and this week is chock-full of crazy.   Lauren starts us off by reminding us the reason for the season-- the season of course being Friday the 13th and the reason being FEAR.  Lauren breaks down some of the WORST most horrible horrific things to have ever occurred on Friday the 13th - just to get our blood flowing.   Then Ashley comes in with a WHOPPER of a CONSPIRACY THEORY!!  Did you know that some people believe that the reason the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 was because they were attempting to reverse engineer alien technology and they knew that there was information hidden in ancient sumerian texts & artifacts that held the secrets they were missing?  SOUNDS NUTS but hear us out-- there might be something to this one.   Then Lauren finishes off strong with a WHERE IN THE WORLD IS KEEP IT WEIRD and a trip to the Wisconsin Dells.  What is a dell you ask?  Nobody knows.  We talk about water parks, haunted saloons, creepy TCBYs, clown museums, strange archeological finds and more.  Long live the dells!   Check out some LINKS below if you want to do some reading on today's strange topics!    Thank you SO MUCH for tuning in to another episode of our show.  Prepare yourself for our SEASON 8 FINALE next week with an amazing guest and all the yule tide cheer you can handle.   Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast   Join our Patreon for BONUS EPISODES every month, discounts on merch and FREE TAROT CARD READINGS! www.patreon.com/keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE at youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   RATE OUR SHOW 5 stars if you please but 4 works too :)   Gilgamesh MESH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh#:~:text=The%20Epic%20of%20Gilgamesh%20was,it%20and%20the%20Hebrew%20Bible.   https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2020/04/30/the-epic-of-gilgamesh/   https://vocal.media/fiction/us-iraq-war-and-the-epic-of-gilgamesh   https://www.newsweek.com/us-invade-iraq-ancient-stargate-1766705   https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/ancient-gilgamesh-tablet-returns-to-iraq-30-years-after-being-looted   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bogdanos   https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/matthew-bogdanos-83-righting-ancient-wrongs   What the DELL??   https://www.dells.com/info/history/#:~:text=When%20the%20great%20glacial%20lake,rock%20formations%20we%20see%20today.   https://www.cultofweird.com/blog/dark-weird-dead-wisconsin-dells/   https://www.wanderingeducators.com/wisconsin-dells-history-told-sandstone.html  

TW: Mental Health Disorders (schizophrenia, depression, Cotard's syndrome) Drug Use, Death It's a nice day for a... Black Friday!  It's a nice day to... START AGAIIIIIN!   Hi Weirdos!! Happy BLACK Friday we hope you're ready to do the Brain Worm Squirm as we dive into this week's WEIRD topics and celebrate all things DARK!   Lauren starts us off with a banger as she launches into JEEPERS CREEPERS (I hate it so much) and teaches us about Cotard's Syndrome.  It's nickname however is maybe more appropriate: "Walking Corpse Syndrome."  Cotard's is a very rare mental disorder wherein the patient believes either they ARE dead (or dying,) they no longer exist, or sometimes simply that they are losing blood, internal organs or body parts.  Its... rough.   But no worries, Ashley is here to lighten the mood with an ANCIENT ARTIFACTS (sponsored by Addie Rife) that is all about AYAHUASCA! How the drug is made, what it is doing to your brain when ingested and even how use of the drug could solve some of mankind's OLDEST mysteries.  From deep in the Amazon to the furthest reaches of space and time-- this is one TRIP you don't want to miss.  Get it?   Check out some LINKS below if you want to read up on any of the topics we discussed in today's episode   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to get a FULL SEGMENT that was cut for time this week plus BONUS EPISODES every month, discounts on merch and FREE TAROT READINGS!!    LIKE our videos and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast) to a) help us look cool and b) be the first to know when a new video is uploaded   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS for our FINALE (recording on 12/11) with AMY GOLDENBERG!!    LIVING DEAD GIRL (& BOY & NON-BINARY) https://www.healthline.com/health/cotard-delusion https://npistanbul.com/en/what-is-walking-corpse-syndrome   SAY MAYBE TO DRUGS https://www.centreofexcellence.com/sacred-geometry-symbols-meanings/#:~:text=The%20ancient%20Greek%20philosopher%20Plato,the%20foundation%20of%20nature's%20elements. https://www.incentrelondon.com/blog/the-flower-of-life-and-the-secrets-it-holds-to-life-on-earth https://spiritvineretreats.com/ayahuasca-blog/what-is-sacred-geometry/ https://www.drjamescooke.com/read/aya-visions https://neip.info/novo/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/highpine_origin-of-ayahuasca_neip_2012.pdf https://unlimitedsciences.org/exploring-the-history-and-therapeutic-potential-of-ayahuasca/      

Welcome to Hell, Weirdos!! Just kidding, it won't ALL be hell.  Only a little hell, as a treat.   Welcome to KEEP IT WEIRD the podcast for all things strange and unusual, unsettling and unsolved, unexplained and overwhelmed, spicy, silly and everything in between and we are OFFICALLY BACK to finish out another year of weird.   This week is heavy on the mysteries but, hey, so is life my friend!  Ashley starts us off with the Canneto di Caronia fires that took place in 2003 & 2004.  HUNDREDS of spontaneous fires erupted in the small Sicilian village prompting the government to evacuate and bring in hundreds of specialists to look for a cause.. but to this day... we have very few answers.   Lauren brings us a new segment THE MISSING and covers the tragic story of Christine Walters who has now been missing for 16 years.  Was she involved in the illegal farming of marijuana?  Did she join a cult?  Was she attacked by someone on one of her nature walks?  Unfortunately we may never know   Just in case that last story got a little too depressing-- Ashley comes back in with an unsolved mystery from 1969 revolving the LESSER FAMOUS space flight Apollo 10.  Something very strange happened aboard that ship and we'll never know who was responsible.... Check out some links below if you want to read up on any of the topics we discussed this week.   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episodes, discounts on merch, sponsored segments and FREE tarot card readings!   WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE (& no one knows who did) https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4669114 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canneto_di_Caronia_fires https://allthatsinteresting.com/canneto-di-caronia-fires   IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON CHRISTINE CALL 707-445-7251 https://medium.com/cold-cases-unsolved-crimes/woman-vanishes-after-illegal-tea-ceremony-where-is-christine-walters-c95ebf2daa35   https://www.times-standard.com/2013/11/14/without-a-trace-a-familys-search-for-their-daughter-young-wisconsin-woman-disappeared-in-eureka-five-years-ago-today/   Who's Poop Was It? https://www.vox.com/2015/5/26/8646675/apollo-10-turd-poop

TW: foul language, death, sex work, voodoo, Donald Trump, perverts Hi Weirdos!    Are you ready for a trip into the past? This week we are taking a break after our busy BUSY October (& we're hiding under a rock until we recover from the election)  SO, it's time for a CELEBRATION OF STRANGE!   This is a special “Guest-isode”  We are MISSING OUR GUESTS so I wanted to share with you a collection of clips where our GUESTS have been the experts in their topic and have come on the show to really educate us in their career, passion, obsession or just their everyday life.   You're going to hear from people who have weird jobs, weird bodies, weird interests and MORE! Weird is wonderful.  Weird is a compliment.  WEIRD is our absolute favorite thing.  Weird is nothing to be ashamed about in fact… we believe it should be celebrated.  Check out the list of episodes included below along with the social media handles of our guests featured in this episode in case you'd like to listen to a particular episode in full or give them a follow! You can follow US on social media @keepitweirdcast  Please consider DONATING TO OUR PATREON!! You can donate ONE TIME or set up a MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION and with that patronage you'll receive 2 bonus episodes every single month, discounts on merch, AD FREE episodes and you can even submit a topic to sponsor for the podcast.  You can check that out at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast Last but not least please consider SUBSCRIBING to our YOUTUBE CHANNEL at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast Clip 1: “My Body Ate My Balls” - Season 3 Episode 6 Guest: Nick Wuthrich @nickandrewcomedy Clip 2: “The Hole Story”- Season 5 Episode 11 Guest: Chloe @happylittleholespod Clip 3: “Believing is Seeing” - Season 3 Episode 21 Guest: Amy Goldenberg @houseofeheronseye Clip 4: “The Proof is in the Pudding Bones” - Season 6 Episode 23 Guest: Joe Ochs @joe.ochs Clip 5: “Rah Rah Sis Boom AHH!” - Season 4 Episode 1 Guest: Carl Tart @dammitcarl  Clip 6: “Flaming Hosers” Season 5 Episode 19 Guest: DJ Demers @djdemers Clip 7: “Under Pressure” Season 3 Episode 8 Guest: Melanie Vartabedian @mermaidmelo  

TW: death. P Diddy, racial injustice, agoraphobia, drug use, scary stories & sound effects that may be jarring for some listeners Blessed Samhain, Weirdos! It's time for our annual HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!  This one is full of spooky stories, horror movie trivia, and killer costumes.   Seven horror stories sent in by YOU our lovely listeners- stories about ghosts, changelings, haunted objects, premonitions, poltergeists, and the creepiest of all--- SCARY PEOPLE.   KEEP IN MIND-- there are sound effects and music added in to give you the creeps-- but if you have misophonia or another type of sensitivity to sounds-- we always upload a SOUNDEFFECT/MUSIC FREE version on our patreon that is available to ALL-- www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast.   We also play several rounds of HORROR MOVIE TRIVIA -- how many answers did YOU get right?   Check out this walkthrough of Discovery Park, Seattle from our second story in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnJZGEvNb5E   FOLLOW us on social media @keepitweirdcast   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast for BONUS EPISODES (2-3 a month!) discounts on merch & even FREE tarot card readings!   SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE CHANNEL where we post all of our episodes as VIDEOS!   

TW: death, murder, torture cannibalism, animal injuries, government conspiracies, and brief mention of pedophilia    Do you think I'm spooky, weirdos?   Welcome to KEEP IT WEIRD the podcast for all things strange & unusual, X-tra creepy & conspiratorial, X-tremely vile and X-actly what you need this October   This episode is an X-FILES-TRAVAGANZA!! It's time to put on your Scully and Mulder thinking caps to try and get to the bottom of some REAL LIFE X-Files that REALLY could have used Fox and Dana's investigating.   Our (returning) special guest this week, artist BILLY ROACH is bringing us a nice CONSPIRACY as we chat about the fact & fictions surrounding the REPTILIANS.  Are they here?  Have they taken over the bodies of politicians, actors and royalty?  DO THEY HAVE LOW BLOOD PRESSURE?   Ashley makes sure we get a little ALIEN CHAT in right at the beginning before she brings us a very Scully-friendly SCIENTIFIC look at a 100+ year old mystery.  How in the world did Edward Leedskalnin build Coral Castle in Florida?  How did he lift objects that were close to 60,000 lbs?  BY HIMSELF?!  In the dark.... ??   And finally Lauren brings us our MONSTER OF THE WEEK as she chronicles the life and death of a man only known as TARRARE.  His insatiable hunger (that was caused by either an unknown disease or the fact that he was born on another planet) got him kicked out of his family home, made him the star of the circus, almost got him killed in the war between France & Prussia and eventually put him in some real hot water when he turned to human flesh for satisfaction.   Join us for this X-tra long, X-tra WEIRD episode and love letter to one of the best TV shows of all time.   Follow Billy Roach @billyroachart   Make sure you are following us on social media @keepitweirdcast we are currently running our OCTOBER CONTESTS where you can win free merch, free sponsorship of a KIW Segment AND the grand prize of BEING A GUEST ON OUR SHOW!!    Join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast-- this is how we get ALL of our money to produce this show, make and distribute our merch and ensure that we keep coming back season after season.  You won't go home empty handed-- you'll get bonus episodes every month, discounts on merch and FREE tarot readings!!    And if you're watching us on Youtube LIKE THIS VIDEO & SUBSCRIBE to our channel :)   LIZARDS FOR SURE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory   https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/qanon-s-capitol-rioters-nashville-bomber-s-lizard-people-theory-ncna1253819   https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/apr/07/conspiracy-theory-paranoia-aliens-illuminati-beyonce-vaccines-cliven-bundy-jfk   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFpenWfCPyM   https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/10/21/dutch-far-right-leader-claims-world-is-governed-by-evil-reptiles_6001236_4.html   https://cityofbishopvillesc.com/the-lizard-man/     THE IMPOSSIBLE CASTLE https://bittersoutherner.com/coral-castle-a-haunting-monument-to-love-or-aliens-or-limestone-coral-castle   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin   https://frightfind.com/mystery-of-the-coral-castle/   MONSTER TARRARE https://www.spoldhamauthor.com/spoldhamauthor/blog/the-truly-horrific-and-insatiable-appetites-of-tarrare-and-of-charles-domery   https://retrofuturista.com/the-insatiable-tarrare-a-man-of-unfathomable-hunger/   https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161014-the-man-who-couldnt-stop-eating  

TW: Sexual assault, suspicions of murder, missing persons, short mention of abuse of an animal     Bonjour, Weirdos and welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD the podcast for all things strange & unusual, conspiratorial & psychological, unsolved & unhinged and EVERYTHING in between.   This week we've got some OLD BUSINESS to attend to right off the bat because Ashley has an update from last episode on THE GATEWAY PROJECT!! Turns out... uh...  page 25 has not been missing for a few years now.  So we go over what that page entails and how it may just change the way you view the world forever.   Then Lauren takes us into a PARANORMAL PARADISE as we discover you don't need an old dilapidated mansion to live with ghosts-- sometimes apartments can be JUST as scary!  The haunting of Brooklyn's 455A Sackett Street is a strange and terrifying tale of what happens when a place is used for bad deeds for too long....   Ashley brings us home with an UNSOLVED MYSTERY and potentially even an unsolved murder, as we learn about a man named Louis Le Prince who disappeared without a trace only DAYS before he was to unveil the world's very first working moving picture machine.  The patent for the machine just so happened to disappear alongside him and a mere 8 months later a very famous inventor announced that HE had invented the world's very first moving picture machine... and boy did it look an awful lot like Le Prince's design......   Today's episode is dedicated to a lover of our show, a listener we lost on September 21st, 2023.  Susan Lee Bartlem, Lee to all who knew her well, passed away exactly a year to the DAY that we recorded this episode.  (which was an accident... but there are no accidents.)  Lee was a beloved teacher at Rockhampton Girls Grammar School in Queensland Australia for 23 years and she was a REAL WEIRDO.  Not only did they play Metallica and read Anne Rice at her funeral, but her family even got Keep It Weird tattoos in her honor.  It would have been a thrill to meet Lee in real life, on this astral plane, but she lives on forever in the hearts of her students, her friends and family, and with all of us who call ourselves weirdos with pride.   Check out some LINKS below if you want to do some further reading on today's strange tales.   Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast LIKE our videos and SUBSCRIBE to our channel on YouTube at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episodes every month, discounts on merch, a chance to sponsor a segment of our show AND FREE tarot readings.   That Darn Missing Page https://www.vice.com/en/article/found-page-25-of-the-cias-gateway-report-on-astral-projection/   Apartment from Hell https://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost-story.php?story=172 https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/g22635979/real-life-haunted-house-stories/#   Missing Le Prince https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702108701603   https://harpers.org/archive/2022/04/who-killed-louis-le-prince-on-the-forgotten-father-of-film/      

TW: witchcraft, murder, air travel disasters   Hi Weirdos!!    Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD-- the podcast for all things strange & unusual, wicked and WILD, perky and petrifying and everything in between. This week's episode is a wild ride and we're traveling all throughout space and time to bring it to you!   Lauren starts us off with a WHERE IN THE WORLD (Is Keep It Weird Going?) as we astral project to an old creepy cave in LONDON where a witch was born!  Mother Shipton's Cave is England's OLDEST tourist attraction-- it's been operating since 1630!!  There are a lot of strange things about this cave-- specifically the petrifying water well that turns objects into stone!  AND DID I MENTION A WITCH WAS BORN THERE?!   Then we both fall DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE where Ashley takes us from a prophetic dream, to a plane crash, to a CIA declassified document, to NASA and then all the way back to a 13th century dance as we discuss consciousness & whether or not it can temporarily leave our bodies.   Check out some links below if you want to do some further reading on the topics discussed in today's episode!   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   LIKE & SUBSCRIBE if you're on youtube (and if you aren't, get over there!! www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast)   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast for bonus episodes, discounts on merch, divination readings & more!   MOTHER SHIPTON'S CAVE https://www.mothershipton.co.uk/   https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mother-shipton-s-cave-and-the-petrifying-well   https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2015/08/14/old-mother-shipton/     Collective Consciousness/Gateway Process/Premonitions/OBE https://morbidkuriosity.com/david-booth-and-american-airlines-flight-191/   https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/rain-of-fire-falling-the-crash-of-american-airlines-flight-191-e17ffc5369e5   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoDi40ZxNqU   https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9qag/how-to-escape-the-confines-of-time-and-space-according-to-the-cia/   https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R001700210016-5.pdf   https://magazine.tcu.edu/spring-2008/losing-consciousness-cockpit/   https://www.dar-al-masnavi.org/about_rumi.html   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi_whirling  

TW: Torture, starvation, humiliation, death, apocalypse & end times (specifically the religious kind)  Another day, another END TIMES PROPHECY.   That's ok though, because after THIS episode you're either going to feel secure that the world is not going to end OR you're going to be begging for its destruction.   Hello this is Keep It Weird, the podcast for all things strange & unusual!  Every time we get together we chat about something WEIRD and this episode is no exception.   Ashley starts us of with the segment END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT and tells us all about the PROPHECY OF SAINT MALACHY (more commonly referred to as The Prophecy of the Popes) In 1139 AD Malachy had an intense vision that documented ALL future popes.  The end times would come during the time of the 112th pope.  AND WOULDN'T YA JUST KNOW IT -- guess who is number 112!   Lauren does nothing to make us feel better about ourselves as we dive into REALITY TV CORNER and discuss the horrific story Susunu! Denpa Shōnen in which a young fella named Nasubi was forced to stay alone and unclothed in a small apartment (with no food or access to the outside world) until he won enough money playing mail in sweepstakes to earn his way out.  Did we mention he didn't know he was being broadcast LIVE??   And finally we jam our way into REAL OR HOAX as we discuss the Nazca Alien Mummies.  You may remember them from that presentation to the congress of Mexico last year?  Journalist (& ufologist) Jaime Maussan is NOT letting go of these corpses and he's still releasing bits of their discoveries every day.  Are these cake-like mummies the real deal??  Or are they just another hoax (like the mummies he produced in 2015) (and the mummies he produced in 2016)(and the mummies he produced in 2017)   Check out some links below if you want to do some more research into today's topics!!    JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to help us produce our show & keep it ad-free!  You'll get TWO BONUS EPISODES a month, free DIVINATION READINGS, discounts on merch & exclusive clips & bloopers.   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   BUY MERCH/PERUSE OUR SITE at www.keepitweirdpodcast.com   THE LAST POPE https://www.saintmalachy.org/Home/PatronSaint.aspx#:~:text=Many%20miracles%20were%20attributed%20to,her%20first%20confession%20to%20Malachy.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes   https://www.tomorrowsworld.org/magazines/2013/may-june/francis-i-the-final-pope   REALITY SHOW FROM HELL https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-disturbing-tale-of-the-twisted-reality-show-susunu-denpa-shonen/   https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/02/the-contestant-documentary-japanese-reality-show   ALIEN MUMMIES https://community.ubiquityuniversity.org/posts/scientists-that-have-researched-the-3-finger-mummies   https://metametals.com/osmium-info#:~:text=Several%20properties%20and%20factors%20come,precious%20metals%20in%20the%20world.   https://anomalien.com/rare-metal-osmium-found-in-alleged-alien-mummies/   https://community.ubiquityuniversity.org/posts/scientists-that-have-researched-the-3-finger-mummies    

TW: genetic experimentation on animals, mention of Satan     Oh Frabjious Day, weirdos!   Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, hairy and scary, mysterious and unknown and everything in between!!   This week we cover FOUR very WEIRD topics, we introduce some new segments, we show off some cool stuff we bought with our adult money and we even recite some poetry.   Lauren starts us off with her very first MONSTER WATCH as we head to Santa Paula California in search of the BILLIWHACK MONSTER.  This thing might be a bigfoot, a government experiment gone horribly awry, an interdimensional creature that crawled through a hole in space-time or possibly the devil himself.   Ashley brings us two stories in a new segment she calls MONKEY'N AROUND!  First up is our new favorite Orangutan, KEN ALLEN.  Known as the "Hairy Houdini" at the San Diego zoo, Ken became famous for outwitting his zoo handlers and escaping his "inescapable" enclosure several times.  Then we head into the modern day and discuss China splicing human DNA into chimpanzees.  The goal is to attempt to find the gene that gave us consciousness... but could it result in Planet of the Apes?   And finally Lauren gives us a BIT O' BIOLOGY with a 2009 study in Scientific American regarding music and how not only does it move us emotionally and affect our "heart" but it also might affect our HEART!! That's right, it's possible that Music may help keep your cardiovascular system regulated and we may be able to use music in the future to help treat victims of heart attacks and strokes to re-regulate their circulatory systems.   Click on some of the links down below if you'd like to do some extra reading on the topics we discussed in today's episode.   SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast-- it's how we continue to keep ads OUT of the body of our episodes and pay for all the programs that keep this show going -- you can donate as little as $1/mo and up to $50/mo and in return you'll get discounts on merchandise, TWO BONUS EPISODES a month and you can even sponsor a segment of the show.   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   CHECK OUT OUR SITE for articles on our one and only murder investigation, book recommendations and links to our merchandise www.keepitweirdpodcast.com   Billi-WHACK https://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/The-Beast-of-Billiwhack-and-Other-Imaginary-Monsters   https://www.cryptidscalifornia.com/the-cryptids/billiwhack-monster   https://sites.google.com/view/californiatruecrime/additional-content/billiwhack-monster   RIP KEN ALLEN https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Allen   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME4H2WN7BEU   Monkey'n Around a Little Too Much https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/04/10/136131/chinese-scientists-have-put-human-brain-genes-in-monkeysand-yes-they-may-be-smarter/     Groove is in the Heart https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/music-therapy-heart-cardiovascular/

WARNING: This episode contains foul language, discussions about death, suicide, drug use, the afterlife, demonic activity, and the deaths of animals.  There are music and sound effects that may be jarring to some listeners. Do you hear that weirdos?  That strange creak down the hall?  The footsteps on the stairs?  The whisper just behind your shoulder? Well you WILL after you listen to this GHOST STORIES MEGA SODE!! It's been 8 years (7-½ but whose counting?) and every season we have multiple LISTENER GHOST STORIES episodes where we present REAL stories sent in by YOU, our amazing listeners. It's high time that we compile some of these bad boys so this week's episode is a celebration of creeping each other out.  A fiesta of freaking our beans.  A jamboree of just about pissing our pants. FIFTEEN horror stories from ten different past episodes.  Season 2: YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TOOTH  -  Sugar, Spice & Bathroom Ghosts Twice  -  If You Got It, Haunt It Season 3: Hot Eats, Cool Treats, Haunted by a Child  -  Clap If you Believe in the Barn! Season 4: Beep Beep Richie  -  Ghost Haircuts & New Friends  -  100% That Witch Season 5: Are You Happy Now?  -  A Streetcar Named WTF  As usual, these episodes contain sound effects and music that some listeners may find jarring.  There will NOT be a sound effect/music free version of this on the patreon this time around because I don't even think I have the original files anymore, haha.  So I apologize.  Music featured in this episode by Vivek Abhishek, Ross Budgen, CO AG Music, and the Hadwin Channel.   We will be back to our regularly scheduled program NEXT WEEK but in the meantime:  Please send us YOUR strange experiences to keepitweirdpodcast@gmail.com for future episodes of scary stories. SUBSCRIBE to our Youtube Channel www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast  FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast

TW: drugs, drugging people without their knowledge, sex work, assassination attempts, references to violent video games, rape and pornography  It's for your own good, weirdos. Hello and welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD; the podcast for all things strange and unusual. declassified and dangerous, haunted and hinky and everything in between. Every time we get together it's another opportunity to talk about something WEIRD and this week is definitely no exception. Ashley starts us off with a DECLASSIFIED diving into yet another secret CIA operation called Operation Midnight Climax and yes it's exactly what it sounds like. A decade long operation under the MK ULTRA program wherein the CIA hired sex workers to bring clients back to their government funded bordello and illegally dose them with LSD and other mind altering substances. Lauren takes us into an UNSOLVED MYSTERY straight out of Black Forest Colorado-- where a family moves into a home that may actually be built directly on top of a rip in space-time. Flashing lights, loud sounds, apparitions, music, laser beams, chemical burns, and faces in all of the mirrors. Count me out, fellas. And last but not least we tiptoe into TERRIFYING TECHNOLOGY and examine the theory that our modern technological boom may have been a gift (or a weapon) given to us by extraterrestrials all the way back in Roswell, New Mexico. We discuss Colonel Phillip J Corso's claims that whatever crashed in Roswell led to fiberoptics and microchips & therefore computers an the internet and we also take a look at an indigenous tribe, deep in the Amazon, called the Marubo and what happens when you give a community their first access to the internet.  Check out some LINKS below if you want to dive deeper into the topics we discussed today.   PLEASE donate to our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast - you can give as little as $1/mo all the way up to $50/mo to support our show and in return you'll receive BONUS EPISODES, discounts on MERCHANDISE and complimentary DIVINATION READINGS when you need some spiritual guidance.   FOLLOW US on socials @keepitweirdcast SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   CHECK OUT OUR SITE for links to our merchandise, book recommendations, research materials on one of our favorite cases and more.   CIA: Creepy Intelligence Agency  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midnight_Climax https://coffeeordie.com/cia-midnight-climax  https://www.sfgate.com/cannabis/article/cia-agents-mixed-lsd-and-sex-at-sf-brothel-18136017.php   The Cabin from Hell  https://www.riseupparanormal.com/database/blackforesthaunting.htm https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/colorado/black-forest-co-haunting/ https://youtu.be/50XRPipqJJQ?si=uBSdMLNzeTRZbYFB   Extraterrestrial Weapon or Human's Own Undoing?  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/world/americas/starlink-internet-elon-musk-brazil-amazon.html https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230403-how-cellphones-have-changed-our-brains  https://www.amazon.com/Day-After-Roswell-Philip-Corso/dp/067101756X  https://www.xaluannews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3266663#google_vignette  

TW: untimely death, hauntings, terrifying cryptids & blood Well well well, weirdos, we meet again!   Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, nautical and nasty, mysterious and monstrous and everything in between.  Every episode we talk about something WEIRD and this episode is no exception.   Ashley starts us off with a PARANORMAL PARADISE that features a leftover LISTENER GHOST STORY from last week about a man who believes he saw the exact staircase his mother died on... several years before it occurred. Then Lauren asks WHERE IN THE WORLD(Is Keep It Weird Going?) as we astral travel to DOOR COUNTY Wisconsin which is apparently chock full of haunted lighthouses.     Ashley grabs the binoculars for a MONSTER WATCH where the MOTHBOYS PODCAST leads us to a very strange cryptid from West Virginia (where else, amirite?) called THE VEGGIE MAN   And Lauren finishes off strong with another CURSED CROONERS (& Spooky Songs) as we discuss the curse of the 9th symphony!  Which 9th symphony you ask?  ALL OF THEM.   Check out the links below if you want to do some further reading on today's topics. Check out the MOTHBOYS PODCAST to stay up to date on all your favorite cryptids!   Music in the first story, as always, by VIVEK ABISHEK   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE CHANNEL (& like our video please!)   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast for 2 BONUS EPISODES every month, DISCOUNTS on merch, COMPLIMENTARY DIVINATION READINGS and the chance to SPONSOR A SEGMENT of our show.     Mr. Vegetable https://www.wboy.com/only-on-wboy-com/paranormal-w-va/what-is-the-vegetable-man-of-west-virginia/ https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Veggieman https://www.wboy.com/only-on-wboy-com/paranormal-w-va/first-ever-veggie-man-day-coming-to-fairmont/   DOORCOUNT https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/2018/10/29/door-county-archives-haunted-lighthouse-and-mud-lake-ghost-story-spooky-history-wisconsin/1808156002/   Bittersweet Symphony https://thewoostervoicetestspaceswooster.wordpress.com/2023/02/23/musicians-and-composer-beware-the-curse-of-the-ninth-symphony/   www.keepitweirdpodcast.com  

Are you ready for a scary story?? Hello weirdos and welcome back to KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, creepy and cool, freaky and frightening and everything in between.  This week we are telling REAL SCARY STORIES!!! Presented by YOU! Our lovely listeners and internet friends! This week's batch has premonitions, UFOs, cryptids, haunted schools, haunted houses, haunted woods and even a haunted museum! THANK YOU SO MUCH to listeners Emily, Noah, Nicole and Anonymous and reddit users r/aztecpontiac, r/smallof2pieces! THE MUSIC in this episode is all VIVEK ABISHEK & you can check out all their work here https://www.youtube.com/ @VIVEKABHISHEK   FOLLOW us on social media @keepitweirdcast SUBSCRIBE to our Youtube Channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to get TWO bonus episodes every month, discounts on merch, FREE divination readings & the opportunity to sponsor a segment of our show. BUY OUR MERCH: www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch

Hi Weirdos!  Or should I say… high weirdos? Welcome to a very special episode of KEEP IT WEIRD– your one stop shop for all things strange and unusual, stoned and spooky, blitzed and bonkers & everything in between. What makes this week so special is that it's our BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for the best co host that side (or THIS side) of the Mississippi.  Lauren and Ashley have been best friends for going on fifteen years now (EW how did we get so old) and were sick and tired of not being able to PARTY TOGETHER on special occasions. So we did a little “gardening” and poured ourselves some fruity beverages and set off to BLOW EACH OTHERS MINDS with some absolutely crazy science, biology, history and trivia. We cover how stars and planets are made, how many blimps we have on Earth, how you can tell the temperature based on a cricket's chirp, which famous horror director had to say goodbye to his bellybutton, an ancient city full of skyscrapers that you didn't know existed, where the sound comes from when we snap our fingers, and even alligators who can gallop faster than Gunpowder (that's Ichabod Crane's horse… obviously) So buckle your seatbelts, maybe take a toke or two yourself, relax, melt into the couch, WAIT too much melting.  Don't forget to breathe.  Yes you ARE breathing.  Chill out, relax, meeeelt into the couch.  There we go. Open your mind to weirdness.  Let it flow through you. Check out some LINKS below if you want to do any further reading on the topics we discussed today! SUBSCRIBE to our Youtube Channel! FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast JOIN OUR PATREON for 2 bonus episodes every month + discounts on merchandise and (NEW) DIVINATION READINGS for our Most Loyal of Listeners!  https://science.nasa.gov/universe/stars/ https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2019.00092 https://courses.ansys.com/index.php/courses/fluid-statics/lessons/simulation-examples-homework-and-quizzes-3/topic/simulation-example-blimp-buoyancy/#:~:text=Blimps%20fly%20using%20the%20same,a%20blimp%20in%20the%20air. https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/how-old-are-sharks-older-than-trees-the-north-star-more#:~:text=Plants%20first%20showed%20up%20on,need%20to%20really%20take%20hold. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.5411662/giddy-up-new-study-reveals-some-crocodiles-can-gallop-1.5410648 https://entomology.unl.edu/k12/crickets/temperature.htm#:~:text=The%20simplest%20method%20is%20to,published%20in%201897%20by%20A.E. https://www.plansponsor.com/tuesday-trivia-dab-toothpaste-sits-top-toothbrush-called/ https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/does-the-brain-eat-itself  

Hi Weirdos!!    Welcome to a very special episode-- our LISTENER DIVINATION READINGS! Consider this your supplemental learning materials for last week's episode "Homework for Witches" where we taught you all about different forms of divination!   In this episode, we take what we've learned about divination through Tarot Cards, Oracle Cards, Rune Casting & Bibliomancy and we put it to work.   YOU, our lovely and loyal listeners, sent in your very own personal questions hoping to get answers and direction from the universe and let me tell you-- the universe came through in a BIG WAY.   Ashley cast a set of runes, Lauren drew a tarot card and our resident witch Laura Lareau did an oracle card reading for each question and we came today with our results.  This was such a fun and interesting experiment and we were SHOOK to find that each of our readings were so similar to each other for each question.  It's almost as if... the universe... was communicating.   But I guess we won't know until we hear from our participants!  We will definitely be giving updates in future episodes to let you know how spot on (or how far off) our readings were and if we were able to offer any words of wisdom to assist in their lives.   If you ever want to participate in our DIVINATION READINGS we are going to offer them every single month over on our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast so head over and JOIN US if you want to know what your future has in store. FOLLOW us on social media @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our youtube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   BUY OUR MERCH (Including brand new PRIDE merch) at www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch

I can see your future, weirdos!   And the future looks BRIGHT!  Welcome to Keep It Weird, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, freaky and fabulous, wicked and wild and EVERYTHING in between!   Everytime we get together we talk about something weird, and what is weirder than fortune telling?!  This week's episode is very special, as we are learning all about DIVINATION!   Divination is an extremely OLD practice because since the beginning of mankind we've all been very worried about what our futures hold for us.  Whether it's regarding our love life, our career, the cities we live in or the cars we drive-- we're constantly looking towards that future and wondering "How do I get there?"   But divination goes far deeper than the Magic 8 Ball or a game of MASH- - Divination can help you navigate your current situation and reconcile with your past.  It can help take the emotional load off of your shoulders and give you hope for tomorrow.   As three practitioners of divination, we wanted to look deeper into the methods and discover how our ancestors used to perform them (warning... there are entrails,) how we got the tools we have today, and discover NEW tools to enhance our lives.   Lauren starts us off with some of the strangest and most gruelling forms of divination from the past, Ashley brings us closer to the present with the discovery and use of RUNES, and Laura teaches us about Oracle Cards and how they differ from their more popular cousin the Tarot.   Don't listen to Ashley at the beginning of the episode when she promises personal readings to listeners at the very end-- that's going to be its own episode and will be released ASAP so you can see the types of questions you can ask and the myriad of answers you can receive while divining.   If you ever have a question you'd like answered using divination-- join our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast!  We're going to be offering MONTHLY readings for our most loyal listeners and YOU could be one of them!   FOLLOW us on social media @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   LEAVE A REVIEW on whatever app you are listening on-- 5 stars are our favorite, but we'll never turn down 4 ;)    Stay tuned for our DIVINATION READINGS  

RIP WEIRDOS!  Welcome to Keep It Weird, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, terrific yet terrible, bogus and beautiful and everything in between! A couple times a month we get together to chat about something WEIRD and of course this week is no exception.  We are going to be taking a trip into the past with a crazy story of reincarnation, storming into a television network to yell at them for creating another horrific reality tv show and visiting a foreign country on the other side of the planet to join a protest! Ashley starts us off with DONT FEAR THE REAPER and the story of Jenny Cockell, an English GENIUS (no joking around) who has had memories of her past life (excuse me, LIVES) since she was four years old.  In the 90's she was not only able to find the home she lived in in her life before, she was also able to find all of her surviving "children" and reunite them.   Lauren takes us into REALITY TV CORNER as we explore TLC's 2013 reality tv hit "Best Funeral Ever."  Ok, maybe it wasn't so much of a hit, it only lasted a season and a half but boy was it packed with unique, special and sometimes downright STRANGE funerals. Then, we hop into WHERE IN THE WORLD IS KEEP IT WEIRD GOING as Ashley takes us for a brief trip to South Korea as we explore the B4 movement.  Bihon, Bichulsan, Biyeonae, Bisekseu: No marriage, no childbirth, no romance, no sex.  It turns out that women DON'T need men to survive and in a lot of cases, it's actually detrimental to our health to be near them.  Sorry not sorry! Check out the links below to do some reading on today's topics. FOLLOW us on social media @keepitweirdcast SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast DONATE to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast  BUY OUR MERCH at www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch   Jenny Cockell & Her Past Lives https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/jenny-cockell-mary-sutton-reincarnation-case https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/jenny-cockell-reincarnation-irish-children https://www.hypnotherapysouthwest.co.uk/cockell.html   Best Funeral, Worst Reality TV Show https://www.avclub.com/tlc-s-best-funeral-ever-showcases-unique-ceremonies-in-1798178859 https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/04/golden-gate-funeral-home-lawsuits/   B4 You Leave https://www.thecut.com/2023/03/4b-movement-feminism-south-korea.html https://www.service95.com/4b-movement-explainer/  

TW: foul language, religion, apocalyptic imagery I'm a loner, Weirdo. A rebel. And you are entering KEEP IT WEIRD: the podcast for all things strange & unusual. We get together every other week and chat about SOMETHING WEIRD and of course this week is no exception. We are SINGING OUR PRAISES, we are ALIGNING OUR CHAKRAS and we are SPEAKING IN TONGUES this episode is ALL about religion. Ashley starts us off with one of our favorite segments WHAT IF GOD WAS ONE OF US as we learn all about the RAPTURE. What it is, when it was created and how it differs from what is *actually* in the bible. Ruh Roh. Lauren takes us into a WHERE IN THE WORLD IS KEEP IT WEIRD GOING and the answer to that question.... is Utah. Utah in the 1930's to be exact, when Mary Ogden brought her spiritualist movement to a hollow rock in the middle of freaking no where and things got weird. Check out some links below if you want to know more about the topics we discussed on today's episode. SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE CHANNEL at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast DONATE to our PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast FOLLOW us on SOCIAL MEDIA @keepitweirdcast   Rapture Rapture Read All About It https://www.neh.gov/article/rise-rapture-horror-culture#:~:text=Originating%20in%20the%20early%20nineteenth,Reference%20Bible%20(1909)%20and%20its https://www.ucg.org/world-news-and-prophecy/the-rapture-a-popular-but-false-doctrine https://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nelson_Darby  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispensationalism  https://www.wrmea.org/2015-october/the-scofield-bible-the-book-that-made-zionists-of-americas-evangelical-christians.html  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._I._Scofield  Marie's Place aka HOME OF TRUTH https://moabgeartrader.com/2020/01/13/home-of-truth-marie-ogdens-attempt-to-raise-the-dead/ https://www.businessinsider.com/home-of-truth-ghost-town-religious-colony-photos-2022-6#while-there-were-reported-to-be-about-100-residents-at-the-communes-peak-the-town-was-largely-deserted-in-1937-following-the-aftermath-of-an-attempt-to-resurrect-a-dead-member-of-the-commune-according-to-atlas-obscura-a-woman-died-of-cancer-and-ogden-refused-to-bury-her-insisting-she-could-bring-her-back-to-life-the-same-source-reported-14  

Trigger Warnings: mental health disorders, death, incest   Hi Weirdos! Welcome back to KEEP IT WEIRD - the podcast for all things strange and unusual, creepy yet casual, funky n' fresh and always a little silly.  Every month we get together to talk about something WEIRD and this week is no exception.   Ashley & Lauren have a lot of STUFF to talk about this week.  Ancient stuff, creepy stuff,  'TOO MUCH' stuff.   Lauren starts us off with one of our sponsored segments ANCIENT ARTIFACTS (with Addie Rife!)  In it she teaches us about some 100 year old mermaid mummies out of Japan that researchers were able to X Ray to see what the heck was actually going on.  It turns out PT Barnum's Fiji mermaid was much older than we initially thought it was.  But why the heck were they frankenstein-ing these fish monkeys to begin with?? (To learn about how YOU can sponsor a segment of our show head to www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast & check out our donation tiers)   Then Ashley brings us into a brand new segment AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL where we discuss stories out of American History that make you scream WHAT?!  Today we're learning about the lives of the Collyer Brothers, their infamous mansion in Manhattan, & their incredibly tragic deaths.  Known as America's First Hoarders, their home was in such horrific conditions that still to this day NYC police officers refer to dangerous hoarder homes & buildings to "Collyer's Mansions."  Check out some links below for more information on today's topics. Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast.  Leave us a review on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you happen to be listening/watching from.  SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast.   DONATE to our show at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast   Fish Monkey, That Funky Monkey https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/conspiracies-paranormal/haunting-mermaid-mummy-from-japan-is-a-gruesome-monkey-fish-hybrid-with-dragon-claws-new-scans-reveal   ManHoarding in ManHattan https://creativehistorystories.blogspot.com/2020/08/manhattans-first-hoarders-tragic-story.html https://www.firehouse.com/home/news/10529720/collyers-mansion-conditions https://www.christopherroosen.com/blog/2020/10/17/the-sad-story-of-the-collyer-brothers-and-the-question-of-do-we-own-our-stuff-or-does-our-stuff-own-us      

TW: child abuse, murder, sexual assault, poisoning, execution   Hi Weirdos! Welcome back to Keep It Weird, the podcast for all things strange & unusual!  As with our last episode, there is no video for this episode WOMP WOMP our bad but have no fear!! Videos will be back in episode 3.     THIS WEEK HOWEVER, Episode 2 of Season 8, we are getting pretty dark.  Usually we like to balance out the darkness with the light (as above, so below - praise Baphomet) but hey sometimes it doesn't work out that way.   Lauren is starting us out with a new segment called REALITY TV CORNER and is introducing us to some REALLY messed up reality tv shows that, not surprisingly, did not make it further than a season or two.  THE SWAN on Fox wherein "ugly" women were given full plastic surgery makeovers to win a chance to compete in a beauty pageant and KID NATION on CBS which should have just been called "Child Endangerment: The Series."   Then Ashley takes the lead to teach us about a man named Jolly who was not very Jolly at all.  Louis Joyland West has some of the clearest and most nefarious connections of ANY scientist to the CIA's top secret (now declassified) program MK ULTRA (1953-1973) and one event he is connected to is so horrific... so monstrous... and so suspicious that you will struggle to believe it.   Check out some links below if you want to do your OWN reading on the topics we discussed today.     Follow us on instagram & twitter @keepitweirdcast.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast.  Join our PATREON to get two bonus episodes every month + discounts on merch at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast.  Every penny goes toward producing this show.   Reality TV Corner https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/comments/14y8qg7/what_is_the_most_unethical_reality_tv_show_ever/   https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/22/remembering-swan-noughties-controversial-offensive-reality-tv-series-10962780/   https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/05/04/that-time-reality-tv-made-a-real-life-lord-of-the-flies/   Jolly West/MK ULTRA https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon-west/   https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief   https://hekint.org/2024/01/25/louis-jolyon-west-m-d-a-dangerous-doctor/                   ReplyForward   Add reaction

TW: death, overdose, missing persons, mental health, poisoning   Hi Weirdos!  Welcome to season 8 of Keep It Weird!!    First off, lets just get the business end out of the way.  There is NO video for this episode.  We're taking it back to the old school.  NOT by choice, we recorded episode 1 and 2 last weekend and our video files did NOT make it out alive.  What, did you think this would go smoothly?  Did you think we could just JUMP BACK IN to the show we've been doing for over 7 years and things would just WORK OUT?  That's not the world we're living in, baby.  lol   That being said SEASON 8 is going to be full of strange and horrifying stories, hilarious and interesting guests and far more of ASHLEY & LAUREN than we ever imagined you guys would be into.   In this first episode, we're just dipping our toe & testing the waters.  We're updating you on what's been going on in our world, what we've done over hiatus, and our absolute favorite things that have happened in the last three months.   We discuss the missing Kate Middleton, the Miami Mall aliens in Florida, how sad we are to have missed Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow and we even give a quick update on those men found dead in their friends backyard in Missouri.   We also wouldn't leave you hanging on the creep factor-- we close out the show with some creepy real life ghost stories sure to send a chill up your spine.  

Hi Weirdos!!  Did ya miss us?!  We have officially been on hiatus since December of 2023 and it's time to dust off our denim and ge back in the saddle! This is just a little treat for you as we prep for SEASON 8 of our show which will be starting VERY soon (like next week soon)  A couple hundred of you have already heard these clips because you are OFFICIAL WEIRDOS FOR LIFE and are members of our patreon.  But for those of you who are NOT members of our patreon-- here is a sneak peek of what you've been missing this year! We've had THREE RETURNING GUESTS: Tyler, Mike & Madi back on the show to tell us some of their personal spooky stories.  Lauren's parents came on the show!! What!! We talked about death and dying, crazy news stories, true crime, conspiracies, bad valentines, maggots on airplanes and so much more. Hope you enjoy this little clip-isode and we hope it gets you pumped up for another season of strangeness :)   Please consider joining our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to help us produce this show.  In return you'll get discounts on merch, opportunities to participate in the show & 2-3 bonus episodes every month.

I don't want a lot for Christmas, there is just ONE thing I need and it's YULE!!    HO HO HO Merry Christmas and Blessed Yule to ALL the wonderful weirdos of the world.  Here is your gift, it's our SEASON SEVEN FINALE!    This episode is ALL about the reason for the season... which is apparently witchcraft.  Joining us for this end of the year party is our resident green witch LAURA LAREAU!! (@leaves_and_lore)  We're going to be discussing the story of the three wisemen (did you know they were PAGAN PRIESTS?!) modern Christmas traditions that had pagan origins and ways to make your holiday season a little more witchy.   We're also going to tell some Yuletide Ghost Stories, play FMK (F*ck, MERRY, Kill) with some of our favorite holiday movies & characters and we play a little bit of Christmas trivia to see who is the holly-jolliest of all.   We want to thank you guys from the bottom of our hearts for still hanging with us after all these years.  We hope that we taught you a lot this year, made you laugh, creeped you out, gave you chills and brought you peace & joy.   Please consider donating to our show at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to help us produce season EIGHT next year!   You can donate as little as $1 and as much as $50 ONCE or monthly and in return you'll get discounts on merch AND 2 bonus episodes every month (Including the months we are on hiatus)   Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast to stay up to date with what we're up to over our break   LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE to our channel if you're feeling naughty.   Take good care of yourselves, treat everyone you meet with kindness and always KEEP IT WEIRD.   Creepy Christmas Music by MYUU   Special thank you to all of our cohosts: Amy Hanselmann, Julia Firmand, Laura Lareau & Nyk Sutter-Downs.  And to our special guests this year Greg & Dana Newkirk, Joe Ochs, Billy Roach & Lindsey Brisbane

It's a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day and we're here to F*CK SH*T UP. Welcome Weirdos to our last REGULAR episode of the season!  It's time to get a little festive! This week we have FOUR gruesome, creepy, mind-bending, strange stories for you to feast your ears (and eyes!) on. Lauren starts us off with a beautiful vacation into a PARANORMAL PARADISE!  She teaches us about the legend of Hawaii's MOST HAUNTED HOUSE- The Kaimuki House- and the (Japanese??) ghost (cat??) that lives inside it Ashley swings us around to a CONSPIRACY THEORY that Human Beings could not have been originally FROM planet Earth and the proof of that lies in our wittle babies.  Humans are the only mammals on the planet that need YEARS to be able to care/fend for themselves… but why is that? Is it because this isn't our planet? Lauren comes back at us with a TRUE CRIME TIME that has a Christmas twist!  On December 25 1929 in Germantown, North Carolina Charles Davis “Charlie” Lawson murdered his wife and six of his seven children.  What on Earth could have driven him to do such a horrific act? And finally, to lighten things up a bit, Ashley finishes off the episode with a new segment all about URBAN LEGENDS!  But not the ones we are familiar with here in the US— we're traveling to Ukraine to investigate the mystery of the BLACK VOLGA and then hitting up South Korea to see if there's anything behind their fear of electric fans. Check out some links below if you want to learn more about today's topics.   Follow us on instagram and twitter @keepitweirdcast Donate to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast Buy some of our merch at www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch   Haunted Hawaiian House https://the-line-up.com/hawaiis-most-haunted-house https://theoverlyopinionated.com/2018/08/02/the-most-terrifying-haunted-house-in-hawaii/ Human Earth Baby https://www.livescience.com/54605-why-are-babies-helpless.html https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-humans-give-birth-to-helpless-babies/ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49733888 Christmas Horror Story https://horrorobsessive.com/2020/12/21/christmas-mass-murder-the-lawson-family/   Sub-urban Legend https://vocal.media/horror/the-black-volga https://www.bionity.com/en/encyclopedia/Fan_death.html https://www.tbsnews.net/feature/wheels/black-volga-76333  

Hi Weirdos!  Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD— the podcast for all things strange & unusual! Every week we get together to chat about all things WEIRD and this one is a bit of a doozy. We only have TWO segments for you today as they are a little bit more hefty than our usuals but don't worry, we're packing the same punch. Lauren goes first as she teaches us all about a 66 year old UNSOLVED MYSTERY known as THE BOY IN THE BOX! We learn about the discovery of the body, the autopsy reports, the investigation, the theories and where we are with the case today. Ashley then heads into TERRIFYING TECHNOLOGY where we attempt to rank and review the technology present in episodes of Black Mirror.  From uploading your consciousness to bringing back the dead with AI to human yelp reviews to killer robo dogs.  We attempt to decide WHICH future tech is the worst case scenario and we look at a few technologies that actually exist or are being created today that seem to have been inspired by this horror sci fi show! If you want to read more about the subjects discussed in today's episode check out the links below! Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast Donate to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast Boy in the Box https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/the-boy-in-the-box https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11696709/Inside-65-year-hunt-identify-Philadelphias-Boy-Box-cold-case-murder-victim.html   Terrifying Tech/Black Mirror https://www.ranker.com/list/black-mirror-technology/mariel-loveland?ref=browse_list https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11814423/Five-times-Netflixs-Black-Mirror-predicted-future-tech.html https://www.businessinsider.com/creepiest-technologies-tech-examples-ai-2019-8 https://www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/sc-punishment-list/ https://medium.com/i-human/9-terrifying-technologies-that-will-shape-your-future-befa688d247    

WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST, Weirdos!!    A new Titanic Conspiracy Theory is here, hot off the presses! Welcome to KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange & unusual and the BEST place to find fear and fun.   This week we've got FOUR strange segments for you starting off strong with a WHERE IN THE WORLD (Is Keep It Weird Going?!) Lauren is taking us to bright and sunny.... Connecticut?  Yep, that's what my notes say.  We're going to Connecticut to check out the world's only (??) CHRISTIAN theme park!  Theme park is... a bit of a stretch, admittedly, but HOLY LAND USA is an American landmark that should probably be torn down for safety reasons.  Built in the 50s and officially shut down in 1984 this abandoned death trap has been sitting on a hill in Waterbury for almost FOUR decades and you can learn all about it here.   Next up is ANCIENT ARTIFACTS with ADDIE RIFE!  Ashley is going to be teaching us all about an artifact from the 1800s that has seen more of the world than either of our two hosts.  If you guessed that the artifact was Napoleon Bonaparte's penis then you should play the lottery.  Find out where Napoleon's penis is and where it's been and what it looks like today!    Lauren sings My Heart Will Go On with a CONSPIRACY THEORY all about our favorite boat.  And our favorite banker?  He's basically the only banker we know.  JP Morgan (of Real Housewives fame) MAY have been behind the sinking of this famous ship all in the name of greed.  Find out why "Titanic Truthers" believe this wild conspiracy.   And finally, Ashley sends us packing with a brand new segment CREEPY CLOWN WATCH!! Pretty self explanatory, we'll be learning all about a creepy killer clown from Chicago IL!  No not THAT creepy killer clown, a different one!   Charles "Conway the Clown" Cramer (and his wife Mary) for sure killed one woman, but may have killed more, in Chicago in the early 20th Century.  What came of the traveling circus couple after the murder(s)?  Listen to find out....   Check out some links below if you want to do more research on today's FASCINATING topics!    Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast to stay up to date on episode releases, peep some of our funniest clips, contribute to future segments & participate in giveaways!    Please consider donating to our PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast.  You can donate as little as $1 and as much as $50 to our show and get bonus episodes, discounts on merchandise & sponsored segment opportunities in return!  AND you help us produce our show and ensure many new episodes to come.       Your Move Holy Land (USA) https://www.ranker.com/list/rise-and-fall-of-holy-land-usa/erin-mccann https://www.adamquirk.me/blog/2017/9/5/murder-at-holy-land-usa https://www.flickr.com/photos/roadtripmemories/albums/72157603616821181/   Napoleon's Member https://allthatsinteresting.com/napoleon-penis https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92126411   Banker Busts Boat for Banknotes https://www.businessinsider.com/titanic-sinking-conspiracy-theories-2018-4#jp-morgan-was-behind-the-whole-thing-5 https:/www.washingtonpost.com/news/jpmorgan-titanic   Killer Clowns from Chicagoland https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67075/1912-chicago-had-one-legged-murderous-clown https://husheduphistory.com/post/155996532703/sentence-the-clowns-chicagos-forgotten-murder      

Well git on there little weirdo!  Welcome to THE RANCH!! It's spacious!  It's cozy!  It's FULL OF MONSTERS?! It's another week of KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual and this week we're home, home on the range!  Lauren starts us off with some VERY COOL science news in a segment we like to call the MAGIC SCHOOL BUS!  The bus often takes us down someone's throat or up someone's butt but today we are fortunate enough that we're just traveling into a petri dish.  Scientists at the Weizmann Institute just announced that they've successfully GROWN A HUMAN EMBRYO!! In a lab!! What does this mean?  Can we grow humans now?  Are they real people?  Are they clones??  All your questions will be answered! Ashley takes on her first WHERE IN THE WORLD (Is Keep It Weird Going?) and takes us to bright & sunny.... Arizona??  That's right, Rainbow Arizona to be exact, to check out the infamous STARDUST RANCH!  Where couple John and Joyce Edmonds lived for 20 long, hard years alongside aliens, ghosts, portals to other dimensions, and monsters that killed their pets.  Were they being abducted and experimented on?  Does Stardust Ranch contain portals to another world?  Who was the mysterious machete man?! Move over Skinwalker Ranch, there's another ranch in town. Check out some links below if you want to learn more about the stories and information shared in today's episode. Donate to our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to help us produce this show and keep it going FOR ETERNITY.  You'll also get bonus episodes, discounts on merch, shoutouts on the show and be automatically entered into our contests! Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast (Instagram, Twitter & Facebook) to stay up to date on episode releases and paranormal investigations! And if you're looking for that perfect Christmas gift head to our merch store at www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch!    Just What is an Embryo Anyway? https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66715669 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65914934 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/06/complete-models-of-human-embryos-created-from-stem-cells-in-lab   Never Buy a Ranch https://realhorrordiaries.blogspot.com/2023/03/eerie-encounters-tales-of-stardust-ranch.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQA1hHTaa1Y https://www.nine.com.au/entertainment/viral/alien-stardust-ranch-sale-john-edmonds-arizona/3acfd1eb-fa65-46b1-90f8-6955cfdcca18 https://www.12news.com/article/features/former-resident-says-there-was-something-living-at-buckeye-alien-ranch/75-486285454 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1559154/Is-UFO-ranch-Alien-slayer-posts-mysterious-video.html http://www.bltresearch.com/plantab.php  

Well well well, guess who's back on their BS Weirdos!  We're back and we're very sorry for the brief hiatus- sometimes life just cocks it's fist back and gives you a swift left hook to the jaw and knocks you on your ass and the thought of being silly (and especially talking about death) is inconceivable.  But we appreciate how lovely and forgiving you always are when we have to miss a week, especially when it is unexpected. This week your girls have some GREAT segments for you starting off with a BRAND NEW SEGMENT called DON'T FEAR THE REAPER!! This week's DFTR is all about how reincarnation is totally real– it has to be!  How else would you explain the life of Dorothy Eady??  Dorothy was born a normal girl in London in 1904 and everything was totally ordinary until the age of three on the day she DIED.  But don't worry she came back…. Again? Lauren follows it up with one of her favorite segments CURSED CROONERS AND SPOOKY SONGS and today the gals learn that they really didn't know anything about the BUDDY HOLLY CURSE– but have no fear, you'll learn it all here.  Buddy Holly died in a plane crash in February 3, 1959 while on tour along with musicians Ritchie Valle and “The Big Bopper” JP Richardson and if that wasn't unlucky enough… death seemed to follow the other tour performers around.  Is it a curse?  Or were they all DESTINATIONED?! Ashley follows CCASS with a PARANORMAL PARADISE about a house that bled?!  It's true, in 1987 in Atlanta Georgia the home of William and Minnie Winston started to produce HUMAN blood… and no one could tell them why. And finally, Lauren finishes off the episode with QUESTION QUESTION and the gals get a good laugh about what they would each be arrested for. Check out some links BELOW if you want to read more about the stories told on today's episode.   PLEASE CONSIDER donating to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast– if every single person who listened/downloaded our episodes each week were to donate just $1 a month Keep It Weird would be our FULL TIME JOB.  Imagine the bonus content.  Imagine the episode quality.  Imagine the guests we would have time to book!  IMAGINE THE INVESTIGATIONS WE'D BE ABLE TO GO ON!  Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast on instagram and twitter and join our Facebook Group KEEP IT WEIRD PODCAST!  And the holidays are officially here so if you're looking for something to get yourself or a friend who is just as obsessed with the WEIRD as you are head over to www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch and get yourself a prezzie. Egyptian Priestess Returns https://globalbizarre.com/dorothy-eady-reincarnation-mystery-and-absurdity/ https://medium.com/the-collector/the-baffling-tale-of-dorothy-eady-a8e996982674 https://egyptianstreets.com/2021/09/13/from-london-to-ancient-egypt-the-reincarnation-of-dorothy-eady/   Buddy Holly & The Destination Curse https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/buddy-holly-curse-60-year-16830275 https://www.cracked.com/article_32168_4-weird-facts-about-the-day-the-music-died.html Atlanta Blood House https://www.trulyadventure.us/blood-house https://theghostinmymachine.com/2021/08/02/unresolved-what-caused-the-atlanta-blood-houses-mysterious-mess/

HELLO BOILS & GHOULS & HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! To celebrate our absolute favorite time of year we are coming at you with a classic.  It's time to tell each other GHOST STORIES!! All of the stories you are about to hear are REAL!  They happened to real people just like you; some of which are listeners, just like you!! So you never know when you'll have a spooky tale of your own to submit… This week we have ghosts, psychics, shared dreams, creepy polaroids, haunted dorm rooms, mysterious strangers, creepy omens and so much more. So, light your protection candle, sprinkle some salt around you and cozy up under those blankets— it's time to get scared. WARNING: This episode features MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS that may be jarring to sensitive listeners.  We have uploaded a MUSIC & SOUND EFFECT FREE version of this episode to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast at no cost to you.  But, while you're there, consider donating to our show!  Consider it our Halloween treat.

It's time for a graveyard smash, weirdos!  Welcome to another creep-tastic episode of KEEP IT WEIRD- the podcast for all things strange, unusual and... classic? This week we're taking a trip back in time to chat about UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MONSTERS!! And.... one DC character, but we'll get to that. Ashley & Lauren are joined once again by our monster expert BILLY ROACH as we take a look at who created these monsters and why. Billy starts us off by covering FRANKENSTEIN; the fascinating details of how and where it was written by Mary Shelley, as well as the various film versions of the creature and movies and monsters that have been inspired by the stitched-together-man over the decades! Ashley comes in with THE INVISIBLE MAN!  What were HG Well's inspirations for creating this man who couldn't be seen?  The amazing special effects that haven't been beated so far from a movie made in 1933, why Hollow Man is the best interpretation of this character in the 21st Century, and why The Invisible Man (2020) is actually NOT a good movie. And finally, Lauren.  Poor Lauren, who was given the assignment of "Swamp Thing" because Ashley didn't know there was a difference between SWAMP THING and The Creature from the Black Lagoon.  But guess what?  SHE KNOWS NOW!  Lauren dives into both the fish man AND the plant man in her segment-- teaching us the origins of Swamp Thing in DC Comics, the various past iterations of the monster on film and even some upcoming projects to look forward to featuring this man-plant. Follow us on Instagram @keepitweirdcast to play along with our OCTOBER CONTESTS for a chance to win a FREE SHIRT!!  Follow Billy on instagram as well @thebillyroach to follow his horror movie watches for the month of October and check out all of his fantastic art!  Consider donating to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast-- it's how we pay for this show to exist so if you love us, or even just like us a little, consider donating $5 this month to help us out :)     

Are you feelin' lucky, punks?   Welcome to KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, and it's our very first (somehow?) FRIDAY THE 13TH SPECIAL!!  To celebrate another glorious week in October we are bringing you a very UNLUCKY episode to celebrate this very UNLUCKY day and it gets better; today we are joined by one of your all time favorite guests: JOE OCHS!!  That's right, HANDSOME JOE has returned and now you even get to see his face! (If you are watching on YouTube.com) But never his eyes.  No... never his eyes. This week we are trying to figure out who is the UNLUCKIEST PERSON IN HISTORY!  Whether they were struck by lightning, hit by a meteorite or living life like poor Jeanne Rogers who couldn't catch a break if she PAID for one... today we've got a little bit of it all. Check out our list of UNLUCKY persons below and let us know who YOU think is the UNLUCKIEST person. Make sure you are following us on social media @keepitweirdcast-- this month on Instagram we are doing a Horror Movie countdown.  All you have to do is comment on our posts and you will automatically be entered to win a FREE TSHIRT!   Make sure you check out our episodes over at our YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast - it just adds a level of fun you didn't even know you needed. And of course, if you would be so kind, please consider donating to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast. Good luck out there.   1: Ann Hodges - Hit by a Meteorite 2: Henry Gunther - last soldier to die in WW1 3: Henry Ziegland - killed by bullet that was shot 20 years prior 4: Jeanne Rogers - where do I begin?  Struck by lightning, attacked by bat, humiliated at pool 5: Monica Seles - Tennis superstar stabbed in the back 6: Fran Selak - Croatian man who almost died 100 times 7: Costis Mitsokakis - Only man who didn't win the lottery 8: Erik Norrie - Florida Man that animals hate 9: Melanie Martinez - Lost all her homes to hurricanes 10: Pete Best - Was almost a Beatle 11: Jerome Moody - Drowned at a Lifeguard Party    

Happy October my fiendish friends!! Welcome to a special Halloween episode of KEEP IT WEIRD: The podcast for all things strange and unusual, haunted and harrowing and full of monsters and maniacs!  This week is all about HAUNTED HOUSES!!  They've been around since, well... since we've started living in houses!  And that's because ghosts have been around since people started dying.  And demons may have been around even longer. We have a VERY special guest on the show, LINDSEY BRISBINE!  Lindsey is the host and producer of THE CHILLING PODCAST: a serialized show that details the true events behind a real-life haunting that took place in Kent, Ohio.  It's full of first hand accounts of the supernatural as well as interviews with psychics, doctors, religious experts, psychologists and witnesses! Lindsey joins Ashley & Lauren to discuss their haunted house experiences and their all time favorite haunted house MOVIES as well as a few that didn't quite hit the mark.  What haunted house movie is the CLOSEST to what it's actually like to live inside a haunted home?  Tune in to find out...    

Hello Weirdos, Beardos & Teardos alike! Welcome to our very first episode of THE WEIRD REPORT!  The WEIRD REPORT is going to be our new $10 bonus episode every month and it's an audio version of what used to be our Newsletter! Each month we'll put out a Weird Report that features strange & unusual news stories, upcoming horror movie/tv/documentary/book announcements, true crime tales (& updates!) some random segments & every episode will end with some SCARY STORIES!!  This week includes: THIS MONTH IN WEIRD Texting with ICONIC Biblical Characters with Chat GPT https://allthatsinteresting.com/text-with-jesus Space Capsule not Welcome Back to Earth https://gizmodo.com/space-pharmaceuticals-varda-regulations-faa-1850850528 Trash Fashion https://www.outkick.com/random-dude-walks-runway-in-trash-bag-at-fashion-week-and-no-one-bats-an-eye/ Krispy Kreme's Biggest Fans https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bears-caught-camera-raiding-krispy-kreme-doughnut-van-alaska/ TRUE CRIME TIME Jung Yoo Jung Kills (& Kills her Curiosity) https://allthatsinteresting.com/jung-yoo-jung REVISIT: Halloween Killer Lover's Triangle https://thevintagewomanmagazine.com/mid-century-halloween-murder/  

Just try and padlock this toe, I DARE YOU! Welcome weirdos to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD- your go-to podcast for all things strange and unusual and this week is FULL OF BONES! Literally. Well, not literally. Lauren starts us off with some CURSED CROONERS & SPOOKY SONGS! This time she's covering what is known as the My Way Murders-- a string of at least 12 violent acts that took place during the singing of My Way by Frank Sinatra at karoake. Yeah, you read that right. Ashley swings in with a horrific TRUE CRIME TIME, discussing the strange death of Ryan Stallings and the conviction and sentencing of his own mother Patricia Stallings - who would have spent the rest of her life in prison if not for a good samaritan watching an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. Whew, that one is tough, so Lauren shares some WEIRD NEWS with us. Back in June over 400 vampires were found buried in Poland. Well, not real vampires. But definitely people suspected of being vampires! Or maybe they WERE real vampires... And don't worry, we've still got MORE BONES coming because Ashley finishes off the episode by introducing us to SKELETON LAKE! Of course thats just a nickname, the lake's real name is Roopkund and it's in the middle of the Himalayas. A small lake filled with an estimated 300-800 bodies.. and no one knows how they got there...  Woof, that's a lot to handle in one hour. Luckily we've had some tequila to help get you (and us) through it. Check out some links below if you want to do more reading on the subjects discussed in this episode. LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE to our channel! Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast. And if possible, donate to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to help us produce this show and keep it rollin'! Not the Monkey's Fault https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-my-way-killings  Unsolved Mysteries Helps Unsolve a Murder  https://www.iflscience.com/the-woman-who-was-wrongfully-convicted-of-murdering-her-baby-and-saved-by-a-biochemist-64986 Padlocked Toes & Too Many Bones  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12178139/Grave-containing-450-VAMPIRES-discovered-roadworks-Poland.html Skeleton Lake  https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210705-the-unsolved-mystery-of-skeleton-lake#:~:text=In%201942%2C%20H%20K%20Madhwal%2C%20an,to%20preserve%20the%20human%20remains  

Mirror Mirror on the Wall!  Please don't show me a haunted doll! Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD- your one stop shop for all things strange and unusual! This week we are answering the universe's most unusual question... what the f*ck is going on with mirrors?! What if you could replace all of your pill bottles full of anxiety and depression meds and just look into a mirror for a few minutes a day?  What if you could see your past self and heal your trauma?  What if you could travel to another dimension? It may sound crazy, but "crazy" is our middle name so buckle up!  This week we are diving into all things reflective as Ashley teaches us about the Kozyrev Mirror experiments from the 1950s & the 1990s wherein physicists placed hundreds of subjects into a device that not only opened up their third eye but also caught the eye of extraterrestrials!  We're also going to touch on the Chronovisor, a smiliar experimental device created by a priest, a physicist and a Nazi scientist that supposedly showed them the actual crucifixion of Christ that is being held at the Vatican, never to be seen again.  Don't worry, Lauren brings us back to reality with some TRUE CRIME TIME as we look into the unsolved Tara Leigh Calico missing persons case and we question whether or not the famous photo of the two bound children helped or hindered the investigation.   Check the links BELOW if you want to learn more about today's topics! If you're watching on YouTube make sure you LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE to our channel! If you're listening on Spotify or Apple Podcasts please take a few seconds to rate and review our show! Check out our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast if you'd like to donate to our show and also get discounts on merch and BONUS EPISODES every single month! And follow us on social media if you don't already @keepitweirdcast so you can stay up to date on what we're up to, suggest episode topics, share creepy tik toks & generally have a scary good time.   Are Mirrors Even Real? https://patents.google.com/patent/RU2122446C1/en https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4267444/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026265X21006445 https://eightify.app/summary/science-and-technology/time-travel-experiments-with-kozyrev-mirrors-unveiling-success https://allthatsinteresting.com/chronovisor Tara Calico Disappearance https://kympasqualini.medium.com/mysterious-polaroid-picture-the-disappearance-of-tara-calico-5558cd80738a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Tara_Calico  

Welcome Weirdos, one and all!  Young and small!  Step right up and test your PSI Strength! This is a very special episode of Keep It Weird, the podcast for all things strange and unusual– because we have the king and queen of the strange and unusual joining us this week! This episode feels like it's been seven whole years in the making and it's finally here.  Synchronicities may have brought us together but our anti-hypnotism stance is what will keep us friends.  This week Ashley and Lauren are joined by Planet Weird's very own GREG & DANA NEWKIRK!!  Greg and Dana are the owners/operators of the Newkirk Museum of the Paranormal & Occult.  You may have seen their appearances on shows like Kindred Spirits, Paranormal Lockdown, The World According to Jeff Goldblum or Finding Bigfoot.  Or maybe you know them from their very own podcast The Haunted Objects Podcast where they discuss the history, folklore and supernatural significance of some of their most treasured haunted items. And if you don't know them from any of those amazing things, you will know them as the driving force behind one of our all time favorite documentary series Hellier where they, along with Karl Pfeiffer and Connor Randall, take a trip to Hellier Kentucky to investigate some high strangeness and try to find some goblins. Well they are here today to talk about ALL kinds of strange phenomena, paranormal entertainment, the fact that hypnotism is just PLAIN RUDE, witchcraft, Hellier drinking games, the times they've been the most scared and so much more. We even get to gush a bit about their BRAND NEW DOCUMENTARY that is out TODAY September 8th THE UNBINDING.  It's the perfect way to start your spooky season right so head over to planetweird.tv and check it out now! Without further ado– enjoy this episode, it was a dream come true for us and we hope that we didn't just squeal our way through this interview. Make sure you hit like and subscribe if you're watching us here on YouTube.  Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast to stay up to date on what we have coming up.  Check out our merch store at www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch and grab yourself a tshirt or better yet- a HOODIE- for this upcoming spooky season.  And if you would please check out our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast– it's how we make the money to produce this show and you can donate as little as $1 one time to $10 monthly or even $50 whole bones to get yourself a sponsored segment on the show. No links this week, but once again make sure you check out planetweird.tv to find ALL things Greg/Dana/HighStrangeness/Hellier/HauntedObjectsPod/TheUnbinding.   Keep It Weird!  

Hey Weirdos! Or should I say SEARDOS!?   Production schedules got a little wonky here at the end of September and I didn't want to leave you without an episode this Friday--  THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER!  Which I think we can all officially, collectively agree is the EVE OF SPOOKY SEASON!!  I decided to rerelease an episode of Keep It Seared from 2021 because relistening to it made me laugh out loud and also it's HIGH TIME we hear Handsome Joe's voice on this podcast!  He's obviously had a very busy (and stressful) year between work and family and surgeries so we haven't gotten to hear him get angry in so long!  Well... I have... but you guys haven't! This week I share some interesting/strange/intriguing/lesser known facts with Joe and honestly... he keeps a pretty level head.  Dare I say I'm proud of him?   Check out the link below for photos and videos of my last weird item in the episode, and make sure you join us next week where we will have two VERY special guests join us for an hour of high strangeness.. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-found-a-weird-glowing-purple-blob-on-the-ocean-floor

Scary up front but OK in the end! That's the accidental theme for this week's episode of KEEP IT WEIRD - The podcast for all things strange and unusual - and therefore our working title... But REAL Weirdos know the official title of this one... Hey, kids! If you're new here this is the show where Ashley & Lauren get together each week to talk about something WEIRD and this week had way too much body horror involved. We apologize to most of you but for some of you freaks: you're welcome? Ashley starts us off by taking us on a Magic School Bus ride for BODY TIME! Have you ever heard of Musical Ear Syndrome? Well some people are blaming this phenomenon for witnessing paranormal activity! But don't worry, we've got some alternative theories to compete with the skeptics.  Lauren takes us into a JEEPERS CREEPERS that's all about our PEEPERS. Did you know that our eyeballs have something called "immune privelage?" It means that our eyes have a special relationship with our immune system that help protect them from inflammatory responses... but it also does horrible, terrible things. Ashley couldn't let our eyes get all the glory, she comes in next with another JEEPERS CREEPERS but this one is all about TEEFERS. Teeth, as adults call them. Did you know they could EXPLODE?! I don't need to say more about this, watch the ep to unlock new dental fears. Finally, Lauren wraps up the episode with a good old fashioned CONSPIRACY THEORY!! Only this time the conspiracy came true. The cold war made all of us a little cuckoo-- but possibly none moreso than the Canadian government who decided they needed to build the world's first "GAYDAR" to try to rid themselves of homosexual employees. But all it really did was prove that we just don't shame straight white men enough.  Check out some links below if you'd like to do some more reading on today's topics! Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook). SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel and LIKE & COMMENT on this episode to give us a nice little boost! (Internet boost AND emotional boost) And finally, if you are fortunate enough to have $5-$10 extra this month, consider donating to our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast. Ghost Music  https://hearinglosshelp.com/blog/apophenia-audio-pareidolia-and-musical-ear-syndrome/ Dead Eyes, Can't Lose https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948372/#:~:text=The%20eye%20attempts%20to%20limit,of%20local%20and%20systemic%20mechanisms.  https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/uvfyht/has_there_ever_been_a_known_case_about_your_bodys/ Tooth Explosion  https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160301-the-gruesome-and-mysterious-case-of-exploding-teeth Cold War Homophobia  https://www.cbc.ca/arts/the-fruit-machine-why-every-canadian-should-learn-about-this-country-s-gay-purge-1.4678718  http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/06/when-the-canadian-government-used-gay-detectors-to-try-to-get-rid-of-homosexual-government-employees/  

Rollin' down the street smokin' indo, sippin on bug juice.  LAID BACK! With my mind on those clowns and those clowns on my mind.   Right?  Anyway, hello and welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD!! The podcast for all things strange and unusual.  We are the luckiest gals alive because each week we get to sit down and gab about something WEIRD!    We hope you're not turned off by the Trigger Warning at the beginning-- it seems like this episode is going to be VERY heavy but it's surprisingly tame... except for all the death.   This week Laura starts us off with one of our favorite new segments WHERE IN THE WORLD IS KEEP IT WEIRD!!  Just like our hero Carmen Sandiego, we go ALL over this planet (in our hearts) in search of the world's weirdest places and boy we found a doozy.  I'm surprised it took us seven years to talk about this place but HERE WE ARE.  The Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada!   Located directly across the street from a very spooky cemetery, this place has more clowns than one man or woman could possibly handle.  Maybe that's why there's so much paranormal activity??  Orrrrr maybe they're trying to sell you a ticket.  We will never find out, because we will not go.   Ashley cuts in because she HAD A THOUGHT! Could it be that criminal profiler and FBI Agent John Douglas wasn't just ahead of his time and good at his job?  Could he have been... psychic?  It's just a thought OKAY!?   And Lauren brings us home (or to hell?) with one of our newest segments, a SPONSORED segment called CURSED CROONERS AND SPOOKY SONGS (Sponsored by Melanie Vartabedian) as she shares with us possibly the most cursed song of all-- "Gloomy Sunday" by Rezso Seress.  Did this song CAUSE suicides?  Or was it the widespread famine and war in Hungary that pushed them over the edge?  Is this song just too damn sad?     Check out some links below if you want to do some FURTHER reading into all of this madness.  Please follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast and LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel if you love us long time.   Also consider becoming a patron of the show by visiting www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast-- you'll get a TON of BONUS EPISODES, discounts on merch, and a newsletter every single month.  Not a bad deal for the price of a coffee at Starbucks, amirite?   Clownin' Around https://www.tonopahnevada.com/clown-motel/ https://www.uniqhotels.com/clown-motel   Psychic or Profiler https://www.themidwestcrimefiles.com/post/murder-in-wood-river-the-karla-brown-story#:~:text=He%20went%20to%20the%20basement,socks%20tied%20around%20her%20neck. https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-douglas https://crimereads.com/john-douglas-on-his-lifes-work-talking-with-killers/   Gloomy Sunday  https://www.savagecontent.com/post/the-spooky-history-behind-cursed-songs https://www.treblezine.com/gloomy-sunday-hungarian-suicide-song/

The good guys dressed in black, remember that Weirdos! Welcome to another week of weird with your two favorite freaks!  Each week we have the pleasure of hanging out and chatting about something WEIRD and it's the greatest honor to do it with YOU!! This week Ashley has an ENORMOUS alien update in a new segment we are calling ZED WE HAVE A BUG!  Obviously you all know that congress just held a hearing about UAP and UAP disclosure but what you may not know is whats happening on the DL.  Ashley checked the tabloids, reddit and other dark corners of the internet to find out what was happening in the world of UFOs outside of congress.  Starting with SEDGE MASTERS - a three article series from UFO Magazine in 1998 that is getting some new attention, a MYSTERY MAN posting on Reddit claiming to be a molecular biologist who worked on EBOs (aliens) from 2000-2010 and supposedly knows exactly what they are and where they come from, and finally we are taken on a bumpy ride by ERIC HECKER a firefighter and plumber (it will make sense when you listen) who was contracted to work on a base in Antarctica by none other than RAYTHEON-- and he claims that they are up to no good down there. Now, all of that is pretty heavy.  Which is why we are grateful to have Lauren here to bring us a THIS WEEK IN WEIRD about the final capture of a con-man who escaped from prison FIVE YEARS ago and was just arrested last week.  And she brings a fun GO QUESTIONS question about whether or not we'd help our loved ones cover up a murder.   Check out the links below for your own personal reasearch!  Head over to our youtube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast and SUBSCRIBE to our channel to help us get that beast monetized, follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast and check out our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to find ways you can help produce our show and get goodies in return like BONUS EPISODES, AD FREE EPISODES, DISCOUNTS ON MERCH and a MONTHLY NEWSLETTER TWIW: Con Man Goes to Jail... again https://fortune.com/2023/08/05/escaped-fraudster-alan-todd-may-found-living-large-in-florida/amp/ ZED WE HAVE A BUG: Sedge Masters:  https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/15fk7al/sedge_masters_details_from_the_1998_articles/ https://richarddolanmembers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Sedge-Masters.pdf https://richarddolanmembers.com/articles/rdm/   Mystery Biologist: https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/14rp7w9/from_the_late_2000s_to_the_mid2010s_i_worked_as_a/   Antarctica Problems: https://www.howandwhys.com/eric-hecker-testimony-disclosure-project/ https://www.sott.net/article/339039-Nazis-E-Ts-Deep-States-the-Admiral-Byrd-Expedition-and-the-Exposure-of-Antarcticas-Hidden-Realms  

All hail our sky daddies!  Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD - the podcast for all things strange and unusual-- and this week we are looking to the stars QUITE A BIT NOW AREN'T WE?! This week we have a new SPONSORED SEGMENT called ANCIENT ARTIFACTS with Addie Rife! For our first trip we're making our way to Egypt and Ashley is teaching us about King Tut, his very short reign, why he is so so famous and also what the hell he was doing with a DAGGER FROM SPACE?! Lauren takes us into another new segment called WE DON'T CLAIM THEM which is where we chant "Shame" and throw rotten fruit at self proclaimed "weirdos" who do bad, bad things. This week she's fueling our hate fire for Cedric Lodge, his wife Denise and their slew of friends across the United States who have been trafficking HUMAN BODY PARTS. Worst of all, Cedric (was) the Harvard Medical School Morgue Manager. Boo Cedric. Shame!! SHAME!! And Ashley brings it right back around to our alien overlords in A BIT OF BIOLOGY as she discusses some CROP CIRCLES found in the perfect molecular makeup of Melatonin and Niacis (Vitamin B3) - What are our Sky Fathers trying to tell us about these chemicals? That we need to take better care of ourselves? Or that we are being oppressed by the powers that be by clouding our third eye and thus our spiritual judgement? Or maybe it was two farmers after a bar crawl... will we ever know? Check out some LINKS below if you want to do some continued reading. Make sure you LIKE this video on YOUTUBE and SUBSCRIBE to our channel-- it just makes us look good. Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast. And if you're feeling generous head over to our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast and donate a few bones to our show to keep us running. You'll get bonus episodes, a monthly newsletter and discounts on merch as a treat!    King Tut's Space Dagger https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2022/03/31/possible-origin-of-king-tuts-dagger-made-from-alien-metal-revealed/?sh=4c6e1c9c5f86  https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-discovery-of-king-tuts-tomb  Creeps Selling Body Parts https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12202943/amp/Inside-house-horrors-couple-stored-sold-human-parts-Harvard-Medical-School-morgue.html https://www.the-sun.com/news/8390810/harvard-morgue-manager-creepy-pics-government-job-exposed/amp/  https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/six-charged-trafficking-stolen-human-remains#:~:text=SCRANTON%20%2D%20The%20United%20States%20Attorney's,Goffstown%2C%20New%20Hampshire%2C%20and%20Mathew Sleepy Crop Circles  https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/vitamin-b3-might-have-been-made-in-space-delivered-to-earth-by-meteorites/  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333114650_The_Mystery_of_Three_Molecular_Crop_Circles_A_Chemical_Perspective  https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pineal-gland/