War of the Weirds

Broomy forces Mystic to watch Bandersnatch, the interactive episode of the dark sci fi anthology show Black Mirror! They talk time loop logic, meta media, and weird one star reviews! Enjoy!

We wrestle with conspiracy theory thinking before we dive into Screamin' Jay Hawkins's beef with The Drifters, The National Casket Association, and how a war profiteer ended up creating the Nobel Peace Prize!!! It's a grand time!

Mystic takes us through the story of David Hahn, a boy scout whose unflappable dedication to scientific experiments led him to attempt to create a nuclear reactor and gained attention from the United States government! This story is told in retaliation to Broomy's story in the last episode "Screamin' Jay Hawkins" and a winner between the two shall be determined in this one! Huzzah!

Broomy takes hold of this episode with the story of Screamin' Jay Hawkins! Known for his song "I Put A Spell On You", not as known for his boxing career, being a prisoner of war, complex controversies, incredible performances, or his vast influence on music. We recorded such a powerful episode we had to split it into 2 with Mystic's topic coming at you in the next one!!!

Mystic wasn't quite done with strange prisoner stories or bizarre sporting events last episode so he comes up to bat with two related tales that will put the skin on your boots! Take a listen and find out what that means!

Mystic starts off this battle with a twisting tale of incarcerated baseball players and corruption! Broomy replies with a story of a town mostly populated by life sized dolls! Wild!

This time we dive deeper around one another's bizarre topics from the last battle! Mystic kicks us off with a few bizarre sudden animal deaths both explained and unexplained and gets shocked by a nature documentary. Broomy then dives deep into The Holy Foreskin, a religious relic that a certain Vatican doesn't want you to talk about! It's wild!

Boy howdy! What an episode! Broomy starts us off with a bizarre deadly natural phenomenon and Mystic lets us know the ins and outs of circumcision and the people trying to bring their foreskins back!

After one year of facing off the two warring factions come together to lay out the events brought forth through battle! Gather round and witness Mystic and Broomy's journey through the timeline of all the things we've talked about in this wonderous podcast!!!

Broomy's recent victory grants him the privilege to force Mystic to watch Killer Klowns From Outer Space! A film that has clowns, popcorn guns, terrible acting, deadly shadow puppets, and much more! Join us as we dive deep into this film, and see if we can escape without being covered in cotton candy!

Mystic starts off this episode with a tale of legal loopholes, corporate trickery, and the city that got rich off of it! Broomy tells us about Hybristophilia, a phenomenon where people are attracted to those who've done horrible things, and true crime "fandom"! Who will win? Listen and find out!!!

In this wonderous episode, after some very ENGAGING banter, Broomy tells the story of how a Pepsi promotion caused a large amount of violence, protests, and riots in the Philippines! Mystic strikes back with TWO stories of actual forcefields created by accident! Wowie zowie!

This time Mystic's victory demands Broomy deep dive into the bizarre world of youtuber/performance artist Maya Ben David. Featuring anthropomorphic plane feuds, moldy shampoo bottle servants, and so much more from this strange creator!

A whopper of an episode this week! Mystic starts off the battle with the story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, AKA 'Sir Alfred', a man who inspired a Tom Hanks movie that was much less interesting than his actual life! Broomy fights back with the tale of Gloria Ramirez, a woman who's dying body was toxic to the hospital staff trying to help her...or was it the hospital that was toxic? The city?

Broomy starts off this week with the phenomenon, delusion, and communities around "Gangstalking". Mystic strikes back with the tale of Yoshie Shiratori, a conflicted man whose ingenuity led him to escape even the most restrictive prisons, and find himself back, again and again! An episode of passion, laughs, sadness, and wonder!

Streamer extraordinaire CwissyG joins the boys in this roller coaster of an episode! Mystic tells the tale of the close kidnapping of Yvette Henley with a far vigilante detective on the case! Broomy follows it up with the tale of Elmer Mccurdy, a bumbling cowboy who has QUITE the "afterlife"! CwissyG makes the call on which is the weirder story! Huzzah!

After hard fought battles Mystic uses his victory to force Broomy to listen to Urinal St. Station by The Yellow River Boys, an album from the mind of Tim Heidecker about his love of drinking piss. Come join our Honky Tonk Piss Club as we dive deep into this urine soaked album!!! It's a gross good time!!!

This here episode has a whopping 6 bizarre topics!!! Broomy tells us about Poe's Law, Robert Shields's diary, and McKamey Manor. Mystic tells us the tales of Stabber Love, Chastity in the '30s, and Cat Excommunication. All that and more on this barn burner of an episode!!! #catpope

Streamer extraordinaire TheRealN1kki joins us this week for our journey through the bizarre! Broomy tells a story that answers the question "Is blood thicker than water...melons?" and Mystic tells a tale of carbonated beverages and heavy artillery! Who will win? TheRealN1kki makes the final decision in this absolute hootenanny of an episode!

Mystic starts off this episode by delving deep into the world of urine therapy! Grossness abound! Broomy fires back with a theory about the color blue that calls our very perception of reality into question! Perhaps the wildest battle yet!

Mystic's major victory has led him to procure the spoils of war! In this case, it's making Broomy watch Double Team, an action movie costarring famed basket-baller Dennis Rodman, in which he's not the worst actor! Witness the bafflement and bewilderment of these two warring factions as they sift through their confusion in this wondrous episode!

What a doozy of an episode we have for you! Broomy lets us know about a woman who made history, largely due to the utterly inept trickery of others. Mystic tells the tale of a soldier in WW2 with unfathomable boldness. Thank you for listening!

At last a major victory has been achieved! As the victor, Broomy challenged Mystic to listen to the incredibly abrasive and influential album "Trout Mask Replica" by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. And Mystic didn't just listen, he dives deep! Fun ep!

This here's a real striking episode folks! Mystic tells the story of Emperor Norton, the first emperor of the good ol' USA! Then, Broomy shares the story of Roy Sullivan, a park ranger who may have been targeted by nature itself! Listen and become empowered to decide who will be victorious in this battle!

NEW EPISODE ALERT! Broomy presents the most messed up reality show livestream of the 90's, and Mystic discusses a man that built up a tolerance to alcohol and maybe a tolerance to death itself.

Mystic isn't the only one with an obsession with milk, listen to discover how far Castro hoped milk would take him, then Broomy gives the lowdown on the hippest drug that all the kids are doing, but it comes with one nasty, stinky catch.

Have you ever felt that someone should be held accountable for "acts of God?" Well Broomy tells about one attorney who found the perfect party to pin that on. Then Mystic warns you that if your doctor is known as "The Fastest Knife in the West End" prices aren't the only thing he might be slashing.

We've got another collateral damage episode for you. If you couldn't eat your fill of gross gluttony, here's another terrific tale of an endless appetite, along with some sprinkling of pandemic craziness.

Mystic starts us off with the story of Tarrare, a man with a dangerous combination of insatiable hunger and questionable morals! Broomy tells the story of The Emu War. What? Listen and find out!

Join us for a collateral damage episode, this week we talk COVID-19 pandemic, Nazis, and more weird Olympic stories!

Broomy discovered a detective who solved the case of a lifetime, and Mystic has a story that's off the beaten path, if they had bothered to beat a path at all.

Lal Bihari, a man who's life ambitions were hindered by death squares off against Aimo Koivunen, a man fueled by meth. Join us this week to see the crazy twists and turns that come from life, death, and drugs.

Broomy is up by one and this week he seeks to pull ahead by two so Mystic has to ingest some garbage media as the loser of the competition. To take the lead, Broomy chronicles da long and surprising life of Tom Delonge and Mystic seeks to earn a victory and catch up to Broomy's lead by recounting an infamous video game glitch that gained media and government attention.

Bonus episode! Collateral Damage is a more informal conversation where we talk about weird things we discovered while researching our latest topic, but that we didn't include in the episode because it wasn't relevant to the main story. This week Broomy tells us about the Noid and more alleged targeted persecution via broadcasting, and we ask "What the **** is up with advertising these days?"

On this episode of War of the Weirds Mystic apprises the attempts at creating a human-ape hybrid, and Broomy unleashes the unexplained events of an attack on a popular news broadcaster; was it mistaken identity or something more mysterious?

They say laughter is the best medicine, but Broomy tells a tale of when laughter might be the contagion. Meanwhile, Monkey discusses a man with a love that goes above and beyond, even beyond the grave.