What The Actual

3D printed suicide chambers, Earth's Black Box, doomsday trains and VR masturbation pods - Michelle and Andrew discuss where technology is taking us now.

We're back WTA'ers! Michelle kicks off season 2 with special guest Andrew, as they discuss some very freaky facts from around the globe - including one very lonely whale and cockroach coffee.

Grandma has a lot to answer for! Listen in as Maddie and Michelle discuss the worst gifts you've received for Christmas. 

Maddie and Michelle discuss crazy stories from the courtroom.

A human arm vomited up by a shark at Coogee Aquarium and a love story that way way way beyond the grave.

A cow that likes water slides, a tiger that breaks INTO a zoo and some monkey business.

Brain worms, snake houses, beer rivers and inter-species love. What more could you want?

Is TikTok giving us tics? Would you rather be struck by lightning 4 times, or survive 7 vehicle crashes? When will the earth have it's next 'heartbeat'? In this episode Maddie and Michelle explore peculiar patterns.

Michelle and Maddie answer your tricky life (and death) questions!

Have you read the news lately? Here are some of the crazy real life happenings you might have missed!

This one goes out to all the Karen's!

The Trick or Treat Dentist, Humbug Billy and the The Candyman. While most Halloween candy poisoning stories have turned out to be myths,  they may have  originated from truth.....

Michelle and Maddie answer another listener question with some honest advice. Is it good advice? We're not sure. But they have fun giving it!

Humans have stripes. Blue whales are a great source of protein. And if you stare at your face in the mirror, repeat Bloody Mary 13 times, a woman will  appear in the mirror and kill you.  Maybe.....Find out now!

Michelle and Maddie love a sticky situation...

Remember to chew your frankfurters while you hear about some true and bizarre deaths!

Supernatural, or a super imagination? Maddie and Michelle respond to this spooky conundrum.

Bear Grylls has nothing on these people. From volcanoes and plane crashes to killers and castaways - these stories are way too crazy to be true...except they are.

A guy is seeing a girl but the guy's friend starts seeing the girl behind his back because he's 'looking out for him'.....if you can still follow you can hear what M&M think about it in this WTA minisode!

No it's not a 60's swing band. But it is an interesting reminder that eating radioactive metal and trusting food industry workers to wash their hands can have consequences.

It's another minisode where we answer YOUR questions! If you'd love some bite-size advice from the wise and worldly Maddie and Michelle , email us at WhatTheActualPodcast@gmail.com

Will global warming lead to the return of the Kraken?Is the Loch Ness home to a giant eel?Can Big Foot use infrared sound?Why shouldn't you whistle at night?Has science shown us the answers to life's greatest mysteries? Probably! Join Maddie and Michelle as they discuss not-so-mythical creatures.

Introducing WTA's weekly bite-size bonus ep where Maddie and Michelle answer your tough questions.

Specifically - the cults that worship a US GI from WW2,  love turkey pot pie,  believe in cloud UFO's and use holograms to fake miracles. And the cult of Michelle. It's all in this episode!

A little bit of nuclear fusion never hurt anyone right? And asbestos is good for toughening up the immune system! From ravenous Cabbage Patch Dolls to coma inducing beads, join Michelle and Maddie for this week's playtime to hear it all!

This episode delves into the Dancing Plague, The Laughing Epidemic, Nun Biting Mania, The My Way Murders, The June Bug Outbreak, The Halifax Slasher and private ski resorts. Were they real, and what were the true causes? 

It's a birthday edition! And it's choc full of crazy TRUE birthday stories  - from surgeons who would rather be slicing into cake, to cupcake eating drop bears. 

In real life 'would you rather'......... live on an island covered in rotting haunted dolls,  or snakes that can melt your flesh with their venom? Hear about some of our planets most creepy locations you'll probably never want to visit.

Drop in for a couple of sky-high stories about a  mystery mid-air heist, and a cocaine cuddly that covered more distance than any other dead bear in history. 

When you dive into the black hole of the internet you find some random and interesting stories.....and these ones come with a  hairy Star Wars twist.

The Toynbee Tiles, Pollock Twins,  Devil's Footprints,  Dog Suicide Bridge,  Sleeping Sickness and more.

The best revenge is a life lived well? Pffffffft. These celebs make life WAY more interesting with their revenge stories. 

Would you test ride a loop-de-loop slide that has previously dismembered and decapitated crash test dummies.....for $100? Hear about some of the tragic amusement park accidents that will have you avoiding the coaster queues and  hitting the corn dog stand instead.

‘Dead' - frontman of the pioneering Norwegian black metal band, Mayhem - completed suicide by shooting himself in the head.   Finding Dead's body, his bandmates removed fragments of skull to make necklaces, used lumps of gore to make a broth that they ate, and took photos. One of these  images became the cover art for the album Dawn of the Black Hearts. His suicide note simply read: ‘sorry about the mess'.To hear about this true story and many other crazy happenings in the world of famous musicians, hit play!

 In the market for a genuine Bin Laden-made handbag? You might be in luck! Hear about the fate of a 16ft killer croc, and creatures named after their Hollywood equivalent.

"Nawwww, he has his Daddy's loop-the-loop!"Not the first thing you want to hear people say about your newborn....unless you're Gaëlle Engel of course. Maddie and Michelle discuss Gaëlle's relationship (and growing family) with a famous German amusement ride, as well as true and crazy reasons for divorce.

Michelle and Maddie talk about the everyday citizens who have taken the law into their own hands.  

You'd have to be a few brain cells short to commit crime, right? Well for these guys it seems to be a prerequisite. Hear about Mike the Durable,  a Taliban commander who tried to claim the reward for his own capture and (unfortunately) many more.

A guy who's eaten an entire Cessna 150, people who can taste colour and other random biological facts you probably won't want to try to prove at home.

Where IS the lost city of Atlantis? And what was the purpose of the pyramids, other than a place to collect cat hieroglyphics? In this episode Maddie and Michelle unlock hidden secrets of the Eye of the Sahara and the Pyramid of Giza.

COVID has instigated some pretty unusual new guidelines and regulations across the globe. This led us to find some of the most crazy laws that are 100% real. 

Who's hungry? This episode covers the gruesome stories of Japanese cannibal killer Issei Sagawa and the Butcher of Plainfield Ed Gein.

Tragic art mishaps and actors with surprisingly tragic pasts.

Beyoncé,  you're wrong. At least when it comes to the World Wide Web and  the Rothschild's.If you want to learn more about the 7 key holders on the internet and some interesting MH370 theories, you know what to do!

In episode 19 we cover the Mandela effect, time travel and some unbelievable coincidences in history.

Sending sperm to the moon and shrinking male appendages.

Plagues upon plagues and life giving cockroach milk.

Forget Megxit. We've got all the juicy royal conspiracies right here!