Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we discuss the Grunch. We Grunch it up. "Grunchatize me, cap'n" we here at It Gets Weird always say. "That'll be a Grunch for me!" What the heck is a Grunch, and does it still terrorize the old roads of New Orleans? Did a Voodoo Queen accidentally birth the Grunch from a Devil Baby, or is a Grunch the result of backwoods inbreeding? Which meal is Grunch? We answer all these questions and more!

Episode 325 - Grunch Loan (The Grunch)

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Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we venture into a "yokai-esque" territory with a story about gut bug monsters from medieval Japan! Do little devilish monsters live inside our bodies that influence our health and give us diseases? The answer is yes - science confirms it. But what kinds of bugs? Sinister little beetle men who snitch about your misdeeds to the gods? Turtle clumps that wear little hats to protect themselves from acupuncture medicine? How's your gut bacteria feeling these days? We discuss all this and more!

Episode 407 - Gut Bugs (Harikikigaki Mushi)

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile brings to the table three fascinating stories of aliens with a running theme: silver. All three stories - the Falkville Metal Man, the Risley Silver Humanoid, and the aluminum-clad extraterrestrial abductors of José Antonio da Silva! The stories run from hoax-y to eerie, but all are decidedly very interesting. We discuss all this and much more!

Episode 406 - Bad Knees (Silver Aliens)

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we conclude the story of the OG ufologist, Major Donald Keyhoe! We get to the bottom of the "big question" - was Keyhoe silenced for speaking UFO truths, or is there something else fishy going on? We talk UFO lecture circuits, book deals, movie consultations, television appearances, and so much more!

Episode 405 - DOSBox Waifu (Donald Keyhoe, Part 2)

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Kyle talks with Nile about some of the earliest days of ufology with the story of the prototypical ufologist, Donald Keyhoe. How did Charles Lindbergh's aide in the world's first cross-Atlantic solo flight become the world's most famous ufologist of the 1950s? What UFO theories does Keyhoe develop with early ufology? How did he become the director of NICAP? We discuss all this and much more!

Episode 404 - Pressure Off (Donald Keyhoe, Part 1)

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week friend of the show Jules joins the Weird Boys to discuss the paranormal phenomenon known as "ghost trains." When Lincoln died and all his fans around the US gathered to mourn him as his corpse rode around on a train, did the collective anguish create a ghostly spirit train? What about the train disasters around Britain? How can Jules bring Harold Ramis into the conversation as often as possible? We discuss all this and more!

Episode 325 - Grunch Loan (The Grunch)

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