History Creeps

Welcome to History Creeps, a podcast on which Johnny Townsend, Carter Johnson and Chris Chavez dive into the odd depths, strange corners, and mysterious crevices of history, and explore the strange tales and dark stories they forgot to teach you in school.

On this first episode of the return of History Creeps, the guys talk about the recent admission of the existence of UAPs, the mummified alien bodies in Mexico, and the woman who claimed a passenger on the plane was not real, and the bizarre number of geyser deaths at Yellowstone. They also talk about what they’re watching before they dive into what is considered America’s earliest UFO sightings in 1639 Massachusetts Bay Colony.

On this episode, the guys find themselves making a difficult decision.

On this episode, the guys discuss and comment on a number of recent creepy news headlines, from the discovery of human remains due to drought to horrifying picture messages moments before the takeoff of a commercial airliner.

On this episode of That’s Odd, Johnny tells Chris about a few saints that weren’t as good and pious as one would think, and Chris tells Johnny about a UFO encounter that literally left a mark on the witness.

This week, Johnny finds himself sucked into the nefarious world of YouTuber drama. Then Carter tells the guys the story of a mysterious disappearance involving a YouTuber who vanished after searching for a cave that left him literally shaken after his first visit.

This week, Chris couldn’t make it so Johnny and Carter take the time to discuss their thoughts on some of the things they’ve been watching, pondering questions like, “Should a TV series that documents the rise of a basketball dynasty actually show basketball at all?”

This week on That’s Odd, Chris and Johnny list their favorite creepy TV shows. Unsolved Mysteries, Sightings, Supernatural, Ghost Hunters, and more are discussed and ranked to make up their current top five.

This week on That’s Odd, Chris tells Johnny about a rash of UFO sightings in one night back in 1957 that affected the electrical systems of all the vehicles that came in contact with the object. After an investigation, the Air Force wrote the event off as ball lightning, but those who were there think differently. And then Johnny tells Chris about some odd facts around some of Hollywood’s biggest names.

On this episode of That’s Odd, Chris tells Johnny about a strange message received on a BBC computer in the 1980s claiming to be from someone living in the 1500s who had been given the computer by people from 2109. Then, Johnny tells of the time Charlie Chaplin’s body was stolen from his grave and his wife refused to pay the ransom to get it back.

This week, Chris and Johnny open the show discussing celebrities farting in jars and Vice’s series The Dark Side of the 90s before getting into their respective stories - Russia’s use of animals in the early days of the Space Race, and a man in the 1900s who buried the wrong wife.