Make It Weird

This week, in the first half of the episode Harmony shares the ridiculous - but true! - story of the Dancing Plague of 1518, and in the second half Haley discusses the terrifying life and unsolved death of Cindy James. 

Resources:

• https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220512-the-people-who-danced-themselves-to-death 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518 

• https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518 

• https://www.history.com/articles/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518 

• https://thethreepennyguignol.com/2023/06/18/under-siege-the-troubled-life-and-debated-death-of-cindy-james/

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Cindy_James

• https://unsolved.com/gallery/cindy-james/

• https://evelazarus.com/the-bizarre-case-of-cindy-james/

In this week’s mini episode, Haley and Harmony start off with the Mini-Weird episode exclusive Headline-A-Thon, with topics ranging from a nude airplane incident to a hiker being airlifted twice. Then, Haley discusses the wild story of a woman who has been missing for 63 years, and Harmony has an update on our beloved Chinese police corgi, Fuzai. And Harmony closes out the episode with a Cutie Pie Corner featuring a dog who had been missing for 529 days!

Resources

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7x1e0648zo

• https://people.com/woman-traumatized-after-finding-snake-in-her-margarita-at-mexican-restaurant-11722812 

• https://www.outkick.com/culture/police-called-chicago-airport-after-southwest-airlines-passenger-allegedly-got-naked-popped-her-seat 

• https://wdwnt.com/2025/04/florida-man-caught-with-bulky-wallet-full-of-cocaine-at-magic-kingdom/ 

• https://apnews.com/article/dime-spill-texas-highway-accident-e6748acf1f612dd8341e602ab1377c57 

• https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/thad-roberts-the-nasa-intern-who-stole-lunar-rocks-to-have-sex-on-the-moon/748813 

• https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3308525/china-first-corgi-police-dog-trouble-again-time-stealing-sausage-during-patrol

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dog-valerie-missing-529-days-captured-kangaroo-island-australia/ 

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mount-fuji-climber-rescued-twice-returned-to-get-phone/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=807660072&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwJ-A7xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrkqvKaWFXxdXbdyKkymiPNPX1AZRbF8qvqRMo-4tL21_cb4CtGY-3p9fV3Z_aem_G7Zijzd5ZiDXlRihQegbPA

• https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/clayton-county-jail-convicted-killer-lockdown-b2744649.html

• https://www.wxyz.com/news/residents-push-to-protect-goose-population-from-gassing-killing-by-michigan-dnr#google_vignette

• https://www.latintimes.com/texas-woman-charged-after-vodka-jell-o-shots-she-brought-class-party-caused-5th-graders-get-sick-581486

• https://www.boredpanda.com/teen-stab-parents-in-argument-about-religion/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=distinct0197

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgpjgwxlxwo

This week, Haley kicks things off with the incredibly disturbing story of Nicolae Ceausescu, a communist leader of Romania with a horrifying track record, and in the second half Harmony shares the shocking story of Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult behind the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack.

Resources

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/04/ikea-funds-romania-secret-police-communist-era

• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-28-mn-9002-story.html

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament

• https://forward.com/culture/2923/the-cold-war-e2-80-99s-strangest-bedfellows-how-romania/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Romania

• https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26838177

• https://balkaninsight.com/2019/12/25/keys-mikes-spies-how-the-securitate-stole-romanias-privacy/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Mihai_Pacepa#Defection

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_IKEA

• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1785216/

• https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-fall-of-nicolae-ceausescu-romanias-last-communist-leader

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_revolution#Timi%C8%99oara_uprising

• https://thelul.org/library/haruki-murakami-underground.pdf 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway_sarin_attack 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo 

• https://apnews.com/article/japan-subway-gassing-cult-crime-95e9e258f347f14bc067b8b9702e051a 

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35975069 

• https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-43629706 

  
  

  https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/aum-shinrikyo

In this week’s mini episode, Haley and Harmony start things off with our regularly scheduled Headline-A-Thon featuring topics ranging from a barefoot man being choked on a cruise ship to a group of teens being busted for bug trafficking! Then, Haley discusses the crazy story of 6 hospital workers all mysteriously diagnosed with brain tumors, and Harmony shares the story of a paralyzed man who was accused of kicking in a door during a home invasion. And Haley closes out the episode with a Cutie Pie Corner featuring Buford, the super dog!

Resources

• https://abcnews.go.com/US/united-airlines-flight-rabbit-strike-engine-fire/story?id=120873872

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/cut-head-off-invasive-python-161608972.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAENNzSNJN4tKe9v7-4JFCbWSfYhLeEug8bixTF7483fu_qGfx31CvO4ndcFn_R7oEZ8-B8wJw3-3QiosKyttsz60CYs655UaC3KcoF3cvcsgkTSCw0M0sONBqm7PiRmOa0G78k8Ebz18ztCI3J-qKwYzhMEXnPmIbjGxebqUu5eq 

• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/theodore-mccarrick-dead.html 

• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/ceo-choking-virgin-cruise.html#:~:text=C.E.O.-,Choked%20Man%20Who%20Danced%20Barefoot%20on%20Cruise%20Ship%2C%20U.S.%20Says,was%20harassing%20the%20executive's%20wife. 

• https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2025/01/05/concord-mom-glues-eye-shut-after-mistaking-nail-glue-for-eye-drops/ 

• https://futurism.com/altman-please-thanks-chatgpt

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/16/ants-kenya-wildlife-trafficking-belgians-vietnamese/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawJsyL5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtnJyYnPXZwlFEozvOIim2JfBdHyJyrwOlJfe2Eh5AV22PEPMlY061LCYBu6_aem_aNeTg87MyK6IA4MhldePSA

• https://www.wfsb.com/2025/04/16/70-year-old-woman-arrested-again-selling-drugs/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJtvf9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmAWxthcG9eTBN2GaDWoGyzAl3YwTIGlxSbDnK2yz8AmxHfSW-X_JbS382MK_aem_TlSHT7UsUUxmmdrHPbjG0w

• https://people.com/dad-calls-911-hears-dispatcher-appearing-order-breakfast-11712883?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com&utm_content=post

• https://statestories.com/26-year-old-hairdresser-allegedly-used-tinder-to-hire-hitman-for-12k-plot-against-ex-cop-and-daughter/

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14611545/Gene-Hackmans-New-Mexico-property-breeding-ground-hantavirus-killed-wife-Betsy-Arakawa.html

• https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/04/11/man-who-cant-walk-arrested-assault-foot-video-raises-questions/ 

• https://www.bcheights.com/2025/04/11/sixth-staff-member-identified-with-brain-tumor-at-newton-wellesley-hospital/

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missing-toddler-walked-7-miles-alone-arizona-wilderness-led-safety-ran-rcna201479?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dozens-searched-missing-2-year-old-arizona-desert-buford-dog-was-real-rcna201654

Have you ever wished you could learn about both nuclear excavation AND the holy foreskin in less than 1 hour?! Then this episode is for you! This week, Haley discusses Project Plowshare, a US project aiming to excavate the planet with nuclear weapons, and Harmony discusses something no one asked for, Jesus’ foreskin! & don’t forget - you can watch our video right here on Spotify! 

Resources:

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  https://www.kveller.com/article/why-do-jews-circumcise/ 

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  https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomchivers/how-many-foreskins-does-one-god-need 

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  https://www.medievalists.net/2024/04/holy-foreskin-medieval-relic/ 

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/9x2k6w/til_that_the_foreskin_of_jesus_christ_is_a/

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  https://relics.es/en/blogs/relics/the-holy-foreskin 

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Prepuce 

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  https://st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/plowshare-program 

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  https://st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/sedan-event-project-plowshare 

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  https://www.cpr.org/2019/09/06/remember-the-first-time-colorado-tried-fracking-with-a-nuclear-bomb/ 

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  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare 

• https://www.osti.gov/opennet/reports/plowshar.pdf

• https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/were-going-to-work-miracles/

In this week’s mini episode, we’re ditching the headlines and digging into the new Netflix documentary, Gone Girls, which tells the story of the Long Island serial killer. But don’t worry, we’d never end a Mini episode without our Cutie Pie Corner!

Resources:

• https://www.netflix.com/title/81729869 
• https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zfZM5UBJfcsl66JuVdkaV?si=1b7b851144e1418f 

• https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QjIzv6hnKaYtg8me3bMBd?si=I-VxbcskRfqyfpMjuzEo-A 
• https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/travel/galapagos-tortoises-philadelphia-zoo-scli-intl/index.html#:~:text=The%20babies%20are%20the%20offspring,be%20born%20at%20the%20zoo.&text=The%20quartet%20is%20being%20kept,appropriately%2C%E2%80%9D%20the%20zoo%20said

If you're into all things weird (and also enjoy a good laugh), this is the Podcast for you! Each week, hosts Haley and Harmony share new stories and headlines that they find particularly weird like: True Crime, Gross Science, Paranormal & the Occult, Weird History, and so much more. Come make it weird with us!

It’s the second part of our Slumber Party special, and this one might be even more ridiculous. Harmony and Haley pull out even more stops for some Slumber Party themed activities, PLUS a joint-story time discussing the very weird (and horrible) subject of LOBOTOMIES. That’s right, we’re talking about putting things in your brain.

Resources:

• https://tidsskriftet.no/en/2022/12/essay/lessons-be-learnt-history-lobotomy

• https://historybones.com/the-lobotomobile

• https://storycorps.org/stories/my-lobotomy/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy 

• https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-a-lobotomy#risks 

• https://gizmodo.com/the-invention-of-lobotomies-is-as-disturbing-as-the-pro-1698879286

• https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/rosemary-kennedy-the-eldest-kennedy-daughter.htm 

• https://www.webmd.com/brain/what-is-lobotomy 

• https://www.britannica.com/science/lobotomy

• https://tidsskriftet.no/en/2022/12/essay/lessons-be-learnt-history-lobotomy

This week, in the first half of the episode Harmony shares the spooky story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist, and in the second half Haley dives deep into the life of David Bowie and his obsession with the occult.

Resources:

• The Tape Library https://open.spotify.com/episode/68HUMdgSvbUwa1NyZl1kw3?si=362cd8ae7b0f4d13 
• https://www.damnedct.com/lindley-street-bridgeport/ 
• https://jimharold.com/supernatural-files-the-true-story-of-the-bridgeport-poltergeist-haunting/ 
• https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/did-witches-really-attempt-to-steal-david-bowies-semen/
• https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-terrifying-occult-experience-david-bowie-avoid-jimmy-page-for-life/?callback=in&code=ODRMZDY4M2QTM2FIMC0ZNWVHLWFIM2MTMZU0ZJLMYTNMMZEZ&state=a7429c62f2a6457e839ed4ebf46a4214
• https://gmarlowe.medium.com/the-story-behind-the-song-station-to-station-f06ee400a908
• https://adamsteiner.uk/2022/10/18/white-lines-black-magic-david-bowie-dark-doings/
• https://medium.com/@fabulatext/golden-years-david-bowie-and-the-third-reich-50ec736193c2
• https://www.parareligion.ch/bowie.htm
• https://doaj.org/article/f17f2b0e52b2488b9ee79dce358309ee
• https://medium.com/@kidamazo/the-magic-and-mystery-of-david-bowie-455f1edffa0f
• https://thequietus.com/culture/books/bowie-and-the-occult-season-of-the-witch-extract/