I love Bigfoot. Let's talk about him. Let's talk LIKE him - WHOOP! Let's talk about him talking. 

Songs for today’s episode:

• Bigfoot by Autumn Orange
• Woods by Bon Iver
• Bigfoot by Mt. Joy
• Somebody’s Watching Me performed by SaxSquatch - that’s right, a guy in a costume who plays saxophone. 
• Ratamahatta by Sepultura
• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Sources:

https://www.southernstylesweettees.com/blog/june-7-1

https://strangeandtwisted.com/blogs/stories/bigfoot-the-primal-forest-guardian-or-just-a-tall-tale

https://bigfootbase.com/bigfoot-evidence/sounds/sierra-sounds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson%E2%80%93Gimlin_film

https://www.pararational.com/other-names-for-bigfoot/

https://www.bigfootmap.com/

https://mapsquatch.com/

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

https://bigfootbase.com/bigfoot-evidence/sounds/sierra-sounds

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

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Sharing some weird info about holiday tradition and other cold weather trivia. Also, I botch some Icelandic words and we learn about the unfortunate fate of the Yule Goat. 

Songs for this episode:

• Hazy Shade of Winter - the Bangles
• Two Weeks in December - Skullcrusher
• Candles - Daughter
• A Long December - the Counting Crows
• The Commander Thinks Aloud - The Long Winters
• Staralfur (the Staring Elf) - Sigur Ros 

Sources:

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mount-ingino-christmas-tree
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/our-favorite-scandinavian-yuletide-burning-goat-is-back
• https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/i-17-mystery-christmas-tree
• https://historycollection.com/15-bizarre-christmas-traditions-from-history-you-wont-believe-existed/
• https://www.japanesewithhikari.com/blog/kfc-and-christmas-in-japan-how-it-has-become-a-tradition
• https://adventures.is/blog/iceland-christmas-eve-tradition/
• https://www.mashed.com/1454845/worst-christmas-food-trends/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station
• https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/sweden-does-not-use-new-beet-extract-salt-de-ice-roads-nourish-birds-2025-11-21/
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/07/19/fact-check-photo-doesnt-show-finlands-reflective-reindeer-antlers/7971862002/
• https://dunapress.org/why-norwegians-hide-brooms-on-christmas-eve-a-fascinating-tradition/
• https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-new-science-of-how-winter-affects-your-brain-and-body-and-what-to-do-about-it/90998751
• https://www.heart.org/en/news/2025/01/03/what-cold-weather-does-to-the-body-and-how-to-protect-yourself-this-winter

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

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Continuing the theme of the Halloween episode, we'll be talking about strange things people have encountered while driving. Some stories verified, some not verified, but all weird. 

Songs for this episode are:

• Lost Highway by NightCrawl
• Black Night by Cheryl Thompson
• A Tombstone Every Mile by Dick Curless

Sources:

• https://www.kadn.com/news/only-on-news15/i-believe-that-it-was-god-that-had-me-there-at-the-right-place-at/article_a990b122-3f03-11ef-b74a-b3730e849d35.html
• https://fox8.com/news/deer-behaving-abnormally-could-be-seen-in-ne-ohio/
• https://www.cdc.gov/chronic-wasting/about/index.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wasting_disease
• https://www.uniladtech.com/science/news/mutant-deer-fibroma-tumor-spotted-us-states-disease-fear-953628-20250821
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/brandon-lawson
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/slime-eels-hagfish-oregon-highway-spill
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scout_Lane
• https://www.wisconsinfrights.com/haunted-roads-in-wisconsin/
• https://www.travelandleisure.com/holiday-travel/halloween/haunted-roads
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/villa-ridge-missouri/
• https://www.travelandleisure.com/holiday-travel/halloween/haunted-roads
• https://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/crime/article312620866.html

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

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Happy Halloween! We're celebrating with our spooky number 13. This one is all a personal story about a late night on a lonely highway. I hope it gives you a case of the skedaddles. 

Songs for today's episode: 

• Seeing Things by the Black Crowes
• That’s the Way by Led Zeppelin
• Highway Star by Deep Purple

Take a listen to all the songs I've put together to accompany each episode's theme on Spotify under the Professional Weirdo Podcast playlist. 

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at [email protected]

Grab your broom and cauldron! We're talking about witches! 

Songs for today’s episode:

• Season of the Witch by Donovan
• Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman / Pig Town Fling by Margaret MacArthur
• Witch by Belly
• Small Town Witch by Sneaker Pimps
• Burn by King Woman

Sources:

• https://www.dictionary.com/e/witch-ingredients/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/
• https://www.maloriesadventures.com/blog/the-most-famous-real-life-witches-in-history-and-the-wild-stories-behind-them
• https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/they-werent-witches-they-were-women-the-witch-hunts-and-their-repercussions/181902/
• https://www.panaprium.com/blogs/i/how-midwives-and-healers-used-plant-magic-in-old-villages
• https://guides.library.uab.edu/c.php?g=1048546&p=7609202
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Shipton
• https://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dee
• https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/la-voisin-frances-murderous-fortune-teller
• https://www.360onhistory.com/conspiracy-theories/agnes-sampson-the-first-victim-of-the-witch-trials/
• https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/North-Berwick-Witch-Trials/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Nutter_(alleged_witch)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_witches
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/last-witch-executed-europe-gets-museum-180964633/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier_witch_trials
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tors%C3%A5ker_witch_trials

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at [email protected]

Let's be tombstone tourists together, taking a look at some unusual graves around the world. 

Songs I recommend with today’s episode.

• 6 Underground by Sneaker Pimps
• Funeral Singers by Sylvan Esso
• My Body’a a Zombie for You by Dead Man’s Bones
• Graveyard Blues by John Lee Hooker

Sources:

• https://oldweirdscotland.com/cursed-stones-of-the-doune/
• https://mymacabreroadtrip.com/the-cursed-grave-of-seath-mor/
• https://worldculturalthreads.com/ancient-burial-rituals-and-their-cultural-significance/
• https://gravestonestories.com/the-complete-guide-to-cemetery-superstitions-folklore-and-traditions/
• https://www.kickassfacts.com/graveyard-facts/
• https://memorialsoflife.com/7-surprising-facts-about-cemeteries-you-probably-didnt-know/
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-grave-of-florence-irene-ford
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-girl-in-the-shadow-box
• https://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/pere-lachaise.htm
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10341817/fernand_louis-arbelot
• https://cityorcity.com/5-most-unusual-graves-in-pere-lachaise/
• https://burialsandbeyond.com/2021/02/13/the-grave-of-clasped-hands-love-conquering-death/
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-kiss-of-death-east-cemetery
• https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-two-london-graves-you-are-encouraged-to-dance-on/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katalin_Kar%C3%A1dy
• https://www.cultofweird.com/death/dollhouse-graves/
• https://burialsandbeyond.com/2021/04/10/the-curious-world-of-dollhouse-graves/
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/victor-noir-statue-legend

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at [email protected]

In this episode we continue our look at cults. See, you listened to the first part and now you can't escape it. 

This episode contains mention of abuse, murder, suicide, and the sexual abuse of minors. Discretion is advised. If you are ever struggling and need help is available by calling 988 in the U.S. or visit this site for resources around the world: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/suicide/suicide-prevention-hotlines-resources-worldwide

Songs I recommend with today’s episode can be found on the Spotify playlist I made to accompany this podcast:

• Sheep by Mt. Joy
• I’ll Believe in Anything by Wolf Parade 
• Cult of Personality by Living Color
• Superstition by Mr. Stevie Wonder
• Sheared Box by Portishead

Sources for today's episode: 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_International
• https://people.com/celebrity/rose-mcgowan-how-she-survived-and-escaped-a-cult/
• https://www.grunge.com/476981/the-untold-truth-of-the-children-of-god-cult/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalist_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-Day_Saints
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Davidians

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at [email protected]

I didn't know what I was getting into when I started this episode. And that's what a lot of people in these stories probably thought, because we're talking about cults. Join me, won't you?

This episode contains mention of abuse, murder, suicide, and the sexual abuse of minors. Discretion is advised. If you are ever struggling and need help is available by calling 988 in the U.S. or visit this site for resources around the world: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/suicide/suicide-prevention-hotlines-resources-worldwide

Songs I recommend with today’s episode can be found on the Spotify playlist I made to accompany this podcast:

• Sheep by Mt. Joy
• I’ll Believe in Anything by Wolf Parade 
• Cult of Personality by Living Color
• Superstition by Mr. Stevie Wonder

Sources for today's episode: 

• https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-sunk-cost-fallacy-7106851
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/what-is-the-children-of-the-waning-star-cult-gigi-jarvis-crazed-following-and-the-controversy-explained/ar-AA1INLkQ
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Carlson_(religious_leader)
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/word-less/202303/has-a-loved-one-fallen-into-a-dangerous-cult
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Has_Won
• https://www.salon.com/2023/12/04/love-has-won-robin-williams-culture/
• https://nypost.com/2021/12/02/colorado-cult-leaders-cause-of-death-revealed-after-corpse-found-mummified/
• https://yellowdeli.com/about
• https://www.5dfulldisclosure.org/
• https://people.howstuffworks.com/yellow-deli-cult.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajneesh_movement
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Shamblin_Lara
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Russian_Orthodox_Church

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at [email protected]

Let's go exploring! I'll take you on a tour of some abandoned towns, where all residents have left, or entry is restricted. 

Songs:

• Ghost Town by The Specials
• Cold Reactor by Everything Everything
• Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth by the Primitive Radio Gods
• The Pit by Mouse Rat

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlock,_Alaska
• https://alaskamagazine.com/authentic-alaska/somethings-afoot-in-port-chatham-century-old-rumors-persist-of-a-terror-in-the-mountains/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_(New_York)
• https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/new-york/stories-in-new-york/saving-plum-island/h
• ttps://yellowdogvillage.com
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treece,_Kansas
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picher,_Oklahoma
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardin,_Oklahoma
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douthat,_Oklahoma
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/helltown-ohio
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Island
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore,_Michigan
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcat_banking
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marktown
• https://uncoveringpa.com/yellow-dog-village
• https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/helltown/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Maguires

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at [email protected]

Dive into parasomnia and sleepwalking - and all the other things that can go wrong in our sleep. And listen to a few stories where "sleepwalking" led to murder. Allegedly. Supposedly. Brutally. 

Songs: 

• I’m Not Falling Asleep by Andy Shauf
• Sleep to Dream by Fiona Apple
• Heavy Water/I’d Rather be Sleeping by Grouper, and 
• Wake Up by Arcade Fire

Sources:

• https://www.thisamericanlife.org/361/fear-of-sleep/act-one-16
• https://sleepforensicmedicine.org/case-studies/confusional-arousals/
• https://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/05/08/7-criminal-cases-that-invoked-the-sleepwalking-defense
• https://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/05/08/when-sleep-problems-become-legal-problems-neuroscience-can-help
• https://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/05/08/when-sleep-problems-become-legal-problems-neuroscience-can-help
• https://sleepforensicmedicine.org/case-studies/sleep-walking/
• https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleep-demon
• https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-a-false-awakening-3014835
• https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/the-science-of-sleep-understanding-what-happens-when-you-sleep
• https://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/05/08/7-criminal-cases-that-invoked-the-sleepwalking-defense
• https://www.healthline.com/health/why-do-we-sleep
• https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at [email protected]