That Would Be Rad

In this episode of That Would Be Rad, we dive headfirst into one of the strangest intersections of religion, history, folklore, and the modern UFO phenomenon.

For decades, reports of mysterious craft and non-human intelligences have captured the imagination of millions. Governments investigate them. Fighter pilots report them. Entire belief systems have formed around them. But long before congressional hearings, Pentagon footage, and discussions about "non-human intelligence," a group of Orthodox Christian mystics and saints were issuing a very different warning.

What if the phenomenon is real... but not extraterrestrial?

Join Woody and Tyler as they explore the ancient world of Orthodox Christianity, the Desert Fathers, aerial spirits, Ezekiel's famous "wheel within a wheel" vision, the Nephilim, medieval encounters with strange beings in the sky, and the teachings of four influential Orthodox holy men who all arrived at a remarkably similar conclusion about UFOs.

What We Talk About in This Episode:

• Why UFOs and UAPs have suddenly become mainstream topics of discussion
• The Pentagon, military encounters, and the rise of "non-human intelligence" conversations
• What Orthodox Christianity actually is and why it differs from most forms of Christianity in America
• The Desert Fathers, spiritual warfare, and the Orthodox tradition of discerning spirits
• Ezekiel's bizarre vision and why UFO researchers have been fascinated by it for decades
• The Nephilim, the Book of Enoch, and ancient stories of beings descending from the sky
• Medieval encounters with faeries, aerial beings, and mysterious sky phenomena
• St. Gabriel Urgebadze, St. Paisios of Mount Athos, St. Porphyrios, and Fr. Seraphim Rose
• Why these four influential Orthodox figures all viewed UFO encounters through a spiritual lens
• The fascinating idea that humanity may interpret the same unexplained phenomena differently depending on the culture and era
• Whether modern UFO encounters are something entirely new—or simply the latest version of a mystery humans have been trying to explain for thousands of years

Why You NEED to Listen:

Whether you're a skeptic, a believer, a Christian, an atheist, a UFO enthusiast, or just someone who loves exploring strange ideas, this episode is guaranteed to make you think.

This isn't an episode about proving that aliens are demons.

It's an exploration of one of the most fascinating questions we've ever discussed on the show:

If something beyond human understanding really was interacting with humanity... would we even recognize it for what it truly is?

So grab your Bible, your tinfoil hat, or maybe both—and join us as we venture into one of the weirdest rabbit holes we've explored in a long time.

Be Rad.

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🎧 Written & Produced by: Woody Brown & Tyler Bence
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🎧 Mixing & Mastering by: Tyler Bence
🎧 Art Design by: Tyler Bence
🎧 Outro Song: “Ghost Story” by The Modern Society

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In this episode of That Would Be Rad, we accidentally tumble headfirst into one of our favorite kinds of episodes.

The kind that feels like staying up too late with your best friend talking about all the weird, nostalgic stuff that shaped your childhood.
After an unexpectedly chaotic week of migraines, broken computers, school events, sports, and life generally trying to body slam us through a folding table, we decided to ditch the pressure and just hang out.

And somehow that led us into a massive rabbit hole involving Encino Man, forgotten 90s cartoons, Batman: The Animated Series, Pauly Shore’s bizarre rise to fame, comic book art, old toy lines, and why the early 90s still feels like some kind of magical alternate universe.
And honestly? This might be one of the most “That Would Be Rad” episodes we’ve ever done.

What We Talk About in This Episode:

• Why Encino Man might secretly be the PERFECT 90s movie
• A deep nostalgic dive into Captain Planet, Bionic Six, C.O.P.S., MASK, and forgotten cartoons from the late 80s and early 90sBatman: The Animated Series and why it still might be one of the greatest animated shows ever made.
• Absolute Batman, comic book art, Daniel Warren Johnson, Nick Dragotta, Felix Comic Art, and Tyler’s thoughts on the comic industry today
• A shoutout to listener Siobhan Berry and her incredible podcast Grandma’s Been There about growing up in the 50s and 60s
• Why old movies, VHS tapes, cartoons, comic shops, and Blockbuster-era culture still feel so comforting to us

Why You NEED to Listen:
This episode honestly feels like opening an old box in the attic and finding your childhood inside.If you grew up in the 80s or 90s - renting movies from Blockbuster, watching cartoons after school, collecting baseball cards, reading comics, or quoting dumb movies with your friends - this one’s going to hit you right in the soul.
It’s funny, nostalgic, weirdly emotional at times, and packed with the exact kind of conversations that made us want to start this podcast in the first place.
So grab a Surge, throw on your favorite flannel, and come hang out with us for a while.
Be Rad & Wheeze the juice, buuuddy.

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🎧 Written & Produced by: Woody Brown & Tyler Bence

🎧 Recorded at: Midnight Radio Studios

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🎧 Mixing & Mastering by: Tyler Bence

🎧 Art Design by: Tyler Bence

🎧 Outro Song: “Ghost Story” by The Modern Society

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In this episode of That Would Be Rad, we sink our teeth into one of the weirdest and most unsettling true stories we’ve ever covered: the Southend Werewolf.

Picture this: a regular, easy-going guy from Essex named Bill Ramsey who spent almost forty years fighting something vicious that lived inside him. Out of nowhere he’d get hit with freezing cold chills, see a wolf staring back at him in the mirror, and then black out into these insane rages where he suddenly had crazy strength and acted like a straight-up animal. What began as a bizarre incident in his parents’ garden when he was just nine years old spiraled into full-blown tabloid madness and eventually pulled in Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Is it old-school folklore, straight-up demonic possession, a serious mental health thing, or some unholy mix of all three? This one really doesn’t fit in any neat little box.

What We Uncover in This Episode:

• Bill Ramsey’s full story — starting with that insane 1952 garden episode as a kid where he ripped a fence post (concrete and all) out of the ground and chewed through wire with his teeth, all the way through the escalating nightmare of the 1980s
• The notorious 1987 police station showdown in Southend where he fought a dozen cops on all fours, growling “The devil is in me…”
• A proper deep dive into werewolf history, from the Epic of Gilgamesh and King Lycaon all the way to medieval monster trials, the Beast of Gévaudan, and modern clinical lycanthropy
• How the Warrens got pulled into the case, the intense 1989 exorcism with Bishop Robert McKenna, and the wild physical changes people swore they saw
• The big debate: demonic animal spirit, psychological condition, hysterical strength, or something else entirely
• What happened to Bill after the exorcism, his appearance on Sightings, and why this case still feels impossible to pin down

Why You NEED to Listen:

If you’re into episodes that feel like a proper paranormal thriller, this one’s for you. Between my recent werewolf kick (thanks to Joe Abercrombie’s The Devils, An American Werewolf in London, and Bad Moon), the edge-of-your-seat storytelling, and that lingering “what if this could actually happen to a normal person?” question - this might be one of our creepiest episodes yet.

Fair warning: you might find yourself side-eyeing your backyard and mirrors for a while after this one.

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Thanks to all the listeners who’ve been sending in tips and links on this one, this topic blew up fast!!

In this gripping episode of That Would Be Rad, we dive into one of the most disturbing patterns of 2025–2026: the growing wave of scientists (many tied to advanced propulsion, nuclear, aerospace, and fusion research) who have turned up dead or simply vanished.

From Huntsville, Alabama to Los Alamos, JPL, MIT, and Wright-Patterson, the body count and missing persons list keeps climbing. Official rulings range from suicide and accidents to solved homicides… but the sheer number of high-level experts in sensitive national security fields has even caught the attention of federal investigators.

Woody lays out the hard facts on each case, explores the strongest connections (especially the propulsion cluster), and then hands it over to Tyler for full rabbit-hole mode.

Coincidence or conspiracy? You decide.

🔥 What We Uncover in This Episode:

• The full list: 11+ scientists dead or missing, including Amy Eskridge, Monica Reza, Michael David Hicks, Nuno Loureiro, and the recent Moffatt family tragedy
• Deep dives into their groundbreaking work in exotic propulsion, nuclear thermal rockets, rocket engine materials, plasma/fusion, microwave radiometry, and nuclear weapons components
• The striking institutional overlaps: NASA/JPL, Wright-Patterson AFRL, Los Alamos, Kansas City National Security Campus, and more
• Amy Eskridge’s chilling pre-death warnings and disputed circumstances
• The strongest common thread and why it’s raising national security questions
• Facts-first analysis vs. the wildest theories circulating online
• Respectful look at the human side and the families left behind

🎧 Why You NEED to Listen:If you love stories where real-world events feel like they belong in a thriller, this one delivers. Woody stays grounded in the facts while Tyler connects the dots you won’t unsee. Whether you walk away skeptical or convinced something is very wrong, this episode will have you talking about it for weeks.

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Thanks to Listener Matt Armstrong for sending in this absolute banger of a submission!

In this epic episode of That Would Be Rad, Woody takes you on one of the wildest journeys in early American history - the true survival odyssey of Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Shipwrecks, slavery, starvation, cannibalism, miraculous healings… and then the story gets really weird.

Around 1534, the Native tribes of south-central Texas told the four ragged survivors about Mala Cosa - “The Bad Thing.” A small, bearded figure with unnatural power who performed grotesque surgery on living people, ripped out their entrails, healed the wounds instantly, lifted entire lodges into the air, shapeshifted genders, and claimed to live “down below.”

Is it the Devil? A cryptid? A rogue shaman? Or something even older?

We dive deep into the historical record from Cabeza de Vaca’s own book La Relación, explore similar creatures across Texas, the Southwest, Mexico, and around the world, and leave you wondering what the hell was really walking those plains 500 years ago.

🔥 What We Uncover in This Episode:

• The doomed Narváez expedition... from 600 men to just 4 survivors
• Eight years of naked survival, slavery, and becoming “Children of the Sun”
• The full terrifying account of Mala Cosa straight from the source
• Texas wild man legends, Skinwalkers, La Lechuza, Chupacabra, and more
• Global parallels: Pishtaco, Manananggal, Tokoloshe, and beyond
• Historical debates - demon, cryptid, shaman, or something else?

🎧 Why You NEED to Listen:If you love deep historical mysteries that turn into straight-up nightmare fuel, this is your episode. Buckle up... this one will stick with you.

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Forty years ago this month, a scrappy little creature feature crawled out of New Line Cinema and straight into cult status.

This week, we’re throwing it a proper 40th birthday party and no full plot recap, just the good stuff: the wild trivia you’ve forgotten (or never knew), the behind-the-scenes practical effects magic, how it held its own in one of the craziest movie years ever, and the gloriously unhinged ride the franchise took afterward.

From the Chiodo Brothers building fuzzy alien puppets on a shoestring budget… to Corey Burton inventing the Krites’ language on the spot… to Leonardo DiCaprio’s very first movie role getting terrorized by the little furballs… we’re digging into all the rad details that make Critters still feel alive in 2026.

We also talk about why these practical-effect monsters hit different in the CGI era, that perfect pre-internet small-town 80s vibe, and how a tiny $2–3 million underdog carved out its own weird little corner in a summer packed with blockbusters.

Whether you grew up renting this on VHS or you’re discovering the Krites for the first time — this one’s pure nostalgic chaos with a side of “wait till you hear this.”

If you’ve ever loved a goofy, scrappy 80s creature feature and wondered why it still holds up…This one’s for you.

Stay curious.Stay weird.Be Forever Rad.

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What if someone went missing… and actually came back?

This week, we head into the mountains of Wyoming to look at a case that starts off simple - just a guy taking a day off to go elk hunting -and turns into something that doesn’t fit neatly into any explanation.

Because at some point during that hunt… something happens. Something that affects the environment around him. Something he can’t explain.

And something that, by all accounts, shouldn’t be possible.

What follows is one of the strangest encounters we’ve ever covered - filled with moments that feel grounded and real… right up until they don’t.

And then it just keeps going.

The deeper you get into this story, the harder it is to pin down what actually happened, and maybe more importantly… what almost happened.

Because this isn’t just a story about an encounter. It’s a story about what comes after.

What it’s like to come back from something you can’t explain.

What it does to your memory. Your sense of reality. Your understanding of what’s possible.

And whether or not you ever really leave it behind.

We also zoom out and look at how this case fits into a much bigger picture.

Other strange incidents in remote wilderness areas.

Stories that share similar details, even when they’re separated by decades.

And the uncomfortable possibility that this might not be as isolated as it seems.

This episode is about:
A hunting trip that takes a turn into something unexplainable.A moment where the normal rules… stop applying.An encounter that feels just close enough to reality to be unsettling.And the question of what it really means to come back from something like this.

Because sometimes the strangest part of a story… isn’t what happens.

It’s what almost happened.

If you’ve ever heard a case and thought, “there’s more to this than we’re being told…”

This one’s for you.

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What if some of the strangest moments in alien movies weren’t plot holes at all?

This week, we dive into the weird world of alien movie fan theories - the kind of ideas that start off sounding ridiculous… and then slowly start to make a little too much sense.

Because if you’ve watched enough sci-fi over the years, you’ve probably had that moment where something in a movie makes you pause. A strange detail. A character decision that feels a little off. A plot twist that raises more questions than it answers.

And of course, the internet has spent years trying to explain those moments.

Some of those theories are hilarious. Some are completely unhinged.

But every once in a while you hear one that makes you rethink the entire movie.

Why do alien ships always seem to have impenetrable shields in invasion movies like Independence Day? Are the terrifying creatures in A Quiet Place actually the invasion… or just the first wave?

Could E.T. really be a lost alien child… or is he something very different?

And what if the real explanation behind the aliens’ weakness in Signs isn’t what the movie tells us at all?

We also venture into much darker territory with a theory that suggests humanity itself might have a terrifying origin in Prometheus.

And finally, we take a closer look at the shadowy organization in Men in Black… and ask a question that completely flips the movie on its head.

What if the real villains weren’t the aliens?

This episode is about:

Alien forcefields and the hidden logic of interstellar travel.
The terrifying possibility that some alien invasions might only be the beginning.
The strange behavior of one of the most beloved aliens in movie history.
Theories that turn famous sci-fi endings upside down.
And the idea that sometimes the scariest part of an alien story… might actually be us.

Because once you start looking at these movies through a different lens, it’s hard not to wonder if the strangest theories might actually make the most sense.

If you’ve ever watched a sci-fi movie and thought… “wait a second…”

This one’s for you.

Stay curious.
Stay weird.
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What if one of the strangest mountains in Europe wasn’t just a mountain?

This week, we head to the border of Germany and Austria to explore the mystery of Untersberg - a massive limestone mountain looming over the city of Salzburg that has been surrounded by strange stories for centuries.

At first glance, Untersberg looks like any other peak in the Alps. But beneath the cliffs and forests lies a vast underground labyrinth. More than 400 caves have been discovered inside the mountain, some plunging over a kilometer into the earth, and even today large portions of the cave system remain unexplored.

And that’s where the stories begin.

Local folklore claims a powerful emperor sleeps somewhere inside the mountain - waiting for the day he will awaken and lead one final battle. Other legends speak of mysterious beings that live in the tunnels beneath the rock, guarding hidden chambers and ancient secrets.

Then the twentieth century added an entirely new layer to the mystery.

Just miles away from Untersberg, "A Famously Evil Austrian Painter" built his infamous mountain retreat, the Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest), surrounded by a network of wartime bunkers and tunnels carved into the mountainside.

But the strange stories didn’t end with World War II.

Hikers have long reported strange experiences on the mountain... losing track of time, encountering unexplained phenomena in the caves, and sometimes disappearing entirely.

And in the early 2000s, an engineer published a book claiming he had encountered something impossible beneath the mountain: a hidden world deep inside the rock.

So what exactly is Untersberg?

A beautiful but dangerous alpine landscape filled with caves and folklore?

Or something stranger?

This episode is about:

A mountain filled with tunnels that stretch deep beneath the Alps. Legends of sleeping emperors and the beings said to guard them. The dark history of wartime bunkers carved into the mountainside. And the stories that continue to make people wonder what might still be hidden inside.

Because for centuries, locals have had another name for this place.

They call it “the mountain that eats men.”

If you’ve ever looked at a place on a map and wondered what secrets might be hiding beneath it… this one’s for you.

Stay curious.

Stay weird.

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What happens when you look down at a crosswalk… and the street looks back?
This week, we dive into one of the strangest urban mysteries ever embedded into public space: the Toynbee Tiles - handmade plaques hidden in plain sight with a message that feels like a code, a prophecy, and a dare all at once:

“TOYNBEE IDEA / IN MOVIE 2001 / RESURRECT DEAD / ON PLANET JUPITER.”

We trace how these tiles started showing up decades ago, why Philadelphia became ground zero, and how the mystery spread across cities in the U.S. (and even beyond). But this isn’t just a “weird street art” episode - it’s an audio-documentary deep dive into obsession, pirate broadcasts, missing documents, and a belief system stitched together from history, sci-fi, and the fear of death.

Along the way we follow the people who couldn’t let it go, especially artist Justin Duerr, and the investigation that turns up three major clues: a South Philly address, an early newspaper trail, and a bizarre cultural echo that makes your brain short-circuit.

Then the story takes a hard left into shortwave radio, alleged signal hijackings, and a stack of documents tied to something called “The Minority Association.”

And by the end, the mystery stops being a mystery… and starts being a person — which forces the real question:
Just because you can solve something… does that mean you should?

This episode is about:
The messages people leave behind when nobody will listen.
The fine line between curiosity and obsession.
And the ethics of “solving” a mystery when the answer is a living human being.

If you’ve ever seen something in the world that didn’t make sense, and felt your brain refuse to let it go… this one’s for you.
Stay curious.Stay weird.Be Forever Rad.

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Outro Jam:

“Ghost Story” by The Modern Society

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