The Some Weird Podcast

At some point in our ancient history, we figured out we need to handle the mortal remains of our dearly departed. There have been three main methods: bury, cremate, mummify. But there have also been those on the fringe who figured they had a better idea. In this episode we are talking about a couple of these unique and questionable postmortem decisions. First, we look at magical

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Some people think we only get one life to live and others think our spirit or soul returns again and again in different bodies. While past lives have never been 100% scientifically proven, The Division of Perceptual Studies at The University of Virginia has been studying this possibility for decades. In this episode we present two such cases. First, an American boy named James Leininger who remembered a past life as a WWII pilot. Then, the case of the Pollock Twins who are British girls who believed they were the reincarnations of their sisters who died in a car accident before they were born.

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Every year we hear about someone randomly poisoning Halloween candy. This is a persistent urban legend but is based on a true story that happened in Texas in 1974. In this episode we will tell you all about piece of sh*t Ronald Clark O’Bryan’s unimaginable crime. Then, on a much needed lighter side, we learn about the folktale of Stingy Jack and how the Jack O’Lantern came to be.

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The Mandela Effect is a very weird phenomenon where a significant number of people remember an event or piece of pop culture clearly in one way while a different significant number of people remember the same thing in a very different way. The term was coined by a paranormal researcher named Fiona Broome who posted on the Internet that she clearly remembered South African civil right leader Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s. To her surprise, she learned she was not the only one who had this memory. In this episode, we discuss some examples of the Mandela Effect and explore both supernatural and scientific explanations.

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Based on listeners votes we present Newfoundland-themed stories about statues, pirates and tables! Special guest Trivia Ted is all about statues great and small. Where did they come from and why do we have them? Barry gets into famed pirate Peter Easton and his possible buried treason which is allegedly protected by a ghost. Then Crissy tells table-centric urban legends from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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Forget the Tinkerbell image of fairies and join Crissy and Barry as they expose the dark side of the Newfoundland Fairies. Be careful of fairy paths when you are out in the woods and, whatever you do, do not allow yourself to be found without a shovel! Also, what is the deal with bread? Find out in "The Fairies".

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There have been people in the world gifted with greater resilience that most. Call them survivors or just call them lucky. In this episode we tell the story of the multiple attempts to end the mad monk Ra-Ra-Ras-pu-tin lover of the … well, you know and of even more attempts to un-alive a poor, unfortunate man named Michael Malloy. One was targeted to end his growing power and influence over the rulers of pre-revolution Russia and the other was targeted for life insurance. Both were as tough as a carpenter … the bug not the builder. This will all make sense after you listen to this wild episode of The Some Weird Podcast.

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Aviation Disappearances

In this episode we dive in to the origin story of one of the world’s most mysterious places – The Bermuda Triangle with the tale of Flight 19. What could have happened to this seemingly normal military exercise at the dawn of The Cold War? Then, we tell you about the modern disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370 which seemed to have blipped out of existence in 2014. These aviation disappearances are definitely some weird!

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Do you have a favorite sports team? Barry does. It’s the Cleveland Browns. He loves them. That’s weird enough but in this episode, Barry tells us the far weirder story of a war that broke out between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969 where the catalyst was a soccer game. Then, Crissy turns the clock way back to the1859 when there was almost a war between the United States and the future country of Canada over a pig that just couldn’t stay away from a farmer’s delicious potatoes. We hope you enjoy these stories about weird wars.

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Season 5: Bonus: The Montreal Screwjob

Here is a special bonus episode for you wrestling fans out there! This story was originally cut for time from our Weird World of Wrestling episode but we are glad that we can present it for you this week. The Montreal Screw Job is the story of how WWE owner Vince McMahon and his co-conspirators plotting to screw over Canadian professional wrestler Brett ‘The Hitman’ Hart in 1997… or is the story of one of the greatest ‘works’ of al time?

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