Things Are About To Get Weird

By Chyaz SamuelTrue Crime

Things Are About To Get Weird episodes

August 21, 2024 Weird Fix 17: Tarot Reading Scam, 100 Year Old Postcard & A Coin Fact
In today’s Weird Fix, Chyaz explores the new tarot reading scam happening on social media, and how the mystics suffering because of it have responded – plus a heartwarming tale about a 100 year old postcard that turned up at its intended destination. To finish off, there’s a fascinating fact about the design of our British coins…
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13 min
August 16, 2024 Episode 60: The Disappearance of Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie, the most famous female detective novelist of all time, is beloved by millions of crime fiction enthusiasts to this day. But for 11 days in 1926, her real life would end up mirroring her art – when Agatha mysteriously vanished, one of the biggest search efforts in UK history was organised to try and find her. What happened next was as strange as the plots she dedicated her life to writing…
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35 min
July 31, 2024 Weird Fix 16: Fake Church Scam, Spooky Island For Sale & An Olympic Fact
Welcome to Weird Fix 16! In this mini episode, Chyaz discusses everything from the bizarre Ponzi scheme ‘The Church For The Healthy Self’, takes a closer look at the haunted island that’s just gone up for sale off the coast of Plymouth, and treats everyone to a fascinating fact about the 1992 Barcelona Olympics!

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14 min
July 24, 2024 Episode 59: Déjà Vu
The mysterious phenomenon of déjà vu is something that has baffled experts for decades. That strange sensation that you’ve lived through the present moment before is something many will be familiar with, but it’s still unclear as to why it happens. Does the answer lie in as-yet unexplored areas of psychology, or could there be a more ‘otherworldly’ explanation?
Some of the research papers I noted:https://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1752-1947-8-414https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00605.xhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12695735/
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33 min
July 17, 2024 Weird Fix 15: Fisher’s Ghost, A Royal Coincidence & The Class Of Twins
A ghost story that’s inspired an annual festival in Australia…a bizarre coincidence involving the late Queen’s choice of royal wedding guest attire…and a strange news story involving twins. Welcome to this brand new edition of Weird Fix!
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14 min
July 11, 2024 Episode 58: The Stanley Hotel
It’s the hotel that inspired Stephen King to write ‘The Shining’ – The Stanley Hotel, located in Colorado’s Estes Park, has a truly fascinating history. It’s also…incredibly haunted. Depending on what you believe, of course. Join Chyaz as she explores the tales of the rooms, corridors and ghosts that make the Stanley just as eerie as the fictional Overlook Hotel.
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35 min
July 03, 2024 Weird Fix 14: Strange Monolith in Vegas, Haunted Pub in Manchester & A Literary Fact
A mysterious, reflective monolith that’s popped up in the Las Vegas desert…a haunted pub in Manchester that’s potentially home to one of the UK’s most helpful ghosts…plus the strange tale of the books written entirely without the most-used letter in the English language. Our new instalment of Weird Fix is as varied as ever!
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14 min
June 26, 2024 Episode 57: The Isdal Woman: Part 2
Part 2. Today, Chyaz explores the more recent updates that have emerged in the mysterious tale of the Isdal Woman – the bizarre 1970s incident that remains one of Norway’s most infamous unsolved cases. What prompted the case to be formally re-opened in 2016? What led to tens of thousands of citizen sleuths exploring the story once more? And which new theories have come to light as a result? The rabbit hole deepens…
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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33 min
June 19, 2024 Weird Fix 13: Alcatraz Visit Q&A
In this special edition of Weird Fix, Chyaz reflects on her recent visit to Alcatraz and answers some of YOUR questions about the experience! Did she have any ghostly experiences? Have her views on the 1962 escape changed? What was the weirdest thing she saw there? Find out now…
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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16 min
May 29, 2024 Episode 57: The Isdal Woman: Part 1
Part 1. The mysterious tale of the Isdal Woman remains one of Norway’s most bizarre unsolved cases. When a woman’s body is discovered on in a remote valley under strange circumstances, police set about trying to work out who she was, and what on earth happened to her. They would soon discover that each new quest for answers only led them deeper down the rabbit hole…
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/⁠
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31 min

About Things Are About To Get Weird

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I’m Chyaz Samuel, and things are about to get weird. This podcast is dedicated to some of the strangest stories you’re ever likely to hear: from true crime and unsolved mysteries to unbelievable coincidences and tales full of bizarre twists.