Things Are About To Get Weird

By Chyaz SamuelTrue Crime

Things Are About To Get Weird episodes

May 15, 2024 Weird Fix 12: The Real Conjuring House, Missing Museum Items & A Vocal Fact
The fascinating fate of the house that inspired The Conjuring movie to the strange-but-true reality of the UK’s missing museum objects – and an interesting little fact about why so many of us can’t stand the sound of our own voices – Weird Fix 12 has as eclectic a mix of topics as ever…
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/⁠
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14 min
May 08, 2024 Episode 56: Sherri Papini
When Sherri Papini went missing whilst out for her usual run back in 2016, a frantic search was started for the beloved wife and mother-of-two. The story gripped the United States, and beyond – but what no one could have predicted were the strange twists and turns this case would end up taking…
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/⁠
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36 min
April 24, 2024 Weird Fix 11: Exam Hall Curse, Cornish Pub Ghost & An Unlikely Date
From a cursed painting in a University exam hall to some bizarre happenings caught on camera in a Cornish pub, to a sweet little strange-but-true story involving an Antarctic Tinder match, today’s instalment of Weird Fix has a little bit of everything thrown into the mix!
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/ ⁠
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13 min
April 19, 2024 Episode 55: Victorian Medical Practices
The world of Victorian medical practices has fascinated Chyaz since she was a teenager – from strange surgical customs (and mishaps) to bizarre ‘cures’, mind-boggling medicines and literal snake oil salesmen. And that’s before we even get to the asylums…this topic is as ‘strange but true’ as it gets.
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/ ⁠
Substance addiction resources: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/drug-addiction-getting-help
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34 min
April 10, 2024 Weird Fix 10: James Dean’s Cursed Car, Mr Bean Theory & A Doppelganger Coincidence
In this celebrity-heavy edition of Weird Fix, Chyaz explores the apparent curse of James Dean’s car, dives into a very compelling theory about the one and only Mr Bean, and ends with a fun tale about a movie star doppelganger coincidence…
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/ ⁠⁠
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15 min
March 27, 2024 Episode 54: The Murder & Ghost of Zona Heaster Shue
The death of Zona Heaster Shue in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, originally prompted an outpouring of grief back in 1897. But after a ghostly encounter, many began to wonder whether Zona had actually been murdered. This is the story of the ‘Greenbrier Ghost’…
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/ ⁠⁠⁠
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33 min
March 20, 2024 Weird Fix 9: New Simpsons Prediction, Haunted Doll Meets Real Housewives & A Spring Fact
In this edition of Weird Fix, Chyaz covers an apparent new Simpson’s Prediction, a possibly haunted doll with a link to the Real Housewives franchise (Cheshire, specifically!) and a fun fact about the way our years used to begin!
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/ ⁠⁠⁠
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12 min
February 28, 2024 Episode 53: Todmorden UFO Incident
After the body of 56-year-old Zigmund Adamski was found under bizarre circumstances in the West Yorkshire town of Todmorden, theories quickly began to circulate as to what happened to him. Just months later, one of the police officers who had investigated Zigmund’s death would have the strangest experience of his life, which would lead him to rethink the fate that had befallen Zigmund. Could the odd events in Todmorden be explained by the existence of UFOs?
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/ ⁠⁠⁠
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31 min
February 21, 2024 Weird Fix 8: Haunted Street, Exonerated Pigeon & A Flagpole Fact
In today’s Weird Fix, we have an eclectic mix of stories, ranging from the tale of the road which became known as ‘Greater Manchester’s Most Haunted Street’, to the news of a pigeon held for 8 months on suspicion of espionage. Plus, a quick fact about a bizarre trend from the 1920s…
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/ ⁠⁠⁠
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15 min
February 14, 2024 Episode 52: The Double Life of Brandon Lee
When a new student arrived at Scotland’s Bearsden Academy in 1993, pupils there soon found themselves befriending the 16 year old, who introduced himself as Brandon Lee. He had just moved Canada and was an intelligent yet quirky teen who dreamed of pursuing a degree in Medicine. But what his classmates would discover about him just a couple of years later would baffle them, and their community, for decades to come…
Mental health resources UK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠
Mental health resources Global:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://unitedgmh.org/support/ ⁠⁠⁠
SA Help Resources: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/sexual-health/help-after-rape-and-sexual-assault/
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34 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.