Wanna Hear Something Weird?

Wanna Hear Something Weird?

By Laura Anderson & Tom ReynoldsSociety & CultureTrue CrimeHistory
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Wanna Hear Something Weird? episodes

  • Tulpas
    This week, Tom and Laura are getting into tulpas — the ancient Tibetan practice of conjuring a living being purely through the power of concentrated thought. They explore how the concept traveled from Buddhist monasteries to 4chan forums (via a very unexpected My Little Pony detour), and discuss the modern "tulpamancer" community that's been trying to will fictional characters into existence ever since. They also dig into the Philip Experiment, a 1972 Toronto study in which a group of regular people invented a fictional 17th-century ghost and then tried to hold a séance with him — with some genuinely strange results. Plus, the Global Consciousness Project's claim that random number generators went haywire before the first plane hit on 9/11, Philip K. Dick's season pass to Disneyland and his very unexpected lunch companion, Alan Moore spotting John Constantine in a sandwich shop, and a comics writer who may have accidentally manifested an armed robbery straight out of a scene he'd just finished writing.

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    49 min
  • Black Knight Satellite
    This week we’re covering the legend of the Black Knight Satellite, a purported alien object that has supposedly been orbiting Earth for 13,000 years. Was it the source of the mysterious radio signals Nikola Tesla found in 1899? Did NASA lie about the photo it took of it in 1998? Did a scientist decode its radio signal to find a map of the star system Epsilon Boötis?

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    52 min
  • Disclosure
    Is the government finally ready to disclose to the world what it knows about the UFO phenomenon, or are they just trying to keep everyone confused? This week we discuss the upcoming Steven Spielberg movie “Disclosure Day” and the idea that the powers-that-be are softening everyone up for a big surprise. Also, Tom finds an old Berenstain Bears book and believes he’s a refugee from a parallel universe.

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    48 min
  • The Montauk Project

    Did you know that Stranger Things was ripped off from some weirdo on Long Island who wrote a book claiming all of it was true? This week we're talking about the original "inspiration" for Stranger Things, the supposed story of a secret underground military base where scientists used physic children to open portals through time.

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    40 min
  • The Cottingley Fairies

    In 1917, two young cousins in England captured photographs allegedly showing fairies, which caught the attention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and sparked a debate that lasted decades. We explore the aftermath of that incident, including the eventual admission of a partial hoax, while considering the enduring mystery surrounding the fifth and final photograph that one cousin insisted was genuine until her death.

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    27 min
  • The Flatwoods Monster

    This week we're recounting the eerie tale of the Flatwoods Monster, an Appalachian cryptid with a mysterious and terrifying past. We discuss the 1952 sightings in West Virginia, examining this weird-looking, strange-smelling creature and the panic it sparked in the community.

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    28 min
  • Living Dinosaurs

    Could the vast unexplored regions of the Congo still contain living dinosaurs? In this episode, we're exploring the intriguing possibility of living dinosaurs in Africa. We also discuss various cryptids, including the famous Mokele-mbembe, as well as other alleged prehistoric creatures like the Emela-ntouka, Kasai Rex, and Kongamato.

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    29 min
  • The Near-Death Experience of Pam Reynolds

    This week we're going over the fascinating near-death experience of Pam Reynolds, a singer-songwriter who underwent a groundbreaking surgery, during which she died. But don't worry, she came back! Pam's vivid and well-documented out-of-body experience during the operation challenges skeptics and provides a crazy perspective on life after death.

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    30 min
  • John Titor: Internet Time Traveler

    In this episode, we delve into the bizarre tale of John Titor, a self-proclaimed time traveler who captivated early internet forums in the 2000s. We explore Titor's claims about coming from 2036, his mission to retrieve an IBM 5100 computer, and his vague predictions about future events. Was this really a guy from the future, or just an early example of being bored on the internet?



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    30 min
  • The Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia

    Dive into the eerie legend of the Mothman as Tom and Laura explore the 1966 sightings in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and the subsequent panic that gripped the region. They discuss various theories about the Mothman's nature, from interdimensional being to misidentified wildlife, and its alleged connection to the tragic Silver Bridge collapse.

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    30 min

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Love unsolved mysteries and unexplained events? Join Laura Anderson and Tom Reynolds each week as they dive into the weird and wonderful universe of bizarre true tales, odd histories, ghosts, aliens,…

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