Weird World Podcast
A podcast that explores the unknown, the unexplained, the mysterious, the unsolved and the just plain strange. Bizarre crimes, disappearing people, odd creatures, creepy phenomena, it's all here. We won't solve every mystery, but we'll try to separate truth from fiction and let you decide.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 309
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 305 - The Mysterious Murder of Charles Bravo - Part 2 of 3
Charles Bravo was (probably) murdered on April 18, 1876, but it just took him 3 agonizing days to die. Since he refused to tell anyone what had really happened to him, the rumors took over. Had Charl…
01:04:54 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Episode 304 - The Murder Mystery of Charles Bravo - Part 1 of 3
Florence Bravo weathered scandal and ruin in Victorian England by marrying a chinless but respectable lawyer named Charles Bravo. Then she murdered him. Or not. If he knew who poisoned him, Charles w…
01:01:40 |
Thu 07 Dec 2023
Weird Bit 58 - Quick Cryptid Corner: The Giant Toad of China
Cane toads that had overrun parts of Australia get big and nasty. But at least they can't swallow you whole. Is there a toad in Hubei province of China with a mouth six feet wide?
00:14:50 |
Sun 03 Dec 2023
Episode 302 - Are Octopuses Aliens?
Octopuses are strange. They have too many arms and each has its own brain. They can instantly change color, pattern, and texture to match their surroundings. They are shockingly smart. They are so di…
00:51:47 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
Weird Bit 57 - Where Are The Bodies Garth?
A lot of people are asking if Garth Brooks might be a prolfiic serial killer. If people in the cities he tours should feel safe. Should we, like most media, treat this with a weird sense of seriousne…
00:26:48 |
Mon 06 Nov 2023
Episode 301 - A Brief History of Halloween
Why do we trick and/or treat? Why are black cats so big this time of year? Why do we even have halloween in the first place? We answer all the questions you were too afraid to ask about Halloween bec…
00:46:40 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Episode 300 - The Vampire of Croglin Grange
Dracula may have been an immigrant but England had a home grown vampire of its own up in the little town of Croglin. He picked his way in through a window with long, clawed fingers, he sucked blood, …
00:56:36 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Weird Bit 56 - Digging Up The Dead
It wasn't just Mercy Brown when tragedy turned to paranoia turned to gore as the dead were exhumed to stop their vampiric depradations. Here are some other stories of digging up the dead to stop them…
00:28:08 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
Episode 299 - Elmer McCurdy: A Modern Day Mummy Tale
We take a quick trip through oddly real-looking bodies in haunted house attractions, but then rediscover Elmer McCurdy, the best corpse ever. Elmer found fleeting fame as a Wild West outlaw who died …
01:00:57 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Weird Bit 55 - The Skeletons in Disney's Closet
Pirates of the Caribbean was the most expensive ride built at Disneyland when it opened in 1967. Walt wanted everything to be as realistic as possible. Real-looking pirates, real-looking flames, real…
00:29:10 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Episode 298 - Sam Patch's Luck Runs Out
Most of us have had a little bad luck on Friday the 13th. Locked your keys in the car, tripped on a curb, steered a massive cruise ship into a reef and sank it. It could happen to anyone. But when yo…
00:56:10 |
Fri 13 Oct 2023
Episode 297 - Spooky Urban Legends - Part 2
Part 2 of spooky urban legends gets spookier still with ghostly stories, vengeful spirits (the Japanese ones are the best), and some urban legend classics like hooks on car door handles and why that …
01:07:47 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
Episode 296 - Spooky Urban Legends - Part 1
Finally, it is Hallow-Weird World season again! We start with two heapings of the spookier urban legends. In Part 1 we relate some gross out stories (don't pop that spider zit), curses (if something …
01:15:32 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
Episode 295 - The Two Lives of Clarence King
Clarence King was a respected geologist who helped map the American west and start the national park system. But Clarence had a secret - in 19th century America, an extraordinarily strange secret.
00:52:12 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
Episode 294 - If I Go Missing Files
Sure, no one wants to be abducted and murdered, but if you are, wouldn't you want your killer to be caught? We know we would. That's where "If I go missing files" come in. Learn all about them in thi…
00:38:18 |
Mon 25 Sep 2023
Episode 293 - New Apes on the Block: Bili Ape
Does a huge chimp-like creature rumble through the jungle of the Congo, howling at the moon, walking on two legs, and occasionally killing lions? Let's see if the Bili Ape may be the last undiscovere…
00:55:25 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
Episode 292 - Surviving the Green Desert
Your plane has crashed into the wilds of the Amazon. The pilot and your mother didn't make it. There was no beacon, so help is not on the way. You are 13 years old and the siblings who survived with …
00:46:18 |
Fri 08 Sep 2023
Weird Bit 54 - Quick Cryptid Corner: Air Rods
Are little undiscovered creatures buzzing around your head when you go camping and you don't even know it? If you have never heard of air rods, you should listen to this episode. Just don't forget to…
00:25:34 |
Mon 04 Sep 2023
Episode 291 - Satan's Toy Box
Did you watch He-Man battle Skeletor on Snake Mountain? Did you tickle the tummy of your Care Bear plush toy? Did you worry about what might happen to Smurfette at that blue sausage fest? Please God …
01:32:12 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
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