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Hosted by Nicholas Kaufmann & David Wellington · science · EN-US
An all-ages podcast in which two horror authors discuss strange-but-true science facts that are scary, disturbing, and even downright spooky. Hosted by Nicholas Kaufmann and David Wellington. Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/spooky-science-lab Artwork by Errick Nunnally (https://erricknunnally.myportfolio.com/) Theme "Phantom Fun" by Jonathan Boyle (c/o premiumbeat.com)
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Signup to Generate a PitchAn all-ages podcast in which two horror authors discuss strange-but-true science facts that are scary, disturbing, and even downright spooky. Hosted by Nicholas Kaufmann and David Wellington.
Spooky Science Lab is hosted by Nicholas Kaufmann & David Wellington. The show has published 36 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 036: Spooky Science Lab Live 2!" (25 May 2026, 42 minutes), "Episode 035: Jackalopes / Dark Matter" (18 May 2026, 54 minutes), and "Episode 034: Spider Megacity / How the Planets Died" (11 May 2026, 50 minutes).
Spooky Science Lab publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 36 episodes.
Booking probability for Spooky Science Lab is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Spooky Science Lab requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Spooky Science Lab's contact route on record: verified email.
Nicholas Kaufmann & David Wellington hosts Spooky Science Lab, a science podcast with 36 episodes published.
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Episode #12
In this episode, Nick details two of the weirdest and wildest ways the Earth could be destroyed. Not the end of humankind or civilization as we know it--the end of the planet itself! Then, Dave reveals early Homo...
Episode #11
In this episode, Nick tells the tale of hunters in Iowa in 1933 catching rabbits with strange black horns. Horned rabbits were seen again in Colorado in 2025. What's happening, and what do these horned rabbits have to...
Episode #10
In this episode, Nick reveals the shocking surprise explorers discovered in a cave on the Greece-Albania border: the world's biggest spiderweb, home to over 100,000 spiders and part of a fascinating and bizarre...
Episode #9
In this episode, Nick introduces us to a rare and unusual caterpillar, one that's carnivorous, cannibalistic, hides in spiderwebs, and makes armor out of the bones of its prey. Then, Dave reveals the origin of the moon...
Episode #8
In this episode, Nick takes a look at the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 and the string of untimely deaths among those present that immediately followed. Was it a supernatural curse or was something else to...
Episode #7
In this episode, Nick takes us on a roundup of newly discovered deep-ocean life. New marine species are being discovered all the time. Here are three of the strangest examples. Then, Dave talks about antimatter. What is...
Episode #6
In this episode, Nick relates the real-life horror that befell the villages around Lake Nyos in Cameroon in 1986. Without warning, over 1,700 people died mysteriously in the night, while simultaneously the lake's water...
Episode #5
In this episode, Nick reports on a rare hallucinogenic mushroom from southwestern China that, impossibly, gives everyone who eats it the exact same hallucination: the sudden appearance of hundreds of tiny grinning...
Episode #4
In this episode, Nick explores the mystery of how a parasitic worm makes amphipods change their color and behavior, and more importantly, why they do it. In true Spooky Science Lab fashion, the answer is deeply...
Episode #3
In this episode, Nick shares what might be Spooky Science Lab's most disturbing medical mystery yet, the story of a woman in Beijing who went to the hospital for what she thought was common eye irritation. What they...
Episode #2
In this episode...spiders! Whether you love them or are creeped out by them, you can't deny they're fascinating creatures. But did you know they're smart, too? Nick introduces us to a species of sheet-web spider that...
Episode #1
In the Season 3 premiere, Nick takes a deep dive into what actually happens inside your body when you get a tattoo. Think it's just ink being injected into your skin? Think again! There's a wild, desperate battle raging...
Episode #12
In the Season 2 finale, Nick explores the chilling (in more ways than one) world of ice mummies. From Beechey Island in the Arctic to the summits of the Austrian Alps, the bodies of the dead lay frozen and preserved...
Episode #11
In this episode, Nick takes us back in time to the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, one of the most devastating volcanic eruptions in modern history. Not only did it kill tens of thousands and lead to unimaginable...
Episode #10
In this episode, Nick brings us back to the ocean to visit one of its most bizarre inhabitants, the jellyfish. Some have tentacles over 100 feet long, others have a sting that can kill a human being in under five...
Episode #9
In this episode, Nick takes us to the deepest ocean depths to meet the alien-looking anglerfish and its bizarre, disturbing mating habits. Think you've been on weird dates? You haven't seen anything yet! Then, Dave...
Episode #8
In this episode, Nick introduces listeners to the horrifying horsehair worm, a water-dwelling parasitic organism whose brutal lifecycle puts its insect host through hell, culminating in the worm's unique ability to...
Episode #7
In this episode, Nick explores Lazarus Syndrome, a rare occurrence where people who are declared dead suddenly and mysteriously wake up hours later, sometimes just minutes away from being embalmed. The dead are rising...
Episode #6
In this episode, Nick shrinks Dave to the size of a bacterium and sends him into the savage battlefield of the human immune system, a breathtaking biological enterprise that's second in complexity only to the human...
Episode #5
In this episode, Nick gets too close for comfort to a tree the Guinness Book of World Records called "the deadliest tree in the world." With poisonous fruit, toxic bark, and lethal sap, there's no doubt the manchineel...
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