A podcast series about History, Occultism, Espionage, Secret Societies, Conspiracy and High Weirdness. Hosted by Dr. Richard B. Spence and co-host Stephen Austin.
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchA podcast series about History, Occultism, Espionage, Secret Societies, Conspiracy and High Weirdness. Hosted by Dr. Richard B. Spence and co-host Stephen Austin.
Recent episodes include "The Bloody Baron: Madman of Mongolia" (29 September 2026, 156 minutes), "Time Travel: An Overview" (9 September 2026, 122 minutes), and "Off the Record: Crowley in Hollywood" (29 July 2026, 38 minutes).
Strange As It Seems publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 132 minutes across 30 episodes.
Booking probability for Strange As It Seems is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Strange As It Seems requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Strange As It Seems's contact route on record: public web form.
Strange As It Seems is a history podcast with 30 episodes published.
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Episode #30
Rick and Stephen go looking for the Mad Baron: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, the homicidal maniac, founder of an Order of Military Buddhists, and — in the belief of his own Mongol troops — the incarnation of the Mongol...
Strange As It Seems
Rick and Stephen take on time travel! Not the physics-seminar version, but the one that runs through a Tesla device that may never have existed, a soldier who claimed to be posting from 2036, and a British comedian a...
Episode #28
In what may become a recurring format, Rick and Stephen dig into the research that didn't make it into our latest episode on Crowley in Hollywood. These aren't scraps — Rick keeps notes — but sometimes a thread gets...
Episode #27
Rick and Stephen go looking for Aleister Crowley in Hollywood and find him there in November 1915. It has been claimed that the "wickedest man in the world secretly ran Hollywood." But Dr. Spence presents a much...
Episode #26
Rick and Stephen go inside the case of Erik Jan Hanussen — the most famous mentalist in Weimar Berlin, a Jewish entertainer who passed as Danish nobility. He held séances for senior SA officers, loaned money to the men...
Episode #25
<p>Rick and Stephen move beyond Epstein to explore a deeper and more elusive question: is there a hidden structure of power that transcends governments, ideologies? Is there a modern Illuminati? Or something more...
Episode #24
<p>In this episode, Rick and Stephen turn their attention to Jeffrey Epstein and the deeper structures of influence surrounding his rise and fall. Was Epstein merely a criminal opportunist? A node in something larger...
Episode #23
<p>In this special episode, Rick and Stephen explore Dr. Spence’s own teenage experiments with a Ouija board in the late 1960s. What began as harmless curiosity soon yielded a mixture of absurd messages, uncanny hits...
Episode #22
<p>Rick and Stephen unravel the murky story of Soviet influence and Senator William E. Borah, tracing rumors of covert networks, document mills, political subversion, and an alleged conspiracy that placed one of the Gem...
Episode #21
<p>Rick and Stephen dive into the bizarre case of the “Gulf Breeze Six,” a group of U.S. Army intelligence analysts who deserted their post in Germany in 1990—traveling to Florida in search of divine instructions...
Episode #20
<p>Rick and Stephen investigate the life and career of Basil Zaharoff — the “Merchant of Death,” one of the most influential arms dealers of the early twentieth century and a man long rumored to be connected to the...
Episode #19
<p>Rick and Stephen explore the murky origins of the so-called “Green Dragon Society,” a rumored occult order said to unite mystics, spies, and power brokers with a singular goal of world domination.</p> <p> </p>...
Episode #18
<p>It is a Halloween special, so naturally Rick and Stephen discuss Margaret Murry, Montague Summers, and Witchcraft! </p> <p> </p> <p>FOLLOW US:</p> <p>Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrangeAsItSeemsPodcast</p>...
Episode #17
<p>Rick and Stephen dive into the murky world of espionage and disinformation to uncover the hidden truths behind three elusive spies—Sidney Reilly, Kurt Jahnke, and Arthur Adams. </p> <p>FOLLOW US:<br> Spotify...
Episode #16
<p>Rick and Stephen delve into the shadowy world of elite secret societies—from the rituals of Bohemian Grove to the exclusivity of the Bilderberg meetings, Council on Foreign Relations, and the imperial ambitions of...
Episode #15
<p>Rick and Stephen explore how suppressed or imagined technologies, from Mesmer’s animal magnetism to Tesla’s free energy and Russian Cosmism, illustrate humanity’s recurring drive to uncover secret forces. The...
Episode #14
<p>Rick explores the historical origins of the Illuminati, tracing the rise of Adam Weishaupt’s secret society in 18th-century Bavaria. Along the way, we investigates the Illuminati’s strategies, ideology, and...
Episode #13
<p>Rick examines the origins and evolution of The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, exploring its fabrication, dissemination, and enduring influence as one of history's most destructive pieces of propaganda.</p>...
Episode #12
<p>Rick delves into the origins of the legend of Atlantis, tracing its evolution over centuries into a symbol of lost wisdom, advanced civilizations, and hidden realms. </p> <p>FOLLOW US: </p> <p>Spotify...
Episode #11
<p>Rick and Stephen examine the origins of Nazi occultism, tracing the ideas, figures, and organizations that influenced Adolf Hitler.</p> <p> </p> <p>FOLLOW US:</p> <p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7loq8pr...
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