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Hosted by Chyaz Samuel · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 126 episodes
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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.Website: https://thingsgetweirdpodcast.comEmail: thingsgetweirdpodcast@gmail.com
Chyaz Samuel hosts Things Are About To Get Weird, a true crime show with 126 episodes published.
The idea of a young child having vivid memories of a past life they claim to have led sounds like the premise of a supernatural movie. But did you know that a team at the University of Virginia have actually spent decade
When 46 year old Urooj Khan, a dry cleaning shop owner based in the US city of Chicago, won $1,000,000 on a lottery scratchcard, he immediately began asking himself the question many of us will only ever daydream about:
Some strange facts are not only utterly fascinating, but completely mess with your perception of time too. Whether it’s finding out that two things you thought belonged to entirely different eras actually briefly existed
Did Kate Bush really see a UFO (or three?) at Loch Ness back in the 1980s? What on earth is the story behind the ‘T-Rex leather handbag’ that went up for auction in Paris a few weeks ago? And do your fingernails really g
In this mini episode, Chyaz explores two of the most bizarre yet fascinating news stories of the year so far: the recently announced Mount Everest recovery mission aimed at bringing the famous ‘Green Boots’ home after al
The story of Elmer McCurdy is one of the most bizarre cases covered on the podcast to date. How does the tale of a train-robbing outlaw become stranger AFTER he passes away? Prepare to hear about the astonishing life (an
The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, which took place on Boxing Day of that year, is one of the most devastating natural disasters on record. Over 228,000 people across multiple countries are thought to have perished as a resu
Did you know that some of the most seemingly boring, everyday things in our homes actually have stranger backstories than you could ever imagine? Join Chyaz as she explores a selection of the weirdest origin tales behind
Weird Fix is back! In today’s mini episode, Chyaz discusses two of the strangest news stories of the year so far: one concerning Jonathan the Tortoise, the ‘World’s Oldest Land Animal’, who found himself caught up in a c
As Victorian ghost stories go, few are as bizarre as the case of the Hammersmith Ghost. How did the search for an elusive ghoul, in what was then a rural-feeling village on the outskirts of London, end up in a murder tri
Just before Christmas in 1982, a grim discovery was made in the cellar of a house in the Greater Manchester town of Bolton. Human remains, belonging to a woman, were found in a partially-mummified state. But how long had
For centuries, the Green Children of Woolpit story was seen as little more than a folktale that took place in a small Suffolk village during the 12th century. But what if there was more truth to it than many had previous
In 2013, a team of divers headed down to a boat that had capsized 20km off the coast of Nigeria. It had been almost three days since the Jascon-4 vessel had sunk, after being hit by a freak wave in the early hours of the
In 1957, three men spotted something very unusual in the sky close to the village of Silpho in North Yorkshire. A glowing object, which appeared to crash land on a nearby moor. The strange item, which resembled a small f
Hetty Green, better known as the ‘Witch of Wall Street’, may just be one of the most unique and eccentric women you’ve never heard of. After growing her fortune through clever investments during the 1800s in New York Cit
How did a 1,600 year old ‘bog body’ help to solve a murder? In the early 1980s, near the affluent town of Wilmslow in Cheshire, several discoveries were made in a local peat bog which caught the attention of archaeologis
In the sweltering heat of summer, during July of 1518, the city of Strasbourg was consumed by a plague…just not necessarily the kind you may be thinking of. After a lady named Frau Troffea began to spontaneously dance in
When Norwegian sisters Kari and May begin searching for an apartment in the Swedish locality of Gullspång, they end up opening a door that leads to more than they could have ever bargained for. After meeting the property
What happened to Richey Edwards? When the Manic Street Preachers guitarist and co-lyricist disappeared without a trace in 1995, under incredibly mysterious circumstances, speculation about his whereabouts was rife. Over
Is Shepton Mallet in Somerset really the UK’s most haunted prison? Despite being decommissioned in 2013, it’s thought that the spirits of certain infamous prisoners still linger in the cells, corridors and grounds of the
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