Hosted by What About Weird · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 58 episodes
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Join two friends on a journey to talk about all things weird. From UFOs and cryptids to weird science and unhinged history, we have you covered.
What About Weird hosts What About Weird, a society show with 58 episodes published.
Happy Pride month to all of our favorite weirdos! Today we are discussing the influential and inspiring life of Dr. Alan Hart, an inspiring American physician and radiologist who shaped the medical community forever. Dr.
You better go knock on wood and hope we don't jinx you because this week we are talking about superstitions. Our lovely friends of the podcast Greg's Cryptid Corner join us for a fascinating discussion about the deeper m
This week is the (sort of) part 2 to last weeks episode. This episode is for scientific curiosity. This time we talk all about animals with poison and venom that affect the brain in weird and wacky ways. We learn the dif
An episode for the scientifically curious (or maybe the slightly devious). Today we dive into psychoactive plants! We discover many of the compounds that make these plants psychoactive and how they function in the body.
Buckle up, this weeks episode is a doozie! We are joined by Dave and Sarge from Cryptid Cocktail Party to discuss Ed and Lorraine Warren, possibly the two most known paranormal investigators. We learn who they were, how
This week we talk sports! Kind of... We learn how the Notre Dame football team got its name. We discuss a brief history of Notre Dame University, the Klan presence in Indiana in the early 1900s, local politics at the tim
This week we have a drink or two and read 1 star reviews of paranormal/occult related tools, supplies and services. We learn about why you shouldn't drink holy water, that healing crystals don't work on men and Jesus hat
Today we shoot for the stars, or rather, we talk about all the people who have and the after effects of launching satellites, rockets, and other manmade objects into space. What happens when lower Earth orbit fills up wi
What's this? Another weird talk? We haven't had one of those in while! This week we discuss the concept of thresholds; door related spiritual experiences, mirrors, historic houses and we once again bring up haint blue. W
This week we dig into the science behind some of things your granny used to say. How can bad joints predict the weather? Are red skies at night really a sailors delight? Should you paint your whole house haint blue? We a
Welcome to part two of the Bridget Cleary series where we descend into dark to find out what happened to Bridget Cleary after she fell ill and was accused of being fairy by her own family. In this episode, many people sh
Welcome to part one of a two part series on the life and death of Bridget Cleary. This week we explore the early life of a strong, accomplished Irish woman named Bridget Cleary and how a simple illness changed her life f
This week we dive into the truth behind the ghost story of a headless women in Kentucky. We discuss who Pearl Bryan was, her murder, how the some of the mystery was solved and what remains unsolved. We also get mad at 19
This week we head north to Canada to find out if the township of Wilno, Canada's oldest polish settlement, has vampires like the stories say. We learn about how this story got started, the people that live in Wilno, what
Correction: her name was Sarah Baartman, I made a typo in my notes when I typed it out. Today we uncover the dark history of experimental medicine and how much of our current medical knowledge comes from the involuntary
This week we celebrate one year of What About Weird by discussing some of our favorite legends from our home states with our buddies Greg and Dan from Greg's Cryptid Corner. We talk a lot about hell and xenophobia, we fi
Today, Feb 2nd 2026, is our one year podcast anniversary! So we're posting a few minutes of bloopers from 2025. We will be celebrating officially with a one year local lore special featuring some very special guests on F
This week we hop in the creek to look for a real life north Carolina legend. We learn some science, some folk lore, and discuss what makes something a cryptid. We might even learn a thing or two about baseball! Also, it'
This week we go off the rails while we test weird jerky and our knowledge of the last years worth of What About Weird episodes. Can we stomach alligator jerky? Can we remember the names of anyone in the episodes we cover
You thought you heard enough about fungi? Well you were wrong. This week join us on a journey to discover some radiotrophic fungi at the Chernobyl reactor site, a pesky fungus that invades your face, a beautiful parasiti
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