It Gets Weird

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we decided to watch and discuss another installment in the "Shock Docs" series of documentaries. This one is called Demon in the White House, an exploration of the strange paranormal happenings in America's most sacred of politics buildings. Do ghosts of tragically dead children roam the halls of the White House? Or is it something far more sinister — a demonic force that has its finger on the big, shiny nuclear bomb button? We discuss all this and much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we indulge in a Thanksgivingtime haunting, discussing the ghosts of the Dock Street Theater! How is it that both John Wilkes Booth and his father Junius Brutus can't seem to escape bad vibes in theaters? And how did Nettie Dickerson become a vengeful spirit dressed in red? Do Nile and Kyle finally have a business idea that's going to make them the big bucks? All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we conclude our coverage of the history of the CIA and UFOs! Does the CIA's history amount to anything more than a series of flubs and total exasperated disinterest? Why does the Majestic-12 hoax keep coming back over and over again? Is it all just a grift after all? We also talk HomeGoods, the infamous Joker-Batman boner situation, and much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin an overview of the CIA's strange history with the UFO phenomenon. We've heard a lot about the US military and Air Force intelligence's relationship to UFOs, but what the hell has the CIA been up to with all this UFO stuff? Are they also involved in the cover-up? How did the CIA bungle the interception of a mysterious morse code signal recorded from a radio program about extraterrestrials? We discuss all this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we investigate stories about a mysterious monkey cryptid known as the Devil Monkey! Why does this weird, multifaceted critter sound a whole hell of a lot like a kangaroo? Is it a vicious beast or something supernatural, or perhaps intelligent? We talk monkeys, self-help, more sad dog stuff, and so much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we take a good look at some bizarre alien counters from around the world! In our first encounter, two French kids run into four bizarre beings with silky, black bodies. Did these aliens get spooked by the two kids, fly into their spaceship, and fly away in a panic? Then in Brazil, did a bus driver get abducted by a bunch of bizarre robotic beings and shown threatening images? We discuss these cases and much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile tells Kyle the secrets of the hidden, mystical city of the Philippines referred to as Biringan. We learn about Engkantos, the spirits and elementals who populate the mysterious city, and discover the secret to identifying them as they walk amongst humanity. What happens when the veil is thin and you pass through Biringan? What do you do when an Engkantos falls in love with a human? Even better question — what happens when you keep it strictly casual with the mystical peoples? We discuss all this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we investigate the store of Claude Edwards, the "no-nonsense" Missouri farmer who bared witness to a UFO carrying alien entities. How did these creatures come to be known as the Tuscumbia Penguins and just what was it that Edwards saw that fateful Valentine's Day morning? Is there any terrestrial explanation for the extraterrestrial penguin critters? We discuss all this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we examine the apocalyptic visions, theories, and rituals of the various characters who became enthralled with a comet that passed through the nearby heavens back in 2011. Was this comet a bigger, badder, more Nibiru-like object than science had initially assumed? Or is it a harbinger of doom like the Silver Surfer? We revisit some favorite characters in the world of weird and much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we take more than the recommended dosage of Benadryl so we can visit...the Hat Man. Who is this shadow entity? How did all the memes about him start? And who exactly was the first person to make note of the Hat Man's existence, telling the world about the evil lurking in the shadows? We learn how to expel the Hat Man, draw up some comics about bigfoot and aliens, and so much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Jules joins Nile and Kyle to learn about a cryptid from the deep south: the Alabama White Thang! That's right, it's a Thang and not a Thing. Is this guy just a weird white Bigfoot variant? Or is it closer to a dog-beast creature of some sort? We also ask the big questions: who up pondering they orb? Is this a penthouse set up type thing? We discuss all the weird White Thang scenarios and so much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week, Kyle tells Nile all about the story of Donald Shrum and his harrowing all-nighter fending off a group of strange humanoid aliens! Can a cigar-shaped mothership UFO, a small saucer scout ship, a pack of five or six humanoid goggle-eyed aliens, and a vapor-expelling robot take down natural born survivalist Don Shrum? What about the fishy intrigue of the missile manufacturing company Shrum and his buddies worked for and their controversial toxic chemical misuse? What really happened that night? We discuss all this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week, long-time friend of the show Collin joins the Weird Boys to learn about Jane Adams and the Devil Baby haunting of Hull House! How does the story of a "devil baby" travel across the midwest United States and why did thousands of people flock to Hull House to catch a glimpse of this mythical monster? Who is Jane Adams and how did her settlement house become a notoriously haunted spot in downtown Chicago? All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we conclude the story of Sidney Gottlieb, the so-called "Poisoner in Chief" who operated the CIA's super secret MK-ULTRA program from the shadows. Was the hippie counter-culture movement the result of a CIA-funded LSD operation? How did the freaks over at the CIA create actual James Bond-style spy gadgets like suicide pills and instant-kill poison assassination kits? All this and much more at the end of the terrifying story of Sidney Gottlieb!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we continue our journey into the life and work of the CIA's mad chemist, Sidney Gottlieb. How did Gottlieb end up working on MK-ULTRA with all the spooks and kooks that came with it? And how exactly did they pull off this disturbing mind control conspiracy without the public's knowledge? We discuss all this and much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin a psychedelic journey into the truth behind the man who ended up running the infamous MK-ULTRA program. How did an unassuming but fastidious Bronx boy earn the nickname "Poisoner in Chief?" What weird historical crap had to happen to bring MK-ULTRA into being? And how did the secret agents involved justify all this maniacal stuff to themselves? We discuss all this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week, Nile and Jules finish the Encounters docuseries together. In episode three we get the story of an alien experience in a small Welsh school, known as the Broad Haven Triangle. Then in the final episode we learn about the mysterious Lights Over Fukushima, the strange UFO sightings that followed the 2011 nuclear disaster. Does the Spielberg-produced UFO-themed series stick the landing? What kind of new Jules lore do we learn? We discuss all this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Jules fills in for Kyle as we tackle a UFO documentary mini-series put out by Netflix by way of Amblin Television. We discuss the two cases involved in these episodes - the Dublin/Stephenville mass UFO sighting and the Ariel School UFO case - and how they're presented by the documentary. Jules gets to learn how UFO cases handle information from law enforcement and the frustrating lack of proof for anything. Most important of all is the question: does Jules want to finish this docuseries based off the first 2 episodes?

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile tells Kyle the story of Elva Zona Heaster Shue, a woman who is more popularly remembered as...the Greenbrier Ghost. Did Elva's summoned spirit give testimony to her killer? Can ghost testimony even hold up in a court of law? Yes, apparently - a man was jailed for the rest of his life after the ghost accused him. Was Elva murdered, or is there a less sensational explanation for this whole paranormal mess? We discuss all this and much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Kyle reached into the big dang cryptid grab bag and pulled out a handful of stories about humanoid cryptids! Is there a bite-sized bigfoot throwing apples at picnickers in Pennsylvania? How about a devil entity that bestows bad luck dice to an unsuspecting Arkansas family? Or perhaps tales of a wild Monkey Man from Singapore is more your speed? We discuss all this and much more!