It Gets Weird

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we conclude the story of Debbie Jordan-Kauble and the Copley Woods Incident! Budd Hopkins concludes his investigation of the strange, extraterrestrial happenings surrounding Debbie, but Debbie continues on the path of ufology. She also begins to incorporate more Fortean subjects into her purview, especially the paranormal. All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we get into part two of the so-called "Copley Woods Incident," a strange UFO encounter that left a small-town Indiana woman with memory loss, missing time, and bizarre illness. Ufologist Budd Hopkins is on the scene helping Debbie uncover her lost memories and interpret the strange phenomenon that seems to be happening around her. As the memories are teased out, so is a mythology - a mythology of aliens intervening with human life. All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin the story of Debbie Jordan-Kauble and the so-called Copley Woods incident! When ufologist Budd Hopkins receives a letter from a distraught Debbie about her bizarre encounter in small-town Indiana, a three year investigation begins to uncover the truth. We also talk local pizza places, magic spells, bugs under rocks, and so much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile investigates a cryptid surprisingly close to podcasting headquarters: the Maryland Goatman! How did a terrifying and murderous goatman wind up living under a paranormal Crybaby Bridge? How many has he killed in his murderous rage over lost sheep? And how exactly does one "cruise" for Goatmen? We discuss all this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week friend of the show Jules joins Nile and Kyle for a discussion about two fascinating sea monsters. Our appetizer begins with the Barmouth Monster, a Welsh cryptid that supposedly lives in the Menai Strait. Is it a plesiosaur? A monstrous alligator? For our main course we talk Bobo! That's right, we're talking Bobo, the legendary monster lurking in Monterey Bay. We also get quizzed super hard by Jules on some UK comedians and musicians. All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile investigates the claims made by a man who goes by Robert Morning Sky in his earth-shattering text, the Terra Papers! What can we learn about extraterrestrial races through these Terra Papers, and what qualifications does Morning Sky have to back up this story? Turns out, maybe not a lot. We talk the secret alien races, take a little dip into some New Age-y beliefs, and so much more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we conclude the story of Pat Price, the psychic extraordinaire who may or may not have been killed for his incredible abilities. What weird beliefs was Price bringing to the Stanford Research Institute? Was it the KGB or the CIA who killed him? Or did Pat's heart simply give out? We discuss all this and more in the final episode of the so-called greatest psychic and remote viewer who ever lived!

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we tell the story of Stanford Research Institute's "true" psychic star, Pat Price! After dabbling in mayoral politics and policing, how did this Scientologist come to work with the fellas at SRI on their CIA-funded Stargate Project? Was he truly capable of unbelievable psychic feats, so much so that the CIA ended up wanting him for themselves? We begin with part one, covering the life and remote viewing works of Price. All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! It's officially the first episode of 2024, and we thought it might be nice to bring long-time friend of the pod onto the show, Jules! Nile tells Kyle and Jules all about an eerie creature referred to by the internet as the "Not Deer," a deer-like cryptid that just has something about that feels...off. Are people really experiencing a sinister, deer entity around the Appalachian wilderness, or is this a case of a misidentified sickly actual-deer? We discuss all this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we continue what we've dubbed  "Psychic Winter," diving deep into histories of the people connected to Project Stargate. This is the third and final episode of our multi-part series on Uri Geller, psychic extraordinaire and litigious spoon-bender! What kinds of experiments were blowing the minds at Stanford Research Institute and the CIA? And what exactly are the cracks in Geller's story and the psychic abilities he claims to have? Why did Geller decide to sue a magician and Nintendo? All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we continue the story of Uri Geller in the middle of a series of connected episodes that have come to be known as "Psychic Winter." In this one, we talk about Uri's life after leaving the military, his rise to fame in Israel, and his discovery by both the CIA and American parapsychologists. We discuss the very odd Uri lore drops from his early days as a global psychic phenomenon / test subject, plus how the CIA came to notice his special talents...all this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we continue what we've dubbed "Psychic Winter," diving deep into histories of the people connected to Project Stargate. We've talked Ingo Swann, Harold Puthoff, Russel Targ, and a number of other folks, but this week we're covering the most famous Stanford Research Institute psychic: Uri Geller. What are the origins of this self-proclaimed psychic and how did he go from psychokinetic test subject to spoon-bending extraordinaire? In this first part, we cover Uri's telling of his strange childhood and the discovery of his psychic abilities. All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile tells Kyle all about the African cryptid that supposedly terrorized folks around Kenya and Uganda throughout the 20th century! Is this a case of a misidentified hyena, or is there really a bear-lion-hyena hybrid stalking villages, eating livestock, and sucking the brains out of hapless human victims? We discuss the origins of this creature, possible explanations for it, and a comprehensive rundown of Nandi Bear sightings throughout the decades! All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we're wrapping up the story of Ingo Swann, prolific artist and psychic extraordinaire! But when the Ingo Swann story wraps up, a whole bunch of new stories about psychics, secret government programs, and mysterious connections appear. We talk about Swann's sudden turn towards ufology and the bizarre UFO encounter that changed his life, plus the various spooks and agencies who seemed to work with Swann and his psychic abilities. All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we enter part one of a discussion about one of the most famous psychics in history, Ingo Swann. How did Ingo Swann enter the infamous CIA-funded and US military-backed research project into psychic powers, now known as Stargate? What kind of influence did Swann have on this project and did it produce results, or was it all a buncha bull? And why do all these psychic researchers seem to have a connection to Scientology? All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile tells Kyle all about a man named Mike Adams, a guy who refers to himself as the "Health Ranger" and runs a number of conspiracy theory websites. What would you like: some Y2K doomsday prepping? Sandy Hook denial conspiracy? "Alternative" medicine? 9/11 trutherism? Mike's got it all, baby! And he'll spew it all loud and proud on the hundreds of absurd websites he's been running, dating all the way back to the 1990s. We discuss all this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we explore the Ozarks to learn the story of the so-called "Blue Man," a man-like cryptid that has some Bigfoot bonafides. Is there a hairy man-like guy hiding out in one of the thousands of caves in the Ozarks, or is her just a tall tale told by weird old 19th century racists? We talk blue fur, our new sponsor (MEN ONLY), and Rob Lowe's 2017 hit TV show encounter with a Bigfoot. All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile and Kyle watched the 2023 documentary "Beyond The Light Barrier," about the story of South African contactee Elizabeth Klarer! Written, directed, and produced by Uga Carlini with narration by Dr. John Kani, its name is derived by a book written by Klarer with the same name. What do Elizabeth's believers and skeptics have to say about her legendary story of love-making with a man from the stars? We discuss the story of Klarer, the supporting "evidence" in the documentary, and a few unexpected twists. All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we wrap up our overview of Cassiopean channeler and savior of the universe, Laura Knight-Jadczyk. We learn more about Laura's odd hodgepodge of conspiracy beliefs, all of which seem to point to her being perhaps the most important person in the entire universe - nay, all of reality! We also learn some pretty bizarre conspiracy ideas surrounding psychopaths, false flags by way of MKULTRA, and the replacing of Christmas with "Caesarmas!" All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin part one of our exploration of the exopolitics of Laura Knight-Jadczyk, the Cassiopean aliens, and the Fellowship of the Cosmic Mind! Do you ever look at the big world of nutjob conspiracy theories and think to yourself, "Well, I can't just choose one!" If so, you may have some kinship with Laura Knight-Jadczyk, a "jack of all trades" of conspiracy theory as it were. We also discuss cults, spooky season, and so much more!