Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast

Latest Episodes:

What Lies Beneath the Amityville Horror on Haunted Hill Oct 06, 2023

Show notes

Happy October my fiendish friends!!

Welcome to a special Halloween episode of KEEP IT WEIRD: The podcast for all things strange and unusual, haunted and harrowing and full of monsters and maniacs!

This week is all about HAUNTED HOUSES!! They've been around since, well... since we've started living in houses! And that's because ghosts have been around since people started dying. And demons may have been around even longer.

We have a VERY special guest on the show, LINDSEY BRISBINE! Lindsey is the host and producer of THE CHILLING PODCAST: a serialized show that details the true events behind a real-life haunting that took place in Kent, Ohio. It's full of first hand accounts of the supernatural as well as interviews with psychics, doctors, religious experts, psychologists and witnesses!

Lindsey joins Ashley & Lauren to discuss their haunted house experiences and their all time favorite haunted house MOVIES as well as a few that didn't quite hit the mark. What haunted house movie is the CLOSEST to what it's actually like to live inside a haunted home? Tune in to find out...

WEIRD REPORT: Text with the Devil Sep 29, 2023

Show notes

Hello Weirdos, Beardos & Teardos alike!

Welcome to our very first episode of THE WEIRD REPORT! The WEIRD REPORT is going to be our new $10 bonus episode every month and it's an audio version of what used to be our Newsletter!

Each month we'll put out a Weird Report that features strange & unusual news stories, upcoming horror movie/tv/documentary/book announcements, true crime tales (& updates!) some random segments & every episode will end with some SCARY STORIES!!

This week includes:

THIS MONTH IN WEIRD

Texting with ICONIC Biblical Characters with Chat GPT

https://allthatsinteresting.com/text-with-jesus

Space Capsule not Welcome Back to Earth

https://gizmodo.com/space-pharmaceuticals-varda-regulations-faa-1850850528

Trash Fashion

https://www.outkick.com/random-dude-walks-runway-in-trash-bag-at-fashion-week-and-no-one-bats-an-eye/

Krispy Kreme's Biggest Fans

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bears-caught-camera-raiding-krispy-kreme-doughnut-van-alaska/

TRUE CRIME TIME

Jung Yoo Jung Kills (& Kills her Curiosity)

https://allthatsinteresting.com/jung-yoo-jung

REVISIT: Halloween Killer Lover's Triangle

https://thevintagewomanmagazine.com/mid-century-halloween-murder/

Padlocked Toes Before Bros Sep 22, 2023

Show notes

Just try and padlock this toe, I DARE YOU!

Welcome weirdos to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD- your go-to podcast for all things strange and unusual and this week is FULL OF BONES! Literally. Well, not literally.

Lauren starts us off with some CURSED CROONERS & SPOOKY SONGS! This time she's covering what is known as the My Way Murders-- a string of at least 12 violent acts that took place during the singing of My Way by Frank Sinatra at karoake. Yeah, you read that right.

Ashley swings in with a horrific TRUE CRIME TIME, discussing the strange death of Ryan Stallings and the conviction and sentencing of his own mother Patricia Stallings - who would have spent the rest of her life in prison if not for a good samaritan watching an episode of Unsolved Mysteries.

Whew, that one is tough, so Lauren shares some WEIRD NEWS with us. Back in June over 400 vampires were found buried in Poland. Well, not real vampires. But definitely people suspected of being vampires! Or maybe they WERE real vampires...

And don't worry, we've still got MORE BONES coming because Ashley finishes off the episode by introducing us to SKELETON LAKE! Of course thats just a nickname, the lake's real name is Roopkund and it's in the middle of the Himalayas. A small lake filled with an estimated 300-800 bodies.. and no one knows how they got there...

Woof, that's a lot to handle in one hour. Luckily we've had some tequila to help get you (and us) through it.

Check out some links below if you want to do more reading on the subjects discussed in this episode.

LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE to our channel! Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast. And if possible, donate to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to help us produce this show and keep it rollin'!

Not the Monkey's Fault

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-my-way-killings

Unsolved Mysteries Helps Unsolve a Murder

https://www.iflscience.com/the-woman-who-was-wrongfully-convicted-of-murdering-her-baby-and-saved-by-a-biochemist-64986

Padlocked Toes & Too Many Bones

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12178139/Grave-containing-450-VAMPIRES-discovered-roadworks-Poland.html

Skeleton Lake

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210705-the-unsolved-mystery-of-skeleton-lake#:~:text=In%201942%2C%20H%20K%20Madhwal%2C%20an,to%20preserve%20the%20human%20remains

Mystical Mirror Medicine Sep 15, 2023

Show notes

Mirror Mirror on the Wall! Please don't show me a haunted doll!

Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD- your one stop shop for all things strange and unusual!

This week we are answering the universe's most unusual question... what the f*ck is going on with mirrors?!

What if you could replace all of your pill bottles full of anxiety and depression meds and just look into a mirror for a few minutes a day? What if you could see your past self and heal your trauma? What if you could travel to another dimension?

It may sound crazy, but "crazy" is our middle name so buckle up! This week we are diving into all things reflective as Ashley teaches us about the Kozyrev Mirror experiments from the 1950s & the 1990s wherein physicists placed hundreds of subjects into a device that not only opened up their third eye but also caught the eye of extraterrestrials! We're also going to touch on the Chronovisor, a smiliar experimental device created by a priest, a physicist and a Nazi scientist that supposedly showed them the actual crucifixion of Christ that is being held at the Vatican, never to be seen again.

Don't worry, Lauren brings us back to reality with some TRUE CRIME TIME as we look into the unsolved Tara Leigh Calico missing persons case and we question whether or not the famous photo of the two bound children helped or hindered the investigation.

Check the links BELOW if you want to learn more about today's topics!

If you're watching on YouTube make sure you LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE to our channel!

If you're listening on Spotify or Apple Podcasts please take a few seconds to rate and review our show!

Check out our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast if you'd like to donate to our show and also get discounts on merch and BONUS EPISODES every single month!

And follow us on social media if you don't already @keepitweirdcast so you can stay up to date on what we're up to, suggest episode topics, share creepy tik toks & generally have a scary good time.

Are Mirrors Even Real?

https://patents.google.com/patent/RU2122446C1/en

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4267444/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026265X21006445

https://eightify.app/summary/science-and-technology/time-travel-experiments-with-kozyrev-mirrors-unveiling-success

https://allthatsinteresting.com/chronovisor

Tara Calico Disappearance

https://kympasqualini.medium.com/mysterious-polaroid-picture-the-disappearance-of-tara-calico-5558cd80738a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Tara_Calico

Rude Hypnotism & Other Oddities with GREG & DANA NEWKIRK Sep 08, 2023

Show notes

Welcome Weirdos, one and all! Young and small! Step right up and test your PSI Strength!

This is a very special episode of Keep It Weird, the podcast for all things strange and unusual– because we have the king and queen of the strange and unusual joining us this week!

This episode feels like it's been seven whole years in the making and it's finally here. Synchronicities may have brought us together but our anti-hypnotism stance is what will keep us friends. This week Ashley and Lauren are joined by Planet Weird's very own GREG & DANA NEWKIRK!!

Greg and Dana are the owners/operators of the Newkirk Museum of the Paranormal & Occult. You may have seen their appearances on shows like Kindred Spirits, Paranormal Lockdown, The World According to Jeff Goldblum or Finding Bigfoot. Or maybe you know them from their very own podcast The Haunted Objects Podcast where they discuss the history, folklore and supernatural significance of some of their most treasured haunted items.

And if you don't know them from any of those amazing things, you will know them as the driving force behind one of our all time favorite documentary series Hellier where they, along with Karl Pfeiffer and Connor Randall, take a trip to Hellier Kentucky to investigate some high strangeness and try to find some goblins.

Well they are here today to talk about ALL kinds of strange phenomena, paranormal entertainment, the fact that hypnotism is just PLAIN RUDE, witchcraft, Hellier drinking games, the times they've been the most scared and so much more. We even get to gush a bit about their BRAND NEW DOCUMENTARY that is out TODAY September 8th THE UNBINDING. It's the perfect way to start your spooky season right so head over to planetweird.tv and check it out now!

Without further ado– enjoy this episode, it was a dream come true for us and we hope that we didn't just squeal our way through this interview.

Make sure you hit like and subscribe if you're watching us here on YouTube. Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast to stay up to date on what we have coming up. Check out our merch store at www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch and grab yourself a tshirt or better yet- a HOODIE- for this upcoming spooky season. And if you would please check out our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast– it's how we make the money to produce this show and you can donate as little as $1 one time to $10 monthly or even $50 whole bones to get yourself a sponsored segment on the show.

No links this week, but once again make sure you check out planetweird.tv to find ALL things Greg/Dana/HighStrangeness/Hellier/HauntedObjectsPod/TheUnbinding.

Keep It Weird!

Dead Hair Don't Care Sep 01, 2023

Show notes

Hey Weirdos!

Or should I say SEARDOS!? Production schedules got a little wonky here at the end of September and I didn't want to leave you without an episode this Friday-- THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER! Which I think we can all officially, collectively agree is the EVE OF SPOOKY SEASON!!

I decided to rerelease an episode of Keep It Seared from 2021 because relistening to it made me laugh out loud and also it's HIGH TIME we hear Handsome Joe's voice on this podcast! He's obviously had a very busy (and stressful) year between work and family and surgeries so we haven't gotten to hear him get angry in so long! Well... I have... but you guys haven't!

This week I share some interesting/strange/intriguing/lesser known facts with Joe and honestly... he keeps a pretty level head. Dare I say I'm proud of him?

Check out the link below for photos and videos of my last weird item in the episode, and make sure you join us next week where we will have two VERY special guests join us for an hour of high strangeness..

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-found-a-weird-glowing-purple-blob-on-the-ocean-floor

Horror Mullet Aug 25, 2023

Show notes

Scary up front but OK in the end!

That's the accidental theme for this week's episode of KEEP IT WEIRD - The podcast for all things strange and unusual - and therefore our working title... But REAL Weirdos know the official title of this one...

Hey, kids! If you're new here this is the show where Ashley & Lauren get together each week to talk about something WEIRD and this week had way too much body horror involved. We apologize to most of you but for some of you freaks: you're welcome?

Ashley starts us off by taking us on a Magic School Bus ride for BODY TIME! Have you ever heard of Musical Ear Syndrome? Well some people are blaming this phenomenon for witnessing paranormal activity! But don't worry, we've got some alternative theories to compete with the skeptics.

Lauren takes us into a JEEPERS CREEPERS that's all about our PEEPERS. Did you know that our eyeballs have something called "immune privelage?" It means that our eyes have a special relationship with our immune system that help protect them from inflammatory responses... but it also does horrible, terrible things.

Ashley couldn't let our eyes get all the glory, she comes in next with another JEEPERS CREEPERS but this one is all about TEEFERS. Teeth, as adults call them. Did you know they could EXPLODE?! I don't need to say more about this, watch the ep to unlock new dental fears.

Finally, Lauren wraps up the episode with a good old fashioned CONSPIRACY THEORY!! Only this time the conspiracy came true. The cold war made all of us a little cuckoo-- but possibly none moreso than the Canadian government who decided they needed to build the world's first "GAYDAR" to try to rid themselves of homosexual employees. But all it really did was prove that we just don't shame straight white men enough.

Check out some links below if you'd like to do some more reading on today's topics! Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook). SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel and LIKE & COMMENT on this episode to give us a nice little boost! (Internet boost AND emotional boost) And finally, if you are fortunate enough to have $5-$10 extra this month, consider donating to our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast.

Ghost Music

https://hearinglosshelp.com/blog/apophenia-audio-pareidolia-and-musical-ear-syndrome/

Dead Eyes, Can't Lose https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948372/#:~:text=The%20eye%20attempts%20to%20limit,of%20local%20and%20systemic%20mechanisms.

https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/uvfyht/has_there_ever_been_a_known_case_about_your_bodys/

Tooth Explosion

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160301-the-gruesome-and-mysterious-case-of-exploding-teeth

Cold War Homophobia

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/the-fruit-machine-why-every-canadian-should-learn-about-this-country-s-gay-purge-1.4678718

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/06/when-the-canadian-government-used-gay-detectors-to-try-to-get-rid-of-homosexual-government-employees/

Bug Juice at the Clown Motel Aug 18, 2023

Show notes

Rollin' down the street smokin' indo, sippin on bug juice. LAID BACK! With my mind on those clowns and those clowns on my mind.

Right? Anyway, hello and welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD!! The podcast for all things strange and unusual. We are the luckiest gals alive because each week we get to sit down and gab about something WEIRD! We hope you're not turned off by the Trigger Warning at the beginning-- it seems like this episode is going to be VERY heavy but it's surprisingly tame... except for all the death. This week Laura starts us off with one of our favorite new segments WHERE IN THE WORLD IS KEEP IT WEIRD!! Just like our hero Carmen Sandiego, we go ALL over this planet (in our hearts) in search of the world's weirdest places and boy we found a doozy. I'm surprised it took us seven years to talk about this place but HERE WE ARE. The Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada! Located directly across the street from a very spooky cemetery, this place has more clowns than one man or woman could possibly handle. Maybe that's why there's so much paranormal activity?? Orrrrr maybe they're trying to sell you a ticket. We will never find out, because we will not go. Ashley cuts in because she HAD A THOUGHT! Could it be that criminal profiler and FBI Agent John Douglas wasn't just ahead of his time and good at his job? Could he have been... psychic? It's just a thought OKAY!? And Lauren brings us home (or to hell?) with one of our newest segments, a SPONSORED segment called CURSED CROONERS AND SPOOKY SONGS (Sponsored by Melanie Vartabedian) as she shares with us possibly the most cursed song of all-- "Gloomy Sunday" by Rezso Seress. Did this song CAUSE suicides? Or was it the widespread famine and war in Hungary that pushed them over the edge? Is this song just too damn sad? Check out some links below if you want to do some FURTHER reading into all of this madness. Please follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast and LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel if you love us long time. Also consider becoming a patron of the show by visiting www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast-- you'll get a TON of BONUS EPISODES, discounts on merch, and a newsletter every single month. Not a bad deal for the price of a coffee at Starbucks, amirite? Clownin' Around https://www.tonopahnevada.com/clown-motel/ https://www.uniqhotels.com/clown-motel Psychic or Profiler https://www.themidwestcrimefiles.com/post/murder-in-wood-river-the-karla-brown-story#:~:text=He%20went%20to%20the%20basement,socks%20tied%20around%20her%20neck. https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-douglas https://crimereads.com/john-douglas-on-his-lifes-work-talking-with-killers/ Gloomy Sunday https://www.savagecontent.com/post/the-spooky-history-behind-cursed-songs https://www.treblezine.com/gloomy-sunday-hungarian-suicide-song/

MIB BARBIE Aug 11, 2023

Show notes

The good guys dressed in black, remember that Weirdos!

Welcome to another week of weird with your two favorite freaks! Each week we have the pleasure of hanging out and chatting about something WEIRD and it's the greatest honor to do it with YOU!!

This week Ashley has an ENORMOUS alien update in a new segment we are calling ZED WE HAVE A BUG! Obviously you all know that congress just held a hearing about UAP and UAP disclosure but what you may not know is whats happening on the DL. Ashley checked the tabloids, reddit and other dark corners of the internet to find out what was happening in the world of UFOs outside of congress. Starting with SEDGE MASTERS - a three article series from UFO Magazine in 1998 that is getting some new attention, a MYSTERY MAN posting on Reddit claiming to be a molecular biologist who worked on EBOs (aliens) from 2000-2010 and supposedly knows exactly what they are and where they come from, and finally we are taken on a bumpy ride by ERIC HECKER a firefighter and plumber (it will make sense when you listen) who was contracted to work on a base in Antarctica by none other than RAYTHEON-- and he claims that they are up to no good down there.

Now, all of that is pretty heavy. Which is why we are grateful to have Lauren here to bring us a THIS WEEK IN WEIRD about the final capture of a con-man who escaped from prison FIVE YEARS ago and was just arrested last week. And she brings a fun GO QUESTIONS question about whether or not we'd help our loved ones cover up a murder.

Check out the links below for your own personal reasearch! Head over to our youtube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast and SUBSCRIBE to our channel to help us get that beast monetized, follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast and check out our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to find ways you can help produce our show and get goodies in return like BONUS EPISODES, AD FREE EPISODES, DISCOUNTS ON MERCH and a MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

TWIW: Con Man Goes to Jail... again

https://fortune.com/2023/08/05/escaped-fraudster-alan-todd-may-found-living-large-in-florida/amp/

ZED WE HAVE A BUG:

Sedge Masters:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/15fk7al/sedge_masters_details_from_the_1998_articles/

https://richarddolanmembers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Sedge-Masters.pdf

https://richarddolanmembers.com/articles/rdm/

Mystery Biologist:

https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/14rp7w9/from_the_late_2000s_to_the_mid2010s_i_worked_as_a/

Antarctica Problems:

https://www.howandwhys.com/eric-hecker-testimony-disclosure-project/

https://www.sott.net/article/339039-Nazis-E-Ts-Deep-States-the-Admiral-Byrd-Expedition-and-the-Exposure-of-Antarcticas-Hidden-Realms

Gifts from our Sky Daddy Jul 28, 2023

Show notes

All hail our sky daddies!

Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD - the podcast for all things strange and unusual-- and this week we are looking to the stars QUITE A BIT NOW AREN'T WE?!

This week we have a new SPONSORED SEGMENT called ANCIENT ARTIFACTS with Addie Rife! For our first trip we're making our way to Egypt and Ashley is teaching us about King Tut, his very short reign, why he is so so famous and also what the hell he was doing with a DAGGER FROM SPACE?!

Lauren takes us into another new segment called WE DON'T CLAIM THEM which is where we chant "Shame" and throw rotten fruit at self proclaimed "weirdos" who do bad, bad things. This week she's fueling our hate fire for Cedric Lodge, his wife Denise and their slew of friends across the United States who have been trafficking HUMAN BODY PARTS. Worst of all, Cedric (was) the Harvard Medical School Morgue Manager. Boo Cedric. Shame!! SHAME!!

And Ashley brings it right back around to our alien overlords in A BIT OF BIOLOGY as she discusses some CROP CIRCLES found in the perfect molecular makeup of Melatonin and Niacis (Vitamin B3) - What are our Sky Fathers trying to tell us about these chemicals? That we need to take better care of ourselves? Or that we are being oppressed by the powers that be by clouding our third eye and thus our spiritual judgement? Or maybe it was two farmers after a bar crawl... will we ever know?

Check out some LINKS below if you want to do some continued reading. Make sure you LIKE this video on YOUTUBE and SUBSCRIBE to our channel-- it just makes us look good. Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast. And if you're feeling generous head over to our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast and donate a few bones to our show to keep us running. You'll get bonus episodes, a monthly newsletter and discounts on merch as a treat!

King Tut's Space Dagger

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2022/03/31/possible-origin-of-king-tuts-dagger-made-from-alien-metal-revealed/?sh=4c6e1c9c5f86

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-discovery-of-king-tuts-tomb

Creeps Selling Body Parts

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12202943/amp/Inside-house-horrors-couple-stored-sold-human-parts-Harvard-Medical-School-morgue.html

https://www.the-sun.com/news/8390810/harvard-morgue-manager-creepy-pics-government-job-exposed/amp/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/six-charged-trafficking-stolen-human-remains#:~:text=SCRANTON%20%2D%20The%20United%20States%20Attorney's,Goffstown%2C%20New%20Hampshire%2C%20and%20Mathew

Sleepy Crop Circles

https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/vitamin-b3-might-have-been-made-in-space-delivered-to-earth-by-meteorites/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333114650_The_Mystery_of_Three_Molecular_Crop_Circles_A_Chemical_Perspective

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pineal-gland/