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S2 E53: The Bell Witch Halloween Special Oct 30, 2022

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
This week we explore the terrifying tale of The Bell Witch - one of the most infamous haunting legends from the Southern United States.
Beginning in 1817 in what is now known as Adams, Tennessee - the Bell family was tormented by all manner of spooky phenomenon - including an entity that could speak, affect the physical environment, and even shape-shift.
Witnesses and victims accounts of interactions with this entity are some of the craziest things we have ever heard.
But, before you think this is just some tale told by some back hill Tennessee hillbillies to spook whomever will listen to it, keep in mind that one of the witness accounts comes from none other than the 7th President of the United States - Andrew Jackson himself.
Join us today as we dive into the finale to our OCTOBER SPOOKTACULAR, celebrate one of our favorite holidays, and explore one of the scariest stories we've ever heard...the legend of: THE BELL WITCH.

Thank you so much for listening - stay spooky & BE RAD!

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🎧 That Would Be Rad is written and produced by Woody Brown & Tyler Bence
🎧 That Would Be Rad is recorded at Midnight Radio Studios
🎧 Editing, Mixing, Music, and Sound Design by Woody Brown
🎧 Mixing and Mastering by Tyler Bence
🎧 Episode Graphics, Art & Art Design by Tyler Bence
🎧 Our Outro Song "Ghost Story" written by Woody Brown & Tyler Bence + Performed by The Modern Society

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S2 E52: America's Most Haunted House? The Hampton Lillibridge House Oct 24, 2022

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Here in Georgia we have a ton of interesting locations that are potential hotspots for hauntings. The first that come to mind are places like old historic cemeteries, or civil war battlegrounds - both of which could easily be found in any number of residential backyards across the state.
But, there IS a city here in Georgia that is pretty well known to all for having some of the most haunted locations not just in the South, but in the entire nation…
That is the beautiful city Savannah, Georgia - the city that served as the very first state capital when it was just a young British colony.
Although so many of the historic buildings were burnt down during the civil war here in our state, some of those that were saved are said to harbor terrifying things...
This week on our show, join us as we tell the incredible and terrifyingly true story of what has not only become known as the most haunted house in Savannah - but, also perhaps the most haunted house in all of the United States.
Thank you so much for listening - stay spooky & BE RAD!

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S2 E51: The Stroudsburg Rain Man - The Devil & Don Decker Oct 17, 2022

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The mind is a powerful thing. There are certain memories that stick with you forever - sometimes triggered by a smell, or a sound, that will take you immediately back to a moment in time.
Whether a fond memory, or a complete nightmare, it seems that we have very little control of when this will happen. For us, the moment we hear the theme song for Unsolved Mysteries, or hear Robert Stack's voice - suddenly we're pre-teen kids again.
This week we talk about a case that both of us remember hearing about on our old favorite show Unsolved Mysteries - one that back in 1993 they referred to as the "Rain Boy".
This case is a perfectly creepy example of just how powerful the mind potentially is. Don Decker (the Rain Boy, or Rain Man) could seemingly make it start to rain wherever he was, a phenomenon that was witnessed by many including police...one which no one could explain.
Was it a case of hydrokenisis, a demonic possession, or simply what would be arguably one of the most elaborate and difficult hoaxes for the time?
Find out what we think and decide for yourself this week on THAT WOULD BE RAD...
Thank you so much for listening - stay spooky & BE RAD!

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S2 E50: After Hours - Ghosts, Werewolves, and Psycho Killers Oct 10, 2022

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We've all experienced something that terrified us to our very core - in some way or another. Whether it was something we watched on TV as a kid, a book we read, or something we experienced in real life...we all have a story.
Some of them can perhaps be explained away...but, too many of them cannot.
This week's episode is one of our favorites within our annual tradition of all things spooky during our OCTOBER SPOOKTACULAR.
That's because - in this show, we harvest all the gooey, bloody, and hair raising tales from YOU our listeners - and present them in all their terrifying glory!
It turns out that truth is MUCH MORE terrifying than fiction...as you will come to see when you hear stories that deal with ghosts, ghastly projections, Georgia's own werewolf, and the psycho-killer hiding in your house.
WARNING: If you are easily frightened, you may want to STAY AWAY from this episode.
Otherwise - if you're ready to listen and get spooky - we HIGHLY RECOMMEND doing so with headphones so that you can enjoy all the 3D sound design/spatial audio.
Thank you so much for listening - stay spooky & BE RAD!
Special thanks this week to: JJ, Sean, Nancy R., and a dusty old book - for the stories, inspiration, and opportunity to share it with the world.

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S2 E49: Mysterious Moving Coffins & Wandering Graves Oct 03, 2022

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Sometimes things happen that cannot be explained. Objects in your house for example - ending up in places other than where you remember leaving them.
Your keys, your wallet, or something simple for example - which can easily be explained away as "just a lapse in memory".
But what about coffins and graves? Generally those stay put right?
WELCOME TO OUR OCTOBER SPOOKTACULAR!
This week we explore the strange and spooky mysterious phenomenon of Moving Coffins & Wandering Graves. This topic was sent to us by one of our super rad listeners - and it was one that we actually weren't all too familiar with.
We dusted off the books in our studio library and between an old volume of "Folklore" (Vol 18, 1907) and a book illustrated by Will Eisner, we have put together the perfect episode to kick of the spooky season!
Moving coffins, mummies, ghosts, vampires...we cover it all.
So - grab a handful of your favorite Halloween candy, put in your headphones, and let's get spooky!
Thank you so much for listening - BE RAD!

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S2 E48: The Hexham Heads Episode Sep 26, 2022

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In late spring of 1971, two brothers Colin and Leslie Robson, were playing in their garden. As they played and looked for things to throw they began to dig in the dirt - and found something that seemed both interesting and strange. The boys had dug up 2 small heads carved in stone. Roughly the size of an orange or tennis ball. The stone heads had flecks of greenish-grey and glistened with quartz crystals. The heads seemed to be carved of local stone, and had irregularly shaped features, holes for the mouth and eyes, ridges for the nose, and they were not identical.

Fascinated by the mysterious treasure they had found…they decided to keep them.
Little did they know all the strange things that would happen from then on… This is the story of The Hexham Heads.
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S2 E47: Shapeshifters - The Pooka, Changelings, and The Nix Sep 19, 2022

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Three simple words have been etched into our brains since we started this show. "FOLLOW THE FOLKLORE".
It's simple, and 100% true.
We continuously uncover a commonality as we navigate through the "rad strangeness" we end up rifling through and discussing on our show. What we continue to find is that for as long as humans were capable of passing down stories...similar archetypes, creatures, characters, and encounters have occurred all around the world.
Despite being separated by physical proximity and even time...the parallels and similarities are astounding.
Such is the case with what can be generalized as "SHAPESHIFTERS".

The God's honest truth is we fully intended for this episode to just be about SHAPESHIFTERS in general. Initially sparked by a curious photograph taken recently by a group of paranormal researchers, we started with the Irish legend of the Pooka (or Puca).
But, as we dove in - we dove deep, and found we couldn't get out...not quite yet.
So - sit back, grab a few pieces of pure Iron (Fe), and listen to us discuss some of the interesting folklore/legends of The Pooka, Changelings, and the Nix.
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S2 E46: Tyler Finally Watches Dune Sep 12, 2022

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I wish that I could express just how bad I want to underline, enlarge, and make bold - the word "FINALLY" in this episode's title.
In the 20+ years we've known each other I've been trying to convince Tyler to, at the very least, read DUNE by Frank Herbert. Or even to just come over and pop the 1984 David Lynch adaptation in my VCR. (That should have been an easy "yes" because of Sean Young, and Sting being in the movie).
But, much to my disappointment - he continued to not be interested in giving it a chance.
He didn't even listen when I described the greatness of the newest adaptation by Denis Villeneuve and the Allstar cast that came out in 2021.
But - finally the day has come. Get ready to dive into an episode where not only was I proven correct - but, we talk about all there is to love about one of sci-fi's greatest stories - DUNE. A story that I've been obsessed with since I was around 10 years old.
Somehow we dive into a few rabbit trails as to be expected - somehow even going down one on a Radiohead...
Listen to our thoughts about David Lynch's version, the truth behind Tyler's long wait to dive into this universe, what he thinks now, and the magic of Denis Villeneuve.
Thank you so much for listening - BE RAD!
- Woody -

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S2 E45: Star Jelly, Angel Hair, & The Missing Thunderbird Photo Sep 05, 2022

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For literally thousands of years, accounts of strange things from above have been documented. Perhaps one of the earliest accounts occurs in the Book of Joshua in the Old Testament.
Each year at the beginning of the rainy season, the people of Yoro, Honduras, gather buckets, barrels, pails, and nets in anticipation of fish that will fall from the sky.
Frogs, and toads have also fallen numerous time and in monstrous numbers; but so have winkles, worms, and snakes.
Blood has been seen dribbling or pouring from the sky as if lifted right off the screenplay of Jordan Peele's newest movie NOPE, beans and grains fall, and so do meat, muscle and fat.
Coins, swathes of silklike material, strange mysterious material known as "angel hair", buttery substances, and even something called "Star Jelly" are only some of the long list of "skyfall" we dive into on this episode.
Join us as we uncover the strange and mysterious rad things that have rained down from the heavens - seemingly since the dawn of mankind.

Are they gifts from above?
Weird oddities of nature?
or
Evidence of strange "window areas"?
Find out this week when you PRESS PLAY.

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S2 E44: The Thunderbird Episode Aug 29, 2022

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The Chippewa (or Ojibwe) have a tradition - that in the time BEFORE time began - there existed a bird of supreme majesty that descended to earth...which was then only a vast expanse of water.
The birds eyes were fire; it's glance was lightning, and the motion of it's wings rippled through the air with thunder.
Join us this week as we dive into the amazing legends, of The Thunderbird.
All across North America essentially all tribes of Native Americans shared the legends and stories of the Thunderbird.
They became objects of religious ceremony, sacred, symbols of great power, and even creation.
They were loved, respected, and at times...feared.
But, did this ancient being, that interacted with Native Americans and First nations people die off and become extinct with the arrival of settlers?
Was it a giant bird of an uncharted -but now extinct- species, was it a smaller population of pterosaur flying through the skies, or was it simply a way for story tellers to explain weather patterns?
What was it the Native American people saw circling in the sky?
Press play on this episode and explore questions like this with us, as well as the intriguing modern day sightings that are still occurring!
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