Episodes

  • Dell Hath No Fury

    Dell Hath No Fury
    Dec 13 2024
    TW: Murder, racism, war, mention of rape Welcome back, Weirdos and WATCH OUT FOR VOORHEES!! it's another Friday the 13th episode! Every time we get together we chat about something WEIRD and this week is chock-full of crazy. Lauren starts us off by reminding us the reason for the season-- the season of course being Friday the 13th and the reason being FEAR. Lauren breaks down some of the WORST most horrible horrific things to have ever occurred on Friday the 13th - just to get our blood flowing. Then Ashley comes in with a WHOPPER of a CONSPIRACY THEORY!! Did you know that some people believe that the reason the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 was because they were attempting to reverse engineer alien technology and they knew that there was information hidden in ancient sumerian texts & artifacts that held the secrets they were missing? SOUNDS NUTS but hear us out-- there might be something to this one. Then Lauren finishes off strong with a WHERE IN THE WORLD IS KEEP IT WEIRD and a trip to the Wisconsin Dells. What is a dell you ask? Nobody knows. We talk about water parks, haunted saloons, creepy TCBYs, clown museums, strange archeological finds and more. Long live the dells! Check out some LINKS below if you want to do some reading on today's strange topics! Thank you SO MUCH for tuning in to another episode of our show. Prepare yourself for our SEASON 8 FINALE next week with an amazing guest and all the yule tide cheer you can handle. Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast Join our Patreon for BONUS EPISODES every month, discounts on merch and FREE TAROT CARD READINGS! www.patreon.com/keepitweirdcast SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE at youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast RATE OUR SHOW 5 stars if you please but 4 works too :) Gilgamesh MESH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh#:~:text=The%20Epic%20of%20Gilgamesh%20was,it%20and%20the%20Hebrew%20Bible. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2020/04/30/the-epic-of-gilgamesh/ https://vocal.media/fiction/us-iraq-war-and-the-epic-of-gilgamesh https://www.newsweek.com/us-invade-iraq-ancient-stargate-1766705 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/ancient-gilgamesh-tablet-returns-to-iraq-30-years-after-being-looted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bogdanos https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/matthew-bogdanos-83-righting-ancient-wrongs What the DELL?? https://www.dells.com/info/history/#:~:text=When%20the%20great%20glacial%20lake,rock%20formations%20we%20see%20today. https://www.cultofweird.com/blog/dark-weird-dead-wisconsin-dells/ https://www.wanderingeducators.com/wisconsin-dells-history-told-sandstone.html
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • The Brain Worm Squirm

    The Brain Worm Squirm
    Nov 29 2024

    TW: Mental Health Disorders (schizophrenia, depression, Cotard's syndrome) Drug Use, Death

    It's a nice day for a... Black Friday! It's a nice day to... START AGAIIIIIN!

    Hi Weirdos!! Happy BLACK Friday we hope you're ready to do the Brain Worm Squirm as we dive into this week's WEIRD topics and celebrate all things DARK! Lauren starts us off with a banger as she launches into JEEPERS CREEPERS (I hate it so much) and teaches us about Cotard's Syndrome. It's nickname however is maybe more appropriate: "Walking Corpse Syndrome." Cotard's is a very rare mental disorder wherein the patient believes either they ARE dead (or dying,) they no longer exist, or sometimes simply that they are losing blood, internal organs or body parts. Its... rough. But no worries, Ashley is here to lighten the mood with an ANCIENT ARTIFACTS (sponsored by Addie Rife) that is all about AYAHUASCA! How the drug is made, what it is doing to your brain when ingested and even how use of the drug could solve some of mankind's OLDEST mysteries. From deep in the Amazon to the furthest reaches of space and time-- this is one TRIP you don't want to miss. Get it? Check out some LINKS below if you want to read up on any of the topics we discussed in today's episode JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to get a FULL SEGMENT that was cut for time this week plus BONUS EPISODES every month, discounts on merch and FREE TAROT READINGS!! LIKE our videos and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast) to a) help us look cool and b) be the first to know when a new video is uploaded FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS for our FINALE (recording on 12/11) with AMY GOLDENBERG!! LIVING DEAD GIRL (& BOY & NON-BINARY) https://www.healthline.com/health/cotard-delusion https://npistanbul.com/en/what-is-walking-corpse-syndrome SAY MAYBE TO DRUGS https://www.centreofexcellence.com/sacred-geometry-symbols-meanings/#:~:text=The%20ancient%20Greek%20philosopher%20Plato,the%20foundation%20of%20nature's%20elements. https://www.incentrelondon.com/blog/the-flower-of-life-and-the-secrets-it-holds-to-life-on-earth
    https://spiritvineretreats.com/ayahuasca-blog/what-is-sacred-geometry/ https://www.drjamescooke.com/read/aya-visions https://neip.info/novo/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/highpine_origin-of-ayahuasca_neip_2012.pdf https://unlimitedsciences.org/exploring-the-history-and-therapeutic-potential-of-ayahuasca/
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Did It All For WHAT Nookie?

    Did It All For WHAT Nookie?
    Nov 15 2024

    Welcome to Hell, Weirdos!!


    Just kidding, it won't ALL be hell. Only a little hell, as a treat. Welcome to KEEP IT WEIRD the podcast for all things strange and unusual, unsettling and unsolved, unexplained and overwhelmed, spicy, silly and everything in between and we are OFFICALLY BACK to finish out another year of weird. This week is heavy on the mysteries but, hey, so is life my friend! Ashley starts us off with the Canneto di Caronia fires that took place in 2003 & 2004. HUNDREDS of spontaneous fires erupted in the small Sicilian village prompting the government to evacuate and bring in hundreds of specialists to look for a cause.. but to this day... we have very few answers. Lauren brings us a new segment THE MISSING and covers the tragic story of Christine Walters who has now been missing for 16 years. Was she involved in the illegal farming of marijuana? Did she join a cult? Was she attacked by someone on one of her nature walks? Unfortunately we may never know Just in case that last story got a little too depressing-- Ashley comes back in with an unsolved mystery from 1969 revolving the LESSER FAMOUS space flight Apollo 10. Something very strange happened aboard that ship and we'll never know who was responsible.... Check out some links below if you want to read up on any of the topics we discussed this week. FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episodes, discounts on merch, sponsored segments and FREE tarot card readings! WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE (& no one knows who did) https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4669114 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canneto_di_Caronia_fires https://allthatsinteresting.com/canneto-di-caronia-fires IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON CHRISTINE CALL 707-445-7251 https://medium.com/cold-cases-unsolved-crimes/woman-vanishes-after-illegal-tea-ceremony-where-is-christine-walters-c95ebf2daa35 https://www.times-standard.com/2013/11/14/without-a-trace-a-familys-search-for-their-daughter-young-wisconsin-woman-disappeared-in-eureka-five-years-ago-today/ Who's Poop Was It? https://www.vox.com/2015/5/26/8646675/apollo-10-turd-poop
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • A Celebration of Strange: The Guest-isode

    A Celebration of Strange: The Guest-isode
    Nov 7 2024

    TW: foul language, death, sex work, voodoo, Donald Trump, perverts

    Hi Weirdos!

    Are you ready for a trip into the past? This week we are taking a break after our busy BUSY October (& we’re hiding under a rock until we recover from the election) SO, it’s time for a CELEBRATION OF STRANGE! This is a special “Guest-isode”

    We are MISSING OUR GUESTS so I wanted to share with you a collection of clips where our GUESTS have been the experts in their topic and have come on the show to really educate us in their career, passion, obsession or just their everyday life.

    You’re going to hear from people who have weird jobs, weird bodies, weird interests and MORE! Weird is wonderful. Weird is a compliment. WEIRD is our absolute favorite thing. Weird is nothing to be ashamed about in fact… we believe it should be celebrated.

    Check out the list of episodes included below along with the social media handles of our guests featured in this episode in case you’d like to listen to a particular episode in full or give them a follow!

    You can follow US on social media @keepitweirdcast

    Please consider DONATING TO OUR PATREON!! You can donate ONE TIME or set up a MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION and with that patronage you’ll receive 2 bonus episodes every single month, discounts on merch, AD FREE episodes and you can even submit a topic to sponsor for the podcast. You can check that out at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast

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    Clip 1: “My Body Ate My Balls” - Season 3 Episode 6

    Guest: Nick Wuthrich @nickandrewcomedy

    Clip 2: “The Hole Story”- Season 5 Episode 11

    Guest: Chloe @happylittleholespod

    Clip 3: “Believing is Seeing” - Season 3 Episode 21

    Guest: Amy Goldenberg @houseofeheronseye

    Clip 4: “The Proof is in the Pudding Bones” - Season 6 Episode 23

    Guest: Joe Ochs @joe.ochs

    Clip 5: “Rah Rah Sis Boom AHH!” - Season 4 Episode 1

    Guest: Carl Tart @dammitcarl

    Clip 6: “Flaming Hosers” Season 5 Episode 19

    Guest: DJ Demers @djdemers

    Clip 7: “Under Pressure” Season 3 Episode 8

    Guest: Melanie Vartabedian @mermaidmelo
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Relatable Hauntings

    Relatable Hauntings
    Oct 25 2024
    TW: death. P Diddy, racial injustice, agoraphobia, drug use, scary stories & sound effects that may be jarring for some listeners

    Blessed Samhain, Weirdos!

    It's time for our annual HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! This one is full of spooky stories, horror movie trivia, and killer costumes. Seven horror stories sent in by YOU our lovely listeners- stories about ghosts, changelings, haunted objects, premonitions, poltergeists, and the creepiest of all--- SCARY PEOPLE. KEEP IN MIND-- there are sound effects and music added in to give you the creeps-- but if you have misophonia or another type of sensitivity to sounds-- we always upload a SOUNDEFFECT/MUSIC FREE version on our patreon that is available to ALL-- www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast. We also play several rounds of HORROR MOVIE TRIVIA -- how many answers did YOU get right? Check out this walkthrough of Discovery Park, Seattle from our second story in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnJZGEvNb5E FOLLOW us on social media @keepitweirdcast JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast for BONUS EPISODES (2-3 a month!) discounts on merch & even FREE tarot card readings! SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE CHANNEL where we post all of our episodes as VIDEOS!

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • The Truth is IN HERE

    The Truth is IN HERE
    Oct 11 2024
    TW: death, murder, torture cannibalism, animal injuries, government conspiracies, and brief mention of pedophilia Do you think I'm spooky, weirdos? Welcome to KEEP IT WEIRD the podcast for all things strange & unusual, X-tra creepy & conspiratorial, X-tremely vile and X-actly what you need this October This episode is an X-FILES-TRAVAGANZA!! It's time to put on your Scully and Mulder thinking caps to try and get to the bottom of some REAL LIFE X-Files that REALLY could have used Fox and Dana's investigating. Our (returning) special guest this week, artist BILLY ROACH is bringing us a nice CONSPIRACY as we chat about the fact & fictions surrounding the REPTILIANS. Are they here? Have they taken over the bodies of politicians, actors and royalty? DO THEY HAVE LOW BLOOD PRESSURE? Ashley makes sure we get a little ALIEN CHAT in right at the beginning before she brings us a very Scully-friendly SCIENTIFIC look at a 100+ year old mystery. How in the world did Edward Leedskalnin build Coral Castle in Florida? How did he lift objects that were close to 60,000 lbs? BY HIMSELF?! In the dark.... ?? And finally Lauren brings us our MONSTER OF THE WEEK as she chronicles the life and death of a man only known as TARRARE. His insatiable hunger (that was caused by either an unknown disease or the fact that he was born on another planet) got him kicked out of his family home, made him the star of the circus, almost got him killed in the war between France & Prussia and eventually put him in some real hot water when he turned to human flesh for satisfaction. Join us for this X-tra long, X-tra WEIRD episode and love letter to one of the best TV shows of all time. Follow Billy Roach @billyroachart Make sure you are following us on social media @keepitweirdcast we are currently running our OCTOBER CONTESTS where you can win free merch, free sponsorship of a KIW Segment AND the grand prize of BEING A GUEST ON OUR SHOW!! Join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast-- this is how we get ALL of our money to produce this show, make and distribute our merch and ensure that we keep coming back season after season. You won't go home empty handed-- you'll get bonus episodes every month, discounts on merch and FREE tarot readings!! And if you're watching us on Youtube LIKE THIS VIDEO & SUBSCRIBE to our channel :) LIZARDS FOR SURE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/qanon-s-capitol-rioters-nashville-bomber-s-lizard-people-theory-ncna1253819 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/apr/07/conspiracy-theory-paranoia-aliens-illuminati-beyonce-vaccines-cliven-bundy-jfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFpenWfCPyM https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/10/21/dutch-far-right-leader-claims-world-is-governed-by-evil-reptiles_6001236_4.html https://cityofbishopvillesc.com/the-lizard-man/ THE IMPOSSIBLE CASTLE https://bittersoutherner.com/coral-castle-a-haunting-monument-to-love-or-aliens-or-limestone-coral-castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin https://frightfind.com/mystery-of-the-coral-castle/ MONSTER TARRARE https://www.spoldhamauthor.com/spoldhamauthor/blog/the-truly-horrific-and-insatiable-appetites-of-tarrare-and-of-charles-domery https://retrofuturista.com/the-insatiable-tarrare-a-man-of-unfathomable-hunger/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161014-the-man-who-couldnt-stop-eating
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Lightbulb Boycott

    Lightbulb Boycott
    Sep 27 2024

    TW: Sexual assault, suspicions of murder, missing persons, short mention of abuse of an animal

    Bonjour, Weirdos and welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD the podcast for all things strange & unusual, conspiratorial & psychological, unsolved & unhinged and EVERYTHING in between. This week we've got some OLD BUSINESS to attend to right off the bat because Ashley has an update from last episode on THE GATEWAY PROJECT!! Turns out... uh... page 25 has not been missing for a few years now. So we go over what that page entails and how it may just change the way you view the world forever. Then Lauren takes us into a PARANORMAL PARADISE as we discover you don't need an old dilapidated mansion to live with ghosts-- sometimes apartments can be JUST as scary! The haunting of Brooklyn's 455A Sackett Street is a strange and terrifying tale of what happens when a place is used for bad deeds for too long.... Ashley brings us home with an UNSOLVED MYSTERY and potentially even an unsolved murder, as we learn about a man named Louis Le Prince who disappeared without a trace only DAYS before he was to unveil the world's very first working moving picture machine. The patent for the machine just so happened to disappear alongside him and a mere 8 months later a very famous inventor announced that HE had invented the world's very first moving picture machine... and boy did it look an awful lot like Le Prince's design...... Today's episode is dedicated to a lover of our show, a listener we lost on September 21st, 2023. Susan Lee Bartlem, Lee to all who knew her well, passed away exactly a year to the DAY that we recorded this episode. (which was an accident... but there are no accidents.) Lee was a beloved teacher at Rockhampton Girls Grammar School in Queensland Australia for 23 years and she was a REAL WEIRDO. Not only did they play Metallica and read Anne Rice at her funeral, but her family even got Keep It Weird tattoos in her honor. It would have been a thrill to meet Lee in real life, on this astral plane, but she lives on forever in the hearts of her students, her friends and family, and with all of us who call ourselves weirdos with pride. Check out some LINKS below if you want to do some further reading on today's strange tales. Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast
    LIKE our videos and SUBSCRIBE to our channel on YouTube at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episodes every month, discounts on merch, a chance to sponsor a segment of our show AND FREE tarot readings. That Darn Missing Page https://www.vice.com/en/article/found-page-25-of-the-cias-gateway-report-on-astral-projection/ Apartment from Hell https://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost-story.php?story=172

    https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/g22635979/real-life-haunted-house-stories/# Missing Le Prince https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702108701603 https://harpers.org/archive/2022/04/who-killed-louis-le-prince-on-the-forgotten-father-of-film/
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Mother Shipton & the Dreamlets

    Mother Shipton & the Dreamlets
    Sep 13 2024
    TW: witchcraft, murder, air travel disasters Hi Weirdos!! Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD-- the podcast for all things strange & unusual, wicked and WILD, perky and petrifying and everything in between.
    This week's episode is a wild ride and we're traveling all throughout space and time to bring it to you! Lauren starts us off with a WHERE IN THE WORLD (Is Keep It Weird Going?) as we astral project to an old creepy cave in LONDON where a witch was born! Mother Shipton's Cave is England's OLDEST tourist attraction-- it's been operating since 1630!! There are a lot of strange things about this cave-- specifically the petrifying water well that turns objects into stone! AND DID I MENTION A WITCH WAS BORN THERE?! Then we both fall DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE where Ashley takes us from a prophetic dream, to a plane crash, to a CIA declassified document, to NASA and then all the way back to a 13th century dance as we discuss consciousness & whether or not it can temporarily leave our bodies. Check out some links below if you want to do some further reading on the topics discussed in today's episode! FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast LIKE & SUBSCRIBE if you're on youtube (and if you aren't, get over there!! www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast) JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast for bonus episodes, discounts on merch, divination readings & more! MOTHER SHIPTON'S CAVE https://www.mothershipton.co.uk/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mother-shipton-s-cave-and-the-petrifying-well https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2015/08/14/old-mother-shipton/ Collective Consciousness/Gateway Process/Premonitions/OBE

    https://morbidkuriosity.com/david-booth-and-american-airlines-flight-191/

    https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/rain-of-fire-falling-the-crash-of-american-airlines-flight-191-e17ffc5369e5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoDi40ZxNqU https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9qag/how-to-escape-the-confines-of-time-and-space-according-to-the-cia/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R001700210016-5.pdf https://magazine.tcu.edu/spring-2008/losing-consciousness-cockpit/ https://www.dar-al-masnavi.org/about_rumi.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi_whirling
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    1 hr and 8 mins