It Gets Weird

Oct 27 2024 432 ep. 70 mins 2.1k

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Longtime friends Nile and Kyle are the leading conspiracy, cryptozoology, and paranormal experts in their fields. Well, at least in their apartment. Join them and a revolving door of friends every Sunday for a deep dive into the curious, the unexplained, and the outright weird.

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Episode 430 - Tourism (Biringan City)

Oct 27 2024 72 mins

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

Episode 429 - An Interdimensional Grounder (Tuscumbia Penguins)

Oct 20 2024 69 mins

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

Episode 428 - A More Beautiful Mind (Elenin Apocalypse)

Oct 13 2024 83 mins

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

Episode 427 - Tumblr Sexy Hat Man (The Hat Man)

Oct 06 2024 98 mins

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 abo

Episode 426 - Poomping the Soft Earth (White Thang)

Sep 29 2024 79 mins

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

Episode 425 - Gaming on the Mind (Cisco Grove Encounter)

Sep 22 2024 92 mins

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 intr

Episode 424 - Devilbabyitsaboy (Hull House)

Sep 15 2024 89 mins

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 settleme

Episode 423 - Assassination Gallery (Sidney Gottlieb, Part 3)

Sep 08 2024 85 mins

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

Episode 422 - Winning Halloween (Sidney Gottlieb, Part 2)

Sep 01 2024 82 mins

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!

Episode 421 - Braces (Sidney Gottlieb, Part 1)

Aug 25 2024 91 mins

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