The Some Weird Podcast

Nov 14 2024 82 ep. 42 mins 6
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The Some Weird Podcast is a show about folklore, the unexplained, and strange history told from a Newfoundlander's point of view. It is hosted by Crissy and Barry: a sister and brother team who hail from Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Canada. In this show, "some" means "very" and "weird" just means "weird".

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Slenderman: Modern Folklore and The Slenderman Attempted Murder Trial

Nov 14 2024 32 mins  
A photoshop contest brought forth a modern-day urban legend: Slenderman. Though we can clearly trace the origins of this monster’s creation, for at least 2 pre-teens, this fictional character became real enough to inspire a terrible crime. Warning: some language or themes may not be suitable for all ages. Check out our website: www.someweirdpodcast.com Have your own story or

Sealand and Other Weird International Borders

Oct 31 2024 38 mins  
Our planet is about 29% land and we’ve chopped that land up to create countries. Some of the borders we have created make sense and others…well not so much. In this episode, we tell you about Sealand, an independent principality off the English coast, and bizarre international borders between India and Bangladesh, Belgium and The Netherlands, and even Canada and the United Stat

Secular Prophets: Nostradamus and The Simpsons

Oct 17 2024 32 mins  
Can anyone tell the future or do we just fill in the blanks in hindsight? Many believe some have genuinely had the gift of prognostication. People have been obsessed with French physician Nostradamus’ prophecies for 500 years. More recently, the oft-referenced animated show ‘The Simpsons’ has been touted as the modern Nostradamus. Is second sight a thing? Or do we believe wha

The Moon Landing Conspiracy

Oct 03 2024 42 mins  
The tin-foil hat crowd believe that the whole moon landing was fake news. Why? We’ll report on their beliefs and present what they say is proof. Also, we’ll look at the super weird idea that Stanley Kubrick tattled on himself as the one who filmed the fake footage by putting Easter eggs in the 1980 movie ‘The Shining’. It’s a stretch and it’s some weird, b’y. Warning

Pareidolia: Faces in Toast and Faces of Belmez

Sep 19 2024 32 mins  
Pareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing patterns in nonsense. We see clouds that look like all manner of things, everyday items that seem to have human expressions, and sometimes, Jesus shows up in toast! Other times, rando faces just appear on the kitchen floor. Why do we see them and why do they happen? Some weird, b’y! Warning: some language or themes may not be suitable for a

Supernatural Trials

Sep 05 2024 27 mins  
We’re back for a 7th season and we’re kicking it off with supernatural trials. There’s all kinds of defenses to use in a murder trial but have you ever heard of the ‘Bear Walker Defense’? It’s definitely a thing. Not into true crime? No problem! What do you think about real estate law? Did you ever buy a house only to find out later it was haunted? The case of Stambovsk

Season 6 Stories From Newfoundland and Labrador

Apr 01 2024 55 mins  
This is our last episode for Season 6. We welcome back our guest host Ted and we talk about more stories from Newfoundland and Labrador. We talk about the origins of the Screech In Ceremony where you can become an honorary Newfoundlander in just a few easy steps. Then we visit a forgotten monument that was meant to commemorate the completion of the Trans-Canada Highway. Finally, we

Can Bread Make You Hallucinate?

Mar 11 2024 30 mins  
This episode was inspired by the super popular and super awesome video game and HBO adaptation “The Last of Us”. In the series, cordyceps evolve to spawn a zombie pandemic but is this more than science fiction? While nothing of this magnitude is likely to happen, the fungus ergot has been cited as the possible cause of an event in 1951 where many people in a small town had some

Bonus *Remastered* Sleep Paralysis: The Old Hag

Feb 26 2024 33 mins  
No brand new episode this week. Instead, please enjoy this remastered episode from our first season. Get ready for the creeps as we get personal with our experiences with sleep paralysis or, as it is called in Newfoundland, The Old Hag. In this nightmare fuel episode, we look at its origins across multiple cultures, what the heck is going on when we sleep and dream, and how can we

Munchausen's Syndrome

Feb 15 2024 36 mins  
In this episode we look into the namesake of Munchausen’s Syndrome. This is a condition where people fake being sick in order to gain sympathy from others. Then we look at the very strange case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard who suffered her whole life at the hands of her own mother who had the related Munchausen’s By Proxy Syndrome where a caregiver fakes or induces illness in their