Episodios

  • Killer Ouija Board

    Killer Ouija Board
    Mar 28 2026

    Today's True Weird Stuff - Killer Ouija Board

    Some say the Ouija board is just a game. A toy. A harmless way to pass the time. But in 1933, Dorothea Turley—once celebrated as America’s ideal of beauty—found herself trapped in a life she no longer wanted. Isolated, restless, and searching for answers, she turned to a Ouija board. What she got back was a sinister command: kill your husband.
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    1 h y 26 m
  • Cursed Bread

    Cursed Bread
    Mar 21 2026

    Today's True Weird Stuff - Cursed Bread

    In 1951, a quiet French village descended into chaos after people began hallucinating, screaming about monsters, and even jumping from windows—all after eating bread. Officially blamed on contaminated grain, the case took a darker turn when connections to CIA LSD experiments and the mysterious death of a government scientist surfaced. Was this a tragic accident… or a secret test on an entire town?
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    1 h y 44 m
  • The Jumper

    The Jumper
    Mar 14 2026

    Today's True Weird Stuff - The Jumper

    On November 28, 1953, a man crashed through a tenth-floor window at New York City’s Hotel Statler. His name was Frank Olson — a scientist working on some of the most disturbing top-secret programs of the Cold War. Days earlier, the CIA had secretly dosed him with LSD. The official story? A troubled man had a breakdown and jumped. But decades later, new evidence raised a terrifying possibility: Frank Olson didn’t jump...he was thrown.
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    1 h y 13 m
  • Open Wide

    Open Wide
    Mar 7 2026

    Today's True Weird Stuff - Open Wide

    In the early 1900s, psychiatrist Dr. Henry Cotton claimed he could cure mental illness by removing hidden infections in the body. His theory led to a shocking medical practice at the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane in Trenton—patients had all of their teeth pulled, tonsils removed, and even parts of their intestines surgically removed in an attempt to eliminate bacteria believed to cause insanity. What started as a revolutionary medical theory quickly spiraled into one of the most disturbing chapters in psychiatric history.
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    1 h y 36 m
  • Scarlett Sisters

    Scarlett Sisters
    Feb 28 2026

    Today's True Weird Stuff - Scarlett Sisters

    Born into Southern privilege, sisters Ada and Minna Simms escaped violent marriages, stumbled into show business, and eventually pivoted into running what became the most luxurious brothel in America. The Everleigh Club catered exclusively to millionaires, politicians, gangsters, and royalty. Ada and Minna transformed prostitution into an elite, curated luxury experience that also brought controversy to their front door.
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    1 h y 32 m
  • Jeffrey Epstein, Vampire

    Jeffrey Epstein, Vampire
    Feb 21 2026

    Today's True Weird Stuff - Jeffrey Epstein, Vampire

    How do you build a conspiracy theory? Start with a villain. Add power. Stir in mystery. True Weird Stuff examines the internet's bizarre claim that Jeffrey Epstein is an immortal vampire who once lived as President Andrew Jackson. We trace the ingredients: the suspicious timing of press releases, strange digital footprints after Epstein’s death, the uncanny resemblance to the face on the $20 bill — and society's refusal to accept an unsatisfying ending.
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    1 h y 32 m
  • Swing Your Partner

    Swing Your Partner
    Feb 15 2026

    Today's True Weird Stuff - Swing Your Partner

    From 17th-century folk traditions to 20th-century propaganda, the square dance traveled a long road before landing in your elementary school gym. What looks like homespun Americana hides a secret: a powerful man’s fear that jazz was a threat to white America. Sometimes the most wholesome traditions carry the darkest fingerprints.
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    1 h y 30 m
  • Chronovision

    Chronovision
    Feb 7 2026

    Today's True Weird Stuff - Chronovision

    In 1972, a Vatican priest claimed he built a machine that could watch past events like a television...everything from ancient Rome to the crucifixion of Christ. Father Pellegrino Ernetti called his invention the Chronovisor, and Ernetti claimed the Vatican saw the machine, feared it, and hid it away forever. The Chronovisor promised answers that no religion or government could survive. Was it the greatest secret ever buried, or a warning about wanting proof too badly?
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    1 h y 25 m