Keep It Weird

HELLO YOU STRANGE BEAUTIFUL CREEPS and welcome to SEASON SEVEN of Keep It Weird!!! 

Ho-Ly Sn-ap-ple season seven, can you believe it?  After six full years of content... we think it's time to shake things up a bit. This season we're trying something a little different- as opposed to the episodes being "themed" every episode will be a Helter Skelter.  EVERY episode is going to be chock full of the weirdest of the weird.  Weird news, spooky stories, monsters, murders, aliens, mysticism, things in butts, you name it... we've got it.

This week Ashley and Lauren have a theological history lesson, we find an awesome law enforcement program in Australia, a kitten almost KILLS a guy, we trash talk some (honestly probably very sweet and undeserving) celebs, and we finish it off with the big Kahuna-- Murphysboro Illinois' BIG MUDDY MONSTER.  A bigfoot-like creature who terrorized a small midwest town in the 1970's and could possibly still be there today....

Check out this episode on YOUTUBE if you want to see photos, video clips and some very silly sight gags you may have missed by only enjoying this episode with ONE of your senses.

Here is a clip from our latest episode of KEEP IT BEARD presents: Sacré Bleu, Lásagneu! 

Keep It Beard is just ONE of the series featured on our patreon- each month Ashley and Amy Hanselmann get together to play games and share silly, spooky, strange stories!

This month Ashley brought a collection of strange stories featuring NAMES YOU KNOW. We'll hear a story about Dan Rather & REM that ends in a murder, a very dark smudge on the history of Jameson Irish Whiskey, and we find out how Garfield became the friendly face of beach cleanup in France

Amy is telling us all about the ACID BATH KILLER which is as horrifying as it sounds, truly.  We discuss his crimes, how he was caught, and how some people just aren't cut out to be criminals.

If you want to hear the rest of this episode, are a fan of our show or just want to help an indie pod out on their journey, please consider joining our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast!

Here's a clip of our latest episode of KEEP IT BEARD presents: A Very Suspicious Log

Keep It Beard is just one of the series featured in our patreon- each month Ashley and Amy Hanselmann get together to play games and share silly, spooky, strange stories.

This month Ashley is bringing some NYE stories!  Hauntings that ramp up on December 31st, Murders that took place right around the New Year and even NYE Party Monster.

Amy brings along a NYE heist along with some other heists this same (dare I say brilliant?) crew pulled off before eventually getting caught (womp womp)

If you want to listen to the full episode (along with close to 100 other bonus episodes) head over to www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast and donate to Keep It Weird!  Every penny we make goes to producing the show and ensures that we come back season after season.

We can't wait to see you for more FULL eps of Keep It Weird in 2023!

Auld Lang Syne Weirdos!

It's time to say goodbye to 2022 AND season 6 of our show!  I know I know, that's a huge bummer BUT we still have a Christmas/New Years special AND you can join our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast to get ahold of all of our BONUS episodes AND you can check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast where we have a ton of bonus material! 

Before that though it's time for a 2022 YEAR IN REVIEW where we leave no stone unturned on all the strangest, coolest, wildest, scariest, grossest things that happened this year that we haven't talked about on the show yet.

Ashley is bringing us the year's most fascinating ARCHAEOLOGICAL finds- The golden city of Luxor, The Endurance ship, Saqqara's necropolis, a brand new Egyptian Queen and even an ancient Roman fast food restaurant! 

Lauren's main drag this week is TRUE CRIME- We touch on the Idaho College murders and give updates to the Delphi murders, Gabby Petito's family, the Murdochs, Bobby Durst, Lori Vallow, and even our old friend (or foe??) Adnan Syed!

We cover some things we learned on TikTok this year and some CRAZY discoveries in the world of SCIENCE!  This episode really has it all.

You can also WATCH this episode on YouTube if you like seeing our faces and want to support our channel!

Okay, kids.  This is Ashley and Lauren signing off.  We'll see you in 2023!

Welcome to the SUNSHINE STATE, weirdos! 

Home of Mickey Mouse, gators, oranges and the infamous Florida Man!  And we have a Florida Man with us today to help show us around his home state.  WAYNE MCCARTY from Florida Men on Florida Man joins us as we take a look at some of the strangest stories we could find from the strangest state in our country.

Ashley is bringing us the story of a CANNIBAL FOG that's rumored to have roamed the state for CENTURIES and a small town near Daytona Beach that is also known as the psychic capital of the world! 

Lauren is, of course, bringing the CRIME and boy did she have a lot to pick from.  She starts off with the story of Kolby Parker who killed his grandfather... for his ears?!  And finishes our episode with a collection of hilarious Florida Men who were arrested for very silly crimes.

Wayne is bringing some tales submitted by listeners of their show that you may not hear literally anywhere else!  An urban legend of a roughed up deer that serves as a bad omen for anyone who sees it and a decade old journal of descending madness found in an abandoned cabin in the Ocala National Forest.

THIS EPISODE IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO FORM ON YOUTUBE so please head over and check it out there!  

It's time to strap on those safety goggles again, Weirdos, because we're doing SCIENCE MAGIC again this week with more ALCHEMY!

This time around Lauren and Ashley are going back through time and highlighting some famous (and not so famous) alchemists who changed the world... for better or for worse.

Ashley brings us Mr Gravity himself Sir Isaac Newton- a secret alchemist and occultist who used this mysterious magical science in a lot of his research that helped him develop theories we STILL use today.  Along with honorable mentions Doctor Sex Magic Aleister Crowley and even, believe it or not, Joseph Smith- the founder of the LDS church.

Lauren is all about the ladies, taking it back to ancient Egypt and studying the works of Mary the Jewess and her student Cleopatra the Alchemist (not to be confused with the other Cleopatra) and how without them our skin would be awfully saggy and happy hours would be awfully boring.

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Eureka, Weirdos!

We've discovered a new obsession!  A fascinating and sometimes SEXY spiritual science called ALCHEMY!! 

This is part one of our alchemy series and like the thousands of female alchemists before us we are rushing for those test tubes.

Ashley starts us off with an introduction to alchemy.  What is it?  Where did it start?  How did it go from an attempt to turn metals into better metals to a spiritual journey of trying to turn yourself into a better person?  To live eternally?? What does sex have to do with any of it?

Lauren is teaching us all about the coveted Philosopher's Stone!  Was it a stone?  Why does everyone want it?  Has anyone ever actually found it? What does Harry Potter have to do with any of this?  

We explore the humble beginnings of The Great Work and marvel over the many, MANY amazing discoveries and inventions that we have today thanks to the pursuit of this wacky magical pasttime.

Next week in part two we are going to be discussing several KEY PLAYERS throughout the history of alchemy, their contributions and whether they achieved their Magnum Opus.

Consequences, ok?  This episode is all about consequences.

Hi Weirdos! Welcome to another HELTER SKELTER- the episodes with no theme or topic in sight.  This was SUPPOSED to be a paranormal investigation but SOMEBODY didn't show up. (The ghosts.  The ghosts didn't show up)

In our Helter Skelter episodes we each bring a handful of strange things/happenings/and goings on in the world to scream, cry and laugh about.

This week Ashley is bringing a few short clips from the paranormal investigation episode that never was, a brand new conspiracy theory and a handful of TV, Movie and documentary recommendations for fellow weird lovers.

Lauren is bringing us a story about an animal attack that actually may shed some light on a very famous true crime case and a new PSA from our lovely friends at the National Park Services.  

So sit back, relax and put your strange shoes on because we're heading out into the weird wide world! 

Happy Halloween Boils & Ghouls!

As usual we are bringing you some SPOOKY SCARY STORIES to send chills down your spine and to raise your electricity bill for all the LIGHTS you'll have to keep on!  It's time for LISTENER GHOST STORIES!! 

This week we have ghosts, djinn, alien abductions, murders, and even a mysterious phone call... from beyond??  But most importantly... this week we have Handsome Joe.  That's right for the FIRST TIME ever we are welcoming a guest into the SACRED SPACE that is Listener Ghost Stories and who better to invite in than the loud, angry, handsome personality we all know and love.

We thought it would be fun to try and creep Joey out this week and boy did we ever succeed.  He gasps, he grunts, he screams and he even kicks a woman in the face... eh you'll just have to listen to find out.

As usual LGS are best when listening through a set of HEADPHONES and WARNING: there are sound effects that may be jarring so if you are listening and driving or slicing or operating heavy machinery-- be aware.

The music in the episode is provided by Vivek Abishek, White Bat Audio and Kevin Macleod.

It's time to get comfy, cozy AND cool with some seriously DARK cults!

This week Ashley is BUSY GETTING MARRIED so Lauren is joined by a very special surprise guest-- our resident CULT expert and fashionista- you remember him best from the Queen Mary investigation- TYLER SCHUELKE! 

This week Lauren and Tyler have some VERY disturbing, creepy, crawly, sick and twisted CULTS.  Lauren brings us a somewhat well known man, with a possibly less well known cult.  Henry Lee Lucas, also known as The Confession Killer, who CLAIMED to have taken the lives of over 3,000 people was ALSO involved with a cult that... may have never existed?  It's kind of like ANTIFA.. a lot of people have stories to tell.. but theres no... actual.. proof.

And Tyler bring us the story of the Cult of the Black Jesus out of Papua New Guinea!  It never had an official name but the leader, Steven Tari, referred to himself as black Jesus.. so what else would we call it?  This monster was a Lutheran bible student who not only said he was Christ, but murdered, raped many women he kept as sex slaves, and was even accused of cannibalism before his grisly end... but I'll let Tyler give you the creepy deets.

They wrap up the episode with a really compelling conversation about the value of a show like Netflix's DAHMER but also the cringeworthy-ness of people who treat serial killers like celebrities.