Texas: Slang for Crazy
145 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsWe also have some extremely weird stuff you can only find in Texas, and this podcast is here to share that weirdness with you. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
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The Graveyard Football Field
October 18, 2022 20:58 - 3 minutes - 3.52 MBOnce a cemetery, Rogan Field has a pretty creepy past. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Texarkana Phantom
October 11, 2022 17:50 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBIn 1946 a series of horrific murders led to one of Texas' most terrifying cold cases. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Texas' Eric the Red
October 02, 2022 20:29 - 9 minutes - 8.59 MBDr Scheffey was known for leaving surgeries covered in blood, so why did it take so long to get the orthopedic surgeon to stop practicing? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Texas Poison Lady
September 12, 2022 01:16 - 3 minutes - 3.24 MBIt may be difficult to find Luci Zahray online, but her information has helped to create hundreds of fictional poisonings. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Leaning Tower of Dallas
August 29, 2022 00:05 - 3 minutes - 3.07 MBIn 2020, a demolition failure led to the temporary creation of one of Dallas' most photographed landmarks. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Rhinory
August 19, 2022 18:26 - 3 minutes - 3.34 MBTexas Hill Country has a very unique winery: the Rhino supporting Rhinory. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Texarkana Fish Rain
August 01, 2022 01:19 - 1 minute - 1.77 MBIn late 2021 Texarkana had one heck of a weird rain storm --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Devil's Backbone
July 24, 2022 23:22 - 2 minutes - 2.66 MBIf you're traveling the scenic route between Wimberly and Blanco, you may find yourself on the Devil's Backbone --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
That time Merle Haggard Broke a World Record
June 10, 2022 12:24 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MBBilly Bob's in Fort Worth is known for more than just an indoor riding ring. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Pancho Villa's Trigger Finger?
June 03, 2022 15:05 - 3 minutes - 3.55 MBAt Dave's Pawn shop in El Paso, a mummified finger is rumored to belong to an infamous Mexican outlaw. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Marfa Lights
May 28, 2022 19:47 - 4 minutes - 4.39 MBJust outside the city of Marfa, strange lights float near Highway 90, but what are they? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Houston Ice Box Murders
May 15, 2022 20:02 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBA grisly discovery in 1965 remains one of Houston's strangest unsolved murders. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
That time a Roman Bust was Found in an Austin Goodwill
May 06, 2022 13:50 - 5 minutes - 4.72 MBThrifting sometimes leads to the discovery of treasures, but no one was expecting to find a 2,000-year-old Roman Statue at the Goodwill. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Intense Love of Frenchy McCormick
April 15, 2022 21:21 - 4 minutes - 4.08 MBWhen a Texas town dried up, one woman would not be moved from her husband's side. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
How an Austinite Saved European Fashion
April 10, 2022 21:11 - 5 minutes - 4.66 MBA Texan ended up being Gucci's secret weapon. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Rest in Peace Hispanic Elvis
April 03, 2022 15:43 - 3 minutes - 3.3 MBThis week San Antonio locals are mourning the loss of our local celebrity, Hispanic Elvis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The "Johnson" Treatment
March 25, 2022 13:55 - 3 minutes - 3.54 MBLBJ was known to go "all the way" and sometimes that involved interactions with a body part he liked to call "Jumbo." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Legend of the Woofus
March 13, 2022 20:53 - 2 minutes - 2.52 MBA strange statue in Dallas has an even weirder history. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Rise and Fall of the Naked Cyclist
March 06, 2022 22:42 - 1 minute - 1.81 MBJoseph Farley made the news for his unicycle and not a stitch of clothing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
That Time Ozzy Peed on the Alamo
February 27, 2022 22:49 - 3 minutes - 3.13 MBFor Texans, the Alamo is often considered a holy site. In 1982 Ozzy Osbourne made a big mistake by peeing there. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Bernie Tiede- A Murderer Few People Could Hate
February 04, 2022 13:36 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBWhat do you do when the nicest man in town is guilty of murdering one of the meanest women in town? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Candy Barr- "I did what I had to survive"
January 29, 2022 18:35 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBInfamous burlesque dancer Candy Barr has been mostly forgotten, but this Texas woman deserves to be remembered. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Mike Martin- The Politician Who Had Himself Shot
January 20, 2022 16:03 - 5 minutes - 4.74 MBIn 1981 a politician in the Texas Legislature became the hottest mystery since the Dallas finale. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Miracle Horned Toad of Eastland Texas
January 14, 2022 13:06 - 5 minutes - 4.74 MBBlinky could have died a horrible death, but he was reborn as the most famous horn toad in America. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Mercedes Benz Killer, Clara Harris
January 07, 2022 14:00 - 4 minutes - 4.24 MBA wronged woman took revenge in one of the most brutal car related deaths in Houston history. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Church of Wells
January 01, 2022 20:28 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBDescribed as a cult by almost everyone who has come into contact with it, The Church of Wells is at the center of many controversies. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Beer Guzzling Goat Mayor
November 27, 2021 01:42 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBIn the town of Lajitas, a politician really did have cloven hooves. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Aleister Crowley and the Austin Connection
November 19, 2021 17:00 - 6 minutes - 5.86 MBThe Most Wicked Man on Earth has a set of papers at one of the highest institutions in Texas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Ghost Tracks of San Antonio
October 28, 2021 23:04 - 3 minutes - 3.4 MBNear San Juan Mission, a set of train tracks is the site of one of San Antonio's most beloved ghost stories. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Fourth Worth Monster
October 22, 2021 13:45 - 3 minutes - 3.63 MBIn 1969 something with fur and scales stalked couples at lovers lane at Lake Worth. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Fanged Toddler of Old Persall Road
October 16, 2021 00:41 - 4 minutes - 3.98 MBIs this story of a murderous baby more than a creepy pasta? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Devil Went Dancing in San Antonio
October 08, 2021 14:03 - 3 minutes - 3.04 MBIn the 1970's a nightclub in San Antonio supposedly set the stage for a strange encounter with the devil. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Huebner Onion House
October 01, 2021 14:39 - 5 minutes - 5.64 MBIs it ghosts or just time that haunts this former stage coach inn? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Body of Lee Harvey Oswald
September 24, 2021 16:28 - 15 minutes - 14 MBToday a simple plaque reading Oswald labeled the grave of one of the most famous presidential assassin's in US History. However, his body didn't exactly rest in peace. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Case of the Missing Memoirist
September 18, 2021 18:53 - 6 minutes - 6.15 MBGertrude Beasley published a painful and true memoir about growing up in Texas. Just 10 days after returning to the US, she would go missing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Lady of White Rock Lake
August 30, 2021 01:02 - 3 minutes - 3.27 MBA mysterious woman in white makes for an uncomfortable hitch hiking story. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The San Antonio Four and the Satanic Panic
August 20, 2021 18:18 - 10 minutes - 9.98 MBIn the late 1990s the Satanic Panic was still alive and well in Texas. Caught in the crossfire were four Latinx women who were guilty of nothing but being gay. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
John Wesley Hardin: The Deadliest Texas Outlaw
August 16, 2021 00:00 - 9 minutes - 8.73 MBJohn Wesley Hardin was a folk hero, and kind of a terrible person. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Terri Lee Hoffman, Dallas Cult Leader
August 08, 2021 01:38 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBConsciousness Development of Body, Mind and Soul, sounded like a new age group, but with multiple death attributed to their practices, Terri Lee Hoffman made a name for herself she'd rather have avoided. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Invention of "Maverick"
July 23, 2021 21:29 - 3 minutes - 3.01 MBA Texas politician is likely the reason we refer to some people as mavericks. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The only clothing optional park in Texas
July 16, 2021 21:05 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MBJust outside of Austin you can find the only clothing optional park in Texas, Hippie Hollow. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Parking Lot Cemetery
July 09, 2021 14:57 - 3 minutes - 2.96 MBAre those graves in a parking lot? In the Houston area, that just might be the case. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Black Eyed Kids
June 28, 2021 02:22 - 5 minutes - 4.65 MBA reporter in Abeliene's strange story launched a creepy pasta obsession. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Naming of Pecos Jane
June 20, 2021 19:18 - 7 minutes - 6.46 MBOver 50 years ago a young woman was found in a hotel pool under mysterious circumstances. Today thanks to genetic testing and a community that wouldn't give up on a mystery we know who she was. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Chipita Rodriguez and the South Texas Road to Hell
June 12, 2021 01:22 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBTexas has a county road labeled 666, and the story associated with it is pretty chilling. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Texan Who Invented Liquid Paper
June 04, 2021 14:03 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBBette Graham figured out a way to get rid of her mistakes and helped the whole world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
Don't Mess With Texas
May 30, 2021 01:38 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBThere are certain phrases Texas loves, but how does our most popular slogan tie into a trash problem? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Old Tunnel State Park
May 14, 2021 20:40 - 3 minutes - 3.02 MBWhat do an old train tunnel and thousands of bats have in common? A tiny Texas State Park. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Texas Eyeball Killer
May 08, 2021 22:25 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBCharles Albright seemed like a strange suspect for a string of grisly murders, but his history would prove otherwise. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support
The Stonehenge of Texas
April 30, 2021 22:06 - 2 minutes - 2.5 MBIf you want to check out Stonehenge or Easter Island heads, travel no farther than Ingram, Texas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texas-slang-for-crazy/support