Weird Candy
172 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago -Every week we'll dive into stories that cover topics from aliens to glitches in the matrix and everything in between. If you believe in the paranormal, I welcome you to take a walk on the weird side.
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Secret Agent, Criminal or Something More Sinister
July 09, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Charles C. Morgan was the president of his own Escrow company. He had a wife and 2 daughters in Tucson, Arizona when he first disappeared in the 1970s. He returned alive but would be found dead a short while later. No one knows exactly what happened to Charles C. Morgan but a conspiracy that spans from organized crime through to the US government is a leading theory. Support the Show.
African Ocean Anomaly
June 25, 2024 08:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Ventusky is an application that presents weather and meteorological data to allow people to monitor developments anywhere in the world. Several times in recent months the application showed a cluster of waves reaching over 80 feet in height and spanning a distance wider than the state of Texas, moving up from Antarctica and toward the coast of Africa for about 24 hours before disappearing. With the official story seeming to be a flimsy cover-up, conspiracy theorists ...
The Snallygaster
June 18, 2024 08:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBSend us a Text Message. For centuries, a large winged beast known as the Snallygaster is said to have terrified the people of Frederick County, Maryland. The dragon-like beast is described as a half-reptile and half-bird living deep in South Mountain’s caves. The mysterious creature is said to swoop silently down from the sky, stealing farm animals and children from the unsuspecting farm folk. Support the Show.
Perseus the Legendary Hero
June 04, 2024 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBSend us a Text Message. Perseus was a major hero in Greek mythology and even today, his name is surely one of ancient history’s most familiar. But who, exactly, was he? He famously slayed the terrifying Gorgon Medusa, a seemingly impossible task, completed through sneaky stealth and trickery. Unlike some Greek heroes, his strength came not from physical power, but rather from the inner qualities of cunning and bravery, making him one of the more complex characters of Greek myth. Support th...
The Beale Ciphers
May 21, 2024 14:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBSend us a Text Message. The Beale ciphers are several coded messages, originally published in an 1885 pamphlet. This pamphlet purports to tell the story of frontiersman Thomas Beale, who (along with his party) mined quantities of gold, silver, and jewels (currently worth approximately $38 million), transported them across the country on wagons and/or pack mules, and buried them in a underground vault somewhere in Virginia. The ciphers themselves (allegedly) contain exact instructions, in co...
The Amherst Mystery
May 14, 2024 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBSend us a Text Message. In the late summer of 1878, a sleepy Nova Scotia town found itself in the middle of a mystery. Unexplained banging sounds rang from a home on Princess Street, buildings combusted into flames and a disturbing message was scratched above a young woman's bed: "Esther Cox, You Are Mine to Kill." If you're from Amherst, this ghost story needs no introduction. Support the Show.
Flat Earth Theory
May 07, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Of all the conspiracy theories that litter the Internet, the flat Earth conspiracy is quite possibly the most curious. After all, the ancient Greeks figured out the planet's shape (and even its circumference) in the third century B.C. But a fringe society founded in the 1950s, dedicated to insisting that the Earth is flat, has given rise to a modern ground of flat Earth adherents. These believers claim that the Earth is a flat disc, and that evidence that it is rou...
Irelands Vanishing Triangle
April 30, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Ireland's Vanishing Triangle is a term commonly used in the Irish media when referring to a number of high-profile disappearances of Irish women from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Several other women were also murdered within the triangle and their cases remain unsolved as well. All of the cases appeared to share some common characteristics. The women's ages range from their late-teens to late-30s, they disappeared inexplicably and suddenly, and no substantial cl...
Weird But True
April 16, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBSend us a Text Message. This week we dive into a number of weird but true stories. You truly need to hear these to believe them. Support the Show.
Puckwudgies
April 09, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBSend us a Text Message. According to legend, Pukwudgies can appear and disappear at will, shapeshift, lure people to their deaths, use magic, launch poison arrows, and create fire. Native Americans believed that Pukwudgies were once friendly to humans, but then turned against them, and are best left alone. According to lore, a person who annoyed a Pukwudgie would be subject to nasty tricks by it, or subject to being followed by the Pukwudgie, who would cause trouble for them. They are know...
What's the Deal With Tunnels
April 02, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Why do tunnels seem cause such strong feelings? Is it the fear of not knowing what lies in the dark? Is it the cold damp air? Is it maybe some primal fear left over from the early days of our species? This week we look into multiple tunnels, from the simply haunted to the completely outrageous. Support the Show.
Raelianism
March 19, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Raelism, or the Raelian Movement, is another UFO religion and claims to be the largest. The Raelians are the followers of a cult founded in 1974 by the French auto racing journalist Claude Vorilhon. They have had two symbols to represent their cult; a swastika embedded on the Star of David, which was later replaced by a variant star and swirl symbol. They seek to use cloning as a way to achieve immortality. They founded Valiant Venture Ltd Corporation in 1997, to res...
Munich Manual of Demonic Magic Part 2
March 05, 2024 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Today we conclude our study of the Munich Manual of Demonic Stuff. Support the Show.
Munich Manual of Demonic Magic
February 27, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBSend us a Text Message. The Munich Manual of Demonic Magic or Liber incantationum, exorcismorum et fascinationum variarum is a 15th-century grimoire manuscript. The text, written in Latin, largely deals with demonology and necromancy. The text is a fully digitally restored facsimile copy, but some parts of the text have been left unchanged (in the final part of the book) as they were torn in the original manuscript. Support the Show.
Demon Summoning Rituals
February 14, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBSend us a Text Message. This week we scour the interwebs for some esoteric demon summoning rituals, and have fun commenting on and critiquing their methods. Support the Show.
Miami Mall Aliens
January 30, 2024 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBSend us a Text Message. After a New Year’s incident at a Miami mall sparked a massive police response, social media users started spreading some out-of-this-world claims. Videos circulating social media show dozens of police cars and shadowy figures at Bayside Marketplace, located about 5 miles from South Beach. Many people claimed these figures were not human, but extraterrestrial. Support the Show.
The Dark Web
November 29, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBSend us a Text Message. This week we take a look at just how disturbing the dark web can be. Word warning weirdos don't go there yourself. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREE Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the Show.
Creepy Stories for Halloween
October 31, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBSend us a Text Message. This week we celebrate spooky season with a verity of creepy stories from around the world. Happy Halloween weirdos. Support the Show.
Cryptid Encounters
October 10, 2023 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBSend us a Text Message. This week we bring you various cryptid encounters from all over world. From bigfoot to possible aliens, maybe even things you've never heard of. Check out these first hand accounts for some mystery and laughs. Support the Show.
Edgar Allan Poe
September 19, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Edgar Allan Poe was a poet, short story writer, editor, and critic. Credited by many scholars as the inventor of the detective genre in fiction, he was a master at using elements of mystery, psychological terror, and the macabre in his writing. Join us as we talk about his life, career and the strange circumstances of his death. Support the Show.
The Philadelphia Experiment
September 05, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Allegedly, in the fall of 1943 a U.S. Navy destroyer was made invisible and teleported from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Norfolk, Virginia, in an incident known as the Philadelphia Experiment. Records in the Archives Branch of the Naval History and Heritage Command have been repeatedly searched, but no documents have been located which confirm the event, or any interest by the Navy in attempting such an achievement. Support the Show.
The Roswell Incident
August 22, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBSend us a Text Message. On July 8, 1947 Public Information Officer Walter Haut of the Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico issued a press release indicating that a flying saucer had been found in the desert. By the next day, the Army had changed their tune, stating the object had actually been a weather balloon, but it was too late. Rumors that a UFO had crashed in the area, and that an alien body was recovered from the wreckage, spread fast. Ever since, Roswell has been synonym...
The Squonk
August 08, 2023 16:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBSend us a Text Message. The squonk is of a very retiring disposition, generally traveling about at twilight and dusk. Because of its misfitting skin, which is covered with warts and moles, it is always unhappy...Hunters who are good at tracking are able to follow a squonk by its tear-stained trail, for the animal weeps constantly. When cornered and escape seems impossible, or when surprised and frightened, it may even dissolve itself in tears. Support the Show.
The Smurl Haunting
August 01, 2023 08:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBSend us a Text Message. The Smurls moved into a house on Chase Street in West Pittston, Pennsylvania in August 1973. They claimed that the premises were disturbed by a demon that caused loud noises and bad odors, threw their dog into a wall, shook their mattress, pushed one of their daughters down a flight of stairs, and physically and sexually assaulted family members on several occasions. In 1986, the family brought in a pair of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Accordin...
Fred and Rose West
July 25, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBSend us a Text Message. One of the most infamous serial killer couples in British history are Fred and Rose West from Gloucestershire, England. Over twenty years, they raped, tortured and murdered an unknown number of girls and women, including two of their own daughters. Their gruesome string of murders would shock the nation to its very core and even today, the investigation and intense interest in the case is still ongoing. Support the Show.
The Book of Shadows Part 2
July 18, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBSend us a Text Message. This week we continue our deep dive into the book of shadows. Support the Show.
The Book of Shadows
July 12, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Gerald Gardner, the "father of Wicca", first introduced the Book of Shadows to people that he had initiated into the craft through his Bricket Wood coven in the 1950s. He claimed that it was a personal cookbook of spells that have worked for the owner; they could copy from his own book and add material as they saw fit. He said that the practice of Witches keeping such a book was ancient, and was practiced by the Witch-cult throughout history. Support t...
Urban Legends
July 04, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Every town seems to have its own urban legends. This week we dive into some of our favorites. I wont spoil it here, check out the episode and see if we cover your favorites, or maybe find an urban legend that you've never heard before. Support the Show.
Cellular Memory
June 27, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBSend us a Text Message. The theory of cellular memories states that memories, as well as personality traits, are not only stored in the brain but may also be stored in organs such as the heart. In 2009 Harvard Medical School defined cellular memories as “a sustained cellular response to a transient stimulus.” Basically, when a cell is introduced to a specific stimulus it will react in a certain way and every time it is given this stimulus it will have the same response. The b...
Son of Sam
June 13, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBSend us a Text Message. Berkowitz grew up in New York City and served in the United States Army. Using a .44 Special caliber Bulldog revolver, he killed six people and wounded seven others by July 1977, terrorizing New Yorkers and gaining worldwide notoriety. Berkowitz eluded the biggest police manhunt in the city's history while leaving letters that mocked the police and promised further crimes, which were highly publicized by the press. Support the Show.
Djinn
June 06, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Jinn, especially through their association with things unseen, have always been favorite figures in North African, Egyptian, Syrian, Persian, and Turkish folklore and are at the center of an immense popular literature, appearing notably in The Thousand and One Nights. In India and Indonesia they have entered the local Muslim imagination by way of the Qurʾānic descriptions and Arabic literature. But are these sinister beings a real danger, some believe th...
The Bennington Triangle
May 30, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBSend us a Text Message. The Bermuda Triangle is a patch of ocean in the western North Atlantic Ocean. It’s near Florida and Bermuda and is famous for being the site of mysterious disappearances and spooky happenings. If you believe the legends, Vermont is also home to a cursed area known as the Bennington Triangle. The Bennington Triangle is located just north of (you guessed it) Bennington, Vermont. It’s actually not really a triangle so much as a swath of land that is a hotbe...
The History and Hauntings of the Lemp Mansion
May 23, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Said to be one of the ten most haunted places in America, the Lemp Mansion in St.Louis, Missouri, continues to play host to the tragic Lemp family. Over the years, the mansion was transformed from the stately home of millionaires to office space, decaying into a run-down boarding house, and finally restored to its current state as a fine dinner theatre, restaurant and bed and breakfast. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREE Discl...
Travis Walton Alien Abduction
May 16, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBSend us a Text Message. According to Walton and a number of other members from the logging crew, on November 5, 1975, he was working with a timber stand improvement crew in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Snowflake, Arizona. While riding in a truck with six of his coworkers, they allegedly encountered a saucer-shaped object hovering over the ground approximately 110 feet (34 m) away, making a high-pitched buzz. Walton says that after he left the truck and approache...
The Rougarou
May 09, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBSend us a Text Message. The Rougarou is werewolf like cryptid reported to dwell in the swamps of Louisiana. Often the story-telling has been used to inspire fear and obedience. I'd like to use this space to give all you awesome weirdos a heads up. We recently changed our studio set up and I didnt take the time check everything before recording, so the audio quality on this isn't what you're used to, and with all the other things we have going on right now we did...
The Lost City of Dwarka
May 02, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBSend us a Text Message. The most famous legend about the lost city of Dwarka can be found in the ancient epic of Mahabharata. Dwarka, like Atlantis, is said to have sunk beneath the sea at some point in the distant past. However, unlike Atlantis, whose remains have never been discovered, remnants of this ancient kingdom could be found in the depths. According to the sacred scripture of Srimad Bhagavatam, the city of Dwaraka was built in response to Jarasandha, the ruler of Ma...
Shadow People Revisited
April 25, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBSend us a Text Message. In the early days of Weird Candy Chris covered the topic of shadow people. Armed with new information and deeper research into this phenomenon we attack this topic again. Join us as we cover the many different types of shadow people and the explanations (from the scientific to the ridiculous) behind these entities. Support the Show.
The Highway of Tears
April 18, 2023 08:00 - 2 hours - 94.5 MBSend us a Text Message. The Highway of Tears is a 725-kilometre (450 mi) corridor of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert in British Columbia Canada, which has been the location of many missing and murdered indigenous beginning in 1970. The phrase was coined during a vigil in 1998, by Florence Naziel, who was thinking of the victims' families crying over their loved ones. Lets travel this road and maybe discover if all this carnage may be related to cursed land....
The Nine Circles of Hell
April 12, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Sorry Virgil couldn't make it so you weirdos will have to settle with Chris and Chuck as your guides through the nine circles of hell. The circles are concentric, representing a gradual increase in wickedness, and culminating at the centre of the earth, where Satan is held in bondage. The sinners of each circle are punished for eternity in a fashion fitting their crimes. So join us on our journey through the nine circles from Dante's classic work "The D...
The Texas Killing Fields
March 14, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBSend us a Text Message. The Texas Killing Fields is a 25-acre patch of land in League City, Texas situated a mile from Interstate Highway 45 and approximately 26 miles southeast of Houston. Since the early 1970s, 33 bodies of murder victims have been found along the I-45 area. They were mainly the bodies of girls or young women. Furthermore, many additional young girls have disappeared from this area; these girls' bodies are still missing. It is believed that many of the murd...
The Bunyip
March 07, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBSend us a Text Message. The bunyip has been described as amphibious, almost entirely aquatic, inhabiting lakes, rivers,swamps, lagoons, billibongs, creeks, waterholes, sometimes "particular waterholes in the riverbeds". The Bunyip, is represented as uniting the characteristics of a bird and of an alligator. It has a head resembling an emu, with a long bill, at the extremity of which is a transverse projection on each side, with serrated edges like the bone of the stingray. Its body and legs...
Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan
February 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBSend us a Text Message. This week we take a look at the life of Anton LaVey founder of the church of Satan. We examine the life that led him to be what many consider the most evil man in history. Support the Show.
The Sallie House Hauntings
February 14, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBSend us a Text Message. The Sallie House is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a young girl who died there. According to the legend, a child named Sallie was brought to Dr. Finney's house by her mother for severe abdominal pain. He thought that she had appendicitis and began emergency surgery, as he believed that Sallie's appendix was about to rupture. However, he cut into her before the anaesthetic took effect, killing her as a result. Multiple former tenants have allege...
Leprechauns
February 07, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBSend us a Text Message. This week we look into the legendary Irish leprechaun. These tiny drunk shoe makers are known to be mischievous little pranksters. What do they do other than trick humans and make shoes for the other fairy folk you might ask. Well check out this episode to find out. Support the Show.
Elizabeth Klarer the Space Mother
January 05, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Elizabeth Klarer was a South African woman who, starting in 1956, publicly claimed to have been contacted by aliens multiple times between 1954 and 1963. Klarer's first visitation supposedly occurred when she was seven and she was one of the first women to claim a sexual relationship with an extraterrestrial. She promoted an ideal of a better world and beliefs in a cosmic consciousness. Support the Show.
Time Travelers
November 29, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBSend us a Text Message. This week we cover several alleged reports of time travel. So rub on some time grease, get nice and lubed up for our special season 3 finale. This topic was so fun to bring to you weirdos. Enjoy the holidays with your loved ones and if you find this time of year hard feel free to reach out we'll have some laughs with you and maybe ease your mind a bit. We'll back in January with some fresh candy for your ear holes. Support the Show.
Amelia Earhart Disappearance
November 22, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Amelia was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean. She also set many other records including some for flight speed and altitude. In spite of her aviation skills she would mysteriously disappear during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. Join us as we cover her life and accomplishments as well as her disappearance and theories of what may have happened during that fateful flight. Support the Show.
Mermaids
November 15, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBSend us a Text Message. I would like to think that we all know what mermaid's and mermen are, but in case you dont, they are most often described as having the upper body of a human with a fish tail for a lower body. It seems that every coultur throughout history has their own version of the legend. This week we dive deep to bring you these legends and also cover some reported sightings. Support the Show.
The Bear Brook Murders
November 08, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBSend us a Text Message. On November 10, 1985, a hunter discovered the remains of a woman and young girl in a 55 gallon drum at Bear Creek State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Another drum full of remains was found in the same location on May 9, 2000. All of the victims had been beaten and dismembered. Buckle up weirdos this story goes to some dark places. Support the Show.
Creepy Tales
October 31, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBSend us a Text Message. This week for Halloween, we bring you several creepy tales. First we have the tale of a cave explorer plagued by the supernatural. Then we have "The Expressionless Lady", followed by the story of a death cult down in Mexico. Finally the story of a championship skater tormented by what can only be described as an internet curse. Join us on this most spooky day of the year for some creepy tales. Support the Show.