Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we decided to mix up the formula a little bit and watch a sort-of-documentary, sort-of-mockumentary, sort-of-reality, sort-of-fiction film. We watched and discussed the 2016 movie Operation Avalanche, co

Episode 409 - Jacob Or Not Jacob (Kasai Rex)

9 days ago 1h 19m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we discuss what may be the most cryptid-dense area of Africa: the Congo! We've also discussed many stories of dinosaur cryptids that survived to the present day, but this time...we're talkin' T. Rex, bab

Episode 408 - Two Physical Two Ghost (Danny's Bed)

15 days ago 1h 21m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile tells the story of the poltergeist'd up haunted artifact known as "Danny's bed." Did one antique trader bring a confluence of ghosts into his house? Did a specter called Uncle Sam appear and absolut

Episode 407 - Gut Bugs (Harikikigaki Mushi)

23 days ago 1h 15m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we venture into a "yokai-esque" territory with a story about gut bug monsters from medieval Japan! Do little devilish monsters live inside our bodies that influence our health and give us diseases? The a

Episode 406 - Bad Knees (Silver Aliens)

30 days ago 1h 27m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile brings to the table three fascinating stories of aliens with a running theme: silver. All three stories - the Falkville Metal Man, the Risley Silver Humanoid, and the aluminum-clad extraterrestrial

Episode 405 - DOSBox Waifu (Donald Keyhoe, Part 2)

May 6th, 2024 1h 22m

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we conclude the story of the OG ufologist, Major Donald Keyhoe! We get to the bottom of the "big question" - was Keyhoe silenced for speaking UFO truths, or is there something else fishy going on? We

Episode 404 - Pressure Off (Donald Keyhoe, Part 1)

Apr 29th, 2024 1h 18m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Kyle talks with Nile about some of the earliest days of ufology with the story of the prototypical ufologist, Donald Keyhoe. How did Charles Lindbergh's aide in the world's first cross-Atlantic solo flig

Episode 403 - Turner & Cruise (Ghost Trains)

Apr 22nd, 2024 1h 9m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week friend of the show Jules joins the Weird Boys to discuss the paranormal phenomenon known as "ghost trains." When Lincoln died and all his fans around the US gathered to mourn him as his corpse rode aroun

Episode 402 - Triple T-HC (Two-Toed Tom)

Apr 16th, 2024 1h 19m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we travel down south to the Florida / Alabama border to talk about the monstrous and possibly indestructible Two-Toed Tom! Does a red-eyed, gargantuan, evil gator stalk the swamps of the Panhandle lookin

Episode 401 - A Frogger Situation (Roswell Crash Tech)

Apr 7th, 2024 1h 13m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we once again get to examine another angle of the infamous Roswell UFO crash. If a crack, covert squad of secret crash saucer retrieval agents salvaged the UFO at Roswell, wouldn't it follow that the ali

Episode 400 - Save A Dead Horse... (Cryptids & Conspiracies)

Apr 1st, 2024 2h 29m

Hey there friends and weirdos! It's episode 400, and you know what that means - we're doing a new kind of Campfire Stories! Garrett and Jules join our co-hosts to roleplay through a scenario filled with cryptids, aliens, ghosts, and conspiracie

Episode 399 - Alien Abduction: Betty & Barney Hill (FYD)

Mar 24th, 2024 1h 9m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we return to our documentary series - "FYD" - to discuss 2022's "Shock Docs" Alien Abduction: Betty and Barney Hill. It's been many years since our discussion of the story of the infamous abduction of th

Episode 398 - Bitters Billboard (Piasa Bird)

Mar 18th, 2024 1h 13m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we take a trip to Illinois and work our way along the Mississippi River to uncover the bizarre story and history of a cryptid known as the Piasa Bird! What is the Piasa Bird and what are its origins? As

Episode 397 - Sybil Unrest (Hampton Court Haunting)

Mar 10th, 2024 1h 12m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile tells Kyle all about the various ghosts of murdered wives haunting the Hampton Court Palace in London! Who are these "restless royals" and what drove them to haunt the halls, galleries, and staircas

Episode 396 - Single Use (Copley Woods Incident, Part 3)

Mar 3rd, 2024 1h 19m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we conclude the story of Debbie Jordan-Kauble and the Copley Woods Incident! Budd Hopkins concludes his investigation of the strange, extraterrestrial happenings surrounding Debbie, but Debbie continues

Episode 395 - Soda Trap (Copley Woods Incident, Part 2)

Feb 26th, 2024 1h 18m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we get into part two of the so-called "Copley Woods Incident," a strange UFO encounter that left a small-town Indiana woman with memory loss, missing time, and bizarre illness. Ufologist Budd Hopkins is

Episode 394 - Local Pizza (Copley Woods Incident, Part 1)

Feb 19th, 2024 1h 13m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin the story of Debbie Jordan-Kauble and the so-called Copley Woods incident! When ufologist Budd Hopkins receives a letter from a distraught Debbie about her bizarre encounter in small-town Indian

Episode 393 - Cruising For Goatman (Maryland Goatman)

Feb 12th, 2024 1h 20m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile investigates a cryptid surprisingly close to podcasting headquarters: the Maryland Goatman! How did a terrifying and murderous goatman wind up living under a paranormal Crybaby Bridge? How many has

Episode 392 - Size Matters (Sea Monsters)

Feb 5th, 2024 1h 32m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week friend of the show Jules joins Nile and Kyle for a discussion about two fascinating sea monsters. Our appetizer begins with the Barmouth Monster, a Welsh cryptid that supposedly lives in the Menai Strait

Episode 391 - Anime In Order (Robert Morning Sky)

Jan 29th, 2024 1h 20m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile investigates the claims made by a man who goes by Robert Morning Sky in his earth-shattering text, the Terra Papers! What can we learn about extraterrestrial races through these Terra Papers, and wh

Episode 390 - Rubber Sole (Pat Price, Part 2)

Jan 22nd, 2024 1h 17m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we conclude the story of Pat Price, the psychic extraordinaire who may or may not have been killed for his incredible abilities. What weird beliefs was Price bringing to the Stanford Research Institute?

Episode 389 - Gacha Pulls (Pat Price, Part 1)

Jan 15th, 2024 1h 15m

Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we tell the story of Stanford Research Institute's "true" psychic star, Pat Price! After dabbling in mayoral politics and policing, how did this Scientologist come to work with the fellas at SRI on th

Episode 388 - It's Like Godzilla (Not Deer)

Jan 8th, 2024 1h 16m

Hey there friends and weirdos! It's officially the first episode of 2024, and we thought it might be nice to bring long-time friend of the pod onto the show, Jules! Nile tells Kyle and Jules all about an eerie creature referred to by the intern

Episode 387 - A Bad Beat (Uri Geller, Part 3)

Dec 31st, 2023 1h 30m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we continue what we've dubbed "Psychic Winter," diving deep into histories of the people connected to Project Stargate. This is the third and final episode of our multi-part series on Uri Geller, psychi

Episode 386 - What's Your Billboard? (Uri Geller, Part 2)

Dec 25th, 2023 1h 13m

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we continue the story of Uri Geller in the middle of a series of connected episodes that have come to be known as "Psychic Winter." In this one, we talk about Uri's life after leaving the military, his r