Well Hello There, Kiddies Welcome to our annual tribute to horror writers!! It's another edition of SCARY STORIES TO TELL (JOE) IN THE DARK!! This time around we've got four delicious tales of terror ranging from the deadliest Christmas ever to first contact with extraterrestrials! Ashley and Joe sit in their dark, creepy apartment and share the old fashioned past-time of telling spooky stories by candlelight. As usual music and sound effects have been added and could be jarring for some listene...
Oct 01, 2021•41 min•Season 5Ep. 28
Hello our sweet weird babies First of all THANK YOU so much for sending in so many questions for our second ASK A WEIRDO episode!! We got so many and we feel very loved by all of you. We did (apparently two?!) Ask a Weirdo episodes back in season one and then we never picked it up again! So this week we are answering questions about podcasting, questions about self care and depression and even a handful of WEIRD questions including playing FMK with the paranormal and screaming over a lightning r...
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 27
No need for a magnifying glass weirdos, these mysteries are SOLVED!! We've scratched our heads for LONG ENOUGH so welcome to the second part of our SOLVED MYSTERIES episode! This week Ashley is detailing the investigation into the murder of William Sparkman Jr. in 2009. How the detectives managed to go from mistaken hit job in the woods to something completely different in a matter of weeks thanks to strange confessions, brush stroke analysis, and good old fashioned non-lethal police work. Then ...
Sep 10, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 26
Buckle your butts, weirdos. This story gets dark.. and then darker... and then even darker. We've covered unsolved mysteries several times on this show but we thought it was HIGH TIME to dedicate a series to SOLVED mysteries!! No more frustrating unanswered questions... well.. maybe a few... This week our very special guest and beloved Patreon Keep It Beard cohost AMY HANSELMANN tells us the story of the disappearance of Steven Stayner. Like I said, this story is DARK. It involves kidnapping, mu...
Sep 03, 2021•58 min•Season 5Ep. 25
Hey Ho, Lets Go! Hey weirdos! Welcome to a full episode dedicated to the biggest event in human history: World War 2! We've covered stories from WWII on the show before- like Hitler's werewolf army and my home girl Betty Pack the snack! But this week ALL of our stories are World War 2 stories and boy does it get WILD! Ashley is joined by special guest and fan favorite of the show JOE OCHS who is a self proclaimed "Slut" and "White Dad" for WWII. Joe is going to be introducing us to yet another a...
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 5Ep. 24
Welcome foolish mortals!! Welcome to the second part of our DISNEY SERIES!! Last week we talked about the films and this week we're talking about the parks! And it is a very special episode for us, one we've been looking forward to for FIVE YEARS because today our guest is Lauren's amazing husband ALEX OGLE!! Alex is going to be using his knowledge as an experiential media creative director to teach us about the origins of Disney's WEIRDEST rides and where they are today. Dispersed between Ashle...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 5Ep. 23
A very merry unbirthday to you, weirdos!! This week it's time to get magical because we're entering the wonderful world of DISNEY!! Whether you're a Disney fan or as mad as Mad Madam Mim; there will be something for you in this series. We're joined by a very special guest, one of our all time faves SCOTT YOUNGBAUER from the hilarious podcast MOVIES THAT MADE US GAY!! In Part one Lauren is going to go over some of Walt's less magical moments and we try to get to the bottom of the questions: Was W...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 22
Scare me, Seymour! Scare me! Welcome to another edition of LISTENER GHOST STORIES!! This week we are telling stories sent in by YOU and some internet friends and these tales are 2scary4me. We've got ghosts, we've got past lives, we've got aliens, we've got skinwalkers-- we have it all, people! Lauren tells us stories about meeting the devil, finding your own past life, working at a haunted daycare (again?!) and what it's like to have a very angry imaginary friend. Ashley tells us tales about ali...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 21
Eh, weirdos!! Did I spell "thieves" right?! That's a tough word. This week are continuing our edition of Hometown Haunts CANADA! But it turns out not all Canadians are polite and it sure is a lot darker now that DJ is gone... This time 'round we're covering Canadian true crime! This episode is full of disturbing topics and listener discretion is advised. Lauren is covering Canadian serial killer Wayne Clifford Boden whose fetish gave him the moniker "The Vampire Rapist." Ashley is covering the S...
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 20
Bonjour, weirdos! Welcome to another edition of HOMETOWN HAUNTS. This time we're heading North. WAY North. Ok, not THAT North. We're traveling to the land of Wayne Gretzky and poutine. America's Hat. Canuck central. That's right, we're headed to CANADA-eh! Not only that, we also have a very special guest for today's episode. You may have seen him on America's Got Talent or maybe you caught one of his appearances on CONAN-- joining us to talk about his home country is stand up comedian DJ DEMERS!...
Jul 23, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 19
Hi Weirdos!! Welcome to Karma Storage & Stairs! The place to get all your karma, storage and stairs!! This is sort of a Helter Skelter episode- we are covering two separate topics and none of it is related at all. This week Lauren is going to be teaching us about some of the most horrific, disgusting, strange and in one case- lucky- storage unit discoveries! And we also give tips on how to do better at crimes - so if you're a blossoming criminal make sure you tune in for that. Ashley is goin...
Jul 09, 2021•56 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Have you seen these men, weirdos? Welcome to PART TWO of our series on MISSING PEOPLE!! Last week we told you some stories that maybe made you give the local lake a side eye... This week we're keeping you out of the mountains! Lauren is covering the story of a Chicago man who moved to Colorado during a mid-life crisis and opening an antique store whose previous owner went missing... just to go missing himself... And Ashley is covering the tragic story of the Yuba County Five, a group of men with...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 17
If you see something, say something, Weirdos! This week we are talking about people that have disappeared without a trace. Each year hundreds of thousands of people go missing in the United States alone. Luckily a majority of those cases are solved. Unfortunately, the solving of a case doesn't automatically mean that there is a happy ending. But what about the cases that aren't solved? Are they living their life somewhere with a different name? Are they being held captive? Are they in another di...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 16
It's party time, weirdos. This week we're attending an intergalactic rave! A trans-dimensional Burning Man! An otherworldly Studio 54! And you don't even have to leave your home planet. This week Ashley and Lauren are joined once again by the beautiful, hilarious and STRANGE Caitlin Dee from Goth Yearbook After Hours as we continue our chat on close encounters of the fifth kind (intentional contact.) The girls ask the question why would they be coming HERE? Of all places? What do they want with ...
Jun 18, 2021•57 min•Season 5Ep. 15
We come in peace, weirdos! Welcome to a brand new episode about a tried and true topic! We are discussing ALIENS once again! But this time we're not looking in space, we're not looking under the sea, we're not even looking at Area 51 or on Mars. This time we're looking inside OURSELVES. This week we are joined by musician and host of the podcast Goth Yearbook Afterhours - CAITLIN DEE!! Caitlin starts us off by telling us about a close encounter she had when she was a child and an experience she ...
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-Check it Out Weirdos! Welcome to the hottest show in town - it's another episode of DJ JAZZY JOE THE SCIENCE BRO!! We get to sit down with the sickest Science DJ the world has ever seen and tell you all the most fascinating news coming out of the scientific world. This episode has biology, sociology, ecology, yes even PSYCHE-ology - all of the dopest ologies with no apologies. Handsome Joe is teaching us about some crazy predator/prey reversals happening in the deep blue sea, some...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Whats your deepest, darkest desire? This week Ashley and Lauren are finishing out the SEX SERIES with an episode on FETISHES & KINKS!! Fetishes and kinks are totally natural and normal and actually can lead to extremely healthy sexual relationships. Yes, even the STRANGEST ones. Lauren is going to be teaching us about some of the lesser known fetishes we've never heard of and the girls try and guess where a fetish like it could have originated in a person's development before she takes us do...
May 21, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Strap in, Weirdos! Or should I say Strap-on? Welcome to the dirtiest episode so far! This week is the introduction to our SEX SERIES!! We had the honor of sitting down with the host of the podcast Stripper Stories. She's also a professional stripper, dominatrix, and cam girl: lets hear it for CHLOE!! We obviously wanted to pick her brain about the sex industry so this week we talk about sex, people's aversion to sex work, changes that can be made to make the lives of sex workers safer, how to ge...
May 14, 2021•56 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Kon'nichiwa weirdos, welcome to part two of our trip around the globe to find the world's STRANGEST PLACES!! You won't need as much sun screen this week but you might need a stronger stomach. Ashley starts us off by taking us to the birthplace of strangeness: Peru! Specifically the shores of Lake Titicaca as we investigate the Puerta de Hayu Marca-- translation- THE GATE OF THE GODS!! This strange carving has caught the attention and imagination of archaeologists and ufologists alike for years! ...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 10
All aboard, Weirdos! It's time to have an adventure! Lauren and Ashley are traveling the world to find Earth's STRANGEST places!! This episode is extra exciting because we actually discover the REAL FUN ZONE!! And you won't believe where we found it.... Lauren is going to be taking us to several of the strangest towns in the world including a city full of amputees, a community run entirely by women, a town where it's ILLEGAL to DIE, and a burning man-esque desert wasteland that's heaven on Earth...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Welcome to The Fun Zone... This week is a HELTER SKELTER episode and you know what that means!! Probably... Helter Skelters are where we give you all of our juiciest scraps. We have stories we want to tell that don't quite fit into anything we have coming up or were cut for time on a previous episode and this is where you will find them! This week Lauren is telling us the heartbreaking story of Joyce Carol Vincent, a 38 year old woman who died in her apartment in London and went undiscovered for...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Theres no business like show business, weirdos! Welcome to part two of our latest HOLLYWEIRD series and this week we're getting pretty dark. We're going down the loneliest alleyways, the emptiest movie studios, and the seediest night clubs to talk about MURDER. Ashley and Lauren are once again joined by their great friend Mike Johnston as they research three cases that seem cut and dry... only to learn the truth was much more sinister. Lauren brings us the story of William Desmond Taylor whose l...
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Lights, Camera, Action, Weirdos! Celebrities.... they're just like us! They buy groceries, they brush their hair, they go to the eye doctor and yes they even have PARANORMAL EXPERIENCES!! Welcome to our return to HOLLYWEIRD! This week we are telling some extra spooky and strange celebrity ghost stories! And we have our first guest of the season - all the way from NYC (and season one of our show) Mike Johnston is here!! Mike shares stories from some of his favorite child stars- Tracey Gold from G...
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Fancy seeing you here, Weirdos! Welcome to part two of COINCIDENCES! Last week we told you a collection of stories that people had about their own crazy coincidences and a couple of our own personal experiences. This week we're getting down to business. Are coincidences real? We take a lot of sides in this one, trying to come at the material from different points of view. Lauren starts us off by discussing a skeptical POV- we look at the math and probability of coincidences occurring and what it...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Hi Weirdos!! Welcome to part one of our series on COINCIDENCES! We experience coincidences all the time- whether it's running into the same friend twice in one day, hearing a song on the radio after you were JUST thinking about it, or even looking at the clock at the same time multiple times a week. While these are all super fun experiences, a lot of the times they can be explained away by basic math and statistics. However, there are some coincidences that just seem... predetermined. Sent from ...
Mar 26, 2021•57 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Say Ahh, weirdos! We're back in the dentist's chair this week with more TOOTH TALK! This week does not have nearly as many redeeming qualities.... Lauren is teaching us about a KILLER DENTIST from St Louis named Glennon Engleman whose greed was stronger than his conscience and Ashley will be reading some listener stories sent in about their dental trips gone wrong. Other topics include a Tik Toker with a very strange habit, suicide rates among dentists, our personal tooth fears, and some strange...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Open Wide, weirdos! This week is all about TEETH and boyyyyy do we have issues. Teeth have been a recurring talking point in the last few months thanks to multiple mouth bone problems and numerous surgeries and that got us thinking.... I bet the history of teeth is weird. Today Ashley is bringing you the history of dentistry- how far back does it actually go? Who was the first dentist? What were some of the most barbaric dental practices? How did our ancient ancestors deal with their chompers? A...
Mar 12, 2021•58 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Welcome Back, Weirdos!! Season Five starts with a BANG as Lauren and Ashley sit down to tell each other some sPiNe TiNgLiNg LiStEnEr GhOsT sToRiEs!! This week Lauren travels all over the world giving us a story about a pair of haunted homes in the UK, a budding psychic in Australia, some haunted antiques in Ireland, and a possible abduction in Mexico! Ashley is bringing us the tales of a mysterious phone call, a mommy doppelganger, a seance in Missouri, and a very angry ghost who wants to know.....
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Am I in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come? We would answer you but traditionally this spirit is the strong, silent type. You've made it to your final ghost-- the scariest ghost of all. BUT.. the good news, as I'm sure you know, is that all is not lost. You decide what to do with your future and who better to help guide you than our favorite medium AMY GOLDENBERG!! In this episode Ashley, Lauren and Amy chat about life. What to think about this crazy year and is there a big chang...
Dec 25, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 40
Come in and know me better, man! One ghost down and two to go, Ashley and Lauren now get to hang out with the ghost(s) of Christmas Present-- and boy is it a present, indeed. This episode we are joined by STEVE LACHIOMA (Hometown Haunts: New York, CollegeHumor) and MARIA LACHIOMA (Glitch in the Maria, The Young and the Restless) and they are bringing us some of their all time favorite topics. Steve, as you may remember, LOVES cryptids. So he's bringing us a monster straight out of the Sierra Nev...
Dec 25, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 39
