Hear Ye, Hear Ye weirdos! Welcome to another WACKY episode of your favorite WEIRD show! On Keep It Weird, each week we get together to talk about something strange and unusual and this week we have monsters of all shapes, sizes and species. You never know where we will go or what we will find so it’s best to be extra prepared. Grab your thickest gloves (Trust me) make sure you’ve got your sleep masks ready and fire retardant clothing wouldn’t hurt. Lauren starts us off with a MISS FRIZZLE as we ...
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 7Ep. 13
Grab your tin foil hats and your barf bags, you're in for a rough one! Hi weirdos welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual. Each week we get together to chat about something WEIRD and sometimes GROSS and this week it's GROSS! Ashley starts us off with a REAL OR HOAX segment featuring the sad, strange and especially sick story of Mary Toft- a servant who lived in the 1700s who tried to make it out of her impoverished life with a fraud so vile it'...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 12
They’re here, weirdos And hopefully they come in peace because we are S.O.L. if not. Hi! We’re interrupting our regularly scheduled program to bring you up to speed on all things UFO! This week Ashley is breaking down the latest UFO news including the whistleblower, David Grusch, who claims that not only are UFOs real but that the US government has PHYSICAL EVIDENCE and gosh darnit we deserve to know about it! We also breakdown WHY it is important for us to know about the UFOs– important for ALL...
Jun 09, 2023•56 min•Season 7Ep. 11
Happy June, Weirdos! And welcome to another strange and unusual episode of KEEP IT WEIRD! Each week we get to hang out and chat about some of the weirdest things we know. This week Ashley starts us off teaching us about the CARRINGTON EVENT! An electromagnetic storm that took place in 1859 that sent the US and parts of Europe into the dark(er) ages. What are the chances of it happening again? And what will happen to us when it does? Then Lauren dives into one of the strangest unsolved mysteries ...
Jun 02, 2023•57 min•Season 7Ep. 10
Good day, weirdos! Your girls are back for another week of WEIRD and this week is all over the place. From psychic visions to sex trafficking, killer weather to kidnapping, and even some terrifying technology to keep you awake at night. After we get our Vanderpump excitement out of the way Lauren starts us off with a TRUE CRIME TIME teaching us about the strange disappearance of Theresa Ann Bier. Her uncle took her camping one day in 1987 and she hasn’t been seen since… I wonder… who did it. The...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Hey Weirdos! This episode isn't JUST weird organ stories.... but it kind of is. Welcome back to KEEP IT WEIRD your main source of the strangest of the strange. Each week we get together to chat about something WEIRD and this season we are ramping it up- Helter Skelter style. Only a true weirdo knows what that means... This week the girls start by giving some LISTENER GHOST STORY UPDATES along with TWO new chilling tales of terror for your listening pleasure. Lauren clues us in on some recent COW...
May 19, 2023•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 8
Get out your paranormal sticks, weirdos! It's time for some SCARY STORIES! This was a wild bunch, let me tell you. Two stories left us speechless and that is RARE. This week is a fan favorite: LISTENER GHOST STORIES! Ashley & Lauren get together to share sometimes terrifying, sometimes sweet, but always creepy REAL life scary stories sent in by YOU, the listener. On this LGS we have ghosts, we have vampires, we have zombies, we have missing time, we even have tears in the fabric of our very ...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Who knew Hell was so fashionable?! Hey weirdos, welcome to another episode of Keep It Weird; the podcast for all things strange and unusual, stylish and sultry, electronic and psychic and everything in between. This week Lauren teaches us about WANG SAEN SUK; a Buddhist HELL GARDEN located in Bang Saen city, Chonburi province, Thailand! It’s also known as Thailand's Hell Horror Park and it is FULL of some of the most disturbing statues you may ever see! Yay! Ashley is diving into the mystery of ...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 7Ep. 6
You have to every once in a while, right? Maybe not in the way our titular character did it but in your own.. special... safe.. and consensual way. Hey weirdos! Welcome to another FANTASTIC episode of Keep It Weird; the podcast for all things strange and unusual, apocalyptic and dystopian, creepy, kooky and all things BUCKWILD. This week Lauren tells us the story of a man in Australia who is looking for dead bodies in all the wrong places for an ART INSTALLATION of all things. She also takes us ...
Apr 21, 2023•55 min•Season 7Ep. 6
Greetings Gotham City! It's me, the classic character, Joker-Riddler-Penguin! And I'm here to wreck all your trains! This will all make sense in approximately 45 minutes to an hour but in the meantime HELLO and welcome weirdos to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD with Ashley Casseday & Lauren Ogle. Each week we get together to teach each other strange science, tell creepy stories, and share magical thoughts and this week we've got quite the variety for you. Ashley is starting us off with a WH...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 4
Welcome to the wonderful world of weird! This week we have an extra CREEPY episode for you that may make you rethink that old radio you still keep in your garage. This week Ashley is detailing the history of the discovery and research of ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENON otherwise known as EVPs A lot of people don't realize that the study of these strange voices coming through our radios and showing up on our recordings has existed since we discovered Radio Waves! And since radio waves are a natural p...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Hello Weirdos and welcome to episode 2 of season 7! As we covered last week- this season EVERY episode is a Helter Skelter and we cover a VARIETY of weirdness for you each episode! This week Ashley and Lauren have a conversation about the idea of past lives and how they could potentially effect the lives we live today. Lauren teaches us about how our sense of smell is our strongest sense tied to memories and how losing our ability to smell can lead to a variety of mental health and neurological ...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 2
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 butt...
Mar 17, 2023•58 min•Season 7Ep. 1
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...
Feb 24, 2023•8 min•Season 6Ep. 38
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 s...
Jan 25, 2023•8 min•Season 6Ep. 37
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 strang...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 6Ep. 36
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...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 35
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 ...
Nov 25, 2022•59 min•Season 6Ep. 34
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...
Nov 18, 2022•57 min•Season 6Ep. 33
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 episo...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 32
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 Lis...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 31
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 Confessi...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 30
Double, Double TOIL and TROUBLE! Fire burn and cauldron bubble! Here at Keep It Weird we are a BIG FAN of witches! And we know that witchcraft isn't EVIL and witches don't worship the DEVIL. But sometimes... witches can be scary. Witches CAN be wicked. And sometimes witches can even KILL. This week we are joined by our resident green witch and curator of WITCHY WEDNESDAYS- our friend Laura Lareau! The three of us each bring an infamous witch from history who gave brooms and black cats a bad rap....
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 6Ep. 29
Happy Spooky Season Weirdos! To kick off our favorite month we thought we'd break down all the things we LOVE about fall, the aspects of spooky season we think are OVERRATED, our favorite fall movies, some hidden gem horror you may not have seen, we answer listener questions AND we do a little Halloween Trivia! This episode IS a video ON our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast . It was a blast to record, it's so nice to get some face-time with each other now that we live SO FAR...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 28
Hey Weirdos! Wow, six years huh? That's a long time, a lot of episodes and a TON of topics. In those six years new information has come to light, DNA evidence has given us some answers, robots have evolved and in some cases-- scary situations got even scarier. This week Ashley and Lauren are revisiting six stories that they shared on past episodes that have NEW information! We get to find the identity of multiple Jane Does AND the famous Somerton Man (Taman Shud case) we check in on SOPHIA the r...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 27
Let's all go to the lobby, weirdos! This week is ALL ABOUT MOVIES!! A fun Crossover episode with our podcast from another broadcast- Movies that Made Us Gay! Movies that Made Us Gay is ALL about the films we watched growing up that contributed to who we became as adults. So it's only appropriate that we take the time to celebrate the movies that made us WEIRD! This week Lauren is joined by Scott and Pete as they revisit three 80's movies that in some way contributed to the strange individuals th...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 6Ep. 26
Grab your bamboo sticks, weirdos! It's time for another episode for the LADIES! This is part two of our WOMEN IN HISTORY series where we cover stories about women that we didn't hear about in our history or social studies courses that PROBABLY should have been covered. Joined once again by Miss Patreon herself- Amy Hanselmann- this week Lauren is starting us off with some FEMALE VIGILANTES! It's not often that you see women taking revenge on a large scale such as this and why we had never heard ...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 25
Guten Tag, weirdos. Are you ready to burn your bra and kill some Nazis? This week we are revisiting our hit series from 2020 - the SNACK PACK IS BACK as we learn about some AMAZING WOMEN from history that our history books just forgot to mention. Ashley and Lauren are joined by Keep It Beard host AMY HANSELMANN as we discover some ladies who changed the world. This week we're focusing on some badass bitches from WWII- Truus and Freddie Oversteegen who, for lack of a better term, seduced Nazis an...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 25
Everybody get off your feet! Cause we got the Meat! Anyway hey kids. We've got the meats. Welcome to part two of our EVOLUTION series!! There's less wackos, less drugs, and no Joe. But wait-- let me tell you why you SHOULD listen! This week Ashley starts us off by telling us where white people came from. Ok... rough start... Lauren teaches us about a VERY plausible theory involving our evolving diets and what it may have done to our growing brains, we discuss the ways evolution can still be seen...
Aug 26, 2022•52 min•Season 6Ep. 24
Mmmmm Pudding Bones... It's time to EVOLVE, weirdos! This is part ONE of our series on evolution and naturally we had to invite Mr. Anthropology minor himself HANDSOME JOE on the show to come teach us about some of the things he learned when he was hard at work NOT earning a degree in anthropology. This week Joe starts us off discussing a major SOCIAL evolution that made us the human beings we are today. The AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION! I know it sounds boring... and maybe it is... but not when Joe ...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 23
