In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: Weird Weather: Some days it's too hot, others it's too cold and sometimes meat falls from the sky. Halli talks about some of the strangest weather phenomenon and the superstition surrounding them! The Seven Gates of Hell: Outside of the bustling cities and towns, in a sleepy corner of Pennsylvania you will find the community of Hellam Township and with it one hell of an Urban Legend. The story goes...
May 28, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: Weird Weather: Some days it's too hot, others it's too cold and sometimes meat falls from the sky. Halli talks about some of the strangest weather phenomenon and the superstition surrounding them! The Seven Gates of Hell: Outside of the bustling cities and towns, in a sleepy corner of Pennsylvania you will find the community of Hellam Township and with it one hell of an Urban Legend. The story goes...
May 21, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Shortly after recording these episodes, Cayla discovered a book that had been published in December 2020 that was packed with new information and interviews with friends and family of the five and others involved. The book is called: Out of Bounds: What Happened to the Yuba County Five? by Drew Beeson Because of this we ended up recording a whole new episode: File 0027: Gone But Not Forgotten pt. 3 The Yuba County 5: On February 24 1978, five young men from Yuba City, California attended a baske...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The Yuba County 5: On February 24 1978, five young men from Yuba City, California attended a basketball game at California State University They were there to cheer on the UC Davis Basketball team in an away game against Chico State. Their plan, to see the match and then return home that night to prepare for their own game the following day. But they never made it home Ryan Shtuka: Ryan did what ma...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The Yuba County 5: On February 24 1978, five young men from Yuba City, California attended a basketball game at California State University They were there to cheer on the UC Davis Basketball team in an away game against Chico State. Their plan, to see the match and then return home that night to prepare for their own game the following day. But they never made it home Ryan Shtuka: Ryan did what ma...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: Leshy, the Guardian of the Forest : in Slavic folklore, the Leshy is the pagan deity of the forest, capable of changing form. Some consider it a demon, others a fairy, but whatever it is, its legend endures Bigfoot : So, Bigfoot huh? The creature, the man, the myth, the legend? Why do so many people claim to see it lurking from a distance, and why is the legend so ubiquitous? Fresno Nightcrawlers :...
Apr 16, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: Leshy, the Guardian of the Forest : in Slavic folklore, the Leshy is the pagan deity of the forest, capable of changing form. Some consider it a demon, others a fairy, but whatever it is, its legend endures Bigfoot : So, Bigfoot huh? The creature, the man, the myth, the legend? Why do so many people claim to see it lurking from a distance, and why is the legend so ubiquitous? Fresno Nightcrawlers :...
Apr 09, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 23
To help raise money for AbleGamers , Halli and Cayla did a live show on March 26th 2021 where they talked about: Fugu: The Deadliest Sushi : In Japan blowfish or more commonly known as fugu has been a delicacy for thousands of years, despite it being packed with a lethal neurotoxin, one we don't even have an antidote for. Yet you can buy it in restaurants! Counterfeit Wine: Anything that is worth money is bound to have a plethora of fakes sold by a conman with a desire for a quick buck. But wine...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In 2014 Chuck Tingle would explode the scene in a shower of chocolate milk and spaghetti, espousing love and erotic fiction. More myth than man, Dr. Tingle can attribute dozens of butt-pounding titles to his name and has been even nominated for two Hugo Awards! We each picked a titillating title from his collection and are excited present you with the wild wacky world of Chuck Tingle For more information visit: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0021-getting-the-tingles/...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 21
We dive further in The Jen Saga with our next guest, Eliot. Two years ago Eliot found himself watching a Youtube video: Down the Rabbit Hole, the Final Fantasy House. Settling in for a bizarre tale, Eliot would be surprised when he realized he knew Jen, Angel and Hojo. He had lived with them for a month back in 2003/2004. Now he's sharing his story for the first time To learn more about the Jen Saga visit: https://www.thehumanexception.com/the-jen-saga/
Mar 19, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: Cure-Alls: Since the beginning of time humans have always sought the easiest and quickest solutions. This isn't necessarily a bad thing! Some of our greatest innovations came from the hunt for a shortcut. But this also drove us to some of our worst ideas. The Corrupted Blood Incident: On September 13th 2005 when the disease first began to spread, hopping from animal hosts into their owners and from...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: Cure-Alls: Since the beginning of time humans have always sought the easiest and quickest solutions. This isn't necessarily a bad thing! Some of our greatest innovations came from the hunt for a shortcut. But this also drove us to some of our worst ideas. The Corrupted Blood Incident: On September 13th 2005 when the disease first began to spread, hopping from animal hosts into their owners and from...
Mar 05, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The Fernie Curse : Fernie BC was founded in 1897, a small coal mining town that owes its origins to a man named William Fernie. But over the next eleven years the town would face two horrific fires, a flood and one of the worst mining disasters in Canadian history. Could William Fernie also be the cause of the town's curse? Yuki Onna : The Yuki Onna is one of Japan's most well-known yokai (ghost-like monste...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode HEX welcomes a new guest: Icarus, the mysterious webmaster of demon-sushi.com or more famously known on the internet as Zack, the whistleblower and survivor of the Final Fantasy VII house. It's been nearly 20 years since his encounter with Jenifer Cornet and Icarus has had some ups and downs, but is still going strong and living his best life, with his husband, three cats and making his webcomic Inhuman-comic.com To learn about the Final Fantasy 7 house, listen to File 0012: Baba...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: Hyenas : Hyenas get a bad rep, often portrayed as stupid, cowardly scavengers that heckle and antagonize our heroes. But they're Cayla's favorite mammal and she's going to tell you why The Kakapo: New Zealand's national bird, the kakapo is one of the wonders of the world. Because how many ten pound, flightless, century living parrots do you know? The Megalodon : Before Jaws, before the great white,...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: Hyenas : Hyenas get a bad rep, often portrayed as stupid, cowardly scavengers that heckle and antagonize our heroes. But they're Cayla's favorite mammal and she's going to tell you why The Kakapo: New Zealand's national bird, the kakapo is one of the wonders of the world. Because how many ten pound, flightless, century living parrots do you know? The Megalodon : Before Jaws, before the great white,...
Jan 29, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this special HEX episode, we welcome our first guest! Robyn joins us all the way from Norway to tell us a bit about Norse mythology and how it's making a comeback today through a heathenous religious group known as Åsatrufellesskapet Bifrost Resources and Additional Information: Åsatrufellesskapet Bifrost : the religious group that Robyn is part of Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman Tales of Norse Mythology by Helen A. Guerber Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception...
Jan 22, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: Baba Yaga: Like an unconventional fairy godmother, the Slavic witch Baba Yaga rides the line between villain and helper on her flying mortar. The fact that her house has chicken legs is far from the strangest thing about this legend of folkore. The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine : The 19th century of America was awash with dreams of western gold and riches beyond imagine, leaving behind dozens of tales ...
Jan 15, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: Baba Yaga: Like an unconventional fairy godmother, the Slavic witch Baba Yaga rides the line between villain and helper on her flying mortar. The fact that her house has chicken legs is far from the strangest thing about this legend of folkore. The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine : The 19th century of America was awash with dreams of western gold and riches beyond imagine, leaving behind dozens of tales ...
Jan 08, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The Winter Solstice: Long before Christmas was a thing, cultures all around the world celebrated the Winter Solstice (or something similar). Halli tells us about some of those practices Mari Lwyd: December, the days are short, the weather cold. Loved ones are on our thoughts and Christmas is around the corner. It's the perfect time to grab your bros, dig up a horse skull tie some ribbons to it and ...
Dec 25, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The Winter Solstice: Long before Christmas was a thing, cultures all around the world celebrated the Winter Solstice (or something similar). Halli tells us about some of those practices Mari Lwyd: December, the days are short, the weather cold. Loved ones are on our thoughts and Christmas is around the corner. It's the perfect time to grab your bros, dig up a horse skull tie some ribbons to it and ...
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The Great Emu War: In 1932 the Western Australian Minister of Defense, George Pearce declared war. The opposing army was 20,000 strong, but they had better fire power and opposable thumbs! They were woefully unprepared The Birdman of Alcatraz: How does an Alaskan pimp with a taste of murder and violence become one of the leading canary researcher of his time from a cell on the Rock? Teal Swan: The ...
Dec 12, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The Great Emu War: In 1932 the Western Australian Minister of Defense, George Pearce declared war. The opposing army was 20,000 strong, but they had better fire power and opposable thumbs! They were woefully unprepared The Birdman of Alcatraz: How does an Alaskan pimp with a taste of murder and violence become one of the leading canary researcher of his time from a cell on the Rock? Teal Swan: The ...
Dec 04, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The Moonville Tunnel: Moonville is a ghost town in Ohio. Little remains of this former mining community except a few foundations, a cemetery, and an abandoned railroad tunnel which is the subject of numerous ghost stories. The Origins of Private Detectives : Eugène-François Vidocq was a French criminal who lived a wild life with multiple stints in prison, the army and a failed paper factory who som...
Nov 27, 2020•33 min
Welcome to the Human Exception, a podcast about the strangest aspects of the human experience. In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The Moonville Tunnel: Moonville is a ghost town in Ohio. Little remains of this former mining community except a few foundations, a cemetery, and an abandoned railroad tunnel which is the subject of numerous ghost stories. The Origins of Private Detectives : Eugène-François Vidocq was a French criminal wh...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Welcome to the Human Exception, a podcast about the strangest aspects of the human experience. In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: My Immortal, Keanu Reeves: Keanu Reeves beloved actor, the man that said 'woah' and the internet's first boyfriend. If you've spent any time on the internet in the last decade, you assuredly have heard that Keanu is immortal. Could there possibly be anything to this theory? Cats in Ancient Egypt : We have...
Nov 13, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Welcome to the Human Exception, a podcast about the strangest aspects of the human experience. In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: My Immortal, Keanu Reeves: Keanu Reeves beloved actor, the man that said 'woah' and the internet's first boyfriend. If you've spent any time on the internet in the last decade, you assuredly have heard that Keanu is immortal. Could there possibly be anything to this theory? Cats in Ancient Egypt : We have...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Welcome to the Human Exception, a podcast about the strangest aspects of the human experience. In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The secret room behind Mount Rushmore: Gutzon Borglum began construction in 1927 on stolen Lakota land with grander designs than he would ever get to realize Brittany Murphy : On December 20 2009, Murphy would be rushed to the hospital after collapsing, only to die there. Then almost exactly 5 months late...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 2
Welcome to the Human Exception, a podcast about the strangest aspects of the human experience. In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: The secret room behind Mount Rushmore: Gutzon Borglum began construction in 1927 on stolen Lakota land with grander designs than he would ever get to realize Brittany Murphy : On December 20 2009, Murphy would be rushed to the hospital after collapsing, only to die there. Then almost exactly 5 months late...
Oct 31, 2020•47 min•Ep. 1
