We’ve Always Been Weird

today we discuss the topic of the backrooms, a classic piece of internet horror that's influenced ARGs, creepypastas, Youtube creations, and now a feature film. Based on the haunting nature of liminal spaces, these otherdimensional levels illuminate that odd, familiar uncanny valley sector of our brains where we just can't quite shake the buzz from our bones.theme song by Riley H. on Fiverr !sources:https://backrooms.fandom.com/wiki/Backrooms_Wikiwikipediahttps://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/level-0https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/level-404https://backrooms.fandom.com/wiki/Level_37https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/level-200https://www.vice.com/en/article/is-the-backrooms-real/https://backrooms.fandom.com/wiki/Entity_8https://backrooms.fandom.com/wiki/Entity_3charities to check out:The Loveland Foundation https://thelovelandfoundation.org/For the Gworls https://www.forthegworls.com/homeRAINN https://rainn.org/Doctors Without Borders/MSF https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org/social media:instagram.com/wevealwaysbeenweirdtiktok @wevealwaysbeenweirdtwitter x.com/wabwpodemail us! wevealwaysbeenweird@gmail.comlove you!

In the 1870s, one of America's first serial killer families took up residence on the plains of Kansas. Under the roof of their general store and inn, the Benders, also known as the bloody Benders in true crime circles, saw many travellers, some of which never made it off of the vast property alive.theme song by Riley H. on Fiverr !sources:https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/wikipediahttps://www.aetv.com/articles/bloody-bendershttps://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/what-happened-to-the-bloody-benders/https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-bendershttps://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/bloody-benders-americas-first-serial-killershttps://www.historicmysteries.com/history/bloody-benders/25264/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sale-kansas-land-where-bloody-benders-committed-their-crimes-180974121/charities to check out:The Loveland Foundation https://thelovelandfoundation.org/For the Gworls https://www.forthegworls.com/homeRAINN https://rainn.org/Doctors Without Borders/MSF https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org/social media:instagram.com/wevealwaysbeenweirdtiktok @wevealwaysbeenweirdtwitter x.com/wabwpodemail us! wevealwaysbeenweird@gmail.comlove you!

we redid our episode on the Bell Witch! Robertson County, Tennesee's very own poltergeist/witch/entity that affected even a president.theme song by Riley H. on Fiverr !sources:http://www.bellwitch.org/story.htmwikipediahttps://www.bellwitchcave.com/https://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/tennessee-legends-the-bell-witchhttps://www.legendsofamerica.com/the-bell-witch-tennessee/charities to check out:The Loveland Foundation https://thelovelandfoundation.org/For the Gworls https://www.forthegworls.com/homeRAINN https://rainn.org/Doctors Without Borders/MSF https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org/social media:instagram.com/wevealwaysbeenweirdtiktok @wevealwaysbeenweirdtwitter x.com/wabwpodemail us! wevealwaysbeenweird@gmail.comlove you!

In 1848, 25 year old railroad worker Phineas Gage took a 3 foot metal rod through the skull and lived. This is amazing in general, but especially considering how far medicine has evolved since then. Join us today as we discuss his injury, his recovery, and the science surrounding it.sources:https://www.uakron.edu/gage/story.dothttps://www.verywellmind.com/phineas-gage-2795244wikipediahttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Phineas-Gagetheme song by Riley H. on Fiverr !help honor Ms Shirley by supporting her organization Beauty 2 the Streetz: https://b2ts.org/get-involved/gofundme to support Keith Porter's daughters: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-franceolas-granddaughters-future?attribution_id=sl:7ac675f7-6e79-4f21-b419-f0aee97ad4d7&lang=en_US&ts=1768018709&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_ta&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=native_optionspetition to end immigration raids by ICE: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-ices-attack-our-communitiescharities to check out:The Loveland Foundation https://thelovelandfoundation.org/For the Gworls https://www.forthegworls.com/homeRAINN https://rainn.org/Doctors Without Borders/MSF https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org/social media:instagram.com/wevealwaysbeenweirdtiktok @wevealwaysbeenweirdtwitter x.com/wabwpodemail us! wevealwaysbeenweird@gmail.comlove you!

150 years ago, in 1876 Kentucky, a weather event occurred that would result in the New York TImes running a headline that read "Flesh Descends in a Shower". While we have not quite nailed down where (or what) the flesh came from, it is a weird and wonderful oddity that has fascinated people for over a century now. sources:https://vinepair.com/cocktail-chatter/kentucky-meat-shower-mystery/https://www.iflscience.com/the-kentucky-meat-shower-of-1876-it-came-down-like-snowflakes-82561https://www.npr.org/2026/03/15/nx-s1-5737457/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-kentucky-marks-the-day-meat-fell-from-the-skyhttps://www.hollyhillandco.com/stories-recipes/meat-showerwikipediahttps://davebarry.substack.com/p/the-kentucky-meat-showerhttps://antiqueslides.net/kentucky-meat-shower-newly-found-specimen-confirms-its-nature/https://sepro.com/aquatics/algae-corner/algae-corner-what-is-it-witchs-jelly-nostoctheme song by Riley H. on Fiverr !help honor Ms Shirley by supporting her organization Beauty 2 the Streetz: https://b2ts.org/get-involved/gofundme to support Keith Porter's daughters: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-franceolas-granddaughters-future?attribution_id=sl:7ac675f7-6e79-4f21-b419-f0aee97ad4d7&lang=en_US&ts=1768018709&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_ta&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=native_optionspetition to end immigration raids by ICE: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-ices-attack-our-communitiescharities to check out:The Loveland Foundation https://thelovelandfoundation.org/For the Gworls https://www.forthegworls.com/homeRAINN https://rainn.org/Doctors Without Borders/MSF https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org/social media:instagram.com/wevealwaysbeenweirdtiktok @wevealwaysbeenweirdtwitter x.com/wabwpodemail us! wevealwaysbeenweird@gmail.comlove you!

A fish that can supposedly predict natural disasters lives deep in the ocean, floating through the twilight zone where only 1% of light reaches. They're considered extremely rare and have origins in Japanese folklore where they serve as messengers for the god of the sea. They are also huge!!!! Measuring up to 36 feet, they're the longest living bony fish and are thought to have inspired sea cryptid tales of yore <3georgia aquarium livestream: https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/ocean-voyager/oarfish video: https://youtu.be/2U2NNVX08EQ?si=_0ZeoKqXpIOBZhiSsources:yokai.comhttps://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/oarfish/https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2023/11/08/oarfish-known-doomsday-fish/https://aquarium.ucsd.edu/exhibits/oarfishhttps://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/oarfish-regalecus-glesne/wikipediahttps://seahistory.org/sea-history-for-kids/oarfish-harmless-fish-or-deadly-sea-serpent/https://www.surfer.com/news/30ft-doomsday-fish-cabo-oarfish-videohttps://www.marinebio.org/species/oarfishes/regalecus-glesne/https://oceana.org/marine-life/oarfish/https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/07/01/oarfish-survival-guide-so-you-have-found-a-mythical-sea-serpent-how-to-prepare-for-your-impending-doom/https://www.livescience.com/animals/fish/giant-oarfish-the-doomsday-fish-of-legend-that-supposedly-foreshadows-earthquakestheme song by Riley H. on Fiverr !help honor Ms Shirley by supporting her organization Beauty 2 the Streetz: https://b2ts.org/get-involved/gofundme to support Keith Porter's daughters: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-franceolas-granddaughters-future?attribution_id=sl:7ac675f7-6e79-4f21-b419-f0aee97ad4d7&lang=en_US&ts=1768018709&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_ta&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=native_optionspetition to end immigration raids by ICE: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-ices-attack-our-communitiescharities to check out:The Loveland Foundation https://thelovelandfoundation.org/For the Gworls https://www.forthegworls.com/homeRAINN https://rainn.org/Doctors Without Borders/MSF https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org/social media:instagram.com/wevealwaysbeenweirdtiktok @wevealwaysbeenweirdtwitter x.com/wabwpodemail us! wevealwaysbeenweird@gmail.comlove you!

On this week's paranormal episode, we dive into a cryptid that haunts the backroads of rural Wisconsin. First sighted in 1936, the beast has appeared to townsfolk in the dim and dark, often seen lurking on the side of the road eating carrion. It's most often described as a huge creature that appears to be something of a cross between a man and a wolf. editor of our spotify ad: https://www.fiverr.com/johrie sources: https://www.milwaukeemag.com/the-legend-of-the-beast-of-bray-road/https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Beast_of_Bray_Roadhttps://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/paranormal/creatures-and-monsters/the-beast-of-bray-road.htmlhttps://nicolewolverton.com/2023/10/monster-of-the-month-the-beast-of-bray-road/https://www.legendsofamerica.com/beast-of-bray-road/https://allthatsinteresting.com/beast-of-bray-roadhttps://www.sixt.com/magazine/tips/beast-of-bray-road-wisconsin-legend/https://hangar1publishing.com/blogs/cryptids/the-beast-of-bray-road?srsltid=AfmBOopA3PphUKdnIwur-P8SvgnN2bl7QC2Xb-Fw1KbaeaV6zbLiYK5Nhttps://www.americanghostwalks.com/blog/2021/12/25/296-the-beast-of-bray-road-returns-the-30th-anniversary-with-linda-godfreytheme song by Riley H. on Fiverr !help honor Ms Shirley by supporting her organization Beauty 2 the Streetz: https://b2ts.org/get-involved/gofundme to support Keith Porter's daughters: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-franceolas-granddaughters-future?attribution_id=sl:7ac675f7-6e79-4f21-b419-f0aee97ad4d7&lang=en_US&ts=1768018709&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_ta&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=native_optionspetition to end immigration raids by ICE: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-ices-attack-our-communitiescharities to check out:The Loveland Foundation https://thelovelandfoundation.org/For the Gworls https://www.forthegworls.com/homeRAINN https://rainn.org/Doctors Without Borders/MSF https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org/social media:instagram.com/wevealwaysbeenweirdtiktok @wevealwaysbeenweirdtwitter x.com/wabwpodemail us! wevealwaysbeenweird@gmail.comlove you!

Inspired by the documentary The Alabama Solution, in this episode we take a look at the systemic abuse taking place within Alabama's state prisons. The violence and death rates within have led the Department of Justice to spotlight violations of the eighth amendment multiple times, and conditions rank the worst in the US in multiple sectors. From the events highlighted in The Alabama Solution to the new use of controversial execution method nitrogen hypoxia, the issues are nuanced and complex.sources:The Alabama Solution, available to stream on HBO Maxhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/alabama-solution-activist-solitary-confinementwikipediahttps://freealabamamovement.wordpress.com/https://www.justicecatalyst.org/law/alabama-solution-modern-american-slaveryhttps://www.melvinray-bhrs.com/https://www.galaxygives.com/https://www.thekinetikjusticeproject.com/https://moviedelic.com/raoul-poole/https://eji.org/theme song by Riley H. on Fiverr !help honor Ms Shirley by supporting her organization Beauty 2 the Streetz: https://b2ts.org/get-involved/gofundme to support Keith Porter's daughters: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-franceolas-granddaughters-future?attribution_id=sl:7ac675f7-6e79-4f21-b419-f0aee97ad4d7&lang=en_US&ts=1768018709&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_ta&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=native_optionspetition to end immigration raids by ICE: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-ices-attack-our-communitiescharities to check out:The Loveland Foundation https://thelovelandfoundation.org/For the Gworls https://www.forthegworls.com/homeRAINN https://rainn.org/Doctors Without Borders/MSF https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org/social media:instagram.com/wevealwaysbeenweirdtiktok @wevealwaysbeenweirdtwitter x.com/wabwpodemail us! wevealwaysbeenweird@gmail.comlove you!