This episode’s songs are:

• Burning Down the House by Talking Heads
• Fire Water Burn by the Bloodhound Gang
• Heart Cooks Brain by Modest Mouse
• Sunny Side Up by Faith No More
• Burning by King Buffalo

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2026/09/10/summer-2026-heat-record/91673943007/
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-reeser
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mary_Reeser
• https://thehorrorcollection.com/spontaneous-human-combustion/
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/quick-7-seven-cases-spontaneous-human-combustion#inline-text-9
• https://destinationghost.com/curious-case-of-jack-angel/
• https://unsolved.com/gallery/spontaneous-combustion/
• https://www.history.com/articles/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs with this episode:

• The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon by The Cramps
• Hellhound by Son of Dave
• Monster by L7
• Coyote by Dope Lemon, and 
• Unicorn by Gojira

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimothy_(raccoon)

https://www.geekwire.com/2026/jimothy-raids-the-corporate-pantry-amazon-adds-extra-200k-to-food-bank-gift-after-raccoon-art-auction/

https://magicalclan.com/facts-about-chupacabra/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_death_worm

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Mongolian_Death_Worm

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Thunderbird

https://www.historicmysteries.com/myths-legends/thunderbird/22913/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/thunderbird-cryptid-ocker

https://www.history.com/articles/the-cardiff-giant-fools-the-nation-145-years-ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squonk

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Grampus

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Grootslang

https://oldfolklore.com/the-grootslang-of-the-south-african-caves/

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Hellhounds

https://animalko.com/legendary-cryptids-that-turned-out-to-be-real/

Book Cryptid Creatures by Kelly Milner Halls

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs for this episode:

• 99 Red Balloons by Nena
• I’m Shipping Up to Boston by the Dropkick Murphys
• Stuck in the Middle With you by Stealers Wheel
• Whisky River by Willie Nelson
• Rabbit Run by IDLES
• Little Bunny Foo Foo by The Moldy Peaches

 Sources:

https://beamazed.com/article/how-releasing-balloons-went-horribly-wrong-balloonfest-86

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_%2786

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

https://www.history.com/articles/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_whiskey_fire

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-night-a-river-of-whiskey-ran-through-the-streets-of-dublin-1.2743517

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbits_in_Australia

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/how-european-rabbits-took-over-australia/

https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/rabbits-introduced

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

This episodes songs are:

• What’s Happening? By the Byrds
• Dana Katherine Scully by Tacocat
• And Weird Science, by Oingo Boingo

Sources:

• https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/us/deaths-disappearances-scientists-investigation
• https://www.newsweek.com/wave-of-missing-or-dead-us-scientists-everything-we-know-11867967
• https://www.geo.tv/latest/661195-who-are-11-missing-deceased-us-scientists-heres-full-list
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/23/deaths-disappearances-of-us-scientists-see-the-list/89732321007/
• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/scientists-missing-dead-fbi-nuclear-space-ufo-b2965352.html
• https://www.sott.net/article/505883-Another-one-Aerospace-defense-engineer-military-veteran-killed-in-plane-crash-with-family
• https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15822391/missing-scientist-ingrid-coleen-lane-new-mexico.html
• https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amy-eskridge-death-investigation-1794631
• https://nypost.com/2026/04/25/us-news/would-be-ufo-whistleblower-matthew-james-sullivan-died-of-accidental-drug-overdose/
• https://lamag.com/crimeinla/new-clues-in-monica-reza-case-surface-as-trump-launches-probe-into-missing-scientists/
• https://uapmurders.com/physics/Details/GEC_Marconi_Scientists/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEC-Marconi_scientist_deaths_conspiracy_theory

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Today’s songs are:

• The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
• When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin
• Until Then by Orcas

Sources:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/03/13/convicted-killer-indicted-in-womans-78-slaying/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/10/19/jury-hears-confession-in-73-death/

https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/convicted-killer-of-female-oswego-teen-scheduled-for-parole-hearing/article_7358d85e-3f24-11ed-b044-737a6008aca4.html

https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/dna-leads-suspect-49-year-old-cold-case-murder-illinois-teen-julie-ann-hanson/MLSEUH27PRHNTG3ULSZBFCIFKQ/

https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/naperville-cold-case-has-ties-to-oswego/article_9c426e8a-c5f7-11eb-9d6e-bbe7405a0e4f.html

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article251900228.html

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Today’s songs are:

• Joyful Girl by Ani DiFranco
• The Waitress by Tori Amos
• You Don’t Own Me by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper (I mean, you knew this would eventually show up on the list, right?)
• And finally - Birthday! By… the Sugarcubes - I’m telling you, I just love it when stuff comes together. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamina_Fleming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Love_Cohen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Abort_Guidance_System

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly%27s_Leg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Melchior

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Latour

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sally-ride

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250905-the-women-who-broke-nasas-glass-ceiling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Glessner_Lee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutshell_Studies_of_Unexplained_Death

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin

https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2017/12/08/betty-robinson-fire-on-the-track

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Robinson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Buren_sisters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/librarians-horseback-new-deal-book-delivery-wpa

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs I recommend with today’s episode can be found on the Spotify playlist I made to accompany this podcast. For each episode I’ve done or will do, I’ve pulled together a few songs. The ones for this episode are:

• Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk by Rufus Wainwright
• Scottish Winds by Frightened Rabbit
• Blue by A Perfect Circle

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Sloane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picts

http://www.musicalpassage.org/#explore

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/the-picts-of-scotland-explained-3965400

https://clankerr.co.uk/the-fortress-in-the-forest-2/dand%20kerr%201480-1545-2.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/picts

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/why-did-the-picts-mysteriously-disappear-1470059

https://theconversation.com/dna-study-sheds-light-on-scotlands-picts-and-resolves-some-myths-about-them-204507

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictish_stone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictish_Beast

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs for today’s episode:

• Bigfoot by Autumn Orange
• Woods by Bon Iver
• Bigfoot by Mt. Joy
• Somebody’s Watching Me performed by SaxSquatch - that’s right, a guy in a costume who plays saxophone. 
• Ratamahatta by Sepultura
• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Sources:

https://www.southernstylesweettees.com/blog/june-7-1

https://strangeandtwisted.com/blogs/stories/bigfoot-the-primal-forest-guardian-or-just-a-tall-tale

https://bigfootbase.com/bigfoot-evidence/sounds/sierra-sounds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson%E2%80%93Gimlin_film

https://www.pararational.com/other-names-for-bigfoot/

https://www.bigfootmap.com/

https://mapsquatch.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Sounds

https://bigfootbase.com/bigfoot-evidence/sounds/sierra-sounds

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs for this episode:

• Hazy Shade of Winter - the Bangles
• Two Weeks in December - Skullcrusher
• Candles - Daughter
• A Long December - the Counting Crows
• The Commander Thinks Aloud - The Long Winters
• Staralfur (the Staring Elf) - Sigur Ros 

Sources:

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mount-ingino-christmas-tree
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/our-favorite-scandinavian-yuletide-burning-goat-is-back
• https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/i-17-mystery-christmas-tree
• https://historycollection.com/15-bizarre-christmas-traditions-from-history-you-wont-believe-existed/
• https://www.japanesewithhikari.com/blog/kfc-and-christmas-in-japan-how-it-has-become-a-tradition
• https://adventures.is/blog/iceland-christmas-eve-tradition/
• https://www.mashed.com/1454845/worst-christmas-food-trends/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station
• https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/sweden-does-not-use-new-beet-extract-salt-de-ice-roads-nourish-birds-2025-11-21/
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/07/19/fact-check-photo-doesnt-show-finlands-reflective-reindeer-antlers/7971862002/
• https://dunapress.org/why-norwegians-hide-brooms-on-christmas-eve-a-fascinating-tradition/
• https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-new-science-of-how-winter-affects-your-brain-and-body-and-what-to-do-about-it/90998751
• https://www.heart.org/en/news/2025/01/03/what-cold-weather-does-to-the-body-and-how-to-protect-yourself-this-winter

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs for this episode are:

• Lost Highway by NightCrawl
• Black Night by Cheryl Thompson
• A Tombstone Every Mile by Dick Curless

Sources:

• https://www.kadn.com/news/only-on-news15/i-believe-that-it-was-god-that-had-me-there-at-the-right-place-at/article_a990b122-3f03-11ef-b74a-b3730e849d35.html
• https://fox8.com/news/deer-behaving-abnormally-could-be-seen-in-ne-ohio/
• https://www.cdc.gov/chronic-wasting/about/index.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wasting_disease
• https://www.uniladtech.com/science/news/mutant-deer-fibroma-tumor-spotted-us-states-disease-fear-953628-20250821
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/brandon-lawson
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/slime-eels-hagfish-oregon-highway-spill
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scout_Lane
• https://www.wisconsinfrights.com/haunted-roads-in-wisconsin/
• https://www.travelandleisure.com/holiday-travel/halloween/haunted-roads
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/villa-ridge-missouri/
• https://www.travelandleisure.com/holiday-travel/halloween/haunted-roads
• https://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/crime/article312620866.html

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs for today's episode: 

• Seeing Things by the Black Crowes
• That’s the Way by Led Zeppelin
• Highway Star by Deep Purple

Take a listen to all the songs I've put together to accompany each episode's theme on Spotify under the Professional Weirdo Podcast playlist. 

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs for today’s episode:

• Season of the Witch by Donovan
• Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman / Pig Town Fling by Margaret MacArthur
• Witch by Belly
• Small Town Witch by Sneaker Pimps
• Burn by King Woman

Sources:

• https://www.dictionary.com/e/witch-ingredients/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/
• https://www.maloriesadventures.com/blog/the-most-famous-real-life-witches-in-history-and-the-wild-stories-behind-them
• https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/they-werent-witches-they-were-women-the-witch-hunts-and-their-repercussions/181902/
• https://www.panaprium.com/blogs/i/how-midwives-and-healers-used-plant-magic-in-old-villages
• https://guides.library.uab.edu/c.php?g=1048546&p=7609202
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Shipton
• https://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dee
• https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/la-voisin-frances-murderous-fortune-teller
• https://www.360onhistory.com/conspiracy-theories/agnes-sampson-the-first-victim-of-the-witch-trials/
• https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/North-Berwick-Witch-Trials/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Nutter_(alleged_witch)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_witches
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/last-witch-executed-europe-gets-museum-180964633/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier_witch_trials
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tors%C3%A5ker_witch_trials

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs I recommend with today’s episode.

• 6 Underground by Sneaker Pimps
• Funeral Singers by Sylvan Esso
• My Body’a a Zombie for You by Dead Man’s Bones
• Graveyard Blues by John Lee Hooker

Sources:

• https://oldweirdscotland.com/cursed-stones-of-the-doune/
• https://mymacabreroadtrip.com/the-cursed-grave-of-seath-mor/
• https://worldculturalthreads.com/ancient-burial-rituals-and-their-cultural-significance/
• https://gravestonestories.com/the-complete-guide-to-cemetery-superstitions-folklore-and-traditions/
• https://www.kickassfacts.com/graveyard-facts/
• https://memorialsoflife.com/7-surprising-facts-about-cemeteries-you-probably-didnt-know/
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-grave-of-florence-irene-ford
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-girl-in-the-shadow-box
• https://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/pere-lachaise.htm
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10341817/fernand_louis-arbelot
• https://cityorcity.com/5-most-unusual-graves-in-pere-lachaise/
• https://burialsandbeyond.com/2021/02/13/the-grave-of-clasped-hands-love-conquering-death/
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-kiss-of-death-east-cemetery
• https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-two-london-graves-you-are-encouraged-to-dance-on/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katalin_Kar%C3%A1dy
• https://www.cultofweird.com/death/dollhouse-graves/
• https://burialsandbeyond.com/2021/04/10/the-curious-world-of-dollhouse-graves/
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/victor-noir-statue-legend

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

This episode contains mention of abuse, murder, suicide, and the sexual abuse of minors. Discretion is advised. If you are ever struggling and need help is available by calling 988 in the U.S. or visit this site for resources around the world: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/suicide/suicide-prevention-hotlines-resources-worldwide

Songs I recommend with today’s episode can be found on the Spotify playlist I made to accompany this podcast:

• Sheep by Mt. Joy
• I’ll Believe in Anything by Wolf Parade 
• Cult of Personality by Living Color
• Superstition by Mr. Stevie Wonder
• Sheared Box by Portishead

Sources for today's episode: 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_International
• https://people.com/celebrity/rose-mcgowan-how-she-survived-and-escaped-a-cult/
• https://www.grunge.com/476981/the-untold-truth-of-the-children-of-god-cult/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalist_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-Day_Saints
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Davidians

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

This episode contains mention of abuse, murder, suicide, and the sexual abuse of minors. Discretion is advised. If you are ever struggling and need help is available by calling 988 in the U.S. or visit this site for resources around the world: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/suicide/suicide-prevention-hotlines-resources-worldwide

Songs I recommend with today’s episode can be found on the Spotify playlist I made to accompany this podcast:

• Sheep by Mt. Joy
• I’ll Believe in Anything by Wolf Parade 
• Cult of Personality by Living Color
• Superstition by Mr. Stevie Wonder

Sources for today's episode: 

• https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-sunk-cost-fallacy-7106851
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/what-is-the-children-of-the-waning-star-cult-gigi-jarvis-crazed-following-and-the-controversy-explained/ar-AA1INLkQ
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Carlson_(religious_leader)
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/word-less/202303/has-a-loved-one-fallen-into-a-dangerous-cult
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Has_Won
• https://www.salon.com/2023/12/04/love-has-won-robin-williams-culture/
• https://nypost.com/2021/12/02/colorado-cult-leaders-cause-of-death-revealed-after-corpse-found-mummified/
• https://yellowdeli.com/about
• https://www.5dfulldisclosure.org/
• https://people.howstuffworks.com/yellow-deli-cult.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajneesh_movement
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Shamblin_Lara
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Russian_Orthodox_Church

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs:

• Ghost Town by The Specials
• Cold Reactor by Everything Everything
• Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth by the Primitive Radio Gods
• The Pit by Mouse Rat

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlock,_Alaska
• https://alaskamagazine.com/authentic-alaska/somethings-afoot-in-port-chatham-century-old-rumors-persist-of-a-terror-in-the-mountains/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_(New_York)
• https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/new-york/stories-in-new-york/saving-plum-island/h
• ttps://yellowdogvillage.com
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treece,_Kansas
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picher,_Oklahoma
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardin,_Oklahoma
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douthat,_Oklahoma
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/helltown-ohio
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Island
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore,_Michigan
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcat_banking
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marktown
• https://uncoveringpa.com/yellow-dog-village
• https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/helltown/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Maguires

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs: 

• I’m Not Falling Asleep by Andy Shauf
• Sleep to Dream by Fiona Apple
• Heavy Water/I’d Rather be Sleeping by Grouper, and 
• Wake Up by Arcade Fire

Sources:

• https://www.thisamericanlife.org/361/fear-of-sleep/act-one-16
• https://sleepforensicmedicine.org/case-studies/confusional-arousals/
• https://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/05/08/7-criminal-cases-that-invoked-the-sleepwalking-defense
• https://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/05/08/when-sleep-problems-become-legal-problems-neuroscience-can-help
• https://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/05/08/when-sleep-problems-become-legal-problems-neuroscience-can-help
• https://sleepforensicmedicine.org/case-studies/sleep-walking/
• https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleep-demon
• https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-a-false-awakening-3014835
• https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/the-science-of-sleep-understanding-what-happens-when-you-sleep
• https://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/05/08/7-criminal-cases-that-invoked-the-sleepwalking-defense
• https://www.healthline.com/health/why-do-we-sleep
• https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs I recommend with today’s episode can be found on the Spotify playlist:

• Outer Space by John Grant
• 3rd Planet by Modest Mouse
• Oh! You Pretty Things by David Bowie - because of course Bowie is gonna be recommended for the UFO episode

Sources:

• https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2013/10/28/project-blue-book-ufos-in-home-movies/
• https://vault.fbi.gov/UFO
• https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps
• https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40586960
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_incident
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reported_UFO_sightings
• https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a61826531/japan-ufo-sightings-hotspot/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29755919
• https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/ufo-sightings-by-country
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Blue_Book
• https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/world-news/declassified-cold-war-era-cia-files-detail-soviet-clash-with-aliens-who-witnesses-say-turned-soldiers-to-stone/
• https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/release/article/2314065/establishment-of-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-task-force/
• https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagons-ufo-report-finds-700-new-cases-21/story?id=115878401
• https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190390376/ufo-hearing-non-human-biologics-uaps
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/are-5-memorable-moments-congress-ufo-hearing-rcna96476
• https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/ufo-whistleblowers-tell-congress-we-are-not-alone-in-the-cosmos

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Songs I recommend with today’s episode - there’s 5! F5!

• Sun is a Hole, Sun is Vapors by Godspeed, You Black Emperor
• Whirlwind by the Gits
• Lightning Bolt by Jake Bugg
• Raining Blood by Slayer
• Land of Sunshine by Faith No More

Sources:

• https://www.noaa.gov/news/50-years-later-remembering-1974-tornado-super-outbreak
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Super_Outbreak
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williwaw
• https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/rain-frog.htm
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_snow
• https://climavision.com/blog/strange-weather-phenomena-part-2/
• https://climavision.com/blog/strange-weather-phenomena-part-iii/
• https://www.bbcearth.com/news/meteoro-illogical-the-worlds-weirdest-weather
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacryometeor
• https://www.history.com/articles/major-blizzards-in-u-s-history
• https://www.spc.noaa.gov/efscale/
• https://www.weather.gov/lmk/april31974_personal_experiences
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_records
• https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/meteorology-climatology/item/can-it-rain-frogs-fish-and-other-objects/
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/
• https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/what-were-the-oakville-blobs
• https://www.iflscience.com/oakville-blobs-in-1994-mysterious-gelatinous-goo-rained-down-on-washington-73717#
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Mitch

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Song recs for this episode are on the Professional Weirdo Podcast Spotify music playlist: 

• The Recluse, Cursive
• Collector, Here We Go Magic
• Wondrous Place, Drug Store Romeos

Sources:

• https://lithub.com/10-famous-book-hoarders/
• https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/mental-disorders/5-famous-hoarding-cases.htm
• https://ecobear.co/knowledge-center/a-look-inside-the-world-of-famous-hoarders/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers#:~:text=Homer%20Lusk%20Collyer%20(November%206,bizarre%20natures%20and%20compulsive%20hoarding.
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23071/7-famous-hoarders
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers#:~:text=Homer%20Lusk%20Collyer%20(November%206,bizarre%20natures%20and%20compulsive%20hoarding.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Wood
• https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-figures-with-enormous-collections/melissa-sartore
• https://historycollection.com/these-famous-hoarders-from-history-could-have-had-entire-tlc-shows-about-their-lives/
• https://historycollection.com/these-famous-hoarders-from-history-could-have-had-entire-tlc-shows-about-their-lives/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kennedy_Miller
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stutz_Motor_Car_Company
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Ewing_Bouvier_Beale
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/everything-was-fake-but-her-wealth-4621153/

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Music recommendation for this episode: 

• Strangers by Portishead
• What I Am by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

To find these and more recommended songs for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Sources for this episode: 

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/she-thought-she-was-irish-until-a-dna-test-opened-a-100-year-old-mystery/?utm_term=.089d1aca195c
• https://blog.23andme.com/articles/an-only-childs-dna-surprise
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/09/19/ancestry-dna-family-secrets/70707516007/
• https://time.com/6176310/our-father-true-story-netflix/
• https://listverse.com/2019/01/11/10-shocking-discoveries-we-uncovered-from-analyzing-ancient-dna/
• https://www.npr.org/2010/02/16/123781211/frail-and-sickly-king-tut-suffered-through-life

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Music recommendation for this episode: 

• Will & Worry by Land Lines
• Night Witches by True Widow
• Febersvan by GAUPA

To find these and more recommended songs for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Sources for this episode: 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulia_Tofana
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Tofana
• https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/
• https://aspectsofhistory.com/giulia-tofana-power-poison/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franceska_Mann
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderkommando
• https://www.holocausthistoricalsociety.org.uk/contents/jewishaccounts/franceskamannactofresistanceinbirkenau.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_d%27Aubigny
• https://jwa.org/thisweek/oct/23/1943/ballerina-franceska-mann-kills-nazi-guard-and-injures-two-others-auschwitz
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomyris
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev
• https://wrightmuseum.org/the-soviet-night-witches/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Raskova

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com

Music recommendation for this episode: 

• Professional Weirdo by The Haxans
• Rock Lobster by the B-52's

To find these and more recommended songs for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Sources for this episode: 

• https://listverse.com/2022/06/18/10-unusual-things-that-have-washed-ashore/
• https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230222-the-strange-items-washing-up-on-beaches
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47732553
• https://www.rd.com/list/strangest-things-washed-up-on-beaches/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whimsical-legos-are-still-washing-ashore-decades-after-they-were-lost-at-sea-180979580/
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352485522003565#b10
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whimsical-legos-are-still-washing-ashore-decades-after-they-were-lost-at-sea-180979580/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries
• https://time.com/5192715/siberia-russia-severed-human-hands-mystery/
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/severed-hands-russia
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5536973/Russian-authorities-admit-chopped-hands-410-corpses-year.html

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com