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EPISODE 25: Aliens Do Exist?!

This week we take a seemingly unrelated look at the fact that Aliens do exist and we talk with the owner of an old roadside attraction:
Jerry Chubbuck, owner of the funky roadside attraction, Wonder Tower, in Genoa, Colorado, takes us on a fun tour of this landmark; Jim Moroney tells us of the night he [...]

EPISODE 24: Historical Oddities

Gene Kent Nitz and Jeremiah Greer report on amazing findings from their years of researching off-beat historical events and political leaders; We join hundreds of brides in Filene’s basement in New York City as they fight for wedding gowns; We are enlightened with awesome facts about dreams, a dog who smiles only for her master, [...]

EPISODE 23: Vampires – How to Love them, How to Kill them

During this week’s show – Vampires: How to Love Them, How to Kill Them – we find out there is much more behind today’s views of the Vampire culture than Buffy, True Blood and Twilight. This week, we investigate why Vampires are viewed as sexy and romantic creatures today. Author J.M. Dixon talks of the [...]

EPISODE 22: Knife Throwing and Light Bulb Eating

No two words in the English language epitomize the world of the strange, weird and beautiful more than Coney Island. This week, Ripley’s looks at a couple of the Coney Island Marvels – world famous performers who have tread the boardwalk of Coney Island many times during their lives: Todd Robbins, who has eaten more [...]

EPISODE 21: Strange & Wonderful Love

Featured in the Feb. 8 episode: Tennesseans David & Lauren Blair are the world’s most “marryingest” couple – 98 times to each other; Father Mac, the Carny Priest has married more than 100 couples on the carnival midway and on fairgrounds from coast to coast; Buck Wolf and his wife renewed their vows in front [...]

EPISODE 20: The Colorful World of Tattooed Ladies

Amelia Klem Osterud explains how she came to write “The Tattooed Lady: A History,” the first-ever definitive history of the tattooed woman and two of the modern day ladies featured in the book, Charon Henning and Thrill Kill Jill elucidate about their sideshow careers and as living as modern-day tattooed ladies. We go Inside the [...]

EPISODE 19: Amazingly Weird Collections

 
 
Tracker Bob” Hiemenz tells us how he has collected more than 61,000 8-Track tapes and how he knows exactly where each one is; Juanita Rose Violini explains her new almanac of weird and bizarre tales and tells us frozen frogs is a recurring theme; Jeremiah Greer visits the Georgia Guide Stones; we learn why it [...]

EPISODE 18: The Daring World of Daredevils Examined

This week, we explore the amazing world of Daredevils.
Why do they risk their lives to entertain the public and what kind of lives do they really live. Nik Wallenda, the “King of the Highwire” is the 7th generation of the famous Wallenda family and he tells us of his life and upcoming history-making events, including [...]

EPISODE 17: Fears & Phobias

Dr. Craig April shares some of the strangest phobias he has treated as a psychologist and we play a weird phobia quiz; Margie Warrell tells us why fear of the weird and unknown and the resulting adrenalin rush is good for you; we hear a disturbing fact about the world’s most expensive coffee; we hear [...]

EPISODE 16: Are We all Going to Die in 2012?

Two guests on our first show of 2010, Bob Thiel and Jayson Rand, both authors and experts on the 2012 phenomenon will discuss events leading up to and following Dec. 21, 2012. They’ll tell us if we should expect to live through the event; we take a drive along a VERY short street in Ohio; [...]