Cassiopeia & the Secret Holes

The Future is Female, Weirdos! And here we are, bringing you THE FUTURE!! Well, stories from the past to hopefully inspire your future. TW: foul language, hoarding, kidnapping, violence Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD!  The podcast for all things strange and unusual, girly & ghoulish, frightningly feminist, Double X Chromosomed & everything in between! Everytime we get together we chat about something WEIRD and this week we get to do that with one of our all time favorite recurring guests.  Your Weird Report cohost AMY HANSELMANN is here to rage against the man-chine with us! Oh yes it's LADIES NIGHT here on the weird cast and we're looking at some historical women who SHOULD be mega famous but instead are lucky to even be footnotes in our history books.  Why?  BECAUSE THE PATRIARCHY. Lauren starts us off with ANNIE JUMP CANNON - an American astronomer who catalogued over 350,000 stars and whose work was instrumental in the development of the stellar classification system that we still use today!  A member of the Harvard Computers, a suffragette and a member of the National Women's Party-- Annie was a CHAMP Next up Amy guides us through the many lives of MARION STOKES- a television producer, businesswoman, MACINTOSH investor, civil rights activist, librarian and archivist who yeah, sure, may have had an obsession that got out of control when she started recording and archiving hundreds of THOUSANDS of hours of television news footage spanning over 35 years and taking up several apartments worth of space...... but we love her for it. And Ashley brings us home with the story of the FORTY ELEPHANTS - an all-female London crime syndicate who terrorized the UK for multiple centuries specializing in SHOPLIFTING.  They used the class and sex stereotypes of their day to their advantage, sewing secret compartments into their layers and layers of clothing, crossdressing, manipulating, blackmailing and even full on mugging to steal millions of dollars worth of goods from THE MAN. Join us in celebrating these incredible women from history's pass who all left their mark on our world, as faded as it may be.  We salute you, ladies! Check out some links below if you want to read more about today's topics! FOLLOW US @keepitweirdcast SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE CHANNEL www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast BUY OUR MERCH www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch   CANNON https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/annie-jump-cannon https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/annie-jump-cannon STOKES https://recorderfilm.com/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/marion-stokes-television-news-archive ELEPHANTS https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/forty-elephants-south-londons-supreme-shoplifters/ https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250219-a-thousand-blows-how-a-women-only-gang-menaced-victorian-london https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-forty-elephants/

BOO, Weirdos!!  Did we scare you?  Not yet?  Well buckle up because this week we have another episode of REAL SCARY STORIES!! We're talking ghosts, we're talking aliens, we're talking INTERDIMENSIONAL BEINGS, imaginary friends, ghost animals, premonitions, alien abductions and even a little bit of the SHINE and all of these stories happened to REAL PEOPLE!! Some were sent in by you, our faithful, loyal, funny, beautiful, interesting, intelligent weirdos.  And others were found online (reddit) where we have the privelage of constantly making new friends. This episode has MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS and is best enjoyed through a set of headphones but don't worry! If that's not your bag we have a Music & Sound FX FREE episode on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast-- it's public, you don't have to donate to our show to listen! TW: foul language, death, public shootings, sleep paralysis, death by hanging No links this week but a HUGE shoutout to Brewability in Engelwood Colorado (brew-ability.com) VIVEK ABISHEK who composes all the spooky music you hear in our ghost stories episodes, reddit users LeakyAssFire, just-another-gringo & r33dstellar as well as listeners Kelsie, "D" and our anonymous weirdos for letting us tell your scary stories. SUPPORT OUR SHOW: www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast FOLLOW US: @keepitweirdcast BUY OUR MERCH: www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch  

Well Hello, Weirdos!  Long time, no SEE!! Welcome to Keep It Weird, the podcast for all thing strange and unusual, stalker-ish and sleepy, spooky, scary and everything in between. We wanted to keep things EXTRA SCARY for another month because October was so crazy busy so welcome to SECOND OCTOBER!! October Part Two!  This week Lauren starts us off with a rare TRUE CRIME TIME and the story of the Kuykendall Family Phone Stalker! In 2007 someone was able to not only clone the phones of the Kuykendall family but also somehow WATCH THEM INSIDE THEIR HOUSE.  It's a case that remains unsolved to this day and boy oh boy do we hate that. Then Ashley takes us to a PARANORMAL PARADISE as we explore some real life haunts out of the legendary village of SLEEPY HOLLOW!!  It may not be haunted by a headless hessian soldier, but that doesn't mean the place isn't crawling with old 16th century ghouls!  Classic wailing women, the ghost of an American traitor, a witch of the wood and possibly even some new world FAE!  Check out the links below if you want to do some more reading on this week's episode. FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast BUY SOME MERCH at www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch   KUYKENDALL STALKER https://medium.com/tftunderworld/restricted-caller-from-death-threats-to-constant-spying-the-chilling-case-of-the-washington-state-8f2c7bc03297 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/TheLaw/story?id=3312813&page=1   SLEEPY HOLLOW https://sleepyhollowcountry.com/category/ghosts-spooks/ https://visitsleepyhollow.com/the-other-ghosts-of-sleepy-hollow/  

Hail to the Cardinal, Hail to the White, Weirdos!!  Welcome to a very special Halloween episode-- It's our WEIRD CENTRALIA LIVE SHOW!! This month Lauren and Ashley had the pleasure of traveling to Centralia, IL to perform to a sold out audience at the Centralia Area Historical Society Museum!  We got to chat about ALL THINGS C-TOWN including, but not limited to: The Orphans, May Fete, the Thunderbird, Violin Anne, the 1947 Mine Disaster, Copple's Mansion, the Perrine House & Perrine's Orchard! We laugh, we cry, we SCREAM - this episode is a lot of things.  I HIGHLY recommend watching this ep on YOUTUBE (www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast) as we also did have a slideshow presentation and you'll be able to see all the things the audience is reacting to: Old photos, newspaper clippings, even a couple videos! This was one of the most special weekends of our lives and that's all because of the people of Centralia.  Everyone who shared their stories with us, taught us about the town's history, invited us to the town museum (Thank you Rick Dodson, Mike Middleton and Jessycka Nix Coleman!) FED us (thank you Simply Soul LLC!) rented us a place to stay (thank you Mallory Fisk!) lent us some audio visual equipment and bought tickets and came out to see our show.  We were floored! This show was meant to be a CELEBRATION of Centralia and I do believe we accomplished our goal.  I feel closer to my hometown than ever before... and maybe a little more creeped out by it. GO ORPHANS!!!! TRIGGER WARNING: Actually NO cursing-- unless you count "heck" so good for us!  But we do talk about death, murder, suicide, slavery AND man-eating birds; so be aware. Get yourself a WEIRD CENTRALIA SHIRT by going to our merch store www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch - click on the button that says "Click here for Store" and go nuts!  If you want the design on a tote bag, button, hoodie or iphone case just click on the shirt and scroll down and you'll find all the items that you can get the design printed on :) FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel JOIN OUR PATREON www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast - this is how we make money doing our show and how we are able to KEEP doing our show - you can donate as little as $1 an as high as $50 for one month or set it up to donate monthly and in return you'll get BONUS EPISODES every singe month and FREE tarot card readings!

Yaaaassss, Weirdos! Welcome to SPOOKY SEASON!!! You know what that means.  Pumpkins.  Horror movies. Ghouls.  Girls, gays & theys! This week is a very special episode where we are celebrating QUEER HORROR!!  Our special guest this week is an American author, playwright and theater director of (get this) HELLGATE HIGH Mr. Laramie Dean!!  We are exploring the horror genre all the way back to the gothic novels of the 1800's to the campy gore of the 80s and to our explicitly queer films today.  The LGBTQA+ community has always found representation in the horror genre - sometimes they had to hide their queerness, sometimes they got it WAY wrong but nevertheless their stories and films have inspired generations of us throughout the last century and a half and for that we are eternally grateful! So join us as we chat Mary Shelley, James Whale, John Waters, Interview with the Vampire, Chucky, and so much more. Follow us @keepitweirdcast Follow Laramie Dean @bylaramiedean and buy his books here: www.bylaramiedean.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast Join our Patreon for Bonus Episodes and free tarot card readings at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast  

Dust to Dust, Weirdos! Welcome back to KEEP IT WEIRD!! The podcast for all things strange, unusual, paranormal, supernatural, creepy, gross, scary, sticky and everything in between! Everytime we get together we chat about something WEIRD and this episode is no exception.  WE'RE BACK from a brief hiatus so dont mind us as we spend the first fifteen or so catching you up on life stuff but dont you worry we make our way to the strange quickly as Lauren brings us into a WHERE IN THE WORLD (is Keep It Weird Going?) and we travel (astrally) to NORWAY! Ålen, Norway to be exact in a 15 mile valley known as Hessdalen where for almost an entire century very strange lights have been appearing in the sky.  No matter the weather, regardless of day or night these lights show up in bright whites, yellows and reds - sometimes for over an hour!  Sometimes they streak through the sky, other times they sway slowly back and forth.  But what the h e double hockey sticks are they?!  UFOs?!  Plasma?  Ball lightning?  A natural phenomenon we literally don't know about yet?!  We break down the scientific discoveries that we DO know along with all the questions we still have about the HESSDALEN LIGHTS. Then Ashley takes a different look at the sky in an ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!   Something is headed our way and its massive.  3i/Atlas is the third interstellar object (that we have ever observed) to pass through our solar system and it's en route as we speak!  Most experts believe it's a comet, although some are more skeptical of it's behavior.  But that's not why we're here-- we're here to talk about what some OTHER folks believe this object to be.  Something called the BLUE STAR KACHINA aka SAQUASOHUH- an apocalyptic prophecy from North America's own Hopi Native Tribes.  This bright blue star is said to come from far away and crash into our skies in the "Day of Purification" and is described as a "world engulfing cataclysm" that will end life as we know it for everyone who isn't truly Hopi. The only problem is that the legend didn't actually come from Hopi legends and it was written by a white man in the 60s.  OOPS!! Ah well, we'll get em' next time boys. Lauren finishes off the show with a mini segment called TIK TOKS THAT BRING ME JOY where she introduces us to three different content creators that have helped her get through the last month or so we've been away. As usual check out some links below if you want to do some more reading on today's topics!  Follow us on social media @keepitweirdcast Join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast Subscribe to our YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast Buy some merch www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch Flashing (Hessdalen) Lights (lights lights lights) https://naturphilosophie.co.uk/identifying-the-unidentified-the-hessdalen-light-phenomenon-norway/ https://www.michelegargiulo.com/blog/hessdalen-lights-mystery https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229680-600-norse-ufos-what-are-the-glowing-orbs-of-hessdalen/ Hessdalen.org Goodbye Cruel World https://www.ketchum.house/post/blue-star-on-the-horizon-a-cosmic-invitation-to-a-new-world#:~:text=The%20convergence%20of%20Hopi%20prophecy,end%E2%80%94but%20the%20greatest%20beginning%3F https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ab5OC2YWTi_gLHGf9aGYP5zTOfuaCdRuAprQTKDEyc/edit?tab=t.0 https://www.bedlamfarm.com/2015/06/08/the-queen-of-the-blue-star-prophecy/ https://theskylive.com/articles/2025/07/3i-atlas-a-month-by-month-observing-guide

Shout!  Shout!  Let it all out, weirdos!!  TW: sound effects and music that may be disturbing to some listeners ((You can always find a sound effect/music free version of the scary stories episodes on our Patreon for free! www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast)   Welcome to KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, spooky and scary, creepy and crawly and everything in between!  Everytime we get together we talk about something WEIRD and this episode IS a little something special-- because it's time for SCARY STORIES!!    Lauren has three LISTENER STORIES sent in by YOU, our favorite people on the planet.  She's got a little something supernatural, a little something paranormal and a little something MURDEROUS for y'all this time around.   Ashley has a major PARANORMAL PARADISE full of scary experiences that people have had in EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS!! From the underground tunnel tours, the mystical natural springs, the supercharged limestone landscape and MULTIPLE haunted hotels-- this place has a bit of strangeness for everyone.   Strap on some headphones to get the full effect of these extra spooky tales and check out some links below if you want to learn more about Eureka Springs!   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our channel www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast for multiple bonus episodes every month, discounts on merch and free tarot card readings!    GRAB SOME MERCH at www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch https://basinpark.com/blog/2018/10/23/mysteries-need-to-be-solved-at-1905-basin-park-hotel/ https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/bizarre-discovery/ https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/1886-crescent-hotel-and-spa/ghost-stories.php https://www.americasmosthauntedhotel.com/blog/category/crescent-ghost-stories/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ParanormalEncounters/comments/1fd5g3t/chased_by_a_ghost_at_the_crescent_hotel/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ParanormalEncounters/comments/17s51v0/crescent_hotel/ https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-crescent-hotel-americas-most-haunted-hotel/ https://www.iloveureka.com/post/i-believe-it-to-be-true              

Tweet tweet, weirdos!   This is a bird show now! Just kidding.  Kind of.  Welcome to Keep It Bird the podcast about all things feathered and beaked, squawking and flapping, and everything that has plumage that chirps or clucks!    Nah, we're still the podcast for all things strange and unusual and this week we are getting to the bottom of ALL THINGS PARANORMAL!! That's right-- we're answering every question we've ever asked on this show because it turns out the supernatural is as natural as can be.   Lauren starts us off by going DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE and exploring the nature of our very own star.  Not only did the sun create our planet but it provides our planet with energy, influences our climate and weather patterns, can mess with our technology and can even rewire our BRAINS!! AND DONT EVEN GET HER STARTED ON THE ROCKS!   Ashley swoops in (bird reference) with a WHERE IN THE WORLD as we travel to America's creepiest playground-- APPALACHIA!  The Appalachian Mountains are some of the oldest mountains on the entire planet-- predating trees, dinosaurs and even BONES.  It's no wonder it's full of ghosts, cryptids, witches and UFOs!    We did a TON of research this week so CHECK THE LINKS BELOW if you want to do some more reading on today's topics.   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast RATE US on iTunes and Spotify   JOIN OUR PATREON at patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast and you'll get BONUS EPISODES every month, discounts on merch and free tarot card readings!   Also don't forget to check out the FULL DIVINATION EPISODE if you want to hear all of the tarot readings we did this month for our lovely listeners.   FROM THE SUN TO SINBAD https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-59633-z   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-migrating-birds-use-quantum-effects-to-navigate/   https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know-general-science/story-behind-21-grams   https://www.cuyamungueinstitute.com/articles-and-news/rhythmic-sound-trance-states-and-the-brain/   https://www.biotonomy.com/post/how-electromagnetic-pollution-in-buildings-effect-our-wellbeing   SPOOKY MOUNTAIN HIGH https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649146/appalachian-mountains-facts   https://www.thewanderingappalachian.com/post/legends-and-folklore-uncovering-appalachian-myths-and-mysteries   https://gotmountainlife.com/6-mysterious-creatures/   https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2560/tsulkalu-the-slant-eyed-giant/#:~:text=Tsul'k%C4%83l%C3%BB'%2C%20The%20Slant%2DEyed%20Giant%20is%20a,and%20power%20could%20be%20felt.   https://criticalcountry.medium.com/the-mysterious-brown-mountain-lights-fba405425dd3   https://allthatsinteresting.com/moon-eyed-people   https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/appalachian-folk-magic   https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5992&context=thesesdissertations   https://columbusfreepress.com/article/ohio-against-universe-50th-anniversary-ufo-wave-during-halloween-1973   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascagoula_Abduction  

Hi Weirdos!   Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, creepy, kooky & all together spooky!  Everytime we get together we chat about something WEIRD and this week is no exception   It's been a LONG TIME, friends, but today we revisit an old classic: ASK A WEIRDO!  We take the time to answer all of YOUR questions submitted via our patreon and social media pages (this seems like a good time to tell you to join our patreon :))    We chat about religion & spirituality, cryptids, horror movies, snacks, psychics, tattoos, tarot, curses, unsolved murders and so much more.    Check out the list of questions below if you want a reference guide   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast where you will receive BONUS EPISODES every month, discounts on merch and FREE TAROT CARD READINGS!    SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast    Emily asks: (6:44) What is your favorite and least favorite sub-genre of horror? Heidi asks: (12:50) Where do we go when we die? Greg asks: (18:20) I know you are both ex-Christians… but If someone were to ask you what your spiritual beliefs are/what religion you are - how would you answer them? Wolfman Mac asks:(26:42)  If you were both Cryptids what would you be?  Mel asks: (31:00)  Do you believe the unity theory of the paranormal? Brendan asks: (38:53) What is an element of the paranormal you previously thought was total bunk, but now 100% buy into and what made you switch sides? Lilo asks: (50:30) What tattoo should I get next?  Something witchy. Jenny asks: (53:11) What is the wildest rumor you've ever heard about yourself? Joann asks: (01:02:10) What do you think about animal psychics? JG Asks:(01:05:59) Have you ever cast a curse on someone who pissed you tf off? Emily Asks: (01:10:12) Two unsolved cases: JonBenet and Madeline McCann— what happened? Jo Asks: (01:15:42) What is the weirdest snack/snack combo that you love?

Welcome to Doveland, weirdos!   TW: foul language, psychic phenomenon, government conspiracy, natural disasters, poltergeist violence   It's time for another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD!  The podcast for all things strange and unusual, suspicious and soulful, unsolved and unbelievable and everything in between!  Everytime we get together we chat about something WEIRD and this week we've got two very echoey segments for you.   Lauren starts us off with an UNSOLVED MYSTERY that we realized after we cut should probably have been a REAL OR HOAX but hey... the summer is hectic ok?  Lauren is teaching us about DOVELAND, WISCONSIN.  A town that... disappeared?  Never existed at all?  Was swallowed by the earth?  Was actually a secret government experiment that they're desperately trying to cover all trace of?  You tell us.   Then Ashley introduces the story of Canada's most famous poltergeist- a case known as THE GREAT AMHERST MYSTERY!  This story takes place between the years 1878 and 1880 where an 18 year old girl named Esther Cox and her family were tormented by an invisible force in their small cabin relentlessly for over a year.  Objects moving on their own, loud booming knocks that shook the walls, objects going missing and then falling from the center of the ceiling, mysterious fires, a pesky corporeal trumpet, and even a few stabbings?!  This case has HUNDREDS of witnesses and even converted a hardcore skeptic who lived with the family with the sole objective of proving them to be hoaxsters.   Check out some LINKS BELOW if you're interested in reading up on the topics we discussed in this week's episode.   FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA @keepitweirdcast   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast where you can donate $1, $5, $10 or even $50 to our show ONCE, or set up to donate monthly, and in return you'll receive BONUS EPISODES, discounts on merchandise, free tarot card and divination readings and opportunities to sponsor segments of our show!   SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast so you can be the first to know when a new video is released.   BUY OUR MERCH www.keepitweirdpodcast.com/merch   THE PLACE THAT NEVER WAS https://usghostadventures.com/uncategorized/the-legend-of-doveland-wisconsin-the-vanishing-town/   https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/doveland/36068/   https://obscurban-legend.fandom.com/wiki/Doveland,_Wisconsin   MS. ESTHER'S WILD RIDE https://www.ranker.com/list/mysterious-amherst-poltergeist/jodi-smith   https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2022/10/9/the-great-amherst-mystery   https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2021/10/28/the-great-amherst-mystery-1888/