Lunatic Soup

A Lunatic Soup episode on will‑o’‑the‑wisps and jack‑o’‑lanterns drifts into the eerie glow of folklore’s oldest phantom lights—those flickering blue flames that lure travelers off safe paths and into marshy danger. We trace the wisps’ roots from medieval Europe’s ghost‑fire legends to global sightings of strange lights dancing over bogs, graveyards, and lonely country roads. Then we follow the t...

In today’s episode we discuss the Cooneen Poltergeist, one of Ireland’s most unnerving rural hauntings, where the Murphy family’s isolated farmhouse became a stage for pounding walls, phantom footsteps, and a malicious force that followed them even after they fled. We unravel the eerie 1913 case that drew priests, neighbors, and investigators who all left shaken, convinced something in Cooneen wanted the family go...

This one will be a two parter! Today we discuss  the Illuminati and plunge straight into the tangled web of history, myth, and modern paranoia surrounding the world’s most infamous secret society.  We trace the leap from documented history to conspiracy lore, exploring claims about Freemasons, celebrity symbolism, political puppeteering, and the cultural obsession that keeps the Illuminati alive in memes, music vide...

This one will be a two parter! Today we discuss  the Illuminati and plunge straight into the tangled web of history, myth, and modern paranoia surrounding the world’s most infamous secret society.  We trace the leap from documented history to conspiracy lore, exploring claims about Freemasons, celebrity symbolism, political puppeteering, and the cultural obsession that keeps the Illuminati alive in memes, music vide...

Today we dive into the Ariel School sighting, unpacking one of the strangest, most compelling mass‑encounter cases in UFO history: a quiet 1994 morning in rural Zimbabwe when more than sixty schoolchildren reported a hovering craft and non‑human beings communicating warnings about humanity’s future. We trace the raw, emotional eyewitness accounts, the baffled teachers, the arrival of John Mack—the Harvard psychiatrist w...

GIANTS! Today we plunge into the towering myths that haunt human history, from the Nephilim of Genesis and the colossal warriors of ancient civilizations to global folklore that insists enormous beings once shaped mountains, battled gods, and stalked early humans; mixing biblical lore, archaeological oddities, and modern-day sightings into one unnerving question—why do stories of giants keep surfacing across cultures, eras, a...

Do you remember the Fruit of the Loom cornucopia? Sinbad playing a genie in Shazaam? The Berenstein Bears—with an E? Because apparently none of that existed, and we would like reality to explain itself immediately.

This week, we’re diving into the Mandela Effect: the phenomenon where huge groups of people share the exact same memory—even though every piece of evidence says it never happened that way. We explore fam...

This week, we’re diving into the wildly weird life of Mother Shipton—the 16th-century English prophetess who allegedly predicted plagues, wars, royal drama, and possibly modern technology centuries before it existed. Was she a genuine psychic born during a thunderstorm in a cave, a misunderstood local healer, or the victim of history’s most successful supernatural PR campaign?

We unravel the legends surrounding her...

Are Nordic Aliens real...or are they just really attractive Scandinavians with a killer skincare routine?

This week on Lunatic Soup, we're diving headfirst into one of the strangest rabbit holes in UFO history: Nordic aliens. From the famous Pleiadians and mysterious Space Brothers to Helena Blavatsky, Theosophy, Hollow Earth, Nazi occult theories, and even the bizarre claims of Nordic beings living on Orcas Island, Washington, we'r...

👽 Tiny, creepy, and somehow unforgettable... this week we're talking about the infamous Dover Demon. 👀

This bizarre little cryptid has been terrifying (or at least confusing) people in Dover, Massachusetts for decades. The wildest part? Multiple people reported seeing the same strange creature—and their sketches all looked eerily similar. 😳

Is it an alien? A cryptid? A sleep-deprived raccoon? We dive into the sightings, the ...

This week on Lunatic Soup, we dig into the real 1949 case that inspired The Exorcist: the exorcism of the boy long known as “Roland Doe.” We break down the documented events from Maryland to St. Louis, the priests’ eyewitness accounts, the diary entries, the medical theories, and the decades‑long secrecy surrounding the boy now believed to be Ronald Hunkeler. From moving furniture to unexplained markings to the Je...

This is a dark one, today we delve into the shadowy history of demonology—the study of demons, devils, and the infernal forces that have haunted human belief for millennia. From ancient Mesopotamian spirits to the medieval grimoires that cataloged hell’s hierarchy, we trace how different cultures have named, feared, and tried to control the unseen. Was demonology a spiritual science, a tool of religious power, or a way ...

This week on Lunatic Soup we are re-airing one of our favorite episodes... The Bell Witch of Tennessee! Join us as we discuss  this legendary poltergeist case, where disembodied voices, mysterious attacks, and a vengeful spirit named "Kate" plagued a pioneer family. We'll talk about this spooky story and discuss if it was a vengeful witch, a mischievous prankster, or something else entirely? Listen wherever you get your podcas...

This week on Lunatic Soup, we’re heading to New York where women were also accused of being witches for...existing. From accusations of magic and demonic possession to political chaos, religious fear, and suspiciously dramatic neighbors, we’re diving into the forgotten history of the New York witch trials happening around the same time Salem was losing its collective mindSo grab your emotional support beverage, hide you...

The Witch of Pungo takes center stage in this week’s Lunatic Soup as we dive into the life, legend, and lingering mystery of Grace Sherwood—the Virginia woman accused of bewitching neighbors, ruining crops, shapeshifting into a cat, and conjuring storms before being subjected to a trial by ducking in 1706. We explore who Sherwood really was beneath the folklore, how a tangle of superstition and community grudges fueled ...

This week we dive into the only homicide case in U.S. history where the defense basically shrugged and said, “Hey, don’t look at us — look at the demon.” We unpack the Glatzel family’s claims, the Warrens’ very enthusiastic involvement, the exorcisms that may or may not have happened, and the day Arne Johnson stabbed his landlord after what witnesses described as “a very weird argument.&rdq...