Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths
Believing the Bizarre is a paranormal podcast that dives into the unknown and the unusual every Tuesday.From UFOs and hauntings to conspiracies and cryptids, we discuss a variety of paranormal topics and decide where they land on our Believability Scale - Believable, Viable, Skeptical, or Unbelievable.We also accept and discuss listener-submitted paranormal encounters.If you love creepy stories and horror content mixed with humor and a keen eye, we are the paranormal podcast for you.Check out Believing the Bizarre - a podcast as bizarre as you are.
Episodes
October 14, 2025 • 52 mins
The Bear Demon
This listener submission episode starts with Katrina from Alaska, who in December 2019 made the questionable decision to attempt summoning Paimon, one of the nine kings of hell.
What followed were months of unsettling experiences—shadowy creatures darting between trees, an overwhelming sense of dread, and two disturbing encounters in the woods that left her disoriented and injured.
Next, we hear from David in Wi...
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October 7, 2025 • 73 mins
The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
In this episode, we dive deep into the swamps of South Carolina to explore the legendary Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp.
We kick things off with the most famous encounter from 1988, when 17-year-old Christopher Davis was driving home from his McDonald's shift when his tire blew out near the swamp.
What happened next became the stuff of local legend—a towering 7-8 foot tall creature with glowing r...
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September 30, 2025 • 64 mins
The Voynich Manuscript
This week is all about the strange Voynich Manuscript. We explored how this mysterious 240-page medieval book, written entirely in an unknown language and filled with bizarre illustrations, has baffled scholars for over a century. From its discovery by rare book dealer Dr. Wilford M. Voynich in 1912 at a Jesuit college near Rome to its current home at Yale University, we traced the manuscript's fascinating j...
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September 23, 2025 • 68 mins
The Haunted Split Rock Quarry
This week, we dive into three unsettling listener-submitted stories.
Our first tale comes from Jenna, who recounts the terrifying experiences of her three-year-old sister Sophia, who claims to see a menacing shadow man in top hat and suit watching her through windows throughout their family home.
What starts as typical childhood imagination quickly escalates when the mysterious figure begins whisp...
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September 16, 2025 • 61 mins
Our next Terrified Together is with friend of the podcast, Kaydra from Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast!
During this collab, we dive into two compelling listener submissions that took us from the Mississippi countryside to New Jersey suburbs.
Emma from Mississippi shared her incredible journey from being terrified of everything paranormal to becoming fascinated by it, starting with a dramatic UFO sighting in 2012 that had her mother...
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September 9, 2025 • 70 mins
This week, we dive deep into one of the internet's most intriguing conspiracy theories: the Black Eye Club.
We explore the curious pattern of celebrities, politicians, and influential figures appearing in public with prominent black eyes - particularly on the left side - and the theories surrounding what this might mean.
From George W. Bush and Jay Leno to Adam Sandler and Elon Musk, we examine the extensive list of public figu...
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September 2, 2025 • 52 mins
The Smurl Family Haunting
This week, we dive deep into one of the most documented cases of demonic oppression in modern history - the Smurl haunting.
We explore how a working-class Catholic family's dream of stability turned into a 14-year nightmare when they moved into a duplex in West Pittston, Pennsylvania in 1973. What started as subtle oddities like an impossible-to-clean carpet stain and a mysteriously exploding television...
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August 26, 2025 • 55 mins
Our next Terrified Together is with Kassie, the awesome host of the Tell Me Your Ghost Story Podcast.
Our first story comes from Mackie in Lubbock, Texas, who experienced a terrifying encounter that drained her and her boyfriend's energy for an entire week.
What started as unexplained fatigue and loss of motivation escalated into a haunting night where they both witnessed a seven-foot shadow figure prowling outside their bedroom...
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August 19, 2025 • 53 mins
Our first story comes from Baker in West Texas, who shares an incredible tale from 1985 about his newborn son's strange sleeping patterns and unexplained nocturnal visitors.
What started as puzzling midnight crying episodes soon revealed something far more extraordinary when family members began witnessing shadowy figures hovering over the baby's crib, and blankets mysteriously appearing to keep the infant warm during cold desert ...
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August 12, 2025 • 60 mins
The North Canol Road Alien Abduction
This week, we journey to the remote wilderness of Yukon, Canada, to explore the North Canal Road alien abduction case from 1987.
We follow Kevin, a seasoned outdoorsman who set out on what should have been a routine three-day moose hunting expedition on his motorcycle. What started as a simple trip through the desolate terrain quickly transformed into something far more extraordinary when Kev...
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August 5, 2025 • 58 mins
This week, we dive into the dark hallways and shadowy corners of America's most haunted schools just as students head back to class.
We explore two particularly eerie Schools: Pocatello High School in Idaho, where urban legends tell of a tragic suicide pact from the 1940s-50s that left one girl hanging from the top lockers (which were subsequently removed), and a ghostly wet child who supposedly drowned in the school's former pool...
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July 29, 2025 • 81 mins
The Haunted Pool Mannequin
This week, we dive into two chilling listener submissions that will make you think twice about your next swim or house purchase.
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Our first story comes from Baker in Nebraska, who experienced some truly terrifying encounters while working as a lifegu...
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July 25, 2025 • 74 mins
Ed Larson Interview - Last Podcast on the Left
*Note - this episode is raw and uncut, with no censorship. Listener discretion advised*
We are thrilled to present this interview with Ed Larson, comedian and host of Last Podcast on the Left. Charlie truly could not contain his excitement!
Ed Larson discusses his journey from being the biggest baby born in Florida (nearly 15 pounds) to becoming a comedian, starting with sketch come...
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July 22, 2025 • 62 mins
We're thrilled to share our second official "Terrified Together," , where we welcomed Amanda and Cassidy from Drinking the Koolaid for some creepy listener submission stories.
Our first tale comes from Reagan, who experienced something truly unsettling during a seventh-grade school trip to the notoriously haunted Savannah, Georgia.
What started as an innocent exploration of a small cemetery near their log cabin accommodations t...
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July 18, 2025 • 30 mins
This month's Blind Ranking is all about mysterious Geoglyphs! The way this game works is we have to rank each geoglyph by how mysterious it sounds - without knowing what comes next!
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July 15, 2025 • 65 mins
Mimic Cryptids and Creatures
This week we discuss mimics - creatures that disguise themselves by imitating the voices and appearances of our loved ones. We explore the umbrella term of "mimic" and break down the various cryptids that fall under this category, from the familiar doppelgangers and skinwalkers to the lesser-known but equally disturbing Fleshgait and False Humans.
These entities are said to lurk in forests, particular...
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July 8, 2025 • 58 mins
The Demonic Possession of David Glatzel and Arne Johnson
This week we dive into one of the most terrifying possession cases in American history - the haunting of the Glatzel family in 1980s Connecticut.
When the family moved into what seemed like an innocent rental home in Brookfield, they had no idea they were stepping into a nightmare that would tear their lives apart. It all began when 11-year-old David was violently pushed b...
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July 1, 2025 • 69 mins
Our first tale comes from Ava in Newfoundland, Canada, who experienced something truly unsettling during a late-night phone call with friends in early 2022.
What started as typical teenage conversation quickly turned into a nightmare when mysterious footsteps, slamming doors, and the sound of objects being moved around began echoing through her house.
Both Ava and her sister heard these disturbances, but each thought the other wa...
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June 24, 2025 • 57 mins
The Revenge of Resurrection Mary
Our first story comes from a Sophia in Kentucky, who's been dealing with paranormal activity since childhood - from mysterious balls rolling out from under beds to voices echoing through empty rooms.
But things take a terrifying turn when she experiences physical attacks, including being grabbed by unseen hands while sleeping, and witnesses her boyfriend's face distorting before her very eyes.
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June 20, 2025 • 29 mins
It's time for another Blind Rankings, and this month we are talking about mysterious discoveries!
In this segment, we have to place these mysterious discoveries from 1 through 10 without knowing which discovery is coming next.
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