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We kick off Hallow Weird World 2026 with a brief history of wolves that got a taste for us. Were any of them actually werewolves? If so, they are still with us, because wolves are still, on occasion, not our best friends.

Remember the peanut allergy craze, when every other kid felt their throat constrict at the sight of a Snickers bar and Southwest Airlines had to switch to pretzels? Well, we've found something worse. Oreo-Gate is the tale of a heroic mother making sure her precious little one doesn't twist and die. Or is it?

The Hills figured they would get home to Portsmouth, NH no later than 3 a.m. after their late honeymoon in Canada. They would not. A strange light in the sky, a strange object hovering above the road, strange marks and strange wounds led to strange dreams. What happened to the Hills during those three missing hours?

Remember when we all used to eat things laced with radium? No, of course, you don’t, because you’re alive. But people used to eat irradiated everything, including chocolate and beard. They also chowed down poisonous weeds, vinegar pie, and something called a cannibal sandwich. Food is weird.

Who hasn't been embarrassed at a friend's house when their dog licks its balls right in front of you. Or their ca brazenly showing off its butthole. Disgusting. G. Clifford Prout agreed, but he did something about. He founded SINA, the Society for Indenency to Naked Animals. Maybe he needed to work on his acronyms, but it was about time.

Have you ever seen your postal carrier walking around with that big bag over their shoulder and thought - I wonder if I could mail my baby? Sure, we all have. You will be happy to know that not only are you were not alone in that thought, but people have actually done it.

What's the best date for a new couple? Dinner and a movie? A concert? A rave? Maybe something cultural like a museum? Or perhaps a steep climb up a rugged Alpine mountain. In Winter. At night? And, it turns out, your date is kind of an a-hole.

In our first Weird World Weird New Weird Bit (WWWNWB, rolls off the tongue), we report on the recently released UFO files. Some puzzled astronauts, some grainy pictures, and some pretty odd red hot orbs highlight the declassified files. Let's explore.

What if it wasn't just RFK, Jr. driving away the best scientists in America? What if someone was abducting or killing the nation's best brains? The leading researchers on nuclear power, space technology and, let's say, plasma physics? Well maybe someone is.

Part 2 of the Zodiac case focuses on the the potential additional victims of the killer that may have gone unnoticed. But Zodiac is probably most famous as the serial killer who was  never caught. Or was he? Let's discuss.

America’s most famous monster cemented his status as much with his attention-seeking toying with press and police as he did with his demented deeds. In part 1, we explore both Zodiac’s actions and his incessant calls to be noticed.

Was there a Zodiac murder before we knew the name? The method was similar, the victim, and then the boasting letters to the police and papers. But this was years before Zodiac claimed his first victims… That we know of.

Content Warning: There is talk of suicide, sexual assault, coercion and manipulation. Please skip this episode if you need to. Maybe he had done a stretch in prison, but Talia's Dad Larry was still awesome. And maybe it was weird when he started crashing in her dorm. Her roommates loved him. And maybe some people misunderstood those strange things he was asking your roommates to do - Oh, wait. This is Larry Ray's story, and if Billy Zane plays you in a movie, you know you have made some bad decisions.

The two boys who had seen the UFO crash in the New Mexico months before Roswell waited until they were old men to tell their story. They had dates and names and even a piece of the alien craft made from this exotic, unearthly metal called "aluminum." But at least their story was consistent--  Oh, wait...

Most folks date the modern UFO era from 1947. Kenneth Arnold saw those skipping saucers in Washington and Roswell became extraterrestrial crash landing central. But what if an alien craft smashed into the New Mexican desert two years before Roswell? And what if it was right after, and right next to, the first atomic explosion?