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It Gets Weird

Nile and Kyle

Longtime friends Nile and Kyle are the leading conspiracy, cryptozoology, and paranormal experts in their fields. Well, at least in their apartment. Join them and a revolving door of friends every Sunday for a deep dive into the curious, the unexplained, and the outright weird.

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S6 · E527
Yesterday · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 527 - Grey-pe Escape (Karla Turner, Part 1)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we begin a discussion about the life and work of Karla Turner, a well-respected member of the UFO community whose own experiences with alien abduction drove her to dive headfirst into research. How did Turner come to abandon her life in academia to pursue UFO truth? And what sort of framework has she developed for investigating the phenomenon? All this and much more!
S6 · E526
September 14 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 526 - Tesla Super Soldier (Phoebus Cartel)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Kyle returns to learn all about the Phoebus Cartel, an infamous group of international businesses who once worked together to rig lightbulb manufacturing. Price fixing, planned obsolescence, and shady business deals, oh my! Who is behind the cartel and how were they able to seize control of the lightbulb industry? We discuss all this and much more!
S6 · E525
September 6 · 1 hr 11 min
Episode 525 - Curious About Bigfoot's Tongue
Hey there, Weirdos! This week Jules and Nile sit down to discuss a pressing issue of the day, the Pig-Man. Whether its in Cannock Chase or in Northfield, Pig-Men are standing in forests and scaring many a person and we are going to get to the bottom of it.
S5 · E524
August 30 · 1 hr 7 min
Episode 524 - FYD - D.B. Cooper Where Are You? Part 2
This week Jules and Nile finish out the docuseries "D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?" and discuss the further adventures of team Tom Colbert and his retiree investigative squad. We also hear more about the modern online culture of the Cooperites, and a delightful Canadian comic theory related to the identity of Dan Cooper
S6 · E523
August 25 · 1 hr 13 min
Episode 523 - D.B. Cooper: Where Are You? (Part 1)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Jules and Nile tackle the first two episodes of a four-episode docuseries on D.B. Cooper and the various people who have tried to solve the mystery. Is this series good? Is D.B. Cooper a secret CIA asset who now has a very cute Westie? Can Jules and Nile recount the whole plot of Without a Paddle from memory? All this and much more in this week's It Gets Weird!
S6 · E522
August 17 · 1 hr 23 min
Episode 522 - Grock-Generated Religion (Lacerta Reptilian)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we took a dive into the "Lacerta transcripts," a text that supposedly documents a meeting between a human and one of the inner-earth Reptilian aliens known as the Lacerta. What did Ole K. learn about Reptilian society and biology? Is an entire lizard world living alongside humanity in the Earth's core? All this and much more!
S6 · E521
August 10 · 1 hr 24 min
Episode 521 - Wicker Man Penis Man (Frog Cryptids)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we decided to try our best to talk about cryptozoological frogs, but we admit we were easily distracted in this one. We think the Flashlight Frog would have been finally revealed to the world if a certain cryptozoologist hadn't been distracted, as well! We also investigate behemoth of a frog-creature: the Crocodile Frog of Borneo. All this and much more!
S6 · E520
August 3 · 2 hr 38 min
Episode 520 - Doin' the Work (JFK Assassination)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we're celebrating the ten year anniversary of It Gets Weird by talking about John F. Kennedy, the world's most normal president who died in an extremely normal way surrounded by a cast of completely normal characters...or did he? That's right, this week we're doing a special XL episode discussing the bizarre world of JFK assassination conspiracies. All this and much more!
July 26 · 1 hr 19 min
Free Patreon Feed Drop - IGWTV - The Prisoner Episode 1
Kyle and Nile are traveling and so we are unlocking the first episode of our Patreon series on The Prisoner for the main feed! Check out our discussion of this surreal sci-fi classic with friend of the show (and devotee of the series), Jules as we try to get to the bottom of what's going on in this mysterious village
July 19 · 59 min
Episode 519 - FYD - The Last Sacrifice
Jules and Nile watch a documentary about the supposed events that the Wicker Man is inspired by. However the documentary is maybe not as inspiring as we'd hoped. Check out all our thoughts on mid 20th century british occultism and the exploration of the last occult sacrifice in british history.......kinda......maybe?
S6 · E518
July 13 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 518 - An Estimate of the Situation (Rhodes UFO)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we ask a question that somehow didn't occur to us for about a decade: who took the first UFO photo? Well, it's possible it was a man named William Rhodes, depending on who you ask. Did this guy really take the first photograph of a flying saucer all the way back in 1947, hot off the heels of Kenneth Arnold's original sighting? Did Air Force Intelligence try to smear Rhodes as a kook, and if so, why? All this and much more!
S6 · E517
July 6 · 1 hr 22 min
Episode 517 - Civil War Ghosts (Trans-Allegheny Asylum)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we're chock full of ghosts, spooks, ghosts, ghouls, specters, and so on. This week we visit one of THE most haunted locations in the United States, and based on the horror stories surrounding the place it's easy to imagine angry spirits roaming the halls. What is the history behind the Trans-Allegheny Asylum and how did it earn its reputation for being extremely haunted? All this and much more!
S6 · E516
June 29 · 1 hr 34 min
Episode 516 - Selling His House On YouTube (M Cave)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we investigate a classic conspiracy that was propagated online in the mid-2010s: the disappearance of Kenny Veach and the mysterious "M Cave." Who was Kenny Veach and how did he disappear that fateful day in 2014? Where is the so-called "M Cave" and is it connected to UFOs? Or perhaps a grander military conspiracy? We discuss all this and much more!
S6 · E515
June 21 · 1 hr 14 min
Episode 515 - Area G (Antarctic Godzilla)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Nile takes us to the freezing waters of the Antarctic where a crew of Japanese sailors witnessed none other than...a Godzilla. Well, a godzilla-esque cryptid, at least. And its name IS officially Antarctic Godzilla, so there's that. What fuzzy, dorsal fin-having beast lurks in these cold ocean waters and can it propel itself fifty feet into the air by rocketing out of the ocean? Or is this a tall tale that spread through folklore and mistranslation? All this and much more!
S6 · E514
June 15 · 1 hr 30 min
Episode 514 - From The Beyond: High Strangeness In The Bennington Triangle
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Kyle and Nile got together to check out a very, very fresh documentary. Directed and written by Seth Breedlove, From the Beyond: High Strangeness in the Bennington Triangle hit streaming services in late April of this year. Covering a variety of bizarre occurrences such as mysterious disappearances, cryptid sightings, UFO experiences, and more supernatural hijinks all concentrated in the forests of Vermont. Is this doc a thumbs up or a thumbs down? Listen and find out!
S6 · E513
June 8 · 1 hr 51 min
Episode 513 - She's A Project (Real Fairies)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week Garrett joins the Weird Crew to investigate the truth...of the Fay Folk. Are Fairies real? We're hoping to answer this question and so much more with the help of a group of women who have been communing with Elves for a very long time now. How can you attract Fairies into your life? How do you communicate with them? What does a Fairy accent sound like? All this and much more!
S6 · E512
June 1 · 1 hr 11 min
Episode 512 - Funny Little Guys (Cats Are Aliens)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we explore extraterrestrial life from a perspective that's...a little bit different. Yeah, that's right, we're finally uncovering the truth about our furry feline friends. Is it true cats are aliens? Or is it possible that cats are placed here to be cute and fuzzy and captivate humans, secretly working as spies for the alien overlords. Can we create a better cat alien conspiracy than the internet? All this and much more!
S6 · E511
May 25 · 1 hr 38 min
Episode 511 - The Knowsicrucians (Anglamarke)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we attempt to uncover a mystery. What is Anglamarke? Who is Guenn Eona Nimue? What do collage art, extraterrestrial beings, consciousness, Hermeticism, psychic powers, and elves got to do with all this? Who are the other six mysterious members of Anglamarke, and has Kyle managed to uncover one of them with some internet sleuthing? All this and much more!
S6 · E510
May 18 · 1 hr 21 min
Episode 510 - Wasted Screentime (Specter Moose)
Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we learn all about the lore of the massive, unkillable Specter Moose of Maine. Is this thing a cryptid? A ghost? Or just a moose with a genetic mutation? What is the statistical possibility of running into a moose in Maine, anyway? And why DON'T we pluralize it as 'meese'? We get to the bottom of these questions and much more!
S6 · E509
May 11 · 1 hr 44 min
Episode 509 - Sprinkle Time (Stanford Abduction, Part 2)
Hey there friends and weirdos! In this one, we wrap the chilling UFO abduction story of three Kentucky women - Mona, Elaine, and Mary Louise. After MUFON and APRO settle their argument and kick off their hypnosis sessions, frightening details of alien beings and strange experiments are uncovered. All three women find themselves irreversibly changed by their encounter with these strange beings, searching for answers about their captors. All this and much more!

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