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Penn & Teller, Michael Shermer, David Nott Among Those Helping Us Contact Houdini
Before Houdini’s death, he famously gave his wife a code word. This was to prevent mediums and psychics from coming to her door, breathlessly confirming that they had spoken with Harry after his passing. With the word, she could...
Ask Weird Things!
We’re planning our next podcast and we want you to be a part of it. What weird thing do you want the “brain trust” to discuss? Just post it in the comments.
Do Orbs Contain Secret Images?
The problem with orbs (besides trying not to take a photo with them in a dusty home) is that once you accept the scientific explanation, they become quite boring. Although they’re readily explained by basic physics and can be easily...
Explore a Haunted Necropolis Right Now!
Thanks to the wonder of Microsoft’s Synth technology, we can explore haunted cities of the dead from the safety of your own home and avoid any avenging mummy unpleasantness. Check out this Synth of the Necropolis of Saqqara, an Egyptian...
The Houdini Seance Live on the Internet
This Halloween, The James Randi Educational Foundation and WeirdThings.com present a never-before-attempted experiment. In front of a live internet audience, a group of prominent skeptics and magicians will try to make contact with the...
No Weirdest Thing In The World Chat Today
We regret to inform you that we are shelving the Weirdest Thing in the World live chat today. Justin Robert Young’s voice is currently listed as “day to day.” Next week, we will do a double special edition of the chat as the big lead in...
Invisibility Ray or Magic Trick?
According to an article from the October 1936 issue of Modern Mechanix, invisibility wasn’t just a possibility, it was a reality. The author credulously reports a description of an invisibility ray, but states emphatically that, “This is...
Is There a Lost Race of Ape-Men?
In the Michael Crichton book Congo and movie by the same name, he describes a race of super-apes almost on par with man in intelligence. Like much of Crichton’s work, he based this on science speculation. For thousands of years there have...
Weird Things podcast: Selling Our Souls
Welcome to the Weird Things podcast featuring Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young. In this episode we discuss giant snakes, selling your soul to the devil, uploading your memory, a vampire named James Brown and Justin and...
Join Us For The Quest for Houdini!
This Halloween Weird Things and the James Randi Educational Foundation will try to make contact with the ghost of Houdini! Details to follow… iTricks.com Magic News, Magic Videos and Podcasts » Blog Archive » This Halloween: Mayne,...
Skeleton Lake
Travelet.com has this fun tourist destination known as Rookund in the Himalayas. It’s a lake filled with skeletons: Roopkund is better off known as “The skeleton lake” due to the presence of an enormous grave that holds about 300 to 600...
Weird Things Podcast: The Kraken Awakes!
America’s First Vampire: The Real Deadliest Catch
So how does the story of the first vampire to set foot on American shores begin – like the most frightening episode of Deadliest Catch ever. An excerpt from a New York Time archive article circa 1892: Twenty-five years ago he was charged...
Ancient Monument and Golf Course
Newsweek has an interesting article about an ancient monument located in the middle of a golf course in Southern Ohio. Before you get upset about this suburbification of a historic site, it’s important to remember that if they hadn’t put a...
Wanna Buy A FeeJee Mermaid?
You know what would brighten up your life? Your own PT Barnum style FeeJee Mermaid! This lovely lass is on sale via eBay with the bidding beginning at the low price of $399.99. After all, we are into the holiday season… Thanks to Weird...
Human Powered Hovercraft – Built by Teenagers
As a rule, child endangerment in the name of science is only fun when it’s the children doing the actual endangerment. In this video three high school students (Max Shepherd, Robert Draper and Brit Garner) build and test their own homemade...
Mechanical Elephants
Need to get your mechanical elephant off your hands? Contact us at Weird Things. Thanks to Make Magazine for spotting the original YouTube clip.
Archeologists Explore 5,000 Year-Old Submerged City
50 meters off the coast of Laconia in Greece archeologists are mapping the oldest submerged city in the world. From ScienceDaily: Possibly one of the most important discoveries has been the identification of what could be a megaron — a...
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When Yeti’s were Abominable
Over time fads and tastes change. You’d think that at least Yeti’s could remain immune to this kind of cultural pressure. Sadly no. His appearance and behavior has changed over the years. From the December 27th, 1937 Milwaukee Journal, we...