Episodes

Oct. 27, 2025

S5 E29: The Djinn - Ancient Horrors of Smokeless Fire

The Djinn – Ancient Horrors of Smokeless Fire What came before ghosts? Before demons? Before the monsters we tell around campfires and in dark basements? This week—for our HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR finale—we turned our eyes to s...

Listen to the Episode
Oct. 20, 2025

S5 E28: The Island of The Dolls - Haunted Dolls Around The World pt. 2

What is it about dolls that unnerves us so deeply? Maybe it’s the way they watch us. Maybe it’s because they’re made to look alive… but never blink. Or maybe—it’s because all over the world, people keep finding dolls in place...

Listen to the Episode
Oct. 12, 2025

S5 E27: Dead Eyes & Crooked Smiles - Haunted Dolls Across The World

What is it about dolls that unnerves us so deeply? Maybe it’s the way they watch us. Maybe it’s the fact that they look human—but aren’t. Or maybe it’s because, across every corner of the globe, people swear these lifeless to...

Listen to the Episode
Oct. 6, 2025

S5 E26: Don't Let Them In... The Horrific Origins of The Black Eyed K…

A knock at the door after dark should be ordinary. But what if it isn’t? For decades, people all over the world have told the same unnerving story: pale, monotone children with jet-black eyes asking to be let inside. Some cal...

Listen to the Episode
Sept. 29, 2025

S5 E25: The Number Stations

The air around us hums with voices we’re not meant to hear. For decades, strange radio signals have slipped through the static—buzzing tones, eerie music, and robotic voices reciting endless strings of numbers. They’re called...

Listen to the Episode
Sept. 22, 2025

S5 E24: Is Garth Brooks A Serial Killer?

The story of Garth Brooks should be one of pure country music legend: a small-town Oklahoma kid who rose to become one of the best-selling artists of all time, breaking records and redefining stadium shows forever. But lurkin...

Listen to the Episode
Sept. 15, 2025

S5 E23: Terrifying Paranormal Encounters of The Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian Trail is more than just a path through the mountains... it’s a living, breathing museum of history, folklore, and mystery. Beneath its sweeping vistas and quiet ridgelines, countless hikers have stumbled into ...

Listen to the Episode
Sept. 8, 2025

S5 E22: Terrifying Monsters of The Appalachian Trail

On a clear night along the Appalachian Trail, you might expect to hear the wind through the trees, the crunch of your boots on gravel, maybe the call of a whip-poor-will in the distance. But for over two centuries, hikers, se...

Listen to the Episode
Sept. 1, 2025

S5 E21: The Toxic Woman of Riverside

On the night of February 19th, 1994, 31-year-old Gloria Ramirez was rushed into Riverside General Hospital in California. She was weak, disoriented, and fighting for her life. But within minutes, something happened that no on...

Listen to the Episode
Aug. 25, 2025

S5 E20: The Butterfly People of Joplin, Missouri

This week on That Would Be Rad, we’re heading into the heart of a real-life catastrophe and the enduring mystery it birthed: The Butterfly People of Joplin, Missouri. On May 22, 2011, an EF5 tornado tore through Joplin—one of...

Listen to the Episode
Aug. 18, 2025

S5 E19: Unknown Ellijay: Paranormal Encounters & Cryptid Legends of N…

This week on That Would Be Rad , we’re joined by the creative duo and founders of Sozo Bear Films: Luke Pilgrim and Brad Kennedy - as they share the story behind their latest mini-docuseries, Unknown Ellijay . Set in the quie...

Listen to the Episode
Aug. 11, 2025

S5 E18: Flying Serpents & Other American Dragons

This week on That Would Be Rad, we’re diving deep into the legends of American Dragons —winged, scaly nightmares that allegedly terrorized the skies and waterways of the 19th and early 20th century. From a flying serpent that...

Listen to the Episode
Aug. 4, 2025

S5 E17: The Mysterious Creatures of The Pacific Northwest

This week on That Would Be Rad , Tyler returns from a trip to Washington State with more than just souvenirs and scenic photos—he brings back a bone-chilling story from one of the Airbnbs he stayed at. From there, we dive dee...

Listen to the Episode
July 28, 2025

S5 E16: Little America - The Redcaps & The Hidden in the Hills

Little America: The Redcaps & The Hidden in the Hills Could ancient America have been home to a forgotten race of tiny people? And what do murderous goblins, Appalachian cave legends, and buried skeletons have to do with it? ...

Listen to the Episode
July 21, 2025

S5 E15: The Superman Episode (and Why We Disappeared...)

Could James Gunn’s Superman be the fresh start DC fans have been waiting for? And… where the heck have we been all summer? This week on That Would Be Rad , we’re finally back behind the mics after a month-long hiatus to talk ...

Listen to the Episode
June 2, 2025

S5 E14: Saints or Superheroes

Could some of history’s most revered saints have had... superpowers? This week on That Would Be Rad , we take a strange and fascinating journey into the world of Catholic sainthood — where documented miracles, ancient testimo...

Listen to the Episode
May 19, 2025

S5 E13: The Hoia-Baciu Forest - Portals, Poltergiests, & The Dead Zone

In this week’s episode, Woody and Tyler head deep into the heart of Transylvania to explore one of the strangest, most unnerving places on Earth: Hoia-Baciu Forest —a dense, twisted woodland often called the Bermuda Triangle ...

Listen to the Episode
May 12, 2025

S5 E12: Warp Zone - The Bizarre Legacy of Super Mario Bros. (1993)

In this nostalgia-packed, mushroom-fueled episode, Woody and Tyler plunge headfirst into the pixelated madness of one of the strangest movies of the 1990s… The Super Mario Bros. movie. Yes—the live-action one. Yes—with Bob Ho...

Listen to the Episode
May 5, 2025

S5 E11: Sergei Ponomarenko and Other Tales of Time Travel

In this mind-bending episode, Woody and Tyler dive headfirst into some of the strangest, most compelling time travel stories ever recorded. We kick things off with the eerie case of Sergei Ponomarenko —a man who allegedly dis...

Listen to the Episode
April 21, 2025

S5 E10: Glitches, Lifetimes, and The Hidden Code of Reality

This week on That Would Be Rad … What if your entire life—your memories, your relationships, your struggles, your dreams—was nothing more than a line of code? What if you’ve already lived 54 million other lives… ...and just d...

Listen to the Episode
April 7, 2025

S5 E9: Blob's, Bigfoots, and Flying Humanoids - MORE Tales of the Par…

Last week, we cracked open the case files of some of the strangest paranormal encounters ever reported by police officers — and this week, we’re back to finish what we started. In Part 2 , Woody dives into even more bizarre, ...

Listen to the Episode
March 31, 2025

S5 E8: Paranormal Patrol - True Tales from The Thin Blue Line

This week on That Would Be Rad , Woody and Tyler embark on a spine-tingling journey into the realm where law enforcement meets the paranormal. Buckle up as they share some of the most bizarre and unexplainable encounters ever...

Listen to the Episode
March 24, 2025

S5 E7: Captain Kuthchie's Key Lime Pie Mystery

This week on That Would Be Rad , Tyler and Woody dive deep into the bizarre and captivating world of Captain Kutchie's Key Lime Pie , a mystery that has perplexed Internet sleuths for over a decade. What starts as a seemingly...

Listen to the Episode
March 17, 2025

S5 E6: Jacobo Grinberg - The Scientist Who Vanished Into The Matrix

This week on That Would Be Rad , Woody takes the reins for a solo exploration into the enigmatic life and disappearance of Dr. Jacobo Grinberg , a brilliant neuroscientist whose quest to merge science and mysticism led him do...

Listen to the Episode