Episodes

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! We're so excited for you to listen to this episode, which is technically our Season Two finale, and we wanted to make extra special. So, we invited one of our favorite authors that you've heard us fanboy over countless times in countless episodes... the one, the only - JOSHUA CUTCHIN to come hang out with us for a couple of hours and explore the strange mythology and mysteries that surround St. Nicholas. Even if you think you're partially familiar with the lore that surroun...

Picture this: It's 1982. You're a young, hot-shot video game designer. You get a phone call from ATARI who just aquired the rights to Steven Spielberg's mega-hit "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" - and he hires you to design the video game based on the movie. They tell you Spielberg, one of your heroes, has asked for you directly. A $200,000 paycheck and an all expense paid vacation to Hawaii is what awaits your completion of the game. Ideas flow - this is it...this will be your white swan...your m...

Here at That Would Be Rad we are still nursing the turkey hangover that comes after a long Thanksgiving weekend. We had a relaxing, but also busy holiday filled with being around family, hanging up Christmas lights (already?!?), and of course discussing the rad and strange. This week we decided to release a special episode that was recorded initially exclusively for our Patreon we call "The Rabbit Trail". This bonus episode we dive into a REALLY creepy true account from a popular "home design...

In 1984 in Dodleston, England Ken Webster, a high school teacher living in an 18th century "fixer-upper", experienced something very strange. He and his two roommates returned home one evening from the local pub, as they approached their home they noticed a pulsing green light coming from their cottage's windows. As the entered their cottage they noticed something that completely terrified them. Their computer screen had a strange message written on it…The computer wasn’t connected to any netw...

Every single day we all use the internet to find whatever it is that we are looking for at any given moment...you're doing that right this very second. You are reading these words thanks to the power of the internet. We use it for everything. To look up funny cat videos, to read articles about strange phenomena, to send an email to a co-worker or a client, or to even order groceries. Hour after hour we dig through every corner of the world wide web, searching, posting, tagging, consuming or cr...

This week we feel like Indiana Jones himself in the studio...that's because we unearthed a not-so-ancient artifact that we have become obsessed with. One that we believe deserves to be in a museum - so that all humankind can revel in its radness. Listeners of our show will know that in general, we don't typically recommend bringing any unknown artifacts into your home...or at least doing so at your own risk... But, we couldn't help ourselves! That's because we happened to stumble upon the act...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This week we explore the terrifying tale of The Bell Witch - one of the most infamous haunting legends from the Southern United States. Beginning in 1817 in what is now known as Adams, Tennessee - the Bell family was tormented by all manner of spooky phenomenon - including an entity that could speak, affect the physical environment, and even shape-shift. Witnesses and victims accounts of interactions with this entity are some of the craziest things we have ever heard. But, b...

Here in Georgia we have a ton of interesting locations that are potential hotspots for hauntings. The first that come to mind are places like old historic cemeteries, or civil war battlegrounds - both of which could easily be found in any number of residential backyards across the state. But, there IS a city here in Georgia that is pretty well known to all for having some of the most haunted locations not just in the South, but in the entire nation… That is the beautiful city Savannah, Georgia...

The mind is a powerful thing. There are certain memories that stick with you forever - sometimes triggered by a smell, or a sound, that will take you immediately back to a moment in time. Whether a fond memory, or a complete nightmare, it seems that we have very little control of when this will happen. For us, the moment we hear the theme song for Unsolved Mysteries, or hear Robert Stack's voice - suddenly we're pre-teen kids again. This week we talk about a case that both of us remember heari...

We've all experienced something that terrified us to our very core - in some way or another. Whether it was something we watched on TV as a kid, a book we read, or something we experienced in real life...we all have a story. Some of them can perhaps be explained away...but, too many of them cannot. This week's episode is one of our favorites within our annual tradition of all things spooky during our OCTOBER SPOOKTACULAR. That's because - in this show, we harvest all the gooey, bloody, and ha...

Sometimes things happen that cannot be explained. Objects in your house for example - ending up in places other than where you remember leaving them. Your keys, your wallet, or something simple for example - which can easily be explained away as "just a lapse in memory". But what about coffins and graves? Generally those stay put right? WELCOME TO OUR OCTOBER SPOOKTACULAR! This week we explore the strange and spooky mysterious phenomenon of Moving Coffins & Wandering Graves. This topic was s...

In late spring of 1971, two brothers Colin and Leslie Robson, were playing in their garden. As they played and looked for things to throw they began to dig in the dirt - and found something that seemed both interesting and strange. The boys had dug up 2 small heads carved in stone. Roughly the size of an orange or tennis ball. The stone heads had flecks of greenish-grey and glistened with quartz crystals. The heads seemed to be carved of local stone, and had irregularly shaped features, holes fo...

Three simple words have been etched into our brains since we started this show. "FOLLOW THE FOLKLORE". It's simple, and 100% true. We continuously uncover a commonality as we navigate through the "rad strangeness" we end up rifling through and discussing on our show. What we continue to find is that for as long as humans were capable of passing down stories...similar archetypes, creatures, characters, and encounters have occurred all around the world. Despite being separated by physical proxi...

I wish that I could express just how bad I want to underline, enlarge, and make bold - the word "FINALLY" in this episode's title. In the 20+ years we've known each other I've been trying to convince Tyler to, at the very least, read DUNE by Frank Herbert. Or even to just come over and pop the 1984 David Lynch adaptation in my VCR. (That should have been an easy "yes" because of Sean Young, and Sting being in the movie). But, much to my disappointment - he continued to not be interested in giv...

For literally thousands of years, accounts of strange things from above have been documented. Perhaps one of the earliest accounts occurs in the Book of Joshua in the Old Testament. Each year at the beginning of the rainy season, the people of Yoro, Honduras, gather buckets, barrels, pails, and nets in anticipation of fish that will fall from the sky. Frogs, and toads have also fallen numerous time and in monstrous numbers; but so have winkles, worms, and snakes. Blood has been seen dribbling...

The Chippewa (or Ojibwe) have a tradition - that in the time BEFORE time began - there existed a bird of supreme majesty that descended to earth...which was then only a vast expanse of water. The birds eyes were fire; it's glance was lightning, and the motion of it's wings rippled through the air with thunder. Join us this week as we dive into the amazing legends, of The Thunderbird. All across North America essentially all tribes of Native Americans shared the legends and stories of the Thun...

In this GIANT-SIZE episode we discuss two movies released in July that we've been wanting to talk about on our show since we watched them both. SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't watched Nope, or Prey as of yet - you might want to wait before pressing PLAY on this 2HR+ episode, because we dive deep. This week you'll hear us talk about Jordan Peele, his previous movies "Get Out", "Us" and whether we think he's a cinematic genius - or a flash in the pan. (Spoiler alert: genius) We go over the acting...

This is NOT a Mothman episode...but, we do end up mentioning the Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia quite a bit... It was hard not to frankly, because this week on our show, we are focusing on two sightings of a "large, dark, headless creature" with "gigantic wings, and fire red eyes" that occurred on the other side of the world with eerie similarity to America's own Mothman. We're talking about The Blackbird of Chernobyl and The Freiberg Shrieker. In April of 1986 the worst nuclear dis...

Well campers - summer camp is over. But, before you hop on the bus to head home it's time to end it with a bang. Join us this episode as we premier a true story sent to us by one of our young listeners who just got back from summer camp. You'll want to be sure your flashlight is nearby as she tells one of the spookiest tales we've had on our show. We cover so much rad strangeness in this show including: Steven Spielberg's connection to several U.S. Presidents, his top-secret knowledge of UFO ...

Think back to the days of old when territories of North America were still wild, unclaimed, and unseen. What on earth must have the explorers and frontiersmen have thought when they first encountered some of the natural and mysterious things happening within a majestic place like Yellowstone National Park? Those that heard about it - didn't even believe it. After the brave John Colter's solo expedition in the winter of 1807-1808, which lead to his discovery of Yellowstone and Grand Teton Nati...

Our host Tyler has been hinting at telling his own personal ORB STORY nearly every episode since we started this podcast. At last - it's here. But, what exactly is an orb? We've all seen the photos online of what people call "orbs", or perhaps even grainy security cam footage of small orb-shaped particles floating around on every ghost hunter television show that has ever existed. That IS NOT what we are talking about in this episode friends. We dive into Tyler's personal account of witnessi...

There is a core group of phenomenon that's often used as a universal explanation or place holder, if you like, for some of the otherworldly experiences people have had throughout history. This core group is more readily accepted by scientists, authorities, and government organizations as "naturally occurring" and easily mistaken for things such as UFOs, paranormal encounters, the orb phenomena, and even globally/culturally significant things like the will o' the wisps. The fact is - this "core...

This week on our show, we look up to the skies... That's right campers - there's no way that we could in good conscious call Camp Rad Strangeness the "best summer camp in any dimension" without diving into some really amazing stories about UFOs! We kick it off featuring a story by one of our very own campers, Mike, who tells his personal UFO encounter that happened on a warm late afternoon in Westminster, Massachusetts. His compelling story made us wonder...have there been other incidents in ...

Ok ladies and gents - gather round, pack your gear, and kiss your moms and dads goodbye. It's time to hop on the bus and head to the 2nd annual CAMP RAD STRANGENESS. That's right campers - it is finally here. What better way to kick it off than to explore so many of the incredible MONSTERS and MYSTERIES that our very own camp counselor Woody learned about on his recent vacation to Michigan. This year at CAMP RAD STRANGENESS we have a summer full of surprises. This week we'll touch on monster...