What's Up Weirdo?

5 Years Of Weird

17 Mar 2026

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Spoiler-free reviews of new paranormal podcaster horror movie A24's Undertone, Shudder's new backwoods horror film Dolly, and new Maggie Gyllenhaal pu...

Am I An Astronaut?

28 Feb 2026

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Spoiler-free review of new Glen Powell A24 thriller How To Make A Killing, Plus Apple TV series Shrinking, Interstellar (2014), The Martian (2015), La...

A Graveyard Smash

18 Feb 2026

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Spoiler-free reviews of Gore Verbinski's new film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, New fantasy / sci-fi film Obex, and Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heig...

Jess Torrance

30 Jan 2026

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Tenney is back from another trip to the nation's most haunted ship, The Queen Mary. TikTok, Twitter, and basically everything is melting down, Spoiler...

The Great Michigan Pizza Funeral

14 Jan 2026

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WE'RE BACK, BABY. And we missed ya :) We got tattoo client stories, Dinner with The X-Files' Dean Haglund, Dog adoptions, Man-Baby Toad, Speaking to c...

It Can't Rain All The Time

25 Oct 2025

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Spoiler-free reviews of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, New Channing Tatum film Roofman, and two new Netflix true crime docs: My Father, The BTK Ki...

Flappy Bats

14 Oct 2025

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We're back from an event/paranormal investigation at a haunted funeral home, Jess and Toad Supermanned over to Niagara Falls, Spoiler-free review of b...

Haunted UFO Party

01 Oct 2025

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A recap of our super fun Michigan live event with Dean Haglund from The X-Files, Spoiler-free (almost) reviews of new Paul Thomas Anderson / Leonardo ...

The Twilight End Zone

19 Sep 2025

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Tenney's event in Wisconsin with Ghost Stalkers costar Chad Lindberg, Spoiler-free review of new Jordan Peele produced football horror movie HIM, The ...

Treeless Chainsaw Massacre

06 Sep 2025

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Tenney records mysterious Halloween album, Jess defies chainsaw safety protocols, Spoiler-free reviews of new horror film Stephen King's The Long Walk...

Why Can't We Be Friends?

27 Aug 2025

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Spoiler-free reviews of Netflix's Happy Gilmore 2, and Alison Brie and Dave Franco cosmic horror film Together, Plus Dexter: Resurrection (again), The...

Crappy Episode

18 Aug 2025

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Spoiler-free reviews of Zach Cregger's new horror film Weapons, and new ufo encounter horror film Descendent, Plus Book: Godbody by Theodore Sturgeon,...

Almost Paradise

06 Aug 2025

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Spoiler-free reviews of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and Ari Aster's Eddington, Plus Sketchy animal attractions, Garbage picking (again), Superman...

Tales From The Krypto

28 Jul 2025

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Spoiler-free reviews of James Gunn's Superman, and new horror reboot sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer, Plus South Park, Matt Stone, Chad Lindber...

Into The Void

14 Jul 2025

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Jess gets kidnapped, Tenney gets a blast from the past, Non-enthusiastic spoiler-free reviews of new horror films Marshmallow, M3GAN 2, and A Desert (...

Summer Psychosis

02 Jul 2025

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Jess has wholesome family times at the Tigers game with increasingly psychic nephew, Toad gets assaulted, A Coppola event update, Spoiler-free reviews...

Listen To Your Heart

23 Jun 2025

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We're back from a fun weekend of hanging and performing at Windy City ParaFest in Chicago, Spoiler-free reviews of recent horror films Sinners and Fin...

All Dogs Go To Heaven

03 Jun 2025

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New updates on my nugget nephew learning everything, Apocalypse Now (again), Arrested ex-girlfriends, Vikings: Valhalla, Spoiler-free review of new Mi...

Worm Heavy Episode

25 May 2025

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This week we have an unhappy tornado Toad, Our third very wholesome Wuwpod Weekends group trip, Extremely haunty vibes at historic gay bar Gigi's Detr...

Everyone Needs A Zippy

14 May 2025

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We make our triumphant return to the church rummage sale, Jess investigates a haunted library, Our pal Josh Malerman's (Bird Box) horror novel INCIDEN...

Coppola Heavy Episode (Rage Edition)

04 May 2025

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Jess got to see Francis Ford Coppola speak in person and she has FEELINGS, Tenney went to Last Podcast On The Left Live, and Paul F. Tompkins' Varieto...

Be The Light

24 Apr 2025

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An ode to halogen bulbs and the death of quality-made things, Spoiler-free review of gripping new holocaust film The World Will Tremble, Chit chats ab...

Sticky Situation

16 Apr 2025

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Jess is struck down by the Plague (again), Tenney is a neighborhood menace (again), The real source of legendary black and white group photo in The Sh...

Witchcraft And Whammies

03 Apr 2025

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Updates on Aaron Goodwin from Ghost Adventures murder-for-hire case, Spoiler-free reviews of new film The Luckiest Man in America about the TV show Pr...

Felonies, Frogs, And Football

22 Mar 2025

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Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin target of murder-for-hire plot?? Spoiler-free review of new Samara Weaving and Ray Nicholson fronted horror comedy...

No More Good Deeds (Just Kidding)

06 Mar 2025

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A 3am dog mission, A follow-up about the Secret Vampire Society invite, A follow-up about horror film Grafted, Spoiler-free reviews of Oz Perkins' new...

Love and Rockets

21 Feb 2025

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Tenney gives us a recap of his great ghostly weekend in Tombstone, Arizona, A spoiler-free review of Steven Soderbergh's new paranormal film Presence,...

Squares, Secrets, And Satanic Rituals

12 Feb 2025

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The Super Bowl occurred, lol. We talk squares, commercials, AI, and buzzy moments. Spoiler-free reviews of mysterious new movie Companion (in theaters...

Give Them A Show

04 Feb 2025

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A chaotic summary of the California FireAid benefit concert, heavy on the Rod Stewart. A spoiler-free review of upcoming rom-com horror movie Heart Ey...

Wholesome Gargoyle

22 Jan 2025

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We're back and we're FREEZING! More Tenney Japan stories, Chinese food delivery robots, The TikTok ban and public reaction, Tenney doesn't care if kid...

Tenney Takes Tokyo

13 Jan 2025

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Tenney is back from a whirlwind trip to Tokyo, Japan! We got bars where Muscle Girls flex and slap you, Japanese wrestling, Drink Dates, Robots, and m...

Vampire Heavy Episode

30 Dec 2024

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A mostly NSFW spoiler-free review of much anticipated Robert Eggers' Nosferatu (2024), also Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2024,...

Punk In Drublic

13 Dec 2024

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Jess makes her return to punk rock shows, A Golden Globe nomination extravaganza with spoiler-free reviews of Nightbitch, Conclave, and Lee, Plus Ted ...

Ouija Boards, Creeps, And Monsters

01 Dec 2024

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We're back with friendship shenanigans! Spoiler-free reviews of new horror comedy Your Monster, and Shudder series The Creep Tapes, The deranged offic...

Cleveland Joe Manganiello And The Two Bears

17 Nov 2024

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We're back from doing witchy rock and roll things on another Wuwpod Weekends group trip, Spoiler-free reviews of HBO series The Penguin, French langua...

Skinbois And Awkward Emojis

04 Nov 2024

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We're home from a weekend investigating Michigan's haunted Felt Mansion, Spoiler-free review of new Hugh Grant A24 horror movie Heretic, We got to zoo...

January Sparrow Bones

24 Oct 2024

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Home updates, Skunk updates, Wedding chaos, Random comedy punk rock shows with famous people, Tenney's cryptid-centric road trip, Spoiler-free reviews...

Witches, Dinosaur Bones, And Nomi Malone

12 Oct 2024

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Tenney is back from a spooky Midwest event, We went to our favorite church rummage sale (again), Toad vs. Opossum, Spoiler-free reviews of 3 brand new...

Cruise Ship Mode And Stinky Toad

28 Sep 2024

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Tenneth is back from a fancy cruise with many starchy foods, Toad caught the business end of a skunk, A spoiler-free review of new paranormal Black Me...

Serpent Tales And Ghost Whales

12 Sep 2024

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This week we bring you spoiler-free reviews of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, New Hulu true crime doc Killer Lies: Chasing A True Crime Con Man...

Meat Boi And Snackle Box

02 Sep 2024

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We're back from Michigan ParaCon! All the haunted and happy highlights + the Sexy Sax Man from The Lost Boys aka Tim Cappello! A spoiler-free review o...

Hot Pink Worm Dip (And The Alfredo Ball Of Doom)

22 Aug 2024

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We're here and more unhinged than ever. Spoiler-free review of polarizing new horror film Cuckoo, More Deadpool & Wolverine discourse (mostly Hugh Jac...

Biscuits, Empathy, And Spirit Telepathy

10 Aug 2024

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This week Jess and Tenney are back from appearances at two fun paranormal events; Jess at Midwest BooFest in Indiana, and Tenney at Strange Escapes in...

It Was A Dark And Stormy Night

26 Jul 2024

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Tenney is back from up north, and Toad is having thunder trauma. Jess has a Zoom chat with the director and cast of upcoming found-footage horror movi...

Mini Baby-sode

17 Jul 2024

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A spoiler-free review of summer blockbuster sequel TWISTERS, Very scary new Irish horror film ODDITY, How we both found out about the assassination at...

Ugly Baby

15 Jul 2024

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We went to a very wholesome barbecue, A spoiler-free review of the most anticipated horror film of the year, Longlegs! Malaysian coming-of-age horror ...

Hot Boy

01 Jul 2024

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This week Tenney is back from his live comedy show in Chicago, and back home in Michigan there's been a double Gotcha Day! Also spoiler-free reviews o...

Precipitation Irritation

24 Jun 2024

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Greetings! Our roofs are leaking and we're loopy af! Health updates and sun safety, Shelter dogs, New Hulu Jim Jones docuseries Cult Massacre: One Day...

Gemini Son

13 Jun 2024

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Tenney is back from an event at Waverly Hills Sanatorium, and It's Toad's birthday! Spoiler-free review of 2024 found footage horror film Frogman, bas...

A Whale Of A Time

29 May 2024

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We're back from MCing the Pennhurst Paracon at notoriously haunted Pennhurst Asylum, Jess continues on to road trip through New England; The Conjuring...

Endless Love

15 May 2024

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It's been 3 years without our king, Bean, we reflect, celebrate, and get real existential with it. It's Election Watch and RFK Jr. has a brain worm be...

Stunt Whackadoos

03 May 2024

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Tenney attends a Spiritualist book fair, Jess has jury duty and is basically falling apart, Spoiler-free chats about new Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt ...

Ghost Guy And The Worm

21 Apr 2024

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Tenney's dad has risen, and Tenney almost gets baptized at Gus's, Jess activates a solar eclipse spiral, Spoiler-free reviews of new bloody horror com...

Toadal Eclipse Of The Heart

12 Apr 2024

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This week we give spoiler-free reviews of Dev Patel's action movie Monkey Man and new The Omen (1976) prequel The First Omen. Toad goes to the drive-i...

EVPs: Mortimer And The Vegetable Man

31 Mar 2024

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This week we chat for a bit then get into some chaotic listener voicemails. Tenney talks Detroit's Nain Rouge parade, Incredible 80's psychic rom-com ...

Must-See Devilry

21 Mar 2024

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This week we give spoiler-free reviews of new movies Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Jake Gyllenhaal's Road House, and Shudder/IFC's Late Night With The ...

WTF Is This Peach

14 Mar 2024

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This week Tenney speaks at a shelter animal fundraiser, It's Starch Madness! And it's March Meowness! Jess talks The Oscars, Poor Things, Earth Girls ...

Some Like It Tot

29 Feb 2024

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This week we dive into the demented Billy Zane cinematic universe, An emergency situation in the Patreon chat, Blackwing 602's and living in a simulat...

Skunk Screams And Soylent Green

21 Feb 2024

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This week we talk tattoo client stories with Jess, Highlights from our Patreon live stream series 10-10-Tenney, Shocking British mockumentary Ghostwat...

Car Brain

13 Feb 2024

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This week we give a spoiler-free review of Diablo Cody's delightfully spooky new horror comedy Lisa Frankenstein, Preview creepy upcoming horror movie...

A Few Sandwiches Short Of A Picnic

02 Feb 2024

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This week we talk ugly books, Mourn a very close Detroit Lions loss, Tenney takes another L, WTF is a few?? aka Another edition of Jess was today year...

Gravy Fountain Of Wisdom

24 Jan 2024

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This week we talk Emmy Awards 2024, The Philippines' largest fast food chain Jollibee hits Metro Detroit, Rupert Sheldrake's son Cosmo Sheldrake has a...

Subjective Psychic Detective

11 Jan 2024

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Happy New Year, Weirdos! This week we recap the 2024 Golden Globes, Jess spoiler-free reviews Golden Globe nominated films Air and Beau Is Afraid, We ...

Potatoes, Puppets, And Satanic Panic

01 Jan 2024

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It's our last show of 2023! We recap our live YouTube holiday show that had many fun special guests, Tenney takes a biblical L, We talk about the wild...

Red Light Bits And Tiny Head Fritz

22 Dec 2023

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Jess is back at the stupid doctor again, We took 20 friends on a Haunted Honky-Tonk Hippo Holiday at notoriously haunted Bobby Mackey's, The Cincinnat...

The Hairless Horseman

14 Dec 2023

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This week Tenney gives a rundown of his weekend in Palmyra, New York exploring locations related to famous spiritualists The Fox Sisters, Jess gives s...

Godzilla Vs. The Worm

07 Dec 2023

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How about a nice plate of rona for dinner? Jess is half dead, Godzilla Minus One is depressing, and we're doing our best. lol Other topics include: De...

Dead Squirrel Mouth

26 Nov 2023

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This week Toad brings an unalive surprise into the house, Tenney recaps his ghostly UFO ritual-filled weekend at the haunted Omni Mount Washington Res...

Jack Off Guitar

16 Nov 2023

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This week we rundown Motor City Comic Con Fall Edition, Tenney lectured at the latest Michigan Mutual UFO Network meeting, Jess gives a spoiler-free r...

An American Weirdo In London

10 Nov 2023

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This week Tenney is back from the UK! He talks all about the cool historic, occult, vegan, and convenient awesomeness from across the pond! Jess gives...

EVPs: Don't Fear The Reaper

23 Oct 2023

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This week we chat for a bit then get into some chaotic listener voicemails. A spoiler-free review of upcoming psychosexual thriller Saltburn, then Jes...

Ralph Potato Salad

15 Oct 2023

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Another chaotic episode is here! We talk Golden Bachelor, Iowa's Haunted Squirrel Cage Jail, New Colorado Bigfoot sighting video, The Lizzie Borden Be...

Cocoa Loco

06 Oct 2023

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This week we give a spoiler-free review of David Gordon Green's The Exorcist: Believer, Tenney recaps his spooky Strange Escapes weekend on Michigan's...

Jelly Bones

28 Sep 2023

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Dry those tears, we're back! Jess talks about her recent surgery and recovery so far, Someone nearly Final Destination'ed themself, Unsettling Steven ...

Soup Is Good

08 Sep 2023

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Jess is in medical crap hell and Tenney takes an L, Spoiler-free review of new slow burn Norwegian indie horror film Dark Windows, Our friend Andrea P...

Out Of ParaControl

02 Sep 2023

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We're back from another fun-filled Michigan Paracon! We talk about the friends, the laughs, the whole thing. Jess was unknowingly robbed 37 days ago, ...

A Very Large Road Trip

18 Aug 2023

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Jessica is finally back from a 22 day road trip and she's more tired and weird than ever. Tenney joined the crew for 9 days of sweating in the desert ...

The Great Weird West

03 Aug 2023

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This week Tenney breaks down the recent U.S. Government public UFO hearings, Jess checks in again from whatever state she's in now, UFC 291 fun times,...

Close Encounters Of The Toad Kind

29 Jul 2023

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Jess checks in from Epic Road Trip 2023, and there's already been a run-in with police. Stumbling into a magic hour outdoor viewing of Close Encounter...

Weird Barbie

21 Jul 2023

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This week we give a spoiler-free review of movie of the year, Barbie, and y'all are NOT ready for Tenney's review. Plus a spoiler-free review of upcom...

Alien Burrito

15 Jul 2023

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This week we did a secret thing we can't talk about at all, It's End Times at Jess's house, Cackling at medical things that are bad and uncomfortable,...

EVPs: Ghost Rats In Space!

07 Jul 2023

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During this EVP session mysterious messages came through about The Rapture, Harrison Ford, Wheel of Fortune, Rat ghosts, Can ghosts see each other? Ca...

Dr. Bricker And Dr. Jones

29 Jun 2023

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This week Jess clears up some medical stuff she's been quiet about, Tenney explains a very frustrating Love Boat synchronicity, Jess and Adam Berry ha...

Dirt Bags And Crazy People

19 Jun 2023

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This week Tenney details his time at Strange Escapes Belvoir Winery, A ghost sighting?? Jess details her time as an exhausted manual laborer, A crazy ...

EVPs: Sasquatch Burst Of Love

08 Jun 2023

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During this EVP session mysterious messages came through about Santa Muerte, A puzzling escort service, Meaningful song synchronicities, Horror conven...

Are We Trolls??

02 Jun 2023

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This week we give a spoiler-free review of new Stephen King short story based horror movie The Boogeyman, We explain the What's Up Weirdo secret super...

Beppe

26 May 2023

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Tenney attends Motor City Comic Con and many drunkish Uber phone calls ensue, Weird old relationship drama stories, Cinnamon origin talk is sweeping t...

The Cigarette Smoking Man

17 May 2023

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Tenney is back from lecturing and hanging at another one of Amy Bruni's Strange Escapes at the historic Seelbach Hotel and iconic haunted location Wav...

Three Weirdos And A Funeral

08 May 2023

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This week we're exhausted! lol. We're freshly back from a mini Canadian road trip to hang with the Blumberg family from Discovery+'s spooky home renov...

EVPs: Surprise! It's Skeletons!

27 Apr 2023

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During this EVP session mysterious messages came through about Hidden large-scale Santa Muerte altars, Sketchy trips to Moscow and Lenin's tomb, Itali...

Olivia Newton-John Tenney

21 Apr 2023

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This week we talk the 111th Anniversary of the Titanic sinking, Synchronicities, Dogs on the Titanic plus a few who survived, Mystery trips and Jess b...

Codependent Vampire Friends

13 Apr 2023

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This week we give a spoiler-free review of new gory wonderful NICOLAS CAGE AS DRACULA horror, vampire comedy Renfield! And while we're putting dead th...

Creature Ambassadors

04 Apr 2023

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This week we give a spoiler-free review of the new culty, gory, nightmarey horror film Malum! We discuss our newly released FIRST listener voicemails ...

EVPs: How To Get On A Terrorist Watchlist

30 Mar 2023

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During this EVP session mysterious messages came through about scary dolls who light fires, Throwing ducks at people, Haunted historical fort ghosts, ...

I'm The Color, You're The Facts

19 Mar 2023

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Happy 2-ish? Year Anniversary to What's Up Weirdo! We did it! We discuss the highs and lows of The Academy Awards, Oscar winners from the horror commu...

A Date With Ghostface

09 Mar 2023

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Our Win A Date With Tenney contest winner flew to Detroit to hang, what did we all get up to?? Plus a spoiler-free review of the much anticipated Scre...

Death Photo Flex

27 Feb 2023

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Inspired by one of our FAVORITE podcasts Web Crawlers, we're rolling out Mailbag episodes! Leave us a question, comment, or weird story: Call 313-444-...

Boats and Beans

19 Feb 2023

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This week drum roll TENNEY FINALLY SAW TITANIC!! A truly momentous occasion. We talk about our most recent Wuwpod and Friends Live YouTube show and re...

Jess and Tenney meet Fiona and Fritz

09 Feb 2023

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The greatest moment of our lives has officially happened. We met the world's most famous hippos, The Cincinnati Zoo's Fiona and baby Fritz! We are sti...

Hate Pills

03 Feb 2023

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This week we give a spoiler-free review of M. Night Shyamalan's new horror movie Knock At The Cabin, Get emotional about Oscar nominee for best pictur...