31: The Why Behind the Weird
Dive into strange but lesser-known true stories from our mysterious world with host Quinn Lovecraft.
Episodes
Werner Herzog claims to have shot a short film involving children and a rooster that was so disturbing he never released it. But with so little known about this film, some speculate that this never existed at all. In this episode, "31" follows the breadcrumbs left by Herzog throughout the years to try to piece together the truth.
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Music (licensed via Soundstripe):
Moments - Find it in Yourself...
This year, "31" is bringing you a fictional short story for our Halloween Special. Today's tale is "How to Cook a Soft-Boiled Egg," written and narrated by Quinn Lovecraft. Happy Halloween!
Music (licensed via Soundstripe):
Lunareh - Jack O Lantern Jive
CJ-0 - Evidence Board
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In 1922, the famed creator of Sherlock Holmes came to America to lecture on Spiritualism. How much was he accountable for the tragedy that occurred in its name two days later? 31 dives into how the author's history intertwines with a movement founded by tragedy and fueled by outcasts.
A complete list of sources can be found here.
Music used in this episode (licensed from Soundstripe):
Cody Martin - Tesser...
Many people have heard about the theory that Paul McCartney died midway through his Beatles run, and some have even heard the rumor that Avril Lavigne was replaced by a woman named Melissa. In this episode, 31 explores these conspiracy theories along with a lesser-known doppelgänger in music: the mysterious case of the two Nikki Sixxes.
Music (licensed via Soundstripe):
glasseyes - "Kaleidoscope"
Neon Bea...
"31" investigates the mysterious disappearance of the "world's dirtiest joke" by diving into the history of obscenity and the state of comedy today. Featuring an interview with comic Martin M. Morrow.
Find Martin Morrow on Instagram, YouTube, Threads, TikTok, and listen to his wrestling podcast B4 The Bell.
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"The Aristocrats" Directed by Paul Provenza, 2005.
Legma...
The Crystal Palace debuted at the first World's Fair in London, and many imitators followed. This episode explores a strange architecture mystery: why did every Crystal Palace meet the same fate?
You can find all sources on a document here.
Music (licensed via Soundstripe)
"Airport Lounges" - Nu Alkemi
"Where the Money Comes From" - Sam Barsh
"Mutual I'm Sure" - ...
The 1990 theft of 13 works of art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is the largest unsolved art heist in history. Theories abound - but today we look at a fascinating one that's never talked about. Was this a rescue mission all along?
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Complete list of sources can be found here
Music featured in this episode (licensed via Soundstripe):
Rarefaction - Neon B...
A man walks into a library, steals a book he's written, and burns it. .................................................................
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YIVO Archives & Library Collections | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Tablet - The Lost Poems of Ka-Tzetnik
Tablet - Holocaust Pulp Fiction
JSTOR Daily - Why John Baldessari Burned His Own Art
Haaretz - Who Were You, Karl Zetinkski?
Fort Worth...
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Backlinko - Reddit Statistics
YouTube - Best Posts & Comments - What's a dark piece of Reddit history...
reddit.com
Medium - KiwiFarms Went Down
Wikipedia - KiwiFarms
Voices by Play.ht
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The Corpsewood Murders: 40 years later - Atlanta Magazine
Corpsewood Manor - Autopsy of Architecture
The most brilliant scientific discoveries will in time... (libquotes.com)
Satanic Panic’s...
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https://geekdad.com/2015/06/the-gene-deitch-collection/
Gene Deitch - Lambiek Comiclopedia
https://www.cbr.com/the-simpsons-some-enchanted-evening-almost-killed-show/
Illustration History -...
Quinn Lovecraft tells you her own spooky campfire story about an abandoned place in the middle of nowhere.
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Weird Ohio by Andy Henderson, James A Willis, Loren Coleman, and Andrew Henderson
https://www.facebook.com/ghosttownfindlay
Quinn Lovecraft's personal files
Music:
"Trick or Treat" PALA
"Disappearance" Wicked Cinema
"Hell's Bells" GEMM
William Bernard's strange death - and the equally strange fate of his body - tells us a lot about the chaos of goldrush-era San Francisco. ..........................................
Sources:
Daily Alta California 11 January 1854 — California Digital Newspaper Collection (ucr.edu)
1854: William Snyder killed in most bizarre and terrifying way ever - Flashbak
Sacramento Daily Union 13 January 1854 — California Di...
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Funny115
Survivor: Kelly Shinn reacts to her infamous purple edit in Nicaragua (ew.com)
Buzzfeed News
IMDB
EW
The Traidar Podcast Episode 5
Tiktok - Benedict Townsend
Purple Kelly's...
Why are people misremembering violent events en masse - events that never happened at all?............................................
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https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/23/world/asia/afghanistan-violence/index.html
https://www.denverpost.com/2006/09/27/hostage-horror/
https://obscurban-legend.fandom.com/wiki/Doveland,_Wisconsin
https://mickey-pal.tumblr.com/post/168142627743/haiku-robot-russiansupport
Shergar was a top-tier athlete who had just retired to have children when he was kidnapped by masked gunman, never to be seen again. This is the strange story of Shergar, the fastest racehorse in Ireland. ........................................................................................................
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https://www.history.com/news/the-troubles-northern-ireland
https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/i...
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https://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-video-cnn-will-play-when-the-world-ends-1677511538
https://youtu.be/z6f7j1E61sM?si=PqMw4eiHC3UrM6T7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWhgKuKvvPE&t=470s
https://www.intheknow.com/post/2020-vis...
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https://www.theclownmotelusa.com/history
https://www.tonopahnevada.com/history/
http:...
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https://www.unc.mi...
Massive stars don't just vanish into thin air, but that's exactly what it looks like happened to N6946-BH1... and the first theory astronomers come up with to explain its disappearance is terrifying...
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Music (obtained with license from Soundstripe):
"Space Flex" Raw Lew
"The Birth of a Planet" Falls
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