31: The Why Behind the Weird

Before the Night is Over

A warning, a song, an explosion. Some people have tried desperately to contact aliens; but one strange act on Christmas may have been an attempt to save us from them. Thank you again to BE/HOLD for licensing "These Woods Are Haunted" from the album "Where They Landed [https://beholdyourfate.bandcamp.com/album/where-they-landed]." Find more about BE/HOLD here [http://linktr.ee/behold.wav]. For listeners in the US, if you are considering harming yourself or others, please visit the CDC site here [https://www.cdc.gov/mental-health/caring/index.html] for a list of mental health resources. For the Suicide and Crisis lifeline, you can call 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org [http://www.988lifeline.org/]. For international listeners, you can find a helpline through IASP here [https://www.iasp.info/crisis-centres-helplines/]. Sources for this episode can be found here. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IBdQ8380DDjw6F9B-fkTUe7x3WsoYw6h0KrjoP6ynaE/edit?usp=sharing] Music: BE/HOLD - "These Woods Are Haunted" Petula Clark - "Downtown" (adjusted) Fantoms - "Stroll" Lone Canyon - "Confession" Moments - "Twisted Night" Lunareh - "Bunker" Anchor - "Open Doors" Wicked Cinema - "Heresy" Raw Lew - "Space Voyager" Raw Lew - "Space Flex" GEMM - "Solar Wave" All music, besides that which belongs to BE/HOLD, has been licensed via Soundstripe. "These Woods Are Haunted" has been licensed courtesy of BE/HOLD. Text the show! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256041/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256041/support] Follow on Instagram: @31pod31 [https://www.instagram.com/31pod31/]

Halloween Special 2025: The Man, The Woman, The House

Happy Halloween! Enjoy this short, spooky tale by Quinn Lovecraft. Music used in this episode: "Abandoned Places" - Material Gurl "Doll's Eyes" - Wicked Cinema Text the show! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256041/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256041/support] Follow on Instagram: @31pod31 [https://www.instagram.com/31pod31/]

What Frightened the Frightening Man?

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. Sources [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vo3uyrl5c9GEh3MBBdmQQy8O41vZYlribNy7mo3SaTU/edit?usp=sharing] Music (licensed via Soundstripe): Moments - Find it in Yourself Third Age - Mystery Lunareh - All Nighter Wild Wonder - Colors and Patterns Neon Beach - Dreamsicle Alice in Winter - Nuclear Conception CJ Oliver - The Only One in the Room Wicked Cinema - Disappearance Falls - Tempest Additional audio: "Signs of Life" Director's Commentary "Even Dwarfs Started Small" Director's Commentary Text the show! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256041/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256041/support] Follow on Instagram: @31pod31 [https://www.instagram.com/31pod31/]

Halloween Special 2024: How to Cook a Soft-Boiled Egg

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 Text the show! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256041/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256041/support] Follow on Instagram: @31pod31 [https://www.instagram.com/31pod31/]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Body Count

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. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rtDnGuVmtqAS-Nn99rH3I85oEd6ArXYdh3Xq_kge2_c/edit?usp=sharing] Music used in this episode (licensed from Soundstripe): Cody Martin - Tesseract Lost Ghosts - Submerged Metropolis Bunji - In This World Phillip Mount - Glide to Victoria Falls Cody Martin - London Port Moments - At the Stroke of Midnight Material Gurl - A Ghostly Haunt Lunareh - Ride or Die Cody Martin - Depth of Loss Salon Dijon - Good Grace Lost Ghosts - Murmur Dresden the Flamingo - An Old Fashioned Magic Show Cast of Characters - Locomotive Rag Dresden the Flamingo - The Evil Within Moments - Shadows in Silence Sam Barsh - Where the Money Comes From Text the show! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256041/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256041/support] Follow on Instagram: @31pod31 [https://www.instagram.com/31pod31/]