Olympia Oddities

Olympia Oddities records a live Summerween show at Odds and Ends in downtown Olympia, Washington, and Trista Heenan centers the night on Ogopogo, the lake monster of Lake Okanagan in British Columbia.

["A Centralia pursuit ended when a stolen-car suspect ditched the vehicle, stole a kayak, and fled into the Chehalis River.", "Trista also recounts Rob finding a baby bird on hot concrete, feeding Gregory cat food every 15 to 20 minutes, and delivering him to a Bainbridge Island rescue.", "She spends part of the episode on Super Game in Oregon, where rain turned the campsite into mud, a collapsing boot forced an early exit, and a first confirmed paintball hit came after she bought cleats from a neighbor.", "The roundup also covers Tony Gilbertson's world elk calling title, Herman the sturgeon's 80-ish birthday at Bonneville Fish Hatchery, and a Tonya Harding dress auction starting at $3,000."]

Olympia Oddities' Side Show opens with the host skipping the solar eclipse and then pivots to a Pacific Northwest oddities roundup built from King 5, The Chronicle, KOIN, The Oregonian, and the Tri-City Herald.

Olympia Oddities' Sideshow opens with a Christopher Hart Bridgman Jr.

Olympia Oddities' "Side Show: PNW Cryptid Showdown" ranks 16 regional creatures, placing the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus first, Batsquatch third, Bigfoot seventh, and the Thunderbird sixteenth.

Olympia Oddities host Trista recounts how Horizon Air baggage handler Richard Russell took a 76-seat Bombardier Q400 from SeaTac on August 10, 2018.

This episode explores the urban legend of Polybius, a supposedly addictive and mind-controlling arcade game from the early 80s in Portland, involving the Men in Black.

This episode covers the bizarre unsolved disappearance of Bryce LaSpisa, a college student from Illinois who vanished under strange circumstances.

The hosts discuss the controversial story of the diphtheria antitoxin delivery to Nome, Alaska, and whether Balto truly deserves the credit.

The host shares a funny ghost story and then delves into the history of cattle mutilations, from the first recorded instance to modern-day cases.